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«+ .‘ Miss Joy oyce a y mm m, emâ€" | We® ployed at the Munici .."'.._E'."!!‘.;I"" .GHARTER MIGHT FOR JUNIORS Charter Night for the Junior Boys‘ Optimist Club was a great success, as nearly fifty Grimsby and North Grimsby lads received their lapel pins and membership umhwui.mll. chairman of the Boys‘ Work Committee. The installation of officers was ably handled by Gran Tomey, a St. Catharines Optimist, and Director of Boys‘ Work in District 15. Young ‘The Oak Room of the Village Inn was filled as the senior memâ€" bers chaperoned their young charâ€" ges through dinner, followed by the showing of sound pictures, which were mosi suitable for the occaâ€" this Saturdsy night, when Miss Grimsby will be selected to repreâ€" 100020000 MB Jnt wnvagr tp t sent this Town in the finals of the Optimist Blossom Queen Contest, in which a Niagara Peninsula Blosâ€" som Queen will be crowned on Friâ€" day, May 13, at the Village Inn. Six Grimsby and district girls are competing this Saturday in the preliminary, all six being sponsored by local clubs ‘: organizations. Representing Beach will be Miss Ruth Clark, daughter of Mr. and Mre. Artie Clark. Ruth is a fourth form student of G.M.S. The Ukrainian Society‘s hopes will be centred in charming Olga Treschuk. Miss Treschuk is a Bell n;;r.:t.;rm-m local office, and is the daughter of Mrs. P. Tresâ€" chuk. Oak Street. _ k U » find tha asql /3 """C *4 Was suggested that a('s|||;§q-\; be made by thernya p.. °70 S*, MAwn entrance, These |to fl'ml !In.' ncmul'ummm; .\lvrrlilnun should pay, Councillor the PMOâ€"|oatos wore erected at Lake Lodge school by ‘COld Boys‘ Association of the school in| We« aworth‘s motion read as follows ; lae= «6| set out to do. that being the proâ€" gates were erected ,;l .“::;)ilxl;‘):l?o died or were kjaq in the EXrst Great War. At the time "That a ulo~|mluhup consisting of the mayor, l‘ez\ul_\' Grimaby, their mw.".luyrr uk | met out it ,'.",’.',,:,.,, with reka"d 19| memory of Lake Lodge ied and the farm ProPerty 84 to Cecil M, Bonham, exâ€"Mayor Edric| Reeve Brown and Councillor Howard wait on the minister Miss Gloris Jarvis, an emp "'.M_m",, Mw:-ok Press. and T800 |inat the school was "“r‘m in securing the iron gates pm the vendors of the property and |of municipal affairs to proteat our county rate as homg'too the Post Office. f the entire Blosâ€" | B! md will continue to feature 8, Johnson was ‘“““,; erected on the stone 8‘"‘"‘. ol‘“ Queen‘s Lawn memorial. ‘The|high and that the town of Merritton does not receive services The .,,on-or-": Grimaby Optiny. . ".(;:umby story on :'".'“m having them moved ll,,dm: and likewise the Queen‘s ;, Jy Stone pillars were built by the |in proportion to the huge amount of money paid to the vmn'::.b. '3:}. as their candidate! W:rh. until the dlmll, Taumb-:' stone pillars ‘tré(‘:,k t‘mther of Mrs, Charles Terryberry, Jr. county." It passed unanimously, hilst dayes ‘ytora. weernary. en | We ‘ropptinued on Page 81â€" |late Robert #ordon, FaFr 1 _ifi ~*r mm iiifintimme, P"'):;, at m:u of Grimaby High (Co w l C on en en ooo ob eek im Support Tuberculosis Xâ€"Ray 1 sDy, May 9 to 1 Stoney Creek on May 15, a compli. cated Bell Telephone building and engineering project that began several years ago will be comâ€" pleted. Although the first announâ€" cement that the dial system was coming to Stoney Crek was made in 1947, engineers had been giving the matter careful study for a lJong time before that. awarded to W. H. Yates Construcâ€" tion Company, Limited., in April of Mm..mmh- gan in the following month. nyu;oyur’umd.wlhdwo- gvu-dfummttholuul- lation of dial switches by Northern Electric crews could commence. In (Continued on Page 3) In his remarks to John Glanville, who received the Junior Charter, Gran Tomey urged that as presâ€" ident of this group, he should do mmummm ation to the senior club, who had signified their interest in the youth of Grimsby by forming his Junior Club, just a short time after beâ€" coming chartered themselves. For (Continued on Page 3) NEW STONEY CREEK EXCHANGE TO OPEN New Building Of Bell Teleâ€" _ ‘The building plans for the exâ€" change were completed by Prack and Prack in the spring of 1948, The Jaycees of Grimaby, will be ably represented by Miss Beatrice Demerling, daughter of Mrs. B. Demerling, John St., Grimaby. Miss Demerling is a secretary at the Bell Telephone. M ve a very M e C S Acn l © Alrands T ndidate for the title of Miss Already the Optimist Club has rimaby, their contestant being uccomplished part of what they iss Gloria Jarvis, an employee of set out to do. that being the proâ€" e Post Office. motion of Grimsby with regard to mwdmmtlnmw Blossom Week. Press. and radio m Pageant, the Grimaby Optim. _ and will continue to feature Club, have as their candidate! Grimsby story on Blossom iss Joyce Byford, secretary, emâ€" Week, until the climax on Sunday, oyed at the Municipal Building. May 15, when the Junior Chamber The students of Grimsby High (Continued on Page 3) When the dials begin to click in sung Optimists Club Is Now Omealy Organizedâ€"Lads Receive Their Lapbe! Pins Everything is And Mem -mfim'fi' l cates â€" Will e Entries In St. Catharines Soap Box And Dial System Is Ready ing Cars. Miss Grimsby? â€"No. 44â€"16 PAGES. in readiness for Busy Buildâ€" Club also flo re Than A Mfi’gsp;p%)rg Community Service Visit Public And High Schools Of Province And Give Desâ€" criptive Addresses About The Magic And Growth Of Hydro â€" V is it Grimsby HYDRO PROMOTION DEPT. BRINGS PUBLIC INFORMATON whenever possible expounded their knowledge to the public, so that the consumers may be well acâ€" quainted with what hydro power means to John Public, and what is being done to further increase the facilities, with the present four hundred million dollar expansion Speaking in both public and high schools, men such as Ron Cooksley a very pleasant young man who visited Grimsby High School last ‘Thursday, show by means of exâ€" tremely fine sound pictures what has been done to give electric powâ€" er to every centre in Ontario, and now of prime importance, what the Hydro is doing with your money and mine to guarantee a neverâ€" (Continued on page 7) Canada of 1948, who will also be featured at the Ball. ‘Tickets are now available at the Village Inn, and from Gordon Hadler of the Optimist Club. The proceeds of the Opun:t; Blossom Ball will be used to ‘u r boys‘ work in Grimaby. One of the important departâ€" ments of the Ontario Hydro Electâ€" rie Power Commission is the Proâ€" motional Department. It is this group of men who have for over a vear now travelled the breadth of The title of Miss Grimsby will be awarded to one of these girls, nwmrnwnmmmm. urday Supper Dance at the Village Inn, with the winner then repreâ€" senting the Optimist Club and m-ammmun. which will be held on Friday night, May 13. this also being held at the Village Inn. At the Ball, girls representing Optimist Clubs from throughout the Ningnara Peninsula will be comâ€" peting for the Blossom Queen title: Judges in the finals will be experts In that field, the panel of judges being from outside points. The acâ€" tua) crowning will be done by Miss will also be well represented in the person of Miss Carol Baxter, a fourth year student, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K. .C. Baxter, St. Andrew‘s Ave., Grimaby, e e d Pm Inemrinet . VHL Ipommg ADOve in front of a poster during the threeâ€"day convention of the Conservative party at Mfit). scored a decisive mmw:‘-': 2“:.”" narflo..hpmuul:&..nonwmllâ€"m“cl:: % goes ship dm-&.m-flummmmmm to Attorneyâ€"General Leslie Blackwell‘s 442 In third mm A, E‘l.l:o_m with 121, ond Education Minister Dana trailed with 65 ballots. . _: _NEW PREMIER oF ontario : Criugby Indcpende ‘Are The Oldest In Ontario If "Libraries in the Niagara Disâ€" trict have the longest history of any in Ontario, and probably in Canada," stated Dr. James J. Talâ€" man, librarian of Lawson Memorâ€" i1 Library, University of Western Ontario, when he spoke to the anâ€" nual meeting of the Welland Counâ€" ty Library Coâ€"operative held Friâ€" day evening in Niagara Falls Pubâ€" lie Library. Representatives from the County Council, the Library Boards, School Boards, Women‘s Institutes and Home and School Clubs throughâ€" out the County attended this meetâ€" ing at which the County Library Coâ€"operntive presents progress reâ€" ports on the service during the year. as well as a librarian, spoke of the historical background of libraries in the Niagara Peninsula where the first Canadian library was in operation in 1793. The development of subscription libraries, mechanâ€" ics‘ institutes, and public libraries in ths area was by Dr. Talman. He c-md that the library was the only institution (Continued on Page 3) No, these are not the Memonli Wates 2 ""UMain street entranc cemetery, although the iron gates are now a tp,::rt(,, the Queen‘s Law gates were erected at Lake Lodge school by :Old Boys‘ Association memory of Lake Lodge pupils who died or w.wrt led in the First Great that the school was razed and the farm property :.”.' to Ceeil M. Bonh; S$. Johnson was successful in securing the iron Ifin \pom the vendors Weovicigt on Tome.mxr:c m m&uut,:: B‘uun'u Law Queen‘s La r.':)emm'::)lel‘:‘ordon, father of Mrs. Charles Terryberry, Jr.810N¢ pillars Not In The Dominion â€" First Library Was In Operâ€" ation In 1793. Dr. Talman, who is a historian HAVE A LONG HISTORY GRIMSBY, ONTARIO, THURSIAY. MAY 5th, 19 NERE IS ANOTHER ONE FOR THE "GuEssPERTS" BLOSSOM TME PAGEANT NEWS BLOSSOM SUNDAY HAS _ HAD VARIOUS DATES| ‘The Jaycees have made it known that any one wishing to travel along with this Motorcade is inâ€" vited to do so. The Motorcade will line up on Livingston Avenue at 12.30, where cars will be decked out with blossoms and other deâ€" corations, and vlenty of stickers advertising good old Grimsby . . . the Heart of the Fruit Belt. At the present time, there are indications that at least a few floats will be inâ€" eluded. The Grimaby Optimist Club and the Grimsby Lions are workâ€" ing with the Jaycees, and both of these organizations will probably have good representations. Although the final route has not been definitely mapped out. it is likely that the Motorcade will move off at two o‘clock Sunday afterâ€" (Continued on page ®) nAÂ¥ YANIUVUJ) UVAILO| We also up&ni_med Mr. Hollingsworth, of Has Beav As Early As A'n!McKay & McKay, Hamilton, Town Engineer. 28th And As Late As May The secondari; sewer on Aitchison survey, 23rd â€" Nature Fools The | authorized by your 1948 Council last ‘July, has been Public. ,|completed. Sidewalks and sewers petitioned for The extreme warm weather of Under the Local Improvement Act wi‘l be surveyed the weekâ€"end transformed the Niâ€"| and proyfiles llnndf fit gnce. agara Peninsula area into a beauâ€" _ Your local Hydro continues to build up a surâ€" o pink of the peien Irees x:_’(f' plus in spite of the reduction in rates. Tht! have ting the snowy blooms of cherry | NOW around $31,000.00 in bonds to their cred{t. As a followâ€"up onthe crowning of the Blossom Queen, which event takes place at the viige Inn on Friday, May 13, the Grmaby Junâ€" lor Chamber of Commece are at present working lnMrO\Ill! linâ€" ing up a giant »»aptorcade" in which the Town of Gringby will be publicised to the limit. Working with otha service clubs here, the Jaycees, under the chairmanghip of John Ruse and Jimmie O‘Brien, Presigent of the Jaycees, have to date obtained the use of several convertible Cars in which the Blossom Queen and the other contestants for the title of Magara Blossom Queen will be varaded throughout the entire penâ€" insula on Sunday, May 15. and plum. This is unusual in that peach trees usually are at their best a week later than cherries. According to C. Howard Fisher, Queenston, who OWns one of the larger fruit farms in this district. this year‘s blooming coincides with last year when cherry blossoms were out 100 per cent on April 30. It is interesting to note the variâ€" ance in Blossom SuUndays over a period of years. From Mr. Fisher‘s diary comes the fdwn‘ informâ€" ©1040â€" cherries 1941 1042 weather 1907 (Continued on Blossom Sunday, Blossom Sunday, Blossom Sunday, Peach blossoms finished blooming Blossom Sunday, April 20,‘ windy . P May 19. May 13. May 12. May 26; May 4. and dull tions, was settled for $2000,00, whiehn meant a sSuvilg of $900.00 to us. ; } An account for $1242.00 for the steel tank put on fire truck last year also had to be taken care of. _ This year our fire truck has a 500 gal. pumper with extra e«sl:ipment installed at a cost of $3339.00, half of both these accounts will be paid by the Townâ€" ship of North Grimsby. The next big item was the setting of the Tax rate which is, as I:\"g)u all know, 10 mills higher. than last year, all of which was practically uncontrollable, as explained in The Independent in previous issues. Grimsby, Ontario, May 2nd, l949.l l s u‘fi' the elec:ed l}ead orl'tl your 1949 C(t)uncil. ll take opportunity of reporting to you ratepayers, what has transpired durinf thengm zvur months of ;W'l‘" your Council‘s tenure in office. | Of One of the first items of business to settle was| j an account with Cope & Sons, of Hamilton, for exâ€"] Co cavation work done at the lake front last summer.| N« Their original account of $2900.00, after negotiaâ€"] J. tions, was settled for $2000.00, which meant a saving| on We sold to the Canadian Bank of Commerce $128,405.00 worth of 10 and 20 year debentures bearâ€" ing interest of 3 â€" 8%, and 8%% for 101.67 to cover cost of new disposal plant, etc. This plant is now operating in a very satwfactoay manner, and in a few weeks ds:“" be completely finished, including the groun The Waterworks Commission has purchased an automatic Alum Feeder at a cost of $601.00, doing away with the old system of placing alum in a bag and immersing in the water. _ Ks The Cummings 150 H.P. auxiliary Diesel enâ€" gine ordered by your Commission last year has been delivered, and will be in operation shortly. This enâ€" gine will operate a 900 gal. per minute pump, which is the present capacity of our filtering basins, the estimated cost of which will be about $13,000.00. ARE YOU SURE YOU ARE FREE FROM Tâ€"B ? All this week members of four Grimsby organizations are taking the time to call on every houseâ€" hoid, and to obtain the neceasary information so that all residents over Afteen years of age may take advantage of the free chest Xâ€"Ray survey. Don‘t Take Chances, Be Sure â€"â€"Next Week You Can Be Xâ€"Rayed Right Here In Grimsbyâ€"Do It. The Mayor Lewis Reports Great War, At the time . Bonham, exâ€"Mayor Edric ndors of the property and n‘s Lawn memorial, The : plllars were built by the + Ningara Peninsula Sanitorâ€" (Continued on Page 3) trance to Queen‘s Lawn Lawn entrance, These ition of the school in Co P PC emet eC | Councillor Colquhoun., It to find the actual amon Councilior Wedsworth sauggested t! formed to be sent to the Department of and wrote a motion to that effect which Plssu D04 aglce . TT en C Oe H Lincoln county road syst council felt this was awa work in Merritton by the a little portion of county Road, vinfilindindy 44 Arln Adcadthe ocmb 4. MB c1 d t i i. 0c at its regular meeting last night, voiced sh against increased county rates, which now are $ formed a committee to interview the Departme pal Affairs to protest the high county rate an relief, Council had set the county rate on the bu at $30,500, and the amount of $34,815.15 aske county came as quite a shock, and will add woe which is quickly being knocked out of shape. thus be up $7,400 from last year and close to past two years, The majority of eouncillors felt that ] hardly getting its money‘s worth, and wonde !ulul lc.» pay such a high rate. The town‘s nortin MERRITTON COUNCIL ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH COUNTY RATE Only one nomination . was put | forth at the Liberal (‘nnv.-nuon' held in the Community â€" Hail, | Beamsville, on Tuesday night. The | man to carry the Liberal Party in | Lincoln will be Harry C. Cavers, | attorney of St. Catharines. His was the only nomination, and was met with wild acclaim by some eight hundred _ enthusiastic representâ€" atives from all mh;lclfin‘lrlil‘:: i.n KICKING OVER THE TRACES MERRITTON, April $2.50 Per Year, $3.00 In U.S.A., 5e Per Copy A& high rate. The town‘s portion towards road system is $15,000 and quite obvio was away out of line, since very little a uy the gounty is done. Merri county road in its boundarie . the county rate on the budget this year mount of $34,815.15 asked for by the a shock, and will add woe to the budget & knocked out of shape. ‘The rate will \pril 26â€"The Merritton town council last night, voiced sharp criticism y rates, which now are $34,814.15, and interview the Department of Municiâ€" epartment of Municipal Affairs, effect which was seconded by suggested that a survey be made le:-r‘i|unn should pay. Councillor suggested that a committee be | _C. Bruce Hill, prominent 8t. Catharines citizen, will seek nomâ€" ination as candidate for the Proâ€" gressive Conservative party in Lincoln County for the forthcomâ€" ing federal election. Mr. Hill aaid 'lut Thursday that after having been approached on the matter, he has consented to have â€"his name placed before , delegates who will assemble at Beamsville on May 20, to pick a successor to N. J. M Lockhart, member in the federal house for Lincoln County for the | _ Mr. Hill is particularly fitted for the position. A gifted speaker, imâ€" mediate past president of the Canâ€" !ullan Chamber of Commerce, acâ€" tive in business, a farmer, a reâ€" |lufl\|~l soldier, & world traveller | and a man who has done outstandâ€" | Ing work in service and charitable enterprises in the district, the proâ€" |vince and the Dominion, Mr. Hill has earned the respect and admirâ€" ation of people in all walks of life. the Progressiveâ€"Conservative nom inations at Beamsville on May 20. C. Bruce Mill, prominent 8t. Catharines citizen, who stated last Thursday he has consented to have his name presented as candidate for past 14 years, who announced his retirement last week. "If you really want to fight comâ€" muniam and other things which are C. BRUGE HILL A CANDIOATE ‘oward wait on the minister our county rate as being too tton does not receive services unt of money paid to the Industrialist And President Of The Canadian Red Cross Announces That He Will Contest The Conservative Nomination To Succeed N. J. M. Lockhart In The Fedâ€" eral House. â€"Known St. Catharines o and quite obviously ne, since very little road done, Merritton only has (Continued on Page 3) C. BRUCE HILL that Merritton was to $12,000 in and possibly get red why they St. David‘s the the