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Col. McCordick went overseas in November, 1939, to take an adâ€" vanced training course in Britain, a month in advance of the battery. He came to St. Catharines direct from Holland where he has been commanding officer of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, the only permanent force artillery unit in the Canadian forces. The unit saw service in Germany. Col. McCordick has returned to St. Catharines to campaign as federal Liberal candidate in Linâ€" coln County. Colonel McCordick Returns Home Lt.â€"Col. E. Frank McCordick, commanding officer of the first active service unit, the 10th St. Catharines Battery, R.C.A., to leave St. Catharines in Great War TII, has returned home. Col. Mcâ€" Cordick flew from Scotland to Montreal by transâ€"Atlantic bomber. Vincent Bousfield, Vineland, was hired to install an alarm system from the yards, as recommended by the jail inspector. Also on reâ€" commendation of the general adâ€" (Continued on page 9) Alterations _ and improvements at the Lincoln County jail, designed to make the jail more secure, were approved last week by the county council. There have been several escapes from the jail in the past few years, the latest taking place last April 26. Went Overseas In 1939 â€" Is ment and speculation. When that petered out, people were even more disilllusioned and decided never to get excited about things again. ‘This idea was very solidly conâ€" firmed when the hun staged his Ardennes breakâ€"through at Christâ€" mas time. That is why, when we crossed the Rhine, every one hung To Be Made More Escape Proof â€" Installing An Elecâ€" tric Alarm System Will Use Prison Labor. Make Alterations To County Gao! "It is rather amazing to be over here while Germany is going to pieces. Last year when Dâ€"Day came the excitement was absoluteâ€" ly electrical in its effect. Then, when opposition became tough, people became very disâ€"illusioned. Around "Arnohem time" there was another terrific flare up of exciteâ€" The following excerpt is from a letter to W. H. Morris, Kidd Ave, from his son FIt./Lt. Walter Morâ€" ris, who has been in England for the past two and one half years. It was written May 3rd. Flightâ€"Lieut. Walter Morris and his English bride. FiIt.â€"Lt. Walter Morris Writes Interesting Description Of People‘s Actions And Re:â€" actions During Many Tryâ€" ing Situations â€" Made Shirts Out Of Curtains. ENGLISH PEOPLE ARE TIRED PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY VOL. LIXâ€"NO. 46 "They Felt Both So Intensely For Five Years That They Just Can‘t Feel Any More, Cannot Feel Excited Or Deâ€" pressed." Liberal Candidate For Linâ€" coln In Federal Election. HUNG TO NEWSCASTS (Continued on page 9) The Grimsby Independent Mr. and Mrs. Robert Beamer, North Grimsby, have received word that their son, L/Cpl. Oscar Beamâ€" er, has been injured in an explosion in Holland, having his eyes burned in the accident, and his hands cut up considerably. Full extent of the injuries are not available until further informaâ€" tion is received. A large crowd of interested specâ€" tators from Grimsby and district watched the Annual G.H.S. Cadet Inspection on Monday. Capt. W. M. Mounfield, assistant district cadet officer of Toronto, carried out the inspection. Other inspecting ofâ€" ficers were Capt. R. 0. Sams, asâ€" sistant district cadet officer, St. Catharines; Capt. T. E. Warren, adjutant of the L. and W. Regiâ€" ment; and Major A. W. Jarvis, alâ€" so of the L. and W. Regiment. Afâ€" ter the march past accompanied by the Cadet Band there were a few demonstrations of the cadet work. Ken Martin â€"led some cadets in gas drill in which he usâ€" (Continued on page 9) Town officials are rapidly comâ€" pleting plans for the introduction of Grimsby‘s new Parking Bylaw on June 1st, and they ask the genâ€" eral travelling public to coâ€"operate with them in getting the new syâ€" stem established with the least possible confusion. Parking signs will be erected and the roadways marked off and the drivers of vehicles will have to abide by those signs and markings. For the first 30 days a special trafâ€" fic officer will be on duty and will check on all infractions and while not prosecuting will point out eithâ€" er verbally or by a printed notice, to the vehicle driver, just where he or she broke the law. p Hydro Commission officials are working in conjunction with town officials for the better lighting of Orchard Lane and Elm street where there is parking space for an unlimited number of cars and trucks Large Crowd At Cadet Inspection High School Corps Put On Good Show For Inspecting Officers On Monday Evenâ€" +1b az» 0 ans 0. ameâ€"0 «5 0.cm0.0 e toâ€" 0 <meâ€"0â€"am> 0â€"cmsâ€"0 ce â€"0â€"<m cce Pte. Ray A. Travis, who has reâ€" turned from overseas service and is spending a 30 day furlough with his grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Crooks, North Grimsby, before reâ€" porting to Christie Street hospital for medical treatment. He is 21 years of age and enlisted in Februâ€" ary 1943 with the Lake Superior Regt. He was wounded in Februâ€" ary, 1945 with shrapnel which caused injury to his left arm. He was near Cleaves in Germany and was flown back to England by plane. Previous to enlistment he was an employee of the Westingâ€" house Co. of Hamilton. June First Is Vehicle drivers will have to pay special attention and not park in (Continued on page 8) Grimsby‘s Parking â€" Bylaw â€"Comes Into Force Next Week â€" Special Traffic Ofâ€" ficer Will Check On Motorâ€" ists. . New Bylaw Date Returns Home MORE THAN A NEWSPAPERâ€"A COMMUNITY SERVICE Wounded cammâ€"oâ€"ame C amnâ€"0 n 0â€"cn0â€"0â€"ame c Prisoners:.......... Casualties ......... Returned .......;.. Returned, discharged Transferred ....... Total overseas .... Total in Canada .;.... .127 49 176 Total enlistments ....382 167 549 DECORATIONS AND AWARDS Cmdr Rayner, Herbert, D.S.0. and Bar, also mentioned in despatches. Wing Cmdr. Hodson, Kâ€"L.B., D.F.C., and Bar, O.B.E. Ft/Lt. Ruttledge, A. J., D.F.C., and Bar. ET/ Lt: Lipsit, R. R., D.F.C. £ P.JQO.. Hurst, Roy., D.F.C. Ft/Lt. Anderson, Hugh, D.F.M. In Canada .... Discharged ... We are thankful the fortunes of war spared the lives of the remaining 516 men and women from this district who willingly went forth to serve their countryâ€"many of whom bear the sears of battle.. A breakdown of the grand total of 549 enlisted from this district reveals many interesting figures On Vâ€"E day there were still 254 overseas, 31 serving in the Royal Canadian Navy, 172 in the Canadian Army and 51 in the Royal Canâ€" adian Air Force. Another 119 also served overseas at some time, as follows: Since these figures are for the whole disâ€" trict an effort has been made to divide them into two lists, Grimsby and North Grimsby. This is as accurate as it is possible to make it, with families movingâ€"from one section to another. This makes a total of 3738 who have served overseas. Still serving in Canada are 144, to which may be added 32 discharged making 176 who have served in Canada. Summary of enlistments from Septemâ€" ber, 1939 to May, 1945 : (By Mrs. Ada Bromley, Custodian of Records, Linâ€" coln Loyalist Chapter, I.O.D.E.) In the first flush of victory, as we reâ€" dedicate ourselves with renewed vigour to the tasks ahead, it is fitting that we should pause and consider the sacrifices which made this portion of the victory possible. â€" From homes in Grimsby and North Grimsby have gone out 33 fine young men who will not come back, who gave their lives that others might live and be free. All honour and triâ€" bute to them and may we never fail them. Brig. Sinclair, Gordon, V.D., 0.B.E. W.O. Tice, Harry, D.F.M. Lt. Bourne, G.C.B., M.B.E. Prisoners ...... Returned .............. Casualties ........;...} Returned, discharged ... Transferred to other lists FIt./Sgt. Griffith, R. K. Major Harriss, Phillip R. Cpl. Hearn, John H. Sgtâ€" Henley, Ernest Sgt./Pilot Heathcote, David Subâ€"Lieut. Hawarth, E. Capt. Hunter, R. Gordon Cpl. Hurst, Carman Surgeon Lieut. Irvine, C. E. (M) Gnrâ€" Laba, M. R. Pte. Laba, A. E. Pte. Lavis, D. Pte. Lupkoski, Frank Pte. Lyon, Cecil *‘ P/O Maeder, Paul â€" â€" Pte. Maguire, Tâ€" D. (M) . â€"__ Tpr. MacGregor, A. R. Sgt. (Obs) McLean, Perry Sgt. Powell, James i FIt./Lt. Ruttledge, Aâ€" J. (M) Sgt./Pilot Bertram, Richard Pte. Byford, Ralph Pte. Carlton, John Pte. Carlton, Joseph Pte, Dingman, R. Lâ€" Pte. Dyball, Ernest Pte. Emsley, E. J. L.A.C. Fitkowski, Peter Pte:â€" Godin, Alfred Capt. Woolverton, F. T. (M) Sgt. Wright, Herbert (M)â€"Missingâ€"presumed dead. Cpl Ballard, Râ€" G. Lest We Forget Grimsby, Ontario, Thursday, May 24th, 1945 Grimsby N. Grimsby Totals 838 .255 .103 24 2e 124 426 172 36 118 41 82 10 12 48 25 119 10 38 33 20 18 119 378 144 32 254 10 33 38 20 18 3l 172 51 Just because the war in Europe is over it does not signify that blood plasma is not needed. It is still needed and badly, too. There are thousands of men in hospitals in England and Canada and in the South Pacific that still need transfusions and plasma is still a vital link in the saving of their lives. Next Grimsby Blood Clinic will be held in Trinity hall, on Wednesday of next week, May 30th, and all donors are urgently reâ€" quested to be on hand and give of their blood. The clinic will operate from nine o‘clock in the morning until one o‘clock in the afternoon or later if there are sufficient donors. This will, in all probability be the last clinic held until the fall season, therefore let‘s make it a bumper one. It will be your last chance to make a blood donation until Sepâ€" tember or October. REMEMBER â€" Wednesday next, May 30thâ€"Nine in the morning until one o‘clock, or after. ' In speaking to The Independent, Chairâ€" man Aiton said "just tell the people that I am very thankful for the magnificent way in which they received the salesmen and for the great amount of bonds that they purchased. Just say for me, Thanks a Million." Our soldiers khave fought in Norway, Italy, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany. Our sailors have been just about everywhere, including the dangerous "Murmansk Run" to Russia. What a wealth of experience these men and women will bring back with them when they return. Grimsby is also the richer by the wives and children of our boys who married overâ€" seas. We warmly welcome these fine young women from Britain, who are bravely facing life in a new country, in order to make their home in their husband‘s country and bring their children up as Canadians. There are 20 Grimsby boys who married girls from England, Seotland and Wales. Grimsby Town and Township citizens done themselves proud. Final check â€" up shows that they purchased $516,800 worth of bonds, the largest amount ever subscribed for in any loan by the people of these two municipalities. 1353 applications were :reâ€" ceived which is also a record. The number of applications is very high in comparison with the population of the territory. Beamsville village and Clinton township had 1129 applications for a total subscription of $506,700, which is also a record for thoge municipalities. Grimsby is also very proud of her young women, who joined the colours. There have been 29 women wearing the navy, khaki, and airforce blue of the. services There® have been 14 in the army, 3 of whom have been discharged, 3 are overseas, and 8 are in Canâ€" ada. There were 12 in the women‘s division of the air force and 3 have been discharged, leaving 9 in Canada. There are 3 Wrens in the navy. 4 Lt./Cmdrâ€" (A) Gibbs, Hubert, mentioned in despatches. Lt. Loud, Henry, Purple Heart, (U.S.) Sqdn/Ldr Thompson, A.F.C., mentioned in despatches. A further search of the records of our service personnel shows they have served in nearly every corner of the globe. They have trained and stood guard in Canada, Newâ€" foundland, Iceland, Alaska, United States, Bermuda, and British West Indies In Great Britain they served from Wales to the Orkâ€" ney Islands, in Seotland and Ireland, in Engâ€" land from north to south and east to west. Airmen from Grimsby district know the Mediterranean area from West Africa and North Africa to Egypt and Greece, Sicily and Italy. They have called India and Ceylon their home for a time. RASosences C208 While each and all of our men and WO:/ men in uniform has served our country well and given us just cause for pride, some have had their services recognized and have been placed in that group "Whom the King Honâ€" oureth". â€" Congratulations go to the 12 who have been decorated or mentioned in desâ€" patches for bravery in action, distinguished service, or devotion to duty. West Lincoln Organizer for the Victory Loan, Cecil Horton and Chairman Archie Aiton of the Grimsby and North Grimsby Victory Loan Committee, have closed the books of the Eighth Victory Loan and handâ€" ed out final figures for the three weeks.camâ€" paign. j Final Figures Blood Clinic Francis David Fiske, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Fiske, Buffalo, N.Y., and eldest grandson of Mr. and Mrs. David Fisher, Adelaide St., Grimsby, has been wounded in action, according to official notiâ€" fication received by his parents. While serving with the Advance Scouts Intelligence Service of the United States Army, he was seriâ€" ously wounded in the left foot, leg and knee. He was flown by air transport to a hospital in Southern England, where he is reported conâ€" valescing. A few days ago we took up our quarters in a town on the east side of the River Elbe, through which was passing a strange procession. German officers and privates, and crowds of civilians, riding bicycles, carts, motorâ€"cars, horses, or walkâ€" ing, many of them carrying all their worldly possessions, in their effort to escape capture by the Russians. Night and day they streamed past, being systematicalâ€" ly searched as they reached the various road blockades which we have set up. They were no longer the proud Germans they once were, but a cringing mob, some of them smiling in the hope of obtaining favours from our men; but we were not in the mood for yielding to their hypocrisy. One man who A. C. Wootton, provincial reâ€" turning officer for Lincoln riding, received word Monday that any active service personnel who are home on leave in this riding and are here on election day, June 4th, may vote even if their name is not on the voters‘ list, as long as they are residents of this riding. IMPORTED JAPANESE LABOR AGITATES COUNTY COUNCIL Landslide On T he 80 40e 0â€"ame 0 <am.0 <ne.0â€"ameâ€"0â€"ax 9 0â€"ameâ€"0 <me 0â€"<n5â€"0â€"ame 0 â€"cmâ€"(6%¢ (Extract from letter of Captain the Rev. Robert S. Trenbath, Chapâ€" lain of the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment of the American army, a sonâ€"inâ€"law of Rev. Neil and Mrs. Leckie, of Grimsby.) 1,000 Cubic Yards Of Earth _\ At Eighteen Mile Creek Slid Away â€" Highway Workers On Job Fast. The washâ€"out occurred on the south side of the highway at the Eighteen Mile Creek, almost directâ€" ly across the road from a similar caveâ€"in a year ago. ‘Three guard rail posts,â€" previously imbedded deep in the earth and supported by several more feet of shoulder, were left exposed and hanging by the cable fencing. Workers of the Ontario Department of Highways were quickly on the job and barriâ€" caded the dangerous area, permitâ€" ting vehicles to travel on the same side of the highway using the lane nearer the centre. Undermined by weeks of steady rain, about 1,000 cubit. yards of earth fill slid away from the shoulder of the Queen Elizabeth Way east of Jordan early Saturday afternoon. Germans Are Just A Cringing Mob Rush To The Americans Beâ€" cause They Believe They Are More Gentle Than The Russians. : Queen Elizabeth Soldiers‘ V ote (Continued on page 9) (Continued on page 9) Wounded $2.00 Per Year, $2.50 In U.S.A., 5¢ Per Copy Arrival Of Three Families Of 23 People In . Grantham Township Causes Heated Discussion â€" Located Close To a Farmerette Camp. A strong protest against the transfer of Japaneseâ€"Canadians to this area to work was voiced Wedâ€" nesday last in a resolution passed by Lincoln County Council. Counâ€" cil devoted a large portion of the afternoon session to discussing the situation which came to a head last week. when three families of 23 persons were brought to work on the Tregunno farm on Carleton St., near St. Catharines, Hon. Charles. Daley Voices Opposition To Their Presâ€" ence In Lincoin â€" Council Passes Resolution Asking Their Removal. cil entering its protest when Japâ€" aneseâ€"Canadians were moved into the Beamsvilleâ€"Vineland area to work had achieved no action by authorities. A similar resolution passed some two years ago by the county counâ€" Last week Warden Cecil Secord, also reeve of Grantham Township, said the arrival of new families had so incensed the people of his disâ€" trict that he feared they might ejâ€" ect the ‘Japanese "bodily" if they were not removed. Council asked R. F. Clarke, manâ€" ager of the St. Catharines office of National Selective Service to meet with them, and Hon. Charles Daley, M.L.A., for Lincoln and Ontario Minister of Labor, also atâ€" tended the session, After some disâ€" cussion it was found that the Selâ€" (Continued on page 4) Motorcyclist Has Narrow Escape Archie Brown Badly Burned When Gasolene Bursts Into Flames â€" Gas Dripped On Hot Exhaust Pipe. Archie T. Brown was painfully burned about the left leg and face on Saturday afternoon when gasoâ€" lene, being placed in the tank of his motorcycle, on which he was seated, suddenly burst into flames. Dr. A. F. McIntyre attended him. Provincial Constable E. L. Priest investigated the occurrence, which happened at Dunham‘s service staâ€" tion on No. 8 highway, Gasolene, he was informed, was being placed in the motorcycle tank by Fred Mokry, a station attendant, when some apparently spilled on the hot exhaust pipe and ignited. Annual Meeting Of Children‘s Aid With his clothing aflame, it was reported, Brown jumped from the machine and pulled the gasolene hose away from the fire to prevent it spreading to the pumps. The motorcycle, recently purchased, was badly damaged. The Society is attempting to hold together and strengthen the fabric of 86 families now on its active list. Moral and physical neglect, marital discord and nonâ€"support were the major factors of neglect last year. When it is necessary to remove a child from its home, the responsiâ€" bility of the Society extends to guaranteeing that child the beneâ€" fits of a normal family life. The society is now caring for 230 childâ€" ren of which approximately oneâ€" third are in boarding homes mainâ€" Mrs. George Warner On Board Of Representatives â€" Marâ€" ital Discord And Nonâ€"Supâ€" port Causes Of Neglect, Committee reports received> at the 41st annual meeting of the St. Catharines and Lincoln County Children‘s Aid Society show steaâ€" dy progress in this important work in the past year. In his opening remarks Presidâ€" ent A. E. Coombs stated that proâ€" blems arising from the war have placed greater responsibilities on the staff. Much time has been deâ€" voted to investigations for governâ€" ment departments and when the family Allowance legislation beâ€" comes fully operative it is likely that the Society will be asked to asâ€" sist in conserving that bonus for the children instead of permitting it to be misused by parents, FOR FARM WORK (Continued on page 9)