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iX Purdon & Lothian Beamsville = â€"~ Ontario AUCTIONEER & VALUATOR Licensed Auctioneer for the County of Lincoln; also for the City of St. Catharines. Commissioner for takâ€" ing affidavits. f af®# * Phore 56, Beamsville or Grimsby Independent, Phone 36. Hours 9â€"5 â€" Saturdays 9 â€" 12.30 Harold B. Matchett Grimsby Office: W. LOTHIAN, 13 Maple Avenue Telephone 251 AUDITORS & ACCOUNTANTS Income Tax Consultants Business Directory AUDITORS & ACCOUNTANTS BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC. Vernon Tuck OPTOMETRIST Complete Eyesight Service Phone 826 36â€"50 WEST MAIN STREET Firing will continue to be carried out at the Winona Rifle Range unâ€" til further notice. This property comprises the north half of Lot 22 and part of the West half of lot 21 on the Lake Shore in the Townâ€" ship of Grimsby, in the County of Lincoln, The danger area extends from the road allowance between the 1st concession and broken front on the south and to a distance of 1% miles out into the lake, and on the west the road allowance beâ€" tween lots 22 and 23 broken front, and on the east the division line between the northâ€"east half of lot 21 and northâ€"west half of lot 21. Trepassing on this area is not perâ€" mitted, and the Department of Naâ€" tional Defence will not be responsiâ€" ble for any accidents which may occur. 712 Pigott Bldg., Hamilton WINONA RIFLE RANGE WARNING J. W. Kennedy "Honey" Shelton Bicycle Parts And Repairs Thursday, February 11, 1943. The Same Spot I have Been For 31 Years. Next Door to Dymond‘s Drug Store 25 Main Street, West GRIMSBY STILL DOING ... BUSINFS§ OPTOMETRIST "The Little Shoemaker" BAGK SHOP AUCTIONEER By Order of Hon. J. L. Ralston, Dept. of National Defence GRIMSBY SHOE REPAIRS ESQUIRE LEGAL IN THE OLD Package Receipt Check Order Delivery Receipt In on his own recognizance to appear before Magistrate J. H. Campbell in St. Catharines court on Thursâ€" day. & t A. E. Reilly and Ernest Hart went to the scene to investigate. On arâ€" rival they arrested Wallace Wilâ€" liams, 26 â€" year â€" old Indian, of Grimsby, on a charge of being drunk in a public place. Williams was locked in Grimsby cells until Sunday when he was allowed to go Following reports that a man was lying on No. 8 highway near the Grimsby Beach school on Satâ€" urday night and was.thought to have been the victim of a hitâ€"andâ€" run driver, Provincial Constables A series of short courses in reâ€" pairing farm machinery of all kinds, laborâ€"saving devices, tractor maintenance and ways and means by which food production may be increased in Lincoln county, are being sponsored by the Ontario Department of Agriculture, through the St. Catharines Agriâ€" cultural Office, with E. F. Neff in charge. Mrs. Walter Hoebel left for Kirkâ€" land Lake on Sunday night, on reâ€" ceipt of a wire that her little four year old grandson Karl, son of Glen and Mrs. Hoebel had been fatally injured in a toboggan acciâ€" dent. At the time of the accident the mother was confined to her home suffering a broken leg from a fall on a stairway. During 1942 the Bell Telephone Co. turned down requests for over 30,000 telephone installations, deâ€" spite this they installed 37,066, as compared to 63,651 in 1941. At the end of 1942 there were 925,414 telephones operating in Ontario and Quebec. Gross revenue in 1942 was $56,540,007, an increase of $5,â€" 061,967 over 1941. ‘"The Annual Meeting of the Navy League of Canada, Ontario Division, will be held in the Libâ€" rary of the Royal York Hotel, Toâ€" ronto, on Saturday, February 20, at 9.30 a.m. All subscribers to the Navy League, either through Unitâ€" ed Appeals or by personal subâ€" scription or by contributions of material, are invited to attend." Jack Smith of the town works department, was called to Emsdale on Thursday, January 28th, owing to the death of his father, David Smith, which took place at that point in his 87th year. Deceased had never known a sick day in his life, nor had his father who lived to be 108 years. The following fair dates for 1943 have been allotted: Welland, Sept. 16, 17, 18; Binbrook, 25 and 26; Abingdon, not set; Ancaster, 28, 29; Bertie, 28, 29; Smithville, Ocâ€" tober 6 and 7, Wellandport, not set; Caledonia, Sept. 30, Oct. 1 and 2; Beamsville, Oct. 9â€"11; Rockton, 0â€"11. John Stadelmier has purchased eight acres of land on the mounâ€" tain side, west of the Woolverton Mountain road. He ‘has already cut in the neighbourhood of 9,000 feet of timber off it. His intention is to use this block for the quarryâ€" ing of building stone for use in his contracting business. Mr. Unwin, Administrator â€" of Rationing, will speak over a Naâ€" tional radio hookup on Sunday evening, February 14, at 8.45 to 9 p.m. on Rationing and Ration Books. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hoebel have received word that theirâ€"son Harold has been promoted to the rank of Pharmacists Mate 3/C, in the United States Navy. Ow!‘s Club last Thursday night was well attended and $22 was raised for war charites. Next Ow!l‘s session is Thursday night, Feb. 25th. First round playdowns in the Juvenile O.H.A. at the Arena, Friâ€" day night. Dunnville Lions vs. Peach Pits There is no likelihood of an inâ€" crease in the Cost of Living Bonus before May 15th. § Thieves stole a 140 pound pig, alive, from a farm near St. Cathâ€" arines. Clinton township will spend $20,200 on roads this year. County Council meets on Tuesâ€" day next. Our January thaw came in Febâ€" ruary. BrevitiEs Bingo! TONIGHT EVENTS and TOPICS of the WEEK in TABLOID..---...I Maurice Sisler, RR. 3, Caistor Centre, was the youngest man ever to be elected president of the asâ€" sociation. He is 25. At the plowâ€" ing match last fall he won his own class for contestants under 25 years of age, and also won the championship cup. These were presented at the dinner on Saturâ€" day. He and the secretaryâ€"treasâ€" urer, Peter Marlow, Grimsby, were named delegates to the annual convention of the provincial assoâ€" ciation in Toronto. At the annual meeting of the Lincoln County Plowmen‘s Assoâ€" ciation at St. Catharines on Saturâ€" day, it was decided to hold a meetâ€" ing in June with the Caistor Townâ€" ship plowing match directors to discuss the advisability of holding a joint match this year. The report of the treasurer showed that the association had enjoyed a successâ€" ful year and was in a healthy finâ€" ancial condition. _ ~ WED.â€"THUR., FEB. 17â€"18 "Powder Town" "March of Time" ‘"The Big Build Up" "Along The Texas Range" MATINEE â€" SATURDAY MON,. â€" TUES., FEB. 15â€"16 "The Major And T he Minor" There will not be a regular meetâ€" ing of the Canadian Legion on Wednesday night next, February 17th, but there will be a meeting of the executive committee at the Village Inn. The next regular meeting of the local Branch will be held in Beamsville on March 3rd. FRI. â€" SAT., FEB. 12 . 13 Press reports from Britain tell of the sterling hockey being playâ€" ed iby "Bill" Rooker, son of Ted and Mrs. Rooker, Ontario street. "Bill" ar allâ€"star junior with Grimsby Peach Buds is claimed to be the outstanding defenceman in the Canadian Army league. His team the R.C.A.M.C. outfit are now in the playdowns. "Fox Movietonews" "Inside Fighting Canada" "Bell Boy Donald" MOORE‘S TnheartRE Grouped advs. readers who won War Stamps last week were: Miss Margaret Armstrong (The Nancy Anne Shop); James Konkle (Hyâ€" sert Grenhouses); S. T. Henley (Brock Snyder Co.); Mrs. Ella Ferris (Metal Craft Co.). "Berlin Correspondent" Jas. I. Theal, local realtor, closed the deal last week whereby Clarâ€" ence H. Rushton becomes the ownâ€" er of the Wilfred Richardson house and lot at 35 St. Andrew‘s avenue. Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland If you are away from home, wrtie a letter so mother will get it for Sundayâ€"a real valentine. . Lions Club business meeting next Tuesday night, The Village Tire and gas thieves are active in the St. Catharines area. Township council meets on Satâ€" urday afternoon. Victor McLaglen, Edmund O‘Brien Water Commission meets next Tuesday night. We praise the lads of the Air Force, And the Tars of the navy too, We never forget the Army, Nor the Antiâ€"Air Craft crew; We think of the factory workers, And the women in uniform, We honor the Red Cross Nurses, Who weather many a storm. "And Their Families" Plowmen Meet Dana Andrews, Virginia Gitmore Sunday is St. Valentine‘s Day. THE GRIMSEY INDEPENDENT THE MERCANTILE MARINE at 2 p.m. Buy A Couple Of Ditty Bags A. G. Armstrong, Queenston, put up the argument, "Would you banâ€" ish cosmetics ‘because a woman wants to improve her appearance Would you deprive her of a veil if she wants to hide her freckles?" K. J. Johnston, Winnipeg, stated that housewives on the Prairie Provinces are disgusted with the condition of fruit when it arrives there. He demanded that Ontario fruit distributors "take the red netâ€" ting off and let us see what we are buying. . Housewives are disgusted with Ontario fruits and their deâ€" ceptivecoverings, which can not compare with United States imâ€" ports and which are no credit. to Ontario. When these shipments arâ€" rive from the East, they are masâ€" querading under a ‘veil of sin‘ and we want the veil removed." Peach growers from this district and western Ontario denied that the leno coverings were dishonest. The contentious subject of leno coverings on fruit being shipped out of this district came up at the meeting of the Canadian Fruit Wholesalers Association in Toronto last week. Leno Cover For Fruit Criticized Grimsby branch of the A. & P. was alloted a mark of $75 worth of stamp sales for the month. When the store closed on Saturday night $87 had been rung up in the stamp register, $12 more than the monthly deadline. On Tuesday night this amount had been adâ€" vanced well over the $100 mark. Miss Vance has visions of hanging up the high record for all A. & P. store in her division. All stores in Grimsby report good sales of the little red stamps during last week. At the A. & P. Food Shop Manageress Vance reâ€" ports a high record sale. Food stores throughout Canada set aside the month of February as War Stamps Sale Month. During this month the food dealers agreed to make a concentrated effort to have their customers take their change in War Savings Stamps. Record Stamp Sale We are all relatives after all! It is interesting, however, to discover that there is such a book. You, dear reader, may carry in your veins the blood royal of Engâ€" land, for all you know. After all, one has two parents, four grandâ€" parents, eight in the next generaâ€" tion back, sixteen in the next, then 32, then 64; and so it continues in arithmetical progression to inâ€" finity. By the time you get back to the first century A.D., they could easily populate the British Isles. Only known descendants are mentioned; there must ‘be many, many thousands of whom there is no written record, due to migraâ€" tions abroad, illiteracy, and other causes. E. C. Jack Edinburgh, called "The Blood Royal of England". The book is an encyclopedic tracing of thousands of descendants of the many kings of England from the beginning of the monarchy to the present day. (Contributed) The writer of this article was imâ€" pressed by discovery of the existâ€" ence of a huge book, family Bible size, published in 1903 by T. C. and Royal Blood May Be In Y our V eins According to This Writer Such a Thing is Possibleâ€" We All Trace Back to The iFrst Century. [_ Mr. and Mrs. George "Pep" Sheppard of Beamsville have just returned home from Saskatoon, Sask., where on Friday, February 5th, they had the great pleasure of seeing the graduation and presen tation of wings to their son, Dougâ€" las E. of the R. C. A. F. who has been granted his commission as a Pilot Officer and transferred to Vulcan, Alta., as an instructor. "Pep" is a veteran of the last war, being an old 20th Batt. man. 1 Firing will continue to be carâ€" ried out at the Winona Rifle Range until further notice. Trespassing on this area is not permitted, and the Department of National Deâ€" fence will not be responsible for any accidents which may occur. But there‘s a throng of sailors, Who sail the seven seas, Braving the submarine‘s missile, And the danger of wave and breeze; They do their duty faithfully, On many a foreign scene, So we doff our caps to the plucky chaps, In the Mercantile Marine craftsmanship into the battle of production, Tom Morgan, left, is a welder and his dad, Jim Morgan, right, is a spray painter. They are war workers in the Canadian Ford plant and together they have 21 years of service in the one plant. %oth are consistent purchasers of victory bonds and war savings certificates. There are many Windsor families with representatives of two and even three generations busy on war work in this great plant which is the chief source of mechanical transport in the British Empire. PUTTING THE SKILL AND EXPERIENCE of two generations of Secure employment as Waitresses Cafeteria Workers, Dishwashers, Chambermaids HELP BY SERVING THOSE ENGAGED IN WAR WORK Good Living Accommodation Under Proper Supervision Father and Son Work for Victory 8 Patton Street SPRAYER REPAIRS Apply Nearest Employm'ent_ and Selective Service Office PROMPT REPAIRING AND RECONDITIONING oF ALL MAKES OF SPRAYERS â€"â€" Canadian Distributor â€"â€" Clarence W. Lewis For Girls And Women To Help Our W ar Effort Refer to R.O. 295 BRING THIS ADVERTISEMENT WITH YOU Dependable Hardie Sprayers LAKE SHORE ROAD, NEAR PORT WELLER Well Planted With Peaches, Pears, Cherries, Grapes OPPORTUNITY NEW PARTS NOW AVAILABLE F OR $ A LE Mrs. E. A. Jamieson Substantial Cash Payment Required 50 ACRE FARM BEAMSVILLE Write Grimsby, Ontario FIVE