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it Crtmshy Imdepemient (Continued on pPSRK® "* 1 â€"____________â€"â€"-â€"â€"_â€" w â€"â€"â€"’ se annmmmmmmmatmmmmmmmme . ave # (Sout, Clancy) 12.40 t y the Kings cause|stead of a treatment l!o ’|m|\yl|. nt Penaitica‘ Blanchard, Warner, * ' + T [m i C great ovation for what this deâ€"jon the “;“ ll‘nl iting as Glass was | much stronger rearwal “ sailing | Wiacek (rJ9"), Duffield (major), Linn a few minutes® br““-. nt hopes will be the first h...hl.uu.l 1;1 r )“,.n \'-“ king, and alâ€" |to stop the opposition frow ® poat 14 a rowinger penalized for ' â€" i1 _ Lesson d player‘, nv for the sneedv winige in the Brantford| wha â€" Rrantfor Cuf snany Cockburn iD <~gig% >74 CRRBEbV Y uPP ow + omnll OLD KING WINTER GIVES THE |"w FRUIT BELT A BAD BLASTING ; Grimsby And Western Section Last Friday afternoon as people scurried about getting in some last minute shopping, a light fine snow started to blanket the fruit belt, gradually the intansity of the storm grew worse, and a wind of near gale proportions added to the discomfort of thousands as they prepared to see the new year in By eight o‘clock Friday night, vis« ability was nearly zero, and driv= ing became A hazardous and ever« increasing risk. Grimsby was on the western outer fringe of the storm which was soon to block roads throughâ€" out the eastern portlomorle- agara Peninsula. Three miles west of town, people went about their business unaware that hundreds to the east were being forced to reâ€" main inside for this annual night of frolie. However, other hundreds refused to be stopped by the swirling blizâ€" rard that before morning had blocked w“fi. and forced an unestimated number of revellers to abandon their autos and make tracks for the nearest shelter. The the the BIK * _ *"""ched Kings played Mwmflnflm fls M their strongest games to Gafe tn taking the highly rated NaHon pilly Gluck on defense with euk» And Jack Clancy back on the mmah-mm Enve Leeson the best probbo } he wm all Ml'd the Mid still had to be sensations! OD k " C _ with dangerous Puff of frone. en oo However, other hundreds refused | ‘The Independent is more than whw‘bymemmng blll-\muhlltot.hetolophomhdmwr zard that before morning had their great assistance. blocked highways, and forced an| The Independent office was the unestimated number of revellers to mecea for the electors and they abandon their autos and nnh{mnbwodwtormmud mmmmnnm:ur.m'.mowomw‘mmmuuâ€"- Ningara Falls section took the| posing room. It took three hours worst beating, and mplo@m«:h-rmewhreomkomu- m'-mrhdunwwmfl ter the work of the evening was C ies es i s O Cns lt over. m"nm.m'm“.-l w.‘wwmm!mm league leading Brantford Nation tin" the Peach Kings completd 6 On‘nn‘m“"mm.- chaiked up at least ons EWY Sn tach of the six teams in the Big 1 Senier CE 1A Tiiyeg es mvwmm hok naun®* * Tmos o dutt In winning & NC by a four to three league leading Pr als, the Peach Kir five game winning chalked up at 16# thy Bables are just babies, whether they are mv;;l;eâ€"u or in m;mml:'gmmu:wm t it son a He is royally snoozing here in the arms of Nurse Helen Maude Rowe, the midwife who attended the princess. ern End Of Peninsula Took A Terrible Beatingâ€"Snow Plow Crews Worked Hours On End â€" Then Freezing Fared Pretty ds ratep igzht from the BRANTFORD GAME @e® CCC . end zone, w dw' leld doing th* ldl.-nn.dW"' | had to be sensational on Mvflhw“'n Irmmol” 'l-i:-wxlli The Sanders. SWEET DREAMS, LITTLE Prince the sewib# the Nats into mmfll= _ Warner Ano . 27â€"8 PAGES, job but LITTLE BLUE BELLS AND NEWSMEN WORK good. Cockburn !" twine, was a busy W,w“wk utes for the kid | home the opening Blanchard, who ha around the net thi the rubber past a # burn, with Duffiel all in on the play. Election Night Was A Tough One For Telephone Operâ€" ators _ And Reporters â€" Great Service To Public. Monday nightâ€"election nightâ€" was a hectic one for the members of the staffs of two Grimsby utiliâ€" ties, The Indeperdent and The Bell Telephone Co. Two goals up, the Kings 10W dered badly at the 1405 ®UF Linn beat Leeson in a Wilé when ble. After the faceâ€"off th mmw""“ hok taly, marched right back i B n 5h jJes editorial staff of The Independent were right on the fly trying to gather up and tabulate the vote from the five polling divisions and answering telephones. The Indeâ€" pendent phone rang incessantly for three straight hours. _ _ In the telephone office the Little Blue Belis were right on their toes and the service given The Indeâ€" pendent and the general public was equal to, or possibly better, than that given in the larger ennuot a man short. Hutchin carried the puck into gone, and passed ba who let go with a 10# blueline that the Nat had a chance 0B gered MBPY "* */ _ on 1 when Linn beat Laenon in & wild acramble. After th* “"'“'um, firm tally, marched right hotk 1: this time Hewson, who 4s the M# gue‘s leading n-'“"""l Plcked ”‘w’“zé C h e From 6.30 until 11 o‘clock the Three minul« _ After the faot iders, inspired | Hewson, who 48 this 1 back 1 ; loweho! Than A /Ve;cspap‘%/r:;f Conunr_flvm.(!/ Ser vice mflmfio’fl ad in the first only four minâ€" ns to punch tally. PAFFYZ been effective winter, poked ’-.m Cockâ€" and Warner r the King*® ile they were wyn and Hoyle the Brantford n.li whot from the goali¢ Barry STATE OF THE POLL BULL: ............L..... LEWIS ... SCoOTT LOTHIAN ... BEOWN ... EBRAID .........." GROSSMITH ANDERSON ......... BONHAM ... ANOTHER HIGH MARK FOR THE INDEPENDENT FOR:»50zsmmaccc 101¢ 108 AGAINST ... *40 31 McMaster University Silhouâ€" ette, Printed By This Paper Wins All Canadian Prize. ‘The Silhouette, weekly student publication at McMaster Unlver-\ sity, taptured second place in the Canadian University Press contest for best allâ€"round nonâ€"daily uniâ€" versity papers, it was announced over the weekâ€"end. Miss Mergaret Inouye, editorâ€"inâ€"chief of the Mcâ€" Master Board of Publicationsa, was awarded the , Southam Trophy. First prize for a nonâ€"daily was won by the Western Gazette, which is published twice a week. | (NOTEâ€"The Independent takes 'x‘"" pride in printing the above story from the Hamilton Spectator, as The Silhouette is printed by The Independent and has been for the past ten years. In the production hesobenhs s W TV TV The Silhouette won its rating in a competition in which 17 uniâ€" versity papers had been entered. Prizes were awarded for nonâ€"daily papers, daily publications, and best editorials. A The Silhouctte was commended for its uniformly good news coverâ€" nge, features, timely editorials, and good type. Roy Ito is managing editor of the Silhouette. Miss Inouye and James Taylor. 101 Dromore Cresâ€" cent, represented McMaster at the Canadian University Press conferâ€" ence at Laval University last week. EM Gi EeC 7 of this paper every week ‘The Indeâ€" pendent staff has endeavoured to pmdueo)\utuuoodlptprtypo- graphically as The Independent. ‘Township council meets Monday afternoon. ml;r[u!ac'dofmem-m L ind witnessed some hard fast hockey ursing a one goal lead as the in the middle frame, featured bY 2"6 period opened, ~portly Reg a beautiful goal by yOuUNKF Sunny s put the Kings two up with Dunham, who has worked his heart fhot from the left boards thit ou trying for his first goal in Senâ€" _ & bit of a fluke, but neverthq« lor hockey. Dunbam‘s tisâ€"breaking u;m" important tally for the taily came at the half way mark | poh Mings, The Braniford team with Clancy shooting a PMS® wwm“’a“"‘ in fight after this W,mmt.mlorwudw t ing tally and never thre his chum Dunham. The formit . to any great exient until 1 Aerovox star was fying AS# hmmmwmm mmumwnum g. He was followed al« stride and his shot best COCK MTMan immediately by Warner, who m .7 aaked a Cros#» lealty amothered each other *\ with i oi onndhane he x 94;-' ’. p “'. vi . «win ‘ “ M “" 6 A ‘wi7¢tt "Cl to M«, and Majority of 466 for Lewis. * FOR COUNCIL AN ... 142 112 , 121 PX smmitmeccs I28 â€" 98 190 N .......... 122 8t 106 ) :â€"swumia< 408 87 A08 RSON ... 105 80 93 SMITH ... 87 79 68 171â€" 138. 156 Majority for Byâ€"Law 4;2â€". GRIMSBY,ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6th, 1949. pisttecimscess P EMB t » teâ€"breaking If way mark, g a pass to ing forward to tThe . former No.1 2A 2B 81â€" 42 a0 FOR MAYOR 194 THE BYâ€"LAW T79 | At a recent meeting of the Dirâ€" ectors, two sizable grants were next made, the Victorian Order of Nurâ€" f (Continued on Page 3) 145 103 6183 78 FAMOUS MAPLE LEAFS | COME TO LIONS CLUB Bill Barilko And Howie Meekâ€" er â€" Guest Speakers For Boys‘ And Girls‘ Night Next Week. The first month of the new year is to be a busy one for the Grimsâ€" by Lions Club, On Tueaday of this week the members of the Club were the guests of the Winona Men‘s Club, a very succesaful service group of men from the Winona district. ‘The dinner meeting was held at The Pines Hotel, Stoney Creek, and was very well attended. For this gathering of the two clubs the Winona group obtained the a»râ€" vices of Mayor Samuel Lawrence of Ham‘!lton. |_ Next week is a highlight for the \Liens, as once again Boys‘ and !Girls‘ Nite rolls around. ‘This is \the time when fathers come with ]unu- offapring, and should any Lion be minus a boy or girl to lbrh‘ along to the Village Inn, Geage Nelles has been placed in ‘cml of an "Adoption Service." It‘sa big night for both the memâ€" | bersand the children, and the Oak | Rom of the Inn is never more gay \than when this gang get together. Last night (Wednesday) a specâ€" jal party was held at the Hotel Henley, St. Catharines, where Lions from the entire district met in honour of Secretary Gener»l Melvin Jones, founder of the Lions organization. Twelve new members recently ‘nitlated into the Grimaby Club were presented with their Lion® Buttons, Lion Melvin Jones makeâ€" ing the presentations. 1 ie lt wor un P se in / P sp snn esc poree Billy Ho::: had quite a ve ing two players, w m major penalties for a.r little wreatlingâ€"gouching disâ€" 119 169 694 154 185 117 87 74 134 197 160 129 131 187 136 121 8908 1 8A 146 168 839 85 84 263 3B 65 198 216 178 191 196 260 184 166 129 i)k GRIMSBY MUST HAVE SECOND NOMINATION MEETINC ALASKA LICENSED CAR VISITS IN GRIMSBY Carried A ense plat Major H 11201. Dr. and Mrs. Sutherland from Fairbanks, Alaska, had called to wee Mrs. Baker whom they had met on the ship when going to England for duty in the First Great War. They had not heard of Mra., Baker‘s death, so were sadâ€" dened with that news, as they have called here each time they have been down this way. Town Council meets next Mon day night. new Chrysler, and are now going to Washington, D.C., then Florida and California, and back home by way of the Alean Highway in March, They plan to motor all the way, which will be about 9,000 miles when they reach Fairbanks. They flew most of the way to Detroit where they purchased their on the next pay the Mings cause took another beating as Glass was penalized for high sticking, and al« though the Kings were allowed to sub another man, the situation was pretty grave, and especially after Plumley scored to bring the count to a close four to three, With eighâ€" ten seconds remaining, Cockburn was heading for the bench, while a sixth forward joined the Nats cause to attempt to even the count. Mocha spotted the Brantford goalie taking part in the play on his way w&. and promptly qusessed the Nats with a penalty. Laconte arâ€" gued the point vehemently and reâ€" seived a misconduct for his efforta. Two _ Brantford _ thrusts _ were thwarted, and Gluck missed the open net before the alren wailed its victory song for the Kings, In place of the regular three we choose this to plck ::t»un Kings dchazl:r a good éffort, and hope that this group may continue to work together, The defense has been the weak link all season, and it was a treat inâ€" And Mrs. 9.000 Mile The fir it it .car having a 1949 lc« r to stop at the home of F. Baker was Alaska GRIMSBY‘S NEW DEPUTYâ€"REEVE 1949 Plateâ€"Dr. Robinson On A Tour. of Grimsby will have to have other nomination meeting. At the December nominati meeting an unfortunate altuati cropped up. Water Commission Herb. Lindenamith was agaia no inated for his position on the com mission but unfortunately his nom ination was Megal. ination or else the nomination of> ficer must have a letter from that person stating that he is will» ing to accept the nomination, Very few persons present at the nominâ€" ation meeting were awnare of that fact. Commissioner Lindenamith, himself, was confined to his home with illness t , Under the Act, Clerk G. G Bourne has no other alternative than to ask council, at their frst meeting on Monday night next, to pass a bylaw authorizing a new nomination to All the vacant seat on the Water Commission. . This will be done and duly advertised and there is not much doubt but what Mr. Lindensmith will again be elected to that position by acâ€" clamation. It is the by it. stead of a treatment to have Il much stronger rearwall out there to stop the opposition from sailing in at will, However, we cannot igâ€" nore Dunham‘s fine goal and all« round good play, and the kid along with lweson again, came in for honorable mention in this the )mun game in the twentyâ€"four game achedule, Peach Kings: Goal, Leeson; «h-l fence, Reid, Clancy; centre, Duf«| fleld; wings, Warner, Blanchard, Alternates, Dodds, Soutar, Dunâ€" ham, Barlow, Hoyle, Hutchinson, CGlass, Gluck, Welbourn (subâ€"goal). ‘ First Period 1. Grimaby, Blanchard (Duffield, Warner) 4.82 2. Grimsby, Clancy (Mutchinson, Hoyle) ... 7.88 8. Brantford, Linn (Laconte, Campbell) ...14.05 4. Brantford, Hewson (WIACOK) â€",>â€"â€"â€" 1428 Penalties: Leeson, Reld, Hewson, Wiacek (2), Smith (2). . V w olike oi ited m t $2.50 Per Year, $3.00 In U.S.A., Sc Per Copy law and we must abide n who h LEWIS: MAYOR Defeats Mayor Henry Bull By 466 In Largest Vote Ever Polied In Grimsbyâ€"Almost 1,000 Votes Recordedâ€"60 Per Cent Of Total On The Listâ€"BRonham _ Defeatedâ€" Three New Members To Take Seatsâ€"New Mayor Is Son Of An Exâ€"Mayor. one when it ;s considered that the past three YÂ¥ears not even a corporâ€" al‘s gUATE turned up at nomination meetings Anq Clerk G. G. Bourne on all threg occasions had to call A $eC00d MOmination in order to All all councll seats. This year it was somewhat different. There was great intergst in the nomination meeting and seven men went into the field for the six council seats and Mayor Bull and Councillor Lowis were definitely in a fight for the Chicf Magistrate‘s position. There is no doubt but what Mayâ€" w»elect L&wis had a smart organâ€" ization Working and as a result they g0t out the vote. The total vote of 968 polled for the majority sahows that some work had been done some place, This record pollâ€" ing of ballots is 60 per cent of the total number of namesâ€"1640â€"on the voters‘ list, It is an all time high for Grimaby, In analysing the final figures one discovers some peculiar angles. For high for Grimaby, In analysing the final figures on discovers some peculiar angles. Fo instance, Mayor Bull after 11 year of service in the councilâ€"seven a councilior and four as mayor (Continued on Page 3) In the EFaatest polling of votes the history of Grimaby, Counâ€" lor ClAréace W, Lewis defeated ayor Henty Buil for the Mayor‘s air on Ménday, Councilior Lewis feated llA,m- Bull by a majority 468, whigh was not even antici« ted bY the most optimistic of ‘WIS APporters. The vol¢ itself was a remarkable Alexaner C. Price, who steps up to the Ree@‘s chair after serving for two yars as Deputyâ€"Reeve, Wincek Plumley 1 _ ro Period 8, (Rimaby."*Dodds (8o4 7. Brantford, Plumley (Linn, Campb) Penaltica: Glass, Wds Dodds, Warner, Lacle duct), Campbell. | By way of assuring themais of a happy and a auccessful w Year, the Peach Kings xd in winning ways on Thursday when they streotched theit winning stroak to four turning back the Wop |lation ? a seven | fore a Ave In winning: in# OUR NEW REFVE WOODSTOCK GAME ThiFdeg 1 ) 19.14 wis, Holata, 3 34