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lssued every Thursday from office of publiâ€" eation, Main and Oak Sts., Grimaby, by True independence is never afraid of appearâ€" always to the most perfect independence. HIGHLY INFLAMMABLE _ If every householder had the experience of seeing dry evergreen would be fewer tragedies Ablaze, they resemble flaming celluloid, or some other tinderâ€"dry and highly combustâ€" ible substance. 2 % £ mquutyonhecmmmmk- es it a potentially dangerous addition to the household. Though it may be green at the mmnmthndm-dflufi’ soon remove its natural ence against a flash fire. A touch of flzme, even a spark, can be enough to ignite its needles, : _ ‘The Christmas tree can be made safe onlybynhunehnesvithit. Kax-:_l hninm.mitmm es. Guard against faulty waink: Andjimnof.ltqflcklyvh-mm FOR A HAPPY HOLIDAY Smm'mhwmm mas for things not boughtâ€"gauze, splints; i and enc ecg on a n ols Accident Prevention Associatio® + Mtuthmmmmhw many ways that it‘s to make sure they really are checked off your "Christmas list." Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office l COHLEPBCEREE o enc by the ifllflb' ?-3»':-@-5;3%&“"'“‘“. time y m in n on aine se or mmmmm m!wtu.nflfi.dfl':m‘}”" EeekRmnans CC ’â€".'_"'." # â€"® Bad weather, more hours of darkness, dfi-wnfldnficmm ous traffic To thwart these the LAP.A. sugâ€" Wl FOB CSE "" "" ettecee 4 a you keep it? Are you willing to forge That yochnduchoh-l mmuum?‘bfi""."“m" world owes you and to think what y0U * C 0C w #eftramen afe worle O#eS 2C _ .v 0+ veanr fellowmen the world" ‘buuyw“& iu-n-l-"“"-"‘"”"z Mmmumm ’z: 'rodu-mh'*“""“r“ management of the Universs, i1 on ”'.#,Myue--'nfi- Szods of kindness and happiness* Are YOU T ”b“m? Then you can keep Christmass. |; . , / Anyavinhmun and to mdhmu&dmdmh“ m?h_-ilfitnhu-lu ,-.grm-uwhc"‘”"" dmum”u mflncg,,.mmd??"-h wuwfifi%uh Their hearts? To try to in you those who live in the same house en roally want. without waiting for them to tell ro0" To trim your lamp so that it will give milbtudht-mh.ndto make a mn!orW“‘Ym‘h"'m‘“ Tor Myfedjngu'ithfiiewfi" openâ€"it so, then you ear, kees Chrisimu® / Are you willing to believe that love is the d life which began in Bethlehem so long Mifo t.mmndh"l“““!“?“_'..... Peace on earth, good will to men. + 206 we have. of & sort, but how much good will* Mg_hlfll“m""-" BaIn V* To n scnm Ceavat THBLT keep this peace so costly won, * Are you willing to bebeY® SDPF V " visesâ€" Mmhmmfll?mmfl- dlh'hflminwldmnwlfl is the image and brightness of the etemnsl love of God*â€"then you can keep Christmas, wmmmnmmhmfl question which faces us on Thursdayâ€"that “Q“Qn‘â€"d:fiy:pmm LIVINGSTON and LAWSON, Publishers. FACTS & FANCIES + # ® * Lmbulv“-lhrh-'ifil umdnd-nmsunculc -‘”'.'"‘.“"‘o # t.Du'tllnlnhuflnulhsflelllh!" impatient if you get caught in a. jam. Don‘t try to make up the few minutes L. m“'i"”o’-*ou- J. ORLON LIVINGSTON, Editor. Member Canadian Weekly Kewspaper Nights, Sundays, Holidays, 589 "Lincoin County‘s Leading Weekty" ptionâ€"$2.50 Canade and nnhw&“ es §M I LA O "" Will you observe Christmas Day or W Frank Fairboen, Jr. ‘Take it easy. we must learn to create the spirit of true godwill between ourselves and others in our cily lives. We keep it in our own lives eery day. Tiny Tims 3t Thin Cofictmmie, watr af The stormm just wmmmwmâ€" bless us everyone. T-.z"'"'"‘.u-mf'“'m’ ristms, and learn to immurm ves eary day. Tiny Tims If you have dearest Yuletide wish, what woud it ber _ e You‘d wish that somewherein the troubâ€" led places of our sorry world there might be raised a wondrous Christmas tre, so tall the silver star of Bethichem its top would Mflunky.thflnl%lhm mhu'l&lwdlhnd the tokens of good and round its base would gather a vast choir of all races who would carol songs of peace. | _ _ _ _ Fanciful, isn‘t it? Well, there‘s little mu%munmu enough, our may come true. Tom Keene, editor of the Elkhart (Indians) Daily 'Pm&.huu:tut.nlm:u(?odebocnd a proseâ€"poem which he composed about & Christmas tree. Here is part of what he wrote about the tree: I have come where rabbits run. contentedly at my earthâ€"bound feet, AnG winter‘s snows draped with gay festoons my the farm for 66 years and afe peach mm Walit‘s m.c.wmun» ed the famed Fisher peach, an early yellow variety in 1934. Born at Queenston, Waliter Fishâ€" er was educated there and at Niâ€" agara Falls Collegiste Institute, gradusting from Ontario Agricul« tural College in 1926. He is marâ€" ried and bas three children. CONTINUATIONS -n.mnh.-nmuu end of the canning season, they be given 48 hours‘ notice by the camâ€" flwmb!ymfim Mr. Fulton said that this year two OTOUOCED ***""~ _"0 uie of. ugnce of the nineâ€"week restricte« mumummmmwwiâ€"admmw uu_nuumuhm.mum“-fl,.mmw -“mwmmmuwmfld-mmu-w. mn““-fldnflm in St. Catharines Their time limits with a reduction of costly dumping of the tomatoes. ”bwwfimm.,“.-w~ ’fiu‘m-fluuhflnnmmmmdww m.uwâ€"udummumfl.â€"-wm“m hmh“.uu‘h..-‘.fl‘“” the grower, too, could see mmfltfi-â€"uhufl Hecaltne of the fact Uist weight of his load. o."“.o-'.t'“m“uhi-whmm mcm' -an--md--uu':&;’“""“"‘”"‘ Eon en o ceaiaticlin c o hntnci e L Nooelk: Qn-'u!-l!t’h;lm- "_-*.” n: DRIVE CAREFULLY taking a combined total of 21 lives, contributed largely to the recordâ€" breaking count of 89 known traffic victims last month This was 17 more than in November of 1047. November‘s "tragic tota!" pushâ€" ed the toll for the year higher than for the first 11 months of 1947. though until last month this year had hbeen lower. The 1948 total to n...‘dflw-l-médm futalities, five more than in the same period last year. Last month 31 of the 89 victims CROWERS PROTESTING for the uPM 11 HEORMAE T5 C990 Cale s boupt mu__.u,,_,n-mu---nm mad Year ,mmwu"m"'""“‘"”‘- m..“";‘ mber reacbed 672 ition and prepared to resume privâ€" _h“uhuwmdu.mu-m- fatalities last year. of Grimasby as a suitable place to -'""‘un.'u.“‘-'mmuw---. Last dduurfldvfi‘mfi-‘h '“#"._m‘*“,mnnm-lhh. .â€"‘dh‘fl-'-' mmmun“_su- ___..____..uumu Here they «ruld amen theair charidhed mart. sunitarium at London, where the futher and sister could visit bim, and if it really were Owen Tecter, conclusively identify him and clear up another myftery. This was done and the family visited the man and it sure enough tient of the institution. OWIDE _/ my4 ."unfimh-l shock and other war injuries. This rg mghe T ecords showed that ut the our _ ols SEPOSehth in the Peil EWE MR MB CC of lauw practice years in the trenches sand *h6lpers " Rather then specialise in several months in bospital in PNFâ€"any perticular feld of law, it is land. On being returned to C#N804zei» purpose to establish an active it was natural that he be Dt 10 penerg! practice which with is I am your Christmas tree. Had it not been for YAE NSIMT writing that chance letter, Owen Tester‘s whereatonts would proâ€" bably still be unknown. Furry wayfarers of the night CHIEF OF POLICE uuu.munng-_-t_-_r Chief James and Constables Seyâ€" mour and Davies were empowered to uct for the town under the Liâ€" quer Control Act. mssion to boid a midnight show on unce not to start before 12.06 'gl'-mfi!"&"‘!," of numination and clection were DEATH CALLS -mâ€"-“"-â€"'i war in 1914 he for the use o ~"~-mm c ns & umm-flq--num-mlthfi'"" .n“wmu’-mfitmfluâ€"h their cars on town business. the car by means of fans. Council met again last might,. Other reports received by the pursuant to the Municipal Act, {0" president, Horace Kilman, of Fenâ€" TSE * 0 ~ meeting of the wick. included that of the treasâ€" mmum grades and packing COMNUUINE UF m.-unnumm Lewin, giving the proper citizens who have chosen this disâ€" size for corrugated basket liners “._-bn-nâ€"'l‘-"'*"“-"" '-“,.‘_“-.m The tariff question was briefly M COLD L je i1 c _ _WAL T 9 RLGLL~ aoha want oo y e CC 5A xb m‘m-ouuffl.-;iw:fl.uun went two brothers, John and w-m‘um&h- King. when they opened their Ofâ€" usnce of the nineâ€"week restricted THE GRIMSBY Industries strike in St. Catharines. under C. L. Dubin, who has acted in a number of labor disputes, the here has hinged on many phases of law procedure. John, as a student studied with the wellâ€"known Torâ€" onto criminal lawyer, Arthur Marâ€" tin, and had the opportunity of asâ€" sinting in a number of Mr. Martin‘s day to day wariation is possibly "“w-â€"m. p Lek.~ nership, the Law Firm of 3088 pumicity regarding the scheme"" I w‘“‘:‘.mmwdflmm to Indgependent is happy indeed Grimaby, andish for them a com. plete realiza® of their hopes in SURVEY SHOWPUBLC ity was the most conmon defect in both pesches and plu. followed by worms in peaches, rovd split _ No tests were made for intle injuries although five peent. bowed for both visible and invie injuries sccording to present _ Rrperimental work in the handâ€" > more ling of refrigerated freight and e*â€" Yanads open their doors to the public #â€"' From out of the colorful pageantry of mewmlhnmbfl“ the Y\ P!lfi?l.' f snmuud-vhwfi'mm..w Mpmmmm y WOre U * Jarmad by the cce se Mioad that once was adorned by the 2hd the head that once was i we mellow tracery of a bright moon‘s #le8m SCC mwflnm"‘ s wxw. WWe COH l g se < Mm!brh:hyu&nfnlh- umdmnfim"‘"!m‘“m of us all. Oof us au. * # # ® rwu-fimym““""'""" ly beats a friendly heart, drained of its strength by the woodman‘s wound. And, though 1 be dying, I am content, for I have brought you beauty, e C o 0 S ies e #@ ® * It is Christmas time, and 1 have been m:#“mhmu“ o{h.mbl‘.‘l- * + # YOUR GOOD WILL ‘There was no international peace when mflmmmmhw ndtbennnfl'eolthefirflm“"“‘ to the political mass murders of. toâ€"day Mh-hmnomuwnflmh theenmiusim.fleanetnhl’l:n:.’ Q‘â€"â€"Mmfl'in:wwof '. MAY YOU ENJOY GIVING to men of good will; ‘Though I wear a robe of baubles n i COU * ~~ 20 can the ref two Who among you shall say that J am unâ€" I am your Christmas tree. INDEPENDENT grades and packing committee by highly poisonous residues, it has been found necessary to revise the Food and Drug Act to take care of the situation. Since a provosed maximum rate of 14 per cent. arâ€" senic will create a difficult probâ€" lem for the growers, it is hoped that the maximum may be raised to the 3.5 level. committee during the last summer in an effort to set un a marketing achame for the marketine of freah granes. Since only 350 votes were received from the 1.256 erape eroâ€" wers eligible to vote on the scheme. man of the board. T Y& T The following report of the nomâ€" -â€"’-7-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"-â€"" m us geman: directors (Niarara). Boynâ€" ,.G.-u."-...' i ton Fisher, Harry Dewson A. It‘s II"~ "! amall or ample. G. Nickerson, Jack Perguson. Cecii â€"â€" A tBis or that, or these or those Broderick: (Clinton), Donald W T George Filis C J (Stamford ) , cCOX Monroe: (Petsam}. Horace Kilman. Rusaoll Jones, W. A. Hansler. Burâ€" ton Beamer: (Wainfleet). Walter Palmer: (Barton), N. Lees Beckâ€" att: (Binbrock), Harvey Dew: (Glanford), Clayton Young: (Anâ€" caster), Jumes Oukes: (Saltficet), Murray Utter. George Lounsbury. Reid Bmith, J, Lewis Puddicombe ‘l'hhhlcmum u.dm-u.u-m.u. January 10, 11 and 12, the place of meansting being left to the deâ€" cision of the executive committes Donald J. Beamer PLENTY OF TraACKAGE UBL and the URASER miles of raDway than (North Grimaby) mm ue 0_ in have found their own PMCL j, the life and teachings. Be "5%."tn ‘all the peace would come 0‘""'.""'. themselves. -fllmd.l'".' s _ * ' give is their twice blest o o ing. mhy""""""'”d S beet Christmas wich for our readers Soy for ourselves is that all of uS $10 _ _ mwfi'md «~4 MAKE IT SAFE Make your ChnistMS® ®**" _ Gug traf. hmmwchdflflfi"-.‘.“.‘ fic hazard. But fire has proved A n the Yuletides of the past, | ® ".*C k mxmmm«ml warne that, from a few days before Christ ubntwwuh“x‘"y “...1 plague of fires rages up and do s -__.‘os_.fi-mfief_‘!.‘ plague of fires rAFes UP """/" "ono result C try. u‘:‘:mmmflwfl‘ 9 e alich exist only during the holiday season. * > . * . / | In a little country school house in Pohbs S-lfl.’ lmw party, candles igâ€" mtdtbemm‘nm'llfl"‘ cxit. Windows were heavily barred. Thirtyâ€" -ixeeleblfloflvmkm-lhfi""“ i=ft behind to burn to death when the trv club six women were ‘ Christmas do not allow smoking near the tree. [E IT SAFE the fire Make your Christmas safe from 106 _2 She loved the Christmas season so! The holly and the mistletoe: ‘The children‘s laughter, and the ring Of doorbell and the carcling: The Christ Child in the stable bare: The Star of Bethichem shining there: The gold and framkincense and myrrh Which presents of the Wise Men were: The stockings st the chimney bung And all the gifts for old and young. She loved the joys of Christmas Eve! The faith of children who believe In Suntsa Caus and go to bed With dreams of reindeer overhead, And dolls and sleds and borns and drums They‘ve waited: ‘"Until Christmas comes:" She loved the cards which friendship sends. The love which Christmastime attends, And oft she said: "If I‘m away Let nothing spoil their Christmas Day, In a fashionable Seima. Alabama, 7 Pm tm "Be sure these things you do for me: Get ornaments to trim the tree; With wreath and ribbon deck each wall, Hang mistletoe inside the hall; Remember, pile the sideboard high With figs and raisins, cake and pie; Sing all the caurols as of old: J ‘Tell all the Christmas tales I‘ve And don‘t, because T‘ve gone away, Let sadness spoil the Christmas Day." â€" _ _ FARM FOL !mm_lu!fi- I eat my own lamb, My own chickens and ham; I shear my own fleece and 1 wear it. 1 have lawns, 1 have bowers, 1 have fruits, 1 have flowers, The lark is my morning alarmer. So jolly boys now, flm’scod.?-dtbem Long life and success to the Farmer. We rack our brains to try and think What size in whorts fits Uncle Peter, Is Nellic‘s favorite color pink, Or would that blue be sweeter * wouu-mm-u-ap While fussing ‘round to choose a tie. Has Aunt Melinds read this book We light upon, and think would sult her? We wonder how these beads would look On cousin Mae. Would pearis be cuter? 'nnnn-.nnnnhnu.. Mhmn‘ulfl-h.‘ But there‘s another point, it seema. MMMmbh-; Our smiles should all have % M“luumx.â€"'- Will find our very natures tlest With gifts surpassing all the reat. No room exists for tempers short Or '.‘...l‘m 14".‘0-« -=u.m Renewsl of those eiiidbacd thnin‘ Forgets discomfort, rush and A CHRISTMAS TOAST TO THE OLD CHRISTMAS CRiSis CHRISTMAS MEMORY niured when someone e * % ie en vadays usually rented to 85 ‘ yr Juveniles from 1 to 10 e8.50 WEST MAIN STREET _ £. A. BUCKENHAM very Child Needs A .,,g.gc&id-“ J. B. McCAUSLAND KNG & KNG unm::. sOLIcrrons, 3 Main 8t W. @isader 221 Bt. Paul he. SUN LIFE OF CANADA Su _ ne s enllde m Store in The Bruit Belt" BULOVA, ELGIN, ELCO WATCHES Dr. D. R. COPELAND, MAROLD B. MATCHETT Watch Clock And ACCOUNTANTS Tax Returns and REAL ESTATE and alil kinds of T. R. Be GORA, B.A. 25 Main Strect, West "“mâ€"ln-nmo-u Of Bt. Catharines At 42 Main 6t w. .*"“:.‘.'MI â€" % Mours 9:00â€"12:09 ; ©20â€"5:00 A dom o agh any® At Neon 12 Main St. West, HALLIDAY For An Appointment (Vh l-"---â€"-l) D. D. s. 4 PMHONE 2.7288 . carnaringg OPTOMETRIST 16, 1948 PHONE 811 I k