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who passed away at the Hamilton General hospital on Thuraday, folâ€" lowing a brief iliness. The strength of a man consisats in finding out the way God is going, mmummuo.â€"n.w. community in the person of Mrs. Tsabel Ferris, beloved wife of Walâ€" nona. Rev. H.S. Graham, officiatâ€" only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilâ€" liam Sangster became t*e pride of Ladies® Shoes Shined at Hillier‘s The first rink was skipped by G. ¥‘. Warner, the second by C. W. F. Carpenter and the fourth by N. M. Walker. St. John‘s Presbyterian Church Grimsby, was the scene of a pretty eipmenintiig . qrreex s1fi e â€">.as Mtwmm-nyhm #% Mlcuuntannn.n..... vlllo.'lv-ymuus.. lNeve that the price of grapes would be around $50 a ton straight, and would not be based on the average basket price. was imparted to ; and Chivers, Ass Also in attendance moh'wrfiw Pn Hlom commncas elllors Lewis, Lothian, McPherson only a few puplis are taking the course. It is probable that ar. Emagemtnts m in mans for murte The Grimsby town council met Gay evening. Mayor pouree met mb Manac 2 e s M nvum“h. m....'.‘fl"'.-“'flfldoâ€" e 4 aro to oc â€"â€"atars m-h:.mh'm""& loge at Guelph, and who pa, m"‘"‘“@mmm;u 10 9tt Raiph, Bull, who â€"recent! M"‘“"‘Q&-’-um ”"'*‘M-:nmwm ‘ to college "ho will return in p{oRC (Dis foll as an assistant Many friends learned with sinâ€" THE CaimSB)_ NDEPENDENT The Lion‘s Club medal given to no less than execution will | ie postioy. roatand prir ind of dese muke this _.‘..u...mm'fh"" asaisting Y9% °"" """ s s cme at any time, assisting YOU TCO segblems at any timt. REMEMBER From Files of Pay Attiention to your TEN YEARS Ago Do Â¥ouy Ju..u. auy sn popular, and always seem to manâ€" age to reach them. That is an achievement in view of the fact that they have to travel half way round the world and that the numâ€" ber of prisoners is so misproporâ€" tionately large compared with the casualty list. Sir Richard gave me facts to transmit to the Canadian public who are making it possible for the Red Cross to provide this service, He said: "There are at present 82,000 military prisoners in Germany and Italy, and 6,000 civilian internees. This figure is growing at the rate of about 300 a week, chiefly memâ€" scale. I have just received a letter from a former Fleet Street Journâ€" alist and colleague, Squadron Leader Eric Sidney Smith D.FC., who worked with me on the Beavâ€" erbrook Press before the war. He is a veteran prisoner, having been eaptured when he made a brilliant forced landing on the Main Street of Rotterdam without touching the He writes, dated March 13th: "We‘ve had no English parcels here 4orâ€"overâ€"aâ€"month, â€"but â€"~the Canadian Red Cross has kept us nicely supplied with good things." Prisoncrs are unahimous in declarâ€" soldiers get, and German soldiers est rations because international wmm”l‘" ties will be increased to 80,000 if support is forthcoming. â€"Wereâ€"itâ€"not forâ€"Canadias ~Red Cross parcels hundreds of prisonâ€" ers would have to exist on the barâ€" that while 88,000 parcels go from the Red Cross i~ Britain every week, another 40,000 go from the Red Cross in Canada whose faciliâ€" MLCc El Ese CAdeeedaKh :::Wmma....,.,_ were marked off the camp Mmmmmu til a cargo of kindness such as 1 "lunthufluulutm CTh Eis â€"......â€"..â€"................. n on ce wfnceoningnngene Mmm-mdm, The chief is the large number of mmmmm by mmuw the help the Canadian Red Cross in London is authorized to provide in mims oC A ) _ _ _A PHeP amartng :z"l-fl-:munmuu: frnum L.â€"-Wm told me j""" istributed. Th .;"â€"â€" heavily charged with drams ana umu, Sons of the Empire, as s1 7O As any bird in a cage, will } BY GARRY Actionan dmlhmbmo, war and these cargoes of Canaâ€" ‘"'wlnn £ ts hmmmmum nrious war prisozers camps. ""7"'&.&.....,. th .-,"'-fl-lllhnn..{ citing day as parcels from Canads oiz CANADIAN REpP cross SOURCE OF MAXNY SHIPMENTS or FOOD AND ARTICLES To PRISONERS a very meagre Tuhuere is no readier way of bringâ€" ing your own woith into question than by detracting from the worth o‘o{htflâ€"x.‘"m'- We are well fed now considerâ€" ing everythiugy is rationed. Our quarters are good in most cases and all we lack is to be able to see those at home and w« pray it will be scou. I hope you will excuse the pencil but ink and paper are scarce in camp at preseal. _ _ ____ _ arettes. ber and 300 Sweet cigarettes ~â€" There is nothing more appreciatâ€" ed by a suldier over here than cigâ€" 600 cigarettes yor have sent me. mxoMmdndlnM~ _I wish to express by sincere thanks and appreciation for the Dear Sir. This is the letter I have promisâ€" ed to write so many times, thankâ€" ing you and the members of the Grimsby Chamber of Commerce wor the many cigarettes sent to me. With an crganization such as yours one would certainly have a very hard time to stop smoking. i know the «<ys from town in this unit appreciate the work y« are doing for us, we all rece‘sve our cig »~ettes regularly and it has beâ€" come more or less something to y i forward to. It really helps a ic.. to know that we aren‘t forgotâ€" ton at home. Dear Sira:~ share of cold and snow. Right now we are into our spring weathâ€" er, right up 0 our necks in mud. Thanks . win for the cigurettes and che v<*. +*+st for everyone. Luck, Lionel Lymburner., I suppose you are looking forâ€" ward to gond weather again, from all reports you have had your tiie L. _ _ 0C ECFOCRm.| COTCTZ a0 pICIBC CHnnor wil 96 O-tfl:.:mmm'fldnummcm. M'M“m&hrym busness meeting will be held, folâ€" ty camps scattered over thir.|l0Wed by entertainment and Italy, T.':“""V"fldmhm and is rexponrit‘ i5 1t Germany | | ‘The present officers are: presiâ€" mmm,:“"'z-;g:fimnmm.m rest working camp + presi@nt, Barney Luane, ments. outside in ml}fhm Falls, N.Y.; secretaryâ€" h The annual reunion of the desâ€" & UV rmNERSLoaunu:mm.wmh mss 4 |ho|d:u-mw. June 13th, 1042, at ‘_"'&HuA:m 2‘_‘:“'[‘:... . A picnic dinner will be THE Yourr sincerely CRIMs B y 18th, 1942 Iane Family To Hdd Reunion Nar? und af Ite Nedtic‘s nroest Tantl We _ _ _ 0~ _ _ ITH physical Gtne## : requisite Wiu every feld of 'l::. enâ€" deavor, and Eundu 19rmost seaâ€" T innoly mpripped ts Prcotenret i equi t hitness, t_z l-fflm- Hote! is anticinating plenty Of action this summer on it3 #e@â€"§iftgol{ course, sandy bathing beachesgennis courts, bridl! paths and 'm blue waters whare vaerhianven hatnes anly . IN)EPENDEN T ite chmnfi Zanadian Pacific hostel nâ€"| is but a few minutes‘ stroll from tgl aâ€"| famous 18â€"hole golf course whose so nllifillimy.hmflymthu, at & fame in this country rivals is | of its namesake course in St. is | Andrews, Seotland. -:‘-_E:f.‘-"a:. se n on floats, diving boards ar n ntines ie reue d eerene, boniere 6 rpactt [ALLOTMENT GARDENS SOLVE |ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL LIVINC in winter. An educational camâ€" paign has been organized by the Ministry of Agriculture for allotâ€" mentâ€"ho‘ders, urging them to grow for winter as wellâ€"as for â€"saw~mer‘ is devoted to carrots, parsnips, and and many of mwmwhlchunnhohohdum kept through the winter. dening. Also mmw.mmq-umm stem has been modified. For exâ€"|in the armed ample, winter greens such as kale,| who are calle broccoli and savoy cabbage are| in various wa: now given a little more apace. Onâ€"| vote the time : ions, shallots and leeks also are|intensive cult! grown much more extensively beâ€"| Nevertheles: cause they are no longer imported.|factors into « A survey of the national allotâ€"| view of high ments shows that the holders tend | obtainable fu. to grow too many summer crops| mate of $36 with the result that they have a| would not be : surplus in summer and a shortage This would giv essential vegetables Broadly speaking, the average allotmentâ€" holder later devotes between oneâ€" quarter and oneâ€"half of his plot to main crop potatoes as they can be easily stored and are not difficult Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireâ€" land are making a valuable conâ€" tribution to the war effort by raisâ€" ing thousands o. tons of food in ::lmnhtohw eliminating heavy costs and mm-auu-pgmm. ing up for imported foods which Wales, and about 80,000 in Scotâ€" land and North Ireland. In Engâ€" land, Ireland and Wales, the maâ€" jority are 300 square yards in exâ€" tent, while in Scotland they are usually smallerâ€"about 200 square yards. 4 Eefore the war, there were just under a million allotments in Engâ€" land and Wales. About threeâ€"quarâ€" than those near the towns. country cannot be estimated in In normal times the allotmentâ€"|terms of monky, for the vegetable holder grows enough vegetables to | crop grown there furnishes an imâ€" supply his needs for about nine | portant part of the food supply of months â€"0* ~the> year. "Now every | the allotmentâ€"holders‘ themselves mumâ€"gum al}| Some remarkable figures have reâ€" the vegetables he needs. cently been collected by the Deâ€" mmcmmm«mhm- in a small allotment of 300 square land concerning the money value yards is interesiing. Usually, less | of crops obtained from small allotâ€" than a sixth of the plot is planted| ments of 200 square yards. with early potatoes. This crop can| ‘The average value of produce hmnuehmeh-p!yumummm- a large scale and the limited space| ing in the autuinn of 1941, was & nerâ€"atintmumerâ€"rnttezi=â€"tâ€" are no longer received from the put to better use by growing other ters of these were found in urban areas. ‘The allotments in the counâ€" Days at St. Andrews by the Sea There are over 1,500,000 allotâ€" castern MS&M&E'E’?;'QM. tions is its accussil Pucific Railway lines from princinal ith 4 ’v:-.L- i .2 fi ’mu&n an evenly moderate temâ€" perature, ‘ Other attractions at the uin, hich remains this "'7 June 27 to September 8. include for: for trout, bass and landiocke. L in nearby lakes, cycling and ing over picturesqus soads that i"“?.‘r*‘.;.'::::*""‘.:; # + dancing at the Algonguls Call® * would not be an excessive a serage. This would give an aggregate yield of about $48,000,000 worth of vegeâ€" tables in money and at least 600,â€" 000 tons in weight, obviously a substantial contribution to the naâ€" ton‘s wartime T6od larder. * Nearly thirtyâ€"five per cent of the total allotments set up since the war are formed of land which has factors into consideration and in this study revemled. There were considerable variation, however, alâ€" lotments ranging from a minimum of $20 to a maximum of $96. not been cultivated for a long time and many of their holders have had no previous experience in ga allotmentâ€"holders are now serving in the armed forces, and cthers 4 mmmmumm~ in various war services cannot deâ€" vote the time and care require? for intensive cultivation. Nevertheless, taking all these their joint efforts that the number of allotments has increased since the war. The Society has enrolled more m.m-nm... sociations since September 1939, Their main functions are coâ€"operaâ€" tlnlnd-mmmm of seeds, seed potatoes, fertilizers, small implements, and so on, at wholesale rates for distribution to members. The value of allotments to the country cannot be estimated in terms of monky, for the vegetable crop grown there furnishes an imâ€" portant part of the food supnly of. consumption. Every possible asâ€" sistance is being given to them to insure the best results. In addition to publishing leafiets and producâ€" ing instructional films, the Minisâ€" try of Agriculture has circulated a “mmmhowbob- tained maximum yield of those vegetables which possess maxiâ€" mum food values, The National Allotments Sania_ laborates with the Ministry of Agriculture to increase allotmentâ€" centres in the United S+ates. y, June 11th, 1942 1