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STRATFORD, ONT., FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1927 » Vol. 5 "Annual Excursion Arrangements are nearly completed for the big annual excursion of the C. N. R. employees and their friends, which will be heid this year to Port _ Dalhousie, Ont., on July 16th, _ Port Dalhousie is situated on Lake _ Ontario at the mouth of the Welland Canal and is an ideal spot for a large Picnic and the Chairman, Mr. J. C. Heideman, who visited the park re cently, reported as being well pleased with it, The excursionists will be taken dir- ect to Port Dalhousie on the excur- sion trains, Any wishing to visit Niagara Falis and other points of interest can leave the train at Merriton or go direct ect to Lakeside. Park, Port Dathousie, where an excellent street car service _ is\run from both places direct to the _ Falis at a moderate cost. A big sports programme is being gotten into shape by the sports com- _ Inittee and will be ready in a few days time. A good treat will be given all the _ Kiddies on the trains and_ special -Taces will be provided from the small- est up. Arrangements are now completed with the Canada Railway ..ews Co., + Whereby the employees' comntittee will sell all refreshments on _ the io ios. we if at : IN THE WILD WEST 4s..>.. From London. Tit-bits An immigrant was making his way _ across the wild west in search of a _ Man to whom he had a letter of in- - troduction, hs He came across a cowboy sitting _ by the side of a track and asked him if he could tell him where to find _ the man for whom he was looking. "Does Big Joe live near here?" said the immigrant. * "Nope," said the cowbody. - "Well, where can I find his neigh- bor, Long Sam?" | "Pm Long Sam," said the cowboy. "But they told me," said the immi- "grant, ee Be oho lived within gun- shot of you." _ "That's right," said " i "he did." the cowboy; "CHARLES H. WALKER SPECIALIST IN VOICE PRODUCTION "Teacher of Pianoforte, Organ and E Theory | Stupio--1 14 Water St., Stratford « § | to come will approach it. Pertinent Patter BY THE PHILISTINE Right royally indeed did Stratford ier celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Canada. Never before has there been anythiag like the co-operation of citi- zens of all classes as was manifested | * on this occasion. The committee in charge of the three-day program is to be congratulated on the smooth- ness with which their plans were car- ried out. This column was quite frankly against any attempt to hold an elaborate program and opposed the idea. Events have proven that | for once at least Stratford could and did co-operate wholeheartedly in the effort to have a real celebration of a most auspicious occasion in the life | of the nation. The parade which op- | ened the celebration was the high note and it set a real record that wili | long stand in this city. There was | never anything like it before and we | doubt if succeeding parades for years | Not only | was it surprisingly representative of all classes but it was also surprising- ly elaborate. Many of the floats were | veritable works of art and all of them showed that an immense amount of | painstaking work had been done to | achieve the results presented to the appreciative eyes of the public. The inter-schoo] sports in the afternoon of Friday were most smoothly carried out and in fact set a new record for that kind of effort. The fireworks at night were all that could be de- | proven by the fact | through the celebration. house for sired though several minor accidents | hiodered the men somewhat in giving a Cuuus.uous performance so to speak. Saturday's sport program was nicely balanced with all important summer | sports represented and it was carried out efficiently. There were of course | Several dances and lots of music and | on Sunday the whole culminated in ; an outdoor service at Lakeside Park in which the citizens met together to give thanks in a public way. This service was a most impressive affair; | few who heard that magnificent chor- us of some 250 voices sing the Halle- | lujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah will ever forget it. That the people were interested and appreciative of the efforts of the committee was that there were attendance all The com- mittee in charge appreciate this and large crowds' in | feel thankful to the people for the splendid support given. * + * Stratford's first government ware- the sale of beer, ale and stout, opened for business-on Tues- day afternoon. Good business is be- ing done by the warehouse and it is anticipated that the opening of this plant will save much congestion at the liquor store. It had been planned to open the warehouse last week but | owing to some mixup in the arrange- (Continued on page 5) DON'T MISS THE Picture Talks ern Temples and Scenes and Civilization 'of Western America CITY HALL, MONDAY, JULY 11th AT 8 P.M. These picture *'Slides"' are at once' entertaining and educational Such Questions as Where did the American Indian have his orgin? What were the purposes and uses of Temples, ancient and modern? _ What are the scene and civilization of Western America? They are answered in these pleasing and Instructive talks. ; ADMISSION FREE ij on Origin of the American Indian; Ancient and Mod- with explantions -- One[|Hundred Thousand Barrels From McLeod's Its gratifying to think of Canada leading the world in the export of wheat and flour. We are not only proud of our coun- try, but of our'flour mill when we learn that 100,000 barrels of flour from Stratford was included in Can- ada's export. This being exported by The McLeod Milling Company during the year 1926. The following is a recent state- ment issued by the Canadian govern- ment bureau of statistics. In the twelve months ended July 31, 1926, the Dominion exported 275,464,100 bushels of wheat and 10,896,700 bar- rels of flour, as against 74,249,000 bushels of wheat and 9,570,000 bar- rels of flour by the United States, Canada's nearest competitor. Local Interest Mr. Jas. McKasko hasbeen a 're- cent visitor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. O'Hara, 87 Mowat street. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Robson and son Wave, of Tedrow, Ohio, are visiting at the home of the former's: sister, Mrs. W. E. Howes, 70 Huron street. Miss Helen Brockie of West Gore street was hostess of qa delightfully arranged kitchen shower on Tuesday evening, June 28th, in honor of Miss Ivy Comley, whose marriage took place the next day. The gifts were arranged in a pretty basket and were brought in by Miss Phylis Comley and Miss Maud Gates, A buffet luncheon was served later in the evening after which the 20 guests accompanied Ivy home singing all the while, 'For She's a Joilly Good Fellow." Mr and Mrs. Duke Byington, Mrs. Katherine Kelly, Miss Lilian Fergu- son and Mr. Bert Kelly, of Detroit, were in the city for the Stratford's Diamond Jubilee celebration. Kelly will be remembered by his many friends. He left Stratford about 12 years ago, and holds a posi- tion of purchasing agent in the Ford factory. JONES AUCTIONEER Bert | pst a" dt ' 1} i uf