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I t . Yvette, the pretty young lady who has brought the newest voice to the air, should have a long radio career, if personality and ability mean anything. The charming miss from old South, features French and old Creole folk songs in her reper- toire; you can hear her Sundays at 3.45 from WEAF or any Red net- work station. Everyone enjoys the robust hum- or of the British variety halls, and lately the radio stations are featur- ing more of the peppy songs and broad gags from Lunnon town. While several excellent programs of this kind are featured during the week-two in particular stand out in our opinion. First, Revuedeville, from CKOC on Sundays at 2.30 is worth a half- hour of anyone's time in our opin- ion, and a close runner-up is the Let's All Go To The Music Hall show on the CBC chain from Tor- onto on Saturday nights at ten. VOL LVI--NO. 6 Both of these show known British stars stories that sparkle! six o’clock Don is a si the tots al eating and Classics by the masters are pre- sented Monday and Friday after- noons at 3.30 from CKOC, when Concert Hall of the Air is featured. The finest in music makes this fea- ture program a treat for radio lis- teners. . We lose the right of complaining sometimes by torbearing it; but we often treble the force. - G. B. Sterne. PATRONIZE LOCAL MERCHANTS SECURITY-- Means peace of mind--a hap- pier existence. Making sure that your home and possess- ions are adequately covered by insurance is one thing that you can do to reach that state. Let us advise you on your needs in this regard-there's no obligation. Pettit S' Whyte Phone 40 REAL ESTATE Insurance of All Kinds y, shows feature well- stars in songs and 'T'lhe Giriiirmsllby Independent Grimsby REPRODUCTION OF INTERESTING LETTERS DIRECT F ROM EN GLAND Other Letters In Series Being,Published Which Will Show Authoritatively Conditions As They Exist In The Old Country-Citizens Invited To Bring In Overseas Mail. 3Ist, July, 1940. We have had plenty of excite- ment Just lately with air-raids last week. After hearing a German 'plane flying very high, we heard two bombs dropped. They fell nearer than the tive I told you about in my last letter. A few houses were damaged, not badly, and we heard a couple of days later that one woman was killed outright and another one died in hospital. Mother went over to see the dam- age the day before yesterday and said that it made her feel more confident to see how little was the effect of one bomb which fell in a garden. All windows were blown out, of course, and tiles were off the roofs. One roof had collapsed and the occupants were given ac- commodtition elsewhere. Last night we heard another German 'plane and I'm afraid my sister and I were very naughty in- deed. We got up "and had a look." It was a cloudy night and hundreds of searchlights were trying to pierce the clouds. One of "ours" Establishment of another Maple Leaf Club for the accommodation of Canadian troops on leave in London, England, has been author- ized by the Canadian Red Cross Extend Privileges T t? Canadian Boys §ocietx, Dr. Fred W. Routley, na- tional commissioner, has announc- ed. The first Maple Leaf Club, oper- ated by the Society since the early stages of the war, has provided thousands of Canadian soldiers with overnight accommodation and meals at the lowest possible rates, and innumerable letters of grati- tude have been received. Recrea- tion facilities are provided without cost, and the men are taken on sight-seeing trips by voluntary workers, including many Canadian girls. The second club, with 200 beds, is being opened at the request of the Overseas Committee of the Canadian Red Cross and of Cana- dian Army officials in England be- cause the facilities of the first Maple Leaf Club have been over- taxed and further accommodation is needed for the Canadian troops, most of whom are unfamiliar with London. ' Dr. Routley also announced that the Canadian Red Cross is sending five station wagons to England for use with. the mobile surgical units of the Canadian Neurological Hos- pital. These are needed urgently to transport officers to the spot Where the surgical units are called to handle head injuries resulting from bombings. There is no accom- modation for the officers in the surgical units and they must be transported separately in the short- est possible time. One station wagon will also be sent to the Canadian Red Cross Hospital and one to Number 15 Canadian General Hospital in England. Word from England states that 100,000 pairs of socks, made by the women of Canada, were given re- cently to the British Navy League and other naval organizations whose requirements were urgent. This, Dr. Routley stated, is in line with the "Canadian Red Cross policy of making our supplies availble to all branches of the ser- vice, British as well -as Canadian." Jail Term For _ Jehovah Witness Believed to be the first case of its kind in the Niagara Peninsula, Edward J. Bambridge, of Fort Erie was found guilty of belonging to the Jehovah Witnesses sect, banned by the Dominion under the Canadian Defence Act, following his arrest by the Canadian Royal Mounted Police. Bambridge, 45-year-old Canadian railroad employee, who was placed under a 30-day sentence, was given the choice of paying a $57 fine or serving the jail term. As mem- bers of the sect refuse to pay fines, defence council J. L. Cohen, of Tor- onto, announced :an appeal would :be taken to a higher court in an effort to secure a reversal of the verdict. Grimsby, Ontario, Thursday, August 22nd, 19fl was up after the raider and we could hear bursts of machine gun- fire from the 'planes but we could- n't see them, they were too high up. As I am writing we can hear "activity" and are wondering if we are going to have a quiet night. Now, please don't worry about us. They don't drop many bombs and they are not going to (we hope). Please forgive me if I write only a short note tonight. I'm tired and it's terribly hot and stifling. I couldn't write on Sunday because I was at business. -It was our annual stocktaking and being short-staffed -everybody has to help. INGENIOUS INVENTIONS IN C.N. STATION NAMES Ingenuity accounts for the names of many stations along the lines of the Canadian National Railways. Take the first two letters in each of these words: "Canadian North- ern Railway" and you get Canora, which is in Saskatchewan, an ar- ticle in the Canadian National Magazine points out. Cannor, BC. is similar. Bresaylor, Sask. owes its unique name to three settlers who went to it in the Eighties from the Portage mains-Br-er, Sayers and Tay- lor. Once upon a time, there were two post offices close together in Saskatchewan known as Riverside and Boldenhurst. They were amal- gamated and each wanted its own name preserved. The difference was split and today the community is known as Riverhurst. Alsask is near the Alberta - Saskatchewan boundary. Curiously enough, it is in the subdivision of Mantario, which is a combination of the names of two other provinces. Ashern, Man. is a monument to a Mackenzie and Mann timekeeper named A. S. Hern. Two settlers, A. Dunlop and w. Rea gave their names to Dunrea, Man. Two real estate agents, Langdon and Ruth, got together in Langruth, Man. Hemaruka is a compound of Helen, Margaret, Ruth and Kathleen, daughters of a former vice presi- dent of the railway. From Files of August 20th, 1930 "B" Company, Lincoln and Wel- land Regiment held its first annual Garden Party at Grimsby on Mon- day night, when a crowd of a thousand people entered the en- closure on Mountain Street. The prize drawing for the silver tea service was won by Miss M. Pearn. Judge Maxwell Fleming, of Lon- don, England, for nineteen years a judge in the Sudan, js at present a visitor in Grimsby, the guest of Mrs. Hamilton Fleming, Grimsby East. He is a brother of the late ex-reeve Fleming, who was for years a leading citizen of the dis- trict. There will be two changes in the personnel of the teaching staff at the High School when it re- opens on September 2nd. Miss Margaret Chase will fill the place of Miss Mary Mustard who is taking the Librarian's Course at the Library School, Toronto this year, while Mr. Edward Stubbs will teach physical culture, taking the place of Major W. W. John- son. The annual picnic of the Lincoln County Council was held on Thurs- day last at Queenston. Among those who attended were Warden Fred A. Cakes, and Deputy-reeve J. E. Lawson, of North Grimsby, and Reeve P. E. Wilkins, of Grims- by, with their families. George C. Henry, brother of J. E. Henry and Fred Henry of Wi- nona, passed away at his home in Brookings, S.D., on Wednesday af- ternoon, August 6th, after an ill- ness of several months. He was in his 87th year. The late Mr. Henry was born at Beamsville on Septem- ber 27th, 1843. REMEMBER There is something that is much more scarce, somethihg finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.---- Elbert Hubbard. TEN YEARS AGO DO YOU REFUGEE duLDREN GET 1200 PENNIES For the purpose of helping refu- gee children arriving from Eng- land, three New York girls collect- ed a total of 1,200 United States" one-cent pieces, which were deliv- ered to Malcolm J. Woods, district Passenger agent of the Canadian National Railways at Philadelphia, Pa., who forwarded them to the headquarters or the company in Montreal. They were then trans- mitted to the Canadian Red Cross to be used for the purpose desig- nated by the donors. One Of the girls, writing to Mr. Woods, said: "I hope to have more, but these I call vital pennies --outeome of prayer and medita- tion for these years. Please use them for some little girl coming to Canada, red curls and brown eyes. May she train for the nursing pro- fession and love it as I do. Teach her to pray as prayer was always my greatest inspiration." Cod, halibut, haddock, herring, mackerel, smelt, sardine, swordfish, tuna, salmon, lobster and oyster fisheries are among the important activities carried out on the Atlan- tic Coast of Canada, according to the Natural Resources Department of the Canadian National Rail- ways. PLENTY OF FISH OFF MARITIME COAST "Miss Ontario" I s Thorold Girl Represented Home Town In Peninsula Contest-Winner ~Of 40 Competitions, Will Try For Canadian Title. Miss Mary Ellen Batten, daugh- ter of Mrs. H. G. Batten of Thorold, is the holder of the proud title “Miss Ontario". 17-year-old Miss Batten who is still attending the Thorold High School, was the successful surviv- or of more than 40 competitions held throughout the province, and was crowned queen of the province at the final contest held at Minet's Point summer resort this month. She will represent Ontario in the "Miss Canada" final to be held at a later date. “Miss Ontario" is a brunette with fair skin, dark hair and hazel eyes. She is five feet eight inches tall and weighs about 127 pounds. She wore a street-length black after- noon dress in the final contest when she was awardel the provin- cial title.' Miss Batten rep: esented Thorold in the recent contest held through- out the Niagara Peninsula. Born in Thorold, she lives with her mother, and has one sister and one brother. Her father, H. G. Bat- ten, passed away several years ago. She has been a student at the Thor- $2.00 Per Year, $2.50 In U.S.A., 5c Per Copy Our sweetest experiences of af- fection are meant to be suggestions of that realm which is the home of the heart,---Harriet Ward Beech- er. old High School and is a lover of music, being an accomplished pianist. 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