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I proved my point ing Facts and Funcies. wautech my step. Mr. Humme] was not the only caller. All day Thursday and Fridey the office teleâ€" us that we were all wet mmmnmmmagm- eation, Main and Oak Sts., Grimsoy, LIVINGSTON and LAWSCON, Publishers. made a wrong statemect, tnusswy CShakeâ€" speare‘s famous poem, ‘"The Charge of The Tiht Brigada® st Eaincigys. , The idea being to find out whether t‘ o wedthiadimiet were rewsng Farâ€" Fancies or not. I found out. plenty. Beâ€" fore the ink was hardly dry on the paper Asâ€" sistant Town Clerk Arimand Hummel called me up and yave me particular hr es for makâ€" ing such a mistake. _ _ True inependence is never afraid of appearâ€" @spendent, and true dependence leads hh'b.flficflm SAFETY FIRST When Sharles A. "Dad" Farrell became Presidert :f the Lions Club, one of the first things that he did was to revive the long dormant Safety Committee and he was sucâ€" cessful in having Lions Davey Thomson and Clayton Rahn take on the work. The Grimsby Independent These two men solicited che al3 of four High school and four Publi: school pupils and during the past three months they have been constantly driving home to pupi‘s of the two schools, the necessity for Safety at all times, in all places. Aht.dthehltmdthe Lions Clhnd-b they as guest cspeaker, Sergt. Fred E deuden of the Hamilton Polce Force and he gave Lions a straight from the shoulder talk on the necessity of safety precautions. He was very plain arid blunt in his statements and made no hones about teiling the mem‘sers that each and every person was at fault for the great number of traffic fatalities that have occurred in this province in the past few years. HERE®@ THE PROGF Last week in this colum.~ 1 intentionally cause of the lightness of the traific. The very same motor‘st who is considered a most md\lldn‘ve.incle'efi_'lfflfi-: 1t all sums 1p to the fact that each an4 every person, wiast at all times be cureful, take no chezces whatsoâ€"ver and in time the fatality list will dwindle down to nothing. Careless and reckless aptomobile and a vehicle and comes under all the traffic laws, is is illegal to ride bicycles three and four and more abreast." ‘That happens in CGrimsby every day, whether the traffic be heavy or light. Bicyclists have been the bane of local motorists and pedestrians for a long time and I wish Lions Davey x1d Clayâ€" tor all kinds of success in their safety drive todinimtet!tiswflj-“‘- By some strange quirk, stated Sergt. Edâ€" d#enden "a great percentage of our traffic imlifiaukepheeminw.afilnd streets that there is not much traffic. This is caused by motorists driving carelessly, beâ€" riders; jay walrizg pedestrians, etc. He statâ€" »i that the time was long past when any :_:n:nuhonld.tillhmfluiduthtthey traffic rights over others. It was this idea that caused plenty of accidents with Grimsby has plenty of careless autoâ€" mobile and truck drivers. They are having day, but they still go on taking chances. What is worse, Grimsby has a <remenâ€" éous number of foolâ€"hardy bicycie riders, bothbonu:lgirh.mtbe.dnolm They have no regard for traffic regulations ; take all kinds of chances on their own limbs and lives as well as the lives FACTS & FANCIES As Sergt. Eddenden stated "a bicycle is hicle and comes under all the traffic "Lincoin County‘s Leading Weeklty" 1892. Shakespeare died in 1616 Established 1885 i * +. x > ptionâ€"§2.00 Canada anc [ or your in Smited Subite pijatie * * J. ORLON LIVINGSTON, Editor, r point. ‘The public t 16 Teade I better s4® Tennyseo the who wrote "The Charge of The Light Brigade". He died in THEIR OWX FAULT If Canadians wake up some day to find themselves in the complete and rigid grip of mflmfiwwwqm't warr«d, says The F Post. Delegates to the CCF National Convenâ€" tion in Montreal certainly were frank regardâ€" ing their ultimate objective, which is the complete socialism revolution â€" taking over by governmer* of all besiness, big and little. Eventually this would mean that every farm, every store, every shoe shine parior, as well as the great mercharile, financial and inâ€" dustrial enterprises would come under the Eroct control of a political party. Therc !s something in the eustom that is in true accord with the spirit of Christmas. That holiday celebrates the gift which Jesus oels oo gare on ghat he hak, 4i the hopes ndufi.rltz.heeafl“hmm in order to promote human weltere. When htumwdnmr.uuwehfldmnd those near to us, particularly to those who need aid and comfort, we imitaste in some slight way the great gyift which the Saviour of mankind made to the world. The children should be taught that they should give as well as receive on this holidey, and those who are old enoug‘h to «arn money themselves should be taught to make gifts out of the money they have worked to get. In this way they share the true Christmas. Convention delegates boasted freely and frankly that such complete domination was the ultimate aim. Only on the timing was there disagreement. B Thiat lets the CCF cat right o:t of the baz. First win an eiection with frontal atâ€" tucks on the soâ€"called big interests in which support will be sought from little business, white collared workers and the farmer. Then if the party wins, drop the mask and proceed to soctslize everything. _ o Die hards from British Columbia favorâ€" ed advocating such a step immediately, More subtle political strategists from Ottawa would wait until after the CCF won a genâ€" eral election. The latter viewâ€"poi~* was sumâ€" med up candidly by National Secretary Lewis who stated that he would not take second place to any OCF spokesman in advocating complete socialism but that "at the present time I am concerned with winning an elecâ€" And that is what they would have to do, if the CCF won, because socialism is "whole hog" or nothing. That was the ezperience in Germany, in Italy and Russia. Eventually every means of produc » + a _ % ture, comes under state control. banks, or the insurance companies or milk w. :mdustry, then the business of winding never ceases until everything is meshed into a single stateâ€"controlled economy. This is the key reason why the CCF danger is so great. Because of CCF socialist plans, the Canadian people can‘t vote them tuto power in the spirit of "Iet‘s take a chance on this new bunch and turn them out at the next clection if we don‘t like them.~ It is a very fine imtisfaction to receive their presents from mermbers of our families and relatives and friend:. in many cases they are tmuags whick people had secretly longed far, ut which they did mnot fee, they ;ouldddfl‘udtobny. B6 Christmas brings its oy to It is virtually impossible to socialize an industry under the reign of one political parâ€" ty, then turn it back into private or other hands under another political party. The mm:.nw?@:imflzm{ndhk. Taking a chance on a spe. of social govâ€" ernment is like a rabbit taking a chance on a boa constrictor. It is a case of being swalâ€" Some observers of the popular habiis of the holiday season have declared that the custom of offering Christmas gifts to relaâ€" tives and friends is in many cases overdone. that the gift custom does create an «.. . ~mous amount of happiness. The givers pertups get the most out of it, and they feel deep satisâ€" faction in making this demonstration of love and affectior. They feel keen pleasure in finding somet}ing that their dear one or friend will like, and rejoice at the pleasure which the recipient manifests. Then there is the joy in making yifts *o the children, in satisfying their little longâ€" ings, and contributing the materials of pleasâ€" vre and recreation as 1 as more substanâ€" tial gifts. Parerts ar. awer so happy as when they see the children dancing with joy over *their Christme < gifts. THE GIFT CUSTOM lowed or nothing. THE GRIMSBY INDEPENDENT It is not just a case of taking over the Agsinst such an {2«, there is the ; fll“â€"“ w_‘M‘ s than tfiq can afâ€" Man is very much selfâ€"containe‘. In fact he is pretty much satisfied with himself. He knows what to do, how to do it and when to do it. We judge that in this acceptance of himself, he is so overflowing with generosity and passes on his accomplishments to the less fortunate of humanity, especially the But the women have a will and a way of their own, and it‘s our guess that it was a woman who liberated these few concepts and "If you fiatter a man you frighten him to death ; if you don‘t you bore him to death. A FEW RANXDOM SHOTS AT MFNX whims. We quote: While his comirade keeps an "cagle" eye on the enemy, this soldâ€" ler grabs a quick; "ink under fire in the blasted town of Bourguebus in France. Canafw _ zptured the town. Later British troops moved in mw:m.-mmflutypmaâ€"m sides.â€"(Canadian Army Overseas Photo). A Quick Drink Under Fire and business all afternoon on the links. At home in the evenings (when they are not at the club) they don‘t taik at all. "Men are like children who do not play with their toys and resent any other child who wants to play with them. There was the man who had not kissed his wife in five years and shot the man who kissed her once." "If you believe all a man tells you he &inhmugw;flmh‘thethinh you are a cynic. 0. _ â€" _ "Many men are like worms in the grass ; they wiggle around awhileâ€"then some chickâ€" en grabs them. _ y o "Husbands are of three varieties â€" prizes, surprises and consolation prizes. "Most men talk golf all day at the office Thursday, December 14, 1944