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This Award, which shall be known as "The Lions Citizenship Award, shall, subject as herinafter mentioned, be presented annually to the resident of the Town of Grimsby or of the Township of f.--------- -o--o-o-o-o-o-i.. Nominations should specify the good of contribution tor which the party is being nominated, and should be mailed by January 3lst. The following is the general basis on which this award has been set up: Nominations are now being ask- ed for, and received, for the 1942 Good Citizenship Award of the Lions Club. You do not have to be a member of the Club in order to make a nomination. The secre- tary, Lion Stan Globe, will wel- come all nominations. 0:0).0-4 Much Business Transacted in Short Space of Time - Will Pay County Rate Imme- diately to Save Interest "As it is now' 'he stated, "the restaurants are open until two and three o'clock in the morning and no good purpose is being served. A lot of tea, coffee, sugar and other foodstuffs are being need- lessly consumed. People come from the Arena, the show, the bowling alley and the beverage rooms and sit there and eat and drink instead of going home. It is a matter of conserving foodstuffs more than wanting to regulate the (Continued on page 8) NOMINATIONS NEEDED FOR There is one thing that can be said for Town council, they do not waste time quibbling over any question. They deal with it sensi- bly, soundly and expediately. Last night’s session is proof of that. Mayor Johnson again brought the suggestipn before council that in his opinion a bylaw should be passed regulating the hours that the restaurants in Grimsby could be open for business. He suggested that all restaurants should close at midnight. Council met for only one hour and thirty minutes and disposed of a great amount of business of var- ious kinds. What is more, Grimsby school children, workmen and businessmen experienced very little difficulty in getting to their respective places of work, business or learning. Supt. of Works Lawrie, and his men were out bucking the storm and clearing the sidewalks hours before any Toronto Star re- porter or editor was out of the feathers. MAYOR WOULD CLOSE ALL RESTAURANTS AT MIDNIGHT Great Quantities of Food Be- ing Consumed That Should be Conserved-Asks Coun- cil to Pass Bylaw to This Effect. . The snow ploughs were not "mopping up" because En- gineer in charge of maintainance, Charlie Webster and his snow plough crews had been bucking the storm all night. There never was a moment that No. 8 was closed or anywhere near closed to traffic. The buses of the Canada Coach Lines never missed a trip and were never very far off schedule. There were not 300 stranded motorists or anywhere near that number in the Grimsby area. So far as there be.. ing several cars buried on the streets of Grimsby that is a lie, pure and simple. There have been worse storms than the one of last week in the Fruit Belt, so why is it necessary for the Toronto Star to come out and publish untruths of this kind over a lit- tle bit of a storm such as this one? . Toronto Daily Star, in its issue of Tuesday, January 5th, misinformed the public of the province as to the actual snowstorm conditions in Grimsby and the Fruit Belt. '2'willIIIIIIIHIIIIHIIIHIHHIIIHIIIllummIIIIIIHIHHIIIHNHIIIImlImmmminnuInnmlmlnunmmmIliummlmunmIIumIII-zo MISIN FORMATION AS USUAL <o3lIllmllllMlllllllillllt1ll0lllr0lltJllllMllitt2lilllllllltMlll 1llllallflt2MllllllmMlMllM0lllllill@llllllllllMllllllmlllt9 VOL. LVm--No. 26 Charges. SPEEDY SESSION "Snow plows are 'mopping up' in the Grimsby area after a storm which left more than 300 motorists stranded on the highways. Several cars are still buried on Grimsby main streets." _ Facts and Fancies Here is the flagrant item they published: GOOD CITIZENSHIP AWARD 1lllhe Griiritslby Independent (Facts and Fancies Continued on Page Two) - BY FRANK FAIRBORN, JR. -.---.-- o-o-o-o-o-s-o-o-o-o-o-o-to i _ Consumers Must Ll Conserve Coal North Grimsby (Adult or Child) who, in the absolute opinion of the Board of Judges hereinafter men- tioned, has contributed, as a result of personal effort during the calen- dar year immediately preceding the presentation of the Award or throughout a period of years prior to that time, in the greatest degree, to the welfare, pride or honour of the citizens of the said Town and Township as a whole, or who has during such time performed such other act or deed as, in the opinion of the said Board of Judges, Justi- ties the granting of the said Award to such person. Holders of this Award are: 1940 o...-....,.......'. Wm. Grace 1M1.........,..hir. John H. Forman Town council met for a few minutes to read the minutes of the December meeting) appoint an Auditor and Tax Collector and then adjourned to meet Wednesday night. Grimsby coal users are advised strike that is in progress in the Pennsylvania anthracite regions. by the local dealers, through these columns to use their coal sparingly. Dealers will not deliver more coal to a home or business place that is needed for minimum Yeasonable immediate requirements, and no (Continued on page 8) Joint Inaugural Of Councils Held A joint inaugural meeting of Town and Township councils was held at 11 o'cloek on Monday morning. Rev. J. Allan Ballard gave a brief address and led in prayer for a successful year for the munici- palities; for the Grimsby men and women in the Armed Services and for a speedy victory and the return of peace. There is a serious situation aris- ing all over Ontario in the coal business, due to the illegal outlaw Local Dealers Will Only De- liver Minimum Amount For Immediate Requirements - Embargo on Coal. -1_-o-o.u-0.o-u-u-m Grimsby, Ontario, Thursday, January 14th, 1943 Magazines, 1942, 3,435; 2,636. Increase 799. Grand total, 1942, 38,797; 37,237. Gain 1560. The comparative figures are as follows: Adult non-fiction, 1942, 3,531; 1941, 3,397. Increase 134. Juvenile, 1942, 10,069; 1941, 9,508. Increase 561. The circulation of books from the local library is far larger than from any other library in a town this size and larger than the circu- lation in a lot of towns a great deal bigger than Grimsby. Circulation during 1942 showed an increase over 1941, this being particularly noticeable in the ju- venile division. Adult fiietion, 1942, 21,762; 1941, 21,696. Increase 66. Book Circulation Is On Increase Grimsby Public Library Main- taining Reputation as Best in The Province - 38,797 Books And Magazines Are Drawn Out. According to the yearly check- up and report of the Ontario gov- ernment, Grimsby Public Library is still maintaining its reputation of being the finest library in the Province in a town the size of Grimsby. Last July, Councillor Harry Bull placed an old oil drum at the cor- ner of his store, next the Post Of- tice. It was painted red and on it in white letters was "drop your scrap here." Harry called it his silent collector. A lot of the Main street wise- acres gave Harry the usual Bronx cheer and prophesied that the drum wouldn't gather enough rubber or other scrap ni a year to make a, pair of breeches for a humming bird. Councillor Harry is doing the laughing now. Here is a list of what that drum produced up to the (Continued on page 8) Silent Collector _ Does Swell Job Oil Drum at Bull's Store Gathers in a Tremendous Amount of Rubber, Old Iron And Other Scrap. On motion of Mitchell-Nelles, a grant of $100 was made to the Canadian Aid to Russia Fund. Deputy Reeve Crittenden moved a motion to send Councillor Nelles and Road Supt. MAckie to the Good Roads' Convention, and had to get Reeve Durham to second it. Coun- cillor Mitchell a consistent oppon- ent of "this Good Roads Joy Party" refused to second it. The motion carried. Regular meeting date was set as the second Saturday in each month. Township officials for 1943 were appointed as follows: Clerk and Treasurer, Thos. W. Allan, $800 per year. Assessor, Gordon Metcalfe, sal- ary $275. North Grimsby Council held its first meeting of the year on Mon- day, with nothing but routine matters to occupy the councillors' minds. Finance-Crittenden, Chairman; Cowan. Roads __ Mitchell, chairman; Cowan, Nelles. Joint Fire and Light -- Reeve, Deputy Reeve, Nelles. Committees for the year were struck as follows: Councill N elles And Road Sup- erintendent Mackie Will At.. tend Good Roads' Conven- tion, But Not With Consent of Councillor Mitchell. North Grimsby Holds First Meeting of Year-Commit- tees Named - Officials Ap- pointed - Grant $600 to Library - No Ratepayers Present, GHANI $100 n RUSSIAN FUND ROUTINE MATTERS (Continued on page 8) 1941, 1941, The Soviet armies are today still engaging the major porotion of the Nazi miltiary forces. From June, 1941, to the present day, the Rus- sian people have borne the brunt of this war. The guns pound 24 hours a day along the 2,000-mile Russian front. The Nazi guns tear and burn the flesh of Russia's fighting men and women and of the civilian population, too. The operations on the Russian front have turned the tide of the (Continued on page 8) In the smoking, corpse-littered,' streets of Stalingrad, the safety ot! British and Canadian cities has} been won. The heroic stand atl Sevastopol, 0 d e s s a, Leningrad, Moscow and all along that vast front, will be engraved in the his- tory of civilization. The Russian people are defending not Russia alone, but humanity. i A Valiant Ally Is Calling You Russia Needs Your Help To.. day - Contribute to Cana- dian Aid to Russia Fund For Humanity's Sake. Better known as plain "Bill". Junior member of the firm of A. Hewson and Son, Fruit Package Manufacturers. Member of Cham- ber of Commerce, Lions Club, Ham- ilton Ad. Club, Chairman of the Red Cross Blood Donors Commit- tee, Finance Minister of the Board of Education. All-round Booster of Grimsby and the Fruit Belt. o-q-a-o-ro-tr-o-tr-ti-tsa-tto KEWEB'LBIEEEEHKEEEEYJIQ OBJECTIVE OF OLD SOLDIER {0-0-0.0-u.u.o-o-o.o.o-o-u 0-0-1)-0-0-Il-n-o-n-n-0.o-N:O Three members of the Canadian Women's Army Corps who have just completed a special clerks' training course at the High School of Commerce, Ottawa, are shown before they left for Kitchener, where they are taking four weeks' basic training at the C.W.A.C. Training Centre there. From left to right they are: Privates Dorothy Burton of Grimsby; Evelyn Horne of St. Catharines (at typewriter); Joyce Staats of St. Catharines. Pte. Burton is a daughter of Frank and Mrs. Burton, 37 Paton Street.-Canadian Army Photo. (Cut Courtesy of St. Cath- arines Standard). HOSPITAL FOR DISTRICT IS PROJECTED BY LIONS CLUB .GRJMSBY BOOSTER WILLIAM A. HEWSON District Girls in the Army 'u-o-o-r-o-r-rr-o- o---------'.. 1942 was the cloudiest in the his- tory of this area since they started to keep weather records?. over a hundred years ago. Last year had 64 days on which there was no gleam of sunshine. Half the days in December were completely clouded, with only 51 hours of sun- shine. Yet August gave a bit of sunshine every one of its 31 days, and April and July were well up. But on the whole we had only 1,- 843 hours of sunshine, and the pre- vious low record was 1,851 in 1940. The normal is 2,060 hours. . The mean temperature for 1942 was approximately 47.2 July was That is not the case today. The Canadian Legion is a soldier or- ganization that knows what it is all about. Their machinery for handling cases of any description is in operation. This machinery (Continued on page 8) OLD SOL FELL DOWN ON JOB IN 1942; 100 YEAR RECORD LOW In 1918-19-20 the boys came back and had to shift for them- selves. There were no organiza- tions to take care of them. There was no legislation on the books pertaining to their welfare or re- establishment into civil life. They had to do for themselves while plans were worked out to assist them. Boys Coming Home Must Be Given Every Advantage Possible to Help Him Get Re-established in Civil Life. Officers of Local Legion In- stalled by Zone Commander And Board-Fine Financial Report Presented - Greet- ings From Lions Club. Members of West Lincoln Branch 127, Canadian Legion, were told in no uncertain manner on Monday night, that it was the bounden duty of every Old Soldier to see that the New Soldier upon his return from the war was suc- cessfully rehabiliated. Comrade S h a r p e, Immediate Past President of St. Catharines Legion was the speaker and he briefly outlined the conditions that existed 25 years ago when the boys came home and contrasted it with conditions that will exist when the present army, air force and navy lads come back. MEET AT INN $2.00 Per Year, $2.50 In U.S.A., 5e Per Copy the warmest month with a mean of 9.3; April was nearly eight de- grees above the line; February was the coldest, and December was 2.5 below normal. The top temperature was 90, touched three times in July, and there were 33 days that went over 80. There were 16 days that went below zero and the worst was December 20th, at 22 below. Last year was the wettest since 1878, having 33.39 inches of rain as against a normal of 25.87. Rec- ord for rain was 99 years ago with 43 inches. Snow was down only 49.3 inches, while the average is 62.1. Last year the total was 43.8. Third and fourth formers held a joint sleigh-ride on Friday even- ing. Later refreshments were en- joyed at the High School. Last Tuesday afternoon an inter- esting illustrated lecture was given.. to members of G.H.S. by Miss Eva Hasell and Miss Iris Sayle who are the founders of the Sunday School by post caravan mission. The slides were taken while they were working in the mining districts of Northern Ontario. Butter Retailers Receive Warning Must Not Now Detach Cou- pons Numllerg Olle And Retailers were warned on Satur- day that they must not detach and keep the expired butter coupons, N os. 1 and 2, from the ration books of consumers who did not use these two coupons before the expiry date, January 3. Likewise, consumers were warn- ed by the ration administration of Warmtime Prices and Trade Board, that if they did not use the expired coupons while they were valid, they should detach and destroy CRIMSBY Last Wednesday night, members of fifth form enjoyed a sleigh-ride. Several sets of plans for the building have been drawn by Mr. Vance of the Ontario Department of Public Works and they provide (Continued on page 8) Cadet Corps instruction and ac- tivities are progressing rapidly. Plans are being made for Air Raid Precaution Drill in the near future. A project is under way to pro- vide this district with a much need- ed hospital. This announcement was made at the Monday night meeting of the Lions Club by Lion "Sandy" Globe, who stated that a small committee in conjunction with the local and district doctors had been working on the scheme for some time past. Through the generosity of Mr. C. J. Eames, the large club house on the golf club property, with all necessary land would be turned over free of all charges for hos. pital purposes. Mr. Eames will give the property but the Lions Clulb must undertake the job of financing the necessary alterations to the building and equipping it. This could cost in the neighbourhood of $15,000. "Sandy" G l o b e Announces That C. J. Eames Will Do- nate Golf Club House And Necessary Land For This Purpose-An Ideal Spot. Lions Club Will Undertake to F i n a n c e Alterations to Building And Equipping it - Cost Would be About $15,000 - Plans Not Com- two From Ration Books-- Housewives Should Destroy Them. plete. IS BADLY NEEDED High School Around The (Continued on page 8)