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41,888 V oters In _ Lincoln County The largest number of persons in the history of Lincoln county are eligible to vote in the federal elecâ€" tion campaign, June 11, Federal Returning Officer A. A. Craise anâ€" nounced Saturday. He said that a total of 41,888 persons had been listed by .the enumerators, of which 21,024 were residents of St. Catharines, and the remainder, 20,864 residents of the suburban area of the county. These figures represent all persons in the county over 21 years of age, who have resided in Ontario one year, and were residing in Lincoln counâ€" ty on April 16. NEXT GRIMSBY CLINICâ€"MAY 30th “\_QEâ€"“‘:‘, BCR Sopt * Red Cross serum is saving the lives of hundreds of wounded sailors, soldiers and airmen. But thousands of additional blood donors are needed. Give a pint of blood to save a life, Call Red Cross Blood Donor Service; s j Lincoln County Council last Wednesday approved a grant of $2,500 to the St. Catharines Genâ€" eral Hospital to assist in its proâ€" gram of extension and renovation. The . tesolution from Welland County was endorsed, asking aâ€" mendment to the Municipal Act to give ratepayers a chance to vote on impending ‘ arinexation : of their area by another municipality ibeâ€" fore the annexation would ~be apâ€" proved by the Municipal Board. ‘Council approved payment of $50 for burial of indigent patients, inâ€" stead of $30 as provided by statute. Expense for opening the grave is to be borne by the local municipâ€" ality. ! County Council BEAMSVILLE FLYER ROAMED â€" HILLS WITH TITO‘$ PARTISANS W.O. McKee is one of a group of Canadian airmen who were liberatâ€" ed by British 11th Armoured Divisâ€" ion troops after 2%%4 years of alterâ€" nating captivity and> freedom. Flown back to England, he arrived at the R.C.A.F. Released Prisoner of War Centre, and after leave in England will be returning to Canâ€" W.0. Norman McKee Shot Down In Middle East In December, 1942 â€" Rode As Prisoner In Italian .Subâ€" marine â€" Hid in Yugoslay â€" Mountains for Weeksâ€"Capâ€" tured By Germans â€" Now Back In England. The Beamsville pilot was flying a Warhawk fighter plane with a R.A.F. unit in the Middle East, doâ€" ing low level strafing ahead of the advancing British armies in Decâ€" ember, 1942, when he was. shot down by a German ackâ€"ack batâ€" tery. Taken to Tripoli, he was turned over to the Italians when the Gerâ€" mans did a characteristic evacuaâ€" tion, leaving their allies holding the bag. With Tripoli threatened, the Italians decided to move their air force prisoners, . 1 "‘There were eight of us," McKee recalled. ‘"They loaded us onto a submarine and . pushed off for Italy. It was the best trip I made as a prisoner of war. We subâ€" merged at night. They allowed us to roam around the sub, but we never got on deck. After crossing the Mediterranean in an Italian submarine, wandering around the rugged Yugoslavian hills like a mountain goat with Marshal Tito‘s Partisans, and finalâ€" ly travelling across Germany by cattle car, W.O. Norman McKee, a Beamsville, fighter pilot, is looking forward to just one more piece of travelling â€" a boat trip across the Atlantic to Canada, according to an RC.A.F. story from â€" Bourneâ€" mouth, England. ‘"‘There was one time when, if we had known how to operate the thing, I think we could have taken over. We did a violent crashâ€"dive, and hit the bottom of the ocean. The sub hit with a sickening crash and banged me up against â€"a steel bulkhead. One Eyetie nearly went mad, and the rest of them were panicking wildly. There was no damage though.. We took three days and nights to get to Taranto." The Canadians were taken prisâ€" oners, and thrown into a civilian internment camp.. The Germans endeavoured to prove that they "We finally made the contact in August," McKee continued. "They thought they could get us out through Yugoslavia, but it never panned out that way. ‘"For weeks we climbed up and down those hills like mountain goats. We were constantly dodging German patrols, and at one time passed right between two S.S. diviâ€" sions. There was one on a road above us and one below us, and as we made our way through the woods between them, we could watch them both. ‘"We were creeping through the woods here," McKee said, "We crawled up to a big bush, and I cautiously peered around it. It was a German machine gun nest! I really felt silly at that moment." Friendly Italians warned them against this, so the pair crossed inâ€" to Yugoslavia, took to the hills and for three weeks wandered around the mountains, staying in small villages at night and trying to conâ€" tact Tito‘s Partisans, who were opâ€" erating in the district. "It ran into winter and we were ploughing through heavy snow," he went on. ‘"Luckily, we had very warm clothing and good boots; othâ€" erwise we would have suffered. We were always in the woods, always fighting through deep snow." Eventually they reached the Yuâ€" goslaviaâ€"Italy ‘border, where they intended to cross. At the Italian port, McKee said the Italians cut off all their hair and sent them to prison camp at Bari. They stayed there until the invasion of Italy, when they moved to northern Italy, near Trieste. ‘"When Italy Ccapitulated, the Germans took over our camp and immediately started to evacuate us," McKee said. "Scotty and I deâ€" cided to stay, and we got the mediâ€" cal officer to hide us under the floorâ€"boards of his office, . We lay there for several hours, until the Germans had gone, then bolted, figuring to make the front lines south of us." ALEXANDER HARDWARE Hamilton â€" Ontario Company, Limited THE T HE GRIMSBY INDEPENDENT Honor Roll Of > Beamsville Boys At the very simple, but beautiful Service of Thanksgiving, held in the Community hall, Beamsville, on Vâ€"E Day, George Sheppard,; : of West Lincoln branch, Canadian Legion, read the Honour ~Roll of Beamsvile and Clinton boys who have "Gone West" in this war, 30 of them. The list is as follows: ‘"We‘re feeling fine," they reâ€" ported. "That mountain climbing is a wonderful conditionerâ€"but I think maybe we overdid it. . . ." FIit./Sgt. H. Hamilton; L/Cpl Lorne High. The Independent made a grave error last week, < unintentionally, but nevertheless a bad mistake. We tried to take away from an almost six year service man the credit that was due him. f L./Col. W. E. Andrewes. Fusilier H.C. Beachin; Pte. W. J. Bibby;/L/Cpl. R. D. Blain; L.A. C. D. G. S. Boulton. Tpr. N. L. Cameron; P/O S. F. Chudzik; Tpr. M. R. Combe; Major loughby; We found on our own check of the front page, that we said that "Corp. W. E. MacFarlane landed on the Normandy Beaches." This was positively incorrect, because, how could a first division man land there. They landed on the rock strewn coast of Sicily and then on into Italy, and it was from Italy that he was returned to England after many months of service with rheumatic fever. We are sorry that Taken to a collection centre in Germany, McKee was flown back to England, finding Scott had arâ€" rived back ahead of him. Stallwood C. G. Cooper; Fit./Sgt. R. H. Culp. Pte. E. Dyball. Pte. A. Geddes; Pte. G. W. Good; Sgt. N. H. Groh. "It was just like dawn breakâ€" ing," he said. "The tank boys were grand to us." were partisans, which would mean that they would be shot, but they succeeded in convincing their capâ€" tors that they were escaped prisonâ€" ers of war. ‘"‘The Germans who were interâ€" rogating me beat up a little New Zealand chap in front of me to try to make me talk," McKee said. "But they didn‘t lay a hand on me, and finally sent us off to prison camp in Germany . "One of. our lads was getting very ill,‘ he recounted. "‘We could hear tanks going by and a lot of shooting, but hadn‘t dared to poke our heads out fearing they were Germans. Now we had to move and get some help for our friend, so we walked out of hidingâ€"right into our own tank boys. The Cost of Living reminds us of a small boy, Both are always constantly on the move. Seven days out of the camp at Fallingbostel, McKee and several others ducked the column and hid in the woods, later reaching a barn, where they stayed for three days without food or water. we made this mistake,., and more than glad to correct it. ‘ This boy if our records are corâ€" rect is the oldest enlisted man in Grimsby in this war. He was called for duty with the Lincoln and Welâ€" land Regt. on August 26th, 1939, and enlisted for overseas with the R.C.A.S.C. from that unit. "Scotty and I stayed there until last month, when they started to evacuate us as the British closed in. I missed the boat this time, and got up into a marching column but Scotty managed to stay beâ€" hind." â€" In looking it over there are many queer things noticed regardâ€" ing the war as compared to this present war. For instance one desâ€" patch reads: & Malcolm Allan has given The Inâ€" dependent a copy of The Hamilton Spectator of Monday, November 11, 1918, an "Armistice Extra". London, Nov. 9. â€" Three and oneâ€"quarter tons of bombs were dropped by Britsh airmen today,â€" Field Marshal Haig announced in his aviation communique tonight. One British airman is missing. Last night eleven and oneâ€"half tons of bombs were dropped. Terriftic Bombing Pte. R. E. Kelter. P.O0. L. Logan. L. A.C. R. L. Miln. Lieut. J. Osborne. . L/Sgt. T. H. Page; FIt./Lt. R Palmer. Cpl. W. H. Juhlke An Apology B. Shepherd; Sgt. J. B. ; Gnr. F. G. Szocs. J. Thorpe. Watson; Cpl. C. W. Wilâ€" Sgt. H. H. Wright. Matinee at ‘The Roxy, today, May 24th. 4 Owing to the fact that today is a holiday, The Independent went to press on Wednesday afternoon and was mailed in the evening so that you would get your favorite paper right on time today. Sergt. Ken. Lambert, R.C.A.M.C. who returned home from overseas in March after more than five years‘ service has taken his disâ€" charge from the service. He exâ€" pects his English bride to arrive almost any time. Dunnville council is contemplatâ€" ing the erection of a new town Did you notice all those flags that the school children were carryâ€" ing and waving on Vâ€"E Day, 400 of them, They were purchased and donated to the kids by Carm. Millâ€" yard. It was expected that Cpl. B. Gerow, R.C.A.S.C. whose wife reâ€" sides at 13 Fairview avenue would arrive home from overseas some time on Wednesday, according to information from the Public Relaâ€" tions division of the army. Also Pte. H. Bowman, C.I.C. whose wife lives at Winona. Several local boys are diligentâ€" ly engaged in buying oats for the geeâ€"gees at the Woodbine. Progressive â€" Conservative comâ€" mittee rooms are in the Wells Block, upstairs over Love‘s and Case‘s stores. Entrance next to the Busy Bee. The vital statistics branch of the St. Catharines city clerk‘s deâ€" partment reports that births durâ€" ing April in St. Catharines numberâ€" ed 95, of which 58 were resident births. Deaths for the month totalâ€" led 33, 24 ‘being residents. Marâ€" riages for April were less than usual, only 29 being performed. James Alway Ross of Wellandâ€" port, passed away in St. Catharines General hospital on Tuesday evenâ€" %?‘1&\%\“:\@‘1@Nfl@l@l\@i@w&&@&w&y;@i@Lfi\@&W;@kV&@i@l@wT@W&% % % t THE WISE FATHER ... BrREVvITIES Blood Clinic next Wednesday. EVENTS and TOPICS of the WEEK in _ TABLOID . :. s. .. . BAKER‘S â€" MILLYARD‘S â€" RUSHTONS MOUNTAIN‘S STORE, BEAMSVILLE THE INDEPENDENT On All News Stands Every Thursday Morning at 10 o‘clock _ In Their Mature Y ears They Will Be All The Wiser For So Doing SUBSCRIBE TODAY T eaches His Children To Read ing. He was a well known busiâ€" nessman throughout the whole Niaâ€" gara district. In 1908 he was electâ€" ed to the Ontario Legislature, in the Whitney government, for the riding of Monck of which Grimsby that the time was a part. Full reâ€" port will appear next week. Petty Officer Jackie Johnson, son Frank Johnson, Main west, is home on furlough from the R.C.N. Jackie was a member of the navy for some years before war broke out and since that time has been constantly on active service. There are not many spots on the globe where the navy prowls that he has not visited. Charged by Chief of Police W. W. Turner with the theft of 15 gallons of gasolene and a steel drum, the property of J. M. Lawâ€" son, Murray street, Harvey Hill and Lyman Tillotson, North Grimsâ€" by, were fined $15 a piece and costs in Magistrate J. H. Campâ€" bell‘s court on Monday. George Peter of Winona, faced the same charge but was dismissed. : The nineteenth Annual Judging Competition for the Lincoln County Junior Farmers will take place on Saturday, June 2nd, at Smithville. Contestants between the ages of 12 to 25 years inclusive on June 2nd are eligible to compete and will meet at the Masonic Hall, Smithâ€" ville, at 8:30 a.m. to register and from there will visit a number of farms in the district to judge four classes of live stock, (dairy catâ€" tle, swine, horses and sheep). Week ending at 8 a.m. Monday May 21st 1945. Highest temperature ......................07.8 Lowest temperature ........................39.( Mean temperature .....................46.4 Precipitation .........2.76 inche:s SALADA Grimsby Weather May to date Union Lodge No.7 A.F. & A.M. Hall GRIMSBY â€" ONTARIO at 8.30 p.m. This advertisement published by: Labour Election Committee, 194 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines, Ont. 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