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the georgetown herald wednesday april 19th 1944 the dots overseas are getting a break right now yoii wlu notice that those blue airmulls now earns lor three pence instead of six pence as they used to have to put on to air mall is giving real service now also a letter posted in england on monday now often gets here on the following saturday good going would say we noticed hi the paper the other day an account of a letter teaching beaverton from overseas on tbe same day uiflt it had been mailed jn england of course that was an exception and while service lllp that would be appreciated yet we will be content ii we can get those letters afely in the course of a week we do hope that ttie mails going the other way are getting tlirough as rapidly as do the malls coming westward after au it is the boys and girls over there tfaat look for the ordinary news from b recent reduction in hydro rates for rural communities mounted to about 10 per cent on first bill at the reduced rate we bad thought that the reduction would be more than that however the num ber of hours that come under the first rate has been increased and it was that change that made the differ eooe anyway even a ten per cent reduction especially in war time is ap preciated the larger user of hydro power would of course benefit more fean would the smaller user as the induced rate would affect his used boors that come under the second and ttilrd rate whereas the smaller user finds that most of his power used comes under the first rate chsrfed haven t lost any xoore than half of the extras that came with the chicks as you know they usually put in four extra chicks for every hundred that you pay for when you get baby chicks this year we got our chicks earlier than we did last year and we find that the earlier season chicks seem to hardier than the ones that are hatched later an in the season of course there is plenty of time yet to run into trouble with them but they nave gotten away to a good start and that looks like half the battle baby chicks are interesting things to look after and we would have to be very hard boiled if we dldnt get a kick out of watching them as they grow older we give them different dishes or con tauiers for their feed and water and it is fun to watch them- when a dlf ferent container is set down in their pen they look it over and venture a little near en- and then finally one brave chick has the nerve to taste the contents they find it satisfactory and h isnt long until the whole flock are trying out the water or teed right at the moment it looks as though it will be sometime yet before we will be able to treat lhe baby chicks to fresh grass however the scene can chinge rj quickly when the right weather arrives that snow that fell lajt tuesday was just what wt needed it was interesting to notice that after it had melted oil the perennial bed so many jf the url plants were showing tflxnc ground then too when that snow milted most of it soaked right into the ground giving moisture for the growing plants and also helping takt out the balance of the frost that was in the ground of course we never do think that spring comes as early as we would like it to come but it always does come sooner or later and we haven t much to kick about yrk tapped our maples too t early aitogetwf j anyway the sap hunt run very much so fly in a letter reosird recently from northern ofiulfu where they really 00 ill for mafctng maple syrup they write that those that tapped earlier iwve had to tap the trees the second fane the writer mentioned that they had just tapped their trees and had taken off their first syrup and men tttmed that at the time of writing the ap hadnt been running freely at all while we may still get some sap runn lag weather yet it is getting late enough and we wouldnt be surprised if is another offyear for maple syrup as vaa lest year with the sugar bortage still in evidence the scarcity of maple syrup and maple sugar is mis spring has been the most satisfactory spring in our expert qoe for baby chicks they dldn t mem to be any trouble at all and to dale we have lost very few in fact we english seaman holidaying hb ord seaman arthur frederick mil lier from southall middlesex england now stationed in a u 6 port is spend ing a weeks furlough at the home of his uncle and aunt mr and mrs a hancock jr georgetown ont pte george lattmer receives gifts in hospital mr donald latimer has received word that his son ft george latimer is 111 in hospital in italy george wrote that he wished to convey his thanks to silvers dept store for the 300 cigar etes just received and also to the women s auxiliary of the lome scots for their very welcome box mapplen days head j your postwar buses arent built yet but they ii be ust as smart as the one in the picture right now gray coach lines is working all out for victory transporting men and women of the armed services taking war workers to work and serving essential civilian travel however we hovent forgotten our regular passengers you are helping us now by being patient and considerate while vital war obs have to be done so here is a glimpse of what is already being planned for you let us all continue working together for victory and for the happier days ahead when therell be a fleet of smart new buses on the road to serve you an ou a regular subscriber to our home town newspaper longs confectionerv phone 89 gray coach lines iftre jb6 fflkt yoa may not regard the victory loan salesman as a salesman when he calls on you he is a man from your community whom you likely know well perhaps a neighbor he may never have done any selling before he has taken on this work because he feels that it is an important war job that must be done as a matter of fact he is not trying to sell you anything he will ask you to save money farmers are domg an important war job too producing food most farmers have increased their incomes they have money to save you plan to use this money and the things you plan to use it for are necessary things the victory loan salesman will ask you to let your country have the use of your savings now by putting your money into victory bonds our big job now is to win the war and to win it as soon as we can thats why every canadian is asked to buy victory bonds it s why each of us is asked to buy all we can you can buy them with cash which you have saved and you can buy more bonds and pay for them as you earn money over a period of six months fufetoryfirst buy ry bonds natlonal war rnftnce committee