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Thursday, December 27, 1945 at you neortt Hronch about terms of epayment THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE W. B. CLARE, Manager Main West, Grimsby Grimsby Electric Shop Smail down payments. Interest at 4. Both interest and principal paid in small -nth:‘ payâ€" ments, paid in full in 10, 15 or 20 years. your own home and pay for it the same as rent. For plans and other details, Telephone 559 LAMPMAN & SHIER WELDING Co. NOW AT 50 GARAGE Westinghouse DEALERS For Grimsby and District Electrical Contracting and Repairs to All Kinds of NATIONAL HOUSING ACT MORTGAGE LOANS THE FARM HOME purchase of household and ppliances pdahrmwhmd.fb:u;hud: © We make Farm Improvement Loans at 5 per cent per annum for a variety of purposes, including not only the purchase of implements and equipment, but also additions and repairs to buildings, painting and interior decoration of farm dwellings, and the installation of heating and plumbing systems. MODERNIZE C. J. DeLAPLANTE PHONE WINONA 137 We Are The Authorized GRIMSBY BRANCH J. W. HOLDER, Manager PHONE 616 may also be obtained for the 42 MAIN STREET W. Telephone 616 Two gangs of men would also be needed to work with scythes or motor operated hand mowers beâ€" hind the tractors. About 50 miles of road was surâ€" face treated this year and all other roads were patched, which took the greatest expenditure in time and money. ‘This year the county purchased a fourâ€"wheel drive truck and a full ‘The work of cutting weeds and brush was badly neglected this year because of the shortage of men, reported Mr. Weir, The one mower owned by the county is not sufficient to cover the whole county, and he recommended that bought to do the work effectively. ‘ "I have been asked repeatedly to sand certain roads in winter, I have so far not done so. If the County Council wish to spend the additionâ€" al money for this work and inâ€" struct me to do so I will organize extra gangs to do it. It should be remembered that men for this work have to be available at all times and may be needed only ocâ€" casionally," Niagara Township paid its rates up to date a few days ago, and South Grimsby and Gainsboro sent their cheques for the full amount on Wednesday. driving conditions in winter and must for the present at least, be careful when driving on wet or ley roads. $ Treasurer Millward stated that this year is $230,787. Clinton Township prepaid 28,000 on July 4th, and found that it was still short by $41.92; it completed this payment Dec. 10th. Grimsby was the first to prepay its rates this year. It made a payâ€" ment of $13,000 on April 16th. With interest to the due date, this prepayment _ and _ overpayment earned them $820.00, which was refunded. Rebates were also earned by Merritton, Beamsville, Granthâ€" am, and Louth by paying their rates well in advance. small amounts owing are only adâ€" justments made after the rates were struck. Port Dalhousie, which prepaid $7,500 on July 3rd, owes $220.51 and Niagaraâ€"onâ€"theâ€"Lake which paid $7,000 on July 3i1st, owes $30.36; <‘both municipalities have indicated that they will pay off the balance immediately. A chemical engineer of wide exâ€" perience in peacetime as well as war industria! production, Mr. Petâ€" tit is an authority in his particular ficld and brings expert knowledge to the provincial service. After graduating from Oueen‘s Universâ€" ity he spent,four years on productâ€" ton and development in synthetic resins and bakelite. For the folâ€" lowing 10 years he gained considâ€" erable experience in the magnesâ€" jum chemicals manufacturing line, specializing in technical sales work. During one year of this perâ€" lod he was located in England. Was Plant Supervisor ‘Turning from magnesium and insulation technical development, Mr. Pettit entered war supplies operations in 1941, devoting most of his energies to heavy chemicals and explosives. He was chemical engineer and operating supervisor in the plant of Welland Chemical Works, Niagara,Falls, Ont. This soon led him into service with Alâ€" lied War Supplies Corporation, a wartime | industrial organization with extensive operations. He was this corporation‘s representative at Shawinigan Falls, Que., where sevâ€" en or eight wartime operations were located. in Grimsby, Ont. His wife and daughter are residing in Grand Mere, Que., at present. They plan to join him in Fredericton. araâ€"onâ€"theâ€"Lake. Both these muniâ€" cipalities made prepayments earâ€" lier this year, to get the benefit of interest. However, they made only an estimate of the amount requirâ€" ed from them before the county ( aM) this particular wish in mind and we are hopeful of bringing about increased developments through his efforts and wide experience. He is joining the board to asist in the province‘s mineral picture." GONTINUATIONS From rage One CGRIMSBY BOY that date. Dr. Harry J. Rowley is chairman ef the board. day. "Mr. Pettit will work with this particular wish in mind and "The board is seeking to stimâ€" ulate mineral operations in New Mr. Pettit‘s home originally was SANDING OF ROADS POR PIP1 ofr RolunNe your OWn â€" COUNTY COLLECTS THE GRIMSBY® INDEPENDENT and the bought in 1931; three new power mowers and four small mowers; two new dump trucks by trading in two old ones; and a roller, cight to ten tons, for rolling patches and surface treatment. One new concrete bridge 24 feet wide, with a span of 24 feet, was built on the Gainsboroâ€"Calistor town line, and work was started on anâ€" other concrete bridge on the Twenty Road. Work on the latter was interrupted by floods and will be resumed next year. The grade on the Beamsville mountain cut was resurfaced and improved, and pickâ€"up truck and a concrete vibâ€" rator. Next year, he recommended, the county should buy a portable boiler for heating tank cars; a tar goR w oA BA o ov w t mert s o -%C?J/mafiuo% chain was forged. With wild forged lr?OId. crossing vallo)&ll. vers, lkil'fin' m untii, in lim. the first link in a mighty No LONGER WOULD THE TRAVELLER motomfl'cogha:!dl-dhmforu u-iphmMontxultngmnw for in the ‘50‘s the age of steel had begun. Mile I:{ mile, the lines of steel had forged ahead, crossing valleys, â€"‘ Canada Unlimited uel (Czine fpe of Stoel Oorgins In all, $134,033.58 was spent on the county road system during the first 11 months of the year. Includâ€" ed in this total was $55,325.18 for maintenance, of which $12,792.11 was for snow fencing and snow reâ€" moval. â€" and widened on the Grimsby Beach mountain approaches to the West Lincoln Memorial Hospital. Reporting on the suburban roads Mr. Weir said the biggest job this fill and putting a surface on the fill on the Merritiviile Highway south of the C;N.R. tracks near St. Catharines. ‘The commission took Geneva Road out of the county system into the suburban system, but has not yet started to improve this road. » OCOâ€" MVWJ‘W. inverted Vâ€"rails, swaying over wooden trestles, made therun from Monh%todn‘l‘q the train withitsautocratic conductor meant romance and adventure . .. distant places and heroic deeds. To the visionary, to the men who built éanldn, the railroad was the 18 magic path of progress | . ¢=« that was to bind these farâ€"flung territories into a united whole .. . to enable all to benefit to the full & _ _ Ir CCUD. \.wru. ary, to it Canada, l{wu ths (1B8B46 pineapples go further, and as a filler in fruit cocktail." So zucca may become a part of the staple diet in Ontario, its citiâ€" zens become ultra zucca conscious, and Niagara peninsula the zucca patch of Canada. Unofficial speculation includes the possibility that the children of the future will apply their lmb.mml called the "allâ€"day zucca;" being a section of absorbent melon fiaâ€" | TASTELESS FRUIT He grew about 1,000 of them in the last year. "They‘ll take any flavouring, or any colouring," Mr. Gale said. "Their flesh is very absorbent. I feel that it is possible, with a litâ€" be used to make such First train Montreal to Torontoâ€"By Jack Mastin. 0.8.A., C.P .R 1946 produced by OKecte‘s on the occasion of their 100th amniversary. b thoinhehnnpofmmin the results of these dreams and efforts . . . a nation immeasurably greater than was dreamed of a cntprylg...lmfiot:thntil destined to even things if we maintain t.wfaith and courage of the pioneers. en l i en reater future for t 6 {hnagh Unlim‘i,ted by weries eeping our Victory Tra*! Honks ks amsilt-edged aus®» | investment buying wernary more when we are # &,] asked to do so. East and the West. We have seen U.S.A. who is 104 years old and fought on the side of the South in the American Civil War, gives this advice for living to be 100 years old: "Eat three square meals a day, keep your chin up and your temâ€" per under control, and make the 23rd Psaim part of your daily life." The 23rd Psaim ,of course, is the one that begins "The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want." COMPANY LIMITED B R E W | N G to Niagara from British Columbia, where their distribution is careâ€" fully guarded. Zuccas have grown for years on the slopes of Mount Etna, in Italy. Live 100 Y ears eAVFL. Fâ€"304