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BAD _ CHEQUE ARTIST vistts TOWN, PICKED UP BY POLICE Vfi;mmâ€"i‘anm‘ Caszhed ‘Two %.... For :}13-&“ -rbc.% ‘I\MAQ-.:AW. 7. Thagr haygr urriney ds val ating in Grimsby on Saturday afâ€" terncon and. succeeded in passing two cheques for $17 each but failed on his third attempt. n.wn.u-ununm, Vernon Pyett cashed a cheque for §17, Mln-nn'hn-ym- an inner office became suspicious Nel-outmluu.m back from the man and returned him his cheque. He next visited the Nancy Anne shop and gave Miss Aiton a cheque and received in return $17. A few minutes later David Aiton visited the shop and when told about the cheque imâ€" mediately located Constable Davies who picked the man up in front of the Grimsby House. On the way to the police station the man tried to get rid of a cheque by dropping It tn the street but the constable recovered it. He admitted to Constable Davies that he had cashed a cheque at the Nuncy Anne shop but stated that the cheque had been given to him by a man in the beverage room but he did not name the man. He gave eirclé meetings W""" "~ louking for think* there were a f6W . the north esst OA the onlookers weare mt _ J times K£re# Irksome. Very many funny things "‘"‘,,,'_",." fi" the ”‘“’ “ presented its«lf with a persittents Pitich entirely upset the gravt) 0f to a Wal P nplrnul”""w‘ were neverul, the ano# 1 T 0 ocotince Atees iL seemed to grow weary, little dmulould‘!dno‘ll in different tents, met 0 CC the exercises, and sometime® dispersed when mea) time end the physical nature 88 ! toe spiritual called out for # n--uhn..-nnludfl' people came together for """’".’.' Mmm”!.“l_.'_..n uB HEeem Ee which were long and WILL EXPAND $313,000 ON THE COUNTY ROADS Grimsby Camp Meetings St. Catharines General Hospital, the council was yesterday requestâ€" ed ‘to ald the West Lincoln Memâ€" vrial Hospital in Grimsby. wnmt« the new hosapital this year. No definite figâ€" Mr. Globe who simply requested that the council make some proâ€" vision for a grant during the year. ur.mmm.-mn dme.ua-anm-um for the Blind, also spoke briefly to council in regard to the request by the CNLB for a $750 grant in 1949. mm.uauamw Committee under the chairmanâ€" ”.gmlhnl‘l.md C OO Wcc senannndl â€" Ahifhe e Fe e C L im ed Superintendent F. E. Weir to muwwm-mw a new bridge to replace the present Mud Creek bridge in Louth Townâ€" m.uwmdl-h'l. AWHP, ©onmisisitt During the sessions of the Road containing s NOUAP O° Committee under the chairmanâ€"|property and arrive at a unifors m.gmwl.mdm mwp.mm-r! Mr. Laird said that the Mofvic Wwâ€"-d“uflm ment department is at the service m-mmmm;“"""“""‘“‘m "e 20 Hhe council also requestâ€" | too few citizens use that service. 18 """" | u. time to start complaining rmmmem==n n oo 40 TL CREAT CROWDS ALWAYS ATTENDEL meeting for the third day ‘f the inszugural sessions or Thursday in St. Catharines, was requested for make‘a substantial bospital grant. In addition to the request made earlier this week for a grant to the A bad cheque artist was uperâ€" Nearly everyon* New Bridge Will Be Built At Beamer‘s Fallsâ€"More bA PEh 50 M om there _ itu _aninded. of M m!. (Continued o8 1Continued on page 8) CHAPTER 111 slmply were i e nA â€"No. 30â€"12 PAGES, J at almost any hour nts, met to continue und m.gmu._ollr ',,,m'"’"uvlu"' * _ G#f the MB i, wo they to laugh 2t absorbed continual after meetings 4 exciting, and, Page 8) time came ; as well as for sustenâ€" keyed up never ; the nnld, ' 1de it Crtmsbhy Tudepend Eimmriedihend qed cegr wl wp ie | of the people, but complained that ,mu-euâ€"--um. | *The time to start complaining Mywmtum’fl ‘Mnmm"’“"'""‘ | when you get your tax bill," he said. "Once the court of revision I (Continued on Page 8) a RBM®UR / "ad to the ppD mm'.”‘mm member his appearance 4# ms experience, his hesd t -‘...,,WM-“ cing, his manner Inten® z* ..,m-m"""‘" meessst"" _ ~ k 'Im." wWhen grow very much tearn this N old man, with streaming down his round che«i®, his head touching the beams in the celling of Mr. Phelps‘ tent, his POMS erful arms outstretched, eried out in his contrition, "Oh, my Jeannesas‘! ob, my leanness!" it was too MWCh for the gravity of a certain NHlG space by the back door, and even home of the older ones amiled amen the meeting was out . Deat o0 Father P, as he WA# familiarly | ealled, when he could forket mie ‘" his m‘u’]u were a striking Agure PROPER ASSESSING IS A PRECISE SCIENCE Canadian National Institute for the Blind, the Navy League of Canada and the Salvation Army were reâ€" ferred by the council to the finance subâ€"committee for study and reâ€" port back at the next session. Acting in the recommendation of the finance committee the council authorized an agreement with the City of St. Catharines for the conâ€" Laird of St. Jaycee civic meetings, | grow very Now, by use 0 group of people mnmm.mwd‘ .',P.(”mhlhl”)w ing, I should say six feet four, and weighing over three hundred s U e nndcnet "â€" tm â€" Hhkk the past, the difficulty in proâ€" asseasing lay in the fact that «sors had different opinions. (Continued on Page 4) there was civic affairs clinic could individually lece of property $ ”M“' Ham," absorbed in s pretty sure Than A Newspaper To Start «» «) FRUIT GROWERS DEMAND MORE m » PROTECTION IN SEVERAL WAYS wint. 1 1e« 4 thrown and pler« A earnâ€" Samuel Cns JR i l asinecndugoon on Bc Ailte ds ona cmmniioncer vediiectier hy 1964 0 same year. As a corporal he returned to his father‘s farm home in North Grimsby in 1919. Choosing farming as a career ‘Gordon married in 1921, and now has a fine family of four h}" .'_.g.o'..e md‘w' . APV anst 1. SBMAM code 1 yY Hom Oe e i e e e C e c 920. \Mr. Metealfe was immediately interested. Keenly aware of the need for a sound program for the boys of the town and | district, the Optimists Creed "Friend of the Boy" will find no better assistant than in the first president of the Grimsby ‘Club. Mr. Metcalfe and other Optimist offeiials will be inâ€" To James Gordon Metcalfe has been bestowed the honor of being the Charter President of the Grimsby Optiâ€" mist Club, whose Charter will be granted on the night of February 4th at the Village Inn. President Metcalfe, born in Grimsby in the year 1900, has been a resident of North Grimsby Township for nearly all of his fortyâ€"nine years. When he was a young boy the Metcalfe family moved to Esâ€" sex, but returned here in time for Gordon, one of a family of ten, to attend Grimsby schools. At the age of sixteen he got by the inducting army officials and was n‘hip!).ed 'mltm;u'thnt ho red & t 24â€" c nds â€"atbtvtzad His first appearance in public office came in 1940 when he started a successful term of eight years as Assessor for North®Grimsby. In 1948 he resigned this position and acceptâ€" ed the Clerk and Treasurer‘s office of North Grimsby. _ When Optimists International was first mer‘lumed hen' stalled in proceedings in February. St. Catharines, Jan. 18 â€"â€" John Paul, Smithville storekeeper, was fined $100 today when he pleaded gullty to three separate charges of selling canned vegetables and other products over the legal markup pm-muoumm Novemâ€" ber, 1948. Evidence showed that of 25 items checked by WPTB inspecâ€" tors last Nov. 8, 10 were higher than authorized. Markups from 1 sent to 13 cents over the legal cellâ€" John B. Hopkins was told. in the assemblies German brother â€" in the language Jand." Then the 1 p HIS PRICES TOO HIGH 10 0 0 C mmememmmemmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmemmmmmees GRIMSBY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27th "*~IMSBY, ONTARIO, T1 No Financial Protection For Growers Shipping On Comâ€" missionâ€"Several Growers Have Not As Yet Received myur-dd(mmmnud Vegetable _ Growers‘ Association last Tuesday launched a program aimed at providing the province‘s fruit and vegetable growers with more protection aaginat a number of dangers to the industry, includ» muflnlnmnubnemfl! by the British Columbia Fruit Growers‘ Association. On the opening day of its Arst .”wmuudmlmnm vegetable men joined forces, the association ran through 17 resolu« tions in something near record time. Most of them sought protec» tion for the grower. Today M@!!" hers attending the seasions in the Coliseum at the CNB grounds will plunge into more resolutions. First thing growers noted was that there is no Anancial protection for growers shipping on comminâ€" slon. This, they felt, could be rectiâ€" fBed by federal and provincial re« gulations to establish such prote¢« tion. They noted too, that a large number of farmers had atill not re« icmmi cheques for 1948 crops due to "certain processing companies being in difficult Anancial clreum»« stances." ’ Application of the British Colum» bia Growers‘ Association for a No 3 grade of apples, covering fruit of "C‘ grade with unbroken or dry out hail marke will be pposed by association representatives on the Canadian Horticultural Councll, ' Two other applications by the * 006 *Avbomntmation Also cut hail markse will be bpposed DY association representatives on lm‘ Canadian Horticultural Councell, Two other applications by the w e at . const organization also brought reaolutions instructing reâ€" presentatives on the horticultural council to object. COne was a reâ€" quest for a fancy grade for plumes dnotluluun‘lbp-runlNo.l Mudmmmhwan.z. while the other mought a fancy gndcforpuchl.hblbpnoht ‘ L C esc cal Payment the other sought a fant? for peaches, to be 85 per cent (Continued on Page 4) " For 1948 Crop. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NOT IN ACCORD WITH METER IDEA FIRE LADDIES HAVE EARLY MORNING CALL INSPECTION STATION SCREENED OVER 30,000,000 POUNDS FRUIT Quick work on the part of the Grimsby fire department 8AÂ¥%eq the home of H. E. Marlow, 3 Rhbinson Street South, early Tuesday, mornâ€" ing when fire broke out in the pathâ€" Mr. Marliow was awakened py amoke about 6 a.m. and di8Goyered the home was on fire. Other memâ€" bers of the family were AW&hkened and had no difficulty in getting out. Firemen discovered the source of the blaze and were able to exâ€" \ng\lhh it with a minimum | of amoke and water damage. Fire Chilef Alfred LePmge said he thought the fire had started from electric wiring in the partiâ€" tion. The home had just been newly decorated DECEMBER WAS A BUSY ~a AAAF I mt iD MAMEWCT CERRTIIRITT® m mv.o.ml One idea ‘f the inspection is to P |mnhr sure that the fruit or vegâ€" & Viei Madeâ€"5 etables on the bottom layer of the 73'('.'_‘| inite w? In N .:.l= Inasket or the lower portion of t# _"” , as In N OT M |the bag is the same as at the top In December, 1948, a total of 135 | vists were made to 179. patents REEVE OF CAISTOR IS _ . which breaks all records to date| in the ‘County. 73 new patients JMSTALLED AS WARDEN were admitted during the month,| l enmacceres 18 medical patients, 12 surgical patients, 9 obstetrical patients, 21 !'fi '(':.:.".',""":"l,:"m" newborn infants and 4 patients for ) . j |V yâ€"H ie s health instruction. | n Lymburner Was Warâ€" Out \f thene 78 new pistients 8| 4en In 1913. ___ were patients admitted on PeAUM! | _ Loglie R. ‘.ymâ€"lmrm-r. Reoeve of from hospital who received & 1018 (y,istor Township, 19041â€"49, unaniâ€" of 94 visits during the MODth, th¢ \|pousy elected Warden of Lincoln greater number being saurgical paâ€" County for 1949 at the inaugural tients who required furth@r CAM¢ iD jpopring of the council held on the way of surgical dress19@® #!C> jast Tuosiay afternoow‘ A descendâ€" which assists the hospital PY T©* ppt of one of Caistor‘s oldest famâ€" leving beds for acutely M PateNt® | ue Mtr, Lymburner follows in the and assista the patient or LOWNSNIP | footsteps of his father, the late fAinancially. | Patients are 989009 | jopy M, Lymburner, who was Warâ€" happy to get home and get 81006 gen of Lincoln in 1913. more quickly by being rebieved 2| uy Lymburner‘s name was the financial worry, and about ©004)>| pnly one to be submitted to the tions at home which is 484@NY th¢ / j949 Lincoln County Council for case with mothera. the office of warden. Reeve Leonâ€" 228 visits were made to OPSl@LM®>anpq Hoare of Merritton, who had cal patients and newborn InfaDts®: previousty announced bimself as a 13 visits for delivery service, With contender for the office, withdrew 4 home confinements during 06 from the race as the council met month, 167 visits to cancer P®* for its inaugural seasion. Reeve tients 108 to patients with !99¢ Hoare and Deputyâ€"Reeve Cecil Seâ€" term iliness, 191 to medical ABd cord of Grantham Township escort. surgical patients, 1 operation 890 ed the new warden to his chair. 20 night calls. | In his inaugural address to the Minss Enna made 26 visits to council last Tuemlay afternoon Wiebe‘s Sanitoria with a total time Warden Lymbutner expreased his dnmflhm““"'"mm“' for the honor beâ€" C ifinntinua® an nawe 41 fective Wiring In Partiâ€" tion Starts Blaze In Home DEAR OLD GOLDEN RULE DAYS ommunity Service Grimsbyâ€" Patients. Mr. O. Laving®tO!, care of Grimaby Independent , Grimaby, Ontario, Dear "BHones" 3th lasue â€" of In your JANUATYhaye a photoâ€" the Independent Y94 . Y9y . ask graph of Lake 12489 ;# know what any of your rea about it w YE Hehool 1 attended Lake from 1900 04. M Liewellyn attended and my younger from 198238 wh the school was clos trom the pen O Afl jpg oig Smith of Winona, oml'::x Lake Ledge School, #$,, . , will prove very intere"" f our readers. Ed from 198238 when the school was clomed Drope Just before the would be one diod he asked me if ! his death of the Governor® afte a while. and | agreed to doguite a . bit Therefore 1 do know altended about the school Wharope was Lake Lodge in 1000 Mrer â€" and the owner and sole Lake Lodge Early Days NOTE: The (). Livingston 10900 04. My _ 1927 32 »Alyn attended 15â€" Alastair my younger | #9"his time (Continued on page 8) _â€"228 _ Obstetrical January 1 4n er lotter Kchool #On, 1040 There Was A Total Of 2,680,â€" 115 Baskets â€" Of This Amount 15,612 Baskets Were Detained For Infracâ€" tions Of The Fruit Actâ€" Carried On 6,383 Trucks. A total of almost 31,000,000 | pounds \Uf fruit and vopuhln.‘ packed in 2,680,115 baskets, and | carried on 6.383 trucks, was inâ€"| spected at the fruit inspection staâ€" | tion on the Queen Elizabeth W.y! near Fruitland in the 17 weeks i was open during the last fruit m-' Of this total 15.612 baskets were detained for infractions of the Fruit Act, such as markings, im« maturity or decay. In the case of detentions, the load is either enâ€" tirely taken \ff at the inspection platform until brought up to grade }or returned to the grower for reâ€" sorting and correction of faults. \Leslie M. Lymburner Heads | _ The Countyâ€"His Father, |._John Lymburner Was Warâ€" den In 1913. In connection with the rigide inâ€" spection carried out by Dominon and provincial inspectors, all fruit and vegetable trucks leaving the Ningara peninsula must atop at the Fruitland station for inspection. If all is in order the driver is givâ€" en a clearance alip to show in case he is stopped on the highway or at his market destination. Grading is checked to sée that sizes (Continued on Page 4) Mr. Lymburner‘s name was the only one to be submitted to the 1949 Lincoln County Council for the office of warden. Reeve Leonâ€" ard Hoare of Merritton, who had previously announced himself as a eontender for the office, withdrew from the race as» the council met for its inaugural seasion. Reeve Hoare and Deputyâ€"Reeve Cecil 8eâ€" eord of Grantham Township escort. ed the new warden to his chair. there were only thirteen boys. Mr Drope was an excellent masterâ€" a atrict disciplinarian but very fair. Me excelled in teaching mathâ€" ematics, My father, the late Sonâ€" ator 8mih who was a keen math« ematician himself sent me to Lake Laxige mostly on account of Mr. Drope‘s fame as a mathematician Lealie R. Lymburner, Reeve of Calstor ‘Township, 1941â€"49, unaniâ€" mously elected Warden of Lincoin County for 1949 at the inaugural meeting of the council held on last Tuesday afternoorf A descendâ€" ant of one of Caistor‘s oldest famâ€" ilie#, Mr. Lymburner follows in the footsteps of his father, the late John M. Lymburner, who was Warâ€" «en of Lincoln in 1913. The other day Norman Cook from Haskatchewan dropped in to see me, He cultivates 1200 acros of land and has been very succeas To Mlustrate how serious Father was on this 1 must tell a little story on myself After 1 tried my entrance to high school and knew my marks I said to Father (know» ing how very much he wanted me to get high marka), "What would you give me, Dad, if 1 got 100 por went ?" "My boy, 1 would give you anything," (1 very well know it would have to be reasonable.) 1 said, "would you give me a .22 rifle?" He said that he certainly would, so I aaid, "Dad you had betâ€" rifle?" Me said that he certainly would, so I said, "Dad you had betâ€" ter ‘phone Mr. Drope up and find out." This he did and found that 1 had got 100 per cent. 1 got the rifle. (Continued on page 4) $2.50 Per Year, $3.00 In U.S.A., 5c Per Copy Only Small Number Of Memâ€" bers Attend Annual Meetâ€" ingâ€"While In Agreement With Street Widening Idea They Did Not Believe That Parking Meters Were Neeâ€" A lack of interest in what the Chamber of Commerce is attemptâ€" ing to do in the town, was clearly shown on Monday evening, when only nine persons attended what was supposed to be the annual meeting of the Chamber. Advertisâ€" ed also as a meeting to discuse the parking meter and street widening plan, which was opened at a recent meeting of the Town Council, the small attendance at the gathering could hardly express the views of ilhe Main Street business men in any concrete manner. President McePherson â€" outlined the work accomplished by the Chamber of Commerce during 1948. ‘This consisted for the most part bf advertising the Town of Grimsâ€" by as a possible location for new industry. A file, on what the Town has to offer now rests with the Deâ€" partment of Planning and Developâ€" ment, and Mr. McPherson stated ‘"ul he considered this a very good start, and a definite means of atâ€" ’tndln‘ manufacturers to this vicâ€" Anity. Mayor Clarence Lewis was in atâ€" tendance and offered to answer any quesitons, concerning the street widening and parking meter sitlation, which he said was very definitely still in the discussio® Leslic R. Lymburner, Reeve of Caistor Township, who was elected warden of Lincoln County for 1949. Reeve Leonard Hoare of Merritton, who previously had announced himâ€" self as a contender for the office, withdrew from the race as the county council met for its inaugural session. It is just 36 years ag\ that Warden Lymburner‘s father, John M. Lymburner (1913), was elected to this same office essaryâ€"Believe That Presâ€" ent Parking Bylaw Should Be Rigidly Enforced. ful. Me recalled some of our school days together at Lake Ledge. 1 asked him if he remembered the day in the middle of winter when he misbehaved and Mr. Drope took him by the seat of the pants and the scruff of the neek, carried him outside and threw him in a snow bank. He said, "I certainly do; 1 also remember many canings that I got which 1 fully deserved." Mr. Drope had as his assistanta Mra. Drope, who was like a moth« er as well as matron to the boys, and Miss Nelies who taught plano and helped Mr. and Mrs. . Drope aplemdidly in every way. Then there was the . redoubtable Mr. Fitch who was dear to the heart of every young boy. In his young» er days 1 believe Mr. Fitch was a profeasional cricketer. He taught us and following boys how to play oricket and kept the "crease" as well as the grounds in excellent swhape. In his off times he used to play ericket for the Orimaby orick> et Club Me was a salow but tricky bowler and at bat he could If he decided to block remain inâ€" (Continued on Page 4) WARDEN OF LINCOLN (Continued on Page 8) Parking Meters