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EIGHT NEXT GRIMSBY CLINICâ€"MAY 30th NEW BLOOD DONORS NEEDED TO MEET OVERSEAS REQUIREMENTS Register Now Make a date with a wounded soldier L . . . and keep it! A Wear This Badge of Service! YOUR ELECTION . . . ST. CATHARINES COLLEGIATE AUDITORIUM Joe Noseworthy CAMPDEN THURS., MAY 24th GRIMSBY THURS., MAY 24th CAISTOR CENTRE SAT., MAY 26th MASONIC HALL, GRIMSBY THURSDAY. MAY 24 BEAMSVILLE MON., MAY 28th WELCOME â€" Meetings MEETING TUESDAY, MAY 294 HEPBURN C.C.F. Provincial Candidate for Lincoln. Allen Schroeder C.C.F. Federal Candidate for Lincoln. MITCHELL F. GUIDE Dr. Peter MacLean EVERYBODY WELCOME â€"â€" Everybody Is TO SEE AND HEAR â€"â€"â€" 8$.30 p.m.« â€"â€" 50,000 Lincoln Liberal Association â€"â€"â€" 8:30 p.M,. â€"â€" Mâ€"P. (South York) SPEAKERS at the â€" ~IM i. Lincoln Liberal Association C.K.T.B. 1550 on your dial Broadcasts A. E. COOMBS SAT., MAY 26th 8.45 p.m. J. VERNE BUCHANAN FRI., MAY 25th 7:30 p.m. the two spaces reserved on Main street for the buses. Those spaces must remain clear at all times for the special use of the buses. GO NTINUATION the special use of the buses. After the bylaw has been in efâ€" fect for 30 days, at least, and motorists of all kinds have been given a fair chance to become familiar with it, then prosecutions for infractions of the law will be made. Town officials are firm in their determination that this byâ€" law must be lived up to in all reâ€" Bicycle riders will have particuâ€" lar attention paid to them so as to eliminate the twoâ€"threeâ€"andâ€"four abreast riding, which is strictly prohibited under the Motor Veâ€" hicles Act. Also kids riding on the sidewalk will be jerked up smartly. Moreover the days of parking their bicycles anywhere and everywhere, even sprawled over the sidewalks, will be at an end. With this in view the town is providing several bicycle parking stands where wheels «can be placed and left in safety. Two of these new racks are now in place in front of the Post Office. Others will be spotted at various places aiong Main St. Damamhar hnine Ist the new spectsfiafter the motorist has been given a fair opportunity to know what it is all about. Remember June i1st, the new Parking Bylaw comes into force Watch your driving and parking. Early in March the Poultry Inâ€" dustry Committee of Ontario made representations to the Dominion Department of Agriculture, enlistâ€" ing the aid of the Producers‘ Conâ€" sultative Committee, for an inâ€" crease in fall egg export prices. It is now announced that from September 15th to December 15th, 1945, the price will be 45c a dozen, f.ob., seaboard, ‘basis Grade ‘ A large, in carload lots. This is an average increase of 6¢ a dozen over last fall, and present, export prices across the Dominion. The new figure will be the floor price for the months named. For the years 1945 and 1946 the British Ministry of Food has agreed to take all of the surplus Grade A quality, large and medium,, Canada can supply. : It will pay to hold the high proâ€" ducing yearlings and to bring along pullets for fall production. This announcement has just been made by H. B. Donovan, Jr., Sec.â€" Treasurer of the Poultry Industry Committee of Ontario. Toronto, May 16.â€"The appointâ€" ments of division freight agents to new territories in the Canadian National Railways was announced today by J. A. Argo, general freight agent, Toronto. Geo. H. Bush, formerly division freight agent, Ottawa, has been transâ€" ferred to Hamilton, in a similar capacity, and Edward C. Champ, formerly division freight and disâ€" trict passenger agent, at North Bay, has been moved to Ottawa to fill the position made vacant by Mr. Bush‘s promotion. All appointâ€" ments are effective immediately. George H. Bush now returns to Southâ€"Western Ontario, where he was widelyâ€"known, having been district freight agent, at London, for a number of years. Commencâ€" ing his railway career in the divisâ€" ion freight office, at Toronto, he served in various capacities, includâ€" ing chief clerk to the general freight agent, Toronto. Subsequentâ€" ly he was promoted to the London office, and, in 1941, was made divâ€" ision freight and district passenger agent, at North Bay, In 1942, he was moved to Ottawa, as division freight agent. ‘The use of leisure is a difficult thing. The majority of us, when freedom is given into our hands, fly to the excitement of some form of recreation. We must be "doing" somethingâ€" preferably something physical: if we are not, we are lost and without resource. This is why holidays sometimes pall, and leave us at a loss. f 1945 EXPORT EGG PRICES INCREASED T ransferred JUNE FIRST Leisure THE . GRIMSBY INDEPENDEN T So all right. The man is Premier of Ontario and got that way on his first try at the age of 49. e . ho The Premier who stands six foot two and weighs 230 pounds was born and raised in Guelph of a family long promiâ€" nent in the Royal City. _ |_ . . _ â€" But that‘s not enough. You want to know more about George Alexander Drew and this is the story. _ _ _ He is a hard man to shush when he has something to say and that was indicated even during his terms at Upper Canada College. _ _ ~:_ Aaikâ€" _ Although still a comparatively young man, Drew has been a soldier for 33 years .. . more tbfirl two Shi{ds of his life. ~ He enlisted with the 16th Battery at Guelph when a high school lad of 16. That was in 1911 and three years later, when the first world war spread over Europe, the 16th was one of the first batteries to go active and George Drew, from Toronto‘s Varsity Campus, was the youngest officer. . Early to mobilize this battery he was also one of the first to fight and the very week George Drew went overseas his father died. That made George absentee head of the family which included an only brother and three sisters. John, that only brother, was killed while on active duty with the Royal Canadian Navy during the present war. "~ _ _ " _ ~ During the early battles in France in May, 1916, George Drew was severely wounded. (He was invalided home to Canada but instead of accepting his discharge he was named to command the 64th Battery of the Canadian Field Artillery, and was soon promoted to the rank of colonel . . . a colonel at 23. He had already been promoted and decorâ€" ated on the battlefield. . 9 Colonel Drew has kept up his interest in the exâ€"service men and women from then until now, and that interest is reciprocated. _ x _ _Con Smythe, for example, a twoâ€"war artillery officer, made his first political speech an endorsement for Drew. _ _ _ After that last war had ended in victory, Drew picked up his academic studies, graduated from Varsity, was called to the bar, then returned to Guelph to practice law and run for Council. 3 e 60 * Drew served four years in the Council of Guelph and was then elected Mayor of his native city. After one term he moved to Toronto for a second time, became assistant Master of the Supreme Court of Ontario, three years later, Ontario Securities Commissioner. ; During these years he also found time to write books and magazine features about Canada‘s part in the war and a comprehensive survey of Canada‘s conâ€" tribution to the aerial triumphs of the last conflict, which was condensed by the R.C.A.F. as a gift to all graduates under the commonwealth air training plan. Within a few months Mr. Rowe had returned to the Ottawa scene, a new leader was needed for Ontario, and on the first ballot George Drew was chosen. Some of the soâ€"called old guard of the party had not wanted Drew but his majority was tremendous. _ $ Up to this time Drew had never sought a seat in the Legislature, but now he ran for the riding of Simcoe East, was elected and led the opposition in the Legislature until the sumtmer of 1943 when he took full command. 2 E 3 In 1934, after a series of Conservative governments had ruled for 29 years, Ontario chose a Liberal leader. Soon afterwards, seeking to regain their lost position, the Conservatives named Drew their organizer and he held this post until 1937 when Earl Rowe led the party and was beaten. tS ied Councillor of Guelph, Mayor of Guelph, Leader of his party and member of the Legislature on his first attempt, so Drew now reached the highest office within the gift of his Province. .. _ _ _ Once more Drew was elected by the people on his first try. As he had become Throughout his public life George Drew has steadily and constantly spoken of himself as Canadian first and native of Ontario second. Never, the declared, would he attempt to advance the cause of his Province at the expense of the Dominion. National unity, he has said, must and will be maintained. _ This same broad patriotic view took the new Premier to the Motherland soon after his election, and there he has worked energetically for post war prosperity anchored to continuing British connecâ€" tions. He made an intensive study of agriculture, as a result of which Ontario has made more rapid progress in his twenty months in office than at any previous time in history. ‘‘Farming must be run by Farmers" is his creed. _ The Premier knew in the first week of 1944 of the vast and complex military WHO IS THIS MAN DREW? Famous Writer, World Traveller And Radio Commentator Who Is Well Known Throughout The Province Classifed Advts. Pay Big Dividends GORDON SINCLAIR by projects that would be undertaken that year. Today, on the eve of great expanâ€" sion in Ontario, he knows of vast civil plans to be undertaken here at home. George Drew is the biggest man, and the first war veteran, to be premier of Ontario. In fact 8 of the 12 men in the Ontario cabinet are war veterans. _ _ In Ontario‘s 78 years of history there has been only one premier who was younger than Drew, and none whose experience has covered such a wide field. George Drew is soldiet, author, lawyer, speaker and bears many another label of ability. Come to think of it he‘s also a good cook and one of the things he hopes to see and taste in the post war Ontario, are some native Ontario dishes. $ The Premier hopes to correct that and he plans to improve the tourist accommoâ€" dation throughout the province so that Ontario will truly be the traveller‘s paradise it has often been called. Here in Ontario we grow the finest natural food products on earth but we don‘t seem to have any specialized Ontario dish. @ After the premier is reâ€"elected there will be a ministry dealing with tourist matters from which all of us, home towner and visitor alike, are sure to benefit in at least, three ways. Also, as you‘ve already been told, highways will be widely extended and improved. One thing I‘ve often marvelled at in relation to public figures is how they can stand the banquet circuit. You know how it is with mayors and ministers and premiers; it‘s often one head table after another all around the province and at head tables the food is often of a sameâ€" ness. George Drew stands it with full marks. His digestion, in fact, is about as good as you'll find anywhere in Ontario and if he just half tried the Premier could weigh 300 pounds or even more. One thing he really hates is lettuce in sandwiches. Something that gives him quiet pleasure is the realization that his administration definitely closed the gambling "clubs" and bookies joints which were a blot on the Toronto suburban area for almost 20 years. Although his left arm will never recover from his last war wounds George Drew is a strong swimmer and can circle a golf club in the middle eighties. About five years ago at Port Colborne he swam out to two men from Buffalo who were in distress, and brought one man in. The Premier then swam and got the other one. One man could not be revived, but the other owes his life to Colonel Drew. Drew has no time for small gossip and becomes indifferent or hostile to anyone who indulges in childish or malicious criticism. â€" His opinion is never influenced by this sort of thing nor will he express a critical opinion of anyone. When HMCS Otter was lost at sea, and John Drew was lost with her, the Premier was wakened with the sad news at three in the morning. The legislature was in session at the time and when prayer time came around he was in his seat as usual. In some circles Drew is considered a soft touch for a loan and in this connecâ€" tion he never seems to harden up even though he‘s often been let down. In practically all ways Drew is quick to forgive. His staff consider him a grand guy. You might say that if this were not so it wouldn‘t be found in these notes. Maybe so, but if you can produce anyone who has ever worked for George Drew and won‘t back up this statement that he‘s all wool and a yard wide then the drinks are on me. As I‘ve said before Drew is a difficult man to shush and was once summoned to court under the Defence of Canada regulations for disclosing that a Canadian force was sent to Hong Kong with insufficient tiaining. These charges, as we all know, were quickly and thoroughly dropped. Drew is an Anglican who sometimes reads the lesson in his Guelph Church. His wife is the daughter of Edward Johnson who was Canada‘s most noted tenor and has, for many years, been general manager of the Metropolitan Opera House. The Drews were married in 1936 and have a son, Edward, and a daughter Sandra. ‘The Drews have one of the biggest private libraries in any Ontario home and Mrs. Drew, whose people are of pioneer stock, speaks five languages. ‘These are being passed along to Edward although Sandra is still having trouble with English. Edward is also studying the violin. â€"‘This is George Drew. like him I know you‘ll Daily report on Sales "Maybe you don‘t need Life Insurâ€" ance, but if she is to live, your widow will need it." THE GRIMSBY INDEPENDENT PHONE 150J PRODUCE GROWERS! GEO. G. ANSPAGH GOMPANY, LIMITED CLASSIFIED ADV‘TS BRING SPEEDY RESULTS "UPâ€"TOâ€"DATE SELLING METHODS" Shipping Stamp and Pad en Request T he Manuftacturers Life COMMERCAL HARRY L. 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