r | a THE STRATFORD MIRROR ' himself and an umbrella for Mrs. Wal- PR SE Ee ee eer Ce Re ™ " * ie, st oh ' dae F eee een perteaateedt eneanaieeenratterkoas eramater= imma' marion tie Se a Vol. 8 STRATFORD, MAY 8, 1931 Two Highly Respected - Employees Honoured Two names were added to the list of veterans of the Canadian National Railway in this city last week, when Alex. Thoms, 130 Downie street, and Robert Wallace, 13 McKenzie Street of pensioners. The combined service of passed from active service to the circle the two men on the old Grand Trunk and the present C. N. R. is more than eighty years. Mr. Wallace entered the service as a mechanic in the erecting shop in 1889. Thirteen years ago, he earned promotion to the responsible position of locomotive inspector. Indiciative of the esteem in which Mr. Wallace was held by his fellow workmen at the shops were the several beautiful tokens which he received prior to leaving the service. On Monday afternoon, the sup- ervisor's staff gathered in the assem- bly hall after five o'clock. Mr. Wallace was presented with a smoking set for lace. An address was read by J. B. Dunlop, while W. C. Sealy made the presentation. : At the regular meeting of Pioneer Lodge, No. 103, International Associa- tion of Machinists, Mr. Wallace was presented with a handsome gold watch and chain and craft emblem. Mr. Thom joined the service of the G. T. R. in 1891. He started in the boiler department and finished his forty years of service in the same de- partment. He was born in Downie Township, near St. Pauls, and studied the three "R's" in both No. 7.and No. 5 schoolhouses. Before he left the shops after his last day's work, Mr. Thom was sur- rounded by his fellow workmen and made the recipient of a beautiful lea- ther club bag. VISITS DIATOMITE PLANT Several carloads of people from Stratford and vicinity inspected the Plant of Diatomite Products Limited near Huntsville this week. This plant, erected for the purpose of producing DIATOMITE powder indispensable to a majority of our Industries, is now in full pumping operation--pumping at an average rate of almost 1100 Gallons per minute and chemists' tests prove the flow equals 5 Tons of the finished product per hour. (Canadas requirements of Diatomite Powder, viz: about Two Million Doll- ars worth annually, has been imported from the nearest source--California-- and sells in Toronto at from $60 to $200 per ton). THE RIGHT MAN FOR THE JOB. Supt. F. M. Higgins, of the Stratford Employment Bureau, is in Toronto this week attending the convention of Superintendents held at the King Ed- ward Hotel. It is questionable if the Government has any more active su- perintendent in the province than Mr. Higgins. Every effort possible is put forth by him to secure employment for those registered at the office here. of Mother. No matter where we go Mother loved ones.- Mother is the world's We do not know who it was who wrote or said: "God could not be everywhere, so he made Mothers." There is no other word quite so inspiring as that dom if ever that Mother's thoughts are not with her symbol of unselfishness and love. Her spirit radiates in every home. Years may have whitened her hair and wrinkled her brow, but the after-glow of a life of unselfishness e and sacrifice has is there. It is sel- last word to leave most outstanding and colorful. May Tenth---The Day Set Aside For Thoughts of Mother immortalized the name of Mother. Mama is the first word we learned to lisp and the our memory. Other memories may fade, but memories of Mother remain forever fresh The congregation of St. Paul's An- glican Church celebrated its twenty- fifth birthday on Sunday. A plain cele- bration of Holy Communion was held in the morning at 8.30 a. m., with the rector, Rev. William Wallace as cele- brant. At 11 a. m., a choral celebration of Holy Communion was held, with Rev. A. A. Bice of All Saints church, evening, the minister was Rev. W. E. McMillan, B.A., L. Th., of Ingersoll. Special music marked both morning and evening services, and in the even- London, as the special minister. In the|sent Parish Church was ing at 6.30, an organ and string recital! St. Paul's Anglican Church Observes Its Twenty-Fifth Anniversary | beg presented under the direction of , of St. Paul's and the splendid efforts | the choirmaster, F. S. Walker. Rev. Wallace issued a special birth- day message to the members of his congregation. This communication which appeared on the program was as follows: "Brethren, some twenty-five years ago, on St. Paul's Day, 1906, our pre- formally opened. By the united efforts of the congregation, the Wardens were able, early in the year 1925, to make) the final payment on the Church) debt, and on May 3rd, 1925, the! | Grace the Archbishop of Huron, to Church was consecrated by His the glory of God and the advance- ment of His Kingdom on earth. "God has surely blessed the Parish of its parishioners will not be un- rewarded. I am earnestly looking forward to a greater spiritual awak- ening in the Parish, to a better at- tendance at the sacrament and sef- vices of the Church; and that the glory and beauty of our Church may be more and more reflected in the lives of our people. Pray daily for the spiritual advancement of the Parish. Believe me, 'Your Servant in Christ, "William Wallace, Rector." FRIDAY and SATURDAY j| BUSTER KEATON in "PARLOR, BEDROOM AND BATH" The funniest picture ever made. You'll laugh till it hurts. MONDAY -- TUESDAY Tallulah Bankhead--Clive Brooks "TARNISHED LADY" All the world has gone Tallulah-- she'll get you too! 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