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I "*ssued every Thursday from office of publiâ€" eation, Main and Oak Streets, Grimsby. Abraham Lincoln had strong opil about things. On economics he said: * WHAT OLD ABE SAID Bubscriptionâ€"$2.00 per Canada and $2.50 2or your in United States, payable True independence is never afraid of appearâ€" .wu‘mmm always to the most perfect independence. perity is the fruit of labor, property is deâ€" sirable; is a positive good in the world. That some should be rich shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encourageâ€" ment to industry and enterprise .. . . Let not him who is homeless pull down the house of another, but let him labor diligently to buaild one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence . ... 1 take it that it is best for all to leave each man free to acquire property as fast as he The Grimsby Independent can. Some will get wealthy. i don‘t believe in a law to prevent a man from getting rich, it it would do more harm than good." CANADA IS PAYING WwITH IT‘s FINEST An official statement sets at 10,025 the casaalties to date in the Royai Canadivn Air Force. Of these 3,654 are known to t dead, 3.249 are presumed dead, 2,068 are currently wm.usamwmdm- and 15 are interned in neutral countries. It is a heavy price we have paid, and must pay, to save onl COUNUI 0 "__._. in bloody hands of the aggressors. We pay in tbehaoftheuwlolCmd&'sfin- wmmerlitytoenfiltorm wmmm the generation from which would have been recruited men for the wigei wounk IMEWIC MEA CCC CC e d professions, for business and industry, for flme. is a # # We pay, too, in the grief of thousands of Canadian homes for their sons thus fallen in battleâ€"grwat homes and small, city. "8°® ltflnhonsuthezifl-. homes in the small towns and on Eastern countryside. Bu¢ it is grief in which pride, too, has a part, hmmdfimflflthfi“” because he saw that as his duty, counted his own lif» as nothing in tremendous w-un-i‘l';md-b!: neg en Aipe these men came to see us when op .dmn leave." Without exception Mmk-wl-narthebfit-”“ the job for which they had been trained. Mkâ€"vflumm they erational training would be short. They were -Wbllotuwhohaddwm' tunity of talking with them. _ DPF * ~ CoenaAiat CASU * Canadiar. casualties represent / e r mapins Sin, atr cntribution cf fighting men in 8 very considsrable one. They are a sacridce To The hateful spirit of brutal aggression of ”m”“u:.fl'fluj:uli.nvfin- ..-_-nmaosmcnnos Since all Canadians, with the possibit fnmigrants or the descendants of imniâ€" ar cats, the widespread prejudice againet 10Y" L Amigration rests on a thaky fou®@s FACTS & FANCIES --ovi'- & that the newcomers mey +4 comgenial neighbouts. The prejudice is as st ~*rfl . “Cuz t haae whoské SDCCEOYS CBTDE two JOHN W, GLENINNING, President. WILERED M. LAWSIN, Viceâ€"President J. ORLON LIVINGSTON, Secretary, "Lincoin County‘s Leading Weekly" Nights, Sunday, Holidoys, 539 3 +1 been said often, of WeX hamdred years AgO. INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING us will admit th bh "fl Vuiet PoUitlcs "hoped that further opâ€" * waks: W Hhoet 1 uhi ‘They were They are these: we must all spend less, 5 5s tiw had the oppor. even though we may earn more that ever beâ€" h fore in our lives. We must refrain ‘rom buyâ€" * . ing simply because we think we w« 4 «rticles often, 1nd of course it which we really do not need. We mast firmâ€" war deriands of us our l!mu*“mflh‘”“"um uns men. These ten markets or with who of} us desirâ€" T oT uns wanvonoeut n “m“".““‘m“ _|.dl- ~ San ces 6 Is a atrmmg amonk SEcork g «trong amouy S222°°" Canadians as among eame to the OMmry LMW“’ wr vacant spacet, mental reservation turn out to be unâ€" Jr. f @1 30 4.4 0e es uns the have the fear that unrestricted immigration may make the mino:ity speaking their native tongue relatively smaller, but before the war mey.howedmmtenthndmnbwtat- tractiug immigrants from France. Recent imnflmnutmtbe&ifilhhludonotfl- ways reseive a warm welcome from Canaâ€" dians of English, Scotch or Ir. h descent. Research on an entirely different subâ€" ject has brought to light a quotation from the Rule of St. Benedict, that might be adapted to our nctional problem of assimilaâ€" tion. Among the regulations he prescribed forfi:eeoodnctofhisumnieudcinfln Mmm.mzbelo!bwh.l: "If any pilgrim monk comes from disâ€" tant parts and wishes as a guest to dwell within the monastery, and will be content with the customs which he finds in the place . . . . he shall be received for as long a time as he desires. But if he hath been found gudpyandennumndomintheflmeofhh sojourn as guest, not only ought he not to be joined to the body of the monastery, but also it shall be said to him, honestly, that he must depart. If he does not go, let two stout monks., in he name of God, explain the matâ€" ter to him." "I WAS AMAZED To FIND ..." "Berlin, July 22 â€" I was amazed when I found today that one had to pay $6,000 for a ham sandwich, whereas yesterday, in the same caic. a ham sandwich cost only $3,500." "Beriin, August 10â€"Yesterday my chop at lunch cost $150,000, but today it cost $375,000." # # # # # The above, incredible as it may seem, are reprints of German news dispatches which appeared in London newspapers in the year 1923, with this one change, that the prices have been translated into dollars at the preâ€" World War I rate of four German marks to That is precisely what happens when inâ€" fiation gets really going. Up go wages. Still higher up go prices and down sinks the real buying power of money. The only sensible policy, cnce inflation has set in, is to spend “q.ieuyupodble.whilemeymaim any value at all. There is utterly no por~‘ at all in saving, and the money one has careâ€" fully put aside in the days when money was gocd suffers equally in value with the new money which is thrown off the busy printâ€" ing press. ym"l';; ; happen in n'y-émti'y , includâ€" ing Canada today, unless wage and price ceilâ€" ings are adhered to determinedly by everyâ€" one. Already in the United States the unâ€" ward swing of prices is beginning to be felt, and to a lesser though an appreciable dcogree, the tendency towards inflation can be obâ€" served in Canada, as wages rates fr.1 time to time are dislocated. _ . The whole thing can be avoided only if certain rules are observed by us all. They are, admittedly, rules wh.« : require continuâ€" wmm sileg EEqpeitte TUHT that we shall impose them upon ourselves and not merely approve them for the use of ing. What we have ovor and above what is nddtcmwem.“ immediately be invested in Victo>y Bonds for future use when suppues and prices have onee again becowe norma‘. _ aemaien R se 2C CC0% C omerelle T is the canniest and inost selfâ€"interested policy that can be devised. But, with too many it become. ar unpopular policy as scon as its mmhmmm mmanhmmwm ean wreck the â€"sonetary system of " for the rest of us. There has been plenty of sound advice on this matter given by men who know the truthâ€"among them, Mr. Hsâ€" ley himself. But, nothing, in the long run, but the strong force of public opiuion will ever bring the real facts home to the unâ€" thinking. Hikmflbemeunluhwufle to be snything but austere in our living these d.yl.theddndobjeetwuldumboemu accomplished . R A speaker who does not strike oil in ten minutes should ctop boring. ® Soch a policy is mc T A E CGRIMSBY INDEPENDENT merdy natriotic. It ‘*‘hey require, too, twenty vrm-t‘tflmm-mm-“ (Saturday, January 16, 1Â¥2~")\, orle of the worst calamities that ever struck Grimsby and district oc« curred. In the eerie hours of a cold, blustery, winter morning the lives of five of Grimsby‘s citizens were snuffed out in the twinkling of an eyclash. One othâ€" -muup-uommnm And one, a little dimpled, blueâ€"eyed baby, escaped unâ€" scathed, but orphaned. # # # # It was one of the first big stories that I ever worked on, and one that I have always hoped would never happen again As I wrote in The Toronto Daily News, at that time, "It was a happy party of young people who drove away from the Institute hall, Winona, eer‘y Saturday morning for their homes in Grimsby, but sad to relate, only one of the party ever reached her earthly home. Five have gone to a grander, hetter and eternal home, one lies in St. Joseph‘s hospital severely injured." mm«-flndnwn-u.m Wm. Wilson 32 (Ida Teeter), Geo. Tecter 23, M MM.”(WM).“I&:- 18, were killed outright. Lotile Teeter 17, (Mrn James Gowland) was severely injured but survived. Little Beulah Teceter, 11 months (Mrs. Ce«!! Farrow) mmumummu flmquddfl“h- snow bank some considerable time after the accident hbappened. Eight small children were orphaned by ‘WAY BACK WHEN BEAMSVILLE COUNCIL eâ€"~~<â€"ment that ail payments for aa) / some will be made to whoever is finally decided as the proper ownkt. There is & possibility that taxes -umflhmu‘ times a yeer in the future, also that a discount will be allowed to wmm“’tâ€" This is a question that will be disâ€" CONTINUATIONS Garbage system is working out to the satisfaction of all and »Jl be continued as at jawsent. Beamsvilie War Serviz. Comâ€" mittes has *.me a marvellous work in the past three yeatrs and as Reeve Buunders porind or, is ons of the best c anmidess in Onâ€" taric and he boped that it would de“nhq’*h-find- fcient marnner. Councii pased a bylaw to borâ€" py¢ £10,000 to mest «srrent, cedinâ€" ary expenditures and the sum to be ralset 12 the current year, for kigh until taxes are collected, the rale of interest w# to excew) tve pat the balance of 1243 paild. Also accounts totalling §2,« $08.15, from Jan. 1st to Jan. 10th, _â€" Grants were made to the HBalva~ tion Army Rescue Home is Hamilâ€" pital in Torunis, t $15. cach. Commmitees for the year l «l members of the council, with| RMitchel made iL bis DUSntsS .0 the following Chairmen, as named:| bunt up the owner of th« certifâ€" Finance, Reeve K. A. Buunders;| cates an ) return them to him. We m«wmmm:&uwfi-mflhn Waterworks, E. W. Ryckman:| Uemaun yave Mitcholl. It‘s none of PRelief Cemninry, Progery azmk asu Lishting. Chester Fimer; Fire Asor:*s totalling $7%2.17, for FROM PAGE ONE :‘â€"l weleer L '”. m th ~mu“ww Works Foremanâ€"Denv‘s Nation, _ Fruit Pests Inspectorâ€"] Culp, 40 cents an hour. _ | ad it up, felt that there was someâ€" hing inside. He withdrew the conâ€" tects and noted that they were War Cortihcates Me notrd ibe name on the certificales. He knew the fam‘ly re=Aence but he did not know the famiDy. giancing over the oullection, while the tean and waggon wure turuing wound. Hik eye was atiracted to 1um¢mrfi-_t_hn‘tr m'd-nh-a-ml Regular lubrication « an w#0 ubout our town workmen than be mobile & the cheapest insurance was previously. rqgainst wear and breakdowns. Chief Constable, Weed Inspector, ESchook Traitis Officer â€" Coarles vod, §50. u year. Medical Heal:b Officer â€"Cr. C ‘. Wimore. Mermber «4 Bomrd oA Hewikh â€"â€" Mitchen made it bis business \o â€"â€" Seymour and Lamâ€" ing, namely Miss Maud Hughnes, SuUB® "‘s°" MUVD Hainer and Harry Brady, a native of Parry Sound, u.mhmwm Also several other bad crashes had occurred at his crossâ€"‘ g'..ummvumm At the time of this crash a person had to be absolutely on the tracks to see if a train was coming from the west, “hmwmdn@mm on the side tracks. It was at this crossing that Alâ€" Nm'wdmdmmhdh. twice struck by a train and it was due largely to ..mfihmdnflhth“mm caused his death. the railway officials. Consternation reigned in parâ€" “Wmhflduhh&d Hamentury circles in Oiltawa when the late E. A. Lancaster, KC., MP., stated to newspaper reporters m““&“"hflmm better for Canada, that it had been five Senators that had been killed, instead of those five citizens of Grimshy." He was taking another crack at the Senate, which had persistently killed his Railway Bills aftoer they had successfully passed the House. Had his Ells become law there would have been a -u-n;-u--uammmc- mmWwaMb It was after this accidem that the Ralilway Commission ordered gates placed on this crossing ==@ they are still there, altbough an attempt was made before the Railway Board seven years ago to have them removed and a wigâ€"wag installed, but Reeve Johnson presented such a strong case for their retention, before the Board, that they would not order their removal. # + ®# *# The real direct cause of this great fatality was the work of some smeak thicf. Mr. Wilson was the manager of the Jack VanDyke farm at that time, and it was the farm team and sleigh that he had at Winonsa. He left the hall about 1.30 to see how the mmmwummm stolen the blankets off of them. He would not allow hmumuhmmeflam lll‘*- ection, so gathered up his party and left for home. Ordinarily they would not have left the dance uritil three o‘clock or after. Dear Mr. Livingston: The Red Cross Coramittee unsnimously agrees that we ars much indebted to you for your continuâ€" ous and generous support given to the local Red Cross activities. _ _ At our last Cammittee meeting for the year, last Tuesday, many comments were beard regardâ€" ing your kindness throughout the years. We have always found you so willing to give us space in the Independent and good publicity. ‘This means a great deal to the workers who ar> trying to carry on this very vital work. Kindly accept our giz«.«~» thanks. Wish ig you the compuâ€"nts of the season, 1 remain, very truly, Cora Boden, Bec‘ty Grimsby and District Red Cross Branch Letters To T Thursday, January 13th, 1944 E. OF E. ENDS YEAR caretaker at $1,250 a year. lliness umong pupils, it was reported, brought public scheol attendance for December down to 1914 per cent. P. V. Bmith, high school prinâ€" “fllh-l-fl-'lu& spite the fact that he had refused to grant work permits to certain hboys wishing to leave schook to work in factories, «te., the boys ‘um-â€"umm w.â€";7 partraita cinewbere. ‘The ques tion of suthority will be investigatâ€" o4 by the board. Regret wus expressed by Fourd members ti «t no local erganization had taken Girect action toward es tablishment of #2 apen air rink tor local and to=â€"mahip children Apâ€" poimument A an sltenfdance officer for 1944 was lnid over. | _ THE INDEPZENDEXT centre oo stinr, WNow whes you get that pair together it‘s something. It was something too. They hnd a [uumumm It was ‘The Infependent‘s akin. They bung ‘ When they lefl the Banctorium m« warind on the roof was fapring \Uike a ‘Konday morsing‘s werh in isM'fl. "#~ Raitor was unâ€" | do, the desk and the rest of it* ‘The only good thi. 5 arut their visit was the fact that they tbuth doffed their hats to the e H4 John A. MarDonsl, KCC . whose plictur: nengs over the editors Come Ymt*k again saccnotime. boys, bul litt us know first, ao w« can get armorized. December 30th, 1943. v€l 1