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[ FROM BEING BUSTED GRIMSBY HIGH SCHOOL WELL STAFFED FOR EFFICIENCY Commencing his third year as Principal of Grimsby High School, Donald Awde took time out lust Friday while his two hundred stuâ€" dents enjoyed a Friday night dance, to give The Independent a brief thumbnail sketch of the members of the staff of the school, which last year enjoyed an all time high, both in academic work and social activities. "Properly supervised . leisure hours for the students make for greater success in the classroom," sald Mr. Awde, while outside the é&oo: another group of freshmen went through the hoops in the usual September initiation. A firm buliever in the saying that a happy student is a good student, Don Awde is looking forward to anâ€" other outstanding year at the school he became the leader of in September, 1947. /A tended schools there and in Hagâ€" eraville. He graduated from the Ontarico Agricultural College, and following a year at the College of Guidance in Grade 12. His keen interest and knowledge of athletics has kept G.H.S. well represented in district football and basketball. DVe WE CCC mmmfllfilflfl’ visits, 84 part pay, 1 pald delivery, a total of $406.00, DV A. w‘md §$38.75, making a grand total of $489.15. Miss Secord was onmb'fi'-”"""' G. McArthur supplied for her. umnunldlup&lh. At mMmfll visite, 84 part pay, 1 paid making a total of $406.00 wdm”.“m‘ total of $489.15. Mise Se¢ is expanding. The report reads: nlu-numdlfl!l“"'- “'.-“.mm”'w to mothers and babes which inâ€" auuw”""""""‘"' to cancer patients, 227 to patients with long term iliness, 128 to shee‘ al..awflulm”"‘“"' the purpose of en flvldlcm-uohnl“‘""" return from hospital and 24 to DVA. patients. MTETITL ____; MaG ul nay Ey C C CC ment in further detail states thai the town is not "broke" "or any phumrfl-“llywlfl""il' MMmMMmW MMNM“M‘ toll the whole story. ani ind Mmusu-enthdur,-nd- cipalities in the province in a «imâ€" ilar position. We‘re no more ‘broke‘ m.mmmumh the bank, but knows that people m“w.ll"‘up’h soon," said Mayor Skipper. ‘We set the budget early in the year. Despite the fact that we ME on us â€" O Sopmmater VISITS DURING PAST THREE MONTHS SHOW BIG INCREASE _ "We haven‘t any money in bank, but we do know that . stantial government grants will be Cl MERACETC 0 0 C Acevung 6 August were very busy ones fof the Li “-m”mdm Victoris Order, the nurseâ€"inâ€"charge Miss D. Smail, reports. The report for the three month period gives an inkling of the Tan? her in which the work of the F4 s obfianr ons Aeruiy C mmmmm rates by $3,000 from last year, We (Continued on Page 8) V.O.N. SERVICE GROWING Has No Money In The Bank But It Has A Lot Owing To (Continued on Page 8) months of June, July and â€"No. 12â€"10 PAGES. J or mw made to patients on More Than A /Vé;spap%,r:ff Community Service FRUIT WANTED ‘ton, also consecrated on May 1st, lmmm-uumnw !51 until 1896 when be was transâ€" lated to the See of Ottawa. He died lla 1919. SEVEN BISHOPS OF NIAGARA SinCE 1875 t Reverend W. E. Bagnall sucuu Yesterday, Is Fuller, consecrated May 1st, 1875, at the age of 65 was Bishop for nine years. ‘The Most Revd. Charles Hamilâ€" LO.D.E..h'flun-" z hlhn_lm fruit from G erchâ€" ards to Sunnybrook Hosâ€" pital, Toronto. Those contributing are asked to take their fruit to Mrsâ€" E. A. Buckenham, 152 Main St. W., or to Miss Olive Kitchen, No. 8 Highâ€" way, opposite Beach School, byhihyn-.&h”li. e to the urrival of this mum dtll: so we would ur-n-benulfm remember that it is THIS Friday for the annual fruit The Rt. Revd. Philip DuMoulin was consecrated on June 24th, 1896, at the age of 62 and conâ€" tinued as Bishop of Niagara until his death in 1911. | Nes The Rt. Revd. L. W. B. Broughall was consecrated on January 25th, 1933, and gave of his distinguished ability to the duties of his office for a longer period than any of the othersâ€"nearly 17 years. . s in _ ‘The Seventh Bishop, whose episâ€" copate began yesterday, at 45 beâ€" comes the youngest occupant of the See of Niagaraâ€" Week ending at 8 a.m., Monday, Sept. 19, 19040, Highest temperature ...._._._._._15.0 Lowest temperature ... A85 Precipitation .......__0.88 inches #1 beigg new patients admilted during the month and 1170 visits were made to these patients, 207 to mothers and bables which includes one home delivery, 83 to cancer ywnu.mupunmm term illness, 109 to medical and Mmlfundflfww Supervision. 17 visits were made to patients on return from hospital, 17 to D.V.A. patients and 16 to M. Fees collected include 206 paid visits, 126 part pay and one pald delivery, making $858,.00 DV.A. of m‘.l'o'.“.“l::-"d total N &A dulon.mmum- ation for the month and Mra, Mcâ€" Arthur aupplied for her. August broke all previous reâ€" cords in visits, 833 being made to mmum.mpm admitted during the month, 285 visits to mothers and babies, 71 to eancer patients, 205 to patients vmmw-_mu-.lfmul- ow our reports you will note the added numbers of visits to the paâ€" tients in this group, which adds a \ (Continued on page 8) Lincoln Loyalist Chapter, (Continued on Page 3) : Crimgby Inmiependent J. ORLON LIVINGSTON Editor The Independent There was great confusion in the House of Commons yesterday afternoon when the members Jlthend for the daily opening sesâ€" sion for they were buried under a deluge of luscious Grimsby Peaches, so also was the gallery of the Fourth Estate. It is safe to say that never in the history of any parliament in the world, or any Press Gallery, have the members ever gazed upon or eaten such lovely, juicy, flavorablee fruit. e’nld it was grown, packed and shipped from Three years ago the daily newsspapers of Ontario uxi' Quebec saw fit to attue'rthe red leno covering used by the growers oof the Niâ€" agara Penimlaton thefirmm tthatl::‘n- tained various types 0 partticularly peaches and grapes. This newspaper fit tangled up in that controversy as did N. Jâ€" M. "Mac" Lockhart, then Member of Parliament for Lincoln. There also entered into the picture a member of parliament from the wild and rocky bush country of British Colunmbia, by the name of George Cruickshank. He saw fit to take advantage of the argument aand boom HOUSE OF COMMONS AW AKENED Grimsby Peaches It was my pleasure on Tuesdday afterâ€" noon to stand in the packing housse on the farm of Cecil M. Bonham and seee 290 carâ€" tons of Grimsby grown peaches beinng packed for shipment to Ottawa for the maembers of the House of Commons. No finer | fruit was B.C.pucbuamflnz-o far as to mtaeéery ‘Mot the l;lmn. with a x 0 . peaches apples. Hee never let that campaign die. He probably : will now. ever grown on any farm in any ceountry in the world. For size, color, flavor, , juice and what have you, it could not be beeaten anyâ€" where. The packing was done byy the two most expert women fruit rckern in Ontario, Mrs. Wray Fisher and Mrs: WWally Phipps, under the personal supervision of Mr. Bonâ€" _ The 290 cases of 40‘sâ€"28‘sâ€"â€"24‘s were shipped directly to Harry P. Cavers, . M.P. for County Court began hearing Monâ€" day of action brought against an Ontario department of highways wuuâ€"mm owner and proprietress of El Ranâ€" EL RANCHO SIGN GOES TO COURT cho Casablanca, a North Grimsby restaurant, for alleged trespassing or, her property, damage to a large advertising sign, and loss of bus ines through removal of the sign. ‘The plaintiff claims $200 for loas of business, $175.00 for the cost of the sign, and $100.00 for trespassâ€" ing of the highway officials on her property. 8. H. Fieming, KC., is appearing for the plaintiff, and counsel for the defense is H. F. Parkinson, K.C., of Toronto. Judge T. J. Darby is presiding. Battle of the Sign Miss Dixon was the first to ap» pear in the witness box and told mum’mdhmd the sign. She purchased the land and the building, which she conâ€" verted into a restaurant. In May, 1948, and in June of that year bought the parcel of land nearest the Queen Elizabeth Way froim W. O. Uliman. Miss Dixon explained that it was her intention to buy both parcels of land at the same time but this was impossible for legal reasons. During the summer of 1948 the propreitress applied by letter to the department of highways seekâ€" ing permiasion to use the laneway east of her property as a second entrance to her business from the Queen Klizabeth Way. As a result, a department official visited her premises and it was during that viait that Miso Dixon said she was desirous of erecting a sign to ad« vertise her business. He advised her to go to the department in Toronto for permission: Did Not Mention Rules On August 15, Miss Dixon and her partner, Miss Ivy Stonchill, went to Toronto to interview the D.wuultdlluoumhr- mits of the Department of High» was in the office at the time to nnmwm.m days later, she sald, an official of the Department visited her proâ€" perty on her request, and placed a stake in the ground marking the A upecial nonâ€"jury sitting of the GRIMSBY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPT. 22nd, 1949. 10¢@tion of the sign, about 150 feet from the highway. Miss Dixon testMed that the official whom she naled as Cole, did not mention AnYhing about highway regulâ€" atlhs and told her it was in order to wt up the sign. "he sign which advertises El Rancho Casablancea, is a singleâ€" one, 15 feet high by 8 feet ~de, and standing three feet off th® ground. It cost Miss Dixon $15.00 she told the court. (Wiandâ€"aâ€"half months, the plainâ€" tiffeaid, an inspector of the Deâ€" PAment of Highways, who gave Wihame as W. E. Wrightman, visâ€" I®the restaurant and asked the Pivietress why she had erected ‘“‘N signs on her property. The Ab sign, bearing the name of the 'l\unnt was fastened to the ®¢ of the building. Miss Dixon Whed that Mr. Wrightman told @that the Department had no @4 of her having applied for PSission to erect the signs and en she replied that an official 1 given her permission, he told Wthat no person from his depart» ® had been to see Miss Dixon, Slaid, She refused to remove the 8\ at Mr. Wrightman‘as request Aasked to see his supervisor, C. Fuirs, before any action was in Mr. Fairs did not come to her, Miss Dixon teatified. weeks later Mr. Wrightman mmed to the restaurant, but 1/ Dixon was absent so he came After the sign had been up for Lincoin, in care of his office, in the Parliaâ€" ment Buildings, and from his office each euowuukenbymohoyland a case flnetd upon the desk of each member of the ouse. _A special case was dispatched to Prime Minister St. Laurent. Also, 10 special cases, especially m:d. were shipped to the members of the Gallery. _ As Mr. Bonâ€" ham remarked "those Press boys do not make too much so we give them a little exâ€" CHd The brown cardboard cartons were printâ€" ed in red and green inks with the following lettering "Ontario Grown Peachesâ€"Packed For Mmte Quality." This package, i y, is a -undmi‘ package in this district. Te l ara L/ BKN CHVRD EBE ICE® ‘This fruit was picked, packed and shipâ€" mdbyllr.nonhnmntthoupdllmmtof the Niagara Peninsula Fruit Growers‘ Asâ€" sociation of which he is a member of the executive committeeâ€" 1 also stood on the fruit loading platâ€" form at the C.N.R. station and watched this fruit loaded in a special compartment of the Ottawa C.N.R. Express fruit car under the personal supervision of "Bill" Moore, C.N.R. Express supervisor of the fruit train. _ . SHep ues GOpmil ie C OOR L L220 Having sampled some of these luscious peaches I T.zlh agreed with the doughty Mr. Te "h:fmp:mmtm'm dress boys Oit T8 press boys bite into those peaches, and the juice runs down their chins and makes spots on their vests as big as the gravy spots on the vest of the famous Major Hoople, probably they will reaâ€" lize that the Niagara Peninsula grows the finest peaches in the world, bar no province or no country. Maybe this will awaken our parliament to the fact that we need markets for this kind of fruit and it is up to them to secure those markets for us." â€"_______ _ _| _ 1 have lived in this Fruit Belt for nigh on 60 years and I never looked at, or tasted, finer peaches in :3‘"!0 and I feel that that is the sentiment v for every member that sits in the House. T1 am willing to gamble that that is the opinion of the Press Boys. Mr. Cruickshank, is your face red? lhcklhofdbfln‘mwwm} her and Miss Stonchill ‘That day, the plaintiff told the court, Mr. Wrightman informed them that the whole matter had been turned over to him by Mr. Fairs and the Deâ€" partment of Highways and that he was going to tear down the sign. Upon advice of her solicitor, Miss Dixon said she told Wrightman he |m trespassing on her property and that if he damaged anything I'mltmmldpnmcvlo. Mayor Clarence W. Lewis has ealled a special meeting of town council for Tuemlay night of next week to continue the discuasion ad> Journed from the last regular maet. Ing of council. This is an open meeting and the pubMc are invited to attend. The highways inspector left the building and according to Miss Dixon‘s testimony, went out and uawed down the sign, leaving it lyâ€" Ing in the field. Four days later, she said, a tow truck came and reâ€" moved the damaged sign from the feld, leaving it propped up against her building, where she said it was blown down by wind and broken to 65% to 65% of her business comes from the cast, and 25 to 50% of that number are Americans, She told the court that during the first two weeks after the sign was removed there was a noticeable drop in busâ€" Others appearing in the stand for the plaintiff were Reeve John Alkens of North Grimsby; Mins Ivy Stonchill, former partner of Miss Dixon; Provincial Constable Thompson of the Grimaby detachâ€" ment, and Wilfred Ullman, original owner of the property, Crommâ€"examined by defense counâ€" sel, Miss Dixon said she had reâ€" erected the sign after legal proâ€" ceedings began, and said that it is still standing. She admitted erecâ€" ting another sign facing west, and although she knew she did not have a permit to put it up, Miss Stonchill collaborated Mins Dixon‘s statements, but told deâ€" (Continued on Page 0) According to the proprietress, 60 SPECIAL MEETING PEACH LADEN TRUCKS LINED STREETS AT CANNING PLANT DAYLIGHT TIME GRIMSBY PEACHES AT THE ARCTNIC CIRCLE Last month Mrs °8. Gardham. "Tall Treem," Elizabeth Street, sent a fancyâ€"pack box of "V" peaches from the Gardham orchard to her daughter, Mrs. Alan Martin, wife of F/O Martin, RCAF., in Edâ€" ‘The peaches went by express, arâ€" râ€"ving in three days in perfect con. dition. Needless to say they, were much enjoyed. n«mton, Alberta. _ Fnacouraged y this success, Mrs. Gardham followed up with another package in September. This time made safe arrival Some of the fruit was taken on a flight to the Arctic made by F/O Martin, who is second in chartge of Navigation Section at Edi:onton, and were eaten on the shora of the Arctic Ocean, just as fresh as the day they were picked in Grimasby. ‘The cost of shipping the two packages by express was $1.15 and each contained 28 peaches. ent. Citizens ‘ back the clock at 12.0 Sunday morning, Sept 25th. Two Coburg residents, James Laskey and William Goode, were convicted of stealing fruit from farmers in Louth and Clinton townships. Magistrate Hallett told the two men that they could "conâ€" alder themselves lucky" that he had given them the alternative of a monetary fAine instead of a straight jail sentence. In order that Gri-n:z will not be out of line wi Toronto, _ Hamilton, _ St. Catharines and other metâ€" mflhfl centres, Grimsby continue to wnk on Daylight Saving Time until further notice. A prociamation to this efâ€" fect was issued on Tuesday by Mayor Clarence W. Lewis, said proclamation beâ€" ing printed on page nine of thlc issue of The Independâ€" en Citizens are u to pay attention and Ifl(';l‘ turn back the clock at 12.01 a.m. Sunday morning, September Me told the Board that two trained, experienced workers are required, but if trained m cans not be procured, they must have experienced workers at least. One of the two additional staft membâ€" era is needed to take Over â€" foster home finding and unmarried parâ€" ent work which are growing steadâ€" |lly and are an important nart ..# Provincial constable Frank Cooâ€" ney explained that the men had taken the fruit at night, loaded it Into a truck and sold it in Coburg. They were fined a total of $33 eacn Including costs on two charges, or 20 days in jail. At the lawn bowling tournament held last Saturday in Burlington, Arst prize went to Bert Woebster, president of the Grimaby club. He won both games with the highest plus score, CHILDRENS AID SOCIETY IS BADLY IN NEED OF MORE HELP Emphasis was placed on the urgent need for more staff for the Chilren‘s Alid Society of 8t. Cathâ€" arines and Lincoln County by supâ€" erintendent Jack Finlay at the first Board of Directors‘ meeting of the season held at 8t. Catharâ€" ines Tuesday afternoon., In Mr. Finlay‘s September n-‘ port it was pointed out that appliâ€" eations for service during June, July and August this year almost trebled those for the same period last year. Total applications for the past three months were 147 as compared with 81 for the same three months in 1948, The superin« tendent said his workers are carâ€" rying double the load they should cary to give the most efficient service. monton Then By Plane To T ae Shores Of ‘The Arctic DOING A FINE WORK $2.50 Per Year, $3.00 In U.S.A., 5c Por Copy ‘Ndmiunal staff membâ€" d to take over foster y and unmarried par ith are growing stead> an important part â€" of Bright and early Monday morn= lu-mendoudlmhdv‘rl- ous sizes and descriptions . . and one horseâ€"drawn dray. . . all, how» ever loaded with the same produce â€"Elberta peaches, formed one of the longest, if not the longest line of vehicles ever to cart peaches to the Livingston Avenue Canning factory. On the surface it would appear to be a very normal picture, fruit growers bringing their wares to the processing plant and recelving in return a fairly good price, but to delve into the situation further, to taik to the growers, brings forth quite a different story â€" , a story full of woes and griefs . . and beefs of the Niagara fruit industry. ‘This is not written to find fault with the canning factories or the fruit shippers of the district, but it is written from what the grower thinks . . . and right at this time he is ta‘king plenty and pulling no of BINBROOK FAIR HAD NEAR RECORD CROWDS ‘The average grower this summer has experienced one of the worst droughts in the history of the fruit belt. This, some of them blame for the present low prices being paid for peaches and plums. While other lines of thought place the trouble on the retail trade being far from par, while still others hesitate in calling the shot, but all agreeing to some extent that the grower must in time have a voice strong enough to do a little dictating . . . rathâ€" er than being dictated to by all and Exhibits Were The Finest And Largest In Many Years ‘The Binbrook Agricultural Fair had a record attendance this year, as visitors saw exhibits of horses, eattle sheep, pigs and poultry. Outstanding exhibits at the fair were G. E. Hildreth, Vinmount; A. Moas, of Brantford; D. E. Connell, of Hamilton; W. J. Woon, Niagara Falls; D. E. Groster, Gait; George Bethune and Sons, Allen Smith and Son, W. A. Wingrove, Arthur Lowden and Son, W. Foster, Emerâ€" son. Lowden, Keith Butcher, Hayes Woodley and J. M. Fletcher. Merefords were exhibited by Ben Clark, while two herds of Abâ€" erdeen Angus were shown by Gordâ€" on Berry and Duncan Farms. W. J, D. Furmer and R. O Biggs exâ€" hibited Ayrshire herds. Mr. Biggs won the Eaton Trophy for the best herd on parade. Sheep exhibitors were: A. Shields and Sons, Russell Bell, Raiph Young, Cyrus Lowden and Wilson Douglas Pigs were ahown by H, Merd and C. A. Packham. Also out> standing on the program was an (Continued on Page 8) Children‘s Alid work. The Board authorized Mr. Finlay to try to find one new staff member before the next Board meeting in October. Avenue Factory And Sirel« ched All The Way To Main Street â€" Growers Air Their Griefs, Gripes And Beefs Have Special mention was made in the superintendent‘s report of the "aplendid coâ€"operation from _ the Kismen‘s Club, the Kinettes, Zonta Club and other groups which enâ€" abled the Soctety to send five boys and seven girls to camp during the summer. «â€"â€" Large Showing Of Farm "For them all, it was truly an enriching experience not only from the standpoint of their physical health but their emotional growth and development as well," the reâ€" ’2&’3." 1t end of August, 1 proâ€" teotion cases were open, and 251 children were in the care of the Children‘s Aid Society in this ddiat» rigt. The breakâ€"down fgures . of children in the society‘s care at llocldnllutmnlhunum- lows: 104 children in boarding home care, 85 on adoption nrohat DenibaiPedats dakiali i4 ... l al lon, four in wage homea. 30 in frea homen, seven in other Institutiona, and two British child guests Uns (Continued on Page 8) (Continued on FPage 3) ‘ast month are as fols hiktren in . boarding 08 on adoption probat» wage homes, 30 in frea At