'THE STRATFORD MIRROR PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE FLETCHER JOHNSTON PRESS, STRATFORD, ONT. Vol. 20 STRATFORD, APRIL 23, 1943 No. 45 - Homes Of Stratford Boys Receive saddening News Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Garner, 335 Douglas street, weer advised on Wed- nesday by the Royal Canadian Air Force headquarters at Ottawa that, according to German information ob- tained through the International Red Cross Society, their son, Pilot Officer Leslie L. Garner, was buried on Sep- tember 10, 1942, in the Dudweiler cemetery near Saarbrucken, Ger- many. He was reported missing fol- lowing aerial operations over Saar- brucken on August 28, last year. Pilot Officer Garner's parents were officially advised that he was a cas- ualty on September 2, 1942. Canadian » Press dispatches of September 25, an- nounced his promotion to the rank of a commissioned officer. The young airman served with a bomber squadron as a navigator and had participated in 24 operational flights over Cologne, Essen, Bremen and other German cities. The fence for Air Department of National De- in its casualty list is- sued Monday night announces that Pilot Officer Gordon Locke, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Locke, 71 Front street, previously reported missing is now presumed dead. He was a mem- ber of the Royal Canadian Air Force and while attached to the Royal Air Force failed to return to his base in the Middle East following aerial op- erations on August 3. His parents have been officially advised. First public intimation of his being a casualty appeared last September 15. Little Things It's just the homely little things, The unobtrusive friendly things, The won't-vou-let-me-help you things That make our pathway light. It's just the jolly joking things, The never-mind-the-trouble things, The laugh-with-me-it's funny things That make the world seem bright. For all the countless famous things, The wondrous record-breaking things, These never-can-be-equalled things That all the papers cite. Are not like little human things, The every-day-encountered things The just-because-I-like you things That make us happy, quite. So here's to all the little things, The done-and-then-forgotten things, Those oh-its-simply-nothing things That makes life worth the fight. --Author Unknown. TO DESERT VICTORY to work Pict GOOD TEAM WORK IN ALLIED AIR OFFENSIVE PAVED WAY So fierce, concentrated and continuous was the Allies' air onslaught against the enemy in the Western Desert that ground personnel had at terrific pressure to keep the striking forces at full strength in the air. The "men on the ground" have made a considerable con- tribution towards the Allied victory in the Western Desert. e shows: Ground staff getting an Allied Aircraft into fighting trim for the West Desert "shuttle service." : Easter. brings up hard-boiled eggs, rabbits, flowers, hot cross buns and Easter cards. Strangely enough, most of these present-day objects and customs had their birth so far back in antiquity that digging into records for origins and birthplaces is like try- ing to dig a well in quick-sand. The name Easter itself comes from the name of the old pagan Saxon god- Easter Greetings dess of spring Ostara, or Eostre. In their springtime celebrations each year, the early Saxons deified the low- ly rabbit which, because of its con- jugal habits, was considered to be the symbol of fecundity. Hence the little chocolate rabbits one sees in the candy-store windows at Easter. The egg goes much further back in (Continued on Page 5) fascinating. The Easter Shoe Styles Shown at BOYD'S are really unique and You are invited to come in and see them and hear our customers' praise of our fitting | service. Blue Room Saturday Night Goop mi - SHOES TONY CRYAN PROPERLY ONTARIO 8T. AND HIS ORCHESTRA' FITTED sedate os each ei zs 4 j : |Frank Laskier To Speak In Collegiate Institute The Victory Loan rally, planned for May 4 in the Classic City Arena, has been cancelled because of the con- tinued cold weather and the conse- quent probability that it will not be possible to lay the wood floor in the arena before May 4. Instead of the rally in the arena, there will be a puh- lic meeting on the same night in the auditorium of the Collegiate Vocation- al Institute. Frank Laskier, widely-known Bri- tish merchant seaman and forceful speaker, who was to have spoken in the arena, will address the meeting in the collegiate institute. The col- legiate students will present a war play, "The Portrait," written by Newman O'Leary, of the 8.C.V.I staff, a play that was seen by near- ly 1,500 people when it was first staged by the students a few weeks ago. There will be no charge, but only adults will be admitted and ad- mission will be by ticket. Announce- ment as to when and where the tick- ets will be available will be made soon. Decision to cancel the arena rally was made at a special meeting of the public relations section of the Victory Loan organization. The volves withdrawing pageants being prepared by children of the element- ary public and separate schools for presentation in the' arena. Various. alternatives were discussed by the committee and at previous meetings, but the committee concluded that the safest course would be to withdraw the pageants. The chairman, Chas. D. Dingman, expressed the committee's regret to School Inspector G. N. Ed- wards, whe was in charge of arrange- ments for the pageants, and aske:l him to convey to the school staffs and pupils the committee's expression of disappointment. Mr. Dingman re- minded the committee that the schools had undertaken to prepare the pageants at the committee's re- quest and that much time and effort had been expended. He voiced the hope that all concerned would under- stand the difficult position of the committee. Lieut. J. T. Priest, former instructor of music in the public schools and now on active service, is the author of the pageant which the public school children were to pre- sent. j ° MANAGER AVON THEATRE TREATS DELIVERY STAFF The popular manager of the Avon Theatre treats Mirror delivery boys and girls to theatre tickets. For this kind act he has made himself a hero, But this is only one of the many things that Maneger iieim undertakes so often. The pictures shown in our theatres from time to time are of an educational character -- so much so that parents eulogize the management picture realm. The Mirror congratulates the theatres on their success in this re- gard, and acknowledges Mr. Helm's- kindness in presenting tickets to our delivery staff. They have nothing in common ex- Carr. « His life is an open book and he |likes to read out of it--Edward Ma- ther. P Pe ee hae pie F x4 change in- | on their choice of the best in the cept that they both are--Stephen :