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.__ But, notwithstanding the few uncertainâ€" ties which await clarification in the recounts, it is now clear that there will be no changes to alter the relative strength of the Governâ€" ment and the Opposition groups. The imporâ€" tant matter to be settled, therefore, is the abâ€" Remember that slogan of mercy â€" "A Child Never Knocked In Vain"â€"GIVE. GET ON WITH THE BUSINESS It is up to all of us to see that the great work of this hospital continues. Make up your mind to give a donation today. Send all cheques to the Secretary, Sick Children‘s Hospital, Toronto. â€" I am not alone in this position. I can name you other men right in this district who owe their all to the Sick Children‘s hosâ€" pital. And how about the thousands of chilâ€" dren, men and women of varying ages all over the Dominion and yea, the United States, who have been saved by this great and worthy institution. At the hospital I was placed under the care of a young doctor who was destined to rise to great heights as an Orthopedic Surâ€" geon, Dr. Clarence L. Starr. He immediately put me in bed and strapped a 16 pound weight to my leg which gradually drew it out and brought the hip back into place. He told me at that time that had he had me at the start of my trouble I would never have had a short leg. From that day to this I have never to any extent suffered with the leg, except for the shortness, which has been no great handiâ€" cap. It did not keep me from holding down responsible positions or serving my King and Country in two wars. But I know in my own heart and mind that had it not been for the Sick Children‘s Hospital, I never would have been on this sphere to hold down resonpsible positions or help win wars. To that institution I owe my life and happiness to this day. On my 13th birthday, February 17th, 1903 I took to my bed with a dislocated hip received through injuries, although at that time the local medicos could not ascertain what my trouble was. I was confined to my bed until June 15th, when my Father took me to Sick Children‘s hospital. In the meanâ€" time, through lack of proper treatment, the cords of the leg contracted and they never reâ€" gained their full length, hence the short leg today. I remained in Sick Children‘s until Deâ€" cember 15th, when I was brought home. I wore a steel splint from my shoulders to beâ€" low my "bum gimp‘" for a year and then a half splint for six months, when Dr. Starr pronounced me as good as new except for the shortness caused by the cord contraction. Personally I wish I had the whole of the $6,000,000, and the hospital could have it all. I owe my life today to the Sick Children‘s hospital. Possibly there are some people, and you can‘t blame them much, that would be just as well pleased if I was not alive and kicking. But the fact remains that I am, at 55 years of age, and I lay it all to the grand job that the Sick Children‘s hospital did for me 42 long years ago. This worldâ€"famed institution is badly handicapped for these buildings, and if their marvellous work on behalf of the future men and women of Canada is to be carried on sucâ€" cessfully they must have these buildings. Therefore it is up to you and I and every other person to contribute our share no matâ€" ter how large or how small, in order that these buildings will be provided. At the present time there is a big camâ€" paign being conducted throughout the provâ€" ince, and the Dominion for that matter, to raise $6,000,000, for the construction of much wanted new buildings for the Sick Children‘s Hospital, of Toronto. "A CHILD NEVER KNOCKED IN VAIN®" . Oe . oo Pame . c c . c . oo mm n .. o. e e e 1 e o e e e y NCO U U Oc OO 5 True indepgndpnce is never afraid of appearâ€" ing dependent, and true dependencér leads always to the most perfect independence. Issued every Thursday from office of publiâ€" cation, Main and Oak Sts., Grimsby, by LIVINGSTON and LAWSON, Publishers. TWO Subscriptionâ€"$2.00 per year in Canada and $2.50 per year in United States, payable in advance. The Grimsby Independent Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association. "Lincoln County‘s Leading Weekly" Established 1885 Telephone 36 Nights, Sundays, Holidays, 539 Frank Fairborn, Jr. J. ORLON LIVINGSTON, Editor Men who have lived for months and some for several years in confinement and cut off from all contacts with family and friends will need tactful help for their readâ€" justment. They have developed some habits and have lost others, and they may do things which appear strange to their families and friends. In camp they have been living from moment to moment or hour to. hour. Their chief occupation was to pass the time, and many found their chief pleasures in memorâ€" ies. A sense of the future and past slipped from them and most of all they had to relinâ€" quish all sense of responsibility. @Y@‘l@k@@k\“‘ig@‘l&fix\\fi@&@&\@fN@i@‘i@l@i@%@k@i@‘l@l@“&@i@i@:@w&% % N \ ? 70. Wesh _ m o Ni m N w B _| m % In the book, ‘"We Prisoners of War," edited by Tracy Strong, a British officer wrote: "A prisoner of war finds that for the first time in his life he is free from all the orâ€" dinary responsibilities of civilized human exâ€" istence. His income, his family, his job have become things beyond his control. He lives in a new world that has been created solely for him. He has ceased to be master of his fate. This may lead to stagnation and the But experts in this field have suggested that appearances, especially in the case of war prisoners, are not in some cases reliable guides to the stateâ€"of their mental health. Like all men who have seen active service overseas, prisoners require special care and understanding, and to them must be added a little extra care because of their particular experiences. Things have happened to them which require great patience and understandâ€" ing. ; Canadian soldiers who have been prisonâ€" ers of war in Germany are now returning home. Their families are no doubt delighted to note that the majority have come home looking fit. The. care and good food they have had since their release from prison camps have removed some of the effects of prison camp life and the treatment at the hands of the Nazis. Accordingly, the Opposition parties should declare themselves. We believe that Mr. Bracken and his followers, as the ofâ€" ficial Opposition, will not hesitate to assist Mr. King in securing an acclamation. The C.C.F. can have no justifiable excuse for opâ€" posing him if, as claimed, its first interest is to have the Government make an early beâ€" ginning on its promised reforms. RETURNED PRISONERS OF WAR While it is true that, by their treatment of others, Mr. King and his party have earnâ€" ed no favors from their opponents, it also is true that partisanship is of no importance now. No party has anything to gain by keepâ€" ing the Prime Minister out of a seat in the Commons. ‘On the other hand all have a reâ€" sponsibility for stable government. We reâ€" peat there are serious, yes, vital, problems awaiting Government attention and action. In the national interest they take precedence, and in the interest of stability the Prime Minister should be free to devote his whole time to them and not be involved in the disâ€" tractions of a byâ€"election. Though defeated, Mr. King still leads the largest group in the Commons. â€"Unofficially, at least, he has the allegiance of seven Inâ€" dependent Liberals, three Independents and a Labor â€"Progressive member from Quebec, which provides a working majority. This newspaper has strenuously opposed the Prime Minister on major policies. Neverâ€" theless, in its opinion, he should be given an acclamation in whatever constituency he may select, and all impediments to his early entry into the House of Commons removed. _ Regardless of the obvious meaning of his defeat, this complication must not be perâ€" mitted to interfere in any way with the propâ€" er functioning of government and the assemâ€" bling of Parliament at the earliest possible date. i sence of Prime Minister King from the House of Commons. Beamsville Basket & Veneer Co., Ltd.........Beamsville H.H. Farrell & Sonis Ltd. ...:.s.:...0........ci.coy. Grimshy 4. Hewson SE:SB0R ... .. mousnammmn.ns. OUTrHsby Meérritt Brothers ........;..s.=~ ccnccoarslcramcclies, UOPmMmsSsDYy TELEPHONE ORDER TO: Canadian Package Sales Co. Limited ...............Grimsby : NUMBER 321 6 Foot, 8 Foot and 10 Foot 1710c per Foot NOW PROCURABLE AT: T HE G RIMSBY INDEPENDENXT "Dutch" Shantz has a new ‘"ism". Workism." Charlie Kirk shopping for stogies. Not having much success. = Believe it or not, but Dick Shafer, Mine Host of The Village Inn, has by far and away the largest plum crop in the Niagara peninsula, and right on Main Street. T Chief of Police Turner showing off the mamâ€" moth strawherries he grows on his town lot farm, on Fairview avenue. Not just the odd berry or two, but crates of them. _ _Will some kind philanthropist please purchase a few air cushions for the boys that hold down the cold, hard, concrete Post Office steps. A sunny, summer Sunday morning. â€" The bell of Old St. Andrew‘s pealing out the call to Worship. There has been a pile of water come tumbling down the Old Forty the past 10 days. Unfortunately there was a lot of good North Grimsby soil with it. It is suggested that veteran‘s service bureaus should provide an information serâ€" vice, lectures and other educational matter to help the families of P.O.W.‘s to do all that is required for the men‘s adjustment. Loss of the powers of concentration apâ€" pears to be a characteristic aftermath of prison life. This and other effects will need kindly understanding and above all, patience on the part of men‘s families. . It is up to the families to find out how to adapt themselves to the men and help them to resume the rouâ€" tines of normal living. atrophy of all his natural powers. He may, like a codfish in a tank, lie low and grow flabby and useless." Lt e e e e m e Post Office clock is striking again. MAIN= OJ REET He calls it The late Noah Phelps, grandfather of Councilâ€" lor Erwin Phelps, the man responsible for the conâ€" struction of the temple, was at that time president of the Grimsby Park Co. and B. C. Fairfield, secreâ€" tary. s > Mr, Orlon Livingston. The Temple was opened by no less a pergonage than the Right Honorable Sir John A. Macdonald, K.C.B. first Prime Minister of Canada, assisted by Rev. Dr. Griffin; Rev. John Philip; Mr. A, S. F. Lazier esq.; Rev. Dr. Sutherland and others. Beamsâ€" ville National Band under the leadership of E. Zimâ€" merman supplied music throughout the ‘day. Adâ€" mission to the grounds was 10 cents. In my letter of the bakeâ€"ovens on Main street, I had reference to the pioneer ovens that were in rear of the west half of the old Fitch property. The street building there had a hall on the second floor, with an outside stairway leading to it on the west side of the building; and now, who knows? For what purpose originally was the hydro subâ€" station built, on Livingston avenue? We sometimes think we are thinking when, as a matter of fact, we are only switchâ€" ing prejudices. Some men are like a piece of spaghetti. You can‘t push it. You have to get out in front of it and pull _ . . _ In the beeâ€"hive itself over a million feet of 12 inch boards, one inch thick, kiln Gdried was used. Each board lapped its neighbour 11 inches and the whole structure was held together by six ton of spikes. It would seat in the neighbourhood of 5,000 people and on more than one occasion for a great number of years was filled to overflowing. It was torn down by Jacob Walters, Sr., in 1922, the wreckage of which is shown above. â€" When the Nelles Brothers became the Village postmasters, when the office was in the east half of the building which stood on the lot where the presâ€" ent post office is now located ? _ Advancement by seniority is only good when a man‘s ability has kept ahead of his years. Following the American revolution, there was a great migration of Loyalists to Canada, some of whom settled in southwestern Ontario. Many had come from tobacco districts in the South and brought with them seed from the varieties they had previousâ€" ly grown. This proved to be the beginning of the tobacco industry in the counties of Essex and Kent in Ontario. During the board walk era in the village, where was McQuillen‘s store located on Depot street? According to the records, more than 166,000 1bs. were produced in 1734. During the next year, the French Government, for the first time, entered upon a policy of encouraging production in New France to supplement supplies from the south and the homeâ€" land. With more echoes of the past following, to reâ€" vive the Village age. Tobacco was grown in Canada along the banks of the St. Lawrence by the Indians when Jacques Cartier arrived in 1535, but it did not become a crop of importance in export trade until many years later, says Dr. Norman A. MacRae, Tobacco Division, Exâ€" perimental Farm Services. Commercial production in Canada dates back to 1720 when about 48,000 lb. were produced. The major proportion of it was deâ€" voted to pipe varieties in the Province of Quebec. A few of the varieties grown in Quebec at that time may be found today on the farms in that Province. In‘the days of the old pier at the foot of Maple avenue, where the Village fish industry was located, what type of ‘boats were used by the Hand family ? Who owned the two pine tree homestead of an early design, that stood on the southâ€"east corner of Main and Mountain streets, adjoining the Fitch property ? On what street, lane or avenue was the third wooden overhead bridge, that crossed the National, during the single track daysâ€" a Frank Fairborn, Jr. C ,-â€",!lIIHIIIIHIHHI1HIII|IIIHHIIIHIIIIIII|IIlllllll]lllII|IIIHlIlIHIIIIIIHlIIIIH% N JULY 1st, 1888â€"just 57 years ago this Dominâ€" O ion Day, the New Temple at Grimsby Park was opened for the first time, This massive building built in the shape of a beeâ€"hive from abbreviated plans of the famous Mormon Temple in Salt Lake: City, Utah, was constructed during the fall of ‘87 andâ€"the winter of ‘88. Its foundation was massive posts twelve feet apart, 12 feet high, solidly em-‘ ‘bedded in the ground. 1K)59!22E!2=!5!=.=\9.=9=.994 CANADIAN TOBACCO IN THE EARLY DaYs ‘WAY BACK WHEN wWHO KNOWS? Hamilton, May 28th, 1945. I remain, Francis Hill, Beamsville = = Ontarlo AUCTIONEER & VALUATOR Licensed Auctioneer for the County of Lincoln; also for the City of St. Catharines. Commissioner for takâ€" Ing affidavits. Phone 56, Beamsviile or Grimsby independent, Phone 86. Business Directory Harold B. Matchett PLUMBING and HEATING BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC. George 1. Geddes THE SUN LIFE OF CANADA "Honey" Shelton 25 Main Street, West GRIMSBY Hours 9â€"5 â€" Saturdays 9â€"12 Come in and have your wants supplied. I have just received the largest shipment of New C.C.M. Parts and Accessorâ€" ies that I have had at one time in three years. NEW PARTS ... ACCESSORIES V ~oun, os! 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