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Corp. Glenn Meldrum Pettit, son of Mrs. 0. M. Pettit, Ontario street, and the late Mel. Pettit, who was a veteran of the First Great War. Glenn was born and raised in Grimsby and attended local schools, being the winner of the Lions Club Medal at the High school in 1940. He enlisted in 1941 and went overâ€" seas in March of 1942, He landed on the Beaches of Normandy and has since been all through France, Belgium and Holland and into Gerâ€" many. He is a signalman with the First Canadian army and a grandson of the late J. Albert oo m oâ€"ame 0â€"am 0 <anâ€"0â€"zm0.0â€"a1 t 0 «m 0 canâ€"0 ausâ€"0â€"cmmâ€"0â€"aa (6%¢ Bell Boys Get Safety Buttons Of the grand total of 423 awards, 25 were for 12 consecutive years‘ driving of a Bell Telephone motor vehicle without an accident of any kind, 27 for a similar record exâ€" tending over 11 ‘years, and eight for 10 years safe driving. Charlie Norman Receives Award For Seven Consecuâ€" tive Yearsâ€"Joe Waites For Four Years. Safe driving buttons for 1944 have been awarded to two Grimsby telephone workers by the Ontario Safety League. In all, 423 Bell employees have received awards consisting of buttons inscribed with the number of years of safe driving and certificates signed by H. G. Fester, manager of the league, and H. C. Walford, the company‘s westâ€" ern division plant superintendent, C. H. A. Norman received an award for 7 consecutive years at the wheel without an accident; T. J. Waites won a four year button. The above motion started Coun. Mitchell off on one of his ideas that he has had before council at difâ€" ferent times in the past, that of imâ€" mediately getting to work and erâ€" ecting a suitable memorial to the boys who have given their lives in this war. He wishes to have the council (Continued on page 7) North Grimsby township© counâ€" cil fully appreciative of the great work and sacrifices that township boys have made in the war, do not intend that their services shall go unrewarded and with that end in view the.following motion was unâ€" animously carried at Saturday‘s meeting: Council As a Whole Will Wait On Town Fathers With Reâ€" gard to Erecting War Memâ€" orial On Municipal Grounds. dnamoemoom . _ocmocmountramosmosmosecant Same Will Be Suitably Inâ€" scribed As They "Helped To Preserve The Freedom Of This Whole World." GOLD WRIST WATCHES FOR ALL TOWNSHIP SERVICE MEN Same Will Be Suitably Inâ€" !‘ He Gave His All YVOL. LIXâ€"NO. 45 § § ; A s ta. is n [ R : A 5 . o ate on & 6 Z j . 3 9e y > ‘/5",.'," t e 3 Bamt, mt opety ce 9 ts sys3 e es $ . AC chers ; © o. $ Rem . 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The Grimsby Independent The otherâ€"new Aiton house on St. Andrew‘s avenue was sold by Charles J. DeLaplante to Mr. Hawâ€" kins of Prescott who will move his family to Grimsby to reside. Also, through this agency was the sale of the new Harold Gowland home on Nelles Boulevard to Mr. Braid, the new sales manager of the Metal Craft Co. Windows Changed The front of the Roxy theatre has been greatly improved by the changing of the front windows, Previously the large windows east and west of the front entrance doors were in two sections. Now each window is one large plate glass six foot by six foot. The change is very noticeable. Last week the T. E. Mannell Agency disposed of the Joseph Hajdu property at 13 Adelaide street, now occupied by Mel Johnâ€" son, to Barney Moberley, One of the new homes on St. Andrew‘s avenue erected by Archie Aiton to Fred Case and his mother. Also 20 acres on the Barton street, in Saltfleet township, owned by Mr. Bekony to a Mr. Burdyka of Whitâ€" by. There are persistent rumors of several other important sales havâ€" ing ‘been made but to date conâ€" firmation of them cannot be obtainâ€" Two New Archie Aiton Houses On St. Andrew‘s Sold Last Week â€" Many Deals Pendâ€" Sales of good property continue in Grimsby. In fact the local real estate market is stronger than it has ever been in the history of the town. _ Pte. Frank Anthony Lupkoski, who "died as a Tesult of mine exâ€" plosion wounds to the abdomen and chest" in Germany on April 2nd. Tony went to school in Grimsby and was a valued employee of Farâ€" rell‘s basket factory at the time of his enlistment in the spring of 1940. He joined the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and served with that unit in Canada and for 21 months in Jamaica, going overâ€" seas in the summer of 1942. He was wounded in Belgium in August of 1944 but went back in the line. A brother Rudolph is also with the Argyll‘s. His mother Mrs. Joseph Toth and two sisters reside in Hamilton, another brother in Windsor and Mrs. Nick Racz, Grimsby is a sister. The following letters have been received by his mother from overseas: No doubt you have been notified already of the death of your son. Frank Anthony Lupkoski. I buried him with the prayers of the Church in the Common cemetery of a little (Continuea on page 7) Good Property Dear Mrs. Toth o «m 0 aus.0 «ns o ams 0 aan 0 <a»â€"0â€"<z0 0 <mzeâ€"0â€"ans 0â€"a09â€"0â€"ame c ezeelp Shafer Bros. did the job. Selling Rapidly oâ€"ameâ€" 0 ameâ€"0.an0.0â€"m .0 ann 0 ca5.0â€"aue 0 <a5â€"0 can ce /+ MORE THAN A NEWSPAPERâ€"A COMMUNITY SERVICE Holland, April 8th, 1945 Mepriltt‘s ;.......... Mecetal Craft ....... ... Farrell‘s ‘..;...... .. Hewson‘s :....... ... Town Employees .... Snyder‘s ........... Shafer Bros. ........ Growers Cold Storage Stove Foundry ...... 1st Loan 2nd Loan 3ard Loan 4th Loan 5th Loan 6th Loan 7th Loan Another Grimsby airman whose liberation was reported on Thursâ€" day was Sergt, James Carlton, son of Mrs. Sarah Carlton, North Beamer .......~. DeLaplante ...... Hasson ......... Hartis ~......... Bank of Commerce Headquarters ... Pay Roll ......;.. Corey‘s NILLETOTIEN . Ne Te elelle 6 90900 aire le ce dh ce on ce le c n lc 9098 Todd $ ;..".?}:.‘.....«1n0¢+%si.l. MeTriftt‘s ......%...i..../r.rik. .1s Metal Craft .........:..1«@..%.«rs. Fartells ‘,..;:..%.../....~%.4s «1kAk: Hewson‘s :.......i.livaxnca sn abf 65 Town Employees .:................ Snyder‘s ...........f:.w....d.0c. Shafer Bros. .:.......i........... Growers Cold Storage ............. Stove Foundry .:.:................. 8th Loan In perusing the figures of each salesman one can see that each man, according to his allotted territory, put in a lot of long hours and hard work. Total number of applications in this loan were 27 more than last loan with D. E. Anderson writing the largest number with 246 as against the top high last loan of 237 written by Fred Jewson. Figures are: Applications Sales AndersOn . ........,;......0«..f.; 246 $90,900 Beamer ....l.~..........l.¢.ll4. 158 28,750 DeLaplante 1:..;.2....3.m....%r... 188 67,450 FassoOn ...........0./..n«s%yiaasr. 168 . 66,000 MHarnig ;...s....l.2.i¢aasalkl...r.% 215 80,650 Bank of Commerce ...:............ 72 91,300 Headquarters ......i.l....2.il%?.%. 10 42,600 Pav Rall:".: _2 lacen a ts en PLan 289 40,100 1st day . 2nd day 3ard day 4th day 5th day 6th day Tth day 8th day 9th day 10th day 11th day 12th day 13th day 14th day 15th day 16th day 17th day 18th day Local salesmen worked hard all through the campaign but they had many obstacles that they had to hurdle, but they did and the people responded magmnificently. Comparaâ€" tive daily figures for the last loan and this loan are as follows: Tth Loan This Loan Tst day .......l.a.elfsanamiany. $24,500 $41,200 and day ~........... cce nenal i4 18,550 32,600 ord day ~.......aA id i iakie.a . 36,550 23,600 4th day ..;:....zi..r.<rure.gs. 35,600 27,300 h day ..sie....rircamiriesr. 31,600 20,300 6th day .:>.....;..teirrinâ€"zis5" 24,700 7,300 Tth day .i..:;..;}...e..kavetal 18,800 35,600 Sth day‘"......;........a.a..a. 37,800 15,050 Oth day s...;..;;1}¢.r.aaie s 4s 22,000 22,1750 10th day .. ..:..;..fa;; . .. .n 25,500 21,400 11th day .:_>.. <;/g..!=~alncsramane 18,750 26,700 12th day .:;:..:.y.m% . ..Ak... 12,500 2,8350 1Sth. day .;:... m.erc...cf se 4s 12,400, _ 9,450 TAth day ;.. s i.l¢ sAAA VII..l. 10,950 ~©< 1,700 1l5th day ..................% .. 50,500 30,050 f6th day .......;...:.......... 31,050 23,050 Tith day ..............s..¢g.. 34,000 46,000 Asth day ..l...}l.....li.m...... 60,200 120,350 At the beginning of the campaign the salesmen chipâ€" ped in and purchased a $50 bond. This bond was to be drawn for at the conclusion of the campaign, the numbered tickets being the ones sent out to citizens notifying them who their particular salesman wasâ€" The bond was drawn for on Tuesâ€" day morning and was won by Mrs. Mildred McMane, Mounâ€" tain Road, North Grimsby. She has a son overseas. 2 Despite the terrible weather and Vâ€"E Day celebrations Grimsby citizens produced that one big heave last weekend and the Town and Township bond sales went well over the half million dollar mark. Grimsby objective was $450,000 and when final figures were totalled"they showed that the citizens had purchased $507,750 worth of bonds, just $1100 more than in the loan last fall. Victory Loan Total Is Over _â€"â€" Hailf Milllion Total Total...‘.;.."..sarif eicain...ss 1336 $507.750 Factory Pay Roll Subscriptions Liberated $ s w k k k e e 000 e 0 k e e 00e k08 TD C oileies ce onl rele en ce on ulc 80 wl l C000 o 9 8 i69 fte ... s..ldcsi...k inss Commerce...:....s.....". rters: ....i/s.i.i.r.i2.sl?lr. f $506,600 Record Of T he Salesmen Grimsby, Ontario, Thursday, May 17th, 1945. $27,250 Figures Of All Loans Grimsby township, who cabled his mother that he was safe and well in England. Two Oother sons of Mrs. Carlton‘s gave their lives, one being killed in action and the other dying of wounds in a Nazi prison camp. seX ! { $190,000 200,000 250,000 350,000 400,000 400,000 450,000 450,000 Objective $1,300 800 1,600 6.050 4,800 1,900 ¥©,700 1,300 1,150 1,400 1,250 4,000 $2,950,450 $202,350 210,000 267,350 ©369,100 454,250 432,350 505,850 507,750 $507,750 $40,100 Sales $90,900 28,750 67,450 66,000 80,650 91,300 42,600 40,100 Sales $1,650 1,700 6,200 7,100 5,250 3,900 2,200 1,700 1,700 1,500 2,550 5,600 Â¥$o 0 .0 am o ars o om 0 am o «m 0 am o on 0 am.0 o 0 on 0 oz 0 ons 0 0 0 oz 0 ous 0 omâ€"0 «e o canâ€"0 oanâ€"0â€"Bae 0 a0.0 on 0 can o ns 0 <x> 0 ons â€"0 aneâ€"0 â€"can 0 can 0 <unâ€"0â€"aus 0 â€"<us 0 ce 0 â€"<asâ€"0â€"ame 0 â€"ameâ€" ols Outspoken and jovial, one who spoke straight from the shoulder, even in his sterner moments there was a gleam of merriment in his eye. His chastisements at times made one angry, and the more one rebelled against him, the greater (Continued on page 8) The fourth day after the Kuropâ€" ean Victory, May 12th, 1945, the last day of the eighth Victory Lean, the day that prisonerâ€"ofâ€"war news was good to Grimsby citizens and anxious parents, the last load of the last super scrap day delivered, a day when the Grimsbies counted up their war casualties and accomâ€" plishments, on the morrow The King‘s summons to the Church of our faith to give thanks to Alâ€" mighty God with the names of those who gave their all for us upon our hearts, truly May 12th was a great day, and one upon which it was the Divine will to take away from among us, one who toiled faithfully and long in our community affairs, James A. Wray. A young Polish lad, a Sergeant in the Royal Air Force was taken prisoner of war at the same time as "Bobby" Alldrick and they beâ€" came fast friends in prison camp. This lad, Sergt. Jurek Danielewicz has lost all his family in the invasâ€" ion of Poland. On Monday they received a cablegram from him stating that he was safe in England and had hopes of being allowed to come to Canada. â€" Gone on a glorious day, a man among men, one who always ocâ€" cupied a place in the forefront of our endeavours, one who at all times irrespective of race or creed, gave of his time and beneficence. Richard and "Buddy" Shafer adopted the boy for Red Cross parâ€" cel purposes and kept up a steady correspondence with him. Warrant Officer Robert Alldrick, R.C.A.F., of Grimsby, prisoner of war since ‘being shot down and seriously wounded in early June of 1941, is now reported "safe and wel in British hands." Information to this effect was received last Thursday by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Alldrick, Ontario street, in the form of a cable from a niece who resides in England at a point only a few miles from where liberated prisoners are being landed. Warrant Officer Alldrick, a wireless air gunner, was the first Grimsby man to be taken prisoner during the war in Europe. Last word his parents received from him was in October last. (By H. Gladstone Mogg, Exâ€"Reeve of Grimsby, Exâ€"Editor of The Inâ€" dependent) PROMINENT CRIMSEY CITIZEN __CROSSES THE GREAT DIVIDE 0:0#-0-0-0-0-().â€"0-()-()-0-0-40:0 FREE SPEECH PREVAILS AT AN APPRECIATIGN Safe In England TOWNSHIP COUNCIL MEETING Liberated Last week Mrs. Vera Luey reâ€" ceived a cablegram from England from one of her two sons who have been prisoners of war in Germany since Dieppe, but he made no menâ€" tion of his brother. forty years ago as the junior memâ€" ber of the hardware, plumbing and heating firm of Rodgers, Wray and Greenway. Afew years later he severed his connection with this firm and branched out for himself and in the course of time built up one of the largest businesses of its kind in this section of the country. During that period, in conjunction with Clinton McCoy, now of New Philadelphia, O., they constructed the present fine Temple building on Main street. He retired from active business some years ago and beâ€" came a commercial traveller for plumbers supplies until his health failed him. Since the outbreak of war he was Chairman of the Grimsby and North Grimsby Salvage Committee and did an admirable job of (Continued on Page 7) On Saturday she received a double notification from the Deâ€" fence Department at Ottawa to the effect that both boys were safe in England. The twins have never been separated since joining the army in 1939. He served on Grimsby Village council in the years 1919â€"20 and was Chairman of the Fire and Lightâ€"committee in 1920 that purâ€" chased Grimsby‘s first motorized fire truck, which is still doing duty. At the time of his demise he was a member of the local Hydro Comâ€" mission and had been for some years a member of Board of Trusâ€" stees of the Beach school and had had much to do with the developâ€" ment of his school into one of the finest rural schools in Ontario. Was a Leader In Mercantile, Municipal And Fraternal Affairs For Many Years â€" Member Of Local Hydro Commission â€" Since â€" Incepâ€" tion. Grimsby citizens were greatly shocked and deeply grieved on Satâ€" urday morning last to hear of the death of James A. Wray, for many years prominent in the mercantile, municipal and fraternal life of the district. ; Deceased had been in poor health for some years but had been aâ€" round as usual all last week and his passing away in his sleep on Friday night came as an unexpectâ€" ed shock to his great legion of friends all through the peninsula. James A. Wray Passed Away In His Sleep On Friday Night â€" Came To Grimsby 40 Years Ago â€" Born In Drayton. Twins In England "Jimmy" Wray came to Grimsby IN HIS 65th YEAR $2.00 Per Year, $2.50 In U.S.A., 5¢ Per Copy «n am c cas o am 0 ars 0 cm 0 ue w 0 <me 0 c 0 <anâ€"0â€"<me.0â€"amâ€"(62¢ Cpl. W. E. MacFarlane, R.C.A. S.C., eldest son of William and Mrs. MacFarlane, Mountain street, who returned to Grimsby on Monday morning after being overseas since December, 1939. He was called out for duty on August 26th, 1939 with the Lincoln and Welland regiment and transferred to the R.C.A.S.C. He landed on the Normandy Beaches and served all through France being invalided back to England with rheumatic fever. He has a wife and one child who gladâ€" ly welcomed Daddy home. An Oldâ€"Fashioned Barn Raising Rain did not stop Peter Marlowe, Grimsby Centre road east, and about 40 of his farmer friends from holding a real old â€" fashioned barn raising on his farm on Monday of this week. Some time ago Mr. Marlowe lost his barn and a portion of his crop by fire. He was able to purchase a barn frame near Beamsville, and this he had taken down under the supervision/of Archie Griffin of Smithville and refamed and on Monday the raising took place. The building is 30x60. Once upon a time barn raisings were quite the order of the day in every community but it is a numâ€" ber of years now since one has been held in this part of the counâ€" try. f The new county assessment setâ€" up caused plenty of discussion on Saturday and at the windâ€"up the following motion was carried: Mitchell â€" Aikens â€" "That this council wish to go on record as beâ€" ing opposed to the county setâ€"up as to the Equalization of Assessment of the county, and a copy of this (Continued on page 7) Many Important Questions Threshed Out To The Last Word â€" Council Expresses Disapproval Of New County Assessment Plan â€" Reeve Durham Gets Word In Edgeways. Crittenden And Mitchell Bring Their Pet Theories Of Reâ€" ‘forestation And Lake Front Protection To The Fore Again â€" George Drew Thanks Council For Resoluâ€" tion. is caried out to the limit, and that is at the monthly meetings of North Grimsby council. Last Satâ€" urday‘s session was no exception to the rule. The right of free speech was truly exemplified when the legislators talked bluntly and plainly on several important quesâ€" tions. 5 When Deputyâ€"Reeve Crittenden and Councillor Mitchell lock horns on a question you. can rest assured that that question is going to be sifted out to the last word. There is at least one place in Lincoln county where free speech Returns Home $10,000 FOR ROADS