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T'â€"mjw“‘-â€"a'-'fl « Bince ice and snow came in December the Department of Highways and tho’nvlnh!' SEEIING SECESSION INFORMATION TOWNSHIP ROAD EXPENDITURE ESTIMATE 15 $16,000 THIS YEAX Al.l.m';;' Council | on < Will Spend $4,000 On N"w““" $1,000 Wil Be On Lake SMâ€"M“ 3’A Clnndut.y Hal â€" MA_A“N _ immsby Council on Saturday afâ€" ternoon, roads were again the big mhmmumm meeting was called for, to discuss the rond expenditure estimates for the coming year. 10 PAGES automobile drivers keep off the roads and thus keep out of trouble. ‘The public generally have heedâ€" ed these warnings. But you alâ€" ways have the odd case. For instance. The motorist who drove down the Rosebrugh â€"sideâ€" (Continued on page 3) When H.M.S. Vanguard, with Their Majesties and the Royal Princesses aboard, entered Table Bay, South Africa, Monday morning, she Was escorted by two British and three South African warships. Amon£ the officers of the British ships, HM.Sâ€" Nereide and H.M.S. Actaeon, was Midshipman J. A. Fulton, R.C.N. son of Andrew and Mrs Fulton, Two Roâ€" binson street south. Midshipm&D Fnlmldnud from the Royal Canadian Naval College, Royal , B.C,, in July last MN&AC:®" "*" .. . with the East Indies Squadron of the At ve advocated that INFANT MORTALITY RATE is TOO HIGH IN LINCOLN CoUNTy butdroccw__l € ‘I\onwcnl.m&thhu Y-:Oru.‘ll'cl“.r.. ulationâ€"73 Deaths Under %wr “.CI'H'I“A. u'elrth‘.' Lowest temperature .__._._.___14.0 Mean temperature ....._._._._____28.8 Precipitation ._______trace ‘ Week ending at 8 a.m., Monday, February 17, 1946. ¢ Grimsby Independent"= MUNICIPAL COUNCILS BACKING ___HOSPITAL IN FINE MANNER firm of Mac Signs which B2® peen | out the Province for General Hosâ€" recently appointed Canadian and spread over . 10,000 ific Express agents for Oflx!m"mm-uuntwa- all outgoing dollars astter for tin °C. 1. Reqeaql *) Continued:(nâ€"page .3) NIAGARA PACKERS COMPANY _ ORGANIZED 22 YEARS AGO ited on Monday, the President, Mr. J. J. McCallum of Beamsvilie, in Company since being formed 22 PeReresI c CE ‘ " re. . : Ftoes . foE out $9800 Wcodt.Guide Week ud of it will be worked intGove it! The m would _ s # * _ * in your family, you‘ll If have boysof a boy forwarded to y mmfl:fl ‘own out of long clothâ€" :’,"Am,.mh Khas acquired pants, ‘and triangles and ht that relatives don‘t z“kb.nd.omnehd:‘mula, it becomes a ee ;y” to kiss it betW m:v:;nl' to the faise ¢ ture‘such thing as perpetâ€" A boy til:ez.“ no run like a deer, swim belief that A boy can requirrel, balk like a ual lllfiggh" climb like » eat like a pig, or act :ll‘l:lol.l (0 likclb:}r' to climate condiâ€" es * O aremnin‘n # u ‘The world is so full eCMLICT, sittke up tions. gâ€"cracker, stri The :au is :&‘.“'}Mmout eam":."fi possible Wyltdll a ball are not ornamental ; a band, “ffllfll-m . not for boys, the thousand 0 "“w“lddlnnd and â€" unâ€" mtcA M Mm no‘:.tl-ndth & up?un-lm:" It‘s so good that we ‘Toronto Globe MA mationâ€"and amuseâ€" reproduce it for the !"IOders who may have This Is A Boys‘ World TOWN COUNCIL AND B. OF E. _ FAIL TO REACH AGREEMENT LINCOLN COUNTY MAGISTRATE _ FOR MORE THAN 38 YEARS ! Byâ€"laws on a basis of sixty cents per capita have been passed by iSouth Grimaby, Grimsby, North Grimsby and Beamsville Councile and will be further dealt with by ‘ the Townships of Clinton and Saltâ€" : fleet in the March seasions. { ‘The above subsidy is for mainâ€" tenance only.and will be drawn l.nlldunqulnd.mnouo exceed from eightâ€"tenths to one To Date Four Councils Have In order to place the West Linâ€" coln Memorial Hospital on a sound and equitable basis a subsidy syâ€" stem has been worked out with the municipalities of West Lincoln County and East Wentworth having made a suctess of each new endeavour.~ He also complimented the shareholders for their loyalty and support during good times and â€" _ ‘The General Manager, Mr. E. J. Marsh reportedâ€"on the 1946 opâ€" erations. He indicated that the Company has continued to hold an enviable place in the Fruit Shipâ€" wlm.lhnlnnhmdm past few years of easy selling and expressed the hope that the pack during the coming season, when it is Expected that the houseâ€" wife will demand the most for her dollar. Mr. McCallum paid high tribute to the late James Aitchison, who This Excellent Instit 60 Cents Per Capita Follow Suit. ‘The above plan ‘conforms to that M‘.‘lnd a hundred thousand picture shows would go bankrupt. $ .___ The boy is a natural spectator, He watâ€" ches parades, fires, fights, football games, nutomobiles and planes with «Lunl fervor, However he will not watch a clock., . A boy is a piece of skin stretched over an lprotito. He eats only when he‘s awake. Boys imitate their dads in spite of all efforts to tel:ch them xoiog n'l‘n‘men. Boys b:lt'e ‘t‘wt popular except with their parents, the do have many fine ¢}ullltlu. You can lb‘oK utely rely on a boy if you know what to rely ; Boys are very durable. A boy, if not washed too often, and if kert in a cool, quiet mllflor each accident, will survive broken hornets‘ nests, swimming holes, and five helpings of pie. â€" _ Boys love to trade things. They‘ll trade fish ‘hooks, marbles, broken knives and snakâ€" es for anything that is priceless or worthless. When he grows up he‘ll trade puppy love, energy, warts, bashfuiness and n castâ€" fron stomach for a bay window, pride, amâ€" 12. .° 7CUSCn Tof a Day window, pride, amâ€" bition, pretense and a bald head and will imâ€" mediately begin to u‘: that boys aren‘t what they used to beâ€"in the good old days, "This City And County 0-«‘ Him More Than It Can Ever Repay"â€"One Of Many Triâ€" | butes Extended To James| H. Campbell At Testimonial | "This city and county owes him more than it can ever repay." ‘This tribute, expressed by Crown Attorney E. H. Lancaster, K.C. symbolized the remarks of speakâ€" era at the testimonial dinner tendâ€" ered last night at Hote! Leonard by the City of St .Catharines to James H. Campbell, K.C., who serâ€" ved St. Catharines and Lincoln County for more than 38 years as Ald. Richard M. Robertson, viceâ€" chairman of finance committee, presented Magistrate _ Campbell with a purse as an expression of the appreciation and esteem of the citizens. Mayor W. J. Macdonald was chairman of the dinver which was attended by members of city counâ€" ell, civic officials, police departâ€" ment officers and others who have been associated with the magistâ€" rate in his long and faithful serâ€" vice on the bench. In acknowledging the tributes and eulogy accorded him, Mr. Campbell said that he was "humbâ€" le, but proud" and Appreciated the Sitting of Dominion Parliament was not very long in seasion until N. J. M. Lockhart, Lincoin‘s Fedâ€" eral Member, began asking quesâ€" tions. ‘This time he is trying for once and for all to get the question of the real date of His Majesty‘s Birthday settled. He went right to the fountain head as can been read from the following report from Hansard of the proceedings of the House on Tuesday, February 11th: Wants Question Of Date Of His Majesty‘s Birthday Setâ€" tled â€" Celebration Planned. Mr. NORMAN J. A. M. LOCKâ€" HART: May I inquire of the Prime Minister or the Secretary of State for External Affairs whether there has been any announcement as to the date on which His Majesty‘s birthday is to be celebrated? 1 (Continued on page 8) On the orders of the day: (Continued on Page 8) After a two hour session on Tuesâ€" day night members of Town Counâ€" eil and the Board of Education were no nearer a solution of their GRIMSBY PROVINCIALS i â€" MAKE TRIPLE ARREST of money that the Board had reâ€" quisitioned for, than when they ready granted and making provisâ€" lon for anticipated salary increaâ€" sea in September, along with a proâ€" vision of $4,000 of an anticipated cut in the government subsidy, the Board had requisitioned for $18,â€" 300. If council granted this amount it would mean an increase of sevâ€" en and oneâ€"half mills in the tax HIGH TRIBUTE PAID GRIMSBY MAN BY FRUIT WHOLESALERS A.'&rm-d "Three Hitchhikers ho Are Charged With As Three Toronto youth» are in eusâ€" tody in St. Catharines on a charge of asaulting 68â€"yearâ€"old Thomas Sinclair, 43 Rosslyn Ave., Hamilâ€" ton, Saturday night. Sinclair has a dislocated shoulder and facial lacâ€" erations and is in St. Joseph‘s Hospital, Hamilton. Charged with the assault are Joseph Moran, 18, and his brother. James, 17, of McCaul 8t., and Edâ€" ward Buga, 16, of Queen S8t. W. According to the story told police, Sinclair was driving toward Hamâ€" liton on the Queen Elizabeth Way (Continued on page 8) rard Had No Alternative Than To Grant Teachers Salary Increaseâ€"4,000 Will Not Be Required If Governâ€" ment Subsidy Is Not Cutâ€" Grlm-bg had a roller rink Away Back When, .m can see from this picture, Evel#ody in the district a from the eradle to the grave. This picture was taken at a masquerade carnival. Can you tell us who the youthful skatâ€" ers are? Can {ou tell us where roller rink was located and who operated it? Can you tell us how long ago this picture was taken. If you can O.K. If you cannot we will tell you all about it next week, fore Council In March, Who Are Charged With As saulting 68â€"Yearâ€"Old Mot orist Near Vineland, (Continued on page 3) KIDS MAD FUN IN THE OLD DAYS increases . alâ€" REEVE HEWITT LOSING NO TIME | ai "ad |“|1u‘:by ‘Town affairs are Grimsby Will Break From County If It Is At All Posâ€" sible â€" Merritton Council lhuw&-elfleâ€"\ve Pay Huge Sum Of Money l-bCo.g“Mm Every _ Year And Peanut Shells ‘ In Return â€"â€" That Money Can Be Better Spent At ‘The Independent broke the news at last week‘s Town Council meetâ€" ing, that Merritton Town was goâ€" ing to make an effort to secede from the County of Lincoin. Town council very readily inclined to the same thought. Reeve Hewitt who knows just what it is all about "down at county" has not lost any time since then in delving into the quesâ€" tion. He is going far and near Earl J. Marsh Lauded For His Excellent Work While Servâ€" ing On W.P.T.B.â€"Did An Ouuh-dg”.lob In The *Face Of °M Difficulties During the first part of Februâ€" ary the annual convention of The Canadian Fruit Wholesalers A»â€" sociation was held in Vancouver and was largely attended by memâ€" bers from all parts of Canada. As the five day meeting was drawing to a close, Gordon Bowers, cu;lmu\dmconmuon Comâ€" mittee, paid a high tribute to the most excellent work that had been done during the war years by Earl J. Marsh, of Grimsby, and the oth= er members of the Fruit and Vegeâ€" table division of the Wartime Pricâ€" es and Trade Board. Mr. Bowers was heartily joined by all in attendance at the convenâ€" Reeve John Hewitt is certainly st on the trigger so far as And Criticism. (Continued on page 8) (Continued on page 8)