Published -- Te STRATFORD MirRo Weekly by the Stratford Mirror Press, 123 Ontario St. BENSON JOHNSTON. EDITOR Mel 73 STRATFORD, JUNE 15. 1945 we No. 24" Fifteen Dollars For Misspelled Words During July and August there will appear in every issue of The Strat- ford Mirror a number of misspelled words in various advertisements. Each week the names of those send- ing in a complete list of these mis- spelled words for that week will be placed in a hat. From these will be drawn one name, who will receive a crisp new One Dollar bill. In addition, the names of those sending in correct lists for every week in July and August will be kept until September, when they will again be drawn and the lucky one will receive a grand prize of Five Dollars. The first of the weekly prizes will be awarded after the second issue is published and each week thereafter until September when the grand prize will be drawn for and the winner an- nounced in the second issue of that month. We have been fortunate in securing the consent of the president of the new Kinsmen Club, Mr. Ernest Davis, to act as referee in this competition. Mr. Davis will have full charge of the replies and will supervise the draws and announce the prize-winners from week to week. His first award will therefore be made the second issue' in July for mistakes found in The Mirror published on Friday, July 5th. Those who expect to be out of the city for part or all of these two months may have The Mirror mailed to them at their summer address for Ten Cents per month, and thus make sure of not missing a copy. Milk, The Common Food But The Best In the last week's issue of the Stratford Mirror we stated that at the end of December, 1943, there were 3,900,000 dairy cows in Canada--one for every three of its people. In a Series of articles, "The Milk Founda- tion of Stratford" will tell how the 6% billion quarts of milk produced from these cows is used. Today we sub- mit a few words by way of introduc- tion and future articles will deal with its uses in the manufacture of "Fluid Milk," "Cheese," "Butter," Ice Cream," "Evaporated, Condensed, and Powder- ed Milk," "Milk for Farm Animals" and "Milk in Science and Industry." By way of introduction may we state that "MILK" to most of. us, means the creamy-white liquid which we drink three or four times a day and pour over our cereal. Undoupted- ly, that creamy-white liquid IS milk. But in the tremendous national busi- ness which is Canada's dairy industry, this familiar daily food is known more specifically as "fluid milk." Fluid milk is the most important of all dairy products, in spite of the fact that less than one-third of Canada's 6% billion quarts is used to supply our present demands. It has the highest food value of any food, it demands the most exacting care in its production, processing and _ delivering and it brings the highest price to the farmer (Continued on page 4) Stratford Chit-Chat ie WORSE = "Portraits To Be Hung" Considerable attention has been at- tracted by two oil paintings of former Collegiate principals which have been on display in Canadian Department Stores' windows the past week. The two principals, both very well known in the vicinity, are Mr. C. A. Mayberry and Mr. W. L. Sprung. It is expected that their portraits will be hung with appropriate ceremony at a future date. Mr. Fuller, present principal of the Collegiate, informs us that such paint- ings of past Collegiate principals are customary in many schools but a similar programme has never been carried out in Stratford before. A suitable spot for the oils would most likely be in the school halls but this has not been decided definitely. Mr. Mayberry, now deceased, came to Stratford in 1886 and took up his duties as principal a few years later, retiring in 1927, when Mr. Sprung took over the post. The latter held this position for 13 years and retired in 1940. Mr. Sprung is enjoying his well-earned leisure now with his wife and daughter Jean at 196 Douglas street. There are two sons in the fam- ily, Lyall of Kitchener and Reginald of Toronto. It is a happy coincidence that the portraits of the two men were painted by one of their former pupils, Bruce Stapleton, now of Toronto. Mr. Stapleton is a native of Stratford, the Stapleton family residing on Cambria street. From the many compliment- ary remarks we heard about the re- sults of his work the two paintings are a decided success and are consid- ered to be very life-like and well done. From the comments of members of the younger generation who knew Mr. Sprung well we gather that they high- ly approved his characteristic pose, glasses in hand, leaning back in his chair with keen, twinkling eyes look- ing at them! * * "Holidays?" We think there ought to be a special medal struck for the countless busi- ness men who work all year at their respective vocations and then on the "24th," Labor Day, and during the annual two weeks breather every sum- mer turn into a Jack-of-all-trades 'round home. We've known some who fixed pipes, put up screens, built the kids a play pen, spaded the garden and wielded a paint brush with skill and gusto--especially the latter! We happened to visit the Snyder home on St. Vincent street south the past week, and there was Mr. Snyder, manager of Silverwoods, re-decorating the family kitchen. And a fine job he was doing, too... you guessed it... he is on his annual vacation! (Continued on page 5) AOMME ') Good Shoes properly fitted! KC Good Shoes ri: 99 Properly AZp et ONTARIO Fitted. Shoe" Shop ST. If We Don't Give They Won't Get! With the thought in mind that the war in Europe has been won, it is toa easy to pass from that thought to ar. utterly erroneous idea that the victors: 5 are immediately back to normal living' ; conditions, and that only the vanquish--- - ed have to lick their wounds. With: an idea like that hovering in the back: of the mind, the tendency is to relax the effort to help, and to be less prodi-- gal with sweet charity for those who, in our minds, have suffered, but whose. suffering is now at an end. It cannot be expected that the end" of hostilities in Enrope means the im-- mediate return to ordinary living conditions with disrupted family life. returning at once to peace-time:: status. The only difference made by" the' end of the war in Europe is that. . no more families are being bombed . out of their homes, no more childrem . are being wounded and sent to hospi- - tals. It will take a long time to re-- pair the damage caused by bombing, shelling and incendiary raids. Some. damage can never be repaired. © Or-- phans are still orphans, and the home- less are still homeless. - Temporary" shelter is still temporary shelter, and. short rations are still short rations... and will be for some time. In these circumstances, if the lives: and health of our friends in Great. Britain are of as much concern to u= as we thought they were during hos--. tilities, it is essential that the ser-~ vices set up to give the much'needed help that only this country could. give should be continued, unabated. The Red Cross Society is not shutting up shop because the war in Europe is ended, but is still making up many~ articles needed badly in Great Britain. In a recent circular letter from Dom. Forrest, national president of the As- sociation of Kinsmen Clubs, it was stressed that the need of milk for the children of Great Britain is just as urgent as ever it was. Any medical : man will subscribe to the fact that milk is a necessary part of a child's- diet if the child is to have strong: teeth and bones, without which health. is not possible. No child in Canada. goes without milk as a substantial part of the diet, if parents are aware of the facts of health. Children' in. Creat Britain are not so fortunate. There are many factors responsible - for this lack, but the main fact is that - unless the milk is sent, it isn't there,.. and the children suffer. In view of all this, The Mirror takes the stand that to supply glasses of" free milk to children who need it: badly is an act which any Canadian endowed with the milk of humar. kindness will be glad to perform. It. need only be noted that Canadiam children drink their milk happily and 3 healthfully to imagine what that milk would mean to a child who hasn't any milk to drink. The Mirror recom--- mends its readers to bear these things in mind when the Kinsmen Club aske-. for dimes to send much-needed milk. to Britain. Watch For Kinsmen Milk-For-Britain Fund Next Week!