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ne BHnir ) * C 0 0 diskn Commenting on this fact, On* “d..'““udm .mubom‘"" Zum““"""'“' rather than the §49 84 Believe Shortage Of Ruhber Greater Check on Motoring e yer e £e0 Oe momines wmm eapecially during the Saturday night sbopplak 807°° Aithougn gas rationing has Voeh in effect for seversl in L * """ " aume to Too DAKL o flnsc catad on 2. mmmmum a new oi) stove, feld glasses and some implements. These n,.mmnmn-'d.ndw ‘Turner rep .ts that the move was buried The other theft was from a railway car standing on a siding and occupled by William wed!, an employee of the railway. The artiâ€" ehl-wlmmmlennmauflods rawr, knife and walle*, and have urday morning. From the Niagara Packers plant .qmlfltydl.d’.dllmuk- en as well as pennies which had been placed in the Chamber of Commerce cigarette box. ‘The was later recovered condition, 1t ‘s beâ€" that the juvemilos re ponslâ€" bi~ for the theft took it in ‘he beâ€" lief that it was a cash register. cmdm-ho.-wnedm week that three other juven!‘cs, whose ages ranged from ten to g-dn.wwmnd thieving here. A linge owned hy Gordon Busher o Hamiiton wmnd.uflthcloothdw‘.efi ) P mervera y a t 0 e from the offices of Niagara Packâ€" ers and D. Marsh Estate, The thefts, which occurred during Friâ€" Aav evening, were discovered Satâ€" VOL, LVIHâ€"No, 47 m-wumuwh he remarked. reply. "I thank you very much for| Speaking of the public school, the honour which you have done| Dr. Clarke described it as, next to me, and I assure you that I do not| the home the most important part deserve it," he said, amid applause| of a child‘s formative life, and for nipped last Saturday when Chief Constable W. W. Turner found the youngsters responsible for thefts BYâ€"GONE DAYS RECALLED WHEN JOHN H. FORMAN GIVEN LIONS CLUB 2»@ CITIZENSHIP AWARD said Rev, J. Allan Ballard, speakâ€" back for half a century. "He never Former pupils, members of the Grimsby Board of Education and mmnm evening when the second Lions ClMpAMmM to John H. Forman, for thirtyâ€" five years principal of the Grimsby the award from Mrs. William yer, M cipal of the public school, and had under his tutorage John H. Gibson, Ed. Farrell, Jim Farrell and Pete Anderson. Speaking of Mr. Forâ€" man, the mayor remlrked that if his trials and tribulations were anything like that which "Uncle David" went through, then "I cerâ€" tainly feel sorry for him." "Any punishment which I got I certainly deserved," he said. Mr. Johnson remarked that Mr. Formen was for some time an muditor of the Village of Grimsby, Were Busy During |Nursing Reserve Mnmmn.m.g three judges, two of whom were mmammmh medal was presented by Mayor Edric Johnson. Keynote for the gathering was struck by Mayor Johnson as he harked back to the days when hm(eomouflhwll 1907, and that even then his reâ€" markable ability with figures was apparent, "Mr. Forman must have enjoyâ€" «d himself greatly while he was here, he stayed so long," said Mayor Johnson. "He was always happy and always pleasant." Prior to making the actual presâ€" entation, the extended conâ€" mummt:rflllmd Juvenile Thieves The Grimsby Independent "He was the smoothest little guy office lost wave of The award to Mr. |Last Lecture Of covered by Mrs. H. G,. BrowDlte, Mrs. C, Loud reviewed gases, and Mrs K. A. Remaay discussed frac» ture 6. importance of geod teachers in that period of education. *"I would have fels somewhat slighted had I not had an opporâ€" tunity of adding my words of course, and who prefer to take the St. John‘s Ambulance course. Inâ€" dividual members wil make their wishes known to their respective gmpm-mmnmm t};» â€"ccessary arrangements, and a nurse will be a / ~ed to each group desiring FÂ¥#A Legion To Parade To Church Sunday mark that sha Would be ashamed to 4o anything which Mr. Forman wouldn‘t want her to do. "Any teacher who can inspire that has accomplished something," pieted, the members of Grimsby Red Cross Emergency Nursing Reâ€" serve are ready to make their deâ€" The Tuesday evening session in Hawke‘s Hal was taken up with a review of the lectures which had Intyre. The subject of burns was were in charge of the bandagi2g demonstration. The text book, Emergencies in War, which had been eagerly awaited, came to hand and Was distributed to the class. Final arrangements fo" * ! MwuuWnAll' lican churco on Sunday, Jube 1, pinned on his bosom either. Speaking of Mrs. Forman, who with a son, Herbert, was a guest of the Lions Club for the presentaâ€" tion, Mr. Ballard declared that one shouldn‘t give John Forman "credit for all his virtues. We all liked him, genial, pleasant slippery litâ€" tle boy that he was." § the appointment of Mr. Forman was being discussed, there was anâ€" other applicant for the job. Some one, at that time, remarked that "Ballard has recommended him." "All I can say is that Ballard has never been sorry for his nomâ€" ination," he concluded. Dr. Donald Clarke, for fourteen years a member of the Board of Education, remarked that when his children attended public school he had often heard his daughter reâ€" been given by Drs. Branck of the CCans Wednesdiay evening there $900000 tna "I have seen John Forman reâ€" ceive other medals before. Some few years ago he and Misa Wauish were chosen to receive government medals, and before that John Forâ€" man was often chosen to receive wil} meet lost that smoothness in later life, and that is why youth could never put it over on him. Not only that, but he had a happy way of making a monkey out of a fellow in misâ€" chief in the smoothest and essicst way. He was also able to chastise and rebuke without making an enemy of the evil one, and the With w ho (Continued on page 8) o the Woest lAncoin the Canadian Legion on 'm. The members m. Sunday and from at for the doubt, having a quiect chuckle to themselves over the return of the bicycle to its once lofty pinnacle as a method of transportation. Gas rationing and rubber shortage has, to the delight of the "Oldster‘, caused a large portion of our formâ€" er aulomobile users to resort to the bicycle as a means of gotti.; ‘round and about,. And as he m~ doubt would remark, "it‘s a dangâ€" ed good thing for theim because For quite a few decades a cerâ€" tain small percentage of our popuâ€" lation have retained their old fashâ€" floned ideas and always bemoaned the passing of the horse and buggy and bicycle days, along with bustâ€" les, coal oll lamps and hard cider. they will find out that their feet and legs Were made for something else beside pushing down on a yas throttle Of a foot brake." Rain Cause Of Considerableâ€"â€" Damage Locally week devastating rains which had not properly soaked into the ground, formed swirling eddies in streets and lanes, flooding cellars and tearing up roadbed foundaâ€" tions throughout the district. Robâ€" insoa Street was about as hard hit as any section of the town, a lake ts the Sngrpecction t ‘Wete , The at the interesection The umdmooédol the corner were completely .covered, and the trees and signposts stood out in the middle of wide expanses sections of the Toronto, Hamiiton and Buffalo Railway roadbed were Revival of Brings Back Nostalgic Thoughts of The M-fie-m%mfiw‘mw““ Central Railway Refuse a Bet Tt Six Men on a Bike Could Beat Their Trains From ____________.. Cleveland to The Esphtnade. nc Grimsby back in the Gay Nineâ€" ties was Qute some bicycle vilâ€" lnage! .8 O matter of fact it was a grout fad among the fair damâ€" sels as d the y>> biades of the "Old Forty‘ bAC4 in ts year 18097 In that year t»» lads and lassios of "The Willizsy" possessed no le=s than 108 f the jron steeds of alâ€" mout a* ;i0ADY different makes and uames from ."‘l"bmmmd mmwm by Herbert L. Hagar. vma‘”m. -ulm“wm.,.,db" hoo.-ndthlod!t.mm_ selves in very VOILMIDOUS piooy. ers hence the BMM# "gloomer several of the subways were filled, and motors were stalled attemptâ€" ing to run the aqueos blockade. ‘The water, in many cases reached well. aver half way up on the doors water shifted part of the foundaâ€" tions alony which the tracks were no matter Wwhat the future weeks uq.‘hm.tldrwlmd fruit bas been materially reduced. Several growers report hundreds and thousands of dollars damage from the sweep of water, through the roots of their trees. Previous Rains Had Not Soakâ€" ed Into Ground When Satâ€" urday‘s Rains Cameâ€"Local Streets Were Flooded â€" Elizabeth Way Subways Filled With Water mmwmm been done by the recent rain storms in this district is great. Growers, while not yet ready to properly assess the damage to their crops, are holding their breath and hopâ€" ing for the best, knowing that no Cirl". Mmfli;flbrnnymg| «ie pair of these bloomers to Kim Stroat, the hou 25 pairs of the type of shorts our ‘ocuundbylnbu fuir sex woar today. ‘That was the ‘-mtln.uuhhw year that Jack Gibson was m‘-rmav-. cynosure of all eyes and the envy w-)mudl of every kid in the district for he! ""s a bicycle bullt introduced to the populace the fArst, ~oo0d with the excer thainless bieycle, It operaled with wheel and worwket wheels and an enolosed frame and bandles 1 urive shaft, It was one du'l’.u'ut.h...gm muvmdmuoulmwymu l l whenl only emailer _ Reove Charies DurhSM Oyns.| peds was purchased \WM"'"‘""“w:. 19008 by Duve L4\ those halcyon 689%8RSwop many | Harry Jenkins and a prize in F8600 tnroughout the (Continugad an Grimsby, Ontario, Thursday, June 4th, 1942 . Away Back When On the twenty highway damage «â€"â€"â€" By FRANK FAIRBORN, Jr, â€"â€" tnroughout the le=s*%\s / *heir verandahs, and it was nou *; for these two hostelâ€" eries to be invaded on a Sunday by two and three hundred of the Hamilton bicycles and to be cleanâ€" e4 out of focdstufts and liquid reâ€" freshments, Back in those daysâ€"which had been preceded by the old high biâ€" cycle age and the alant back h« Mamiiton had three very large bicycles clubs; The Hamiiton; The Century a1d the Ramblers, The old Mansion hlouse and LAincoln House hotels had large racks made of two by fours 1nd ornamented with rub« ber cove 4 hooks that ran the full wore evactly the same an a buggy Moll'-nur.&m. pede was purchased sarly 1900‘8 by Dauve Livingston and Marry Jenkins and usad in their (Continued on page 3) whole district. The highest honor that a young man could attain in those days was to become a memâ€" ber of the "Century Club". To be a member of this club one had to be able to get astride his trusty bike of a Sunday morning and by nightfall have covered a hundred miles of countryside, ‘This was some feat, for the roads of those times were not the concrete and asphalt t« of today nor were the bicycles of the light ~~~*truction ball bearing type of 1047 ‘I‘wo of the most noted of the "Century kiders" of this district were the late W. E. Phillips and Duncan magnitude of the warâ€"effort of the town and district and it is believed that a greater knowledge will enâ€" gender greater appreciation of the work of those bhundreds of local people, who work away without ballyhoos or farfare, but are conâ€" tent in the satisfaction derived from their very considerable conâ€" tributions to the recogmized war charities. It is the purpose of the C.W.S. to submit to Independent readers in succeeding issues the war reâ€" gords of many of these groups, and it is suggested that careful reading of these as they appear, will result Forbes. bution being made by (he warâ€" conscious people of Grimsby and G.C.W.S8,., Committee Gatherâ€" ing Information W hich Should Be Of Interest To Community â€" I. 0. D. E. A great fund of information mabout the activities and accompâ€" Mshments of the various groups enâ€" gaged in various phases of war work in Grimsby and district has been obtained through a questionâ€" aire recently sent out by the Grimsby District C.WA.C. mwu-umto.n groups which are constituted for the purpose of carrying on patrioâ€" tic and war work and also to those which make some contribution to the warâ€"effort as well as function for other purposes. d Empire Lincoin Loyalist Chapter War Service Commitiee The war work activities of the chapter, through its War Service Committee, consists chiefly of supâ€" (Continued on page 5) Wartime Activities Reports Will Be Printed Each Week imperial Order Daughters Of The It is felt that local people will her to assist 11â€" saving paper, those who are moving should not forgel to tuke their telephoue directories with them, instead of asking for \ now one, the Bell manager san. llnoothmnnnmm-nu.m ww and changed listings in the alphabetical section aloro of the Intest d‘rectory, it is important to diucard the old book promptly on receipt of the now one, and careâ€" fully consult the new ons betore placing cails, if the "wrong numâ€" ber" nulsance is to be #~olded. Twentyâ€"eight pages thinner than its predecessor, Grimaby‘s new telephone directory is being distriâ€" buted to jocal subscribers through the post office this week. A saving in paper of 25 per cent, or 6,600 pounds, has been effected by printing the alphabetical seeâ€" tion with four columns of listings to a page, instead of three as in the former lasues, A. C. Price, Bell Telephone manager here, pointed out. Despite the large number of new listings, this practice has reâ€" duced the size of the book by 28 pages. The old books are not being colâ€" lected, but subscribers can do their bit to conserve paper by contributâ€" l1g their old directories to the Imndluthymformm. lar salvaga collection. In order furâ€" New Phone Books Being Distributed Through The Mails Official of Grimsby Popular Priest To || Go To New Post |\g After 6 Years Here \. land have been added, and under Father Webster‘s care this enlargâ€" ed parish has become important. Father B. O‘Donnell, at present stationed at Wainfleet, Ontario, is to be the successor to Father Webâ€" Wines Ltd. Named To Committee College, Kingston. graduation from R. M. C. he was stationed at Halifax for two years, It was announced last j . smm ~ www« Rev. Father B. I. Webster ns of two memâ€" of St. Joseph‘s Roman the teaching staff of the Church, has been transferredâ€"to &7 y schoo, were received and that the transfer will take effect later this smonth, Father Wobster has been here for the past six years, and during that time his parish has greatly increased. When he frst took up his duties here, his parish consistâ€" ed of the Grimsby _Church, andâ€"8t. Mary‘s Church, Smithville. Since that time St, Anne‘s Church, Boyle Ross Wilson, of the om..,‘ Wines LAmited, has been sppointed to the Ontario Advisory Committes time Prices and Trade Board, “‘ was announced last week, ‘The apâ€" Mdlr.mmudm othrmn:’o' the â€" industry whas approved by Donald Gordon ‘m-‘l of tho Wartime Prices Two weeks after he had received his promotion to the rank of Lieuâ€" tenantâ€"Colonel, and one week after he had taken over his new comâ€" mand, the Fourth Battalion, Royal Canadian Engineers, William Edâ€" ward Andrewes of Toronto met his death in a traffic accident. It is thought that the officer had been killed while riding in a motorcycle sidecar, Word was received by the young officer‘s wife and parents Seturday evening. Col, Andrewes, son of Lieutenâ€" D.l.O.,M.antunlol' mnoanmmomzw-ri received his education at L4 . Lodge School and Royal Milits C graduate course at McGill Univerâ€" sity, for which he received the deâ€" gree of bachelor of sclence. He spent a year in Great Britain studying at military colleges there, Joseph‘s C=urch Welland, and SON OF COL. ANDREWES KILLED IN ACCIDENT JUST WEEK AFTER ASSUMING NEW RANK AND POST and Trads Boea:s S&EG $2.00 Per Year, $2.50 In U.S.A., 5¢ Per Copy Domestic Science Course To Get Eye Of School Board ‘The Grimasby Board of Education is going to discuss the cooking taught at the public school. ‘This was intimated last evening at the regular monthly meeting by C. D. Millyard, who, in discussing the work which is being done there, suggested that more practical work could be taken up than is the case at present, He read to board members a copy of the curriculum in force just two years ago, and as he went down the list for domestic science he said he did not believe thai tha course was being followed as clo=» ly as it should be. "We‘ve got to stop spending too -uumummmuw and get at those things which are more fundamental," ho said. "In (Mnml.-y.w this, the puplis are tan: aow to prepase .mm"x.'d kn t . wene ant 8Â¥ tw money that there has been no bacon cookad here for several years," Miss Rice, who is a physical cu}â€" ture specialist explained that she would like to i‘ve closer to Torâ€" onto and explained that the move would not entail any increase in her income. TWO RESIGNED FROM GRIMSBY ‘<©HOOL STAFF was for some time attached to Canadian military headquarters at London, and early this year he was assigned to the second field comâ€" pany, RCE. His promotion was quiFters in London he spent come time at the Khaki College. _ and Mrs. W. J. Sheppard, Toronto, as well as his brother, Christopher, Reamsville, His wife, the former Fhylis Moorman, Halifax, resides in Toronto, and there is one son, pressed by members of the Board. Miss Hope has been on the staff for a period of twelÂ¥e years. She received her entrance from the school, and attended the high school here. Just last month the board voted her an honorarivm for her excellent work as assistant to Kenneth Griffith during the year lldfllhmlom ne was stationed at Kingston, London and Toronto. Prior to going overâ€" seas he was at Pettawawa and MMI-HO.I‘HMIIM Britain on Christmas â€"day, 19040 with the rank Of major. In Gregt Britain, Col. Andrewes Andrewes were married in Engâ€" land in 1934. accepted last night by tha Grimaby Window Lights To Be Diinmed Hope, who has been on the teachâ€" ing staff of the public school for twelve years, and Miss Hilda Rice, who came to Grimsby two years ago to join the high school staff, were the two reaigning. of Miss Hope to resign was exâ€" a maby‘s night time > ightnoms Â¥2 o CE of the past, jucging 'N-m-nmmunmu. the past few Gays, Windown of the various atorea along Main Street have been means. Memod®i Cemedi ce ns . l wil Age about eight feo;, so that the», val ho bitk forty watts of light in :r'"'“"““" recentlvy an. he