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j BLIND y3 + ON SATUROAMY TAG DA FoP Sightless People Pfilee’l‘l-eisShId“!::N:. tion in Good Stead Nowâ€" In dozens of war plants across Canada, blind men and women are taking their part along with sightâ€" ed workers in the manning of drilâ€" ling and milling machines, gaugâ€" ing shells, assembling fuses, amoothing aeroplane parts â€" doing a day‘s work; getting a day‘s pay; widening the ps=@*. towards victory. It is because The Canadian Naâ€" tional Institute for the Blind provâ€" ed in time of péace thut capable petent factory workers, that so ployed in war work. Everything that the Institute does and every service which the blind receive, depends on the finâ€" public. The tremendously imporâ€" tant and humanitarian work of The Canadian National Institute for the Blind can be developed if men and women blessed with sight, express their gratitude for their good fortune by making a small cuontribution. The opporâ€" anltytodothhemuonm aydmhmkm;ugdny. urder the auspices of The Canâ€" adian Institute for the Blind is beâ€" in(heldhoflmm.wnhxn.w. H. Groce and Mrs. V. Catton as New Hydro Plant To Open Oct. 15 DeCew Falls Will Produce 65,â€" 000 HP.to Start With â€" Off:cial opening of the 25 cycle DeCew Falis plant of the Ontatic Hmnocmcmwflcmnmnm will take place Oct. 15, was che in formation handed out by HEPC. officials at Toronto last week. A ceremony will be held at that time, details of which are now being wwm“""“"‘ . het * VC / _9 which will be P.C. secretary, and wh C. y which will be attended by prominent Hydro and m .m'u.'w. P""M"W ission spokesman said the DeCew Falls €5,000 horseâ€" power unit first started is Septemâ€" wuky t O 0 e s three month of the original com, pletion date of July, 1943, would (Continued on page 7) Must Buy Flour 7‘» Get Millfeed PDoputyâ€" Milifeed retailers in tD‘s and across the province #f" will buy 2 certain amount which is of no use to then C _ Masrre F. Wkmait P00 00 ed Depu:yâ€"Reeve GeorE® p. Â¥Ceeo * Louth Towaahip. 1" the meeting of Lincoln Coum y council last Werkâ€" Counci1 passeds 8 resolution CODâ€" demning the practic® as â€" Milega), and urging the government to tait« immediate steps to atop it Mr. Wiley mentioned a 8t Cat‘i arimes retailer who had g0oD® hus Port Colborne for a load of millâ€" lnx.ndwuwldum 1e would l'-‘ltml!luwolg «itth of 18 Jjoad in flour which be giar‘t want He brought 54# truck back emptyâ€" He cited £ girmilar case in Beamsâ€" vills, where t« £4 ymer refused to wm.nd urove bhis truck home without any millfeed. Their resolution was: ‘Wheress the ni‘ls througbout Ontario @r€ « ~Apelling dealers to purchas 100 pounds of flour with eves 400 ganinds of millfeed, and whereas® the dealers in turp are compellin® farmers to purchase a saimjlar quantity of four with their pur chases of millfeed, and where®s this flour jy of veY little use to the milk producer or the poultry« man, and it is oomldend that this e C xk Oift mowed +m otice Help War 'Erlfiort Can be Developed to 200,â€" CLnarges 4"**~ 'â€"â€"nfa.flers eld up bÂ¥ Poiifochs Practice Hlegal Jce is Wek® the councl! © (Continued T3 Wiley of Loath That Farmers Are y councll ast ANA A a resolution CONâ€" tice as Silegal C ‘v'mm to tait" ¢ the n pasge ith their PY" and whereas ry 1ttle use 10 or the PP “f:,a" Needed Aared that o it res this district > Are "mn‘ y if farmers unt of flour hem, chark»â€" vo F. Wiey, * resoived County 0f n 21 3e would th of 118 a‘t want k emptyâ€" of | J YOL LIXâ€"Né SPEED THE VICTORY Eunds Campaien _ NUNHK NMIC FOR WEST LINCOLN HOSPITAL COUNTRY â€"_ _ Makes ProgressPEN, RWLING Smail Sums Ln.“smy’moumehmotmmmmmr mmmntdmwmummwwmmm. very optimistic mood when interviewed by The Independent this week, and questioned on the progre®s of the campaign he said: ‘"The long days of planning have now resolved themselves into the concrete action of gathering in mwmmwmwr-m selves with a hospital of our own. s replaced with we will and we are,| _ o ~ letrict io forging AbSLL Cw _ B & â€"| have now piled up to a point where $11,000.00 is in sight, which in its self is a tidy sum. ‘The balance to ‘ mmuw‘u. nl'tnu-omdfutldrm colnplvuduum-mu lllfl'flcfitammhdr m&c#mm aymwmw thoeanplnylo‘dd and shipped from Beamville, Winon& a n d Grimsby 60 carloads of grapes. mu.noodtor&cn. James Aitchison who is just oomphflnzhburdyur in the mmmu--y-unt it is a .-ecordforthodutrlct- The highâ€" edoneweekflpmmzdgnpa | that he has ever bheard tell of did not exceed 40 carloads by any 0n® lfrultde-ler. nnmenicumemmemmeme mm amcmenmemet \ Fined For Theft New Record For Grape Snipments Niagara Packers Shipped 60 Carloads of Grapes in Six Days â€"Mflflw For One Shipper. ccept Found . eull‘y charge «/ & All Charleswo th‘s ® Saturay, Frank ronte, _‘ Aned of pay . «nt, AV€ ~ Rssustar C m & * * Power > l'mfi“ A‘e & %® (Continued on page 2) sums And Large Sums l'laveBrou‘ht’l‘he'l‘ohlupto $11,000â€"Many Difficulties Have Been Surmountedâ€" Hr-s.OrnninflomAndh'lutelndvflmlsCanMI Help â€" Outside People Appreciate The Effort. %Sby Indep endent .“u'y m’ on + & amling articles f" o th‘s store, Grimsby, _ / Frank Knapman, 48, 7 â€". fned $11 or, in defa" mt, five days in c04 ‘The articles 1/ officers, included i« shaving 200 1889 1933 10 Hitier so WHAT ? rimsby, on AO, 43, Toâ€" in default in county cor off an “v‘.llc W i w ePags 0n ticles. All Mussolin| 1883 1922 n A 60 Grimsby, Ontario Post Office Staff Youngest son of Clyde and Mrs. Harrod, Paton street. Is just now completing a Navigator‘s Course in the RC.AF. at Bellevilie. Untangle Many We have always maintained, all arguments to the contrary, that Grimsby had a very efficient Post office‘ stafs and the service given to the public compared favorably with any other office in the Dome injon. Here is an example of that service. LOl ~ sPaka ML‘:'" years m d" was who is Kate Fa might ask. She« 1 (roce. lt'. aimes m‘"unoonPfll staff that ever kne BHBRE CA â€" mak to â€" (Groce. It‘s aimes to dill pickles menunoonoonmpnnnt P.O.! staff that ever knew the lady when she wns Kote Falconbridge, I uum;;mll'fl“‘d"m' toctlomw-ddrfl'““’m"'xm Waiconbridge, . It came on She morning mail io the Mre. Groce received the leer. Thuail is reai service and proves Muwwpylflmw do not know who you art workers "** _ uow wake it or where you live UK their businese to find liver your espisties Semeiee 0 Ne > P e w 4 Who Changed Her Name 41 Years Ago. Staiin 1879 1924 19 64 one years ago Miss MAC idge was rmrried. Now Kate Falconbridge, you k. She is Mrs W. P. It‘s daimes to dill pickles B TC. EOS To #% Churohill 1874 1940 out and deâ€" Roceevelt 1882 1933 19 61 , Thursd:y, Sept. 30th, 1943. $2.00 Per Year, $2.50 In U.S.A., 5¢ Per Copy ‘The following interesting letter from Corp. Bruce Swayze, third son of Andrew and Mrs, Swayze, Robinson street, north, was receivâ€" ed last week by The Independent: North Africa, 0/12 of 43, plus. Plen}y of Mountains And All Hello again, Bones! Your great "booster" letter from the home town arrived some time ago, and it was just iike reading one of your sport columns iz byâ€" wone days. Well! I am still feelâ€" ink blots find you the same. My war news is old; beuuul yours comes over the radio from the NBC or BBC so I will devote the rest of my time telling you about North Africa as I see it. ‘There are no open plair:; it is all rolling coumtry . with plenty. of mountains. ‘The mountains are as (huv‘amuckdyourhnm. ‘you see there is always a breeze blowing, first one direction then the opposite direction and the roots never have a chance to dig in. This makes exc@llent grazing land for sheep and goats a~* the Arabs all have large flocks. The Arab homes are made out of ]Crop Reports For | | Western Ontario Hydro Commission Will Prosecute The Ontario Fruit and Vegetable LWC Committee publishes the September Report giving the conâ€" dition of the commercial fruit and vegetable crops in the Province of Westorn Ontarioâ€"Apples > ‘The CCPhercial apple producuon estiâ€" mate â€" now placed st 18% inâ€" 1 aund" 1942 yield, a betterâ€" | mont Of x since the August reâ€" ‘t port; U piof increases being in i 8py, MStosh, Wealthy, Stark, l ::l 8'-:: arieties, and, accordâ€" | ots, in Georgian Buy, | | Burl}PE+ and Peelâ€"York. Parents of Boys Who Break Bulbs in Street Lights Will the electric bulbs in the streel lights as targets for their stone throwirg feats, or else there is goâ€" gumupleuyoftmm in atore for themselves and their parents. _ That is the ultimatum issued by the Grimsby Hydro Commission. At their meeting on Tuesday aftno0n two young lads appeared and aft@r â€" questioning, admitted they had Dâ€"okon buibs with »atones They PMJ for the damaged bulbs and mr "osts in replacing them. Comm‘SSion definitely state that this pracUC® must stop and in the future th* P*â€"ents of the boys conâ€" cerned %ill pe summoned into court. Apples Show an Increase of 16 P# Cent Over 1942 â€" Stil Eâ€"timated That Grape Bavre â€" There is Excellent Grazing Land For Sheep And Goats And The Arab« Have Large Flocksâ€"Homes Are Built of Mud, Straw And Water, _ WAMLDAEnq moisture conditions y@0U®! pay» been good for deâ€" (Continued on page 7) Two Pay For Damage. (Continued on page 7) i8 Only 22 Per Cent. Strong Committee Has Been Formed With Charles A. "Dad" Farrel as Chairmanâ€"If This Loan is Crowned With Success There Will Have to be Subscribed $105 For Every Man, Woman And Child in Canadaâ€"You Preâ€" pare to do Your Bit. One of the strongest committees that has yet handled a Victory Loan Campaign in Grimsby and North Grimsby, has been formed by County Organizer Cecil Horton, and they are already making their plans to put the local campaign wel over the top of their objective which is $375,000. Grimsby Ready F or ] goans«am Harrod, Paton street, now Overâ€" seas with RC.A.F., graduated and received summer. Niagara Grapes Are Not White Believe it ‘or Not But .~ :perts Claim They care Green in Colourâ€"A Local Colloquia!â€" The Independent got a surprise last week. For years untoid the people of this district have always tallked sphout grapes as red, white ans plues, As a matter of fact there 1@ no such a grape as a white RTay*. According to James Aitchison and Ken. Baxter of Niagara Packâ€" ers, the Niagara grapes, which everyone calls a while grape is really a greon grape. YCou under stand, we are talking about colour. They also state that outside of this Niagara Perinsules it :s never referred to »z c white z;rape but always called a gree,.. «rape. in the States it is defizit=;y aet down by nurserymen, growers and whol szlers as a green grape, Jus. »â€"other of our local colâ€" loquialisms, Objective $375.000 # came us ~s : aus : on c c : oms : ism. Will Youâ€"â€" sGT. ROBERT HARROD Sign hanging from the cash register in "Cammy" * Drug Store, T.P.O.Y.C.I.W.S.5S5. ? Overseas <as c ue ~ame â€" us â€"ame © us «ue c aue c o c mm < tm :sm m > o i c > @ih : e m ues o ns "TAKE PART OF YOUR CHANGE INX SAVING STAMPS" at mesmeassee«p ‘The committee is a follows: > | Hon, Chairman â€"â€" Mayor E. S. Chairman â€" Charles A. "Dad" Farrell. Viceâ€"Chairmanâ€"P. V. Smith, Committee â€" A. W. Eickmeler, Fred Jewson, Wm. A. Hewson, Harold B. Matchctt, Harold C. Woolverton, Hugh A. Campbell Wm. C. Paimer, Archic M. Aiton, James Aitchison. Headquarters of the local comâ€" mittee will be in the office of Chas, J. DeLaplante and ‘a teleâ€" phone will be installed in a few days. Today, in every corner of this Dominion, men and women are toiling to make the Fifth Victory Loan a s"~..â€"s. Uniless it is a sucâ€" cess, the labor and blood that Canâ€" ada is expending in the name of freedom will fall somewhere short of the achievement that can be realized, For in modern war, money savings must be made to match our sacrifices, investment must back our industry, bonds are nearly 2s important as bombers. If the loan is to be crowned with success, there will have to be sub. scribed $105 for every man, woâ€" portant part of this will be contriâ€" buted by savings institutions and ibis assistance, individual Canâ€" adians will be .« A to subscribe an average of $44 W to meet the loan‘s objective, "Bill" Wheeler Is World T raveller Has Been All Over The Map Since May â€" Now in India "Ril‘ has travelled many thousâ€" ands of miles since .eaving home on May 8th, He was then lekving for ‘Texas where he completed his course, going to Mexico for weekâ€" ends and other places of interest. On their way down they stopped at Chicago, S8t. Louis, Houston, where they were able to go out and look the ies over, their desâ€" t‘mation being Corpus *Rristi. 1. A.C, William Wheeler _ RC.â€" A.F., son of Ass‘tâ€"Postmaster and rs. Wheler, has arrived safely in ndia. according to a cable rece‘ /â€" «4 by his parents. â€"Spent Weekend in Grimsâ€" iw. Next One in Glasgow., (Continued on page 2) (Continued on se c en c ue c on um c ame c omm :: cas â€"« Millyard‘s WAR 4)