The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

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, Beamsville or Grimsby Independent, Phone 36. PLUMBING and HEATING Harold B. Matchett Business Directory BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC. George 1. Geddes THE sSUN LIFE OF CANADA "Honey" Shelton 25 Main Street, West GRIMSBY Hours 9â€"5 â€" Saturdays 9â€"12 DOCTOR BILLS Thursday, February 8th, 1945 8$6.â€"50 WEST MAIN STREET "THE LITTLE SHOEMAKER" Hours 9:00â€"12:00; 1:30â€"5:00 Closed Saturdays At Noon Open Wednesday Afternoon J. W. Kennedy REPAIR BILLS Next Door to Dymond‘s Drug Store THE PICK OF TOBACCO It DOES taste good in a pipe Vernon Tuck OPTOMETRIST â€"BOOKS â€"STATIONERY â€"PEN AND PENCIL SETS Send Gifts As V alentines ARE CHEAPER THAN For An Appointment HIGGINS (Vision Specialist) AUCTIONEER OPTOMETRIST PHONE 326 PLUMBER ++ BAYS ... INSURANCE Phone 362 ESQUIRE w TOP se LEGAL the time and due to the battalion‘s fast moving displacements, he has traveled thru rough unfamiliar terrain, very often in enemy terriâ€" tory, and frequently thruout the ‘"In addition to his assigned duâ€" ties, he brings in the battalion‘s mail and conveys prisoners to the rear," the commendation read. "It is always necessary to guard these prisoners and one occasion he had to guard and transport a load of prisoners for two days as not one of the depots would take them. "It has been necessary for S /'"Sgt‘ Clarke to be on the road most of A son of William C. Clarke of Port Byron, he was formerly emâ€" ployed by Crucible Steel Co. of America and made his home with his sister, Mrs. Charles Rathbun, Camillus. He entered service iri April, 1941. armored field artillery battalion on the western front in Europe, has been commended for performance of his duties in ‘"never failing to supply his uit with rations regardâ€" less of its location or the distance to ‘be traveled to obtain them." and has been awarded the brobze star medal. Casket bearers were Stanley Girling, Wm. Crowe, Marcus Hilts, Wray Betts, Norman and Lorne Todd. Funeral services were conducted from the Stonehouse Funeral Home on Wednesday afternoon, Rev. Neil M. Leckie, officiating,. Interment being in Queen‘s Lawn cemetery. Surviving besides his mother, are two â€" sisters, â€"Beatrice Godden, Grimsby, and Mrs, Edith McGuire, St. Catharines; also three brothers, Charles and Roy, at home, and Norman, of Detroit. Deceased, a son of Mrs. Nora Godden and the late Holden Godâ€" den, was born in North Grimsby, and thad lived here all his life. He had only been working at the Merâ€" ritt factory for a short time. A brother of the deceased was fatally injured in the same factory some years ago. Dr. A. F. Mcintyre,© Grimsby, who attended the injured man and ordered his removal to hospital, said cause of death was a collapsed lung and other internal injuries. Edward Penfold, another emâ€" ployee, and apparently the only eyewitness, gave the officers his version of the accident. Part of the door, the officers said, broke off and Godden fell inâ€" side the shed the truck coming to rest with the right rear dual wheel on his right foot. John Laba, drivâ€" er of the truck, said that Godden had called out to him to back up. load of wood blocks. _ That information came direct from the â€" WPTB Information Divâ€" ision, Toronto, in a regular weekly news bulletin issued by that divisâ€" ion. How the bulletin compilers in the division ever come to incorporâ€" ate an item eight months old into their news release is beyond our ken, but the fact remains that The Independent was right when it printed the item even though it was wrong. ‘ Earl J. Marsh, of the Fruit Divâ€" ision WPTB informed The Indepenâ€" dent that, that item pertained to a news release of last July and wanted to know where we got our information. The Independent was right in printing the news because it came from the most authoritive source that news of this kind could come from. The item was wrong when it was released because no prices have been set. That item is absolutely wrong insofar as its contents is concerned, but The Independent was absoluteâ€" ly right when it printed it. (The same thing applies to taxes, the Centre and South wards pay four to almost five times as much as the North ward; Tax figures in the three wards are: Northâ€"$5,969.34. Centreâ€"§$21,421.62. Southâ€"$24,659.59. Total amount of collectable taxâ€" es in the three wards is $52,050.59. wards are pretty close together. The reason for the lower amount in the North ward is because a great portion of that section of the town is still in farm lands and assessed as such. Also a large amount of property divided into town buildâ€" ing lots are owned by the town. Another factor is, that there are no manufacturing plants in the North ward. d CONTINUATIONS New regulations for the sale of peaches and plums come into efâ€" fect August 7th, and for pears August 14th. We understand that prices of plums and pears will be the same as last year, but the ceiling for peaches will be slightâ€" ly lower. ALFRED W. GODDEN AWARDED MEDAL WRONG BUT RIGHT WIDE DIFFERENCE From Page One Sergt. William Rooker, oldest son of Ted and Mrs. Rooker, Onâ€" tario street, better knownâ€" to hocâ€" key fans of the district as "Wild Bill" the raring, tearing defenceâ€" man of Grimsby Peach Buds, looks none the worse for his strenuous five years in the service. He is a It was known on Tuesday that the boys would arrive on Wednesâ€" day morning as Grimsby Red Cross ladies were busy making arrangeâ€" ments for the parents and checkâ€" ing transportation. Red Cross ofâ€" ficials handled all the details in Toâ€" ronto. see his brother and sister and look the old Home Town over. In closing his remarks the Presiâ€" dent reminded the Members that the present financial stability of Niagara Packers has resulted from a steady progress for twenty years. Careful management, a faithful and efficient staff, and the loyalty of the Members have combined to develop an organization which has become one of the leaders in the Fruit Industry. In 1936 the Company bought the fuel business of the G. L. Eaton Co., and has continued in the Coal business since that time. In 1932 the Grimsby Arena was purchased from the Town of Grimsby by Niagara Packers. The Arena is used as a Packing House in the summer and for eleven seasons was operated as a Rink in the Winter. Force of cirâ€" cumstances has meant discontinuâ€" ing the winter activities at the Arena for the present, From 1925 to 1929 the Company operated solely as Fruit Marketers. In 1920 Niagara Packers bought the Supply Companies operated by the Beamsville Packing Comâ€" pany, the Grimsby Beach Packers and the Grimsby Packing Comâ€" pany and have continued since then to conduct a complete Supply Busâ€" iness handling all types of Spray Materials, Fertilizers, Baskets etc. The President also referred to the guidance given the Company by the late Col. H. L. Roberts who was the first President and was a great help in formulating policies which have meant so much to the Company‘s success. + After Mr. Baxter‘s death in 1928, Earl Marsh was appointed Manager. Mr. Marsh still holds that position and is at present on loan to the W.P.T.B. as Director of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables. HOME FROM OVERSEAS Col. Andrewes referred to the excellent work of the late C. W. Baxter who was the first General Manager, Mr. Baxter was the one who laid the foundation for the present substantial structure of the Company. Niagara Packers Company has been one of the foremost shippers in the Niagara Peninsula. In preâ€" war years the Company exported large volumes of Pears and Plums to the British Isles. Although this activity has been stopped by Warâ€" time restrictions, the Company is prepared to reâ€"engage in this type of business as soon as possible. "S/Sgt. Clarke in performing his duties has been exposed at numerâ€" ous times to heavy enemy sniper | firing but has always gone thru and has shown great moral courage unâ€" ‘der extreme conditions." \ _ He is with the Fifth armored diâ€" vision, which was called the "Vicâ€" tory‘" division because it went | across France, 400 miles, in 20 |\ days. Sgt. Clarke has seen action in Belguim, Luxembourg and is | now in Germany. f Originally Niagara Packers operâ€" ated at Vineland, . Beamsville, Grimsby Beach and Grimsby. In 1940 the business of the W. A. Baisley Co. at Winona was purâ€" chased and Winona is now one of the Company‘s important shipping points. Niagara Packers succeeded the Niagara Peninsula Growers Ltd., when that Company ceased operaâ€" tions in 1925 . The original Direcâ€" tors of the Company were H. L. Roberts, S. M. Culp, H. H. Ponton, John Hunter, W.â€" M. Stewart, James Taylor and C. W. Baxter. ferred to this being thne 20th operâ€" ating season of Niagara Packers. He reviewed the past history of the Company and mentioned the highâ€" lights of the past twenty years. Further information about this broadcast will be published next week. It is a unique method of radio program due to the fact that all the people taking part except the master of ceremonies are local peoâ€" ple undergoing a thorough interâ€" view as to their town and district and their experiences in the past years. "Dad" Farrell and the Lions Club will sponsor it. hours of darkness in order to per form his duties. ANOTHER MILESTONE GRIMSBY +ON THE GRAIMSBEY INDEPENDEN T Diamond: A stone used to lay the foundation of love. GOSSIP: One who talks in high gear, but thinks in low. DEBTOR: A man who owes money. A creditor is .the man who think he‘s going to get it. ANEMIC: One who can‘t blush at a risque story. FILABUSTER: ‘A speech about nothing by a man who knows all about it. DIVORCEE: A woman who marâ€" ried for better or worse, but not for good. LABOR: Those who know which side their breadline is buttered on. ‘CHE&/’RON: What you do when you‘re cold. TAXIDERMIST: A red cap who stuffs people into taxicabs. QUACK: ‘A doctor who ducks the law. â€" NATURALIST: A man who alâ€" ways throws sevens. It is an even money bet that half the people that signed that petition did not have their own sidewalks shovelled off. (Burlington Gazette) "At the regular meeting of the town council on Friday evening last residents living on Water street east of Pearl street filed noâ€" tice with the council that because the sidewalks from the Cities Serâ€" vice Gas station easterly to the school were not shovelled and their children were obliged to walk on the road, they would hold the town of Burlington responsible for any child ‘being injured while going to and from school. The ‘petition asking for the removal of the snow was signed by a number of resiâ€" dents." The boys all look hale and healâ€" thy for all their years of trying exâ€" periences and all speak highly of the manner in which Grimsby peoâ€" ple through the Cigarette Fund have kept them supplied with smokes. One For The Book When war was declared he enâ€" listed and once again, met Eric Banks. They crossed to England together and served together up until Eric was wounded a few months back. When Corp. Moggâ€" ridge drew a lucky ticket giving him 30 days‘ leave in Canada he accepted and came through to Grimsby to the Banks home, he having no other place that he could really go to as he has no reâ€" lati‘ves in Canada. Down at Grimsby Beach the home of C. S. M. Eric and Mrs. Banks was thrown wide open to welcome Corp. Albert Moggridge, no relation to the family but preâ€" vious to the war a casual summer friend in Northen Ontario . ‘"Bob" is on 30 days‘ leave. His father was an early enlistment in the last war and was killed in action. When queried as to how he met his wife, his charming young bride spoke up and said "my cousin and I were walking down street in London and three Canaâ€" dian soldiers stopped us and one of them said ‘where can we get a good cup of coffee‘, I directed them. A week later I met the same Canadian in a coffee shop,. That was two days after he landed in England, January 2nd, 1940. He married me." According to boy that was the luckiest cup of coffee he ever had. j ‘"‘Bill reports that he met "Pop" McCartney and some of the other Grimsby lads in Italy in November but that was the first that he had seen any of them. He met Pte. ‘Robert Dent at the point of emâ€" barkation and that was the first that he had seen him since they met on the boat in December, 1939. Pte. Robert Dent, son of Mrs. Humphrey Burton, John street, was greeted in Toronto by his mother, sister and his young Welsh bride who had preceded him to Canada by two months. It was a happy reunion. ‘"Bob" went overâ€" seas in December 1939 with a Petrol Company of the R.C.A.S.C. He was in the invasion of Sicily on July 13th, 1943 and followed on inâ€" to Italy. The last Grimsby boy that he met was on the boat in 1939 until he met "Bill" Rooker in Naples before starting for home. During his sojourn in England he married an English girl in 1943 and is hopeful that his bride will arrive in Grimsby before his 30 days‘ leave is up. His father a many year employee of the Metal Craft Co. is a fourâ€"year veteran of the first war and his brother is now serving in Canada. P "Bill" left Grimsby in Decemâ€" ber, 1939, on 24 hours notice to go overseas mwith Col. Gordon Sinclair and his R.C.A.M.C. unit. He trainâ€" ed in England and landed in Italy on September 4th, 1943 and \ has been there continuously ever since up until embarking from Naples on the 21ist of January, sailing direct to New York, thence by train to Toronto. & little taller, a little heavier. and positively a little browner than when he left the Fruit Belt. Daffynitions y |1857â€"Hon. James G. Currie. . Dep. Reeve of St. Catharin« n | 1857â€"William McGivern . ... Reeve of St. Catharines in | 1859â€"J. C. Ryckert ...:.... . Reeve of Grantham 1860â€"J.C. Ryckert ....... . Reeve of Grantham t | 1861â€"George Secord ... ... . Reeve of Gainsboro € |1862â€"Abishai Morse .. ... .. Reeve of Grimsby Y |1863â€"John Lawrie .. ... .. . . Reeve of Port Dalhousie * |1864â€"William Kew ........Reeve of Clinton ;f 1865â€"Angus Cook .........Reeve of Grantham ; |1866â€"Angus Cook ... .. .. .. Reeve of Grantham a | 1867â€"J. C. Ryckert ..... .. : Reeve of St. Catharines e |1868â€"J. C. Ryckert ..... .. . Reeve of St. Catharines t |1869â€"John Lawrie .. ... ... . Dep. Reeve of Port Dalhous n |1870â€"John Lawrie ... ... ... Reeve of Port Dalhousie e|1871â€"S. J. J. Brown ... ... .Reeve of Niagara Townshij Y|1872â€"James Douglas ... .. ..Dep. Reeve of St. Catharin ©|1873â€"William Hoover ... ... Reeve of Caistor Township & | 1874â€"Calvin Brown . ...... . Dep. Reeve of St. Catharin ; | 1875â€"Henry Wismer . ... ... Reeve of Louth n | 1876â€"Robert Kemp . ... ... . Reeve of Clinton 1877â€"Stephen H. Follett ... .Reeve of Niagara Town ©|1878â€"John L. Heaslip ... . . . Reeve of Gainsboro ; | 1879â€"Thomas Keyes ..... .. Reeve of Grantham , | 1880â€"John H. Grout .. ... . . Reeve of Grimsby Village ~A1881â€"Ira E. Culp .......... . Reeve of Clinton r |1882â€"John Lawrie ...... ... Reeve of Port Dalhousie 1883â€"Frank Wyatt ....... . Reeve of Louth : ~ |1884â€"James Hiscott ........ Reeve of Niagara Townshif © |1885â€"Jacob Woodruff Strong Reeve of Gainsboro 3 1886â€"Jonathan Carpenter ..Reeve of North Grimsby [ 1887â€"James Oflle . .... ... . . Reeve of South Grimsgsby _ |1887â€"John Bishop ....... .. Reeve of Niagara Town ; | 1888â€"John Bishop ...... ... Reeve of Niagara Town |1889â€"Eugene F. Dwyer . . . . Reeve of Port Dalhousie ) |1890â€"John McClean ... .. .. Reeve of Merritton [ 1891â€"Charles Shirton ... ... Reeve of Caistor ‘|1892â€"Wm. F. Clark ... .. ... Reeve of Grimsby Village [1898â€"Daniel‘B. Rittenhouse . Reeve of Louth 1894â€"James R. R. Secord ... Reeve of Grantham |1895â€"John Ritchie .. ... .. .. Reeve of Beamsville \1896â€"Daniel H. Moyer .. .. . Reeve of Clinton |1897â€"John Jackson ........County Councillor, Div. No. |1898â€"Jesse M. Ness .......County Councillor, Div. No. |1899â€"W. F. Wiley ....... .. County Councillor, Div. No. 1900â€"W. H. J. Evans ......County Councillor, Div. No. |1901â€"Daniel H. Moyer .....County Councillor, Div. No. 1902â€"Frederick A. Goring ..County Councillor, Div. No. 1903â€"David Jackson .......County Councillor, Div. No. 1904â€"John A. Dalrymple ...County Councillor, Div. No. {1905â€"Wm. B. Calder .......County Councillor, Div. No. 1906â€"Samuel L. Crow ......County Councillor, Div. No. 1907â€"Joseph F. Greene ... . Reeve of Niagara Town 1908â€"Frank H. Lowrie ... .. Reeve of Niagara Township 1909â€"Thomas W. Allan ... . Reeve of North Grimsby 1910â€"William Mitchell ... ..Reeve of Grimsby Village 1911â€"Jason L. Merritt :.. .. Reeve of South Grimsby 1912â€"Adam Craise ........Reeve of Louth 1913â€"John M. Lymburner .. Reeve of Caistor 1914â€"James Aikins ...... .. Reeve of Niagara Town 1915â€"Lewis H. Collard .....Reeve of Niagara Township 1916â€"Thomas O. Johnston .. Reeve of Port Dalhousie 1917â€"Charles H. Claus .....Reeve of Louth 1918â€"Hamilton Fleming . ... Reeve of North Grimsby 1919â€"Joseph E. Masters ... Reeve of Niagara Town 1920â€"Charles E. Garlett . ... Reeve of Beamsville 1921â€"Richard W. Lane .. ... Reeve of Gainsboro 1922â€"G. Arthur Welstead .. Reeve of Grantham 1923â€"Robert H. Kemp ... .. Reeve of Clinton 1924â€"William A. Richardson Reeve of Merritton 1925â€"Frederick C. Haynes .. Reeve of Grantham 1926â€"Robert H. Johnston .. Reeve of Port Dalhousie 1927â€"Harlan Strong .......Reeve of Gainsboro 1928â€"Robert G. Dawson ... . Reeve of Niagara Township 1929â€"James MacPhee ...‘.. . Reeve of Niagara Town 1930â€"Frederick A. Oakes ... Reeve of North Grimsby 1931â€"Robert E. Book ... ... Reeve of South Grimsby 1932â€"J. Arthur Swayze ... .Reeve of Grantham 1933â€"Wm. T. Fralick ......Reeve of Gainsboro 1934â€"â€"J. R. Stork .......... Reeve of Louth 1935â€"E. B. Osborne .......Reeve of Beamsville 1936â€"John E. Lawson ... ... Reeve of North Grimsby 1937â€"Stanley Stirling ......Reeve of Niagara Township 1938â€"Stanley Young .......Reeve of Caistor Township 1989â€"Ernest H. Hack ......Reeve of Grantham 1940â€"Richard Morley ......Reeve of Clinton 1941â€"Walter H. Sheppard .. Reeve of Niagara Township 1942â€"William E. Heaslip ... Reeve of Gainsboro 1943â€"Charles W. Durham .. Reeve of North Grimsby 1944â€"Norman D. Miller ... .Reeve of Louth 1945â€"Cecil Secord .........Reeve of Grantham Year Wardens Reeves and Deputy Reeves 1852â€"John C. Ball :........Reeve of Stamford 1853â€"William McMicking .. . Reeve of Stamford 1854â€"Elias Smith Adams ... Reeve of St. Catharines 1855â€"John Simpson ..... .. Reeve of Niagara Town 1856â€"Geo. Ryckert (also Lincoln) Reeve of St. Catharines CLASSIFIED ADV‘TS BRING SPEEDY RESULTS WARDENS OF THE COUNTY OF LINCOLN FROM THE YEARS 1857 TO THE YEAR 1945, INCLUSIVE PHONE 150J "Maybe You Don‘t Need Life Insurance, But If She Is To Live Your Widow Will Need it" WARDENS OF THE UNITED COUNTIES OF LINCOLN AND WELLAND FROM THE YEAR 1852 TO THE YEAR 1857 How long would the income from your present insurance support your family? T he Manuftacturers Life HARRY L. WILSON will guarantee an adequate solution. DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE CMJ 2OWM ++ aston.. . on . ... a eivs . akes ... o hi ac ie lc ze .. .. ts o Ets pard ... glip ...] ham ... ter . ... Aels e S 00 c 909 c hok uie kn ce ol pnie t wie on is AZULL L LCA O% fern ... . 2. .4. lett‘: :.; Lllls ++ ple ... c .. !: P es rag a ... mer .. . Dep. Reeve of St. Catharines . Reeve of St. Catharines . Reeve of Grantham . Reeve of Grantham . Reeve of Gainsboro . Reeve of Grimsby . Reeve of Port Dalhousie . Reeve of Clinton . Reeve of Grantham . Reeve of Grantham . Reeve of St. Catharines . Reeve of St. Catharines . Dep. Reeve of Port Dalhousie . Reeve of Port Dalhousie .Reeve of Niagara Township . Dep. Reeve of St. Catharines .Reeve of Caistor Township . Dep. Reeve of St. Catharines . Reeve of Louth . Reeve of Clinton . Reeve of Niagara Town . Reeve of Gainsboro Reeve of Grantham Reeve of Grimsby Village Reeve of Clinton Reeve of Port Dalhousie Reeve of Louth : Reeve of Niagara Township Reeve of Gainsboro Reeve of North Grimsby Reeve of South Grimsby Reeve of Niagara Town Reeve of Niagara Town Reeve of Port Dalhousie Reeve of Merritton Reeve of Caistor Reeve of Grimsby Village Reeve of Louth Reeve of Grantham Reeve of Beamsville Reeve of Clinton GRIMSBY No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. SEVEN