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THE STRATFORD MIRR PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE FLETCHER JOHNSTON PRESS, STRATFORD, ONT. Vol. 18 STRATFORD, FEB. 21, 1941 Passing Of Outstanding Figure Mourned By All Stratford citizens of all religious faiths were grieved when .the an- nouncement was made that Right Reverend Monsignor John Joseph Blair, a native of Stratford, and an outstanding figure in the Roman Catholic Church in Canada, had passed away in Toronto. At the time of his death, Monsignor Blair held the important office of president of the Catholic Church Extension Society in Canada. He was born here in 1874, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Blair. His first high mass was celebrated in St. Joseph's Church here, following his ordination by the late Bishop Fal- lon on December 17, 1910. The young priest was then sent to Wingham, to establish the parish of Wingham and Brussels. From Wingham, he went to Walk- erville, as pastor of St. Anne's Church. In 1916 he became secre- tary to Archbishop A, A. Sinnott, head of the new Archdiocese of Winnipeg. Further recognition of his service to his church came when he was named vicar-general and chancellor of the Winnipeg diocese. It was while he was in Winnipeg that the late Pope Pius XI named him a Domestic Prelate, with the title of Monsignor. lt Should Be Easy For | Citizens To Co-Operate Stratford citizens should find it easy to co-operate with the Perth Regiment Chapter, I.0.D.E., and the Boy Scouts in the salvage campaign which will take place during the first week in April. All they are asking citizens to do is to save materials which they usually throw away. Those materials, which ordinarily are wasted, have a definite value in war- time. By saving them, local residents wil] strike another blow at Hitler. A house to house canvass will be made next week. Cards will be left at each house, and the householder will be asked to commence saving right away, for the salvage collection which will take place in April. Rags, automobile tires and tubes, car or truck batteries, all kinds of scrap metal, such as iron, steel, alum- inum, brass, old mattresses, burlap, newspapers, wrapping paper, maga- zines, cardboard boxes, and _ corru- gated paper boxes are among the materials which should be _ saved. Bottles and bones will not be collec- ted. Newspapers should be tied in bundles about twelve inches thick. Magazines should be bundled similar- ly. The cardboard boxes should be knocked down and tied in bundles, The whole idea is to make the bun- dles easy to handle when the Scouts make their collections. Then It Happened "Baggage is a funny thing,' mused the rummy, as he took a handful of matches. "What is so funny about baggage?" demanded the clerk as he reached for an empty bottle. "Why, it has to be checked before it will go," replied the rummy, as he headed for the door. ¥ ADOLF :- MUSS :- CAR ANA QOS 'WELL! -- HOW DID YOU GET ON ?" "HOW DO! KNOW? -- / HA VENT WRITTEN THE COMMUNIQUE YET " i ae AROMASE ye --_r WHAT A QUESTION TO ASK. Cartoon from the London Sunday Graphic. Not available in British Isles. en ee en mg ee 08 eh me es Stratford Rotarians, at their meet- ing on Thursday, were privileged to hear a most interesting address on stamps, by W. G. Pugh, a letter-car- rier on the staff of the local post of- fice. Mr. Pugh, who has a pleasing man- ner of delivering his message, pointed out how stamps really tell one who studies them the story of the lives of the people in the country by which the stamp is issued. Joys and sor- rows, love and hate, he _ believed, Stratford Rotarians Hear Interesting Address could be interpreted from the stamps of the various countries. The speaker almost made the eyes of many listeners pop when he spoke of a single stamp which is worth fifty thousand dollars. .It is a British Guiana one-cent stamp of 1856. Naturally the stamp is extremely rare to command such a price. Mr. Pugh was introduced by Dr. H. A. Showalter. Donald Strudley, presi- dent of the Rotary Club, presided at the meeting. " The British Spitfire is Well Named Armourers of the British Air Force are seen making adjustments to the eight machine-guns carried in the wings of a Spitfire, British -- fighter plane, supreme in air warfare. ' Local Oddfellows Host To Grand Master Stratford Odd Fellows were honor- ed to have as their guest this week. C. M. Iredale of Preston, Grand Mas- ~ ter of the Grand Lodge of Ontario, who paid his official visit to this dis- trict. Lodges of the district were re- presented at the gathering, which was held in Odd Fellows' Hall. © The Grand Master, in his remarks, impressed Odd Fellows by the sin- cerity with which he drove home his message that Odd Fellows must play an important part in community ser- vicey. The visitor gave a brief outline of what the Order has been able to do, in the past year in assisting to pro- vide shelter for children from Great Britain who have been sent to the Dominion for safe-keeping during the war. The I.0.0.F. has used its To- ronto home as a pooling centre to which children are sent, while billets | are arranged for them. Grand Lodge -- raised a fund of fifty thousand dollars -- to be used in the work. Just A Matter of Time The rector of a fashionable Londom church was induced to preach at @ well-known prison. When in the vestry he said to the prison chaple is "Now that I am here, I don't kni what to say to your convicts." The chaplain replied: "Just preach exactly as you do to your own con= > gregation, but remember one thing--- my people have been found out; yours haven't yet."