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1947 Budget Provides For The Levy ,no‘ The Sum Of $310,â€" g:&m <l>'v AI‘N'Câ€"Iat. er MORE THAN VOL LXItâ€"No. 47â€"14 PAGEs _ â€"â€"â€"===sssmmmmmmigness COUNTY Tayx RATE WILL BE INCREASED BY TwO Murs| w At the close of the May sessi Thursday, the Lincoin Cour w""m&omu Ndnt.m-.mmmy Khuks â€"Actimen â€"Sudh / Gnmearee e ulA The mill rate for the year, 16.147 SBHOWwel BH ADADDEIEE "AF" kesk sommg crease of four over the year 1945. The levy to be raised this year is $42,018.22 higher than in 1946. !leludodlathohmuu..u- o(l:!.!‘“.?l!mnrpludloh mer years, Of this total, $3,500.79 huw!orthnoubem. ment with the remainder to be used for general purposes. *Tactically every committee of the county council will require more money this year with the exâ€" ception of the Patriotic Committee. The sum set aside for this comâ€" mittee has been set at $4,500. comâ€" pared to $4,800. in 1946. $7,600. for the Agriculture Comâ€" mittee compared to the $5,890.15 sepent last year; $96,300. for Charâ€" ity and Welfare compared to $81,â€" 243.83 spent in 1946; $320,000. for the Industrial Home compared to $3C,807.57 last year; $59,000, for Education compared to 45,560.58 in 1946; 32,200 for General Adminâ€" istration compared lo $26,047.58 spent in 1946; and $291,700 for highways compared with the sum of $241,724.28 #pent during the past year. FARM GIRLS START WORK IN DISTRICT Forerunners of an expected exâ€" odus of 2,500 girls from Ontario cities to work on the province‘s fruit farms, 23 farmerettes are alâ€" ready working for 20 fruit growers in the Vineland district. _ _ Stenographers, university studâ€" ents, waitresses and factory girls, they are housed in an Ontario servâ€" ice force and Y.W.CA. supervised dormitory, work an eightâ€"bhour day in the orchards and vineyards and are in bed every night by 10, exâ€" cept Wednesdays and Saturdays, when the hour is extended to 11 p.m. and 12.30 a.m. Most of the girls who became farmerettes said they were . just curious to see the province, alâ€" though one stated it was a golden opportunity to escape washing dishes at home. Kay Shepherd, secretary at a Renfrew, Ont., dairy, aaid she came to Vineland to see the country and might decide to live in St. Catharâ€" (By independent Staff Writers) it takes a great many factors {D run off a successful sports day. Firat it takes an W"‘“‘“"m'."',.' aufficient foresight to SUATL .uduncnnLAl‘m”“n C eannot be given the C L 20â€" rWeask Linâ€" ined. LECION SPORTS DAY BROUGHT OUT MANY YOUNG ATHLETES of the Canadian 1MgIOU coln Branch No. 127) 1 ‘nd â€"mn'm. f¢ show their prowes* * competition. CCC dn conmentwunlt d ml"""";' it mu‘m a DOuJ * .";M.m,’m wiil go all M'“‘. supporting the L902 ThX 2Z" of wll do;“‘ .",_...'.‘ a fine showink. . strong h. pe? * the weevess mm w‘_‘ _ anarts daYÂ¥. y A MPOBE * . _ L mnooutau-dd“‘ br failure of a sports 483. ‘o im sn t n-!'w h .1 _ M Aucrlihamrrir e ". o wenther smiMed Yin4ly 99 // duiious morning. the #49 | (Continued on page 6) In adopting the budget, council Girls From Ontario Cities Will Help H a rv es t Fruit Crop This Year. Should Have Been. (Continued on Page 5) of last year and an inâ€" the girls who became said they were . just ee the province, alâ€" stated it was a golden to escape washing annual sapor , _ perfection ccal branch (West 1anâ€" its officers ftor â€"yYINk a chance to in â€"athletie on the lad> g after ® -ul-llfl“’ Th,f,.,g‘[_i!mby, Independent sports 48Â¥ a body County 1947 PACK SETS A RECORD Fruite and vegetables canned in commercial plants in 1946 was the largest on record, a report of the Fruit and Vegetable Division, Doâ€" minion Department of Agricuiture discloses. The pack of peaches from last year‘s crop was 1,061,074 casâ€" es compared with 484,750 cases in 1945. Other fruits, with the 1945 figures in brackets were: apples, 443,526 (203,131); apple juice, 632,â€" 488 (154,107); apricots, 104,347 (32,137); blueberries, 12.120 (8,â€" T48); cherries, 163,225 (43,524) ; pears, 408,031 (286,397); plums, 688,088 (350,145); raspberries, 18,â€" 969 (19,201); strawberries, 8,040 (62); all other fruits 175,795 (107,â€" In the pack of vegetables, the biggest increase was in tomato juice and peas. The 1946 pack of the former was 4,262,175 cases compared with 2,413,407 in 1945 and in peas the comparative figâ€" ures are 4,081,380 and 2,971,528. The put down of corn was 1,772,872 cases as against 1,423.617 cases in the previous year. There was an increase of more than 300 per cent in the pack of tomato paste and pulp and with the exception of carâ€" rots, which at 276,0980 cases in 1946 was anproximately half the 1945 pack, there were substantial lnen.amlnuuuuotlm'vmub- les. Jams, jellies, marmalades, and froven fruit® canned in 1946 were well above the quantity canned in 1945. A total of 2.132,675 cases of fruits and vegetables was exported from the 1946 pack, 325,543 cases more than from the 1945 pack. Agâ€" gregate value of the 1946 commerâ€" cial pack of the products under reâ€" view is placed at well over $100,â€" Reeve Cecil Secord Of Granâ€" tham Township Brings A Serious Situation To County Reeve Cecil Secord of Grantham Township charged at the seasions of the Lincoln County Council that poachers . are slaughtering . the pheasants and deer in Lincoln and Welland counties. Speaking to council on the subâ€" ject, Mr. Secord wtated that the pheasant population in the two counties is smaller than ever beâ€" fore due to HWegal whooting, despite the efforts of the Pheasant Breedâ€" ers‘ Association in releasing thouâ€" sands of birds each spring. He deâ€" clared that the birds were being shot out of season. ®/3mS 4 PEDTTYT:: WEpok VC P CCC Reeve Secord informed council that he had rece}ved . numerous complaints from the reaidents of his township regarding shooting (Continued on page 5) C. OF C. MEETING WILL BE A TOWN FORUM Citizens Are Asked To Attend Al‘ Bl!_lfl" Tnb.dtrn....lh-n. Grimaby Chamber Of "*MM"""" will be held in the Auditorium of the High #chool on Tuesday even> Ing, June 10th, «t . elght a‘clock sharp. There will not be a apecial spea« wtormhmuung but instead it will follow the style 0° 8 Town Forum, and citizens will be asked to suggenst questions and ideas for the benefit of the town and district and everybody will have an oppor« tunity of ex preaming his views on any and all questions. O 85 9"°°5 ihis Town Forâ€" anÂ¥ * V‘ sohind thi "The idea behind this Town F9 um acheme is to try and fifd fur from the merchants, manufactur« *ra and fruit growers Just Whil their opinion on vari0U® maliers may be, that would be for the brl" terment and development ok Ah* town and town@hip. Xl1 eftizens are askea to attend and freely expres» their ppinfatt #i a_, ~_‘CP _WwiAs 1,061,074 C a s es â€"Other Fruits Increased. Council Table. Aan@ H*Â¥"""" "aft Ous (On All Types Of Questions. next regular Year‘s Crop the Auditorium on Tuesday eV meeting . O" Commerce Was HOLIDAY TRAFFIC WAS _ iNIAGARA SANATORIUM HEAVIEST IN YEARS| GOVERNORS HOLD MEET Heaviest traffic since before the war travelled through this district over the Victoria Day weekend. Traffic on scenic No. 8 Highway was very heavy, while on the Queen Elizabeth Way it was the heaviest since that artery was conâ€" by and tea rooms along No. , report very heavy business. ; police had a very quiet time , there being no motor AcCfiq within the town and no other turbances. Provincial traffic officers report that in this area there WAS not even cne minor accident to mar the holiday. & Beamsville citizens went to the| polis on Tuesday of last week and | elected two new counciliors, to flll' the vacancies caused by the reâ€" signations of two of the councll‘ members who had been elected at‘ the January elections. | The two new members are Messr»e. Babcock and Mokiey. In the return of Richard Morley to a council seat Beamsville ratepayers are getting a man with lonk muniâ€" cipal experience, he having been Reeve of Clinton townshiP for zome years and an exâ€"Warden of the County. These happy coup, _ themselves in t.he.buu&“. O Te Sosssught that a lot of people would be able to tell us who this flosh of ind of th« we had a lot of uicphonl calls and people come in the office and We k but while still no one has given us all the names, Only three pwplo wave us people were, h p.'l‘Mu yroup were employees of the Hewson and Farrell factory, tel] us about the "“’“ ‘nd Sons factory on Fim street, It was taken in 191834 yoars ago. the name of the | “w"’l'llmntinn them in rotation are exâ€"Mayor Arthur Hewson, Wm. now the H. H. FarPO bn, Richard Writenburg, Agnes He w s o n, | Arthur | Plank, . . . . In the picture W lN rwl‘“”' Norton, Stanley Patterson, John Hildreth, Fred Andrews, Alâ€" Sharpe, Edward NO Uymey, Wm, Robertson (he is still working for Hewson and Son), Sharpe, Harry "t':'n'gflnk, . . . Clarke, Earl Duvail, Nellie l'hi”m, cÂ¥ I’M’lml, Charlie For» bert Admans, KRol P:orge Robertson, Miss Hildreth, Wm, Hewson, Robert Cole, David Gordon MeBride, I» > the picture and the names and see if you ecan place them all, sythe, Wm. F;mlli“‘:.plcturv that are not named, :: # y w » # -.....ln-m three in the There AMID THE BEAUTEOUSELOSSOMS OF THE GRIMSBY FRUIT BELT are three A NEWSPApERâ€"A COMMUNITY SERVICE GRIMSBy LOOK THEM OVER, FOLKS â€" YOU KNOW THEM ALL l of it, "CEidents Grimsâ€" | 0. & .n! les from the sunâ€"bak ed streets of the big city are really enjoying vÂ¥ of a Grimsby Peach orchard. , ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 29th, 1947. disâ€" The regular meeting of the Board of Governors of the Niagara Peninsula Sanatorium was prnid-‘ led over by H. V, Gould, and was atâ€" tended by Governars W. J. Wood, ‘Dr. J. Sheahan, P. F. J. Do‘lan, G. H. Sherwood. J. R. Stork of St. |\Catharines; A. 8. Robertson, Niâ€" ‘anrs Falls; Mr. A. J. Holman, Welland and Mrsa. W. Fisher, Presâ€" ‘ident of the Central Council of \ Women, Niagaraâ€"onâ€"theâ€"Lake. Total Number Of Persons Xâ€"rayed In April 1,025â€"22 i At this meeting a m;uwmi was discussed as to whether the Sanatoriums of the Province should | have some organization | whereby| all Bo.rdllhotfldhdletogotto-i gether and discuss mutual probâ€" lems. One representative from uch; |Board to attend these . meetings. ; “l'he suggestion will be brought to further discussion at the nexfl | meeting. I \_Governor Stork, chairman of the |Bulldlu Committee gave a sumâ€" ‘mary report on the building proâ€" |gress and said that he would call l. meeting of the Blllldlnf‘(?ommll- tee soon to make a detailed inâ€" ‘ spection of the addition. Governor Dolan presented the Finance report for the month, covâ€" ering current operation and Buildâ€" (Continued on ‘page 6) New Tubercular Cases Disâ€" CONTRACTORS: GET PLENTY OF ADVICE ‘There has been plenty of free adâ€" vice handed out around the Bank of Commerce the past week. ‘The contractor and his men who are working on the new addition to the building have had lots of difficulâ€" ties in digging the excavation for the cellar. As every one knows, the land beâ€" tween the two hills is more or leas a rock bed, and to add to the workâ€" men‘s trouble the big hole filled with water. All the old timera along Main street had a theory as to where the aqua pura was coming from. Most of them claimed it was from an old spring well that exâ€" isted at one time on this property, Finally after a lot of work and investigating it was discovered that an old waterworks . service pipe had been unearthed, and brokâ€" en, hence the unending stream of fluid into the hole, This pipe line has now been shut off and work is progressing favorably. FORT EBRIE, May 23â€"â€"What is believed the highest tax rate of any municipality in Canada has just been approved by the council of adâ€" joining Crystal Beach village. It is actually seventy mills, but the proâ€" vincia! government subsidy of one mill makes the local rate actually 690 mills. TAX RATE IS HIGH a 0 ue ons «on : aus @ mm c o }p GRIMSBY RED CROSS WILL FURNISH WARD IN HOSPITAL COMPANIES FORMED TO HANDLE FARM LABOUR One In Grimsby And Several Throughout P rov in ce â€" ::'orlx On A Cooperative Baâ€" 8. A new company in Grimsby has been granted Letters of Patent unâ€" der the Ontario Companies Act. This company will be known as the Grimaby Farm Labour Coâ€"operâ€" ative, Limited, with head office in Grimaby. The directors of the firm, as set forth in a recent issue of The Onâ€" tario Gazette, are: Malcolm Sumâ€" ner Nelles, Cecil Moore Bonham, Charles Reginald Merritt, Harold Clayton Jeffries and George Donâ€" ald Smith, Farmers; and Ann Mary Crane, Accountant; all of North Grimsby. The functions of the company will be: "To act as agents in emâ€" ploying persons in agriculture; and for the further purposes and obâ€" jects therein set forth; with a capâ€" ital of 10,000, divided into shares of £50 each." From The Ontario Gazette it is also learned that similar companies have been grated Letters Patent in the following ptaces, Township of King, in the County of York; Township of Chinguscousy, in the County of Peel; Port Dalhousie; ADVERTISING MATTER PAYS BULK POSTAGE 8t. Catharines and Waterford Many Queries Received Beâ€" cause Cireulars Carry No Postage Stamps, Or Postal Marks â€" Post Master Exâ€" plains, & From time to time The Indepenâ€" dent receives a query from a citiâ€" zen regarding circulars, and other advertising matters that _ come through the maile and carry no postage stamp or postal mark. During the past month a considerâ€" able amount of this advertising matter has been coming through Grimsby Post Office and we reâ€" celved several inquiries re the postage altvat‘on. We took the matter up with| friends were present Thursday aftâ€" Postmaster L. A. Bromley and hbe|ernoon at the largely attended informs us that for the first part| funeral of Charles W. Durham, vet> of the month, 2,132 pieces of this|eran reeve of North Grimsby advertising matter was cleared Township and exâ€"warden of Linâ€" through the Grimaby office,. Posâ€"| coln County. tage was paid on all of it, but nntl They came from all walks® of life as Individual pleces, Postage 00| to pay tribute to a highly respecâ€" this type of literature is paild for | god public official, Rev. F. McAvoy in bulk by the firm sending it out. '.,, Grimaby Presbyterian Church, Tho regulations governing this officiated and members of the type of mail matter are a#* f0l=) (ounty Council acted a»s a guard lows :« 'nf honour at the home and at the .(‘ll:(:“lll‘l.. etc., may be address> | praveside NEW INDUSTRY STARTS AT GRIMSBY BEACH Circulars, etc., may be addreasâ€" ed "Householder," Circulars and other articles of third class matter, prepaid at the rate of 1e per 2 oz.. or fraction thereof per item, may be posted addreased . almply â€" "Mouseholder," without the name of any person or Indication of street or number, and it will be the duty of postmasters (Continued on Page 5) CHILDREN‘S AID SOCIETY WORK IS INCREASING VERY RAPIDLY Will Manufacture Rubbes A long felt want in the Fruit Belt is going to be filled by the establishment at Grimaby Beach, of a new induatry, ‘This new firm will be known as the Ryerson Products Company, and will engage in the manufac» turing of rubber stamps of all dea« oriptiona for fruit growera, fruit shippers and firms in all other lines of businesa. The firm will also specialize in the manufacture of a rubber stamp duplicator, Mr. MRyerson, sonâ€"inâ€"daw of _ A. W. Eickmeler is the head of the new firm and he brings with him Into the new business many years of experience in this line of manu« facturing. Local agents for the producta of the company will be established throughout the district and in Grimaby Jas, W. Haker will be the agent.â€"It is also antterpated that In time a large mail order busineas will bo worked up. Stamps Of All Kindsâ€"Local Agents Will Be Appointed. $2.50 Per Year, $3.00 In U.S8.A., 5¢ Per Copy | ‘The following is a report of the ‘mduuuon exercises of the claases of Volunteer Home Nurses, which |\have been conducted throughout | the winter by the Grimsby and | District Red Cross Society, also a lleuer from West Lincoin Memorial hospital accepting the offer of the |Soclely to equip and furnish a ward in that institution. Cost Will BRe Approximately $500â€"Will Also Help Mainâ€" tain It â€" Volunteer Home Nurses Class Graduates On Monday night, May 26th, at Trinity Hall the first class of Volâ€" unteer Home Nurses graduated at a very impressive ceremony. The meeting opened with God Save the King and the Invocation was given by Mra. L. J. Pettit. Mrs. Graham, the president, was in the chair and introduced Mra. J. I. Maitland of Beamasvilie, the local officer in charge of the Volunteer Home Nursing Class Mra Maitâ€" land gave a resume of the lectures taken and told of splendid help given by the local doctors and nurâ€" ‘The following gave the lectures and assisted in the classes: Mra. Grace Loud, Miss Molly Lucas, Mrs. Wyatt Dick, Miss L. Oldershaw, Miss Galbraith, dietitian at St. Catharines General Hospital; Miss Price of Lincoln Health Unit; Miss Grace Lewis of Lincoln Memorial Hospital; Mrs. Martin, Mrs. Ramâ€" say, Mrs. Norman Warner, Mrs. Fred Jewson, Dr. Jas. Mather, M. O.H.; Dr. J. V. Christie, Dr. Meâ€" Cubbin and Mr. Sutherland of the Hydro Commission of Beamsville. ‘‘Township and exâ€"warden of Linâ€" coln County. 1 They came from all walka of life to pay tribute to a highly raspecâ€" |lod public official, Rev. F. McAvoy | ‘The honorary pall bearers were â€"all exâ€"wardena of Lincoln County: Richard Mortey, Robert m Cecil Secord, William ‘Nurm-m Miller and Thomas Allan. â€"Presented With Pins, Membership Cards And (White Smocks. Mr#. Maitland introduced _ Miss Minnie Bartiett, Director of Volunâ€" Last Rites Conducted For Charles W. Durham â€" Honâ€" orary Pallbearers Were All Exâ€"Wardens. Many former associates and friends were present Thursday aftâ€" ernoon at the largely attended funeral of Charles W. Durham, vet> eran â€" reeve of â€" North Grimsby The active pall bearera were: Stanley Young, Robert Johnson, Thomas Mackie, George . Critten> den, Samuel Bartiett, and Gordon Moetcalfe. Mave 229 Children In Their Care â€"â€" ‘"The Underlying Basic Problem Of The Upâ€" rooted Family Is Still With Us" _ Many _ Individuals And Organizations Helping In Work, Romaine K. Ross was reâ€"elected president of the Children‘s Aid 80â€" city of 8t,. Catharines and Lincoln County at the 48rd annual meeting held in the Welland Mouse, 8t Catharines, Thursday night. Mr, Ross briefly paid tribute to the work of the staff and the ofâ€" fcers and directora and thanked the public for ita aupport. . "The work is hard and the problema difâ€" ficult," he said, "but the rewards are many, and the burden is lightâ€" ened b{k‘lh generous public sup» port which is always available in auch full measure and for which :ho Bociety is ao deeply apprecia Ive." ‘The president presented a life membership in the Society to Dr. Hilda Werden, formeriy a member of the board of directors, in recog» nition of her "valuable services rendered over long years to the aoclety and the community," "‘The uderlying basic problem of (Continued on page 8) (Continued on page 11)