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Brevities St. Catharines Secondary School teachers have refused an increase at Christmas. 5 Visit Fiett‘s for a good selection. Wood‘s restnurant has been sold to John Strash of Niagara Falls, and the new owner is now in posâ€" Have you seen the advertisement tor the Children‘s Christmas Party in this issue. You should read the ads, you might miss something. Fire Department had a run to the home of Lioyd Moore, John Street, on Friday afternoon last. Fire in a pile of rubbish was the If you do not want to miss your Christmas cheer then pay attenâ€" tion. The liquor store will be open on Friday the 23rd from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. On Saturday, the 24th, the store will be open from 10 a.m. to six p.m. The store will be closed on Monday, the 26th, and Tuesday, Mark Cosby, of Smithville, is in Oklahoma City, Okia.. where he is judging poultry and pet stock at the big Oklszshoma state poultry exhibition. In writing The Indepenâ€" dent, he says, "I have been getting a kick out of the bawing out you are giving the Deparment of Highâ€" ways re the road signs, and you are right." The Independent sure EVENTS and TOPICS of the WEEE in BEAM THEATRE TICKETS A Praactical Gift Gor Chrisitmar ! Ask About Them At The proved payment of the $5 bounty on each of four foxes shot in the township last month. Victor Baerg, Work is progressing fast on the rew addition to the plant of Canâ€" adian Wood Products in Beamsâ€" ville. Under the direction of N. J. Ogilvie, the spacious new room will chines and will provide much more streamlined production and workâ€" ing space for the stafl. # ‘mmm E THERE WiLL BE A LOT | _ ENFORCE NEW LAW ing space for the staff. It will be a dry New Year‘s weekend for Grimsby and other municipalities which hold elections quor License Board has advised all license holders that the sale of liqguor, beer and wine must cease at 11.30 pm., Saturday, Dec. 31, and in places where there are elecâ€" tions it cannot be resumed until 12 In other municipalities, where there are no elections, cocktail lounges and beverage rooms will reopen Monday at noon. This rules out any hope of night clubs stagâ€" ing New Year celebrations after midnight Sunday. On Christmas Eve, Saturday, Dec. 24, beer and liquor sale will stop at 6 pm. and premises must be cleared of patrons by :30 p.m Smallest boat ever to cross the Atlantic Ocean was a 14â€"foot rowâ€" boat in which Ivar Olsen and Jonn ‘Traynor rowed from Bath, Mo., to Le Havre, France, in 1881. The trip took 53 days With Jan. 1. a Sunday, the Liâ€" OF PARCHED THROATS banquet to its employees as preâ€" Gordon Blair, with 20 years; three former Grimsby boys, Reg Slade, 27 years; Lorne Slade, 26 years; and Thomas Slade, 26 years; they are brothers of Jack Slade, Main Grimsby, 18 yearsâ€" Provincial Police state that they have been instructed to enforce the amendment to the Highway Trafâ€" fic Act which will oblige all comâ€" mercial vehicles to have mudâ€" guards or fenders. ‘The Provincial Police added that the amendment would go into efâ€" fect on January 1, 1950. It was pointed out that the Highway Traffic Act now reads: "Every motor vehicle and every trailer shall be equipped with mudâ€" guards or fenders adequate to reâ€" duce effectively the wheel spray or splash of water from the roadâ€" adequate protection is afforded by the body of the motor vehicle or trailet drawn by the motor vehicle." Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m., GHS. gym, â€"coach, Bill Bonnay. Wednesdays, 7.15 p.m., Grimbsy Public School. Woodâ€"working course conducted by Bob Hyland and Elric Brown, with assistance from Ken Griffith and other Optiâ€" Wednesday, 8.00 p.m. High School gymnasiumâ€"Senior basketâ€" ball practice (Panthers) sponsored by the Optimist Club. oo Saturday afternoon â€" Hockey practice, Grimsby Arena, in charge of Eric Selby. We are most apâ€" preciative of Reg Dodds, who has offered his services as hockey sttz 19â€" Christmas Party for the Junior and THEGRIMSBY INDEPENDENT Draw must be turned in at this mu‘htflvfilh-‘h late in the evening. e e‘ . wit the most progressive group in tow. You may obtain your apâ€" plicatip from Mr. Tom Aman. Artist work; and Ward Cornwell in | 4 ma»s thus cross the board, for Swirmming. which one person receives one turâ€" Culbs, see Chart to find out Winâ€" | yoy | . , value not exceeding usuâ€" !nernerhnwnk‘-wum. ally more than twelve beans. Of - "B" PaCK c«lfllMlllme.th: here the odds are greater . . . mmm“"‘“’““”‘mumuuhlybbfl“‘ pheted their First Star tests and chased from Bismark to were awarded the badge for their | has been day for the past carps. They were Grant McIntosh | Vinemount every and Bill McNiven. Jolin mlfl!mm- e Wu%cmmww‘wuwmfld ”munmmpfi.ammw'-kdml“-“ by Isan Tennant, Clayton Robbins yur.hl.bmmfil&m and Bryan Zimmerman. mmmnu-m Summmummmmoee: omm “dWM.MM wWwrAPuPM CTATICTIAPC | tising man could learn something Commpass by Bobby Gilobe, Sigâ€" nalling by Jackie Baisley, and Graeme McIntosh. Band Savigs by Larry McPhail. In Proficiency Badge work, Lynn Lambert passed Toymaking and Artist work; and Ward Cornwell in Swirmming. Culbs, see Chart to find out Winâ€" Non-hr.uo.m-nud:l While sipping your daily ale, more mwmmumntdmmwumfl last . year, Muwnmwylfil“’wlflmb from the Vineland Weather Staâ€" | Joe‘s tonight? Not wishing to show tion. mwwnwnmmhlmwudmw muuammMflAmehmy.mmm byuomuuxm.m;lmuhhmmflâ€"r wheere the mercury dropped down body else of he is going to â€" PR OW Og Ecce s is 15 degrees this year, last year it wwent no lower than 31 degrees. No ssnow had fallen by the end of Noveember, 1948, but 311 inches 5.1 "A" PACK ° ‘ ‘Thenight‘s activities started out ith the Wolf Cub Howl led by | WOLF CUB PACK WEATHER STATISTICS inches of snow fell. _ Naturally, somebody wins .. . the Junior for ‘5t _ Cerind THE RAFFLE Let us first consider the raING as a means of raising funds. It‘s Mrwflmmmum table, for which you receive one Joe‘s, and sure as shootin‘ . . . he is Eventually, you yourself, find out who Joe is . . . and when you turn up at Joe‘s . . . everybody is By h io< â€">%; A & us ® tz as u2 GORDON McGREGOR Toews nm-dâ€"""‘""':p” . and lose, and lose, and 8 .u.,-u-na-a-ufl""‘ up with a turkey . . . whith o buy through the regular “‘M”fil“m mumh-rw"""""" . ecadizet ‘.--..h-nffl' who tuinks 89 °*""~" " s bring a Christmas dinner home f0r a mere dollar. 4t ... ow ce ol â€"â€"â€"'Vlilll '*,-y cost u:”m-‘t‘:""""""w"-r; W““’““zpfi ure usually prevalent at this £**"° "“' Canadian custom . . â€" TALL STORY A club known as the Tip Topp®® Club is holding a party at Ye UV lage Inn this Saturday. This info we obtain from a letter from 4 Miss Phyllis Walling, secretary of the Hamilton Branch of the TIP mmm&'fi"" ner will be served at eight, and m!rl--w“"“"‘“‘ cover the event. < The gais in the ciuib must be 5 feet, 10 inches tail, and the six feet, two inches before they can be named a real Tip Toppet: Seems as how their principal amâ€" bition (aside from meeting tall people) . . . cither at eight oT nheo'eloek...llm!.hwlfl‘ terest manufacturers in making clothes in larger sizes . . . ditto mmmmtm-“ all tai! people have big feet), and also obtainâ€" more spacious berths on trains and larger theatre seats. This last item we really go for, seeâ€" wumnmpfl"‘""‘“ hean inch frame into a theatre seat, bunch up our knees on seat ahead, and in a momen ..,,w.mu-uuym-w\l" right off her noggin. ‘The Tip Toppers were formed in Hamilton in 1947, the idea taken mmmwm-nnm cities have their Tip Toppers. The Hamilton Club has already been responsible for the forming of three other clubs, and may even form one in Grimsby if sufficient tall people can be located. Partial as 1 am to tall babes, I believe it may be worth while for me to drop in on their party on this Saturday eve . . . you never Ralph Humphreys, manager of the Beam Theatre, asks us to inâ€" vite all the Grimsby kids to his special Christmas Matinee this coming Saturday morning. Ralph has a series of color cartoons startâ€" Ing at ten o‘clock, and at 11.30, Santa Claus makes his Beamsville debut with scads of surprises for . if the picture Thursday, en mass6, 88 i ®"~°~ iaterest uw,lo“" ap mm”‘m.w-... m““’“'.”nlpdfld Mu'-' .hefl‘-" Y “.Mww NOMINATION FEvEeR M***" / jan on © OmINAT!ON 1 " on turning 04 ‘The Jaycees PM® 9 "â€""woming» "The Biggest Little Jewellery Store in The Fruit Beit" ALEXANDER HARDWARE E. A. BUCKENHAM 15, 1949. Grimsby