'THE ST !ATFORD MIRROR PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE FLETCHER JOHNSTON PRESS, STRATFORD, ONT. Vol 21 STRATFORD, FEB. 25. i944 No. 37 First Stratford Man To Attain Colonelcy Dr. Harold B. Kenner, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Kenner, 14 Waterloo street, north, has been promoted from a lieutenant-colonel to a full colonel and transferred by the Royal Cana- dian Army Medical Corps from Medi- cine Hat, Alta., to Sussex, N.B. Becoming a_ lieutenant-colonel in July, 1942, he is the first Stratford man to attain a full colonelcy since the out- break of the present war and so far as can be ascertained there were no similar honors accorded Stratford officers during Great War days. Col. Kenner joined the active forces on July 15, 1941, after having served @s medical .officer of the 2nd Reserve Battalion, Perth Regiment, from Aug. 1, 1940. His first duty was at London, Ont., where he was on the staff of the district medical officer, and upon be- ing promoted to the lieutenant-colonel- cy he was named to command the 28th Field .Ambulance which mobilized at London and later served at Ottawa and in Western Canada. It quently dispersed to permit personnel to serve elsewhere and Col. Kenner Was assigned to command hospitals in various Western Canada centres. A veteran of the Great War, Col. Kenner was born here on Dec. 26, 1896. He obtained his elementary andr sec- ondary education in local schools and then attended medical school at Queen's University in Kingston, from which he graduated in 1920. Later he Gid post-graduate work in New York and then returned to Stratford to he- come associated with the late Senator J. P. Rankin, practising with him un- til Senator Rankin's death. Col. Kenner is a member of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem . Sea Cadet Corps Earns Commendation One of Siratford's finest organiza- tions, the Sea Cadet Corps, earned the commendation of Lieut.-Commander F. N. D. Carmichael, commanding of- ficer of H.M.C.S. "Prevost" of Lon- don, Wednesday night when he con- ducted an inspection of the officers and other ranks at "The Royal Oak" on Ontario street. He was accompan- ied by Lieut. R. R. Charlton, sea cad- et liaison officer for this division. In speaking to the officers, headed by Lieut. Cecil Corke, and the cadets, Lieut.-Commander Carmichael prais- ed the Stratford corps for its fine showing and offered some worthwhile advice to those youths who will be go- ing on active service, to the Navy, to the Merchant Marine or to the other branches of the services and he also told those who cannot physically make the grade that their training will berefit them in business or what- ever vocational life they are following. Among the members of the Navy League's local branch who welcomed the visiting cfficers were James Pres- ton, president, and J. W. Bailey, a member of the executive and of the sea cadet committee. A tired soldier went into the barber- shop after a 30-mile hike and slumped down into the chair. "Give me a shave," he said. The barber told him he was too far down in the chair for a shave. "All right," said the soldier wearily, "give me a haircut." subse-' BERLIN "REAPS THE WHIRLWIND" The German capital is learning the full meaning of the words "Germany has sown the wind, she will reap the whirlwind," spoken by Air Marshal] Harris, British Bomber Command Chief some time ago. At Rotterdam and Warsaw, Coventry and London, the Luftwaffe "sowed the wind." In a series of raids described as the heaviest of the - war, R.A.F. bombers have dropped thousands of tons of explosive and incendiary bombs at the rate of 77 tons a minute on Berlin. The vital railways, war ministries, factories of the big industrial city are de- vastated. Fire has laid waste one-third of the city. And this is not the end. Picture taken during the night on the return to a heavy bomber station in Britain of some of the crews that took part in the greatest raid of the war on Berlin, shows: "D" for Donald arrives back safely: The first thing the crew does on getting out of the plane is to give the Engineer Sergeant of the flight, information on the per- formance of the aircraft. The Red Cross Society Has Faith In Your Support confident the Twenty-six thousand dollars is the cbhjective of the Stratford branch of the Red Cross Society for its appeal in connection with the $10,000,060 Ca- nada-wide drive from February 28 to March 15. A year ago Stratford raised 4a little more than that and officials of the local society are cornmunity will do better this year. As the war progresses and new fronts develop, the appeal must natur- ally be greater. The demands upon the Red Cross are heavier today than at (Continued on last page) Shoe Sale Sth Anniversary at Boyd's Men's | 2.29 Shoes LADIES' Shoes 3.09 4.89 49e 99e 1.89 2.89 ONLY ONE MORE FULL WEEK 2.89 3.89 0.89 4.89 6.89 Members Board Education Make Annual Tour The members of the Vocational Committee of the Stratford Board of Education made their annual tour of inspection through the departments of the night school at the Collegiate on Wednesday evening. Accompanied by the principal, D. S. iFuller, the committee visited the vari- lous classes in session to examine the |work being done by the students and ithe equipment being used to facilitate itheir studies. All expressed satisfac- tion at the progress being made and the members of the night school staff were complimented for the student interest created in the well-attended courses. Following the dismissal of classes, the committee and the members of the staff gathered in the dining room of the household economics depart- ment to enjoy a delicious lunch pre- pared by the girls of the cooking classes, under the direction of Miss L. Finlay. In his brief address of welcome Mr, Fuller thanked the visit- ors for their social call and extended an invitation on behalf of the entire: staff to all Board members to visit the school at any time. He also point- ed out that citizens interested in voca- tional instruction should be gratified: to know that the Minister of Educa- tion has intimated the prospect of an expansion in technical training in the schools of Ontario, "Any increase in this line of work is bound to have an influence for the social good of the community," he said. J. A. Mott, chairman of the Voca- tional Committee, was then intro» duced ana on behalf of his colleagues: he expressed good wishes for the con- tinued success of the work being done. Mr. Mott is keenly interested and @ frequent visitor to all departments of the school and he urged members to avail themselves of the opportunity to make more personal contact with the curriculum in action. Both Mrs. A. E. Webb, chairman of the Board, and Alex Abraham, senior member of the committee, in their re- marks suggested that more regular social gatherings of the Board and school staffs of the city would en- hance the personal relationships so necessary for successful co-operation and understanding. Members of the ccmmittee present included: Mrs. A. E. Webb, J. A. Mott, A. Brient, Alex Abraham, H. M. Harwood, H. A. Showalter, A. L. Gat- schene, and H. L. McNaught, the new- ly appointed secretary of the Board of Education, She--"Kiss me once more like that and I'm yours for life." GI--"Thanks for the warning." Join The Crowd Of Merrymakers . --AT THR-- Blue Room WED. -- FRI. --SAT.# 10-Piece Orchestra