Stratford Mirror, 9 Nov 1945, p. 4

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Page 6 THE STRATFORD MIRROR. Friday, November 9, 1945. FORTUNATE You are, indeed, to be living in an or- derly community like Stratford ! ACCOUNTANT FRANK P. GIBBS CHARTERED AcCOUNTANT Established 1923 Beacon-Herald Building Phone 1580 BAKERS T. V. B. BREAD CO. A. H. Zurbrigg - §6 Huron St. Phone 2345 BOOKS, STATIONERY SCHOOL SUPPLIES, GIFTS GREBTING CARDS Patterson Bookstore Wellington at St. Patrick Phone 711 BOOTS and SHOES LINCOLN SHOE STORES Ltd. Men's and Women's Shoes. 93 Ontario St. Phone 125. CHRISTMAS CARDS Pirvate Greeting Cards For Christmas THE STRATFORD MIRROR PRESS 123 Ontario St. Phone 115 DELIVERY SERVICE -- Any Time -- Anywhere MOTORCYCLE SPECIAL BELIEVRY : G. K. MANNING 49 Brunswick St. Phone 2715 DRESSES JEAN FERGUSON LADIES' WEAR -- Exclusive in Strat- ford for DEJA Dresses. J 26 Wellington St. Phone 471 Contest Interest Where To Go For It Aind How To Win Cash Prizes # Growing Weekly Throughout the advertisements in this issue there are mis- spelled words. The wrongly placed letters would make up one word of the slogan: PHONOGRAPH RECORDS AND ACCESSORIES THE MUSIC SHOP Pick out the advertisements having these misspelled words and send the list to The Mirror Office on, or before, Novem- ber 14th, 1945. Remember, the incorrect letters would make up one word of the slogan: PHONOGRAPH RECORDS AND ACCESSORIES THE MUSIC SHOP. The replies received having the correct answers will be put in a box and a draw made therefrom. The lucky one will receive a ONE DOLLAR BILL. In addition all those sending in correct answers for the month of November will have another chance. Three prizes (1) Two Dollars, (2) One Dollar, and (8) Fifty Cents, will be awarded for the month. Members of the Mirror Staff are not to enter the contest and have been asked not to give out any information which might be to the advantage of one contestant over another. One person only in each home can enter the contest each week. Last Week's Winner DAWN PARR, 29 Douro St. The prize of one dollar offered in last week's Where To Go For It Contest was won by DAWN PARR, 29 Douro St. The Mirror staff sorted out the correct answers from among the many replies. They put the correct answers in a box. Then the Mirror had one of its advertisers, Mr. Fred Baum, make the draw. If the winner will come to The Mirror office for identity, the authority will be given to collect the prize. = DRUGGIST The quality of any I. A.D. Products is guaranteed by K. KALBFLEISCH 75 Ontario St. Phone 306 ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BENNINGTON ELECTRIC CO- FUNERAL DIRECTORS GREENWOOD-GILBART Fun- eral Service. 46 Erie Street, Telephone 1760. LTD. Oil Burners, Stoker, Stoves, Washing Machines. 92 Ontario St. Phone 595 OVER FIFTY YEARS PROUD You are of the place your country has won in world affairs ! FURS A. WILKIE Furier and Designer 299 Ontario St. Phone 103 GIFTS PRICE ELECTRIC Exslucive Westinghouse Dealer 299 Ontario St. Phone 872 GROCERS BANNISTER BROS. FAMILY GROCERS Who Give Personal Service 153 Nile St. Phone 989 seme MONUMENTS WILLIAMS & SON Marble and Granite Works 149 St. Patrick Phone 1955 MUSIC Phonograph Records and Accessories THE MUSIC SHOP 16 Ontario St. Phone 2458 -- RADIO REPAIRS -ED. DALE Radio Repairs--All Makes Work Guaranteed 42 Brunswick St. Phone 2706 ---- UPHOLSTERING ARNOLD GLABB RE-UPHOLSTERING Fing SELBCTION FO SAMPLES 49 Brunswick St. Phene 2706 WALLPAPER LADD Wallpaper and Paint Expert Advisers on Decorating 32 Downie St. Phone 113 NEW TICKET SAVES TIME CHINA WINNIPEG -- New and simplified methods of ticketing are now in use HALL a GILLS of CHINA and GLASSWARE ~ FOR ALL OCCASIONS J. L. BRADSHAW by Trans-Canada Air Lines on domes- tic routes and on tickets for-use on other airlines in Canada and_ the United States. The company now is- sues a single flight coupon for the en- tire passenger journey in Canada, re- placing the separate coupons to each point on the route which were used prior to October 1. Time saving in "| employee preparation of the ticket ex- ceeds 75 per cent. The inter-line ticket is acceptable to all major airlines on the continent and consists of coupons for each of the lines on which a passenger may ride Phone 179 _| to his destination. C.N.R. PENSIONS PLAN OLDEST ON CONTINENT MONTREAL -- The Canadian Na- tional pensions plan for employees is not only the largest organization of its kind in Canada but is also the old- est on the continent. It was estab- lished originally by the Grand Trunk Railway in 1874. Today is covers a pyaroll of $177,147,000, with thé com- pany making a sufficient contribution to provide a basic pension of $300 a year at the retirement age of 65 to ail ebployees. with 20 years continuous service. In addition the company matches payments by workers to a contributory pension scheme. ese - ites ee eS a '+ doing right about now. DM irror Short Story Liquidated Assets By WILLIAM MURDOCH AT THE office, Henry Bigelow, ma. mrs. Bigelow dashed a panru blinked as a sudden thought of water into the tub. jolted his attention from his ledger. "Then I can't possibly get down to 'Laying aside his pen he fumbled the: radio station in time to collect around in his coat pocket, his thin the money!"' she stormed at her out- face flooded with unhappiness. "Tt raged reflection in the medicine 'slipped my mind completely . chest mirror. She bailed again and ' And at home Mrs. Henry Bigelow glared at her watch. Eleven-fifty. 'vainly tugged at the handle of the Five minutes to finish dressing, and 'gushing cold water faucet in the fifteen more to get to the radio sta- 'bathroom wash bowl. If that wasn't! tion. Add fifteen minutes for the just like Henry! "I told him all return trip... in that time the en- 'along that some day this tap would: tire second floor and half the first stick for good!' she muttered might be washed away! through tightly clenched teeth. It was agonizing. Her feverish _ "And probably he forgot it just as ladling gained a good three inches 'promptly,' ~ his scowling wife, of clear porcelain bowl over the . gasped. But there was $50 at stake.! swirling water and she rushed out 'Mrs. Bigelow applied herself with of the room. If she could only reach renewed vigor in a frenzied attempt the basement in time! But she 'to halt the flow and, for her efforts, couldn't. For at the landing she was rewarded with the tap handle was stopped by 'the sound of which came free neatly and cleanly, splashing water. Frantically she 'permitting the water to gush forth skipped up the stairs and resumed utterly without restraint. "Oh!"' she; her task. Eleven fifty-nine. Her ,wailed. arms worked no more furiously than She glanced at her. wrist eaten' her mind. Someone would pay for 'which she had removed and placed' this, and his initials were H. B.! If 'on the window sill before wash- she could see him now, just for a jing her face. Eleven-forty. Mrs, minute. ; 'Bigelow stamped her foot in exas- | She would have seen him wince. {peration. Only a few minutes before . For Henry, at the office, took an 'her name had been read over envelope from his pocket and grim- 'the radio by the Fifty-Dollar-Man. aced when he saw the memoran;: 'Unless she called in person at the dum on the back. He had forgotten radio station at or before twelve- that, too. But this other remissness thirty sharp she would forfeit the He gave a sigh, which was closer fifty dollars which was awarded on 'toa groan, and pulled out the letter. the first day of every month to the It bore a week-old date. : lucky listener whose name was an- "Dear Mr. Bigelow:' it read, nounced. But what about this water. '"'According to our records, your which threatened to overflow the Dill has not been paid in seven stopped-up bowl at any minute? menths and you have dis- + Happily, forgetful Mr. Bigelow regarded our previous notices of -had neglected to remove from the delinquency. While this is un- 'bathroom the pan in which he had _ doubtedly an oversight on your 'heated his shaving water that part, we must serve final no- morning. Mrs. Bigelow snatched it tice that unless your account is up and started bailing, transferring brought up to date, water serv- j ' ice to your home will be dis- continued promptly at twelve o'cleck noon on the first day of next month." It was signed, "Municipal Water Bureau." Henry slowly raised his eyes and sneaked a troubled glance at the celendar on the office wall. The first. Then at the clock. Precisely twelve- thirty. Tle closed his mournful eyes and rested his aching head in his hands. The water had been shut; - of at his home for the last half- hour. Ee wondered what his wife; was doing right about now. Sorghum in Iron Pans Serghem sy:ip made in heavy' iron o3n3 -- not galvanized, and heated fiom Leneath prove the rich-; est in trea elements. Indications are that inis old-style method allows sonmte of the iren in the pan to be. 0 issolved and enrich the syrup. Sy AA a No More Allergy : Daily dose of 50%milligrams of! viiamin C has enabled allergic peo- ple to eat a fsod that caused them trouble. according to Prof. Harry N., Halmes, ef Oberlin ns oi f He "Waco what his wife was water from the brimming bowl to the tab. Then it suddenly dawned on her. "'Why, I'll have to keep this "up until Henry comes home tonight; and turns off the valve in the base- ment!" she exclaimed in a shocked! voice. She couldn't leave even long. 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