THE STRATFORD MiRRO Published Weekly by the Stratford Mirror Press, 123 Ontario St. i STRATFORD, FEB. 23, 1945 No. 8 The Judge Retires aa Before the ia Ae Cosmo- ENJO YING LIFE politan Magazine picked Reporter Helen Gregory to break the round-the- world speed record (72 days) set short- Fs gress be fast-moving Nellie Bly of Live Longer and Happier on Guaran- e New York World. The stunt mis teed ss Incomes. fired when j , ; : Pg oe Gregory's ship was In his presidential address recently | y a typhoon near Japan, Mr. A. B. Wood drew attention to the : l neg aan = : a she biveshen on in the Orient, sent fact that 57 people over 90 years of . articles home, finally meandered age were drawing Sun Life guaran- ack herself i i igni F teed incomes. This is very significant. Some years ago Dr. Mayo, of the famous Rochester clinic, stated he thought that 90% of all deaths after After that she became, successively, a suffragette, mother, editor, welfare 65 years of age were due to financial. worries -- also significant. Vol. 23 worker. This month Helen Gregory MacGill, 75, ended the latest phase of her career. She retired after 23 years as judge of the Juvenile Court of Van- couver. Smilingly, she received a series of tributes to her wit, wisdom and understanding. These two statements coming front the heads of two entirely different in- _ stitutions is indeed worthy of serious. thought -- one the largest life insur- ance-company in the British Empire, and the other probably the most out- standing clinic on the continent. Unfortunately a comparatively small -- t percentage of people make any ade- -- quate provision for their later years, in consequence of which a great many are so worried about their future live- lihood, they not only die before their time, but in their last years are noi able to enjoy many things which make © life worth living. The life insurance man does his part. Helen MacGill was no lawyer when the Provincial Government created a juvenile court in 1917. But she had been active in civic affairs and she had made herself an authority on welfare laws. So she got the job as judge. Except for a five-year interval, she had held it ever since. In her court she was swift and sure. Only half a dozen of her decisions were ever appealed to the provincial GATHERING OF BRITISH SHIPS IN ALGIERS HARBOR _ Picture shows: Beyond the jetty running across the centre of the picture are, left to right, H.M.S. Rodney, H.M.S. Nelson, and the air- craft carrier H.M.S. Formidable. Lying against the jetty are H.M.S. Dido (left) and H.M.S. Maidstone, a submarine depot ship. In the left foreground is H.M.S. Leonian, a boom defence ship, in centre fore- ground H.M.S. Vienna, a motor launch parent ship, in right foreground the bow of H.M.S. Ashanti. Just above H.M.S. Vienna are several Hunt class destroyers (left) and H.M.S. Carlisle, and just above H.M.S. Ashanti is H.M.S. Oakley. Supreme Court, and not once was she reversed. : Gentle with children, Judge McGill was sometimes brusque with adults. When parents reminded her of Solo- mon's "He that spareth his rod hateth his son," she would retort: "Did you ever stop to think what kind of father Solomon turned out to be? Look at Rehoboam's record." (Rehoboam, Solomon's son 2nd successor, told his people: "My father... chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.") Once a teacher brought six children before her for breaking school win- dows, demanded that the parents be fined. Judge MacGill set the fine at the value of the windows. Pleased, the teacher asked when he could have the money. Snapped the judge: "All fines go into the public revenues. If you wanted money to replace windows you should settle your disciplinarian problems in your own office." For The Aged One who was ninety made this prayer, "Eternal Father! Help me bear the trials of my advancing years. Strengthen my spirit by Your Grace. Show me the brightness of Your Face and cleanse my mind of painful fears. "Tet me not be, because I'm old, selfish, exacting, hard and cold to those around me day by day. Father of Love, keep warm my heart. Though old, I still can play a part in cheering others on life's way. "Father of Strength, give me Your aid, that I may journey unafraid, al- though my mortal self grow weak. My soul, not body, now needs strength to make with cheer the journey's length --_-sive me the power to hear You pei Se 99 99 army officials to establish a testing "Source of all gifts! Give me Your ONTARIO program before men are discharged. : Light, a Lamp of courage burning ONTARIO N ee ee bright to hold aloft when shadows fall. ST Pay attention to what a man is, not Then will I know that perfect peace Sis . |what he has been.--Chinese - when pain subsides and troubles cease, and You, my loving Shepherd, It was only a glad " Good morning" As she passed along the way, But it spread the morning's glory Over the livelong day. BIOLY|DIS | 7 Good Shoes properly fitted ! "* \ call." in pointing this out, but many of his clients are not willing to put away the necessary amount today to pro- vide the comforts for tomorrow. Others tell you frankly they do not -- expect to live to be old, but fail to realize that some who were substand- ard during middle life, outlive the doctors who predicted their early de- _ mise. i The knowledge that a cheque will _ be handed to you every month as long -- di as you live is very comforting. It re~ re moves that dread of being dependent on others. It may mean the differ- ence between worrying and enjoying old age. These are the things that come with an assured income and why ~ annuitants live long and happy lives. -- APTITUDE TESTS | An interesting demonstration of how _ common sense and science can be put -- to work for individual and general > welfare is the Counselling Service of © the Y.M.C.A. Tle tf The Service assists men in selecting -- a vocation, provides tests and inter- views for high school boys and for war veterans. . ik oe Army examiners have found that a great many servicemen had not been well fitted for the civilian job they had been trying to do; that; in many cases these individuals would have been do- ing better work, and living much hap-- pier lives had they been at something else. This obviously results in vast national waste. To minimize this waste, bute to good citizenship, is the aim this Y.M.C.A. service- hak So many war veterans have ap peared before the Counselling Service with requests for tests and interviews that efforts have been made to get