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e FORM WOMAN‘S AUXILIARY _ FOR WEST LINCOLN HOSPITAL Now On Hand. CGrimsby Women‘s Institute Present Cheque To Be Used In Purchasing Furnishings For Rooms â€"â€" Over $25,000 »gnommemmnt © «First Annual Meeting Of New T‘M w;rl.Ag.M â€"-\ uxiliary Composâ€" â€" ed of Ladies From All Parts YOL LX _The Grimsby Independent Amvumgim!orthor-‘ tion of a women‘s auxiliary assist in the hospital organizaâ€" As a basis of formation, it suggested that the directors ,mnqmunchdmm'l DIRECTORSâ€" APPOINTED e * ent all her life in the affalr® "f / inber for over 10 yeurs. YARI Autvices will be held at the Ch4 on Saturday afternn0", Surviving are four sons and / dnughter, YVrunk and on“.u' Grimatry, Pena®® and ist rw“n,mm"‘ The death gosurred at her NOHZ 44 Caistor township, yesterday M ternson, after a Iingers=® minses & Mrs Mahaley Merritt, rebet 96 oo late Valmer Merritt in ber Garu yemk . ~ 5 iaAw had been prom!"~ (Continued «a Page 7) y * w.eP A harmonious business partnership of 21 years‘ standing, came toachnonl‘obrulrym.mmmsmbkortfllmrnulu- unmmnmmnmuv'mmuocomwmn-rwunuu and garage is pictured above. Temperalure ABDO P""" L« west Tempetatures web. 18th, 5* above ze/« Feb, 10th, 3° below zero preciphtation KHwxw, 9 nchen Kain Febrw» L1wo Gne ToAm) 16e temperature ‘o'mm wflmuflu oné iry Weather : and precij of Pobruary: Grimsby, Ontario, Thurslay, March 2nd, 1944. Ed;vé;di éx:u}:aker Retires From West End Motors Firm O in regletered minimum Â¥) 4) t 0 t 4c Inches t( OM h Highlight of the collecton of tunds for the Grinisby and District Red Cvoss, up until last nigit, was the superâ€"hne contribution »f the Girls of the White Klephant S1op, of the magnificent sum of $3.00 Now they have done their bit â€" B sure that you do yours. RED CROSS HAS SAVED LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF SOLDIERS In 1020 the firm purchased the Randal} property at the corner of Main and Elizabeth streets and erected the present fine brick build« ing that aco ms this cowrner. A very large car, truck and tractor sales business was built up, ms well as an accessory business, also the service station and garage busliness grew to very large proportions. Shortly after thee outbreak of war Mr. Brubaker purchased a 100 acre farm on top of tthe Thirty mountain, in North Grimsaby township hore U L copoomanaid a nechnd farm, Eodw. a veteran of World War Shortly after thee outbreak of war Mr, Brubaxer purchaned & 1M acre farm on top of tthe Thirty mountain, in North Grimsby township and last vear purchasecd a second farm. Rdw. a veteran of World War I retires from the war time turmoil of business life to retire to his farms, where already production is large, and leaves behind him a host of friends and well wiishers among his business associates and the pub= amokes will not cover :« on‘ his recerds, Y« any boy to go short on just drop those odd ni and quarters in th â€" ob and better sB dre â€" 4 my‘s" and tear a co p nkins off the bank s them Oven. + smm s Bovs In British Isles Received | MJ Theirs For Christmas And ; New Year‘s â€" More Than| Welcome To Boys In Italy.|,,, PRODUCE® SOME MONEY | [3 One Boy Writes That We rB Slander The Scotch When| > We Call Them Tight Fisted | at People â€"â€" Are Very Gener«| tn OUS, lln "Cammy" Millyard has been de« luged with oversuns mall _bhis past . three weeks, Letters, pout cards and Christmas cards from the boys Over There expreaaing thanks for the cigarettes that your money Over Here prechased, There is a other shipment about due for overseas, but "Cammy" ia just not too aure that he whil be able to send the whole list as he is troubled with the "shorta‘" right now _ Inless he js able to gather ‘\Pev. Taylorâ€"Munro _ Revseives ACall in some mor few days the churt Lor ate of the Preabyterian Kirks in Penetany and Wysbridge, U in not known defimtely yet, whe‘ther "The Padre" will be Jeay» Ing Orimaby or not as the calt must be annetioned by the Preahy» tery in which Penetang is located, at thuir moseting the middle of this month and then musl also have the sanotion of the Preabytery of this distriect when that body nmeets the middle of April. the ceasation of hostilities Mr. Brubaker‘s interests in the anerate it as heretofore, with Itov +â€" Qeorge ‘Tayloyâ€"Munro, pasâ€" # ML _ John‘a Presbyterian h, G«imaby, has been extendâ€" oall to tsake over the pastor (Continved on page 14 $2.00 Per Year, $2.50 In U.8.A., 5¢ Per Copy dollars in the nul‘ next . ahipment . of cover a‘l the boys You â€"» not want thort on *« faga, ao : odd nickles, dimes n ti < elgnrette Jara | dre n at "Came a to ple of frog hank rell and hand Repatriated Prisoners Return ing From "Twilight Existâ€" ence" In Enemy Held Terriâ€" tory Testify To That â€"â€" Without Food Parcels Men Behind Wire Would Soon l ; Everyone who contributes to the current National Campaign for funds of the Canadian Red Cross can rest assured that it is more than worthwhile. The stories being told by repatriated men of the Forces returning from the "Twiâ€" light existence" in enemy held terâ€" ritory testify to that. ‘The rations doled out by the deâ€" taining power are .meagre, and without the weekly inflow of supâ€" plies through the Red Cross, men behind barbed wire would soon weaken and sicken and become unâ€" believably miserable, Russian Prisoners Denied The Life Saving Stream of Food Parcels Died Like Flies From Malnutrition â€" Don‘t Let This Happen To Our Again and again, the repatriated t=%1 of Russian prisoners denied the lifeâ€"saving atream of food parcels who died like flies, from malnuthiâ€" tion and lack of proper atter..ion. Sports equipment and books, forâ€" warded by the Red Crosa, have made th« difference between monoâ€" tony and a livable existence for prisoners of war. British and Alâ€" (Contiaued on page Â¥> Airman‘s Mother Was Grimsby Girl Sgt./Pilot John Brockbank Is Killed On Active Service â€" Nephew Of Andrew And The funoral of 8gt. Pliot John ‘Thomas Brockbank, 20, only son of Mr, and Mra. Ernest RBrockbank, Read, near Burniey, Lancashire, Eng., was held on February 23. Sgt. Pilotâ€" Brockbank wasâ€"kitttedt on active servtce February 19, His mother is the former Alice Cloughâ€" ley, of Grimaby, Ont., and he was a nephow of David and Andrew Cloughley of Grimaby. The young airman was a student at Cambridge University at the time of his enliatment, He arrived In Canada last February and was stationed at Goderich, Ont., for a time, Me received his wings at No, 6 8 F/P.8., Dunnville in August, 104 ® Die. b« aJdes his parents, he leaves reiatives in Hamilton, Grimaby and Buffalo, whom he viaited while on leave in this district. Goes s on »am c am ce m bonitioniiionttandaate 4 Boys. DEPENDING ON YOU David Cloughley. Proclaimed by exâ€"Warden Charloa Durham as the bes: County Clerk in Ontario, _ Was asmiatant clerk umder the late Camby Wiamer, and upon Mr, Winmer‘a retrement an aumed the offlice of County Clerk and Troasurer. County Official W. b4. ML 1. W A ME only son of Brockbank, Lancashire,