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E STRATFORD MIRROR oo ee PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE FLETCHER JOHNSTON PRESS, STRATFCRD, ONT. Vol. 13 STRATFORD, FEB. 28, 1936 No. 38 a he Mirror port Review ". The Midgets are knocking on the door. Three weeks ago there were not two dozen fans in the city who would have bet a plugged nickel that they'd even be in the group play-offs. Now here they are, one up and two to go. They're the most improved bunch of ockey players you'd meet in many moons of travel, What they lack in experience they make up in fighting spirit. They're not a great team, but _ they are a mighty good band of per- sistent, dogged, fighters. -Fhey went out there last night, a crippled squad, and they won! They won a game, and _ they won a lot of friends. = x ok ok Jack Beatty was out of the line-up _ altogether. Dave Pinkney and Bill Gerby had to gamble. They gambled on young Stirling of the Mites, and they threw a seven on the first roll. The kid got the second goal fo the _ game, and he paved the way for the one that won. Next to Dave Pinkney, _ the most tickled man in the rink when oe Stirling nicked that first one was John _ Murray. It was a shot that John has "3 had his winger practising for weeks. _ John found fault with the shot. It pes a little too high, he said, but it _. went in, and that was the main thing. " ** * * eee "On the same wing, for the other _ line, Dusty Baker patrolled the lane in agony all night, as a result of a leg injury sustained in practice. He wasn't able to get going at his usual clip at _ all. His check was out in the open . plenty of times, and Dusty, usually one _ of the fastest skaters on the 'team, _couldn't do a thing about it. He did mighty well even to stay out there. 5 * Eg * SES ate ate gas) eg eigen Mit _ For the first two periods, particular- ly, Smythe hit a faster clip than he has' touched in any home game this year. He had slowed up a bit by the time the last period rolled around. He was a mighty tired boy. Incidentally, he was the victim of the toughest break of _ the game, when he fell in front of the _ net while carrying the puck. 'Bauer, who was loafing around in Stratford ._ territory waiting for something to hap- 'pen, pounced upon the rubber, and whipped it into the net. That tied the score, and it looked as though the boys might be walking to slow music today, but again the kids came back and showed that fighting spirit. * * * y The most overworked man in the rink was Dave Pinkney. From the _ sidelines, Dave takes a hand in every Play, coming and going. He burns up ™ore energy than any player on the : _ ice. The tough part of it for Dave is = _ that he's a sixty-minute man. When or _ there's overtime, he plays the over- : time, too. He takes the bumps with _ Continued on page 5 Sinical Sam -Submits - - DON'T you just love the versatility of our language demonstrated in the state- ment that when they're green, blueberries are read. * * * * * OUR only friend, Jaundiced Joe, contributes the headline, "Right of Fair Sex Tuesday morning's fire gutted the Al- to Woo," with the comment, "Tain't right. S'wrong!" * * * * SOME 200 Alberta couples who thought they were securely married recently discovered they're not, owing to some legal idiosynerasy. * 2 * * THEY thought they were knotted, but they were not. *. * AND lest anyone might regard the situation-as naughty, the Social Credit gov- ernment has arranged to keep things socially in good standing. * * * * % 'THE unmarried married couples will be able to straighten things out by getting an order from a judge stating that they are legally wed, and all that. j * * * * BUT who wants to be ordered to marry? * * JOHN Hix reports the fact that Lapps * * wear socks only when they go to bed, wrapping their feet in hay during the day. We, on the other hand, wear socks day-times and hit the hay at night. # ABOUT the only thing these 'Limited Free Offers" are limited to is the public's response to the invitations. . - * % * % THANKS to Premier Hepburn, a new and perhaps improved definition of re- spectability is available, apparently, consisting of having been or being a bootlegger. * * * * % THA'T has the immediate effect of immediately elevating to respectability some folks who previously had their doubts. | * * LORD Tweedsmuir is a staunch believer in the abilities of women in every walk of life. this motorized age. * * * But the majority of them refuse to do much perambulating in * * WE presume the Paris police made a cleanup in their Sweeping Raids Upon Royalist headquarters. mud-slinging, we trust. ok * * OTTAWA Cancels Parley on Wheat, according to the press. * * * "DUST of the Road was awarded first in * * a drama .competition. Mort dirt? Not * * And we should have cancelled our parlay on the fourth race yesterday. ( * * MUST be getting on. Salvationists Honour A Veteran Bandsman Lord Kitchener, whose death was as dramatic as his life had been colorful, was a young lieutenant in the British Army's Secret Service when Andrew Bishop, 19 Norman St., met the man who afterwards became the command- er-in-chief of the Empire's troops. Kit-- chener was disguised as an Egyptian native when the 74-year-old Stratford resident was among the troops pro- ceeding to General Gordon's relief at Khartoum, and advised the officers commanding the advance on the reb- els. During the many years that have in- tervened, Mr. Bishop has'~ enjoyed many happy experiences as a bands- man first in the Imperial forces and much longer as a musician with the Salvation Army. After 31 years' service in Stratford, he has now been honored by being placed on the reserve list with other veterans, but it is likely that he will yet make many marches with his fellow bandsmen. Teachers and Parents Mark Education Week Stratford schools this week are par- ticipating in observation of Education Week, whose object is to establish a closer contact between parents and teachers. Sermons dealing with the importance of education were deliver- ed in several city churches Sunday, and an appropriate radio broadcast -was made on Monday evening, inaugurated by Lady Tweedsmuir. "Open house" has been held in many classrooms, and many parents accepted the invitation to visit schools attend- ed by their children, thereby obtain- ing a keener appreciation of the im- portance of education as a training to- wards a fuller citizenship. FOR HIM The collector approached a parish- ioner and held out the box. "I never give to missions," whispered the parishioner. "Then take something out of the box, sir," whispered the collector. "The i money is for the heathen,' Fire Loss Heavy When ' Albion Block Gutted ' But Occupants Escape "NO MIRROR this week, I suppose," has been the frequent greeting since bion Apartments, with resultant seri- ous damage to the business premises below. But here we are, as usual, with all of the customary features that make "The Little Paper with the Big Feat- ures" a welcome weekly visitor to Stratford homes. The MIRROR plant suffered with others when fire ravaged an historic Stratford building, but the damage was confined to the front portion of ouv premises. Water that started as a del- uge on Tuesday morning poured down on furniture, stocks of paper and equipment, doing damage not yet even fully revealed. Fortunately, the mechanical depart- ment in the rear escaped lightly and through the'co-operation of advertis- ers we are able to publish as usual. The fire was disastrous to residents of the block, who can attribute their narrow escape from death by flame or suffocation to a warning given by Mrs. M. Murray, first to realize the menace of the outbreak when awakened by the dense smoke that filled the building shortly before 5 o'clock on Tuesday morning. Thanks to her presence of mind and warning, all 17 residents of the upstair apartments escaped un- harmed, but unfortunately lost prac- tically everything other than the cloth- es they hastily donned. The full extent of the damage has not yet been guaged. As much was done by the tons of water poured into the building as by the fire itself. The consequence would have been disas- trous to the entire street business block had the flames been fanned by a high wind. Two firemen were injured fighting the stubborn outbreak in the old build- ing. Sid Vanstone suffered a_ badly- wrenched knee and F. Kane received a severe wrist gash that requifed two stitches. Bossing The Business Sir Josiah Stamp, of the Bank of England, tells the story of the busi- hess college in England which adver- tised that they would teach any busi- ness in the world in three months for a fee of $300. ; One chap went to the manager of the college and said that he wished to be taught how to be the general manager of a railway company. The manager was somewhat taken aback, "T'm afraid that's a tall order,' he said. "But," he added, brightening, "in two months we can teach you how to be- come a member of parliament, and then you can tell all the general man- agers of the railway companies how to run their business!" | Business As | Customers will confer an Usual Wve lme dhe Fletcher Johnston Press appreciated favor by telephoning orders, pending removal of street barricade. Prompt service will be given all telephone instructions ..... PHONE 115 RED ia Pe IR ah Pei i aa dt eta en 8 eS Bat eae a Deen es ae