No. 47_ = Voi. 10 STRATFORD, APRIL 21, 1933 Masonic Brethern Pay Official Visit To Mitchell A friendly invasion of Mitchell was In The Realm of Sport | carried out on Tuesday night by: <6 score or more of Stratford Masons who accompanied W. H. Gregory, Dis- trict Deputy Grand Master of Huron District, A. F. and A. M. on his official visit to Tudor Lodge of Mitchell. Other lodges in the district were also well represented at the meeting. Following the lodge work, a banquet f again. Roy good at the bench down a year. An th rected by th Roy Brothers rom, it. It' is back in hockey never was s in Roy's blood. The fam- jliar coon skin coat will look mighty gate near the t the arena again this e team which will be di- e figure in the coon skin fended to find the remaining eligibles of last Winter's Midgets located with- ing their domains before the residence date arrives. In fact, some of those teams have already stretched wel- coming hands in this direction. The kids would rather play here though, and they too are awaiting something far removed player's with S. Durr, St. Marys, S. Kirk, Georgetown, ; 'John Stevenson, of Stratford, and D. eopart was held in the Mitchell restaurant. The main speaker of the evening was the District Deputy Grand Master who responded to the toast of the Grand Lodge, which was proposed by Fred Porterfield of Mitchell. John Empey proposed the toast of the visitors, H. Sutter, of Stratford, J. Wilson of Georgetown making reply. The toast of Tudor Lodge, which was proposed by the District Deputy Grand Master, was responded to by W. I. Carroll, William Tuer, and Rev. Capper. The Junior Warden's toast, proposed by E. Robinson, brought to a close an outstanding event in the activities of the Lodge for this year in Mitchell. Musical Festival Opens For 7th Successive Y ear To-morrow the Stratford Music Fes- tival opens for the seventh successive year, and present indications are that it will be the greatest year in the his- tory of the event. Entries have soared to a new high mark. New centres and sections of the province are represent- ed by the entrants. The standard of the work of the contestants promises to be higher than ever before. The honor of starting competition on its way goes to the youngsters un- der 12 years of age who are taking in the violin solo competition. Part Two. This class starts at the city hall at two o'clock tomorrow. Other classes tomorrow afternoon are Soprano Solo, Part One; Violin So- lo. under ten years, Part Two; Girls' Solo, under 10 years, Part Two; and Violin Solo, open, Part Two. To-morrow evening, also at the city hall, there will be Violin Solo, under 14 years, Part Two; Boys' Solo, under 17 years, Part Two; Orchestra, open Part One; Soprano Solo, Part One, final test; Violin Solo, under 16 years, Part Two; Violin Duet, under 17 years, Part Two; Baritone Solo, Part Two; and Orchestra, Oven, Part Two The adjudicators this year are widely known as outstanding figures in the musical world. They are J Campbell McInnes, Frank Welsman, -- a Spivak, of Toronto, and Capt. --s es O'Neill, Mus. Doc., of Que- "Will you give ten cent h the Old Ladies' Home?" Sings "What! Are they out again?" coat promises to look mighty good too. Roy has promised to give Strat- ford a good senior team, and his ef- forts thus far indicate that he is leav- ing no stone unturned to fulfill that promise. The new men who will be. are all recognized performers of mer- it. Add to those new men several players from last Winter's intermedi- ates, a couple who have graduated from junior ranks, and two or three local men who played their hockey in other parts last year, and you have a pretty fair assortment from, which to start naming a team. * * a Conick, Bellingham, and Anderson, | last year's first string line of the Hamilton Pats. have been playing heads up hockey for the senior "' champions. The Tigers of their own city passed them up in favor of out- side men during the peast season, but the trio had revenge by helping to beat the Tigers in the city series. The Pats have always claimed that they could beat the Tigers, and their ac-. tions suited their words. Howard, the | new defenceman, also from the Pats. | should make good with a bang in sen- | ior "A" hockey, and it's no secret that , Roy thinks a lot of Don Heath who, will be too old for junior. Geordie Shaw, Eddie Zulauf, and Stewie Knechtel look like the pick of last Winter's Intermediates, and _ then there are Gingras, Goat Smith, and Meier, who are back here after a sea- son up north. From last Winter's Mid- gets, in addition to Heath, Roy would have Nig. Brenneman, if the latter decides to remain here. te * ok Peterkin, the star goalie from Ot- tawa is a tower of strength to any man's team. Maurice Gerth, who per- formed so well for the Midgets during the past Winter, is stil eligible for junior hockey, and the way things are shaping up right now, the wise ones are offering to bet golf balls against miggles that Stratford will have a smart junior team again. Therefore Roy can not afford to look forward to using Gerth. Dave Pinkney has asked that the junior franchise be left open until to-night. Dave has been about as talkative as the sphinx to date, but he will likely make an an- nouncement as to his intentions, be- fore the end of the week. * * * There are more than the hockey fans waiting to see what Dave intends to do. There are several good junior found in Stratford uniforms this year ' erati the idea has been dropped. It's almost too late now anyway, because softball and baseball will soon be cutting in. The League had a mighty successful 'season last Fall, though, and another year it might be a good idea to have an early Spring schedule as well as a Fall schedule. Basketball has certain- teams which would not be a bit of- definite. A lot of decisions will depend on Dave Pinkney's announcement. * * * We seem to recall that it was the intention last year to have the Senior city basketball league commence op- ions again this Spring. Probably ly done a big come-back in this city during the past twelve months, and the interest should be maintained. Probably in a few years we might be able to boast an Eastern Canadian championship in men's basketball, as well as in ladies' basketball. * * * It begins to look as though Strat- ford will not be represented in inter- mediate lacrosse this year. The ven- ture into the bob-tailed game did not prove successful financially last year, and no"person has come forward with an offer to finance it again this year. It is doubtful too, if the arena com- pany 'would be_ willing to take a chance again this year. There is some good lacrosse material in this city, and one of the nearby teams may get some help from Stratford. St. Marys is talking about a group with London, Wallaceburg, and Detroit. Last year Stratford got a lot of help from the Stone Town. Maybe the favor will be returned this year. : M. W. Binkley New Association President Stratford merchants will observe Wednesday half-holidays during the months of May, June, July, August, and September, it was decided at the meeting of the Stratford Retail Mer- chants' Association last night. A pro- posal that half-holidays be observed for eleven months of the year receiv- ed surprising support, and was de- feated by only four votes. M. W. Binkley is the president of the Association, with H. A. Barker, vice-president, and S. Patterson, sec-| retary-treasurer. Recommendations that changes be made in the Bankruptcy Act are be- ing made to the Provincial Retail Merchants' Association, and to the Attorney-General. Sense and Nonsense Stratford Driving Club Have Not Renewed Lease Lovers of the harness horse game, who were disappointed when the Stratford Driving Club failed to re- new its lease on the race track at the fair grounds, will be cheered by the announcement that Ed. Tout has tak- en a lease on the track for the year. ment between Mr. Tout and An agree y the the City Council was adopted b Council on Tuesday night. Harness racing ran into a lot of tough luck here last year. Rainy " weather and conflicting attractions on race days did not help finances. This year, however, the sponsors of harness racing are due for a change of luck. Ed. Tout is @ mighty good man to have charge of affairs, and if he gets any kind of a break at all, the be assured of some good entertain- ment. Stratford has an important place in the history of harness racing in the province. The additions to that history this year should be important. Gentlemen prefer blondes, but brun- ettes will pass--worthless cheques. " * * * The Rotary Club continues to take its presidents from the Board of Edu- cation. * * * Did you ever notice that blisters raised by a golf club are not nearly so painful as those raised by a carpet beater? i * * * The license for the airport has been renewed. Now if the cows and horses -- will just stay off, planes can land there. * a * With all the development in poultry breeding, no person has been able to develop a breed that wants to stay on its own side of the fence. %* * * Seed catalogues are threatening the popularity of the "best sellers" these days. * * * An optimist is one of the lads who stands on the little bridge over the dam these days with a fishing pole in his hands. * * #* Speaking of fishing--when you see Bob McDonald looking at the calen- dar, you know he's thinking about the trout season. = A lady with a stern visage glared across the counter at the post office clerk, and said: "I sent away for a bottle of medicine and it has not ar- rived." : : "In that case," said the clerk, in soothing tones, "I must ask you to fill in a form. What is the exact na- ture of your complaint?" The lady looked taken aback: ei don't see what that has to do with it, but it is chronic indigestion, if -- you must know." THE BEST IN TALKING PICTURES MONDAY -- TUESDAY JOHN -- ETHEL -- LIONBL BARRYMORE in "RASPUTIN AND THE EMPRESS". WEDNES. -- THURS. KAY FRANCIS in "KEY HOLE" ADDED FEATURE -------- -- FRIDAY__SATURDAY George Sidney -- Charlie Murray in THE COHENS AND KELLYS IN TROUBLE" 20,000 Years In Sing Sing * First screen appearance together.