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A portion of the old custom room is being partitioned off and added onto the working room porâ€" tion of the office. The room at the back of the office now used for the rural route mail will also be enlarged in the changeâ€"over. The present lock ‘boxes will be moved three feet to the west which will reduce the lobby space on the west side but will not interfere with the space in the front. Extensive alterations are being made to the local Post Office and when finished will make a great improvement. : Mary Lou Stbore BOXE§ ........â€"â€"..mullcund Lions Club Ladies‘ Night Bridge Club..........â€"s.i«... Post Office Is Being Enlarged Financial statement for the month of January is as follows: There is a lady in Grimsby who has a little jar on the kitâ€" chen shelf and every time she comes from shopping sne drops all the nickles she received in change in the little jar. About every two months the little jar and the nickles turn up at "Cammy" Millyard‘s drug store, for the Cigarette Fund. ‘This last time the little jar conâ€" tained $4.00. Thanks Mary Lou. You could do the same with your coppers, nickles and dimes and once in awhile when feeling espeâ€" cially philanthropic drop in a quarâ€" ter or a half dollar. You will be surprised how much money you could accumulate for the Cigarette Fund in a short space of time. About Every Two Months It Turns Up At "Cammy" Millyard‘s With Cigarette Fund Contribution. Little Glass Jar Great Collector Last night Col. Cromb met with officers of the 2nd Btn,. at the ofâ€" ficer‘s mess in the armouries. Satâ€" urday he was the guest of honor at the "open house" of the ladies‘ auxiliary of the Lincoln and Welâ€" land Regiment. While in St. Cathâ€" arines, the Edmonton officer met his two uncles George Cromb, Lake street, and Angus Cromb, Beech street, and their families, whom he had not visited in about 20 years. "I am glad to come to St. Cathâ€" arines and this district, because before I left I told the men I would drop in to say ‘hello‘ to their folks and also report on how everything is going. It hasn‘t been too difficult the last six weeks, and the men have been making use of any spare time to train.‘" Col. Cromb reported that when he left the unit was at full strength. | The Edmonton officer assumed command of the Lincoln and Welâ€" land Regiment, now attached to an armored division, on Aug. 13, last year.. That was just before the breakâ€"through, south of Caen, their (Continuea on Page 7) ant with the Royal Edmonton Regiment. While in St. Catharines he is the guest of Lt. Col. H..G. Morrow, M.C., and Mrs. Morrow, Ontario St., South. Col. Morrow is commanding officer of the 2nd Btn. L. & W. Regiment Landed In France On July 20th â€" Spirit Of Men Is Good â€" Are Not In The Present Big Offensive. (St. Catharines Standard) The Lincoln and Welland Regiâ€" ment is probably not in the present largeâ€"scale Canadian First Army assault aimed at the industrial Rubhr valley but they are not very far away, Lt. Col. w, . Cromp. commanding officer of the first battalion told The Standard in an interview Saturday. Col. Cromb, & high school teachâ€" er in civilian life, is enroute to his home in Edmonton on a 30 day leave, his first trip here since he left Canada in 1939 as a lieutenâ€" Tt.â€"Col. W. T. Cromb, O.C. Of Regiment Visits St. Cathâ€" arines, While On Furlough Is Very Proud Of The Boys From Fruit Belt. VOL. LIXâ€"NO. 33 LINCOLNâ€"WELLAND REGT A GREAT FIGHTING UNIT AT FULL STRENGTH The Grimsby Independent MORE THAN A NEWSPAPERâ€"A COMMUNITY SERVICE . 4.00 $42.32 $28.02 _ 8.30 Other communications were from Grey County: Asking provinâ€" cial legislation permitting sale of hogs under the Natural Farm Proâ€" ducts Control Act; Perth County: Asking provincial legislation makâ€" ing it compulsory that all cattle shipped to Toronto be consigned to the union stock yards market and sold on the open market to create an open competitive market; Northumberland and Durham; That provincial and federal govâ€" ernments make increased grants to (Continued on page 8) The council were dinner guests of the Lions Club at their Farmâ€" ers ‘Day program. Mayor W. J. Macdonald of St. Catharines notiâ€" fied council that the city council had decided to provide for raising $4,400 in this year‘s budget as the city‘s share of operating the Linâ€" coln County War Services Commitâ€" tee to the end of the year, and askâ€" ed the county body to confirm last year‘s agreement for its share of the cost. A number of communications were read at the opening session of Lincoln County Council Tuesday morning before council adjourned into general administration and inâ€" dustrial home committees. Lions Entertain County Council Many â€" Communications ?& ceived At Tuesday‘s Session â€"Will Make Grant To War Service Committee. At his leisure, Reilly decided to examine the shotgun. The left barrel was clear but rusty, the right barrel was plugged. Reilly used a ramrod and poked out 18 $100 bills. He handed the money over to the crown attorney at London. Reilly, in guiding the search found a $50 Victory Bond, a $20 bill and a $10 bill but no will. Beâ€" fore he locked up the house, Reilly decided it would be wise to take possession of an old revolver and a rusty old shotgun, Provincial Constable Archie Reilâ€" ly of Lucan, formerly of the Grimsby detachment and well known in this district reported to headquarters on Monday that he had assisted relatives in searching for a will in the home of Daniel Mullins, Lucan‘s former chief of police, who died six weeks ago. Mullins formerly operated a hotel in Parkhill. He was a veteran of the last war and lived in a tiny cottage (but his relatives thought he might have had some money. P.C. Archie Reilly Is Some Sleuth Former Grimsby "Copper‘" Unearths Hidden Treasure In a Double Barrel Shot L.A.C. Douglas St. John Boyd, R.C.A.F. overseas, only son of Mrs. Gladys Fraser, Mansion apartâ€" ments. ‘"Doug" graduated as an Aeroâ€"Engineer at Galt school and trained at St. Thomas and Calgary before proceeding overseas two years ago. Since that time he has been to North Africa, back to Engâ€" land, to Italy and is back in Engâ€" land again. Gun â€" Eighteen $100 Bills Plugged Barrel. Travelling Man Grimsby, Ontario, T hursday, February 22, 1945 Week ending at 8 a.m., Monday, February 19th: Highest temperature ... 45.0 Lowest temperature .....................10.8 Mean temperature ................._._26.1 Precipitation ........................0.53 inches Total .: Grand Total Totalâ€" ... The below the mountain taxpayers pay all told $40,â€" 991.41, of the grand total of $55,233.61 taxes collected in the whole municipality. Mountain sections pay all told $14,â€" 242.20. From these figures you can see that the valley farmer is paying practically three times as mucn in taxes as the hillâ€" top agriculturist. One (Park) pays $10,595.93, more than all the mountain secâ€" tions together. Number One section pays nearly 50 per cent of the total taxes. â€"___â€" The assessment and tax figures and percentages for each school section, are herewith presented : Total Assessment Tax Levy Per cent S..8. 1.....~... .. .:$788,055.00 $ 24,838.13 44.97 Outside of the subsidy provided by the Department of Highways, if the township spent $10,000 on roads and bridges, $7,500 of it would be provided by the taxpayer beâ€" low the mountain, even the whole total sum was expended on the mountain. This applies to everything in connection with the township, even to the purchase of a postage stamp. _ _ If you will study the figures printed here you will find that Number Three school section (Hagar‘s) below the mounâ€" tain, pays more taxes by $1,706.56, than all the school seceâ€" tions on the mountain put together. School section Number Grimsby Blood Clinic, next Wednesday, will be an all day affair the same as the January Clinic. The Clinic will open at 10 a.m. and run right through unâ€" til five p.m. Beamsvilie, Smithâ€" ville, Winona people have promâ€" ised a large number of donors and with Grimsby donors it is expected that the high record number of 229 donors will be surpassed. The Independent has looked into the actual figures on the township books and we find that 75 per cent of all taxes come from the ratepayers below the mountain. $4,000 exâ€" pended for snow removal means that $3,000 of it is provided by the taxpayers below the hill, no matter how much of it was expended on the hill. This equally applies to all township expenditures. s Grimsby Weather There will not be any large expenditure for any kind of work, in any section of the township, until the war is finâ€" ally over and done with. During many of these squabbles over neglect of past councils, as some ratepayers were want to call it, no one ever stopped to realize where the money was comâ€" ing from that was being spent, or that the ratepayers wanted spent. Take the heavy expenditure of this winter for snow plowing and shovelling. There is not much doubt but what that expenditure will reach close to $4,000 by the time the first of April arrives. Now where «id that money come from ? BROADCAST For some years past there has been somewhat of a controversy between the residents of North Grimsby below the mountain and their neighbours who live on top of the mountain, as regards township expenditures for roads, bridges and other necessary work. Ratepayers living on the mountain have to a greater or less extent felt that they have been slighted in the amount of work that is done on roads etc. This is true during the war years, but it is equally true regarding the amount of township money spent below the escarpment. j W TT m 111 tm 1 en 1smm o1 e 1 mm t omm m 1 oc . m m c e o c e e o o d d > " TICKETS NOW ON SALE BY MEMBERS _ o LIONS DEN < elelmlRlt.elslsl2.sls.I.s:I92.9.s.s.2s}2..=®.=7 N6. IOWNSH Presented through courtesy of Willard‘s Chocolates â€" Sponsored by The Independent And Grimsby Lions Club. All Day Clinic Broadcast 9.00 to 9.30 p.m. â€" Doors Open at 8 p.m. Doors Closed at 8.55 p.m. TRINITY HALL FRIDAY. MARCH 224. 1945 ONTARIO PANORAMA + +. . 4; $1,204,085.00 $1,642.571.00 ~ 40,0655.00 . 455,875.00 $438,486.00 0.53 inches 139,740.00 37,925.00 73,025.00 7,550.00 52,635.00 127,611.00 P TIM FAGTS sCOUT â€" GUIDE WEEK Assure them of an adventurâ€" ous youth. Give them Scouting. BOYS GROW UPâ€" BUT ONLY ONCE $ 55,28358.61 $ 14,242.20 $ 24,838.18 204.52 15,948.176 $ 40,991.41 February 18â€"24 228.18 1,758.12 4,215.64 4,304.16 1,274.36 2,461.14 25.80 74.20 .36 28.87 100 Fortyâ€"five Lions partook of an excellent dinner from the Village Inn cuisine and they received one of the finest lessons in what a litâ€" tle patience and work can accompâ€" lish. Mr. Eaton with 40 little girls and boys from the Public school gave a practical demonstration of the methods used in training these youngsters and then wound up by rendering several numbers. Folâ€" lowing the training method he deâ€" monstrated with a choir of mixéd voices from the High school the reâ€" sults of that training. This choir gave a very fine rendftion of old time, concert and modern music and were received most enthusiasâ€" tically by the Lions. Several reports of committees were received and all showed that progress was being made. Grimsby Lions in dinner session on Monday night were treated to a very fine demonstration of the system followed and the excellent results attained by Gordon L. Eaton and his music classes of the Public and High schools, Gordon L. Eaton And Pupils Give Wonderful Demonstraâ€" tion Of Musical Training In Schools. School Choirs Entertain Lions Shortly after midnight on the 5th of December a patrol tried to come in, sneaking along the river bank from the left. They were seen by the listening post, which was manned by your son and five other men, and allowed to approach within 40 yards, since inflicting of casualties to obtain identities was (Continuea on page 7) It is with some misgiving and considerable sorrow thaf I write to let you know the details of your son‘s death. At the time, the Arâ€" gylls were engaged in a holding action along the South bank of the Maas river, and C. Coy was holdâ€" ing the tiny village of Doevren. In order to prevent »enemy patrols from infiltrating, we had listening posts on the dyke by night. 0 em0.0 ons c en 0 ae5â€"0 5 0 are c Dear Mrs. Laba:â€" FACTUAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOCAL SCHOOLS Mr. and Mrs. Wazyl Laba, have received the following letters from overseas anent the death of their son, Pte. A. E. Laba, who was killâ€" ed in action last December: Pte. Alex E. Laba Buried At Antwerp Was a Quiet, Efficient Soldâ€" ier, Writes His O.C. â€" Was The Best Soldier In The Company. Sergt. Mary W. Bishop, C.W.A.C., daughter of Lt.â€"Col. and Mrs. R. W. Bishop, Mountain street, now serving overseas. One of Grimsâ€" by‘s most popular young ladies she gave her friends a great surprise when she enlisted two years ago in the C.W.A.C., as they all naturally supposed that she would join up with the RC.AF, (W.D.) as she held a private pilot‘s license, but the old family tradition was too strong and she joined the army girls. It‘s In T he Blood G. Co‘y, A. & B.H. of C., December 13th, 1944. $2.00 Per Year, $2.50 In U.S.A., 5¢ Per Copy css 6+ Wantâ€"a nice comfortable occasâ€" ional chair to grace the living room or the den? Peggy O‘Neil will give you one, at least she will give it to you through "Cammy" Millâ€" yard and his Cigarette Fund. She has donated a beautiful chair to the fund and tickets are now being sold on it at 10 cents a copy or three tickets for a quarter. You may purchase tickets at Millyard‘s, Dymond‘s, Bourne‘s or the Hotel Grimsby. All proceeds go to the fund to buy smokes for the boys over there. > The chair will be drawn for at the St. Patrick‘s dance being sponsored by Father O‘Donnell, in aid of St. Joseph‘s R.C. church, which will be held in the High school Auditorium on Friday evenâ€" ing, March 16th. You Can W in A Beautiful Chair When asked what it felt like to be home he said, "Great. The minâ€" ute I landed on terra firma at Haliâ€" fax I dropped on my knees and Pte. Newcombe left Hamilton in December, 1939, with the R.C.A. S.C. and after long training in England, including the invasion and retreat at Dunkirk, got into real action on Dâ€"day in Normandy. He has served all through France, Belgium and Holland, and despite the fact that he has had several hairâ€"breadth escapes has not reâ€" ceived even the slightest wound or ‘been sick a day. For many months he was the chief mechanic that looked after General Crerar‘s car and thinks that the leader of the Canadian forces is 100 per cent. kissed that good Canadian soil, even if it was covered with snow." Kissed The Soil He Fought For Just five years and two months to the day that he left Hamilton for overseas, Pte. Daniel Newâ€" combe, sonâ€"inâ€"law of John and Mrs. Slade, Main street west, arâ€" rived back in the Ambitious City, on rotation furlough, or Friday last. Drew‘s Educationai Subsidy A Big Boon To Grimsby Halls Of Learning â€" Will Enable Board To Make Many Needâ€" ed Improvements. Possible That $10,200 More Will Be Spent This Year Than Last â€" $2,805 Will Be Spent For Additional Equipment â€" Repair Inâ€" crease. The increased amount to be spent for education in Grimsby in 1945, is due to three major causes. Salaries will amount to $29,103. inâ€" stead of $24,126., the increase beâ€" ing due to scheduled increases and (Continuea on page 7) Now that the confusion created by the Drew government educaâ€" tional subsidy has subsided and the Board of Education and the Town council have struck their estimates and the mill rate for the year, we can delve a little farther into the costs of our schools for 1945. In discussing the matter with T. L. Dymond, Chairman of the Board of Education ,he gave The Independent the following very inâ€" teresting and informative facts: In 1944, income from governâ€" ment grants was $3,914.; in 1945 government grants may amount to $27,570. or a difference of $23,660. Income received in 1944 for tuition of county pupils was $8,378.; in 1945 it may be $8,483. Due to inâ€" creased provincial grant, income ably lower in 1946. Grimsby may spend $10,200. more on education in 1945 than in 1944 but its education taxâ€"rate will be reduced from 17.1 mills to 8.5 mills. Gross expenditure in 1944 for all purposes was $41,584.; in 1945 it may ‘be $51,786. Debenture costs in 1944 were $7,483. against $6,880. in 1945. . e. Daniel Newcombe Home On Rotation Leave After Five Years And Two Months‘ Service. RATE IS 8.5 MILLS county will be considerâ€"