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Back in the 80‘s I recall : around the "old Village" the especially the one of the "olC now the National. Sir:â€" EllllIIHi-IIiIH!!!IIlmlllllIIIIlIl!iIlml-IlllIIIIillIHIHHlIII!EHHIHIIE]HI'EJ During those days there was only a "single track" from Hamilton to Niagara Falls, and the present fruit shed at Victoria Avenue and Depot street was the original station. The building was farther to the north, and the floor level was the height of a box. car floor so freight could be conveniently loaded both from the front and back. There was a platform around the station which extended westerly some distance with a ramp to the ground level. Along the north platform was & siding or switch, next to the station; the siding was separatâ€" ed from the main passenger platform by a driveâ€" way and extended several hundred feet west to Deâ€" pot street, to a westerly point at the subway on Elizabeth street. At this end of the switch was an elevated light and a semaphore control. Connecting the main building to the planked Thursday, May 24th, 1945. :.'nl-f|||.llll.Hll.llli-Hll-Hll-UllII||l-!II|-llII-IlIl.iill.llfl'llll.lil!flll”-IHIE Hamilton, April 28th, 1945. The original Grand Trunk station, now the head office and packing shed of Niagara Packers. This building was constructed in the year 1854â€"56 at the time the old Great Northwestern Railway was built through this district. At the time this photo was taken in the early 1900‘s, the Randall and Falconâ€" bridge firm was one of the largest fruit dealers in the peninsula. The late W. F. Randall and Pelham Falconbridge being the partners. ‘ The waiting room, ticket office and baggage room Gecupied the north eastern end of the building, and the western half was used as a freight and store house. The building was painted grey and sanded, and oil lights were used both in the station and the switch lights. passenger platform was a drawâ€"bridge on a slope. The eastern end of the station was approachable from Depot street by wide board steps,. ‘WAY BACK WHEN There were no gates or protection at the crossâ€" PUBLIC MEETING MONDAY, MAY 28 HON. CHARLES "Tod" DALEY J. R. STORK, President. Framk Fairborn, Jr. HON. LESLIE E. BLACKWELL CHARLES "Tod" DALEY IN THE INTERESTS OF THE PROGRESSIVEâ€"CONSERVATIVE PROVINCIAL CANDIDATE > COLLEGIATE AUDITORIUM ST. CATHARINES N. J. "Mac" LOCKHART Ys I recall many interesting scenes illage" the place of my birth, and of the "old Grand Trunk station", EVERYBODY INVITED â€" Progressiveâ€"Conservative Association of Lincoln. GOD SAVE THE KING 8 P.M. SHARP Attorneyâ€"General of Ontario Minister of Labor for Ontario Federal Member for 10 Years SPEAKERS â€"â€" ing in those days of the "single track." The south eastern end of the station was OCâ€" cupied by the late John Blair and his family, and during that time Mr. Blair was the station agent. The eastern portion of the station yard was the garden court of the Blair family and was really a "beauty spot" with climbing vines, well kept lawn, with flowers, swings and benches and shaded by huge weeping willow trees. * _ Along the south side of the station yard on Victoria Avenue were thorn apple and also willow trees, and at the southâ€"west corner there was a well. The western end of the station yard was used as a cattle yard and fenced in as such, with a loadâ€" ing ramp extending to the siding track. All east and west bound trains passed by the siding and especially the morning and evening pasâ€" senger trains, which were due at Grimsby about the same time. The trains were much shorter LNOSC Uays UVLUS to the lighter locomotives being four wheel drivers. On the morning train from Hamilton there was a round weather bulletin on the mail car giving the weather forecast for the day. All rightâ€"ofâ€"way property was fenced in by a board fence lengthwise, about four feet high. The baggageman and switchman was William Neale who resided in the Neale Cottage at the corâ€" ner of Elizabeth and Clarke street, at the southâ€" west corner of the old Victoria park, and he is now residing in Woodstock. The section or maintenance men at that time were the late William Cowan, Walter Kavanaugh and Johnny Johnson. North of the station on the railway property stood an old building which was used as a fruit packing depot by Vanduzer and Griffith, and which eventually fell a prey to flames. The property on which the Peninsula LUMDCT and Supplies Mill is now located, was a vacant lot and used as a pasture field. It too was the property of the Grand Trunk and at one time was used as a wood yard, when the locomotives used wood instead of coal These paragraphs contain a pen picture of the old village back in the late eighties, centered around the depot of the present Canadian National. Such was the scene during my boyhood days and I submit them to revive the village age. Francis Hill. entertain. Bargainâ€"A disease common to women, caught in the Sunday papers and developed in department stores on Mondays. Bargain Saleâ€"Where a woman can ruin one dress while she buys another. Bigamistâ€"One who makes the same mistake twice. Bigotâ€"One who is obstinately and zealâ€" ously attached to an opinion that you do not _ Birthdayâ€"Observed only by childrenâ€" 4 C Marriage is an institution. Marriage is love. Love is blind. , Therefore Marriage is an . the Blind. BRING YOUR FRIENDS Marriage is an Institution for L. C. FORSTER, Secretary. Blitzionary much shorter those days owing which the Peninsula Lumber ow located, was a vacant lot field. It too was the property THE G@GEIMSEY INDEPENDENTE men Grimsby Red Cross The monthly meeting of Grimsby and District Red Cross was held on Tuesday, May 22nd, Mrs. R. N. Wolfenden presiding. Quotas of knitting and (sewing are on hand to be made up by the different groups, for civilians. had received an urgent request Mrs. Dixon reported that she from headquarters for ‘"houseâ€" wives" and towels. These are beâ€" ing made up promptly as it is a ‘rush order. In response to enquiries reaching the Red Cross from all parts of Canada, Mrs. Clara McEachren, National Chairman of the Women‘s War Work Committee, last week issued a most urgent appeal to Red Cross women workers throughout the Dominion to "stay on the job" as their help will be vitally needed in the months immediately ahead. Stressing the immense needs facing us in liberated Europe today, Mrs. McEachren stated: This week has brought to the world the glad knowledge that the war in Europe: is over. It has not, however, brouâ€" ght to an end the work of. Red Cross. Certain Departments of Red Cross war service will necessarily ‘be drawing to a close. But not the work of sewing and knitting. Rathâ€" er, in this work we are facing a period of intense activity. _ ‘"‘The needs of Europe know no bounds," said Mrs. McEachren. "With tthe liberation of all counâ€" tries comes the opportunity of shipâ€" ping to them supplies of clothing, quilts and certain other household articles, replenished to the fullest extent" that our materials will allow. ‘"Moreover, since Vâ€"E Day, a call has come for 25,000 Release "Parcâ€" els" to have available for the Far Fast. This entails a total of upâ€" ward of 100,000 articles to be made by women within the next two months:. "All this," Mrs. McEachren emâ€" phasized, "can be accomplished for the Red Cross only through Sewing Groups, which also issue wool for knitting at home, as we are under obligation to the Wartime Prices and Trade Board to use only such materials as are allocated to the Red Cross by the government. "We appeal, therefore, to our workers all over Canada to stand by us. We invite women released from other war activities to offer their services to the Red Cross." There wasn‘t as much restlessâ€" ness when grandpa was a ‘boy. There weren‘t any jive or juke boxes. You can always tell a life insurâ€" ance agent. Just count the numâ€" ber of pens and pencils in his pockets. ; UEEN‘S i > m * tm ‘‘m1 His Government has given sound, the school system in Ontario has Your present tax bills surely bear this out. Every municipality, individual, has been affected. The Drew government has enabled the farmers to set up the Milk Producers Assn. The Drew government will definitely protect farmers against wine manufacturers from grapes other than for experimental purposes. REâ€"ELECT Daley is the True Representative of the Farmer Reduced Your DREW NEEDS DALEY H. N. McCaskill, ‘Toronto ... W. H. Betts, Grimsby ... All subscription reâ€"newals and new subscriptions will be listed under this heading each week. Owing to labor shortage it is difficult to keep the dates on the paper labels upâ€"toâ€"date. Thereâ€" fore please accept this as an acknowledgment that your gubâ€" scription is paid. Beamsville Paidâ€"Up List Progressive Conser vative Candidate sane legislation. Reorganization of Feb. â€"Inserted by 1945 1946 1946 | axX CS J. N. Sutherland, OVETSCAS ... i.i finne.. John Varga, GTHMSDY .......cccsouuscce Mrs. R. F. Macfarlane, MWinons ... ....0.c..3l.l Mrs. Wm. Jose, Niagara Falls ... ‘POrORtO ... a.con o Y , Miss M. A. Phillips, Grimsby ..:1)............ . Aptil, Dr. B. T. Rogers, Hamilton :...............Feb. G. T. Woodley, Grimsby Beach ... Sept. 15, C. Stokes, Grimsby ... _April, T. E. Mannell, . Grimgsby ................._._.J20,, set up the Milk Producers Assn. rs avainst wine manufacturers from producing the Progressive Conservative Party of Lincoln County. every ... June July 1945 May 1946 CHARLES (TOD) DALEY 1946 1946 1946 1946 1946 1945 1946 1946 Ernest Tweedle, Vinemount ... D. McIntosh, Hugh Whyte, Grimsby ............._1 Jas. G. Armstrong, Grimsby ...\ H. D. Moore, Beamsville ... E. C. Bernardo, Toronto ....."/..... Auc Miss Jane Smith, Scotland ... Copeland, W. J., Hamilton .:............... Copeland, Pte. Nelson, Faulkner, Mrs. H., REâ€"ELECT March, arch, April, FIVE ec., 1946 1946 1946 1946 1946 1945 1946 1945 1945 1946