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_ The Grimsby Independent A M night encounter in the reinâ€"sorked darkness of St.â€" Malo, the Cana®an destroyer Huron, under the comâ€" mand of Lieut.â€"Cmdr. H. S. Rayâ€" mner, DSC., RCN. of Grimsby, Ont., in company with HMS, Esâ€" kime sank two heavily armed German trawlers and severely damaged another which was later believed to have been blown up ‘The action was announced briefâ€" Iv by Allied invasion headquarters earlier this week. _‘ e The Eskimo suffered light casâ€" vpaities in the action which flared up at 12.55 a.m., while the Huron, companion of HMC.S. Halida in many Channel fights, came out unâ€" three enersy craft were illuminated by star shells from the Huron and the Eskimo pdured home ber first salvo. The two Canadian Tribalâ€" class destroyers immediately ,folâ€" with the first six tries. Eskimo officers said, "The Hurâ€" on‘s gunnery was splendid. . . . She set the enemy ship blazing in a ghort time " Meanwhile the Eskimo engaged another enemy ship and pounded her heavily. But the Tribals were uncomfortably close to cthe enemy VIGTORIOUS shore batteries became visible the ships sheared off. Ees $ . Coming in againn the Huron found her previous target, now well alight, and sent it to the botâ€" tom withk a few salvos. Meanwhile the Eskimo was courting trouble. As she pounded the second German ship a third came up. ‘The Royal Navy craft ignored this threat, fAnished the job of blowing the trawler out of the water, with the Huron‘s help, and then chased the third ship, which flec As.the Huron storme. after the Aeecing German ship the Canadians saw a brilliant flash from the diâ€" rection the trawler had taken. Later they passed the bulk of an abandoned ship and reported their belief that the truwler blew upâ€" making a score of three sighted, three aunk. Again H.MS. HURON Cmdr. Rayner, an old hand acâ€" eustomed to action, won the D.S.C. athile skippering the vetevas RXC. N. destroyer St. Laurent, known trirough the navy as the "Sally Fand." With him were equally experiâ€" enced off.cers. MHis first Heutenâ€" ant was Lieut, "Pat" Budge, RK.C. N., f Halifax, a graduate of the lower deck z432 served in the warâ€" ships Ottawa and Sorel before 50â€" ing to the Hurm. ‘The gunnery ofâ€" fcer was Lieut 7. E. Scoates, of Victoria, who when praised fa; his excellen‘t shooting said: ‘"We did our best." _ _ Receives Letter From Holland 0f his fami this is the from his ho Mr. John Vooges Pb letter from his h dam, Holland, sovisin tion rvir VYOL Ottawa officially announced on Dominion Day morning that Lieut.â€"Commander H. S. Rayâ€" ner, D.S.C., had been promoted to the rank of Com.~ander. nk Two Heavily Armed German Trawlers In Sharp Night Encounter O.‘ French Coast â€" Third Ons Severely Damaged And May Have Blown Up â€" It Is Getting To Be An Old Story For Grimsby Boy. +1 °*. solun Vooges bus received a er 'mhuw--alm , Holland, zaovising th of his «ldest brother The er was writteo in December |_came throughk the Interpaâ€" * oo Croms, Bwitzerland, arâ€" n& here June 24th, Ir. Vooges is the only mz is family in this country, _ is the first letter received n his homeland uce 1940 LIXâ€"No. 52 RC.A.F. headquarters, Ottawa, annousccd on Monday that Flying Officer O. W. Fonger, youngest son of exâ€"Reeve Haliburton and the late Mrs. Fonger, former Grimsby residents, had been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. "Dick" Fonger was born in Niagara Falls but came to Grimsby to reside when a small boy and was educated in Grimsby schools. He attended Queen‘s Uniâ€" versity of Toronto and went overâ€" seas in the winter of 1942 His brother Alfred has onlyâ€" recently returned from overseas duty with the L. & W. Regt. His citation said he had "completed in various capacities many successful operaâ€" tions against the enemy in which he displayed skill, fortitude and devotion to duty." It was Harold Woolverton who was doing the advertising. It was Lions Club carnival time and we naturally thought that. he had something under his hat for a carpival feature, so paid but siight attention to such a freak advertiseâ€" ment. As it turns out the <wi was not for carnival purposes but for work of a more serious nature. There are on the Woolverton farm fifteen of the finest sweet cherry trees, in a row, to he found anywhere in the district. . ut pary a Starling comes near > + On nelghbouring farms the bi s are playing havoc with the crop. In the June 24th issue of The Inâ€" dependent, 1948. tne above adverâ€" tisement appeared in heavy type, in the ClassiGed columns . Today that owl and three more of its kind are to be found safely anchored on 1m‘s of cherry trees in Mr. Woolver.ua‘s orchard. To date they have yroved the greatest protection for the cherry crop, from Starlings, that hus been inâ€" vented. Woolverton Cherry Crop Savâ€" ed By Use Of Stuffed Birds Freak Advertisement Apâ€" peared Last Year. We would suggest ‘rat the manufacturing ci sty. «d owls would be & good side line (or "BH1" Clare to add to his toy making business. Wise Old Owls Scare Starlings Whtezer *%.. following means, 1 anyihing. i.>s it is: Roosevelt ~Bore 1882; took otâ€" fice 1933; vears in office, 11; presâ€" ent age, 82, total 3,888, (Go to work on the above, and if you ean‘t find a sstisfactory answer, look on the back page of this iasue.) Churchiliâ€"Burn,. 1874; took of fice 1940; yeurs in office, 4; presâ€" ent age, 70; toiwl, 3,288. total, 3.48% MHitlerâ€"Born, 1889; took offics, 1983; years in office, 11; age, 55; Wotal, 3,A88, Divide the totais by 9, and the anawey is 1944. Staiinâ€"Bora, 1879; took office, 1924, yeare in office, 20; age, 65; MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER .â€". A COMMUNITY SERVICE stuffed ow l, immediately. Phone 57 or 218J. Figure This Out Awarded D.F.C. F.0. 0. W. FONGER Grimsby, Ontario, Thursday, July 6th, 1944 Nine mMore Wanted MHousehold goods are scarce and high. Ordinary pair of sheets are $20, while a real nice pair are $40. What a difference that 3,000 r‘es of ocean and land makes. Mrs. â€".â€"aun Millyard has just reâ€" celved a letter from a friend in England and a few of the prices will astonish you, Staple foodstuffs are very reasonable because they are under strict control, but the choicer viands, of which we have plenty, are almost unobtainable and the prices are sky high. Paterxm, N.J, July 2â€"Téb Pal« erson men who "go. tired sitting around waiting" have bought a burber shop all their own. ‘They paid Joseph $1,500 for his shop and will pay him $40 a week to run the shop exclusively for them "minus highâ€"pressure «alcsmansbip and chatter." TUFFO®D~â€"â€" At Mount Hamilton Hospital, on Baturday, July 1, 1944, to Trooper and Mra. J, W. Tuford, 81 Paton Street, Grimsâ€" by, a daughter (Valerlie Joan» An appeal has been made by the Carnival Ticket Sale Committee to every witizen in Grimsby, who has not purchased a book of tickets to do so at once. There are many valuable prizes and in addition every book sold brings happiness to some one in the Disâ€" trict. ‘"icket sales to date have been only fair and the support of every person in this community is necessary to make this year‘s Carnival a success. Grimsby people who are always howling about the high prices of foodstuffs and other necessities of life, should spend a few months in England and probably they would appreciate the more the cheapness of th‘~~= at home, Green beans $7. a }b. asparagus $10, a bunch; mushrooms %4. and §5. a Ib; melons $15. ntr. the very odd pineapple $25 to $%0. N.B.â€"â€"Nine other men are now wunted to join with the editor to buy one of the iocal tonsorial parâ€" lors on the same plan. On both nights of the Big Show Grimsby High £=hool Cadets Bugle Band will parade the downtown streets and will enliven proceedings on the grounds. While We Pay 20¢ a Pound Thursday and Friday nights of next weekâ€"July 13 and 14 â€" will be the nights on which you"can cut up high jinks to your heart‘s content. Once more you can be a kid with the kids and have a whale of a lot of fun. in thewrrardigs Am on e k your luck on the penny game, the Darts and with the Over and Under. Then if you want to stock up the larder take a chance on the Grocery and Merchanâ€" dise Whee!, which as usual will be in charge of the,Girls from the White Elephar* Shop. There will be a large refreshment stand on the grounds loaded to the gunwhales with popâ€"soda and hot dogs. Latest reports from the Bell Pubâ€" licity Bureau is to the effect that the Bingo game will be the largest one ever set up for play in the Fruit Belt. It will he double the size of anything ever attempted before at an outside carnival. There will be no squabbling over double winners for every time A double 11331,?1‘000 turns up there will be double prizes. A report on Salus from Team Captains, who are doing a grand job, is as follows:â€" C. A. Farrell .............85% of objective A. C. Price ..............85% of objective A. R. Clobe . .............68% of objective C. D. Millyard ...........35% of objective Father ‘Donnell .........42% of objective W. Hewson ..............85% of objective D, E. Anderson ..........85% of objective Fred Jewson .............85% of objective It is the objective of the Lions Club that all the above teams reach their goal of 100%. It is, therefore, n’rnutod that any citizens who have not purchased their tickets, m“c? any of the above Team Captains, who will be delighted to oblige with a book of ckets. Presented here is a clever ca sketch from th« drawing board of that world famous artist Leopold Penaninkski, mr?m“- Purveyor of Publicity for the Grimsby Lions Club Carnival. Dave says "it will be the most colossal carnival of fun and frolic ever presented by the Lions and as well, a most »r@fitable one for a whole lot of people who win valuable prizes in the grand drawings." COLOSSAL CARNIVAL COMING Good Bed Sheets For Green Beans Our Engâ€" lish Cousins Pay $7.00. Let‘s make this Carnival the best in Lions‘ history. $40 a Pair Births Gpam s ts 0CB CC .. us cos a 0 ons : a08 @ ib 4 4 w + mt sp _O * on th¢ wey «oust of the VU.8,, they BOW poast another kind of parior, It is do "dar lor" ry parlor, The dairy .a"‘J"" is a room "h"'k:mll the cows to be Yaaa " lan church, Hamilton tor the next Whe "paAMMTE‘ used to be the best room in the bobs» that you slicked up to entertaIn the minister. Then parlors sort Of went out of date until the §1)8 found that just plain "barber _ shop8" _ weren‘t _ ritzy esough places I" which to Jose their locks aDd ppguire the very temporary "PEDnnent way.... 8o "DeAULY prerlora" made their appearance, REV. A. L. CHARLES, D.D. f Bi. MUFK‘® church, Brooklyn, N.Y,, and well ppown Grimaby Beach summ®r resident, will be the preacher at Centr;) Presbyterâ€" It is AD OXLI‘L refnement over this country Wher® cows are still milked in their .].m qu.mf' and the prenl348 ars known by the unromanthe Btage f "cow stables." Summer Preacher New Type Parlor Grimsby Hydro offices of today are without a doubt the ..!sest decâ€" orated and best lighted offices in the Fruit Belt. Compar«l to the dark, dingy, crowded offices of a few years ago they are in the King‘s Palace class Ontario Hydro Power Commisâ€" slon have just completed the work, The celling _« in ivory white and the walls ard woodâ€"work finished in three tone grey. New indirect lighting fixtures have been installed and when in use give the office a bright as day appearance which greatly faciliâ€" tates the work of the office staff, and is a pleasing pictwe to the customer stepping in f; .+ tae outâ€" aide, Tue wey is on The Battle of Paton street is under way. War slouds have been gathering ever wince Vietory garden plaating commâ€" menced in the Spring. The first shous were fred last week whern "Red" CGraham a.4 Myd, Clay both dug new potatoes on the same day, Syd‘s were plantâ€" ad three weeks after "Red‘s", A beautiful mess of the Irish fruit were dug up by "The Bishop" but Byd turned out a marvellous mear His were bigger than "Ied‘s" and more of them to a hill. | ‘Those Paton atreet gardens are a good place to keep away fromi, You are liable to be the innocent stopper of a flying garden tool, Ceiling In White â€" Walls In Three Tone Grey â€"â€" New Indirect Lighting Fixtures Installed. / War Has Been Dsclared, By Viewry Ginrdenersâ€" "Met" Graham Defeated In Potato lattle, Keep Awa, From Paton Street Hydro Offices Are Redecorated $2.00 Per Year, $2.50 In U.S8.A., 5¢ Per Copy J + Plums, too, show a Aecided drop, a reduction of 27 per cent. from last year‘s light crop being expectâ€" ed. ‘The Japanese varieties show some increase. European plums are somewhat less than last year and the prune varieties are almost a failure in most sections, ahowing a decreaso of 90 per cent, It is expected that the raspix :ry crop this year will be fairly heavy, an increase of three per c=zt. over last year, The 1044 grape crop is estimated at a fAve per cent, intrease over 1943, a slight decrease over the Aveâ€"year averago. In the main producing areas a two oer throo bunch set in seon, with vires healthy and growing rapidly, Vegetable conditions are reportâ€" ed generally good. The tomato crop is expected to be 48 per can*. greater than last year and the pea erop 17 per cent, groator. A very heavy crop of corn i® expected this fall and the average of this vegeâ€" table has been increased by 41 per cent, over last year, ‘The prospects for the pear crop are perhaps the worst of all the tree fruits; only 35 per cent, of last year‘s yield is expected. Bartietts show a decreasa of 60 per cent; Kicifers, 75 per cent., and other varieties should be about the same as last year, ‘This would mean a pear crop of only 40 per cent of the average for the last five years. In the main producing areas, the & ‘ â€"* Bartietts and Kieffers is me««. irregular, ranging from none at all to a full crop.. Strawberries this year were 42 per cent, below the average for the last five years, NICHOLAâ€"In loving memory of â€" doar mother, Mary Nichols, who passed away July 4th, 1942, In our home she is foudly reâ€" membered. Daughter Dolly and sonâ€"inâ€"law Nomval and family, heavy growth of foliage and wood this season and the sizing of fruli is conâ€"‘derably advanced over last year. The blight of June drop has been troublesome in some districts. The Niagara crop of sweet cherâ€" ries shows prospect for oply â€" a slight increase over last year‘s reâ€" latively samail yield. â€" The sour cherry yield is expected to deâ€" crease by 16 per cent. The total cherry crop is expected to be 35 per cent. below the average for the past five years. The set in sweet erries has been very irregular in the Niagara district. ‘There has been some irregularâ€" ity in the fruit setting in Niagara this year but,; generaily speaking, healthy trees are expected to yield good cropz. ‘The large areas which yielded no fruit last ye«â€" are in fruit this season. An increase is also expected in the apple crop. Heavier producâ€" tion is looked for in Spy, McInâ€" tosk, Snow and Greening, and a decrease is likely is Baldwin, Weanlthy, Stark and early varie> ties, with others approx:mately the same. ‘There has been a very Brigh t this year‘s yield of peaches in the Niagara district is foreseen by the Ontario Department of Agriculture in its latest fruit and vegetable crop report. Last year‘s yield was exceptionally low, and the great inâ€" crease predicted still would bring ine yield 12 per cent. below the fAveâ€"year average, and 36 per cent. below the heavy production of 1942. FOR PEACHES Department Of Agriculture Estimates Crop Will Show An Increase Of 136 Per Cent â€" Yield Stil 12 Per Cent Below The Five Year Average, And 36 Per Cent Below 1942 â€" Pears 35 Per Cent Of Crop. OVTLOOK 1§ Anincrease of 136 per cent in In Memoriam