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Preparations are going on apace for the big broadcast from Grimsâ€" by, on Friday night, March 2nd, of the well known and popular proâ€" gram, "Ontario Panorama", which comes to our midst through the courtesy of the Willard Chocolate Co. and is sponsored by The Inâ€" dependent and the Grimsby Lions Club. Lion Andy Anderson is in charge of arrangements for the Liong and this alone assures the public that it will be a bangâ€"up show in every way. Under the guidance of Alan Savage and Gordon Sinclair, "Onâ€" tario Panorama" has appeared in a different town every week for the (Continuea on Page 7) 9 on o 0 am .0 ann 0 am 0 cas o ons .0 aus 0 are 0 ons 0â€"c05.0 â€"aze 0 <z> 0 ons 0 ons( aue 0â€"<a» 0 aas. 0 <a> 0 4) €22â€"0 u2 0 4020 <a>â€"0 <an 0 <as 0 <as 0 <a» 0 â€"<ar o <as 0 aas 0 <as 0 <as 0 <as 0 <a5 0â€"<us 0 â€"<a5â€"0 «m o «>( i â€"0 «u5 0â€" <an 0 «us 0â€"aus 0 â€"au5 0 emsâ€"0â€"an5 0 «u5 0 «u5 0 â€"canâ€"0â€"ane (€20 B. Of E. Budget For $16,283.00 This Is Approximately Seven And Oneâ€"Half Mills Less Than Last Year â€" Dymond Is Chairman. BIG BROADCAST Week ending at 8 a.m., Monday, February 12th: Highest temperature ........................38.6 Lowest temperature ........................... 14.3 Mean temperature ..........................28.0 Precipitation ...........................0.47 inches Willard Chocolate Co. Will Send Their Popular Proâ€" gram "Ontario Panorama" Over The Air From Trinity Hall, Grimsbyâ€"Seven Local People To Talk Over The Ether â€" Tickets On Sale Next Week. Grimsby Board of Education at their inaugural meeting for 1945, on Wednesday night last, completâ€" ed their budget. They asked Town council for $8,800, plus the debenâ€" ture payments, bringing the total to $16,283,. In 1944 they budgeted council for $20,000, plus debenture payments. This year‘s budget would be approximately 10 mills as against 17% mills last year. (Council in special session on Friday night referred the budget back to the B. of E. for further consideration). T. L. Dymond was reappointed (Continued on page 7) es ‘ *A fostich~ | g R ‘ B 6 a A s d 3 \\ e U ; : On Friday Night March Second Grimsby Weather BOYS GROW UPâ€" BUT ONLY ONCE Assure them of an adventurâ€" ous youth, Give them Scouting. sCOUT â€" GUIDE WEEK The Independent February 18â€"24 0.47 inches Griimsby, Ontario, T hursday, February 15, 1945 «To am Recently transferred from a surâ€" vey regiment, he finds the work in the field units considerably differâ€" ent. The Survey officer accomâ€" panies the advance party whenever the regiment is due to move forâ€" ward. Frequently the advance party is so far ahead that the last of the enemy has not been driven out. He‘s just on his way, but deterâ€" mined to use up his ammunition beâ€" fore hustling. This is where the advance party is supposed to work. The life of a regimental survey officer is an intensely interesting, if not a thrilling, one in the opinion of Lieut. J. B. McCausland, of Grimsby, whose wife and children reside at No, 5 Murray street. At present serving in Italy on the Lombardy Plain with a field regiment, R.C.A., this officer has been on duty with the rest of his regiment for two solid months without a break, fighting in the bitâ€" ter struggle the Canadians are at present waging there. T wo Months Fighting Without Single Break BEAMSVILLE RED CROSS LADIES SHOW SPIRIT OF COOPERATION Recently they had the experience of going past a sign that had been 3 § & posted by a few forward infantryâ€" men â€" kind of out there on their own like. Showing a rather grim sense of humor it read: "If you must go forward of this point, please leave your personal effects with the sentry. You won‘t need them any more." On Sunday morning, Feb. 11, the members of the First Grimsby Boy Scout Troop, The Wolf Cub Pack and their leaders, numbering fiftyâ€" seven assembled at the High school. Headed by the color party they marched to St, Andrew‘s Anâ€" glican Church where they were privileged to assist and take part in a beautiful and inspiring service arranged. and conducted by the Recâ€" tor, the Rev. A. E. Brooks. Prelude To Scout Week Which Opens On Sunday Next â€" Attend St. Andrew‘s. The prophecy was not fulfilled much to the reliefâ€"the great reâ€" liefâ€"of the artillerymen. The survey is an interesting part of artillery work which enables all the guns in the Canadian Corps to fire accurately at the same tarâ€" get, once the range and line have been found by a single gun. Scouts And Cubs Parade To Church FROZEN FRUITS HAVE BRIGHTâ€" FUTURE; BOON TO CROWERS After paying tribute to the memâ€" ory of the founder of the Boy Scout organization, the late Lord Badenâ€"Powell, whose birthday on Feb. 22nd, will be commemorated by Scouters around the world, the Rector chose for the subject of his discourse the ‘three parts of the scout promise. ‘‘To do my best to do my duty to God and the King. (Continued on Fage T) 0 omm o <m 0 m c ons 0 e .0 am Cmm 0 ameâ€"0 <an C 4nnâ€"0 on 0 ou5â€"0â€" <zeâ€"0 on c on 0 on c ameâ€"0 un o ase 0â€"ame Freezing Industry Has Made Rapid Strides In The U.S. And Canada And Is Unâ€" doubtedly Here To Stay. A bright future for the frozen fruit and vegetable industry was presaged by M. B. Davis, Dominion Horticulturist and W. R, Phillips, Division of Horticulture, at the reâ€" cent annual meeting of the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers Asâ€" sociation. At present, he said, there were four main methods for preâ€" serving fruits and vegetables; 1), storage of the fresh product; 2), canning; 3), dehydration, and 4), freezing. The first two methods, storage and canning, preserved the bulk of fresh fruits and vegetables not used immediately after harvest. Dehydration, with the possible exâ€" ception of apples, had been largeâ€" ly a war emergency measure. The fourth preservation method, freeZâ€" ing, was the most recently developâ€" (Continued on page 3) Up To Date Bulk Of Fruits Have Been Used Commerâ€" cially â€" Home Freezer Will Soon Be Here. ons 0 ane 0 can 0 <as .0 c 0 aue 0 <un 0 ansâ€"0â€"<un C can 0 cme c â€"ameâ€"céle RETAINS PALATABILITY Beamsville Sent 54 Donors To Last Clinic And Several Others Were Blocked by Roadsâ€"Offer Appreciated. . A happy spirit of coâ€"operation is advanced by the ladies of the Beamsville branch of the Red Cross, in a letter received last week by Wm. Hewson, Chairman of the Grimsby Blood Donor Clinic. Mr. Hewson and his committee in charge of the local clinic are very appreciative of this kind ofâ€" fer and are accepting it. The letâ€" ter from the Beamsville ladies to Mr. Hewson is as follows: In Letter To Chairman Hewâ€" son of Blood Donor Clinic They Offer Assistance of Any Kind, Even Financial. Dear Mr. Hewson: When Mrs. Creet, Viceâ€"President of our local Red Cross was talking with me this week about the splenâ€" did response of Beamsville donors to this last Grimsby clinic, we deâ€" cided that we should assist with the clinic in some fashion. As we will be having an Executive meetâ€" ing on Feb. 8th would you please oblige us by letting us know beâ€" fore then if you would like finanâ€" cial assistance, help with the lunch, more nurses, or if there is anything else we could do to assist you in this worthy undertaking? We realize that we would be having a (Continued on page 7) Readers Of Grimsby And Disâ€" trict Averaged Ten Books Each Buring The Last Harold Johnson was appointed chairman for one year at Thursday night‘s meeting of Grimsby Library Board. J. G. MacIntosh was reapâ€" pointed secretaryâ€"treasurer. Comâ€" mittees for the year are: Book and management, George Marr and Harold Matchett; property, P. E. Tregunno, Mayor Henry Bull; finâ€" ance, P. V. Smith, T. M. Johnson. The annual report of Burton Bentley, librarian, showed a total circulation in 1944 of 39,935, as compared to 40,751 the previous year. Readers averaged ten books each during the last year; 854 new books were added, 745 were disâ€" carded and ten were lost. Fines collected during the year amountâ€" ed to $152.63. A letter was received from Cecil Moulds, of Grimsby, England, statâ€" ing that he had forwarded to this library two books â€" Old Grimsby and The History of Grimsby â€" which he thought would be of inâ€" terest to the people of Grimsby, Canada. In his letter, he suggestâ€" ed that correspondence between school pupils of the two Grimsbys would bring closer relations. Heavy Circulation At The Library A FINE GESTURE Beamsville, Ont., February 1, 1945, Beamsville Flyer Russians‘ Guest GRIMGBY TAXPAYERS WILL 6H A REDUGTION OF THBEE MILLS Interested spectators at the meeting were exâ€"Councillors Aiton and Anderson. Councillor Bonham explained to council that the Police comâ€" mittee had been caréfully investigating the parking and other traffic ‘ (Continued on page 8) j COUNCILLOR MITCHELL CANNOT PERFORM MIRACLES WITH SNOW "We received plenty of enterâ€" tainment," he said. "The first night they showed us a Russian movie but it was all propaganda and we told them we had no use for it. (Continued on page 7) Grimsby tax rate has taken another drop. This time three mills and the taxpayers in 1945 will be asked to pay only 25 mills on the dollar. This was decided at council meeting last night when final figures were checked and final estimates accepted and passed. The rate was struck at 26 mills, which is reduced by the government municipal subsidy of one mill, which makes it 25 mills to the tqxpayer. The rate last year was struck at 30 mills with a reduction of one mill by the government subsidy, then Premier Drew reduced it another mill with his educational subsidy, thus the ratepayer only paid 28 mills This is three mills less, positively the lowest mill rate in any town in the Dominion of Canada. In 1938â€"7 years agoâ€"the rate was 63 mills. Total estimated expenditure in the town for 1945 will be $85,568. Total estimated general receipts will be $43,879, leaving $41,688 to be raised by direct taxation. In 1944 the general expenses of the town (excluding the schools) was $72,160, This year it will be $78,768. An increase of $6,600 to ‘be spent for necessary work. Flightâ€"Lieut. Pinder Enterâ€" tained On Houseboat At Archangel â€" Fame of Pinâ€" Up Girls Has Spread to Steppes. FIt. Lt. Lloyd Pinder, 21â€"yearâ€" old navigator, arrived home in Beamsville on Sunday night from action overseas to announce the fame of Hollywood pinâ€"up girls has spread to northern Russia. Board of Education presented a revised budget, at the request of council, whereby they asked for $6,800 plus $6,880 debenture payment, or a total of $13,680, or a reduction of approximately nine mills over last year. FItâ€"Lt. Pinder said he and a group of R.A.F. fliers were guests of the Soviet government on a houseboat near Archangel last Sepâ€" tember following the shuttle bombâ€" ing of the German battleship Tirâ€" pitz. Board Of Education Revise Their Budget And Reduce It To $13,680 â€" Estimated Expenditures Of Town Increased By $6,600 Over Last Year â€" Fred Jewson Engaged For Dual Positions At Salary Of $1,100 Per Year â€" M.O.H. Makes Report On Restaurants, Finds Them In Sanitary Condition â€" Nearly Nine Million Gallons Of Water Pumped In January. An Old Friend Is Heard From John Widdicombe Who Preâ€" sented Water Fountain To Grimsby In 1908 Subscribes To The Independent. Last week The Independent reâ€" ceived a new subscription from an old friend ,who of recent years, has not been receiving this great moral educator and profound moulder of public opinion. Mr. John Widdicombe of St. Catharines is the man. He was a resident of Grimsby for a great many years before going to the County Town, and a mighty fine citizen. In 1908 Grimsby voted in â€" for one year â€" Local Option and Mr. Widdicombe presented the town with a water fountain so that the quaffers of the foamy suds could have a Main street drinking spot. This fountain was originally erectâ€" ed on the south side of the street just west of the Bank of Commerce where the small fountain now is. It was later moved and is the fountain that stands just east of the fire hall on the north side of the street. If you care to take a look you will find an inscribed plate on the face of the pedestal. Big Snowfall of Recent Weeks An Act of God And Not The Fault of Township Council, Say Legislators. Many Roads Still Blocked â€" People Must Help Themâ€" selvesâ€"New Plow Purchasâ€" ed â€" Increase Grant To Library. If it wasn‘t for the great amount of snow that has fallen this year, Township council would not have a worry in the world. Everything in the rural municipality is serene exâ€" cept for the snow froubles. This fact came to light at monthly sesâ€" sion of the rural legislators on Satâ€" urday afternoon last. There are sideroads on the mounâ€" tain that Road Supt. Mackie has never been able to get cleaned out; there are a large number of other roads that have been opened once, twice and three times that are still blocked full, through the high winds and heavy drifting. In fact mountain roads are in very bad shape. Council have naturally worâ€" ried over this situation but their worry has been aggravated by the unreasonable attitude that some of the ratepayers have taken. Many of these ratepayers act and talk as (Continuea on page 7) Two Canines Die Over The Weekend And a Third One Dog Poisoner At Large At Beach Hitler‘s brother, or maybe his sister, is on the loose at Grimsby Beach. Over the weekend three dogs were poisoned. Two of them dying and the third just saved. The poisoner is using strychnine which is being spread on meat and then placed where the doggies can get it. Last fall a couple of dogs were poisoned at the Beach. Earlier in the summer there were well foundâ€" ed reports from the west end of the town that cats were being poisoned. Any person that would poison a dog or a cat should be taken in front of the Post Office before the assembled citizenry and given a dose of his or her own medicine. Was Barely Saved. COSTS NOW $3,300