-- ee eel THE MIRROR No. 31. STRATFORD, ONT., FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1926 Vol. 3 Making This A Banner Year For Stratford In his inaugural address at the first meeting of the City Council, Mayor D. R. Marshall struck a note' that every citizen should resound through the year. It was that of "Making this a Banner Year for Our City." The Mayor said: "The tide has turned end everything points towards prosperity." There were no absentees at the meet- ing. Those present were: J. A. Andrew, N. F. Babb, George Blum, Tom Brown, W. F. Buller, bet C. Clark, N. R. Fiebig, F. E. Ingram, Ss. L. Irelnad, G. H. Lightfoot, J A. Meldrum, C. E Moore, W F. Newman, R. L. Oman and W. B. Osborne. The following are the names of the committee chairmen of the City Coun- cil; also the names of the appvintees to the various civic boards. COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN FINANCE--C. HE. Moore. BOARD OF WORKS--RkR. L. Oman. FIRE AND CEMETERY -- George Blum. MARKET, HALL AND RELIEF-- W. F. Newman. INDUSTRIAL AND PUBLICITY-- J. A. Andrew. : APPOINTMENTS PARK BOARD--Dr. H. W. Baker, R. T. Orr and Geo. Sugden. PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD -- Jas. Steele. BOARD OF CRIMINAL AUDIT-- Jas. Stewart. BOARD OF HEALTH--D. M. Scott, J. A. McFadgen and J. C. Heideman. AUDITORS--F. P. Gibbs and A. J. Jeffrey. JOHN E. CLEMENTS John Ephraim Clements, a well known and highly respected resident of Stratford for upwards of 12 years, died at the family home, 35 Norfolk street, Monday morning. The late Mr. Clements was a native of Devonshire, England. He came _ to Canada in 1914, settling in Stratford and living retired here since that time. Mr. Clements served with the Imperial Forces, in the engineering di- vision, for nearly 21 years, and was recognized as one of the Imperial Forces' most loyal and faithful sol- dier. Twelve years of that time were spent in the tropical countries. He was a veteran of the Egyptian war. While in the city Mr. Clements was a member of St. James' Anglican _-church. He leaves to mourn their loss his widow, five sons, William, Jack, Harry, Charles and George, and one daughter, Mrs. J. Eastwood. Al! are residents of Stratford with the ex- ception of one son. Referring to Business and Stratford's Business Men | with equal thanks." The first two weeks of the New Year are always interesting to the average business man. During them clerks have been busy weighing, counting or measuring merchandise. The inventory is the sequel to the year's business. This inventory often reveals facts that are stranger than fiction. How a business man accepts the results of his bookkeeper's or his auditor's report, whether it is good or pad, is a good index to his character. The game of business in this re- spect is no different from any other sport, for a very good sport is 4 good loser, as well as a good winner. The law of the survival of the fittest ex- ists in the business world as it does in nature, and the difference between the man who knows and he who guesses is usually the difference he- tween success and failure. However, those who have weathered the storm of the last few years have proven themselves good sailors, and no one knows better than they how hard it has been to have kept things going. Retail business in the past few years has become a very complex problem. The fickleness of fashion has kept the progressive merchant on tip-toe every day he remains in busi- ness. Fortunately for him if he can take--'"fortune's buffets and rewards | Speaking of business men We are reminded very often of the good class _ every philanthropic of men that we have in business in Stratford. They are the first to put their names down on every worthy subscription list. You'll find them ready to support movement and _ are the largest tax payers in our city. They are always willing to give ad- ' vice and help in your time of trouble. | They give you hours of their time 'and honestly help you to solve your | they are going to do. troubles, and trust their patrons wien they havén't got the money. They stock their stores with thousands of dollars worth of goods without having any knowledge, only through past ex- perience, of the amount of business These stores | are at your service and their clerks | try hard to please you. | hours in sample They spend rooms and ware- houses without thought of the time spent in this way. In making our 1926 purchases will. we be more loyal to our own. stores this year than last? When we spend our money will we, at least, give our own merchants the chance to show us their googs and get their prices before we send or take our money away from our own town merchants? Stratford Made Furniture Exhibit Expresses Individuality and Charm The furniture manufacturers of the city ,through their exhibit, have again been the means of bringing many vis- itors to Stratford. It is hard for the citizens who have not seen these fur- niture exhibits to realize to what ex- tent the furniture-making industry has developed in recent years. Stratford furniture is recognized all over the world as the most expres- sive of individuality and charm that is possible to find. The displays this year of the various Stratford furni- ture manufacturers are just a bit dif- ferent. ; The evolution of the furniture in- dustry is maybe brought about by the change of human emotions from cen- tur yto century and is responsible in a great measure for the varying types of furniture which have come to be looked upon as period furniture. The intriguing originality of de- signs of the various Stratford firms show marks of the skill and art of the craftsmen that are employed in these concerns. It would be impossible for us to give a detailed description of this exhibit--which is so grand in point of the lavishness of beauty and dexterity that it displays. Stratford citizens should, and do feel proud, of their progressive furniture manufac- turers, who are keeping pace with fashion's decree with an intensive and indefatigabilty that is deserving of the praise and applause of every citi- zen. . The Mirror can seardely refrain from making a special notation of the Kroehler Manufacturing exhibit in the Armouries. This concern warrants it because of the unusual progress it has made in such a short time under the management of Mr. Frank W.. Tre- bell. The large streamer extending from the Armouries, with the word- (Continued on page 4) Poultry Show Draws Largest Crowd Ever No one could have passed the Mar- ket Shelter during the last few days without concluding that a rooster knows how to advertise. And if you have gone inside the building and seen the poultry on exhibition you could scarcely do other than be im- pressed with the fact that those birds knew of their importance. Some of them came hundreds otf miles to let the people of Stratford and surrounding district see how really pretty they were. Fine feath- ers make fine birds in the bird king- dom as they do--at least help greatly --in the human kingdom. But it really takes a bird fancier to make an ordinary mortal see their beauty in detail as it does an artist to make us see the beauty of a picture, and its strange how interest creates expres- sion--gives one words and brightens the eye. This fact was realized by The Mirror scribe as he followed Mr. O. J. Kerr, the president of tne Stratford Pet Stock Association, around the building between 11 and 12 o'clock last evening. It was Cer- tainly interesting to listen to him tell of the many details that make a bird a first prize winner, and the harmon- izing of colors, by way of beautifying of feathers, brought about by adher- ing to the laws of nature in fowl preeding is truly a revelation. D. A. Withrow was one of the ex- hibitors still in the building at that hour of the evening, and he was busi- ly engaged trying to get a tiny paint spot off a snow white bird. He won 26 first prizes and 17 specials in his exhibition of White Leghorns. A hen belonging to W. R. Stimpson, 483 Brunswick street, did a _ splendid year's work, having lain 200 eggs. This is rather a contradition to the often quoted axiom that results only | come about from hard work, for these Bee tae thoroughbred hens do not even have to scratch for a living, but then there are exceptions to every rule. This, the 39th lannuaj exhibition here, was the most successful ever held and reflects much credit on the (Continued on page 5) AUCTION SALE OF | HOUSEHOLD GOODS on Saturday, January 16th at 2 p.m. sharp at 5 Church St. (over Hydro Shop). Terms, cash. A. Ewart, owner. : JONES, Auctioneer - Gate