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More Plowmen Using Horses _ _OLD DOBBIN STAGES COMEBACK _~AÂ¥T COUNTY PLOWING CONTESTS As one walks the broad corridors the new hospital he will obâ€" small hame plates on the of most of the wards and other rooms. These wards and were donated to the old and "VOL. LXVâ€"No. 18â€"12 PAGES THERE ARE MANY ENDOWED ROOMS IN THE NEW HOSPITAL ‘Individuals And tions | bnl-\'cmâ€" New Laboratory Has A Baby Incubator â€" Original As one enters the beautiful roâ€" tunda of West Lincoln Memorial hospital he will perceive upon ‘the cast wall a large sized plaque carrying the names of the first original organizations and large donors to the hospital. This plaque was rescued from the fire that desâ€" troyed "The Hospitalâ€"onâ€"theâ€"Hill." Below this plaque is a new plaque containing the names of the Board of Directors, Medical Board and other officials of the new complete equipment, including a "baby incubator was a gift from the "Inte Harold C. Woolverton. ‘the new hospitals by the people inâ€" dicated. ‘The list of donors is as equipment was donated by John I&I'MIOM-’.:- braved cool weather on Wedâ€" mesday and turned out for the 25th Lincoln County Plowing Match, held at the Victor Book three miles south of Beamsâ€" wille. Agricultural Officer G. E. "Nelson said the land wus in good whape for the event. _ _ Tenâ€"yearâ€"old Bruce Book was «ane of the day‘s highlights. It was "Bruce‘s third straight year in the plowing matches and for the third *time he won "for keeps" the Imâ€" Bank Trophy awarded to y entrant 16 years and under for best tractor plowed land. Bruce carried off the Mac Lockâ€" hart Trophy won by his 19â€"yearâ€"old brother, Douglas. The latter trophy was awarded to Douglas Book for the third consecntive year for the best plowed land by a boy under 20. For the fourth time and third consecutive year Alfred Dickie of Jerseyville copped the Grand trophy. ‘This trophy is open to all contestants and is donated by the Lincoln County Plowmen‘s Associaâ€" tion. Russell Comfort, 10, of Vine« land was the youngest entrant of the day and Wm. B. Vansickle, 65, of Cainsville was the oldest. Folâ€" lowing the day the entrants adâ€" (Continued on Page 5) ‘That wondertui Eaby Nursery (Continued on Page 5) â€"Plaque Was Salâ€" From Old Hospital More Than A Newspaperâ€"A Community Service LQ.D.E. Will Present Scrolls Of All Who Served In Two ‘The annual Decoration Parade of West Lincoln branch, Canadian Legion and the Memorial Service of Lincoln Loyalist Chapter, 1.O. D.E. will be held on Sunday afterâ€" The parade of Legion members and all other veterans of all wars will form up at the Legion Hall on Depot street and march to the Meâ€" morial Gates at the entrance to Queen‘s Lawn cemetery. ‘The parâ€" ade will be headed by Beamsville At the Memorial Gates, wreaths from the two municipalities and various organizations will be laid at the base of the gates. The parade will then proceed into the cemetery Upon the return of the parade to town, the Memorial Services will be held in the Roxy Theatre comâ€" mencing at four o‘clock. It is expected that this is the last year that the Legion will hold the Decoration Day ceremonies in November. A date in August is ‘ (Continued on Page 5) We At this season we should have drawn to our attention a few facts in connection with the sale of popâ€" pies which is being carried out in West Lincoln next Saturday. In the minds of the average person the poppy sule is put in the same category as the average charity, but there is a difference. POPPY FUND IS MORE THAN A CHARITY FUND Canadians who manned the airâ€" craft which helped turn defeat into victory, or the the ‘youngsters on Canada‘s ships of war who fought the battle of the Atlantic? If this means anything to you then the Poppy Fund will be to you much more than just another Let us go back to the South Afriâ€" can ‘War, or to all the years beâ€" tween 1914â€"18 when Canada was Wars At Remembrance Day Dead By Serving The Livâ€" ing" â€" Fund Assists Vetâ€" TO BE HELD SUNDAY (Continued on Page : Crimsaby Tudependc les will be heldâ€"at 5) In connection with his visit to Grimsby two weeks ago of the visit of the Archbishop of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Canada, to St. George‘s church, the transaction was closed last week whereby The Homestead, sitâ€" uated on No. 8 Highway near the Grimsby Beach corner was purchased by the Ukrainâ€" ian Orthodox Church and will be converted igot; a Home for Aged Men and for Orphan ; % Tot the Abed ut Onpoane in Conade operatad ‘or the n ra by the Mnan Orthodox Chunh.opft will be known by the name of St. Nicholas Ukâ€" rainian Monastery and Home for the Aged and Orphans. ns ue‘ autiget In conversation with Rev. Mr. Fedak, pastor of St. George‘s church we learn that the church officials contemplate &urchniu another pmp:rtu{ in this district that will be a Monastery Home for the Aged Women and girl orphans, but he would not state just The above fine home along with six acres of fine fruit land was purchased from Mr. C. A Tuer at a price that runs well into the five figures, and no doubt is an ideal place for a home for the aged and orphans. _ _ |_ . ; HALLOWEEN PARADE BIGGEST EVER HELD Marry P. Cavers, Lincoln‘s Mem»â€" ber of Parliament, has been named to three standing committees of the House of Commons. Hon. Alphonse Funrnier, Minister of Public Works announced Wednesday the compus+ Ition of the standing committees Mr. Cavers will sit on the commit« tees of Public Accounts, Agricul« ture and Colonization and Printing. ‘NEIGHBORLY NEWS‘ PROGRAMS ARE PUBLISHED IN BOOK FORM Over 400 Children And Adults where. Space will not permit the printâ€" ing of the complete list of prize winners, but the following were some of those winning prizes for original and distinetjve costumes. Fourâ€"monthâ€"old Nell Long, of Main St. W., was by far the young» est boy in costume in the parade, while Barbara Becker, at one year won this event in the girls cluss. Jackie Lawson exhibited the best decorated doll carriage. Gwen Murd and Judy Stuart placed 2nd decorated doll carriage. Gwen Murd and Judy Stuart placed 2nd and third. Grace, Donna and Barâ€" barsa Thompson placed first in the decorated coaster wagon competiâ€" tion. Delores Lentz won frst prize for the best decorated triâ€" eycle, while Wilfred Ramaby took top honors for the decorated biâ€" Junior Chamber of Commerce was held on Monday night, and altoâ€" gether some four hundred kids and adulits, dressed in everything from skunks to potato sacks paraded mqmmmumun- ed to faze the high spirits of the celebrants, and it is understood that this was perhaps the biggest Halloween Parade ever held in Grimaby. With but a few exceptions the merchants, business men and local “VV'V‘Vv-rui 7'- = on ' ’ ' _2 event, which is credited with helpâ€" Ing keep the usual Hallowe‘en pranks down to a minimum.. ‘The traditional Hallowe‘en Par Although the weather was Were In Costumeâ€"Over 70 Prizes Distributed With Apâ€" ‘This property is the old original Hewitt ON COMMITTEES atinued from Page 11) GRIMSBY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3rd, 1949 OLD FOLKS AND ORPHANS WILL BE HAPPY HERE Will Be Off The Press In Time To Make An Ideal Christâ€" mas Gift â€" Book Made U l'n-OnrAthanJ- east Words. million words have been raked and By Gregory Clark The late Andy Clarke‘s "Neighâ€" bourly News" broadcasts over a period of eight years on the CBC network piled up over a million written words of sheer delight someone in all the thousands of homes that were joyously invaded by Andy‘s volice every Bunday morning for so many years. When Andy Clarke died, his widow, Vi Dickensâ€"Clarke, herâ€" self a rowspaper woman all her life, determined that Andy‘s work in recounting the humor and goodâ€" will of Canadian rural life, should be preserved in a book. With the help of her friend, Mrs. May Holâ€" land Cox, an experienced author, Mrs. Clarke spent a whole year extracting from those million words of Andy‘s filed manuscripts the very cream of the stories her a book â€"â€" "Andy Clarke and His Neighbourly News" â€"â€" which has been published by Ryerson Preas in time to be a Christmas gift to husbard had culled from the weekâ€" ly newspapers of Ontario and Queâ€" bec. Last winter, she enlisted from (Continued on page 11) Crimsby will revert to Standard Time at midnight on Saturday night. ~Mayor Clarence W, Lewis, after a conference with his council issued a proclamation to At the present time the two coach lines â€" serving Grimsby and the C.N.R. are operating on Standard Time and as a result the general ruhlk have been in a conâ€" used state of mind. that effect on Tuesday morning. lf{mdom\vlnllohe Iate for church on Sunday morning be sure and set the clock hack one hour before retiring on Saturday night, TIME GHANGE Homestead. It was in the orlginal fiortion of this building that the late John Hewitt, Grimsby boy, who became a big industrialist and financial figure in Chicago and the manuâ€" facturer of the world famous Michle printâ€" ing press was born. _ _ __ _ _ i In 1907â€"08 the late Mr. Hewitt was layâ€" ing plans to retire and he came back to his native soil and nmrchued the old Hewitt Homestead and a of other p'ror:rty beâ€" sides. The Village Inn is one of h em sions for Grimsby. He renovated and an addition to the Old Home. Upon his deâ€" mise in 1919 the %operty passed to the late Charles and Mrs. Wouters, Mrs. Wouters beâ€" ing a niece of Mr. Hewitt. These good people added another addition to the home. _ Upon the death of Mr. Wouters the proâ€" perty passed into the hands of Mr. Tuer who also renovated it and added another addition, until toâ€"day The Independent understands that the big home contains no less than 35 very fine, large rooms exclusive of bathrooms and kitchen which makes it an ideal home for the purpose for which it is going to be used. Rev. Mr. Fedak informs The Indevendâ€" ent that incorporated with the Home will be a museum for old church relics and pictures and it will always be open to tourists and the general public. Contribute $1,560 To Hospital Bringing Their Total Subâ€" scription To $5,000 â€" Disâ€" trict Governor Pays Visit. With the paying of a further grant of $1,560.00, the Grimaby Lions Club completed payment of $5,000 toward the West Lincoiln Memorial Hospital, and more preâ€" cisely the setting up of fourteen cubicles in glass enclosed "rooms" for the care of new born bables in the hospital recently dedicated. ‘The Lions‘ magnificent effort can» not be expressed fully, their asâ€" sistance toward the opening of the hospital and the establishing of an ultraâ€"modern nursery Sands as a record of achievement for a serâ€" vice club that would be extremely difficult to beat. mmlwmnhrnn-dl by District Governor Jack Farliow, who made his first visit to the, Grimsby Club on Tuesday night, mumwuuml he was indeed happy to visit such a famous club as the Lions of Grimaby. Governor Farlow congratulated mmwmmu‘ outstanding record of achievement in their community, and said that "your record stands throughout the whole Province." Governor Farliow was given an exceptionally warm introduction by International Councilior P. V. Smith, who said in his introduc» tory remarks, that the District Governor was one of the few men you find today in public office who is absolutely dependable. District Governor Fariow did not hold the floor for a great length of time, but contained in his message to the Grimaby Lions was a great deal of material from which Lions could gain immeasur» able value. HMe based his message on the spirit of friendship that exists in LAons Clubs all over the world and went on to point out that a good service club is always looking into the future; searching and atriving for the betterment of the com« Assessor Mtanley Gibson told Beamsvillie Council Monday night that this village‘s assessment had now climbed to an allâ€"time high of $1,002,000, This figure represents the total assessment and includes exempt properties such as churches. ‘Taxâ€" able assessment stands at ©85,855, up $26,000 over 1048 OVER MILLION MARK (Continued on page 11) FAMOUS OLD DOOR NOW â€"â€" SAFELY N STORAGE HALLOWEEN PRANKSTERS SHOT BY SMITHVILLE PENSIONER Injured alightly was Terry Verâ€" ner, a passenger in the front of the 10938 Dodge car, while brother "Buster," and Leonard Christic esâ€" caped with a shaking up. Raweliffe himself suffered minor cuts to the forehead. Extensive damage was done to the car, while the truck, owned by Jarvis Bakery, was damâ€" aged to the extent of $165.00. ‘The truck was parked in a driveâ€" way all night after it had run out of gas, It was completely turned around by the impact. Rawcliffe stated that the car went out of conâ€" trol due to a faulty tie rod. Conâ€" stable Rathbone investigated. ‘The accident happened or Main St. east about eight o‘clock, as Raweliffe was on his way to work. ‘Three students of Grimsby High School he had picked up near the Beach, were also in the car. CAR OUT OF CONTROL PERFORMS ACROBATICS Four residents of Grimsby Beach had a narrow escape from serious injury on Thursday morning, when a car operated by John Raweliffe, an employee of the Growera‘ Cold Storage, went out of control, struck a parked truck, careened off striking a large boulder which flipâ€" ped the vehicle, the ca then coming to rest on its left side. IhAy m Day Be Utilized In ' «.. “.o son‘s Hardware kw Has 2,000 Square Feet Of Space. Recent alterations to Johnson‘s Hardware have increased the floor space alightly over two thousand square feet, which gives the busy location the distinction of being one of the largest if not the largest GRIMSBY‘S POPULATION TAKES A SLIGHT TURN DOWNWARD Four ers Have An Exâ€" dm A nd Escape With Only Slight Injuries. Sitting back as it does from the akdewalk frontage, the large disâ€" play windows are particularly adâ€" vantageous . to . windowâ€"shoppors, and Mr. Johnson says that he has no intention of changing this Ideal stores in town as far as actual floor space is concerned at least. ‘The recent alterations have hing» ed around the moving of the now famous door of the old Marlatt Tavern, and in its place is a large window, behind which is a very fine department set aside for the ex> cluaive display of electrical appliâ€" ‘The highly publicized door has been sold to a local man, and is at present in storage, and may be utilized by the owner if he should see fAt to do so. However, the transaction has been so worded, that if the new owner has no cause to put the door back in service, Mr. Johnson may make a refund and possibly donate the door to an orgâ€" anization planning a building to be erected for civic interests. This is one of the twelve monthly ilustrations in the book, "Andy Clarke and His Neighbourly News," which boasts several iMustrations by the renowned artist, Thoreau i Macdonald. DECEMBER $2.50 Per Year, $3.00 In U.S.A., Sc Per Copy, ‘The war years, that is, from 1939 to 1945, saw the population dwindle to below the 2000 mark, thus for the first time since 1921 when Grimaby received its town charter, the population dropped below the necessary 2000 required before a town may be chartered. again," said 83â€"yearâ€"old Edward MeCann of Smithville, after a blast of buckshot sent two Smithville youths to Hamilton General Mosâ€" pital with head wounds Monday For the first time since 1946 the population of the Town of Grimsby has dropped. The decline is very alight â€" just thirty, however, fiâ€" gures indicate that since 1946 the population has grown to an all time high of 2457 in 1948, dropping down to 2427 as based on the asâ€" sesasment roll recently completed for the year 1950. {van Carruthers Received Five Shotgun Peliets In Head For the historic years just past the population figures appear on the town files as follows. YEAR POPULATION Ivan Carruthers, 17, of Smithâ€" ville, was the most seriously wounâ€" ded with nine peliets in his head, neck and face. All but one were reâ€" moved. ‘The remaining peliet just missed or possibly nicked the jugâ€" ular vein and is the cause for some concern of the doctors. Roy Atkinâ€" won, 16, of Grassie, had three pelâ€" lets removed from his head and was permitted to go home. _ t Police Chief Gordon ‘Thede said Tuesday a charge is pending against the shotgun wielding old« ..’”m: a Mole: . mad McCann, who lives with his 84â€" yearâ€"old wife in a small frame house just off No. 20 Highway in @mithville, said the shooting was the result of 12 years walking to catch Hallowe‘en pranksters as they attempted to overturn bis out~ door tollet. Assessor‘s Roll Shows 30 Less Residents Than A Year Ago "I‘ve lived here for 12 years," he said ,"and they have bothered me every year. I‘ve sat out in my car in the backyard every Hallowe‘en since I came here. Last year a friend came in to visit me and kept me inside and they pulled over my toilet. And four years ago they pulled down the front fence while 1940 1941 1042 1943 19044 1047 1048 1049 George McCann, 83â€"Yearâ€" Old Retired Farmer. And Neck From 12 Ga â€"â€"Assessment Shows An Inâ€" crease â€" Is Now $1,848,713 â€"â€" Population Is Given As 2427. (Continued on Page 5) (Continued on Page 5) _Je POPULATION «. 1951 2107 2414