Page 8 THE STRATFORD MIRROR Friday, June 22, 1945." -- FLUID MILK PART I. Two billion, one hundred million quarts of Canada's yearly milk supply are used to fill our glasses, to serve with our porridge and pudding or go into the many foods which Mother makes in the kitchen. It's hard for us to make sense of numbers which go up into "billions," but we can under- stand what "one pint per person per day" means. And that's just about the amount which we would each have, if it were divided equally. Not so much, after'all, is it? Those who are concerned with the problems of mak- ing Canada a nation of healthy people would be very happy if the figure were larger. And it will be, some day; a large number of interested people are working, all the time, to make it possible for more people to have more milk. First, there are those who study the soil, the grains and grasses and the cows themselves. They're finding out how to put back into the soil the goodness which the plants take out, so that the next crop will be just as rich in food values as the first one. They experiment with the plants and pro- duce better ones which thrive in Can- ada's particular climate. They study dairy cows and breed them, feed them and care for them so scientifically that they produce larger quantities of milk and milk of better quality. Other people study the milk itself. For, as you know, our most valuable food is also our most perishable one. Everything -- the cow, the milker, the pails and strainers, the cans -- liter- ally everything that is' concerned with milk must be clean. Not just casually clean, but spotlessly, scientifically and constantly clean. Cold is another es- sential where milk is concerned and speed still another. In the dairies, further protection is given in the form of pasteurization. A whole army of people work full time to keep up to date on the best ways of doing all these things. Still another group is STRATFORD CHIT CHAT (Continued from Page 1) were to "go after it." When they drew alongside the sub, a few of the crew members who could speak German called out to the Nazis, but were surprised to be answered in excellent English. The Germans said they were glad the war was over. "Muzz" says he got a snap of the inci- dent and although he did not come in close contact with the sub crew he thought they looked well cared for. A/B Lawson is spending part of his leave with his aunt, Mrs. G. Agar, Mil- ton street. He has one brother Jack, discharged from the air force. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. A. Lawson of Montreal. * * * "Member the Soap Box Derby ! It's still going strong, according to Ken Ferguson, chairman of the com- mittee, and there are a total of 67 en- tries up to date. It's just been decided that the kids will show their stuff down the turns at the far end of Queen's Park and down the river drive. The contestants will start off two at a time from a ramp which the Opti- mists will build, and the one who coasts the farthest is the winnah! ee Pte. Roger Haley has just returned to Hamilton where he is stationed with the C.A.T.S. after spending a two-week furlough at his parents' home, 295 Queen street. * * o "Tokyo Bound" Sub-Lieutenant Stewart MacDonald of the British Fleet Air Arm, formerly with the R.C.A.F., has left for Hali- fax and expects to take part in Pa- trying to find ways and means by which every individual will get his share of this basic food. Far Away Hills Look Green.. To those who seek for bargains ora larger stockin distant places, » will find they can buy with great- er confidence from a better selec- tion at the store of DUNCAN EMM JEWELLER AND DIAMOND MERCHANT 23 DOWNIE ST. "@here You May Buy With (Onfidence "' CDS. Sun Glasses Help diminish the sun's glare . . . . protect your eyes this summer ! ram 156, 20¢ and 29¢ Main Floor-- Phone 2500 CANADIAN DEPARTMENT STORES iisaren cific operations with that branch of the service. His baby son Jimmy and wife Gloria reside at 21 Norfolk st. * * % "They're Just Children and They're Sick. Won't You Help?" D. B. Strudley, chairman of the fund for the new Sick Children's Hos- pital in Toronto, has some interesting figures on the subject in regard to Stratford. He says that, as a com- munity, we have used the hospital now in operation extensively, particularly through the children's work of the Rotary Club. What actually was paid by us for the service and what the act- ual cost to the hospital was for the same, over the past 15 years amounts to a difference of some $15,000 -- quite a sturdy saving in any commun- ity! ' When you look at it that way seems as if we are just going to pay back what we owe in the first place, and that's fair and square. How about it, Stratford? Won't you help? Wrong Interpretation In regard to the claim that the Vet- erans' Affairs Department was sup- posedly providing inadequate means: for veterans' dental work, it has been reported in Ottawa that the post-dis- charge dental treatment schedules had been arranged with the full co-opera- tion of the Canadian Dental Associa- tion. Moreover, concerning the alle- gation about supposedly insufficient. payments for treatment of trench mouth and pyorrhea infection, a maxi- mum of four treatments in the case of pyorrhea and five in the Case of trench mouth were scheduled, with provision being made that, if profes- sional advice believed further treat- ments to be necessary, such advice would be considered by the Depart- ment's dental chief and fees in excess of the normal schedule for dental work would be dealt with by the proper authorities in Ottawa. STARTS MONDAY 5 -DAYS-5. ALL CANADA! Brown" family - lad