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Se re a ee a Te ne ee = =: PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE FLETCHER JOHNSTON PRESS, STRATFORD, ONT. Vol. 16 STRATFORD, JAN. 7, 1939 Re. 30 Congratulates Mayor On His Third Term With the committee chairmen nam- ed and the inaugural meeting off the agenda, the City Council settles into its stride to carry on the business of the city for 1939. The Rev. William Wallace, rector of St. Paul's Anglican Church, who gave a brief address at the inaugural meet- ing, congratulated Mayor Thomas E. Henry on the commencement of his third term as Mayor of the city. He felt, he said, that His Worship must realize the great confidence which the electors must have in him. Announcement of the committee chairmen revealed that Ald. D. E. Marks, who headed the poll in the December election, had accepted the chairmanship of the Finance Commit- tee. Other chairmen are: Relief Com- mittee, Ald. J. M. King; Industrial and Publicity, Ald. W. P. Gregary; Board of Works, Ald. William Plummer; Fire Hall, Market, Cemetery and City Hall Committee, Ald. A. M. Davis; Agricul- tural Grounds Committee, Ald. Alex. McKenzie; Committee of the Whole, Ald. Henry Palmer. Foriiierly Bell Telephone Manager At Stratford Many Stratford citizens would be interested to learn of the retirement from the service of the Bell Telephone Company, of a man who formerly was stationed at Stratford. The man is John J. Griffin. At one time, Mr. Griffin was local agent and district manager here. He had been in the service of the com- pany since 1901 when he joined up at Toronto as a contract agent. He be- came local agent here in 1914. Ten years later he became district man- ager here. In 1925, he was named dis- trict manager at Kitchener, and later went to London, where he eventually became public office manager. During his career as member of the Bell organization, Mr. Griffin covered all of Western Ontario, and was in northern Ontario as well. Blew Up At The Right Time A parrot was sitting in the saloon of a luxurious liner watching a magician do tricks. The magician served notice that he was now going to do a trick never before accomplished. He pulled up his sleeves and proceeded to make a few fancy gestures. Just at that moment the ship's boilers blew up. Five minutes later, as the parrot came to, floating on a piece of driftwood, he muttered: "Damn clever, damn clever." a BEHIND THE Ottawa HEADLINES A -Oopyrighted Mirror Feature It was explained in last week's' column that in face of the fact that the newspaper headlines do not dis- glose it, nor that the authorities in the Capital are inclined to discuss it, yet it is not difficult to find that the most important question facing the Government right now is what foreign policy shall be adopted for presenta- tion to the House of Commons at the coming season since it is no secret along Parliament Hill that this issue is now overshadowing many of the domestic problems, though the latter are usually making the newspaper headlines on account of the reticence of the officials in the Capital on all questions involving foreign attitudes. It was also explained that there are two viewpoints along Parliament Hill, with one side favouring a continua- tion of a policy that fosters a concen- tration in close harmony with the Foreign Office of Great Britain and on the other side there is a rapidly growing opinion that Canada should follow the policies of the Pan-Ameri- can Union. The former attitude of EMPIRE AIR CAPTAIN IN THE MAKING Four of the First Officers employed by Great Britain's premier air transport Company, of their Captains Imperial Airways, are Canadians and several have received their preliminary training in Canada. Every pilot employed by the Company undergoes an extensive course of training at the Company's school at Croydon, before being entrusted with the command of one of the Imperial flying-boats operating on the Empire routes or on the air-liners engaged on the continental services. In the picture two of the pupil pilots are receiving instruction in wireless telephony. Captain D.C.T. Bennett, pilot of the "Mercury" on her transatlantic flight, was trained at this school. i First Purchasers Tax Prepayment Certificates It is good advertising for the city when the Bank of Montreal, which holds the city's account and is in a better position than any other tax- payer to know the city's finances, each year becomes the first purchaser of the city's tax prepayment certificates. This year, the bank followed its usual procedure of buying the first certifi- cates issued by Tax Collector E. G. Davis. The bank is a substantial tax- payer. Practically every bank, financial in- stitution, and large corporation with a branch in Stratford buys the tax prepayment receipts, because the ex- ecutives of the institutions realize that the purchase of tax prepayment re- ceipts represents a substantial saving. The receipts have a double advan- tage. Not only does the taxpayer save money, but the city is provided with funds with which to carry on the businesse of the city without borrow- ing from the bank. those Canadians who favour a con- centration of this country's foreign policy in the Western Hemisphere and which viewpoint is attracting more and more adherents? Will Canada eventually become an active member of the Pan-American Union? In the first place, it must be stated here that though the technical require- ments of the Constitution of the Pan- American Union demand that only a republic can be a full member of this combination of nations of the New World, it is known that the path has been cleared to permit Canada to join at any time. In fact, President Roose- velt himself at the last conference which he had attended personally in Buenos Aires in 1936 made a refer- ence to the desirability that Canada should associate herself with the other nations of the New World, hinting that no technicalities would stand in the way if such a move was started on the part of Canada. In other words, there are no real obstacles of a technical nature to prevent Canada from joining this Union, with every- one along Parliament Hill realizing that Canada has been watching close- ly every meeting of this body since the first of the eight gatherings have (Continued on page 2) Forced To Accept Tie Game The Mites were forced to accept @ tie game with London here on Tues- day night, after it appeared that the local team would win easily. Strat- ford held a lead through all except about three minutes of the game. London finally tied the score with two goals in the last period. Each team scored once in overtime. 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