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Giving a person a piece of mind is another way of disturbing the peace. Beamsville = =â€" Ontarlo AUCTIONEER & VALUATOR Licensed Auctioneer for the County of Lincoln; also for the City of St. Catharines. Commissioner for takâ€" Ing affidavits. Phore 56, Beamsvllle or Grimsby Independent, Phone 36. Harold B. Matchett Business Directory PLUMBING and HEATING BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC. George 1. Geddes THE SUN LIFE OF CANADA DOCTOR BILLS "Honey" Shelton Thursday, February 1st, 1945. "THE LITTLE SHOEMAKER" 86.50 WEST MAIN STREET 25 Main Street, West GRIMSBY Hours 9â€"5 â€" Saturdays 9â€"12 REPAIR BILLS Next Door to Dymond‘s Drug Store Hours 9:00â€"12:00; 1:30â€"5:00 Closed Saturdays At Noon Open Wednesday Afternoon THE PICK OF TOBACCO NEW BOOKS J. W. Kennedy Out Of The Westland Leave Her To Heaven â€"Ben Ames Williams Vernon Tuck OPTOMETRIST ARE CHEAPER THAN The Higher Hill â€"Margaret Campbell It DOES taste good in a pipe For An Appointment The Hollow Men â€"Bruce Hutchison HIGGINS (Vision Specialist) â€"Lovat Dickson OPTOMETRIST AUCTIONEER PHONE 326 PLUMBER +. BAYS ... INSURANCE Phone 362 ESQUIRE w« fOFP: â€"â€"â€" LEGAL Miss Marion Pettit was superâ€" visor of nurses, who were. Mesâ€" dames Nelson Martin, I. Tracey, H. W, Brownlee, Norman Merritt, Reg Merritt, Albert Lounsway, Lloyd Yeager, Sidney Croft, Hugh Campâ€" bell, K. Harries Fred Jewson, Caleb Loud and Miss Annetta Curâ€" rent, all of Grimsby; Mrs. M. Kenâ€" nedy and Mrs. J. Maitland, Beamsâ€" ville. ' Assistant nurses were: Mesâ€" dames H. K .Whyte, C. D. Millyard, Livingston Foster, Arnold Ingleâ€" hart, William Baisley, E. W. Hamilton personnel attending with the Red Cross unit were Drs. Florence Smith, H. J. Porter and D. L. Adamson; Mrs. D. W. Muir, Miss Margaret Templin and Miss Douglas MacRobbie, Mrs. Dermott Keogh and Misses Ailéen Jamieson, Nancy Wigle, Jean Binkley and P. Houston. Grimsby doctors were: J. H. MacMillan, A. F. McIntyre and L R. Henry. We feel that special thanks should go to the donqrs who turned in such a magnificent attendance in the face of such inclement weathâ€" er. It is ‘particularly gratifying in view of the fact that those clinics which are able to function must carry their quota requirement and more in order to offset the loss which has followed the cancellation of so many snow bound Northern clinics. f _ Once again to all who have in any way aided in the operation of the Grimsby Blood Donors‘ Clinic we offer our thanks on behalf of your District Committee as well as the wounded whom it serves. Yours faithfully, convey our appreciation to all the ladies who took part in providing such an excellent luncheon, and to those w ho se thoughtfulness prompted this arrangement. _ With sincere regards and deep sympathy, â€" It should give you added pride to know that "Joe" was liked and reâ€" spected by all who knew him, and that he was regarded as the best, most expert, and most courageous Dispatch rider in the battalion. He was a good and trusted friend of mine, and I can thus appreciate to some extent the measure of your loss. He was killed in action at Igoâ€" ville, France, on about the 27th of August, when riding as motorcyclâ€" ist with a convoy of vehicles, You have at least the solace of knowing that he died instantly, without mutilation, and in the gallant perâ€" formance of a necessary and danâ€" gerous duty. He was buried, after a simple but touching ceremony, in a little war cemetery about Igoâ€" ville, together with several of his friends, comrades of this unit who also died there. Grimsby, first municipality to ofâ€" fer preâ€"payment, will be given the first opportunity to pay its rates as soon as the bank balance is deâ€" pleted. The Township of Grantham was second to offer preâ€"payment. The town of Grimsby has already sent in its cheque for prepayment, but the county refused to accept the cheque. â€" Treasurer ~Millward explained that because the county still has money in the bank with which to operate, it would not be good business to accept prepayâ€" ments, pay interest on them, and let the money lie idle in the bank. pay their levy for the year until Dec. 20th, but already some of the towns and townships have .the money ready. and have offered: to prepay their estimated rates. The county pays them four per cent on their money from the date of preâ€" payment until Dec. 20th. came back to Winoza and settled on the home farm. Mr. Smith is in excellent health and takes great interest in the athletic activities of the young peoâ€" ple of Winona. 5 Mr. Smith carried on farming and fruit shipping business until his retirement a few‘ years ago. He is president of Winona Growers, and also president of Winona Instiâ€" tute Hall Limited. Mr. Smith has always been keenâ€" ly interested in <all sports, espeâ€" cially baseball, being captain of the Blue Line Baseball club in 1887 when it won the championship of the Niagara district. In 1893 he married Helen Book of Grimsby Beach, who passed away about five years ago. He has wne daughter, Mrs. C. E. Norris of London. 7 CONTINUATIONS OFFICIALS PLEASED COUNTY FINANCES KILLED IN DOING CELEBRATES HIS (Capt.) Malcolm S. Smith, Adjutant, A. & S. H. of C Red Cross Blood Donor Service, for Hamilton and District. (Signed) D. MacRobbie, Secretary. From Page One Separate Schools St. Catharines 2,512.67 11,771.82 Public Schools Rural No. 1 Clinton $ 342.57 $ 1,115.62 No. 2 Clinton 1,085.50 2,561.08 No. 4 Clinton 819.16 1,590.62 No. 5 Clinton 301.15 T96.58 No. 6 Clinton 1,099.09 _ 1,467.93 No. 7 Clinton 354.71 806.68 U1 Clinton 1,095.00 _ 2,559.69 U5 Clinton 350.82 949.90 cident shortly after it happened and in three hours had a new secâ€" tion of four inch main laid and ready to carry gas, but owing to the fact that many gas users had still not ‘been notified that the gas was off the turning of the gas into the feed lines was delayed until well on into the evening when all users had been notified to check their gas appliances. Public No. 1 Clinton No. 2 Clinton No. 4 Clinton No. 5 Clinton No. 6 Clinton No. 7 Clinton U1 Clinton U5 Clinton Total for Lake 1,230,00 _ 8,164.00 Beamsville 2,219.00 14,131.00 Smithville ,â€" 934.00 _ 9,831.00 Vocational Schools St. Catharines 18,039.00 53,611.00 Beamsville 2,534.00 â€" 4,993.00 Urban Public Schools St. Catharines 12,792.00 86,015.00 Beamsville 1,552.22 6,813.41 Merritton 1,632.76 13,496.64 Niagaraâ€"onâ€"theâ€" Lake 1,522.98 Pt. Dalhousie â€" 2,899.91 In Grimsby town extra men and Provincial Police went from door to door notifying the users to be sure all appliances were turned off and + As stated above, Mr. Greer‘s figâ€" ures are based on 1943 expendiâ€" tures, so there is liable to be a small increase or decrease in the above amounts when they are figâ€" ured out on the 1944 expenditures. Other county figures are: High Schools Old New St. Catharines $2,435.00 $74,504.00 Merritton 2,381.00 19,716.00 Niagaraâ€"onâ€"theâ€" In North Grimsby township the increase to the schools is very subâ€" stantial. Under the new setâ€"up the township will receive $8,541.68, as against tge old grant of $3,404.51. Figures for each S. section are given here with the old figures in bracâ€" kets. S.8. No. 1 $3,864, ($1,109.); No. 3, $1,774.49 ($497.45); No. 4, $660.72 ($294.50); No, 18, $1,117.07 ($619.33); Union No. 5, $674.94 ($328.52); Union No. 6, $950.46 ($555.71). Chairman of Finance Wm. Hewâ€" son states that the grant will acâ€" tually be approximately $2,500 larger than the above quoted figâ€" ures, or Grimsby‘s share will be approximately $30,000. Grimsby town will receive from the government according to the released figures, $27,640.71, made up of $18.347, for the High school, as against the old grant of $1,857. On the Public school $9,293.71, as against the previous grant of $2,â€" 365.22. Phelps, V. R. Farrell, Burton Bentâ€" ley and George Hoshal. Blood procéssing staff included Mesdames Victor Thompson, Bruce Geddes, Thomas Bell, Fred Wade, R. O. Snell, Miss Ann Crane Miss Isabell Pickett. The new table shows that grants for secondary academic schools in Lincoln in 1944 totalled $11,056. On the new system, the grants would total $144,693. For seconâ€" dary vocational schools grants in 1944 totalled $20,573; on the new basis they would be $58,604. Rural public school grants are increased from $43,640.95 to $84,993.13. Urâ€" ban public school grants in the county are increased from $9,973.09 to $42,665.89. _ Separate school grants in St. Catharines would be increased from $2,512.67 to $11,â€" T771.82, and public school grants in the city would be increased from $12,792 to $86.015. Ladies of the White Elephant group assisting were. Mesdames H. R. Dickson, C. A. Farrell, Hugh Campbell, M. S. Nelles, R. S. Smith, P. V. Smith, Nelles, Rutherâ€" ford and W. R. Boehm. Ladies who supplied noonâ€"day lunch for the staff were: Miss Marâ€" ion Gibson, Mesdames G. L. Eaton, C. M. Bonham, George Mitchell, Herbert Hagar,â€" Harold Pickett, Burton Bentley, H. C. Brownlee, Arnold Sims and J. H. Wells. Albert Jarvis and Sons donated over 600 rolls used in serving reâ€" freshments to donors. District donors were from Winona, Beamsâ€" ville, Smithville, St. Ann‘s and surâ€" rounding areas. all schools in ‘St. Catharines, and that part of Lincoln county in the inspectorate ‘of Inspector W. A. Marshall (excludes Caistor and Gainsboro ‘â€" Townships) _ totalled $100.547.71. Based on the same exâ€" penditure, the new system of grants now in effect would result in grants totalling $428,742.84. Clinton Twp. $5,448.00 EDUCATIONAL SUBSIDY BULLDOZER TIES THB~ G@RIMSEBY INDEPENXN DE N T $11,848.10 6,374.35 T,187.78 T96.58 1,467.983 806.68 2,5059.69 949.90 hundreds of terspmone calls were made from the Grimsby office to all parts of the territory where gas is supplied. course if there was vocational guidance to help them. "Far too many, loafing through school," he said, "will receive a very rude shock when they go out into the world." Teachers, he told his listeners, should give the pupils information on various vécations and the subjects needed in those vocations so that when they went out into the world they would R.AF. Typhoon Pilots Smash Enemy Tanks And Transport An RA.F. Typhoon Wing based in Normandy has been creating havoc among the retreating colâ€" umns of enemy tanks and transport with its rocketâ€" firing aircraft. In two days the score was:â€" Tanks, Yoin the CANADIAN WOMEN‘S ARMY CORPS S fews Nes contimtze ,, “ 2 & " 5 °F % â€" H ~ L ’5 ".» 0P E , W _ am PUPILS HAVE Every girl who joins the C.W.A.C. releases more fighting power for the frontâ€"and hastens the day when the enemy will be overwhelmed and our men will return home. Think what it would mean to you in long years ahead, if you carried in your heart the knowledge that some talent of yoursâ€"great or small The C.W.A.C. needs varied talentisâ€"some more ‘spectacular than others, perhapsâ€"but all essential and important. You can fit your talents to these needs whether you be a genius or just an intelligent everyâ€"day person. You may even develop unsusâ€" pected falents in the active service of your country. had saved a life on a battlefrontâ€"perhaps even dozens of lives. may save a life have power to adjust themselves to conditions that they would meet. Young people of the postâ€"war world, he remarked, will have the greatest adjustments to meet. Moving picture films in connecâ€" tion with the subject were shown by W. C. Spettigue, of Toronto. Commissioner J. H. Wells, assertâ€" ed that the meter had not been functioning properly for over a year previous to the time it was reâ€" paired and that the township had been getting much more water than it was being charged for. 120 BAY ST. WEST, TORONTO. OFFICIALS CONFER C. wW.A.C. 501 destroyed, 89 damaged. Photo shows: Some of the pilots of the Typhcon Wing going to their air craft before the takeâ€"off Motions were passed as follows: Instructing that seals be placed on both township water meters, locatâ€" ed at east and west boundaries of town; transferring $500 to the town; setting date of regular meetings as the third Tuesday evening in each After a lengthy discussion, it was agreed that a month‘s checkâ€" up will be made on all township meters as compared to the master meter and a report will be made to the commission at the end of that time, ‘Township authoritiee said that an inspection of its mains had been made and no leak could be found. SEVE