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' i \ The Grimsby Independent DIEPPE PRODUCED VALUABLE INFORMATION FOR INVASION OL, LIXâ€"Na. 35 ted his story. _ "I‘m not a hero; I wasn‘t able ,dopm,”'llmm-n- (Continuea on page 7) otorist Injured _\ Cars Damaged éte. Public school inspector‘s report, mu’mx..A.B:od"-flb '.,, help some pupiis. Sele of wat gevings stemps to the v*14° Â¥ {Contipued on ptg* > Red Cross Fund Reaches $5.500 Objective Of $7,500 Must Be Attained In Next 10 Days Up until Tuesday night Grimsby and North Grimsby Red Cross e‘mpdgnlorlundlhldmclnda total of $5,500, and Ralph Bochm and his staff of canvassers felt very confident that by the time the campaign ends, they will have ‘Mdmewulolthelrmno which is $7,500. Citizens generally have received the canvassers in a friend!y manâ€" ner and have given all thet they have felt that they could afford. In addition to the splendid assistâ€" ance rendered by the girl students of the Grimsby High school, the fund of $150 raised by all the stuâ€" dents is very deserving of special mention. The Canadian Efficâ€" | iency Decoration, which | permits an officer to use | the initals E.D. after his name, is awarded Col. G. A. Sinclair,â€"ofâ€"Grimsby,â€" | Postal Officials Find Several | Pounds Of Beefsteak, Roast |__Of Pork And Pound O Butâ€" _ ter In Overseas Parcel, The girls by their calls on the homes abhead of the canvassers were a great help and the students as a body backed up the girls in a very practical way. ‘The campaign comes to a close [um-‘m.lmhluhm it is sincerely hoped that before | with the R.C. A. M.C overseas, it is sincerely hoped that before that time the total objective will have been reached. & | kn wens "~ Osdud SCu | ada‘s beef, pork and dairy products win deserved acclaim in Britain. mmymchmammot- neocnrouuâ€"pu:hdh a cardâ€" ‘|Meonulnor.mppodlhb|wnw ,]mmml-.-odu-m«u ;motherddodmAunue.m Jmopuanmygflflwthmld ,.mcm.aunt.umom-.uw | from cordial. £ t l â€" Hign School Students Help Out In Big Way. Canadians Do The Silliest Triigs â€" When Decorated Members 0 Club, are shown. Mote and Mra. H Clifford Bchwab, sent in cold storage, Cubs Today â€" Scouts Grimsby, Ontario, the 1st Grim @tanding in | G. Mogk. C William Rob« Cubs â€"â€"â€"â€"LHEUT V.:~C: JACKS8O0IM are on sale each week, at five cents per copy in the folâ€" lowing local stores: James Baker. from \he n. Dougla Copies of The Independent _ an sate each week,. at wWHERE TO GET THE INDEPENDENT the Tomorrow â€" Empire Defenders Next Week MprB, F. loft, are a Kelter? Thursday, March 9th, 1 944. NOTY .l | c Phelp Somewbere in Italy. | Feb. 11th, 1944. As we go north the buildings im« proveâ€"a strange medley of modâ€" ern and old .â€" streamlined apartâ€" ments and government buildings, mingled with old castles, and ba}~ conies, and always facing onto cobâ€" bie streets,. One building will have }n elaborate {ronâ€"grill gate proâ€" tecting an inner patio with staiu« T rea TL ces sa. ary and fountain, while the | adâ€" joining apartment will have roundâ€" ed corners of glass brick, and inâ€" set balconies with chromium | rail« ingsâ€"â€"evidently Mussilinesy«* But in mu], the V“'l‘.. are rubble, and in one of 300 populatic3, not a single tollet could be found. Bath tubs where found, a (Continued on page 7) at are USâ€" M" CRIMSBY WILL NOT WANT * FORCARNIVAL AMUSEMENMT â€"*~ DURING COMING SUMMER \Telephone Men \ â€" Helping Firemen adâ€" it meeling p: bile uthiity 09 ecn continent, © that matter, tha more mongy or is very doubiful it there is a ‘ p. bile uthity 02 the whole Ameri« on continent, or in the world for that matter, that has expended any more mongy or devoted more en« evig, to the cause of First Aid and the s2oving of life, not only for ts own employces, but for the public in general, than The Bell Teleâ€" phone Co. of Caznada. | Rvery male employee and thous» wade of its female employees are Firal ClAA8 tors. rot *T may be .0,s @uty ut " wheve ever mmic Plovman And . Waites uiving sSmoke 1E ers In 2 actions In Fi Aid Ar\ Inhalator Ope and a Bell man or WOMA! ""F6l ) . to be close All the expense of this training has been borne by the company. Something is taking place in Grimsby, that is probably aA little lout of the ordinary, but shows the (Continued on Page 7) Wartime Houses Cost Real Money 115 Units Of Three Cansctrnueted In St. N. J. M. Lockhart, M.P. for Linâ€" coln elicited the information in the House of Commons, last week, that T15 Wartime houses have been built in 8t. Catharines and Merrit« ton, at a total cost of $2,155,130. â€" } There were 506 units constructed at $2,020 a plece, or a total of $1,« 825.720; 177 ‘units at a cost per ‘unfis »* $8,242, or a total cost of $573)¢+, 82 units at $2,178, or a totai of $255,576. Canstructed In St. Catharâ€" ines And Merritton At Cost Of $2,155.130. Ee o CC TE o ons 0o I eral, than ‘The Bell Teleâ€" Co, of Caznada. ry male employee and thous®> of its female employees are Class Tirst Ald admipistra« pat «nly for the people that be injured whie on company tut fop tho mioastle at large, » ever an accident tales place . Bell man or woman ha ppens close. All the expense of this ing has been borne PY the $2.00 Per oke Eatâ€" In First y Operaâ€" Year, Lions Club, Firemen, AnC Joseph‘s Chureh Gra Dates For Madri Gras formancesâ€"Nine Tag 1 Allotted Dates For Yea TAX (‘()LLI-)("I‘ION $2.50 In US8.A wioners Will Be Paid For .. _â€"Will Consult Solicitor Re Building Removal. Last fall A. D. Putnam conâ€" structed a building on his property on Livingston avenue without the required building permit and also 1 Horses Bolted Driver Injured Knocked down by a team of horses and run over by both front and back wheels on one aide of a waggon carrying two tons of coal, Clarence Sweet, Grimsby, escaped with bruises and injured muscles in his right leg. The accident happened near the CNR. station where Sweet @as assisting in unfoading a car of soft coal* The team of horses showed fright at a train appronching and Swoeet was holding one of tham by the head. ‘They boited, however, and Sweet was thrown to the 'gmundlnmpnmdmwum wheels, He was given medical atâ€" tention by Dr, A. F. Mcelntyre, Claims That a Movie House Is arence Sweet Has Bruised And Injured Mmhflfl’ ‘T‘woâ€"Ton Load Over Beamsville Reeve Seeks T heatre Adopting a recommendation from the Beamsaville volunteer fire deâ€" partment, the municipatl council Monday night passed a motion wmaking the following _ appointâ€" ments to the fAre department: chief, Peter Tufford; captain Wiâ€" am Dawson: fArst englzaser, John Durham; second engineer, Fan Miller; secretary, J. E. Wiice; Areâ€" \mn. M. D. Luey, James Allan, Alâ€" bert Bawbridge, Marry Parker, Peter Carthew, Archie Moor». George Milne, Kdwad Waish and Maurice Waods. | Qumasssuses > munity" â€" Framed Photoâ€" graph Presented. (Continued on page 8) (Continued on page T) Nremen, And t. ‘"hurch _ Granted Madri Gras Perâ€" â€"Nine Tag Day*® a,. *Nater Comâ€"« n â€" «ill be paid nc. at meetings. »d 4y Councitiora Wtms vassed, callâ€" be Per CoPIJ Y ear.