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Thursday, Dec. 30th, 1948. xB Un & “r'h-.m“f“ { j "the Great Intendant", took the first /s census, New France numbered 3,215 . people, mostly farmers. â€"~â€"*hta f . l i. ho raat _ \ PP / y . nsfaidt i t‘ â€"~ w M 4 384 to (iky, "} " ® P e Cl P J C K * _A k v T ARL P ‘b 1',‘ > gte & 4 q I\LP ~ { NAE c en h+ 22 £1 _;L,'\'/ C.*nCii""®pfe /â€" NCE .2 Between1665 Az s X% ® 1673 the Kln, of Franc & sent about 1000 youn g .A mio(hn.‘nu‘d‘n ‘:.-:': .\‘ % lnn a i C Y | R & _ By 1784, Canada had 1 ho 5‘ [( a y _ grown to 113,111 inhabi« | (@R ce .‘q) yV} 3 us s % Ail WFOTIR uaramecu Rioni‘ bonreting"® © at Reasonable Prices. PIN â€" POINTED ONE Way s “ HEADED Anotxer/ McCartney‘s Meat Market POULTRY ORDERS TAKEN FOR CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR‘S DELIVERY FULL LINE OF FRESH MEATS TELEPHONE 24 Today, Canada holds a promise of great things to come for thousands of crowded people from Europeâ€"who turn to Canada because there‘s room to growâ€"in Canada Unlimited, BIG PRINTING JOBS ARE OUR SPECIALTY ~~ Free Delivery TURNING THE PAGES OF t _ By 1784, Canada had grown to 113,111 inhabiâ€" tants. Ontario, then called Upper Canada, had about 10,000 settiers. United Empire Loyalists, the hope of the new life in their hearts, soon brought LARGE VARIETY OF COOKED MEAT o heorobt ankt Obdamobile Salen and Sorviee & w TRACTORS K« IMPLEMENTS ® 220 â€"55â€"57 MAIN 5T. E.â€"GRJMSBY;ONTARIO FRESH AND SMOKED FISH this total to 94,000. COMPANY LIMITED B R E W | N 6 MAKE SUREâ€"ITS A MORE _ PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR. DEA L WITH US WHERE yOU GET T HE DOUBLE SAVINGS OF ECONâ€" OMY AND QUALITY. All Work The promise the land m held was so sought that, from 1897 to 1912, Canada was the goal of 2,239,000 hopeful people from Europe, England and the United States, tene ‘Wpont fede Youne sent a & o4 n women to(hno‘ou‘d‘o: 7 MAIN ST. E. 'Am Sowi] conducted | rervice, and interme and revg > unmntm-uourn Eomm CCC Some 125,000 letters with some To fram Re ongaay romt itc mfmll Grimaby Post Office. amount is far in excess of any mmr yet recoâ€"ged and shows that Town of Grimsby is growing every year. Pallbearers were afaicolm Nelâ€" les, John Aikens, Gordory Metcalfe of Grimaby; Harold Lakeand Earl Kenny, of Winona. While the staff did not have the opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas we wish to "¢xâ€" tend, through the columns of The Independent, a Happy and Prosâ€" perous New Year to all our patâ€" CONTINUATIONS PREVENTIVE WORK ; would be in the best interests of the children for the Children‘s‘ Aid Society to continue acting in a supportive role. By continuing its| efforts to counsel and to assist the : family in working out their probâ€"| lems, it was felt that the .ocMy“ might be able to stave off a posâ€" sible break up of the home and the: costly task of maintaining children in pay or boarding home care. Mr. Jack Finlay, as Mr. Richardâ€" son‘s success as superintendent, expressed his appreciation to the board for providing him with the opportunity of serving the comâ€" munity in the interests of child and family life. He also paid specâ€" ial tribute to the splendid work duobylr.mudnndurlnxhh term of service with the society. VENERABLE OFFICIAL Mr. Allan rested at the home of « niece, Miss Margaret Allan, 66 Mr. Roy V. Wininger, secretaryâ€" treasurer, presented correspondâ€" ence from His Honor Judge J. G. 8. Stanbury in which Mr. Finlay was named by Judge Stanbury as proâ€" bation officer with the juvenile court. ‘This appointment was unâ€" animously approved by the board (Beamsville); Cape Mounted Poâ€" lice, Major H. F. Baker; Rifle Briâ€" gaude, W. H. Humphries; Tommy y _ s song by Mr. Gâ€" H. Hornibrook, himself a veteran of the war, Soldâ€" ters of the Queen. A Miss Smith (h.lly_tguuled as Miss Clara ACa PmE C k Camp Scene Tableau with Quartet | "" â€"The Soldiers Farewellâ€"in which | * Messrs. Unwin,Kimmins, Harrison is (the High 8001 principal) and 1y Meyers took Part. Capping this in came Mr. Kimn|os® singing Boys of | {f the Old Brigade. E A dialogue entitid John Buil and | C Kruger, between Ye88r8. Vida and | C! Rhodes, brought the@Dtertainment o to a close, and the Ntonal Anâ€"|}f them was again aung. ® Kipling‘s verses, The Absentâ€" Minded Beggar with their appeal for "the girl that Tommy‘s left beâ€" hind him" fill the second page of the programmeâ€"printed no doubt by The Independent. ___ ly ng 170,000 square feet i# 1®Qace in the St. c-mnn: l BOOF ‘roducts Ltd. plant on Vine Btee! This space, about half of the ":“l:u space in the huge plant :;“\um' the war, will be the | rters for changing freâ€"| M on -qulpmcn‘h 946M. Bernard, °* G. y rnard, general manager of St. éiuumm Steel Products, made the annnouncement Thursday morning. MHe said that the work would be under the Canadian Comâ€" stock Co, Ltd. Frequency Converâ€" sion Division. The engineering, ofâ€" fice and accounting staffs will be located in St. Catharines, Mr. Rernard said that the lease | comes into effect January 1, u-di certain engineers would move into the plant on January 3, preparaâ€" toryto starting operations. ... â€" The entire project is being direct» ed from Toronto by Mydro eng!â€" Street East, Grimaby, where iesd n t oaiock, mier. Mâ€"at 2 o‘clock. Interâ€" WAS MA in Fifty Cemetery, REMEMBER OLD ST. CATHARINES THE GRIMSBY From Page One Fas‘s neer Harry Leeming e Rent OS CCC o emee carry out the conversion work on domestic, commercial and industâ€" rial electrical equipment. _ __ : LWcs in [3 1â€"2 &5 i advicncilioes uh‘ t90r While the vast work involved in conversion is going on in the plant, the St. Catharines Steel Products & Lo lantu in Ihe | 11. h1 BB acimarcichnatam Ltd. will continue to operate in section of the premises. " es ty . TV Giving the work iN (_"""" C Comstock is viewed by Hydro ofâ€" ficials as a measure to speed up the work of converting the Southern Ontario system to 60â€"cycle freâ€" quency. Preliminary surveys have already been started in Scarboro, Sarnia, London and a section of Hamilton which has 66 2:3 freâ€" Bs â€"_LHS Shat ‘mit PBeAECOME ECC CCC ccd aquency. Conversion means that all: electric motors in household comâ€" mercial and industrial equipment have to be converted to the new frequency, and is regarded by engiâ€" neers who have studied it for years as a "staggering" job. Mr. Saunders aaid that the comâ€" mission was doing everything in its power to accelerate.the mammoth changeâ€"over. In addition to conâ€" verting equipment, the plan calls for construction of new poWwer plants, transmission lines and other TT _LCH14. ol ‘adununta Peeneone SAAAE ud t ECC ¢ ““““. 0 "v"m an adequate road then turn across the [TM!!!®. loltmld?nflllnlnylll- nals, and only a few signal properâ€" ly. If proper signals were used many crashes could be avoided. This coming year let every motorâ€" ist rosolve to drive safely, obey the golden rule, and signal when makâ€" ing a turn, coming to a stop or turning into the traffic. Pedestrians too, should rememâ€" ber that they must obey the trafâ€" fic rules including the lights as many people still rush across the street when the red light is showâ€" ing. This is not only dangerous for themselves but for the motorist, ly and obey traffic lights, In makâ€" ing your New Year‘s resolutions for 1949, be sure that you include those which will make Lincoln ; County a safer place to live, and in closing may T on behalf of the St. Catharinesâ€"Lincoln Health Unit, wish you and yours a very happy, healthy, safe New Year, too. So let all pedestrians this year resolve to walk in a safe manner and obey the traffic signals. Those riding bicycles must remember that . L DeteD LC clemale e ooo® omm n e ces my.too.uwldohymnlzul-. and must not cross against the red light. In some of the states to the EERTCC+ In some of the states to the \ maumwlmuun been considerably changed. On the amber light pedestrians may cross the intersection either way as this light is marked WALK and motor cars are not allowed to . move. mm;rmall‘ltuonmowr- ists may move forward and turn either right or left as no pedestâ€" rians are going across. ‘When the red light shows nelther motor nor pedestrian traffic is allowed. 1 know of no Canadian municipality which has adapted this modern nyotn»dllnctnlmwlchdou away with most of the confusion we see in our municipalities. It is amazing to see how quietly, how safely, and how easily traffic can be handled in this way. it would appear that bicyclists are the worst offenders as practically never do they obey traffic rules. Few people riding a bicycde ever signal which way they are going to turn and there are very few that do not sneak right through against the red signal Bicyclists must learn to ride close to the curb in single file instead of being spread out all over the road the way we find them now. Often those riding bicycles pass a motor car on the wrong side so this year those on bicycles should resolve to ride aafeâ€" NEW RESOLUTIONS i shan turn ncross the tra GRIMSBY RADIO AND In thinking of traffic regulations , MAIN 8T. £,, onimsay PHONE 635 INDEPENDENT to Canadian traffic | CAPTIVATING MUSICAL SWd Een PCOE C : land and Gene Kelly, playing at thé Roxy on Wednesday and Thursday, January 5th and 6th, is a sumptuously mounted . musical. Every ingredient of a perfect Techâ€" nicolor musical has been garnered for this film adaptation of 8. N. Behrman‘s play, which was one of Broadway‘s great successes.* It lolllmltoryo(nxlrlnfiodmm ofiun‘mptnflmrmbyu boid pirate and who finds her hero in the person of a debonair stroll« ing player. Its locale is the Catib= bean. Ite tunes, written by Cole Porter, form wondrous componâ€" ents for the singing and dancing talents of Judy Garland and Gene Kelly who top everything they have done before in their careers. Judy Garland, stunningly photoâ€" graphed in a magnificent array of Spanishâ€"type costumes, handles her :crlrn;m'd singing with sureness and spontaneity and finds an able partner in _Koll_y, who again offers some nove mlf;ui'meuw‘ lar dance routines. The wise man is the one who doesn‘t remind you of his wisdom. ‘ starring Judy Garâ€" '1\045":"__ walle nlaving at 1S "THE PIRATE © Town of Grimsby HAVING AGAIN RECEIVED A NOMINATION FOR THE OFFICE OF MAYOR | 1 ASK YOUR VOTE AND INFLUENCE ON MY BENALF. | HAVE SERVED YOU CONTINUOUSLY FOR THE PAST ELEVEN . VEARSâ€"SEVEN AS COUNCILLOR AND FOUR AS MAYOR. â€" SOME OF THE THINGS ACCOMPLISHED DURING MY TERM OF SERVICE ARE AS FOLLOWS: TOWN SURVEYED FOR SEWERS. SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT CONSTRUCTED AND COMâ€" To The Electors AITCHISON SUBâ€"DIVISION OPENEDâ€"SEWERS, WATER AND SIDEWALKS LAID THEREON. TONS OF ROCK PLACED AT YOUR PUMP HOUSE TO PROTECT IT FROM THE LAKE EROSION. RECLAIMED STRIP OF LAND THE TOWN OWNED FROM HEWâ€" SON PROPERTY AT A CONSIDERABLE sAÂ¥iNG To the town. mivoovmc&wstomvonmsuwm- DUMP TRUCK AND SNOW PL y OUGH PURCHASED AND OTHER Your Interest is My Concern INCREASED WATER SERVICE TO PUBLIC SCHOOL FROM * INCH TO 2 INCHES. . _ NEW PUMP AT PUMP HOUSEâ€"AND A NEW DIESEL ENGINE EXPECTED ANY DAY. PLEASEâ€"EVERYONE GET OUT AND VOTE VOTE AS YOU WISHâ€"BUT vOTE Happy New Year To All! KIDD AVENUE WATER MAIN RENEWED FROM 1‘ INCH TO GIBSON AVENUE SEWER LAID. HENRY BULL INDEPENDENT PRINTING IS MIGHTY FINE PRINTING Niagara Packers Ltd. °e WE HAVE COMPLETE STOCKS OF ALL SIZES OF COAL AND COKE. e PROMPT DELIVERY GUARANTEED. e EVERY LOAD SCIENTIFICALLY TREATâ€" ED TO PREVENT DUST. ORDER TODAY. HOW‘Ss YOUR COAL SUPPLY ? Of The