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THE STRATFORD MIRROR PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE FLETCHER JOHNSTON PRESS, STRATF ORD, ONT. Vol. 14 STRATFORD, JULY 31, 1936 No. 7 _ At Vimy Stands a Memorial and Shrine CThe Mirror jee Gat VIEWING WITH ALARM Day by day in every way the local baseball situation becomes more per- plexing, all going to prove that Socra- tes was eminently correct when he uttered that profundity to the effect that life is full of manockies. Just when everyone was resigned to the sade fate of the Nationals and counting upon the Juniors to manfully uphold the local reputation, the wires became crossed again. . In their mid- -week games, both outfits did the un- expected. The Nationals beat Brant- 'ford handily through sheer cussedness or something, while Bill Gerby's boys missed out.in their opening semi-final with Galt. Such things as these have made experts what they are today. The main theory concerning the seniors' unexpected revival is that Maurice Barclay and the other boys did it just to confound all the wise ones who had previously proved that the team couldn't get anywhere under player management. It may have been that, or monkey glands, or what have you.. The main things is, it happened, giving both players and supporters renewed hope that the im- possible may yet be realized. The season to date has all gone to show that you never can tell, and the out- of-town win after a string of seven losses just provides additional proof that they're game guys anyway. Both teams are scheduled to write new epi- sodes this week-end. Here's hoping both ways. * * * OUR OLYMPIC PROSPECTS Through the kind co-operation of Eleanor Holm Jarrett, the Olympics have crashed the news in a big way, the States stealing the spotlight again, of course. Mrs. Jarrett's notion that she could swim just as prettily in a cocktail glass as in a pool went over in a big way with everyone except the executive, but certainly helped out the sports pages during the dog days. Mrs. Jarrett's experiment provided a new angle on the theory that there are more ways of becoming a sports writer than that of attending a Bible Class, leaving your garters hang or walking out with the boys on both the 17th of March and the 12th of July. She bounced right off the Olym- pic team into a job of experting, and this had the logical result of throwing her into the select company of princes as well as punks. She finds royalty every whit as interesting as the differ- ent sort of fish she has previously consorted with. As nearly as can be figured out at the moment, about the only way the Canadian team can expect to attract a fair quota of publicity for the maple leaves that adorn their costumes is to have Boss Mulqueen start hitting the hop, Sammy Richardson sniff some snow, or several of our other prin- cipal hopes become dopes of other (Continued on Page 8) "Hell's Let Loose!" screamed a huge headline in a newspaper Extra on August 4, 1914. This prophecy was realized appal- lingly even before Easter Monday, 1917, but it was at Vimy that man demonstrated what devilish ingenuity he could exercise in the practice of insane carnage. Words cannot de- scribe how hellish was that perfectly organized battle. It was realized in all its ruthless brutality and sicken- ing savagery only by Byng's "line that would not budge." There, under the most terrific con- centration of machine murder ever conceived and executed, Canadian troops struggled with the enemy for possession of an insignificant chalk ridge actually not worth even a single shell. Today that ground is hallowed, for on it stands the Dominion's mon- ument to all of the 619,000 who bore arms for her during four years of hor- ror and barbarism. Dedication by King Edward took place on Sunday last, not only at Vimy itself, but in the hearts of the thousands who de- sired to be there. Walter Allward's beautiful poem in stone and marble is more than a me- The above conception of the Vimy Memorial is photographed from the painting by the eminent artist, William Longstaff, who has peopled his scene with phantoms of Canadians who gave their lives during the war. (Courtesy of Arthur W. Gingras). morial. It is a shrine, sacred to the memory of the nearly 42,000 whose re- ward was a little cross, to the 11,000 missing "known unto God, to the 8,000 who succumbed to disease, and to the 170,000 shattered in body or mind. At the foot of strong but slender twin pylons reaching to the sky, an heroic Mother Canada mourns her head at Vimy today. Representing strong, impregnable walls of defence is the memorial's 237-foot base. Between the pylons that depict Can- adian and French aspirations is the Spirit of Sacrifice, looking upward for inspiration to Peace, Justice, Truth and Knowledge. Under the mouths of guns covered with olive and laurel are two sculptured groups. One pic- tures Canada's sympathy for the help- less. The other, "the breaking of the sword." Many of those who attended the dedication appreciated the memorial not because of its beautiful concep- tion, but because somewhere among the 11,000 names upon its wall they found the ones they sought. And per- haps as Wolfe did on the Plains of Abraham, they, too, took comfort in those lines from the Elegy, "The paths of glory lead but to the grave." Earl Rowe Coming To Conservative Picnic At Bayfield Aug. 26 Hon. W. Earl Rowe will make his debut in this district as leader of the Conservative party in Ontario at a monster basket picnic to be held by Conservatives of Perth and Huron counties at Bayfield on August 26. The picnic is to be held at Jowett's Grove, Bayfield, and estimates up to 8,000 are being made of the anticipated attend- ance. The following committees are in charge of arrangements: Reception: George Elliott, chair- man, Charles Richardson, Frank Don- nelly, Dr. Jose and Foster Moffatt. Grounds: John Cameron, chairman,, to select own committee. i Sports: Glen. Hayes, chairman, George Schaefer, James Cameron,. Cyril W. Bamford, John Murray, R.. McMane, Dr. H. Taylor. Finance--Dr. H. Taylor, chairman; J. W. McKibbon, Frank Donnelly, H. H. Dempsey, R. Parks, J. W. McKib- bon,, M. W. Andrew. Publicity -- John W. Morley, chair- man, Alex. Abraham, E. D. Dennis. Registration: W. E. Purdue, George Schaefer, H. H. Dempsey. Decoration: George Schaefer, chair- man, F. R. Darrow, W. H. Birch. Subscription: T. E. Henry, chair- man, Frank Donnelly and George El- liott. Programme: H. J. McEwan, chair- man, Dr. P. L. Tye, John Morley. Will Double Capacity of Malaga Gold Mine Enthusiastic with optimism con- cerning the prospective future of the mining areas in Queen's County, Nova Scotia, L. J. Mantle, Sr., has re- turned to Stratford after a _ three months' vacation in the vicinity of Malaga Gold Mine, of which J. J. Crosier is president. This property is located on the edge of Ponhook Lake, seven miles from South Brookfield, the terminal of the C.N.R. It has yielded very rich sam- ples of gold quartz from its 200-foot level, and its mill is now running day and night, with indications that its capacity will have to be doubled in the immediate future. Present em- ployees number 24, Mr. Crosier and several other Strat- ford people visited the property dur- ing Mr. Mantle's stay, and all were very much impressed with the pros- pects for both the Malaga mine and other nearby properties. AGREED WITH THE JUDGE Judge: "Well, here you are again, Rastus." Rastus: "Yessuh, boss, Ise back again, but dis time Ah got a cause. Judge: "Well, what it is, Rastus?" Rastus: "Judge, what would ya do if someone would steal your girl?" Judge: "I'd cut her company, Ras- tus, and let it go at that." Rastus: "Dat's jes what Ah did, Judge, and Ah sure cut him deep." |