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Bottom row, left to right: Mrs. Johnston, Lngiisn a3u Hhtawchve. French and English ; D. 0. Awde, Prinâ€" cipal, Biology, Sports; Miss Pougnet, French, Hisâ€" tory, P.T.; Miss Kuntz, Latin, History, Art. Top row, left to right: Mr. Schneider, Geography, Mathematics and Art; Mr. Piper, Commercial undmhh; Mr. Davies, Mathematics; Mr. Saunders, Dept. of culture and Agricultural Science. * â€" Photo by John Millyard. CALIFORNIA GRAPE PRICE $26 AS AGAINST LOCAL PRICE $95 NEW STAFF OF GRIMSBY HIGH SCHOOL, 1947â€"48 AELO.INC ECC LC e growers until prices for a given year have been set by the Farm Products Marketing Board. ‘The Mm-‘omm to on Saturday by A. G. Sampson, Ees sacas V to on Saturday by A. G. Sampson, | mammmu‘ sociation, when he made public his minority report to a price negotiaâ€" ting board set up by the Marketing l ag . e mmwufi set the 1947 grape price at $95 per ton. Growers asked for $110 per ton ..,..mmum $70 per ton. In his dissent, Mr. Sampson pointed out that grape prices had risen from §$40 per ton in 1039 to $50 per ton in 1943 to $92.50 per ton last year. The fixation of the $95 a ton mmmmfl-‘fi“\ the goose that lays the golden eggsâ€" It is no mere fiction that the future dmm‘mmh Ontaric is inseparably linked up with and dependent upon the mainâ€" tenance of a profitable wine proâ€" nâ€".,y-n-dm\ have entered into contracts with graupe growers early in the calenâ€" dar year for the tonnage of grape they would require for the ensuing vintage. These contracts generally incries State ‘l'ho{.WI Make No Contracts In Futâ€" mU-fiIMM Has Set The Price â€" Great Mrot()nr-l’hldu. Ontario Wineries will in future LXIIIâ€"No. 13â€"10 PAGES (Continued on Page 3) YOUR WAY OF Life ... ANY CANADIANS are so busy at their work that they are not conâ€" scious of the many poore stirring up discontent and creating situaâ€" tions which can y affect the freedom and liberty which Canâ€" adians have sacrificed for during the war years. The American Federation of Labour has investigated the Communâ€" istic efficieney of Russia, and the comparisons indicate that we all must lnendmtlmw.dayntln'iuuphhndmduthatopmntthe untruths which are causing discontent. These comparisons between Free Enterprise in the United States and Communism in Russia indicate what humans get for their effort, and why all of us must protect our standard of living and heritage. FREE ENTERPRISE (U.S.A.) AND COMMUNISM (USS.R.) What You Get For Your Work In the United In Russia To Buy States You Work They Work Daily Food 8 hours 9 hours Cotton Stockings 1 hour 24 hours Cotton Shirt 8 hours 820 hours Woollen Gloves 2 hours 100 hours Alarm Clock 4 hours 160 hours Bottle of Beer 10 minutes 8 hours Lady‘s Coat 75 hours 1000 hours Wrist Watch 80 hours 1600 hours Galoshes 8 hours 160 hours Toothbrush 15 minutes 4 hours Be active ev to protect our future. Others can wreck your hmndtmm”m orget! a. Today there is one physical world, but there are two worlds within the minds of men. One nr-nh the decency and liberty of the individual in which ernment is justified by the contribution it makes to human welfare, e other, an omnilrotnt state moulded man into conformity with the or crushes him if he would not conform. To Buy Daily Food Cotton Stockings Cotton Shirt Woollen Gloves Alarm Clock Bottle of Beer Lady‘s Coat Wrist Watch Galoshes Toothbrush PEACH HARVEST WILL BE BELOW ESTIMATE Improvement Shown In Pear : Mrs. Johnston, English and Ottawa, Sept. 30thâ€"(CP)â€"Sepâ€" tember estimates of Canada‘s tree fruit and grapes crops are mostly unchanged from the August estiâ€" mates a month ago, the Dominion bureau of statistics reported today. ‘The apple crop is estimated at 15,621,000 bushels, compared with the August estimate of 15,702,000 \muwmmm the record harvest of 19,282,000 bushels last year, but 16 per cent above the 1936â€"45 average of 13,â€" 418,000. Nova Scotia‘s apple crop is exâ€" pected to reach 3,600,000 bushels, about 40 per cent below the 6,020,â€" 000 bushels harvested last year, while New Brunswick is expected to produce 330,000. British Columâ€" bis forecasts have dropped three per cent. in the last month, but the wmuwwm a 7,623,000â€"bushel crop. ‘This is 23 per cent. below the 1946 record of 9,802,000 bushels, but well above the 10â€"year average of 5,773,000. As the result of a "much brighâ€" ter" outlook in Ontario, pear proâ€" ‘mcunnl-wondflwweut. And Plum Cropâ€"Estimated That Ontario Will Produce 71,460,000 Pounds Of Grapâ€" MORE THAN A NEWSPAPERâ€"A COMMUNITY SERVICE (Continued on Page 9) Grimsby Independent LADY KILLED IN AGGIDENT Mrs. F. G. Storrs Reported As Auto Fatality â€" Visited Friends In Grimsby Just 10 Days Agoâ€"No Report ‘As To Where Or How Accident ‘The above death notice appeared in The Toronto Globe and Mail on Tuesday morning, and concerns a former Grimsby resident. As can be perceived the notice does not state where the accident took place and friends in Grimsby of Mr. and Mrs. Storrs are in a quandry as to just what happened. Mr. and Mrs. Storrs were visitâ€" FIRE CHIEF LEPAGE GIVES TIMELY ADVICE Fires Can Be Prevented And It is an easy matter to prevent fires and save lives in our homes "mmmmm‘ common sense. The following sugâ€" gestions are offered by Fire Chief Alf, LePage, as a guide to every Grimsby citizen. _ i t (1) NEVER LEAVE TOUNG CHILDREN ALONE. (2) Keep chimneys and smokeâ€" pipes clean and in good repair. (8) Keep storage in attic or basement at a min/mum and store STORRS, Grace Evaâ€"Sudâ€" denly, on ~unday, Sept. 28, as the result of an automobile acâ€" cident, Grace Eva, beloved wife of Frank Gleadow Storrs of Fargo, North Dakota, sister of Mra. A. H. Meggs of Toronto. Grimsby paper please copy. LITTLE CHANGE IN NEWS OVER 64 YEAR PERIOD We May Be Living At A Fastâ€" (St. Catharines Standard) ‘ According to a copy of the Deâ€" troit Free Press dated Nov. 17, 1883, which was recovered in the building at 14 Queen St. which is being dismantled at present, life was pretty much the same, in many respects, as it is today. Patent medicines could correct anything from fallen arches to falling hair and many of the names advertised in that long ago paper are still to Lives Saved By Simply Beâ€" ing Careful And Udl'g'yCo-- erâ€" Clip But The G Trend Is Very Much (Continued on Page 9) {Continued on Page 9) (Continued on Page 9) GRIMSBY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2nd, 1947. In Russia They Work 9 hours 24 hours 820 hours 100 hours 160 hours 8 hours 1000 hours 1600 hours 160 hours COUNTY CHAIRMAN EXPLAINS NEW SYSTEM OF ASSESSMENT ONLY ONE SOLDIER LEFT ON DUTY AT OLD NIAGARA CAMP "Green Trees," the centuryâ€"Oldresidence of Col. A. J. C. and Mrs. Taylor, Grimsby, was built on the land granted by the Coown to Andrew Pettit, U. E. Loyalist. Andrew and several other LOy&l§ families came into Canada from New Jersey, U.S., i(n the é':lu' 178)7. located in this districtang formed the early settlement of "‘The Forty now Grimsby). The first Pettit house built on LOt15 was a log cabin dwelling near the lake shore. The homestead pictured above by Robert a1idrick was, according to family records, built entirely of timbers cleared from the farm findâ€"gmt oak beams, hand hewn frame work and wide pine floors. T" ECCE S DL o o 2e d 2o oe 0o3 c __fe22d.with madarn eanven. NO NEED TO WRITE FOR PENSION CHEQUE guests Welfare ing guests from the United States and Canadian provinces. Plan for a review and automatic adjustment of the Ontario bonus for old age pensioners to cover excess living costs, witnout appliâ€" cation by the pensioners, was anâ€" nounced Tuesday by Welfare Minâ€" Department officials are reviewâ€" ing ."ryddl‘.mflh-m those who pay more than $10 per month for shelter or more than $26 a month for board and lodging: there will be an automatic adjustâ€" ment of their pension, giving them lpofl.londormmll‘u“- ad, depending on their cireumâ€" stances. This will be done, it was emphasized, without the necessity of their writing to the department. Mr. Goodfeliow maid that, while consideration _ a nd _ adjustment where advisable would be automatic it would take some ttime to review all cases, But, after a case has been reviewed, the amount of bonus to which the pensloner was eligible Now that we are on Standard Time the time table for mails at Grimaby Post Office are as folâ€" lown:« f Mail for are cloned:« mmu.wp.-- 100 pm. and 900 pm. _ _ _ For Kastâ€"000 am., 300 pam and 7.00 pam. «_ > it witt & GRIMSBY POSTAL NEWS Mails are recelved from traina:« 1.85 am., 942 am. +384 pm. and %.01 pm. Mr. Philip Moberly of the local Post Office ataff for the past two Taken Care Of, years, is leaving to jJoin the Royal Canadian Air Force Mis place is being taken by Mr. Jas, Amith, vetâ€" eran of the last war. (Continued on Page 3) HAS BRAVED THE ELEMENTS FOR A CENTURY AND A HALF ; All Pension Cases eedy Cases Will Be (8t. Catharines Standard) ‘Today there is only one soldier at Niagara camp where, during Word War II, as many as 25,000 Cangdlan soldiers passed through theip training phases in a alugle * ‘The presence of that single solâ€" dier iMustrates the virtual disapâ€" pearance of the camp as a military aite even better than does the wholesale removal of destruction of the buildings which housed close to 1,000 men !~ arms at a single time during the war, With the passing of those khakiâ€"clad men and the frame buildings there fades too a “; of historyâ€"history which made ""* Niagara encampment one of the their year t9¢ st military sites in continuous 66in Cunadn. "~â€" ell over 100,000 men who serâ€" Win active and reserve formâ€" Y®Ons during the recent war will Atimnember Niagara camp. It will be remembered too by veterans of the remM,. World War, and by thousands fir%he permanent and nonâ€"permanâ€" in thnilitia before and between the entre, They would scarcely recogâ€" waru.the sprawling acres now. If nizeold amidiers could gather there, the might hear the muted notes of youllstant trumpet sounding a last a d call over the riverside camp. sad he men are gone and the buildâ€" Thare fast disappearing, follow» inga argovernment‘s announcement ing the go year that Niagara camp early this longer be used for mili« would purposes. ‘Today Staff Serâ€" tary Wilfred Fellowa, of the #oyâ€" whudhn Engineers, presides 4) c the ompty treeâ€"covered lands over + were such hives of activity a fow years ago. "fia is military foreman of works for the district and it is up to him, | with the nsaitance of some clyilian Are Being Rapidly Dismantâ€" ledâ€"Some Old Building Erâ€" ected About 1780 Will Be Preserved â€" Butler‘s Ranâ€" gers Encamped There Durâ€" ing Revolutionary War. (Continued on Page 3) Ratepayers in Lincoin County are to receive letters explaining the changes in assessment for 1047 due to the new equalized assesament being brought into effect this year, says Deputy Reeve Ivan Buchanan, chairman of the county assessment committee. Mr. Buchanan pointed out uut‘ Lincoln County council had been studying an equalized asseassment for at least three years, and it was now being adopted for purposes of 1047 county tax collection. He amid the utmost coâ€"operation had been recelved from all township assesâ€" wors and from all members of council. It would be a great im« provement to the system and would provide _ a _ fairer . asseasment l:leM the county, he explain« "Under the old system there was one assessor for each of the 13 munlcipalities comprising Lincoln County," he said. ‘‘These 13 asseasâ€" ors asseased the properties in their local municipalities at an amount which was considered to be the acâ€" tual value of the property. "Mowever, each assessor had his own idea of value, and the value aet by him would not be the same as the value set by another assessor for a aimilar plece of property," Mr., Buchanan continued. "As a reâ€" sult there was little or no uniformâ€"» Ity between nsseaaments in the difâ€" ferent municipalities. RBecause of these differences it has been neces sary for county council each year io equalize the asseammenta for eounty tax purposes, and this inâ€" volved continual references to the county judge." Rqualization by the judge proved (Continued on Page 3) Week ending at 8 a.m., Monday, SHept, 20th, 1047, Mighest temperature w TA Lowest temperature w â€" 80. Mean temperature »â€"»â€"â€"060.0 GRIMSBY WEATHER Changes have been taking place in theatrical circles in Grimaby the putfovfllu\duarnuntho Roxy has a new manager, Art Vie» kers, who has been manager for the past three years becomes chief projectionist and "Chuck" Macâ€" Kenzie severes his connection with the theatre. ‘These changes have been neces sitated by the Motion Picture Cenâ€" sorship and ‘Theatre Inspection branch of the Ontario government which insists that the manager must be on the floor of theatre auditorium during each and every performance, naturally Mr. Vickers could not be in two places at one time, on the floor of the auditorium and in the projection room, hence the change around. Mr. Vickers could have had the managerial role and a new projectionist would have been sent to Grimasby, but he preâ€" ferred to remain in charge of the projection room. + e NEW MANAGER AT THE ROXY New Government Regulations ‘The new manager, Larry Ryan, comes to Grimaby with many years of experience in the moving picture field. He atarted his career as a kid in the United States and then came to Canada, He has been assistant manager and manager of theatres at several points in Canada includâ€" ing the large Elgin theatre in Otâ€" tawa. He comes to Grimsby from }lln Biltmore in Oshawa. Ontario. Mr. MacKenzie could have reâ€" mained in the theatrical field if he had so desired as the owners of the Roxy offered to place him with anâ€" other theatre some place else in WILL USE HELICOPTER TO SPRAY ORCHARDS B.C. Apple Growers Have Purâ€" chased A Machine And Exâ€" periments Are Now Being Conducted. > Demand That Manager Be On The Floor At All Timâ€" esâ€"This Does Away With Dual Manager â€" Operator Position. may soon be sprayed from the air. An Okanagan Valley orgarization has purchased a helicopter and trials are being made under the supervidion of the Dominion Enâ€" tomological and Chemical Laboraâ€" tory, Summerland and the Canaâ€" dian Army Experimental Station, Buffield, Alberta, to assess it as a means of applying insecticidea to fruit trees. ‘The helicopter has several adâ€" vantages over fixedâ€"wing aircraft, It can travel at much lower speed, although it treats a ten â€" acre orâ€" chard in a few minutes, and can land in a small clearing 580 feet in Mameter; the downâ€"draft from the rotors produces a turbulence of "rebound" that improves underâ€"leaf coverage; it is less dangerous to operate in this type of work than a fixâ€"wing aircraft. Though both dusts and sprays are being applied with the helicopter, it appears proâ€" bable that sprays will prove more | antisfactory. C ce o. Officers of the Summertand Labâ€" oratory, as well as those of the Provincial Horticultural Branch at Kelowna and Penticton, bave also been conducting trials with new (Continued on Page 9) WiLL HOLD MEETING ABOUT LAKE EROSION Orchards in British Columbia Ma_l(:.r()f Mimico Announces t Much Data On The Question Has Been Gatherâ€" MIMICO, Sept. 23â€"Reeve Hugh Griggs, reported to Mimico councll that plana are being prepared for a conference on Oct. 9 of all municl« pal representatives bordering on Lake Ontario from Niagara Falls to Scarboro. The conference is beâ€" Ing called to see what action can be taken to protect the lake ahore from erosion. After attending a meeting called by Reeve R. H. Palmer, Scarboro, Mr. Griggs stated that the Niagara and ‘Toronto Lake Shore Protes» tive Association already has obâ€" tainad vital data on the subject. Mo claimed that the advice of a Toronto Marbor Commisaion eng!« neer, who has studied the question for 20 years, is the only feasible solution, Tt recommends deepening the outlet of Lake Ontario at Proaâ€" gott so the water can get into the Ht. Lawrence River more easlly, S¢ Per Copy _