!" Old Wooden Type Racks And 9 Cases Replaced By Modern 4 Dated 1885. MYSTERY OF TOWNSHIP WATER CONSUMPTION MAY BE SOLVED VOL. LXIlIâ€"No. 2â€"12 PAGES ‘The big meter was examined aNC tested by experts from the factory new meter put in but the flow of aqua pura continued to be well â€mmm.m mark. mummw showed that there was far more through the All that the water user paid for was what his meter showed. Council were at a loss to explain where the water was going. In the meantime the east end system was barely keeping out of the red ink. From information laid on the table at Saturday‘s session of counâ€" eunuqmp-momunny- stery may be solved, it is also quite possible that there may be a lot of nwmwmtu(fl- mation at hand was to the effect that certain water users in both the eas end and the west end were byâ€" pndngunmourorolum.er- vice lines hooked up to the feed MORE NEW EQUIPMENT FOR THE INDEPENDENT W id and Last week The Independent movâ€" ed in some new equipment, some of which has been on order for over two years. This new equipment is known as steel type cabinets and replaces the old wooden type racks, mome of which had been placed in this office away back in October, In making the changeâ€"over of thctype!mmmoldmhtom new cabinets the boys in the back shop found a shipping tag of the ‘Toronto Type Foundry on one of uuoldtypocnuvuchmud- dressed to the late Jas. A. Livingâ€" stonâ€"the date, 1885. With this change over the last of the old wooden equipment has disappeared from The Independent plant. Everything is now stee! or stone with the exception of a few wooden tables. _ Like GRIMSBY, The Independent is growing. (Continued on page 5) was examined and The Grimsby Independent DEAR OLD GOLDEN RULE DAYS You should see this same section of Grimsby today. You would never dream that it was once this bare hayfield. Where was this picture taken? When was it taken? There malotofpoomninthhwwnwtmthfldomtm- nize their own t and back y CANADIAN MOUNTAINEERS TO â€" BE HERE TO ENTERTAIN YOU Firemen‘s Carnival Will Be Bigger And More Glamorâ€" Next Big doings of fun and frolic in the Fruit Belt will be the Fireâ€" men‘s Charity Carnival on the nights of Thursday and Friday, July 3ist and August 1st. These doings will be held in Library Park “umumumon'fl- day night being held on Depot street pavement. Ru-CnI‘hwnmdhhcuMhll Mountaineers will be back on the job for both nights. He and his gang are Grimsby‘s Popular Varâ€" pPee Oe id 0o vantioe 200. gang are Grimsby‘s Popular Varâ€" lety Dance Band and Entertainers Extraordinary, and this year will prove no exception to the rule. ‘The Fire Department this year has gone all out to give the people of Grimsby and district the best entertainment for both nights of their Carnival it is possible to proâ€" cure. In order to do this they have spent more money than in former y.mrorthl-pundtwrmul affair and will have Russ Creighton and his Canadian Mountaineers for the first night as well as the seâ€" cond. This makes for two nights of splendid entertainment. Jean Sommervile, Dance, Pianist and Acrobatic star; Billy Banton, exponent of Mountain Ballads and his Guitar, "a show in himself"; Joe Clark, Scotch Comedian of reâ€" nown: Fred Wright, 6 feet of Huâ€" Week ending at 8 a.m., Monday, July 14th, 1947. Highest temperature ...........86.8 Lowest temperature ......____56.2 Mean temperature ...._.__._._....09.3 Precipitation ................0.38 inches ous Than Ever Beforeâ€" smmwmg-hfle A Big Featureâ€"J 31 â€" A Big Festureâ€"J August 1st. GRIMSBY WEATHER MORE THAN A NEWSPAPERâ€"A COMMUNITY SERVICE (Continued on page 10) SEVEN MAN BOARD TO CONTROL GRAPE MARKET Board Empowered To License Processors, Buyers And Growersâ€"Fee Of 25 Cents Appointment of a sevenâ€"man board to control and reguldte the marketing of grapes for processing in Ontario is announced in the latest issue of the Ontario Gazette. ‘The board comprises Horace Kilâ€" man, Fenwick; Roland Lambert, RR. 1, Niagaraâ€"onâ€"theâ€"Lake; Fredâ€" erick Parker, RR. 3, St. Catharinâ€" If You Have Summer Visitors Have Their Mail Sent In Care Of Youâ€"Save Time. A. Bromley of the local Postal staff are this week attending a School of Instruction at Hamilton each evening. Stamp collectors may obtain preâ€" vious issues of Canadian Postage stamps from the Philatelic Branch, Ottawa. Application Forms for these stamps may be obtained at the Local Post Office. Correct addressing speeds delivâ€" ery. At the present time Grimaby has a large number of new people; a lot of the names are very much alike so have your mail addressed to your box number, Rural, or Gen. Delivery wherever the case may be. When you have summer visitors it helps the Post Office if you have their mail addressed in care of _ "Say it with Air Mail." Air Mail speeds delivery. SPEEDS MAIL DELIVERY (Continued on page 9) Wheeler, P. Moberly and L GRIMSBY, ONTARIO, THLrsDAY, JULY 17th, 1947 Rev. Dr. Arthur L. and Mrs. Charles of Brooklyn, N.Y., have opened their cottage at the Beach for the summer. Dr. Charles is pastor of St. Mark‘s church in Brooklyn and again will be summer \mnmoummc- ian church in Hamilton. ARKELL PLANT MODERN ONE New Processing Factory Only ‘The food processing plant (canâ€" ning factory to the layman) of Arkell and Sons is located on No. 8 Highway at Cline road in North Grimsby townaship. The building is a large cement block and steel conâ€" struction occupying about ten thousand, five bundred square feet olground.'l\olmoryluoltudl- vided into three separate parts, a warehouse 100x42, the factory part 100x42 and a backâ€"in driveway 50x 42 which provides ample space for dryunlo.dlng.muppornooro( the factory will be used for storage ‘purponlnndtoruwconveyorwu ‘whlch move the empty cans to the vnrtoulpuuoltheb\nkjln‘. There are two offices located in the building, one for Mr. Arkell and one for the bookkeeper. The factory property consists of about llï¬ acâ€" CAUSE OF RHEUMATIC FEVER IS UNKNOWN res and before the summer ! (Continued on page 9) Treatment Of The Disease Is Strictlljy A Medical Problem And Usually Involyves Long Bed Rest Period. (By Dr. J. M. Mather, M.O.H., West Lincoln Health Unit) The Metropolitan Life Insuranc Company issues a series of medical pamphlets of a very excellent type. These are for the informat®® of the general public and streas D* importance of the various phas* of preventive medicine. A rece‘* | booklet is devoted to rheumatic fever. This disease has received inâ€" creasing attention in recent years. A group of fruit growers in the Winona district have organized to form the Winona Farm Labour Coâ€" operative Limited. The Coâ€"operative is establishing If parents understand rheumatic fever and its after effects, they can help the medical professton in its efforts to control this disease, an (Continued on Page 5) FARM SERVICE CAMH FOR WINONA GRO Dining Hall ‘And Quarters Being Em No. 8 Highway West Of Kelson Avenue. a camp located on No. 8 Highway just west of Kelson Avenue. The camp will consist of a large dining hall, which is being moved from the military camp at Niagaraâ€"onâ€"theâ€" Lake, and a number of Nelssen huta will provile sleeping quarters for about fifty girls, who will be under the supervision of the Ontario Farm Service Force. The financing has been arranged â€"the growers subscribing their share and the Dominion and Proâ€" vincial governments providing the balance, 20,000 Cases Of Peachesâ€" Expect To Process A Million Pounds This Year Besides It is to be hoped that the camp may be in operation by fall. (By ART BRYDON) the summer is over La te PUDDICOMBE FARMS PRODUCE QUALITY FRUITâ€" BY TRAINLOAD: EQUALIZATION OF ASSESSMENT FOR LINCOLN COUNTY FOR 1947 TOWNSâ€" STORK MORE POPULAR THAN CUPID IN THE FRUIT BELT (St, Catharines Standard) Outstandinrg graduate of . Alexâ€" andra School last month, Leonard Roiph Rummery, 13, son of Mrs. Marjorie Rummery, 95 Russell Ave., was instantly killed Saturâ€" day afternoon near Collingwood. Roiph was holidaying for a week at the cottage owned by his grandâ€" father, John Dawe, Beamsville. Lleonard Rolip h Rummery Struck By Car At Collingâ€" wood W hile Holidaying With His Grandfather. It was reported that he had alighted from a bus with another tailer boy. Rolph‘s view of the road was ohacured by his bigger comâ€" panion, and he walked into the path of a taxi. He suffered multiple injuries, and died of a fractured skull. CONTRACT LET FOR SEWER CONSTRUCTION Work On Aitchison Survey Will Be Done By Lorenza Construction Co, â€" Sewer For Gibson Ave. _ ‘Town Council met in special sesâ€" sion on Tuesday evening to considâ€" er the tenders that had been saubâ€" mitted by contractors for certain construction work in the Aitchison Terrace survey, The tenders submitted eall for construction work as follows: (a) ‘The construction of about 1,150 feet of 6" water main and about 660 feet of 4" water main, with valves and fire hyâ€" drants. b) ‘The construction of about 280 feet of 12" combined sewer, (Continued on page 5) ACCIDENTALLY KILLED (Continuea on page 9) smm C ‘47 Equalized ‘47 Equalized ‘47 Equalized Asseas‘t for Nonâ€"Highâ€"and Assess‘t High 47 Equalized _ Secondary Continuation and Contin. Assess. for _ Rduca. and _ School Dis. School Dis. Gen. Purposes Pat. Purposes $ 779,041. $19,558,757. 1,444,172. 2,243,001. 2,870,050. 2,121,010. 2,101,839. $73,015. 718,207. 850,318. GRIMSBY HIGH SCHOOL CADET BAND $ _ 779.041. 2,321,630. 1,444,172. $19,082,532. 2,121,010. 2,101,830. For The First Half Of Year 105 Babies Came Into The World At West Lincoin Memorial Hospitalâ€"‘Sandy‘ Globe A ‘Grandfather‘ Many As recorded in these columns the | past two issues, down in 8t. Cathâ€"| arines the Stork has been taking | the honors away from Cupid for| being the allâ€"star symbol of the | month of June. The County Town : records prove that babies were‘ more popular than brides during the month of roses. t Not to be outdone by our neighâ€" boring city West Lincoln Memorial hospital has also been making a few records along this line, but for a longer period. For the first six months of 1947 no less than 105 little cherubs were welcomed into this world by Matron Douglas Mcâ€" Robbie and her most excellent staff. June also proved to be the record month of the half year with 26 births. April was the low month with eight. Of the 105 new "grandâ€" children" for "Sandy" Globe, 59 were males and 46 were females. Jan. Feb, Mar, April May June ‘The breakâ€"down for the half year is as followa: The laying of the corner stone of the new home for the blind, 211 Queenston 8t., 8t. Catharines, will take place at 4 p.m. on Thursday, July 17th, Col. E. A. Baker, manâ€" aging director of the C.N.LB. will give a short address. It is hoped that as many as possible interested friends will attend. CORNER STONE LAYING Times Over, Males $10,207,709 " $2.50 Per Year, $3.00 In U.S.A., Sc Per Copy 2,243,061. 2,121,010. 2,101,839. 1,645,335. 1,335,306. 850,318. 10 14 15 idy" Globe, so . Brantford, July 9â€"To how long ‘:dz.“(?::.'h:. is a plece of string and why does ‘, a chicken cross the road, add which for the half yeAr ;s a fox‘s left ear, Township clerk‘s in Brant Counâ€" Females _ Total] ty would like to know, because that 10 16 |is the ear, says the county council 10 20 | they are to pay a $5 bounty on. The ® 23 {council, however, failed to state 8 8 |whether the clerks had to look at 8 12 |the fox from the front or the rear. 11 26 | "If you look from the front end â€" â€"â€"â€" | the left ear is on the left side, but 46 105 |if you look from the back end the wommrmmmesicmeame [ left ear is on the opposite side," “ um llh:lerk: -tn? in some despair. $ 9,684.763. T79,041. 2,321.630. 1,444,172. 2,000,550. €73.015. 118,257. nldyoucnrrlblanm.-n in army service but in clvilian life ? wdl.thomdun*'-unl- m'nllyndolloulofum, solid hours on Sunday afternoon, nddurln‘mzq‘udu-on believes that he covered . every undmflnltleâ€md fruit farm operated by Jack Puddiâ€" eo.huulNlnl.l.flhdm Fifty. e nmnplouurnhrkhw mmupmm-dpuch.w. plum and cherry trees and the mmmwmuummu-. sands of currant and gooseberry mmlmpluuthntoaly umummm Fruit growers and government officials estimate the cherry crop throughout the whole Niagara MM“Mâ€nefltd ccnp.AMtothmh orchards would belie that estimate, but unfortunately other growers mmmmmmunmm crop, or anywhere near the crop that is now being picked on this ‘mndnnm.lourmmnt toobuvy.hnmdemadl varieties are a tremendous crop. ‘The limbs are bending low with the weight of the fruit which is just hanging there in solid clusters. It is a magnificient sight. ‘This not only applies on the home 100 acres but on the two 50 acre blocks on the Queen Elizabeth Highway. CHARLIE BURGESS CAN SOLVE THIS PROBLEM Plums with the exception of Grand Dukes and Black Diamonds "Which Ear Is The Left Ear Of _A Fox" â€" Township Clerk‘s Have Ear Trouble Peaches are a good crop, so much so that they are thinning 50 per cent or more, under some trees the ground is covered with the thinnedâ€"off peaches. Elbertas will be a fair crop but if they size up at the rate that they are sizing now then the crop will be almost equal to a full crop. S omm Oaeet" They haven‘t got the foggiest ‘notlon why the council chose the left ear as proof of bounty paid on a fox, but it seems now that the county councilt wil have tnpu-nruolutlonormhou amendment to the byâ€"law instructâ€" Ing clerks that it is the south end of a fox going north or vice versa at which they will have to look when choosing left ears, erry Crop This Year Is !A Magnificient Oneâ€"Peaches Will Be Good Crop While Plums And Pears Will Be Fairly Heayyâ€"Grapes Will 0. .<Clcuo W (Continued on ‘page 10)