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the george herald we april 12 1944 anntial joint concert of holstein breeders and milk producers of halton county j the annual joint concert of the halton county holstein breeders oiub and milk producers association held the latter part of march in the mijoess theatre milton was again a huje success the attendance surpass ing the 400 mark the feature speak er of the evening was captain the be- varend norman rawson the inter nationallyknown lecturer trom hamil ton who was introduced by f h ollroy manager of the milton branch of the bank of nova scotia speak ing of canadas acoothpllshments in this war captain rawpon said the nani of canada today stands higher than ever before in the eyes of the world we are the fourth nation of the world in total production of war goods and our per capita production the largest in the world our navy has a personnel of 187000 and han dles 54 per cent- of the convoy work to the north atlantic our army numbers 675000 and of it general montgomery said any canadian divi sion can stand up to the best ger many has and make them like it our airforce consists of 190000 men and of ail the planes that take off from a british field in anytheatre of war in the world one crew member out of every four is a canadian canadians can be truly proud of their war re cord the capable chairman of the even ing was w h robinson georgetown president of the holstein breeders club and dominion director of the holsteinfrleeian association who me described by agricultural repre- eentative j e whftelock as the most eligible bachelor in halton county w s hall oakville was honored by the holstein club when he was pre sented with a pen and pencil set in recognition of his services to the club and the bringing to the county two- abcanadian awards one of these was on his allcanadian two-year- old bull righto and the other the reserve allcanadian award in the junior yearling class on the oldest daughter of righto oakhall triune trtume rag apple clara j j e mc- cague alliston president of the hol- stebiprieeian association of canada made this presentation on behalf of the local club pour production certificates were presented by a v langton director of extension and a m barr field- man of the holstein friesian associ ation of canada e j meagher oak- ville received a certificate of superior production for his cow shady elms queen bessie kooa whose record of 771 ibn butterfat from 20314 lbs milk is the fourth largest for butterfat ever made in canada in the twlceaday milking section of the senior four- yearold class in 305 days red seal certificates of longtime production went to m j brown nor- val for the eight lactation total pro duction of 3954 lbs butterfat from 1036m lbs milk of komdyke henger- veid echo to e segsworth son freeman for the seven lactation pro duction of 3401 lbs butterfat from 101315 lbs milk of bessie poach wayne and to harold bingham geor getown for the six lactation total of 3550 lbs butterfat from 105166 lbs milk of meadowbrae sylvia polly entertainment was provided by the somervuie troupe from hamilton consisting of mildred dixon soprano jean kane elocutionist stephen jamea tenor william davies ventri loquist and w l somerville master- ofceremonles and accompanist soldiers comforts committee receive interesting letters among the interesting letters being constantly received by the soldiers comforts committee are hhe following from sgmn cec davidson and lieut bob early january 2nd 1044 dear mrs mackenzie this card was enclosed with a parcel received by me today at our post office how can a grateful soldier express his appreciation of such a happy sur prise by just signing his name i felt it couldn-t-be- done so i am writing this note to tell you how very grateful i am to you and your com mittee for this grand box of chocolates i understand that you normally send smokes to the boys over here so i therefore owe you an extra thank you for going to the trouble of pro viding for a nonsmoker once again my warmest thanks to you all x0urs sincerely cecil davidson b107518 lccpl davidson c depot coy no 1 odn signals relnf unit canadian army overseas march 3rd 1044 dear mrs grant please thank thp comforts commit tee for the parcel i received from them the other day i doubt very much whether the peo ple back home know just how much wc value parcels from home we have just come out of the line and receiv ed most of our christmas mall need- ab v10 millar tells of coincidence during battle of the scharnhorst able seaman victor millar of the royal navy was on the athabaskan one of the ships which helped sink the german battleship scharnhorst some time ago this fact was not definitely known by his family until recently when they received a letter from ah aunt of vics j in england telling of a strange coinci dence which occurred between victor and his cousin stanley hodgson some georgetown people will remem- ber stanley who attended public school la georgetown for five years before going back to england he is now a petty officer in the rpyal navy at the time the battle of the scharnhorst occurred a great many ships were involved in the engagement and there- was considerable confusion and smoke in addition to the large convoy a fleet ox small ships mine layers etc were present in the smoke the small ships thought the ships of the convoy were german vessels come to the rescue of the scharnhorst and on the other hand the convoy had no way of knowing the small ships were british however in spite of the great odds against them when the smoke cleared away the little ships were lined up in battle formation ready to give the jerries a royal battle vic millar was on one of the convoy ships and his cousin was on one of the plucky small vessels vic recognized he name of his cou sins ship at the time and when he iwaa on shore leave after lee battle stanley and he spent it together at his aunts home in england they had a great time comparing notes on the battle vic wrote home afterwards that he certainly had to give credit to those little ships of the british navy forthraveryfor had the convoy ships actually been german they could have blown them up in no time less to say there is much celebration ond your gifts play a very important part we have covered a lot of territory lncc leaving canada as yet have not found a country that could take its place and until we ail get back there please keep up your wonderful work i know how the boys look for ward to parcels from home and i am no exception please convey to all my friends my very best wishes lor their continued success in supplying our boys with comforts and i do hope to see them all soon yours truly robert g early lt r o early i cdn corps def coy- central med forces canadian army overseas why a minimum bill for electric service in our previous message we indicated the two parts of the cost of supplying electric power to the rural user let us consider the part covering distribution cost and its relation to the minimum bill electricity cannot be bought at a store and taken home for use it has to be delivered to your home or farm over distribution lines built of poles wires insulators transformers meters etc these lines must be ready to deliver electricity day in and day out when you turn the switch these pole lines with related equipment cost money to construct and on this cost must be paid each year interest and repayment of capital in addition these lines must be properly maintained replaced when necessary and kept in good operating condition including costs of billing and collecting and superintendence all of these distribution costs must be met each year in addition to the actual cost of electricity at the substation let us see what this distribution cost amounts to cost to construct 20000 miles of distribution lines to serve 135000 rural users 3900000000 yearly cost 1942 of operation maintenance interest renewals etc 299140000 average cost per customer 2 ycar t sj85 per month in hamlets where customers can be grouped and lines are shorter this average cost per user is slightly less in the case of farms where the users are spread along the line the cost is somewhat greater whether or not you use power in any month the cost of this equip ment to serve you still carries on if you use less electricity than is covered by the minimum cost on standard farms 56 kilowatt hours a month then you have a minimum bill to meet this distribution cost if your use of electricity is greater your bill at the uniform rate covers both distribution cost plus the cost of electricity at the station the minimum bill for a 2wre hamlet user is 150 net per month for a standard farm it is 202 net per month these explanations are given to help you understand the new rate in our next message we will discuss for your benefit installing services under war conditions in the meantime if you need further infor mation please ask your rural district superintendent the hydroelectric power commission of ontario fhstn viplanal lip and jtosp combined operations include you 19 0 invasion demands more action from every fighting service combined ations combined operatio in elude you too despite the shortage of help and equip ment canadian farmers have responded nobly to demands for increased produc tion of foods but there is one thing on which a better job can still be done more money is needed to fight a more intensive war all canadians will be asked to furnish this money its a duty that we who are at home owe to the men on the fighting fronts in these days most farmers have higher incomes rrmoney to save and that is the job that they are asked to do save money and lend it to canada you are not asked to give money just to lend it when the war is over youll have this money to plough back into your farm so save now to lend to your country save to have money to im prove your farm money for new stock and implements money for more land or new buildings for a new car for new furnishings and conveniences for your home all you can lend is little enough for a cause so vital for a need so urgent and the more that you can save and lend to your country now the more you will have for your own use when the war ends i kewtyjbvutf more national wr fiomnoo- committ