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: ' : 3 Se age nee fee a ah ees oS Peis Bk es ae acer a Per 2 * # # Z ae iy t - i * ee : ' i oe Rs a as i Vol. 9 STRATFORD, APRIL 29, 1932 No. 48. = --r "Prepare For Coming Period of Says F. W. Manton, Head of a Long Established Manufacturing Concern. this Business Cycle Prediction chart sent Grand Old Gentleman - Called To His Reward Stratford today mourns the loss of one of her grand old men, a beloved pioneer and most kindly disposed citizen, in the person of John Forbes who passed away at his home, 84 Brunswick street early Thursday morning in his 86th year. With the death of John Forbes there is removed a link with the early his- \tory of Stratford, because the de- ceased pioneer had made Stratford his home for more than 81 years, and he had watched the city grow from a village from mud roads to its present miles of paved streets. Mr. Forbes could recall early school days of Stratford and the days when Ontario Street was the "speedway" for sulky races. He was a great fancier of horses and owned a livery stable on Ontario street,.which is now occupied by Bellman's Bowling Alley. John Forbes was born in Leslie, Scotland, February 27, 1847 but moved to Canada with his parents when a child of three. A year after moving to Galt the family came to Stratford where Mr. Forbes had since resided. The deceased pioneer was the old- est Odd Fellow in Stratford, having joined the lodge in March of 1867 when he was a boy of sixteen years. In 1876 Mr. Forbes married Miss Jessie Dow, a pioneer of North East- hope, who predeceased him in 1925. He is survived by one sister, Mrs.| (Dr.) J. A. Robertson; one brother, William Forbes of San Antonia, Texas, and four sons, William of Calgary, Dr. R. D. Forbes, Seattle, Wash., and David W. and John Forbes of Strat- ford. The funeral will take place on Sat- If we believe in statistics, to the Mirror this week carries with interesting for many reasons, old desk by O. W. Kennedy, one of Bi the Civil War, or before. known author market crash. fidence and optimism. depressions and 6 or 7 minor ones. and more active the "boom." The its first tiny stages. We gratefully acknowledge the receipt of this chart which is really It is a reprint of a chart found in an it mfuch significance. Prosperity" -- Getting Their Jobs In Scotland Back Again We heard the other day on good ' authority, of three Scotch families who have been in Canada for some years. Since then the heads of the families as well as the other members have been working steady, but within the directors of the U. S, Steel Co. in 1902; The author is unknown. The original photograph was very dis- colored by age and the desk in which it was found was at least 35 or 40 ears old at that time. It is believed that the chart was made during It is surprising to note how closely the un- hit such major depressions as 1875, 1894 and the 1929 stock The chart shows a steady upward trend can be expected from now to 1935, and that we can view the immediate future with con- Records show that in the last 100 years there have been 13 major A notable feature of these "panics" is that every one of them has been followed by flush times, and the longer the depression lasted, the longer current depression has lasted more than 20 months.: It.is hardly common sense to say that the "boom" which will surely follow, has begun, but there are evidences that it may be in Doesn't all this sound mighty reasonable? After All, Aren't We know a little girl in an up town place of business who always greets her customers with a smile. Her usual greeting is -- "What will you have, sir?" Most customers, of course, state their wants unhesitatingly but this time the young man paused a mo- ment and said, "May I have you, or urday afternoon and the remains will be laid to rest in Avondale cemetery. rr? "Yes, I- am," |are you spoken fo usual smile. 'she replied with her "Well," said this customer, "whoever THOUGHTS OF A MOTHER Little man, you've gone and left us, Little Boy, you've gone away, Never seems a day so lonely Nor a day, so long before; Seems as if a call is coming, Coming cheerful, thru the door; But 'tis only just the robin chirp- ing gaily as before. Seems there's hope, if he can sing so, Sing and know my heart is sore; Maybe it is God's own message That my Boy is at the door. --By E. L. D. | the fellow is he's mighty lucky." | "Well," said the little blonde, "Wheth- | er he is or not, he thinks he is." Now say people, isn't that about right? If we all would think how lucky |we are instead of holding in mind | the opposite thought, what a differ- lence it would make. It doesn't matter so much whether 'a young man's girl friend is good- | looking or not, it's what he thinks \she is that counts. The same is true \of many other things which might be | mentioned. That is likely what i Things Just What We Think They Are? Shakespeare meant when he said: There is no good or bad, but think- ing made it so; or words to that effect. ' : Sure To Have Vegetables More than forty applications have been made for use of city lots which are being offered for Cultivation pur- poses. This is a real chance for the unemployed man to plant a vegetable ner he can grow enough vegetables to stay him over next winter. SERVE ANYONE Here's a joke that Edith Johnson sent The Mirror through the mail this week. We thank the sender, and will be pleased to publish any joke sent our office that is as good as this one. A pompous-looking man entered a restaurant, and betkoned the waiter to his table. "Do you serve crabs here?" he asked. "We serve anyone, sir!" the wait- er replied meekly. garden and if done in the right man- | ,the last three months have been, out ior employment. After hearing of the big improvement in business in the land of their birth, they decided to write as to the possibility of again | finding employment there. We learned 'word came to them that all three of the heads of these families can go back to their former jobs, and are shortly to return "back home," They are, however, not residents of. Strat- |; ford, but live in a neighboring city. ; But the Scotch people can always go lpback to any place where they once resided. : No doubt these families listened to that old song before leaving for Canada. . "Weel ye nae come back." Fred Killer,New President -- Retail Merchants' Assn The choice of Fred. Killer as presi- dent of the Stratford Retail Merch- ants' Association was a good one. He | was the unanimous choice at the meeting held this week. The Mirror asked Mr. Killer for his picture so thateit might be published in this issue, but he is so modest that we | could not prevail on him to give us 'this privilege. Later on however, we | may be able to get him to have a new photograph taken in his new spring | suit. _-- Not Satisfied With Reply The executive of the C. N. R. Unem-. | ployed Association is not satisfied lwith the reply from Premier Bennett | to a letter from the Association in which he says he had nothing to do. | with' the lay-off of the men. The association feels that it was the Gov- lernment of which Premier Bennett is | the head, which cut the appropriation |to the railroad and thereby caused the \lay-off here. The matter will be dis- \cussed at a meeting of the Association /to be held tonight. 1 _-- Meee THEATRE The Best in Talking Pictures | NOW PLAYING GEORGE CHARLIE jSIDNEY MURRAY in "COHEN'S and KELLY'S IN HOLLYWOOD" "vu" The nation's laugh sensation. and MONDAY -- TUESDAY BARBARA STANWYCK in " Forbidden " The love story that dared be real. A ITT ; WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY CHARLES FARRELL IN 'AFTER TOMORROW' "AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 MINUTES °° "<u" with Douglas Fairbanks