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3 Retrospect .. â€" June 3â€"Going into the halfway mark of the year 1948, C. D. Millâ€" yard was named president of the: °9"*""*"~"""~" °_ uy pown at} Uurimsby Lions Club. Port Dalhouâ€" ed for the new hospital. Down at | sie was made a town with a popuâ€" the Beach, swimming classes | Tation of 2.400. Polling booths were inaugurated. The shape of things | named and still the politicians were to come was illustrated on our | awinging at each other. Fellow|front page where an artist‘s com | named Oliver was mentioned occaâ€" mammw“ul sionally. The Town Council was do. ‘There were 1842 births in | ing a t "".mm-“w- 'fl“m the Pairview section. Donald Novis |nicely on the sewage disposal plant. was being brought back for a reâ€" The winning streak of the Smith HL DACK 407 * 55°/ u) team was snapped by the | June 10â€"The Independent scoopâ€" ed the country with a story on the new modern school at Jordan. Speaking of Jordan, they formed a Lions Club there sponsored by the Beamsville Club. The Election was mmm“mm ship and two other fellows, Jolliffe and Oliver, also ran. The farmerâ€" ettes arrived at the Grimsby Beach Street. Some shnook crashed into the Beach Bridge with a load of chickens. Residents went off steaks for the next fow days. June 17â€"Allied Fruit Farms wmmamm nwbmmmma-- cil issued building permits totalling $35,666. All the taik about a crop failure seemed to have created a shortage of baskets. A separate the dear little blue bells in Winâ€" ona, which is a pretty busy board. week. The softball season was well K\ f ./ 148. The Christmas snowman thaws and vanishes at the“-dfieâ€".lutbequuhdt&m- mas never melt throughout the entire New Year. u(:’.anSBY CONCRETE C& (Continued from page 9) *"C 4 / %OW FOR KIND,THOUGHTS FOR LOYAL SUPPORT FOR HEARTY COâ€"OPERATION W. R. BOEHM & SON PHONE 381 and for all the many courtesies extended to us during the past year, we thank you sincerely, and wish you a A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS WaeF uk CCE OO teams on paper but only one on the June 24â€"First tenders were call« | ed for the new hospital Down at : the Beach, swimming classes were | innugurated. The shape of things | sweet cherries were on the market, and although there were some pretâ€" qmmmmnu- -mum. ‘The Alâ€" way School celebrated its B0th m,.mmmmho- vince the kids were out for the here at last. July 1stâ€"Toâ€"day Canada was eightyâ€"one years young, and at least one sign of progress appeared in this July 1st issueâ€"the largest telephone directory ever compiled was distributed here. Lumley conâ€" | struction built a home ready for its | tenant to move into in just thirty | days. Victory Hajs was the umâ€" :mmunfl-fi'w| that‘s a joke. mum, been raised to sixtyâ€"five cents per | clipping. 4 July 8â€"P. V. Smith had just | been elected as Governor for disâ€"| trict Aâ€"2 of Lions mu«ul.l Now, instead of crop fallures, the experts were pfldm hmpor‘ yields Even strawberries were ww.mwmmm AND A MOST PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR . | district. The mouldy item concernâ€" | ing lake erosion was again brought ‘to the fore . . . no action taken. !mmwmmw ;MMMW- \teay of the Red Cross. was it scarce, but reports of it beâ€" u.pnmdem-d.m-.h- ‘u‘mdm'fl-w- was a threatened railway strike. ;Mmmmmw ;ho'thqwoulddpmm products if the trains censed to | operate. William Mitchell, certainly ‘mdflmm- municipal affairs in M__m_ ficulty W_"‘_’E a2 WWkle Eesn 0 l es o of Dutch people to come to this July 15â€"The water SIt0 was serious in Grimsby, not !Eat, ?= 2 2 gr.fl GRIMSBY $Â¥ A tesuval was ctiebrates at this 0-'-'-'7.‘... game the aymbe! the Nativity. away after a Â¥ celebre~ ue hn pmstel Opermmrmnmene Te Zroms o) fong Charits 404 pieoganss bne costem as enigiaated (CH THE GRIMSBY INDEPENDENT . thai d 4k !31 BP " " «* #y iAAA // * $A ness. The Lions held their eleventh great carnival. The local bus line jacked its prices up. .®. .. July 22â€"The Victorian Order of Nurses aunounced that they had made a total of 510 calls in Lincoin during the month of June. The lâ€"iu.'m" .u.,“ I ‘. > n val, while vague reports of an atâ€" wmdmuouw from their carnival were reported. ‘The best news, however, to us was the fact that we along with thousâ€" ands of others were going on vacâ€" heat â€" MC-â€"AWM !!nnndw worrlied fruli August 5thâ€"Back to the grind. and reports filtered in concerning the contamination of water at local unsafe down as far as Baker‘s Road, but the Beach was declared m.lr.ml.m”lw a law office in town. Smithville looked like a sure bet for the Fruit Belt Softball championship. ‘The annual threat of poliomyelitis was at its peak. August 12â€"An unofficial sod turning ceremony marked the proâ€" gress being made for the new West Lincoln Memorial Hospital. A fire threatened the Orth Block in ‘The water rates were given a boost here, and the Township water acâ€" count was reported to be very much in the red. The Peach Buds pulled a hot Job at the ©COIC SIOPABE walking off with the cash box after 4 blowing the safe. The Red Cross , g* swimming meet held at mt ’ Beach was most successful, and a % large crowd witnessed some very| _ ( ; Beach was most successful, and a | large crowd witnessed some very fine aquatic events by local conâ€" testants as well as swimmers and divers from other points. George a-pflld“ldfl'llm killed in a level crossing accident. The first case of poliomyelitis was reported in Lincoln, the victim beâ€" ing an cighteen year old from Beamsville. A supposed hit and run Ivtcu-turudmtoh.-meue of over indulgence. The biggest up~ July 29â€"No paper . . . oh happy -.‘uv m ..n I I . Championship as expected. August 26â€"The old hospital site was sold back to the Eames famâ€" lly for one buck. Employees of John Stadeimier went on strike for higher wages ‘Town Council deâ€" cided that in the future, no person could start building without first Grape growers screamed Jike all get out as grape prices were anâ€" | nounced, with a $17.50 decrease per | feated Jordan in the quarter finals reds of thousands of dollars damâ€" age to late fruit crops. Exâ€"Mayor away at his home on Kidd Avenue. Reeve Nelles of North Grimasby atâ€" tempted to get dry ise dropped from the skies in an attempt to obâ€" tain a reinfall The new sewage plant was nearing completion. September %â€"A midnight blaze here, as pet dog saves lives of wâ€" man and two kiddies Not so forâ€" t#) t @ y ues 4 (4) t red tunate was little Kenneth Austin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Austin, Wws Wwes Een 3° O CD usc Te 2w o crib as flash fire levelled their our own Canadian paper® esFpIOU ramshackle dwelling on the Nelles | stories of families being broken UP farm. Tourist camps were packed w"““"“"""‘““‘ to the eyebrows, and tourists were | be obtained. ‘The most deplorable Meeping in their vehicles. A. W. situation was right in Hamilion,. Eickmeler and Son handled m;mmmmnfl“‘ 20,000 packages of fruit in single ity of living in tents and cardboard ‘day. Control of the Jordan Winery | huts. While we felt sorry for such }w\-& !mm-lm‘u muâ€"mmlw""""‘“' o ts mmmmmlm“"“‘“‘" ie in the Peach Dairy Bar, own or a distraught mother gave Up o0 oy Wikem ‘Inompsos. "Pue|the battle and deserted her brod ca-dmmnummu;m“"‘"""m“u their efforts to obtain additional | POTtant role in the Canaditn soonl H“M..u“m‘tmmm“ Miss Mildred Dixon .alhlv]‘“"“""“'-"" M. Stonehill announced the opening. ‘nmmflbl _ mm As we looked forward to fall and another winter, we could notice no change in the prices for the everyâ€" day staples of adequate living. ‘True we here were not going to mumw.mw bill still bought only about a third high. Jack Knowles won the Onâ€" m-mmla Mt. Hope in their search for an Ontario championship. months to come Was Hydro power was scarce again. ‘The Packers were shipping damâ€" son plums to Virginia via trucks. Smithville finally met their Waterâ€" loo when Cooksville beat them out. | @ | u* burned to death in his Night Before ~~ Christmos AT THIS TIME THE GRIMSBY LONS CLUB WISHES TO THANK THE PUBLIC OF GRIMSBY AND SURROUNDING DISTRICT FOR ITS VERY GENEROUS SUPPORT AND COâ€"OPERATION THROUGHOUT THE PAST YEAR, AND WILL ENDEAVOUR TO PROMOTE THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF THE PRINCIPLES OF LIONISM, GOOD GOVERNMENT AND GOOD CITIZENXSHIP, IN THE YEAR TO COME. C. D. MILLYARD, President. Grimsby Lions Club dmm,.mun average family per week. Housing had not improved, and every day Greetings And Best Wishes For A Bright And Cheerful Christmas And A Year Of Happy Days i. 1. 2 4 J .. 2. c ocmtectndativesinnetifiedinetfiietsnmmntianatint lt'surmuwfl!fl-"“‘-”d' wu‘y.ly-fl-hlh’-"‘m t-hfiey-rbc-...-rflw::mu best ever. Our very best wishesâ€"our most thanks to you for your appreciated patronage. Barristers and & 31 MAIN, WEST, Upstairs resident. YERNON TUCK, Secretary. REG HENDERSON, Treasurer, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OUR FRIENDS â€" KING AND KING A Y ‘Town Council who had been having L3 5., icobscitn cme hy *R ..‘ywdn.n-aun-n- ed. They promptly hired & new m“‘lfi‘lw 1mumn‘mn~ Ecived. The Hydro situation was becoming acute, and PeOPM® WOr® urged to conserve power whenever ..-uwmw ed on the scene, when basket manufacturers could not begin to keep up with the demand for conâ€" "'""".."’ the placing of the r stone by Hon. russell T. (Continued on page 14) December 16, 1948. a bombshell at the F3