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YOL, LVIIâ€"No. 48 program, with Freedom‘s Figh:ing Forces in camp, sending entertainâ€" ment to the folks back home, made "TPuesday night at 2.30 «;CKOCâ€" CFRB). The program is designed uwmung{-fluu Nearly every bigâ€"time« air comeâ€" dian, does a ‘warm up‘ with his *studio audience before he goes on with the show. ‘The idea is to get them in a receptive mood, so that the fast ‘gags‘ and patter will realâ€" ly register with them and with the air audience. Here‘g one of Fred Alien‘s favorite laufhâ€"getters â€" which he used on a recent warmâ€" up before his Sunday 9.00 pm. show. A woman ses a man walkâ€" its bow to Ontario listeners boys doing a glorious job of morale work for those who must remain at home. There‘s music by camp bandsâ€"comedy by the irrespressiâ€" bie lads who know how to be grim mâ€"mmw of topâ€"flite radio fare! The first show originated at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and other camps across the continent and from the four corners of the world will take part long Tuesday nigh ttreat â€" 9.30â€" 10.30 CKOC! # # ® "My Favorite Blonde" which reâ€" mwumdmmon'l "Theatres, also fm_duflg( ~] The Grimsby Independent | tenor from the Happy Gang Eddie cast from the Brant, giving his 3P mearance there a bit of a boost, mw-mmm patter, the Happy Gang stands out as a daily 1.15 pm. treat from CKOC and the CBC network for every Ontario home. ing along one of New York‘s streetsâ€"walking with an exaggerâ€" ated list to one side. She tells a pedestrian and he quickly conâ€" fronts the man. "I‘m not drunk," the fc..>w insist when the policeâ€" man azsks him to ‘come along‘; and when the law asks why he is walkâ€" ing with such a tilt, he answers: "I work on the Normandie". mu‘oodlors-nlhhni matuyub-â€"nnd Fred‘s Sunday night hour Variety show is a fest of laughter that makes Sunâ€" day FWUN day for merry millions enast to coast in Canads and the United States, eight o‘clock, and at eightâ€"thirty the Blue‘s famous ‘Inner Sanctum‘ Mg.o.couuu air. And that "Cheers from the Camps" â€" & Bunday evening eight to ten from CKOC is pretty hard to beat in so far as Variety Natienal radio Fdgar with all the gang are on at reminds us o remind you Cist Boris Kariof! will again be the Mum,lmfld.’w- m..mmd-m in another powe wl pley, And at nine o‘clock, Fre!i Allen‘s variety hour takes the air from 1150 on your dial. ‘The three topâ€"flite Sunâ€" d.ycvqnunbondnmodth topflite networks, all broadets from one stationâ€"L£&0C, 11530 on and cony â€"â€" Joe Petersen‘s boy soprano program Sunday at 1245 pm. on CKOC â€"Keeping up with Holiywâ€"~1 with CKOCâ€"Stollsz Un "Mwlhllymdm wua.flp-.â€"-mm. direct from the Movie Colony Monâ€" day nights ut 7.00 o‘clock! A comâ€" pieto dramatization, as real as life iwd.mo_-ndo_‘td: on the Puropes ConLUEestk MITZ! Land, Nuval aad Air Forces partiâ€" :IM”M eduesiay zht at $.00 o‘clock from L..JAA. Appeal in every note . A few short weeks ago, he tional It‘s an hourâ€" hich reâ€"| Cross headquarters in Toronto. For milton‘s | instance, in 1941, 2785 articles for during| British Relief were produced and favorite| sent to headquarters. Here they z; Eddie| were added to the contributions getting | from the numerous branches of the e e i i PP PPE V AP CTTDY GRIMSBY DISTRICT C. W. S. COMMITTEE REPORT OF RED CROSS ACTIVITIES LOCALLY: To discuss the accomplishments and achievements of the Canadian Red Cross is not the purpose of the reporter. The general objectives of the Red Cross the magnitude of the work it is called upon to carry through and the ready efficiency with which it is accomplished, are too well known to need elaboration here. Rather it is the thought to dig and delve so that we may find, if possible, the sources from which come the flood of knitted and sewâ€" ed articles, sweaters, sox, pyjamas, gowns, handkerchiefs, blankets and quilts, that have their origin in the willing effort of the 1162 members of the Red Cross in this town and to England. These 2785 articles| the Hun was knocking at Engâ€" consisted mainly of clothing and| land‘s gate and quilts and blankets patchâ€"work quilts and, we may be were a desperate need? They were sure, brought â€"muchâ€"comfort â€"to | found. â€"They â€"were sont, â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" those in distressing circumstances.| . And so the work goes on. Where in England, those splendid women| reaches out and supplies needed who give help wherever help is| articles. Contributions were made needed, received some 415 articles| to the headquarters for prisonerâ€" from the local branch, consisting| ofâ€"warâ€"parcels. This is a branch chiefs and towels to the number of 349 woere sent to headquarters e‘szg with 156 quilts and blankets. Of these quilts and blankets, many were given by local people and others were bought through headâ€" quarters with money given by local people to the Jocal branch. All purchases by the locar Red Cross are made through headquarters when possible, as goods and materâ€" lals can be purchased more reasonâ€" ably there than from any other source. A few items, classed as acâ€" Red Cross Activities Reviewed on Basis of Organization‘s Report to Wartime Organization. andâ€"eyes, etc., cannot be obtained from headquarters and these are procured elsewhere. As an example of coâ€"operative effort, it should be mentioned that SUCCESSFUL WEEKLY SHOPPING wWINS ADMIRATION FOR WRITER By Syivia Thomson There are six of us in the houseâ€" hold, excluding the Captain (alias husband and father) who comes home only on Sunday for respite from the War Office front. The six of us include Babyâ€"agâ€" ed twoâ€"â€"who has a jadeâ€"green raâ€" tion book and is estitied to priviâ€" have rachelâ€"tinted, ordinary ration books covered with signs and numâ€" primer of necromany. We all have aimilarâ€"sized yelow books ~â€" the scolor that used to mean a naughty French novel 4o our grandmothers â€" and since LeaseLend started, roseâ€"pink books as well, We draw our weekly rations on Mondays. This last Mongey the children had the final rashers of bacon; and the Captain had last mouth‘s final dessertspooofu! of jur before his 8 am. train. I breakfasted on black coffee and pesnut butter (peanut butter I L s uoc atis zum ake @2E 0 on N discovered at Wix#s, the casb chemists, where everyons eise eviâ€" ggym-mmmm- ed it as ersatz cold cream),. Monâ€" d;rld.nlldm".u.-l. But this last one was 2iso the first day of the month for jas The yellow books get accordance with the The articles produced by the queer calendar invented by Lord Wooltoa. Their rosy lithie coupons, marked March 0 to April 5 for inâ€" stance, .uunu-d-ut.ur ned fruit, raisins and prunse, etc. Famous English Novelist Tells of Monday Food Hunt With Aid of Coupon Book And Basket, After breakfast I got my baskat (oranges *) ). ‘The rest of us ; us these in mopthiy cal« to Grimsby, Ontario T hursday, June 11th, 1942 $2.00 Per Year, $2.50 In U.S.A., 5¢ Per Copy ures. The branch in 1941, earned and collected a net total of 2402.38. This figure wgw-‘lg- Toromkio for the blanket fund. Of this amount, $645.00 was received as donations. ‘Try to imagine too, the patient determination required to produce a totar of 7291 articles of all kinds and for all purposes. At times the branch has been spurred to inspiring effort by the reaches out and supplies needed articles. Contributions were made to the headquarters for prisonerâ€" ofâ€"warâ€"parcels. This is a branch of the endeavor which touches us in Grimsby. At least one local lad supplied by the local branch. In Grimsby, examples of united, allâ€"out community effort are not mmmeonuuddond mhmmumhal Red Cross provides a shining exâ€" ample of this. It must be rememâ€" bered, however, that of this memâ€" mmmmwnm the membership including al Mmmmmd donations made. Let us then be proud of that active group of local Red Cross workers who have such an exceilent record of achievement. Let us think of them this summer vilege, ready (I did have a _ugh. still being plenty of last month‘s mp!)mdputdlmnmnbooh in the basket; also a clothing card, with the idve c. pons remaining for us all until Mry (I always take this for luck); a string bag; an old newspaper â€"because last week I came home clasping a naked haliâ€" but, Finally I dropped my purse in; money is aiso necessary. My last words to Nancy, our cookâ€" friendâ€"glamor girl, were, "If A‘s an egg week, bacon and =2«% 1 * SUpâ€" "-" Before starting I called up the dairy: "Is it an egg week by any chance?" A drowsy male voice on the other end Aidn‘t seem familiar with the word egg, so 1 dropped the receiver and decided to face facts when I got to the dairy. It is a tenâ€"minute walk to th. shops. By the time I got to the grocer the store was packed with women weuged between their basâ€" ‘mm;gmmfomlusl the cooked meats counter. 1 caugst the word "tongue" and reâ€" membered that 1 had sixtsen pink ~.ints left until March 9. My speâ€" cial friend behind the counier, in green overalls and with erimped grey kair, held out a rescuing, comfortable arm for my basket. Bhe had my regular rations all ready in lttle packages, and she aelzed the ration books and started snipping away with her scissora, murmuring, "Tes, buiter, marge, about jams," I sald, "and soup?" Sk» took up the yellow books. "Eix pouunds of fam in all," (that io for t:> month»,. "Can I have a pound of carmaila‘e t>>"" Marmailace has become a tarlLi for the Ug +cemâ€" of ~$61:00â€"sentâ€" To do this is our priâ€" at a few figâ€" d gram, heard Wednesday nights at 9.30 features music of light operâ€" children. ‘The baby and I do withâ€" out marmalade on the theory that I enjoyed thirtyâ€"seven years of unâ€" interrupted marmalade, and she is still contented in innocence of it (as she is of bananas, pink sugar sookies and houses with lighted windows). Foae got along for a good many hunâ€" ON NEW RADIO SHOW SALES Are What Count In Business! The Grimsby Independent , "Curtain Memories," is y is The wool shop is on the way to the dairy. Festouns <f divine maâ€" donna blue wool w« . in the winâ€" dow. But only Avâ€" supons were left until May and «ay one of us might be desperate for a pair of stockings oz a couple of handkerâ€" donna blue wool. people are apt to be morose or ironâ€" ical when they don‘t have what you ask for, but she can make news of a nonâ€"egg week almost The girl in the dairy, w.il, pinceâ€" nez, ought to be a professional wrinkled, turbaned, old woman next to me, carrying three differâ€" ent buiging string bags, went on with one of those highâ€"spirited monologues about succeeding disâ€" asters that cockneys find so sideâ€" came back. She handed me a white Every business man is interested in finding out how he can increase his sales. The answer is advertising. Consistent and persistent adverâ€" tising in your homeâ€"town weekly is a practical, inexpensive, tharoughly efficient medi@m for you to u » in presenting the message you want to bring before the public. CalH us today anc find out more about it. PHONEâ€" 36 Alastâ€"Noâ€"maâ€" eggs it confained. I arrived bhome and went straight to the kitchen. When Nancy had admired the eggs woe unpacked everything else. ‘The tongue seemâ€" ed so real â€" the jam so plentiful! The baby‘s nurse came in and adâ€" mired the soapflakes and rejoiced over the pruneâ€"pulp, When the two schoo; children came home they deeply admired the marmalade. Monday is my day for being adâ€" _ _ SELL_T "Take part of \BANKS ©OROCHIRI _ + _ TOBACCONIST$ BOOK §TORES and other RETAIL $TORES , too small for the ten ADVERTISED ‘ rost omnces