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CONGRATULATIONSâ€"BEAMSYILLE CITIZENS It was with the of pleasure that u-n.-m}uua.muu before, my neighbours to the east, had seen fit to carry the municipal bylaw that wil within a year give them a sewage system as good as Grimsby‘s. citizenry voted on m"hmvh.mtby- law, which called for an expenditure of $240, “.'-nnddwlbylflmdl votes, whereas the present bylaw, calls for an expenditure of $185,000, was carried by a majority of 128 votes. No doubt there has been some smart compaigning and to the voters and town of the village, and rightly so. I never could understand why the rateâ€" of Beamsville voted down the first mhuflwafllmnfim&- the price of construction, because there is DON‘T LET DEATH TAKE YOUR NOLWDAY The wreath is a traditional symbol of Christmas. In windows and on front doors of homes all over America, the bright red and green of holly will signify the Mgfl-_o(m_-pg. happiness. iness. Every {amily looks forward to the joy and celebration that the holiday period should bring. Bui â€"very year thousands of of mx&mcâ€"amm thet hundreds of persons are killed and thouâ€" sands more are injured by accidents during the year‘s pesk accident pericd. The No. 1 ts 4 srapine aiis ts tonth tall oo Christ mas Day is two or three times the annual M--Pdhuuud and of free, competitive enterâ€" free apeech and of free, commiype enterâ€" no "chains," no of the press. it is, therefore, on on rare occaâ€" mufiq‘rcnmfi or procedure. when such agreement is reathed, Canada‘s governmertal suthorities h:*m”“n-“h-â€" That is the case now, as the 564 member papers of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association ask the federal government to revise its sales tax policy. kectivaly, "E'--‘""'"m"'m ie , are influence on in mfl vidually, however, they are small businessâ€" meD. flhgyfivebyndvm-de-fid' publicstions financed by private advertising the surest safeguerds of freedom of the PARLIAMENT MUST ACT Yet, with their relatively emall ciresâ€" Istions, they are faced with very strong comâ€" petition for the advertising dollar. The government‘s own child, the CBC, now shares a portion of the weeklies‘ former revemse and is expanding on funds derived from tax receipts. Magazines, of general farm content, regâ€" % prices, in the hope of giant ons and thus attracting adverâ€" tising dollars which might find their way to the rural press. We have just received new shipments of the Famous Barton, Smiles ‘n m:hwlq’s‘lnflnesdmm”fi- As an added service this year we will gift wrap any package of chocâ€" oltes bought in our store. There will be no extra charge for this service. oâ€"mâ€"w weekly newsâ€" Weekend newspapers, not a few of whom zs represent al of political and feed on sensation in their drive for mass rial opinion. ul the at Mabub:rfi: M--P working they cover rural Canada there smeoch and of free. commetitive enterâ€" no need "to use the weeklies" _ A. JARVIS BAKERY Serving Grimsby and District For 26 Years acts * And * Sancies True independence is mever afraid of appearing dependent, and true dependence leads always to the most perfect independence. KNew Year‘s should be a time of SANTA SAYS: , This Year Give e Quality Candy FRANK FAIRBORN, JR. dn?-admmmm bylaws look at the difference in the vote. as was this second bylaw. It has always been more or less of a Mhne-zm"hl sewers years ago. point there is the fact that Beamsville had a waterworks system 10 years before Grimaby had (1895â€"1905) yet Grimsby has had sewers 20 years before Beamsville and in both cases at a far greater cost owing to the nature of our land and out to those men and women who fought so hard to secure them and to the citizens of Beamsvile, who in their wisdom, went to the polis an dvoted for them. Beamsville is now sewers and my heartiest congratulations go ni’mdficmmm ards and of the extra caution, common sense and courtesy needed to overcome them. m aotet o teiet Nes rapuict way. Discard a string of Christmas tree lights with worn insulation. Throw away wrappings as soon as presents are 0 â€"or the holiday of loved onesâ€"is : The _press is not afraid of this typd&. eekly pley a vital role in the of the comâ€" m:ye-‘dfidm they carry are also better read and But do ob joct to tants whith maither tbe GBC, nor the weekend magazines have to pay. mnybd:-dhthu& l‘-u:y“bhh::m There is oo similar tax, however, chargâ€" ed on paper used in Cansdian magazines or American magazines sold in this country. There is no similar tax payable on paper used in the production of most weekend paâ€" pers. There is no similar tax payable on paper . Mn un theoe modie ho advartiaint aoe Yet all these are advertising comâ€" petitors of Canada‘s weekly newspapers. That this situation doesn‘t make sense is obvious. It is equally obvious that the members of Canada‘s federal legisiature will realize the need for equity in sales tax ap _These little thingsâ€"but they g*h: toward keeping the :): % on your door. They will preserve for you and your lovâ€" ed ones the joy and delight that is America To keep death from taking your holday Great ones break through before your As charms are nonsense, nonsense is a THE GRIMSBY INDEPENDENT What right has a Provincial Police car to be parked directly underneath a NO PARKING sign Cornwallis Jarvis. Trying to weed out hockey play ers and make a living at the same time. * Mhs‘-‘&&“.-d town these days. The local NMimzode had no better luck thar a jack rabbit surrounded by bound dogs and don‘t let George Warner tell you any different of Christmas nuts and candies on Main Street as are now on show in the Jarvis Bakery. Do your Christmas shopping on Main Street. You can get better value for your defiated dollar Not since Little Whizzer Kanamacher closed up the big restaurant has thors been as fine a display When it comes to dressing show windows you must take your chapesu off to Harry Levine of The White Gtore. He‘s the best display window dresser in the whole Nisgars Peninsula Take a look at "I wanse tum in." "No, you tant tum in." "Why can‘t I tum in*" "Cas Mamms says little boys shouldn‘t see little girls in their nitedowns." Short allence. "You tan tum in now; I took it off." I mss by the dally press where Magistrate Halâ€" lett of St. Catharines bas issued a stern warning :"flu.w.t:i--dm and bis men -m-mm job. It is now up to Mr. Hallstt to use the vail whip and make the offenders lke i. at home then you can away from home. It looks like a gocd Christmas season for this coluremist and his eight Beautiful Widows. The Vilâ€" A Chinese opened a between a drug store and & restaurant The day he noticed ..*-.r-- : We Never Cose." The had one "Oper At All Hours." Next day the daundry had one too. It read: "Me No When is Chairmas of Board of Works Keith Brown going to have Supt Lewris and his men pay more aitention to the sidewalks on Palmer‘s and Anderson‘s Hills when the snow falls down. The walks were in terrible condition this last anowâ€" Did you know* That in 1945 there were 86 childres from Lincoln County treated is the Sick Children‘s Hospital, Toronto; 80 in 1946; 81 in 1947; BD in 1948 for a total of 327 in four years. If you have a spare doller send it to the bullding fund of the hospital The Village Banker will be pleased to kind of a campaign going on among thr members of the Cioth in this district I kad so less than tour Ministers of the Goupeh call upon me in the effice in less thasn three hours last Toursday afterâ€" noon. It is going to take a lot of work on their part to convert this old inkâ€"ester. I wish them luck and a Merry Charistmas. you wast to. Bring the new daughterâ€"inâ€"law in unt!l I se # dbe menwores up to Mrs Pep. s The maphnonte should obey the lawn, the joopls should so«y the magharey,, * All was quist and tranqgull is the Sanctum Sancâ€" torium on Wednesday afternoon last. This columnist was busier thar a oneâ€"armed paperâ€"hanger with the hives and High McGregor was busier than a paperâ€" hanger with no arms and two hives. Suddeniy we hear the front door open and with a booming voice that lifted the off the rouk i the ness office girls, where is Ol4 Bones, I wart to pay my subscription. I looked at High and High looked at me. He auid "whoue going to get it first, you or UIC uRINACOCK, IaZ i think thal you are wromg." What I like and lowe about Pep und Mrs Pep <ahs may be a widow some day) and Young Pep who has just taken on a soulsate, (1 hope she is as fine the same ldes in their heads, that they learned in Public school that I have: and was greeted with Olive branckes. Fortunately, we didn‘t need them for Old‘ Pep wus tull of exy then departed with the final salutation; "In three years Beamaville will be a bigger town than Grimsâ€" their wisdom bad carried the new sewer byinw. The Old Champ sut awhile, done a little rarin‘ and rour _xg-tanp-q-mqâ€"m Strange, that he who lives by shifts, can With Soul 8o Dead, Who Never To Himssif Has Said This Is My Own, My NMative Town. SJ REET have With the world in a turmoil and the &dewnmflyJ was rather to see several of the “hilnzdmdfiofina.mw- gaged on qualâ€" oc ae ie sha aanhinnns reatpiralieh.. "FEATHER â€" TICKS" ___ Having nothing to lose, I hereby toss my uh&mu&mmm fld! There is a great can be said for and against feather ticks, but 1 would like to go farther back and talk for a 2" CE& Then you bega the tiokine T But T do challenge anybody for a more m&uuum.trâ€"w filled YÂ¥ou have a grand feeling of floating in space, with billowy soft clouds mumudm...nflyw feel you will enjoy the best sleep of a yours. But then it gradually comes to you .. . became beaten and rolled into a sort of pulp. Then came the day when Mother told us to rmmwmm We pitched &idlht:-fimaanwhtn:;.mh was a pleasure to dump the chaff ou e ticks and fill it with the new long wheat “.dfltbefiehm&ehdrybfin:r . . . and then they were back into the house and the process all over again. gmes. 200 CEVCHE £L AATIITED NC J VW «+ + Et en ieanen ts ie on Tuch mide of vou agatn." Whek you Mdmm%bhm w:n::::mfl on a ma@.ummgifldm bed . ... or t?'cj-i’m it may be springs of the : â€" s side io the gnd and pioking up ts sige of tne Eg--m to spread feathers out in the tick. Whoop! You find yourself nfimduwmw flfl“lflt ‘ers zb‘e.l'lu yives you no moral support exâ€" :bdnwdywqmnlut'of Then you endesvor to get the tick back on the bed. This you may accomplish if you -nmâ€".d,fi.nlfl?m teeth at last fall asleep to dream of being :&-uu.mammm ‘In cold weather the covers slide around on the ticking and unles you virtually impriâ€" m virtually impriâ€" Ts Pegractt peombes the inativensen on will freeze. In summertime the ticking seems to gather all the heat it can with a view towards tormenting you. And then just about the time you get sccustomed to it, and the ticking is spreading out evenly, the good wife to wash the feathers and bring them to their former state of finffiness ... it starts all over again.â€"Harry J. Boyle, in The Seaforth If he stays away, he is a shirker. se «l If the attendance of members is slim, he should have called them up. If he does call them up, he is a pest. If be duns the members for dues, he is insulting. If he falls to collect the dues, he is alipping. If the Secretary writes a letter, it is too long If he sends a postal, it is too short. If the meeting is a big success, the officers are T it is not a success, the Secretary is blamed. If he asks for advice, he is incompetent, and if he does not, be is trillâ€"headed. If he writes his minutes complete, they are too long. and if he condenses them, they are incomplete. __ If he taiks on the subject, he is trying to run lssued Thursday from office of publiâ€" -ao:.'zhuwsmou-q.» sarcrvofsonmâ€"§2 40 your in Cunads and $1.00 nmhg‘lmm Authorized as Recond Class Mail, Post Office 4. ORLON LIVINGETON, Editer, I be sends a notice, he is too lazy. I he attends a committee meeting be is butting If he remains quist. be has lost Interest in the Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. If the others won‘t 46 it, The secretary must! LIVINGSTON and LAWSON, Publishers. 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