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Issued Thursday office of m&nd&k!g:. GM.?F The Grimsby Independent True independence is never afraid of always to the most perfect independence. Then what about the $21/4 millions to be ndfihy-o-!nn&dâ€"l. For instance the Covernment will spend more than $6 millions on publicity this year. That involves staffs. I wonder why folks . There are succeessful or are not successful. If you mnundii theer is nothing to worry about; if you are not, there are only two %MWM Your health is either or you are sick ; if your health is good, there is nothing to worry about ; if you are sick, there are only two things to worry about. You are going to get well or mmmbdfie;flyumwwlfl well, there is nothing to worry ; if you re going to die, there‘s only two things to worry about. You are either going to heaven or you are not going to heaven; if you are going to heaven, there is nothing to worry about ; and if you are going to the other place you will be so busy shaing hands with your old friends that you won‘t have time to worry. So why worry? Does the Army need 40 its public relatigns * m!:r‘g wWHY WORRY Email items need as much ml‘wdju!fic“th mfi in retarn. T W‘y.m.lmvnfiewfl; those who put up the money are entitled to Mfiy»flhlfl”.“ devartment: judge what the gating Mfl' to our calendar, 1948 is a leap year with 29 in February and 366 days in the year. There is an ancient tradition that privilege of asking men to marry them. There was an ancient tradition in Engâ€" land that if a man should decline such a proâ€" posal, he should soften the disappointment by presentation of a silk dress to the unsuccessâ€" That‘s 60000 more than before the war. Extrs cost, $120 millions a year. In spite of this old feeling, there are unb-vhjfiadflm‘ml-lhfh proposal point without asking him to marry her. Tt â€"would generally be considâ€" YOUR UNSEEXK PAYROLL Yu'n.n-%llrma host of m“u of every 6i adults is on Ottazwa‘s payroll; your payâ€" There has been a feeling that it is more suitable for the men to make the marriage wunbmwmwm themselves more fascinating if they “-Mo{muw tion. Also that if it seems a little to get them, and if they appear to be somewhat elusive, they become more attractive in the eves of the men. _ * a | A___. * & _T . dintir ccracth,. ccamaivece Pay \PH Te NBG4 cdmm‘mgehdhfl going together for some time, if she should ask him what he meant by his attentions. ummmuw.x posal of marriage, yet would be quite a that such a union would ie acceptable. Under modern ideas of the relations of the sexes, women sppear to have equal rights with men. There seems no reason why they should not suggest marriage, or offer any inâ€" vitations of a social nature, if they desire to pooiple ts The Sominies aivdl service. _ ""* m'â€"‘-â€".-â€"fi“’;_.wmâ€"fi m aad Hbe ‘â€" >‘ <~>./ * nn.&l“nfi This country in advance. money around. 1 Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office S i Iinfantans mocon LIVINGSTON and LAWSON, Publishers. FACTS & FANCIES What about the $114 millions the Govâ€" J. ORLON LIVINGSTON, Editor, Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper "Lincoin County‘s Leading Weekty" Frank Fairboen, Jr. L ernment will spend on overseas broadcasts? The $646,550 to be spent by Canadian Inâ€" Undoubtedly we get some value in reâ€" turn. But does it offset the cost? Can 12 million people afford it? _ 3 This country is in no position to Tiing money around. It‘s time the taxpayer had a satisfactory accounting. % ONLY ONE CURE FOR HIGH PRICES "Screaming about high prices will not help us," states The Financial Post editorialâ€" ?:euncuu. 'l':dmld zmtbe;;nlye{- ummmummm corrected, general price levels cannot possibly "Canada and the United States could, if zheymu.mnmmm of the world. They stop the flow of goods and food to Europe, sit back and revel in their ‘this just now. But such a callous course no permanent hapâ€" niusfor!‘or&ma-flmwohm machinery, coal, steel, houses, transport, fer What about the $2 millions for the Film "And Europe is very far frorh being reâ€" today. ‘That continent is short of food, 1. Look for ahernatives or swhitivtes for the tems which ore temporarl; grohinited., 4. 6 cartain goods seem to be in short spply, do not overieck the ponility that # is secsonal, or merely a local condition, or parhap: broughé about by entirely 5. be sure io optam the TarHi hom Nomber from your Colector of Customs and Excise belore purwing any inquiry. Quate this number in all correspondencs. & K# WE TACKLE THES PROBLEM IN THE SAME SPRT OF COâ€"OPERANON DEMONSTRATED DURING THE WAR YEAKRS M CAM BE SOLVED WATH L Do ast order goods by makl hrom othar comttins . .. do uit buy goods to bring home when you travel outude Canade. See glso hem 2 Z Â¥ you \RPANADA is heovily "in the sed". in presert trading with the U.S. doliar arec. in our total trade with the world we are in o good position but not in that part which is done with U.S. dollar countries. Other countries with whom we do business cannot poy us in full, either in cash or in goods, for the things they buy from us. This situction is mode more serious than ever before becouse so many countries, our regular customers, hove not recovered from the war. it moy be some fime yet before they get on their feet sufficiently to help put things right. Meantime, we must find woys and means of boloncing our own books and reducing our U.S. doliar deficit. There ore two things we can do at the moment . .. cut down unnecessory purchoses from the U.S. dolior areo and increose our production of goods that can be sold to those countries to balance accounts, it‘s on emergency and should be treated as such. TO KEEP OUR INDUSTRIES HUMMING . .. OUR LIVING STANDARD EMERGENCY LONGâ€"TERM BEMEFIT TO EVERY CANADUAN OIL WE CAN PAY FOR THESE THINGS IF WE CURTAIL OUR SPENDING ON IMPORTED NONâ€"ESSENTIALS OR TRIMIMINGS . . . AT LEAST FOR AWMME YOU AS A CANADIAN CAN HEL let‘s treat it / as such ! THE GRIMSBY INDEPENDENT HIGH, wE weep PETROLEUM, COAL, COTTON, STEEL . _ AND SIMILAR ESSENTIAL THINGS to lears whather the #em is prohibited. Eh‘lfifi; ‘\"'YV‘J' " \ES E’Q“\\k:" o ; THIS IS AN tilizer and of almost everything else except trouble. It‘s going to be a long hard to uthweonitsfutnlwdfi as well face the fact that until that done we are going to be short of food and goods on this continent and prices are going to conâ€" tinue high. "Our job in Canada and the United States is to produce more industrial goods and pray for good crops. With luck and hard work we can do much this year and next, without them the outlook is bleak.‘ CURE BY EXPOSURE His valet had been with him nearly 20 years and rarely left the house except to acâ€" company his master on business trips, so the master was quite surprised when the valet deâ€" manded two evenings a week free from duty. Not wishing to lose the man‘s services, the master agreed but expressed curiosity about the unusual request. C * and I like to attend the meetings regularly, the valet replied. _ l #" Several months later, the master noticed the valet was no longer taking advantage of the free evenings and was unable to contain his questions. _ _ yâ€" * words carefully. "At the last meeting I atâ€" tended the speaker was explaining the eventâ€" ful benefits of Socialism and his explanation went something like this ; if all the money in the ‘country was pooled and divided equally "Well, sir, I‘ve joined the Socialist party "It‘s like this sir," the valet chose his see your Collecor of Customs solidating different offices into approximately those filled by the present commissioner of works W. F. Randall. but it was laid over until October to get a better line on the needs. Different ones have supâ€" Wismer credit for theirs. When the village constable was appointed there were multifarious duties, among them being bealth inspector, but the motion reads "inspector of the board of bealth." Dr. Alexander, J. Albert Marsh emaulipox here that year; perhsps they meant the Bwayze must have needed the money to pay on the dld-:â€"hhumulm.ohpt §$75 to act village constable "his dutics to be to enforce all bylaws, act as truant officer, inspector of board of health. inspector of noxious weeds and | black knot. and to report to the council at its regular | meetings each month. and to see that the street | lights are in proper shape, and to notify proper parâ€" | ties if lights are out. Some stremnuous days and } mights abead for the chief. 1 In March the board of education was given $5.â€" | 000 to complete and equip the high school: the lb | rary board was granted the right to build on the | present site;: and tenders were called for the purâ€" chase of the old town hall and the Miliward lot on Main street that had been bought for the library. | Many counciliors become imbued with their imporâ€" | tance and what they consider suthority but they hide behind motions to conceal their fear of the other party affected. as witness: "Moved by Johnson and Wismer that W. R. VanDyke be notified by the clerk that he must keep the aidewslk by water tap, when he waters coal, dry and clean, etc. * * * * * ." How -‘*hhflâ€"dmw‘dwfil to have quistly told the man of the complaint, and that would no doubt have been sufficient In Sepâ€" tember the ratepayers voted a $10,000 loan to the Radiant Electric company for ten years Here they are girls‘ Movies! In December A. W. Moore was rented the town hall two nights a week st $2 per night to exhibit moving pictures. ‘This was the beâ€" ginning of the present popular resort on Main street. "Archic" Burland‘s little bursts of sarcasm when he was in the council came back at him in December "11, when a committee was sppointed "to see that the approach to Mr. Burland‘s garage on Main street is placed in a satisfactory condition as soon as posâ€" Ammmmnxma‘ the township of Clinton the right to lay gas mains in the village. Grimsby has been handed a lot of gas about the franchises and the gas we were to get, but one is inclined to think that the councilors absorbed it al; at any rate nome of the Wardware mes are stocking gas ranges as yet. ‘The general rate for 1911 was 15% mills About this time the Canadian Northern railway company was applying for a charter to invade Nisâ€" gare peninsuls and the council passed a resolution fevoring it. and sent a deputation to Ottaewn to look after the village interests. Unfortunately we 4d not wet the railroad. ‘The federal member for Lincoln, E. A. Lancaster, had been after the Government to give better post office accommodation to Grimsby, and the village was »#in k to provide a gite.â€" This was agreed to on commiion that the government m.*ummum;wnâ€" through the year and at the regular clection the folâ€" lowing Januzy $4.000 was voted to buy the site and work was proceeded with. In April it was decided to tear the old town hall down. In Decerber a compiaint was made about a drain. but as it was a natural watercourse nothing could be done. ‘The last of the motion reade: "The anly way same can be improved is by a system of sewers, which we hope will asnon tbe instaled." ‘The achool rate for 1012 was tweive mille and the general rate seventsen mills No reason is given but the reeve Aid not sign the minutes of the first meeting. and only signed two after that through the year. Two vears before the question of engaging one man *to hbold aeveral different positions had been brought up, but left in abeyance. ‘This year it was again bromched and Clerk Brodie was appoointed at the first mesting. He was enguged as euperintenmdent of the comptery at $500 and was to amist the detk when to take the offices of auperintendent of works. lerk and treasurer, board of works. waterworks, collector of water rates and village taxes and such other &sâ€" thet year but apparently andther big industry was turned down, tor we hear uo more of U. The acthoo rate was ten mills and the general rute seventsen. celved. one from Meaford, one from Hamilton and three from Grimaby ranging in salury from $400 to §$1200. C. F. Mabey was appoirted «t §400. tWot he apparently did not start, for Brodie kept right on writing the minutes for two years longer, «xtept a few that do not uppent at all. To Junuary Bourme and Mitel made a two bundred word motion *> comstitute the council a bourd of trade with Walker as publicity officer. In April the government offerâ€" ad to muke their drain from the port office to the creck a yart affair, allowing the village to hook ther Arains on If the village would put up §$2% of the expense. ‘The proposition was turned down. mert precomiing phart here for the froit growers an‘d COxt. 0 the maktter was Qocummed. Om the Yhirtnenth Mitchell and Johnson gotfh motion through dojectâ€" ing to the plant and the putting in of a awitcs trom Livingston avenue to have the previous motion toâ€" arinded ns the reeve voked aguinst and mikion was lost. But the precocier was built and the awitcs put in Oct. 27 a bylaw was propared to rauine §1475 to buy the Davie property tor a site for the Poice in lund Wine and Vineyard company, and the clectors were to voke on U. There ats mo tarther whntton A In May the clectors wited a loun of $10,00 t the Hess company 221 for and 21 against. E. A 1911â€"Reeve W. Mitchell: Councillors 8. Wis 1912â€"Reeve E. S. Johnson: Counciliors AÂ¥ B. were placed asking for a man mg to get a govern Thursday, January 29th, 1948. MAIN ST. W. GRImMSBY SYSTEMS INSTALLED AND Made to order from original keys. Geo. F. Warner BARRISTER, souicrTor, er 25 Main Street, w erimssy * Mours 64 â€" Ssturdays #â€"12 all sizes of concrete blocks Saturdays Only â€" 2 to 5 p.m. 12 Main 6t. E. t INBUVRANCE & SOoucrr J. B. McCAUSLAND BUN LIFE OF CANADA MAROLD B. MATCHETT Dr. D. R. COPELAND BULOVA, ELGIN, ELCO :'Am phone burlington 624 GEORGE 1. GEDDES “Wlomm TELEPHONE sâ€"r885 RESIDENCE 21453 Watch Clock And Closed Baturdays At Noon Open Wednesday Afterncon Mours 90012060 13404100 T. R. BeGORA, B.A. ~ * 12 Main St. West, (of BL Catharines) € m verâ€" eb Telephone 680 OPTOMETRIST 4