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HMMâ€"__-N_--M: of publi ilr-t.nm.i-:fi;y’ii.’” °o \% cation, Main and Oak Sts., Grimsby, by Where will the e 7 First, LIVINGETON and LAWSON, Publishers. . â€" Mhm*m&m Felephone 36 Mhfi-nnh‘.'d.‘fih,-h m‘-"“':"l"o‘:” Society needs $1.447.350 to continue and exâ€" hivanks. In 1949, the 77 existing Outpost. and Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Children‘ mflm ‘.”mm wfllhi:fluulh* Apâ€" Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper ward the upkeep h“*fl Association . > !uhmdhhhfl the imâ€" in need across the nation. 'l\:fiold True independerce is never afraid of appearâ€" Cross $200,000 more on Outâ€" ing dependent, and true dependence leads nmgu ®® always to the most perfect independence. * _ . _ J% _ I hope that nomne of our citizens have heart seizures over the fact that Town Counâ€" cil has struck the 1949 tax rate at 54 mills, ut.nhanrd}b‘.fl-_u There are many factors that enter into this raise in the tax rate. First the Board of Education through increased costs and other factors have had to ask for an increase of five mills in their requisition to council for 1949 operation of the schools. Secondly, cost of policing the town has risen $3,000 over last yw.umhlyl-nmddu. of supplies and materials are constantly risâ€" ing as well as are wages. All costs in connecâ€" tion with the town have gone up and are still going up, the same as they are with all lines of business. | . |; . ; , mumâ€"dwmum JA on + Arrsintcrnetsin tasuy : upete . 19000 97 Why $200000 Oe C jear Wert lnst? Gross M"'-"'wu surplus u.m.m Fortunately, ““d this 7 ’.."u-ofi 948 nat ‘.n'- .sa.d.lâ€" y , possible t *800,‘an o00, The will .‘.:."'u"-""aofn""‘h--'"" in the County Rate this year. Of that 10 mill increase counâ€" NA Ceent ~"a ~~ C SH. it Tar IF Un 2 s â€"Letv aver three mills left 1 du‘ngmuwfinodlbfih use in ”flw*.fi!m w * s d war fund surplus Now while that 10 mill increase or a 54 mill rate looks like a big item, still, when you sit down and analyse it, it is not such a rible big boogey to scare you. > A # & * ® 'Oi S Council as a whole admit, and -nbmah.“m_‘ -.“h'?“-u”h ’:.:'ua-: fl‘-“" that are assessed for 50 per cent of their value. ‘With a low assessment such as whnnhdrfl-itht-‘lfi “hm*MI“M-! a lot of towns wuifi“_‘ kgr m e n '*' # ¢ # ® mm&!‘h“"" DC V «* rnavence weer lnst Crose It is the month of our Nationa! ApPE: March cur $ar fundsâ€"in effect a vote Of Mfiopovlldcn-hhthd-nl Md&drldav- This year a-pduunmm.mufi--b- ,__..e..uumfl"""' mt“-.-"?”‘.. # of 40 mills: a very slight increase over let year, but 1 have from very authoritative mum-dhu.?" Te on eomniont se n t s _ amnany *‘ > mol m niilk samor 5 o ALL EYES ON MARCH Red March is a vital month for the is & VEB O"""" stational Apoes) §'..nhd-wrwâ€" ‘on the whole wm.un “m"fi‘ "”‘-hw tbr. We are too low all the way the i‘m.qm-w-'â€"vâ€"' C my hame on Mai 205 vi ant of what 1 rm“'tmhzfidfilrml ”‘s‘:‘tfl"" at practically double “[flmw"‘- 7 basis then I am only asseased for 1536 PS Q-toflhuhtd'lflm.nvi-cb a 54 mill rate such a o= the On the new 98 29" °/ aes stil under wdloflwmmlfll fm.hmmwfl"'f“" d&dmwrâ€"t-l think the nc Pn is dn ids wes. . pretty well over the 3 Mhnunndldubtllt“"" ‘“”mgmfit‘““ ment question and due time will get a far mWMhliflfi- -l-ly'lfil'!"‘”"u-“db M 2 _ that is done FACTS & FANCIES Frank Pairborn, Jr. 2C ses s Aeermet vanfirw FVRE ‘this spring I paid a certsin SUD e en th Ceeee en CC o a roperties and when that is done mguâ€"dbmamfifl' o Iee" o a tits *A ive to $8,000,000. The now been used up; the Society dollars o money Y to servi Canadian Red Cross from now on must rely solely upon current contributions. That is In peace as in war, the veterans are a close concern of the Red Cross. In 1949, the Society will spend more than half a million dollars on behalf of our exâ€"servicemen. That money will bring comforts and happiness to _gh-d_ J able by dollars and cents. We continue to service the ten Red Cross Lodges which adjoin military hospitals from the Atlantic to the Pacific. These Lodges have become a very precious part of life to the hospitalized men. Yet Lodges are but one part of Red Cross work for veterans. Hospital visitors regularly call on all bedâ€"ridden returned men. The Film Service shows them the latest -vh.flfitm-l(hfll!’::find d-l-m Because of these things, the Red Cross considers money for *-l’vus-uy. well spent. Money must be obtained for other serâ€" vices, too: services of which we will say more in the next issue of the "Despatch." Here we shall simply mention themâ€"the vital Disâ€" takes Red Cross right into the home . . . Swimming and Water Safety to save lives by Prp dn isA cotecdiy ho snenitonnnnanr «e ~ eE 7 C 90 uâ€"uun-zunfl-u- n n m vice which directs efforts toward a healthâ€" uum.‘l.: l'f-‘-fi'fll‘.dt-l °""""| ““..dl"- Unionism in certain exceptional cuses te â€" BAS to be such a racket that Ontario Surge het Cross to teach our young people m&"w-_-no:-u-r-lr:“h CLEANED UP ONTARIO TOWNS ing with a villain. History does repeat itself. For proof, w..m&-mu Africa, about a "government inspector" who "cleaned up" the mining town of Hennenman in the Orange Free State. He arrived in an official car, occupied an office in a municipal P e e t y 5 Mecall mds that tendered a Ma Bowmanville, Port Hope, Coâ€" mfl-nendnlh.-dth-d.’ rate, will remember the manâ€"Roy Beavis, Dr.mnhlml.vnfi io Paae drindgnimertiem Ith G Bm ‘e * ......anra-tlo:. m= head for a week, cleaned up Port Hope, its head an'd.uz lf closed a summer cottage at then moved on to Cobourg, where he Was St, tected." At Port Hope he was the guest of honor at a hospital Juncheon. had 40 o becn in ariinc hoii ged paget inget twice sent to the reception wh onto and released as sane. The Cacatfied him as a "peychopathic liar." And s as & a clever one. He Pr. emu, 8 * *« and artith Laws. But his wooden leg and artificial amp teore faked from sticks of wood. He was not were BME 27 " °00 wb a an amputation case at all. un me ult â€"" ue Beavis spent five or six days at Bomman, ville. He lived dondbcuadhdna PWn and Rotary ciuh. He eut off the milk supply of one dealer 8t another enc on or at ferored. he 1 mmil deaier whom he . is the hospital staff a new nurses‘ He t Bowmanville with the best wishes of its .w-â€"â€" fl.ddhhdnlfitm sewnge disposal plant, which he deciared °o bhfiafi.wfl Te pasteurization. He raised Cain mml-m-fwwm C __ _i Auses mt Rearman» Innocence is its own defence. ‘There is neither honour nor gain in dealâ€" 'lâ€"ll ‘wâ€"fi war veleraueâ€"~ THE GRIMSBY INDEPENDENT 48.HOUR WEEK FOR FARMERS AS A COST BASIS (By John Aikens, in "The Scene") What does it cost to produce milk on the average farm in Canada? No one knows, but at last the governments and farmers are tryâ€" ing to find out. ‘The chief cost of farm is labâ€" our; most of which is by the farmer, his wife and children. -Tnk"fi for a farmer on a dairy farm is about sevâ€" entyâ€"eight hours, six twelveâ€"hour days and week farm mother is even A 'l\ofu-â€"nlmnmtb Ontario Federation of Agriculture meeting in Toronto asked for cost studies of farm proâ€" duction ‘based on a h'%dfltw week and overtimé. That they mm flu-hvmfluyvflwkfi hours a week or ever get was eviâ€" denced by the emphasis on "a cost basis." _ _ nosinint tadies" Aicacindibrnae n cnmerep ut â€"-â€"I'-â€"â€"â€"I' inollthrbvld-d“ hz an dgt-! with overtime, and get it with the aid of city w:hu. In Great Britain the fortyâ€"cight week for farm workers has already raised the cost of food much higher than the prices the British government is willing to pay to Canadian farmers. M-nlwn-nd-m ubculfcgmdmnh be interested thne::!lfl“fi* employees in Ottawa be paid overtime for any work done after the required hours dMM&flMhfl mujm&mm-uthnw. _ The injustice of taxing overâ€"worked and Next he appeared at Port Hope and anâ€" nounced: "I want to your water and milk supply, and your works, and 1 .-.rhfltn- survey of the town." Port Hope then entered upon the greatest cleanâ€"up activity it had ever h:“sm-dsdvfi. to the town. mw.".wfi mm:-.: a few inspections at Newcastle, on to Cobourg, where he w“.w'-mw of Police Ruse Provincial Constable Cousâ€" i-tdlhh"!um-ddntdm asylum, from which you escaped two weeks ago." Some time later Beavis again escaped, nd.npmuflecdb-l-h m-mflonlh-blmbm Mwwhh-t In 1926 he turned up at Bals, after (as Horace xv-u)-hduW" salesman with a maufacturers‘ ageney, which entrusted him with the oper ing of a Montreal agency. At Bals he posed a member of the mounted _;""_.'...'."_..':':. © ERERERBER NBR mE PSTUCLC . much on the main street examining motor cars. Some he stopped for a search. _ _ _ _ Care, sones MOs HEAEE C O dA mua c His mission was mysterious, he was & romantie figure, and from one lady suest 8 the hotel he secured a wrist watch, while from another he tried to borrow he tried w'u.& ”g:_ n:&l‘oly'htu-hm “..m. on Mew York, a dynamic Aug boy whyrd me when real mounties heard about him and in a= en en m.......,......'.:.""-"-”-" out of town “.“h But Nellis‘s great and up in a belloon. tos B buflflfl“hfl” AuAred ‘-"‘-. ber Te As "-Ch-tu-h- mw ':"‘ dni “l g 4 h.'q .‘.-dd.fl-'flul m'. ““: ’?‘lhfi;" ". Illl:‘lh ‘..-ll-lfimict on lu-:u But d suspicio was sent for a setâ€" gzflm.?w"“‘:mm"':’: CC We lc Lt with wirâ€" it Rroused suspicion, hn the ush Healitne 1eating the poper wust ue aPoumes OWBP TL T _ ts Secumendite ond time to the Toronto reception hospital, -d“':h.:‘hu‘m have born near ummmuhlnd-lhl’“fi 1918 on the charge of wearing a military uni~ form without authority; nnhiz served with one of the sanitary services in France or England in World War 1, was at one time a coock in the mounted police, was deported from the States in the early 1920‘s, and was at that time handed over to the Whitby hosâ€" pital authorities. His series of hoaxes was one of the most remarkable ever perpetrated in Ontario. m-%fi'-filhfihm“ ruineG. £ . * _ m" * ‘.â€"“.-hl”‘."- ':‘lh!'.'-""- e + ® ® '.Aul~--C-I“~"'“'-i week the PFruit Beit had Fiorids and California backed off the map. _ . , , ....,..o.--.fl:.-u' r and Mrs. Theal are holidaying in Texas. Ship us uP * & # © *® Guests should leave At an hour auspicious ‘ Or stay and ‘help us | Do the dishes. + @ n au-mdfl"“""""‘q" fi-u-_-llw“-“*’-'- Mn 27 7C 0_ lsd un sixz broomms this winter SeaSC® 27 ""*_"" "asd um . Uld Back Shop" Honey has used up six brooms -â€"“IP.'-“.' _ 4 Te SE o P C C TY o of ns | p a Mock of stock in a lead pencil factory. Every time .-um-â€"-m.-â€"â€"daâ€" mhfiud“uâ€"h“ a lead pencil. That‘s the last 1 see of it. The Whyte and Jarvis office must be well stocked up by now. oswenentie MAE UAE LC SA Llactname m home some sizable orders for road equipment and u-nmâ€"um* =uuwhnwuuu- last paper at 58 years of age. Last Thursday‘s paper coincided with his 59th birthday. When the “duy“â€"luflâ€"tfi completion of a helf a century for Ye B4 in the *-l--h.-l--fl-lfi ,â€"fl-hfl-“hb-flh the "old back shop" as a Printer‘s Devil, during “*“hd-m’l& ers in those days worked a 10 hour day on Seturday the same as any other day in the week. ”!h*h&ffi: was a funny, funny world. populated by funnier, *#Mhfiy*-““ the Peach Kings are bettling on foreign soll. Reâ€" ports of the praogress of the game are coming to this eclumnist from "High" MacGregor and being reâ€" m-hfirhoflm-(u- the caller gets score and the stage ‘uf the game and immedistely hangs up so the Little Blue Belis can plug in another call, but there are exceptions and unfortunately too many of them. There are cerâ€" tain persons who call who do not seem to realize That there is somebidy clse in the world trying to find out how the Kings are faring. These knowledge seckers want the score, who scored the goal, the time of each gosl a lot of other information, never stopping to think that there are dozens of . other :flb-bâ€"fiâ€"t!-“ curing this type of caller by simply announcing the score and at what point in the game and hanging up the receiver. Maybe they don‘t Uike it but 1 don‘t care. I am disseminating information for all the pub He not just a few. Which all goes to prove that the We of a newspaperman i# not a rosy one. Archie Dixon says that the peach croP » sailed from Mew York on Movember 14, 1080,. angame home in trumgh on January 25, 1800, the orld bringing her across the country a:xnwmmum headline leading the paper "Puther Tume Olone!" * with tho emaintchels, two frocke, a toothâ€" brush, some flannel uitrwear, a hask book, a ghilâ€" lLe cap and a sturdy plailster Nellie galloped and ran, roasted and from, spfrom ship to train, to burro, to finrickshaw, to sam, to berouche, unt!i) she reached the terrific climax outdoing Father mme for Jomgh Pulitzer. it washllarating jourâ€" naliam good for the World, superb Nellie, enter. taining for the public, and it 614 no GQuy harg. Prom "Lailes of the Pross," by 1 Bos 1 MAIN= STREET Behold ; a lawyer, an honest man. NELLIE‘Ss COUP ma““. imppunity to flies. e8â€"50 WEST MAIN STREET 23 Different Sizes Boxed and in Bulk Useful in Home, Farm ce hur thas bols."" BARRISTER, soLICITOR, Etc. J B. McCAUSLAND « 12 Main 6t. West, 8 Main 8t. w * * U Earuanihiet® SUN LIFE OF CANADA BULOVA, ELGIN, ELCO MAROLD B. MATCHETT Dr. D. R. COPELAND, y F‘;‘“'â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"‘”. * T. R. Be GORA, BA. of BL Catharines At 42 Main 6t. w, Saturday Afternson 2 â€" 6 Mours 9:00â€"121%0 1:230800 “"“‘WIMM MMM 25 Main Street, West KMG & KMG For An Appointment (Vision Speciatist) 1Â¥ (A