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THIS WILL HELP FRUIT BELT ‘The Ontario Government is creating a fund of $50,000,000 from which municipaliâ€" ties may draw to finance certain necessary pnbfic‘vrhudn;mnfimndm _ Here is a very cogent explanation i found in the news despatch : "The Frost Government, alarmed at the growing pollution of lakes and streams and the ators. It is stressed that no scheme that is not financially sound and within the means of the municipality concerned, will be approved for government aid." If this idea, as announced by Premier Frost, is carried out then every small town, nng!ndha_ml_et_inOnhfiohmmbn- efit in a wonderful manner. NEITHER PITY NOR CHARITY â€"â€" Before the late publisher of the Toronto S:arpundnnylnmldoawillnoluufly turning his paper into a charitable foundâ€" ation. A few days ago a little Baptist parson uthuelphgothhmdlimot!uhlcby'm» ingmtmurmeds“mmur”u.mr- ried woman member 0‘ his church. & It was a sad affair ior the parson, who publidyeonfeuedhiliun.anditmllfl and embarrassing affair for his parishioners and the demonination to which his churech belongs. It was a case in which ou_Leofl’d the face of rapid postwur industrialization, beâ€" Meves this encouragement will lead to scores of municipalities undertaking such local imâ€" muw-:u-uw hear the Master saying, "Let him who is without sin among you cast the first stone." A goodiy number of the parson‘s congregaâ€" tion took this charitable view and stood by him: but that newspaper in Toronto which CBC SHOULD BE FREED Most Canadians will not take kindly to the proposals of The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, that radio license fees be inâ€" creased to $5.00. The brief, to be presented to ;-'Ifli.rr & * h * the need for more revenues, if the CBC is to mfinnenrvieao-thew-#;.lflh- and e mimuvvull!fit!. M“ revenue, it is contended, would _ enable the CBC to extend its coverage to all parts of the Mr. D. Dunton, Chairman of the CBC Mr. A. D. has elways tried to lend the impression that DEAL WITH PEOPLE YOU KNOW mes Hnmnp® CRSe C0 CC3ee c sns thl theCBChnanulhntluniupdnu-' ly-ovnedeomplfita'lbulefldont.‘ndio. It is difficult to understand how he squares this;uitude.wlththeCBClobflmdepmd- mmmmwmvh!h mm;«wmmw. 1authonlndlofeommnnityuflieuthat theCBCeuldunrmFortheM crundihm,cmm‘n the mtmnfludwmdw.vhkh heonfi{ibl_tedigldfit dt_light.-bm_a‘d almos is COnLIOGTEN MHECE HPTTC _00 42 2 Mc nerme mdude.inputmmauhuw Om the other hand, if you wish to be &n solutely certain where your money goes, and precisely what it will h"n““h.mb.‘. V)wnlfllt -’PE.M_.QL moxinHe A THING OF THE PAST :mnfiemrd&n?d&hfinr’: mesenemeennint 4 mememen s ons ~ . y stress to & hand for definite and len h‘pqfl‘ There have been as great souls unknown Families rare large in number and esâ€" to fame as any of the most famous. flrd' ttit:ch'rndgirltamiltl‘nehmue- Doml;fi;m-;bh:ohh. ers on the holdvhoel’; f enemy to gain him. totey wmhmfiflmwm. + lt s e # store a telegraph operator, a restaurâ€" A good man is seldom uneasy, an ill ont mwflunl.ntniflormlflnr. never easy. minimum zh:rxinlm'.n:fic c; Snd in vaud W wage for a « Teach your child tongue, mm&ommumam Mf‘“”%m he‘ll w CcOnsudt O BAROE MCNC LE kh o m which are established to protect the public from illegal business practices. The local poâ€" mwumma Comâ€" merce sre anxious to help in this respect. ‘Ir.emmamthldnrlmw uwnmmofmndentl.h'ilfll‘l{ them a variety of wares ranging over e entire reâ€" The hired girl of yesterday acts * And + Sancies True independence is never afraid of appearing dependent, and wwumuummm many sewage disposal plants in FRANK FAIRBORN, JR. has vanishâ€" have been badly needed for years will now unâ€" doubhd;hhm.o-rmhboufiu\'mue of Beamsville will benefit greatly as the citâ€" izezns of that fine village are faced with an expenditure of $300,000 or more, for sewâ€" ers; Smithville citizens are already living under a mandatory order from the Ontario Department of Health to construct a water system at a cost of $120,000. This new finâ€" ancial setâ€"up will certainly help these two municipalities more than it will h::g the booming town of Grimsby, yet we get UHLI STTRIC. There is no doubt but what Tory Mayor Clarence W. Lewis, and his Finance Minister, cmamwu-n.vmbe:zmtbei*” get all that they can y expect toâ€" ward further construction ° of sewers in boasts the biggest circulation of any daily newspaper in Canada, and prides itself upon being dedicated to charity, exploited the story for all it was worth by word and picâ€" ture, dragging the poor little parson and his people through the slime of its sensationalâ€" s es l uce x _ ism ; holding him and his church up to ridiâ€" cule and displaying a lack of charity which mocks the allegedly charitable intent of the nowfnmmhnwmnl‘rut_:mnt. on _ What may be said of the Toronto Star in this connection may also be said of the ‘Toronto Globe and Mail and the Toronto Evening Pn l hh ies Licmmsali r cg OM ecanne n PA PC humnnmhuludlittlepwplo'ottwblu mbdumnfionflhdmdunldtd by theTmtomisgshmtothemwof Independent stations on the other hand, gain revenue from attracting listeners, who tune in of their own free will. eo t 9 W 2C h.0 00002 120228 o4 n vtr ~atninnilP se ucs monopoly which it has built up over the years. The Canadian Association of Broadâ€" WMW"‘MM” wmw- {“: a 11 c uD IRSOBL LITE DEMRNY AOWERIEC ECCC ‘The time is long overdue when the CBC -houldbefndfivm;wc-mntmudnd MMW.E&MJNW- ate stations and the Canadian public. The muddle into which the CBC frequently apâ€" pears to find itself in this country, is just anâ€" other monument to the lengths to which bureaucratic zealousness can go. This latest attempt to tax the an additional $2.50 a year for the of enjoying their fayâ€" ourite programs be promptly seotched. ets, The latter of course, have been somewhat conspicuous by their absence in recent years, tail field, from magazines to sweepstake tickâ€" but it is said, if one looks far enough, even th.{m ‘t.ll b '@nn Te y uc * eX Strangely enough, although such people seem to offer goods at bargain prices, in most cases the customer takes a beating in buying h‘"’“"bmm!‘“‘n”-' than led to mmwemw the purchaser often is stuck with having made the down payment ‘ on goods which he will never receive. One rule, however, will be helpful. Do business with people in whom you have found mmmmmw merchâ€" ant, who has served you over a long period, Ese "--â€"-â€"---v--râ€"inâ€"‘r / E hhrglhlilib‘.hthcbutwm transient trader malpractices which may be -ith'm.&.bnwmd the and she is her own boss. found. Grimsby will benefit, as sewers that Hamilton Spectator. THE GRIMSBY INDEPENDENT STEPHEN LEACOCK‘S OPINIONS ON (By Percy Ghent in Toronto Telegram) Down in the basement of the villa on Old Brewery Bay on Lake Couchiching, once the home of Stephen Leacock, there are ::.‘ boxes and cartons filled with the notes, drafts and other papers of the Canadian humâ€" orist, a recent news story reveals. We have evidence that the stuffing away of such writâ€" mainwmnmhndy;unhd habit wi genial essor of wide reâ€" nown. l-mmamlu of Canadian literary autographs there is a Leacock manuâ€" ouiptofllevmvfimhhhflvm hndandwithm.i?chtlnhh about the economical use of paper. It was secured from an autograph dealer isn.\'chorkn-w;'lee.Amfig: manuscript shows that his kindly spirit emâ€" braced even those unpopular pests of the faâ€" muwm&mnw January 81, 1920, it is in itself a characterâ€" istic bit of Leacock humor: "Dear Mr. Saunders: For many years I have kept manuscripts with the feeling that sooner or later such a request as yours must m.lmur-m.mmm full. The supply far exceeds the demand. So it is with great that I sena you a ehunkdny'rm!hmvml %ll;k-nbutthm.mnm ery faithâ€" : STEPHEN LEACOCK." Brief, bright and breezy, the manuscript wflinulmk'sjovwmw-a- g!:micmefidsofuuh oJ Where nmofidnnyphha years we don‘!km,norh‘\léâ€"lruvâ€"‘i&fl books it could be found; probably in an exâ€" tended form. Perhaps some reader could enâ€" lighten us, for our own acquaintance with the writings of Leacock is not as wide as it should be. At the moment, +oo, books of reâ€" ference t available, for we‘re tapping gho_pu&ngm .poi'n't.ln Im beside sunlit Lake In his essay Leacock says it is an amazâ€" ing fact, but nevertheless true, that both Rudyard Kipling and Sir James Barrie would have failed miserably if they had tried to ndinth:livanty As for Slumn. w doubt if he knew enough of what is called English by our education departments, to get beyond a kindergarten." Did you find English grammar an izing subject in your school days? lf‘f:: cock had his way with the teaching of it the lessons would have neither terror nor tears, mryonuthenhmyaoob-l;’lnwm gmumwungll! page. own words: "All grammar that any huâ€" man being ever needs, or is of any use as an intellectual training, can be learned in a few weeks from a little book as thin as a Ritzâ€" Cariton sandwigh." What about rhetoric? Worse and worse, according to Stephen Leaâ€" cock. Its law for the construction of sentenâ€" ces and paragraphs, he says, are about as reaâ€" sonable and as useful as directions telling him how to be a gentleman, or how to have a taste for tomatoes. :+ lnthemnm'ryvdnhcho&uyto scorn the folly of trying to "examine" a student in English literature, a form of torâ€" ture as cruel as it is unnecessary. An "inquisâ€" ition" the humorist calls it. Students are askâ€" ed to distinguish "styles" of authors as they would the color of their whiskers, expected to divide authors into schools, and to sort them out as readily as a merchant classifies fish. Mmm“aldoh things in a Ag x enni?'fiuhl“slly supposition" opinion Stephen Leaâ€" cock, and we think he‘s right. Our own special gratitude to the humorâ€" ist is for that classic of fun and homely philâ€" osophy, Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town. 1t is a book beloved of thousands not only in Canada but beyond its borders. It was a picâ€" tmdmkhnfl.uthuflwrkm that thriving town in earlier days. Yet it is so packed with happy, human touches, true to numurmm&um have been written about Sundridge beside Lake Bernard here. Or about Niagaraâ€"onâ€"theâ€" Lake, Pickering, Port Credit, Huntsville, or anyofahundnlllmletowu'iththdrm celebrities and celebrations. Written about fond, familiar things dear to us all, it is a book that will live. In how many Canadian schools, we wondâ€" er, do they use Sunshine Sketches in literâ€" ature lessons, for literature of a wholesome wfliti-.andmn:.;rezofhwm- adian children unde to speed the "read, mrk.lurnndbvlrdlrdw"m its assimilation. Or must the voungsters still stagger through Westward PPuRenme t SSL C CCC5 sar 1. _A 2 ie aan Ho! and the Vicar of Wakefield, as we did m@wa?Weflmmm ciated both those books if overâ€"zealous teaâ€" chers hadn‘t insisted that Mc__vgkl bo_:ml:: tu;-'u----â€"-A-â€"dâ€";-â€"-- | ;tffn'by-n should. One March morning of 1944, accompanâ€" ied by a fellowâ€"technician, we trundled a moâ€" bile xâ€"ray machine into a hospital room where Stephen Leasock was lying grievously ill. Mdmmwdwm hoping for signs that m’hflu of improvement. He was weak, yet more than willing to coâ€"operate as we made the exposures. ‘"Was 1 a good boy?" he said, smiling, when the radiographs were M.Sfiflmflh{.“henhdnwfuhly infu;:;llun the room. He died the same day. infl'z’d';"f"“'-""m- He died Th# _ ; uyporized as Second Ciass Mail, Post Office same day. ‘Department, Ottawa. Don‘t value 'ictb quality he is a M"â€"". a man e Member Canadian of, but for the qualities he possesses. Association While I am back on the job I am still "askeerâ€" orupuauumvmrh.h-'- ® ¢ You have read the book, ‘"‘What makes Sammy Run ?" What I want to know is, "‘What keeps Scotâ€" ty Ryan Going 19 hours a day?" _ Met Archibald Hugenot Dixon last Tuesday. ‘The old Peach Kings mentor looked kind of natâ€" ural. He had lost that paunch developed through the Looks to me like my patient, tolerant, Gril friend, Councilior Bill Lothian, may get sewers on “Amunyw.!l-pcbtdmm to me like that new Hewson building, which will be mqmm-umwm mu.mmu.mu,mm L + # ® They do tell me that Ernestine Mason has gradâ€" usted from a super gasoline salesman to a superâ€" duper salesman of Ford products to the agriculturâ€" ists of the South County for Harris Motors. If a flow of language makes a salesman then Ernie should be a terrific success. # # # + When is Mayor Lewis and His Council going to ”~”Mhm Jimmy Braid, Chairman of the Property Committee, to go shead “”mmdhwm A real paint job? Right now the appesrance of the building is a disgrace to any When 1 got my first good glimpse of the vacant lot between the Old Forty and the Village Inn, I said "Ye Gods and Little Fishes, Peggy O‘Nell has gone into the truck and tractor business." I soon found out that the lot had been used all summer by "Hustling Hank" Harris as a display ground for his big line of Ford sutomotive products. Oh.woe is me! "Bruddern and Cisterns," am I in trouble. The roof not only fell in.but the house ummmwmmw on me and under threat of decapitation demanded uhov-iolyunhhduvulhnm m-flcumdmm James and his men for days. "Hell Hath no Pury Like Eight Mad Women." srines or any place else to see lousy Hollywood film production of ‘"The Perfect Woman." All 1 have to do is step out of my front office door, any time u,.yulhy-r“hu-uul! will see hundreds of PERFECT WOMEN. I have been riding in taxicabs a lot the past mmxwmm-mmu- iness in Buffalo and other points in the United States. The boys that owned that big business were the Van Dyke boys of Grimsby (Fred and Me!). ‘They built a tremendous business overnight on the umum-mduuu.m and courteous. You have in Grimsby on a smaller scale, just the same kind of taxicab service. Do not be afraid to call Red Mason, any hour of the day or md!vflpfloflanmmm caretul and courteous service by drivers that are clean in every respect. Do not be afraid to let Ma rfl-h.&â€"u!ht-ylnnhmum I know that there are a lot of people, particularâ€" ly new residents, who wonder why I rave about Main Street. Well, here‘s the story, folks. I was m-mmx-â€"w-mu 1 was raised on Main Street. I was educated in Mpmmununmwm to educate me. I started my printing and newsâ€" mm-lflnm"flnml have fought and cajoled for Main Street and Main mhur..htnhnmneh'und Grimsby and North Grimsby until today Main St., mmmmmmmnm“ Dominion of Canads as the Greatest Street, ‘"The -nmmuuwwmm-d and Greatest agricultural Township in this broad country. As I stated sabove, I was born on Main Street. T was raised on Main Street, I have and am mmmammmx-\nm on Main Street What happens after that I do not What little I have been able to see of it, it looks Issued ‘Thursday from office of publiâ€" cation, Main and Oak Sts., Grimsby, by Nights, Sundays, Holidays, 589 Bubscriptionâ€"$2.50 per year in Canade and $8.00 "â€"Shucks! I do not need to go to St. Cathâ€" LIVINGSTON and LAWSON, Publishers. SA seA MAIN= STREET "Lincsin County‘s Leading Week!y" per year in ~ _ Thursday, Sept. Sth, 1949. . * Cy. CONTRACTOR and BUILDER ~ Exterior and Interior Repairs to Screen Doors and ACCOUNTANTS BEAMSVILLE _ PHONE 197â€"R E. A. BUCKENHAM 12 Main St. E. Grimsby 29 Oak St. BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC. J. B. McCAUSLAND Alterations Expertly Done &1 St. Pau! St. PHONE 2.7288 ST. CATHARINES mal 2l wall n lth w Store in The Bruit Belt" SUN LIFE OF CANADA MAIN 8T. E. at Kingsway Bivd. BULOVA, ELGIN, ELCO WATCHES 3 4 ; OBIOEraIst RELIABLE MONUMENT 25 Main Street, West GRIMSBY Mours 9â€"5 â€" Saturdays 9â€"12 HAROLD B. MATCHETT Watch Clock And Dr. D. R. COPELAND, Phone 320â€"W for Appointment 54 Robinson St. 8. T. R. Be GORA, B.A. At 42 Main St. W. GRIMSBY Saturday Afterncon 2 â€" § Evenings by appointment ACCOUNTANTS 12 Main St. West, GRIMSSY Mours: 9 to 5; Saturday 9 to 12 noon E. J. GORDON of St. Catharines $ asm. to 6 pan. Wed.: 9 to 1 pn. D. D. 6. GRIMSBY Office Hours: 701 4 4