DEATH NOTICES

PURCELL _ At the C11.-mom-.lilitation Council. and the HospI- ,

ISLANDA NEWS PAGE

By RALPH Faced with pile of

of confusion.

“FIRST CLASS" Despite all

ter said yesterday

No

_ , IWBS expressed case it is se‘. aside. Some may eventually reach its clcstina- l tion. and that which cannot be deciphered will be sent to a special office for such mail in Montreal. l

dis-trict. Here the supervisor of letter carriers at the Char- lottetown Post Office, Ells- vromh Wheatley. goes over a batch of mail which causes many headaches. The mall shown here. is generally im- properly addressed. in which

While most businesses es- timate the success of Christ- mas by their volume of sales, the Postal Department works

on the estirnam of the amount objective”, of mail received. despatcvhed and delivered to the hundreds of addresses within each postal

Christmas Spirit Is Lauded By Heads Of Welfare Bureaus

A request from little eight ‘so badly. so he was sent to th e u‘ year-old Danny ‘V1191! he walk- Bike Shop to be outfitted. BREE‘; °U’“&’Tfm. , ed into the welfare office in the ' Danny has received In 01' e V d H? ys ah" cgeemgfrlf-ceh' city 1-ecenny 319,-ted the gfaff l-than ordinary attention this e 15. year 3.“ “° 13 ' _ . back but his four broth e_r quality and In better condi- second hand ers and a sister don't seem to 219“ tha".pasg.yeatrs ' tlhf Cam‘ , - , . 1c service irec or calms.

U1‘98U- ;t2_'sr;(ri"tf’lIl‘1hr1ee”SSSh:)‘,‘}‘1ex’:° ]ea1°"sy.°r Miss Torrey also expressed Danny needed the skates ever ; a r C 61 earmarked appreciation for the fine co- ‘reache operation from the public, and 5 know that this is the last Christ- gvegfgzf ‘gglelﬁcgf “i":rkne':ferl ff;

5 -' J . (Received too late for Classifledl r3:§n§,h?;5“al1'ra?§blggdegizeggé close to the pubiic as at Christ- Death Notice column). 9 Everything possible has been‘ mas time. "it Sh Ould be re- done. Local doctors, the Rehab- :;;‘a3Sred..” is 3 year N’ " nd'

ion. n a v- ,....‘.’.E“.§.1:l:.".‘...*’8E’; hi-‘:.“"..“.:.‘! ‘and the essential role it played in the carrying on of work in

Women's Institutes, the Cathol- ic Women's churches. youth organizations and school children are lending “wonder- fui support," Sister Mary

Bureau over

langer this y This week

Henry. director of the Catholicl Welfare Bureau. and Miss Eliz-I abeth Torrey. director of tnel

town‘Hospit.al. Dec. 15. 1963. ' 1-81 Services John J. 'Dicki Purcell. 271 599“ £01133?- Richmond Street. Resting at. TRUE YULE SPIRIT the Hennessey Funeral Home; Perhaps nowhere in the from where the funeral will lcity is the true spirit of Christ- take place Wednesday mom.-‘more in evidence than at t e mg at 9 o'clock to 5g_ Dun. loffices of the Protestant Family sign‘; Basmca fay Requiemlservice Bureau and the Cat o- mghh Mass at-9:15‘ Interment Incltvllselfllgeailgnmfnacll‘object of the‘ in te Catholic cemetery. ibureaux that‘ knowingly. mi MacDONALD — Suddenly as Child I I

RUI AWAY N THROIIING

Anuuuuc A

ill go unrecognized on: the result of an automobile :CtI}‘]"l5“?13»5 13331». 81:15 that h0mes.l accident in Scum‘ Dem 14'=o erwise es me to face a: 1933. Augustus Adolphus Mac- Klﬁfkbeangﬁggfergzss Clzrlsfmlfsvl Donald of Winsloe. aged 26; I‘ . en ' "0 "“ 3’?

years. Resting at the Hen.‘$::,°;1:$§’~n::1tb:é’n‘l€:rlolltggghfl mood-....:.aenmn.u‘."I'unf'§'u.‘.§‘..°i.'.l'.§§ nessey Funeral Home from; GM of food Hhrg 1' - dnﬁnfhgggumdwgigd |naY h where the funeral will take‘ d, ‘ h ' 5,0 "'3' _“y5' mmaeuuybya-ymarucbecicrffili-hill‘. place Wednesday morning atﬁgltn Ygglgneintfie thee" cotm 1" g s°"'°'“7‘""'°'°7"”"""”°“"‘°"- 8:3“ S" Al°"l5 Ch““°h~ ‘xveeks efrthleir pflinnatifirizl

Rollo Bay, for Requiem Highiwm 19,9 wemome to insure thel address to 9‘b".wKd..yBT11:lk.Il(,:°yurIPt.tIu..,e;1.:: M555 at 10 0010019 1M9l'm9ﬂi'suceess of operation ’welfare' °°"°‘°3'’°“'T°'°'‘‘°'‘°''“‘‘'“'°¢ 1" = 1“ the Church C€m€l9PY- at this se a s o n of the year. _'j""Z'l

RALPH CALLBECK & co. 5

SPICIAI. TRIAL. OFFIR

Most Savings. Peaches 553:" 99c Peas ”;’..‘3:',98c

lthelr organizations. The vlewl

, that one . best Christmas could receive “would be to see the fund suc- cessfully over - the - top in its

The Catholic Welfare Bureau‘ packed over 200 boxes last year and the Protestant Se rv l c e 60. It is expected the number wil’. be somew h at

ear. activities in b o t h

Open tonight until 9

island furriers ltd. l79 Grafton Street

day. But on Dec there were 12,399 of th e gifts in a n y

this season

two days ahead

768 piec

d consider an utter

class mail handled--on Dec.

CAMERON

a mountainous seasonal mail, the staff at the Charlottetown Post 01- Iice has moved into high gear

It presents a reverse twist on the ordinary problems of mass production, because here it is a question of mass distribution of that name mass production.

F

IRST other considera- tions, the first class mnll has to go out on schedule and Postmas- J.J. (Navy Jack) Connolly

postal author-

ities will permit nothing to inter- fere when lnterference is hum- anly possible to prevent. comparison of handling could be made yester- . 15 last year,

daily

pieces of first 13, of the normal

-rush, ‘this year there were 13.-

es. On to p of this. there are the Christmas cards moving in tre-

state

,2 The Guardian. Charlottetown, Tues. Dec. 17, 1963.

Mountain Of Mail Faces Postal Staff

mendous quantities. with the tol- al going up every year.

As was said a bove. only a miracle of organization prevents a complete foul-up. Yesterday while The‘ Guardian reporter was there, a n o t h er ' heavy

-pile of 11 big bags of mail came in as a result of collection from the mail boxes around the city. And that was the second collec- tion of the morning.

The workers has just finished processing and shipping by air 3,900 pounds of mail for th e Magdalen Island alone over the wee R

t-]

urday night arrival by train when there were. 980 pounds for local sorting, and Mr Connolly noted this was just four times the normal amount and the real- ly heavy rush is just starting. Much of this had to go through customs and officials of that de- partment also had to return to work Sunday to handle It.

The rural couriers are going out with tremendous loads, as they carry both ordinary mail and those exciting parcels

of Christmas gifts for the addresse-

many volunteer

plele by Monday

l island furriers

DON'T FORGET

BEDEQU

There are Sales and Sules—but thrifty shoppers wait for this one. All merchandise comes from our regular resources and is backed by on reputation for styles. qualify and service reliability. The prices for this Christmas Sale are |ow—savings genuine—so shop now for—-Biggest Selection — The lost Values — The

‘BANKERS BALL POINT

Pens

Sold, Beautiful ' sweaters

A fantastic army of sweater

1ashions—-from ﬂoral

‘ ' des tosu

navia sics. Free Gift Wrap

CHRISPMAS GIFT CERTIFICATE

“-2- 99¢

bureaux will be speeded up, and will

workers

augment retular office staffs to help meet the dead 1 l n c. It is hoped to have deliveries co in- night.

and Scan- bdued clas- for men.

OUR $100

Dial 2-1273

Child‘: 34" Wooden

WAGON . Regular 10.95

8.95

SANTA

OPEN ovory night 'til 9 p.m.

White Sewing Machine

WITH PORTABLE CASE REGULAR 74.50

9.95 CHILDREN'S SNOW

Shovels ’‘‘”3;..:‘‘’‘’ 69¢

SALE DATES 5 DECEMBER

NOW ONLY

2:30 to 3:30.

16th. TO 2131. ., .. , k ‘ nnnnQUn,1f.ni.y.l_(

r

Ladies‘ Figure Skating

OUTFITS

Regular $12.50

I Now own

to Doc. 23—5:30 -Doc. 24 See our Clove Form Ad for More Specials.

RALPH GALLBEOK & 00.

"15 minutes drive from Summer-side

._ ,-

9.25

will be In our Store December 21:! from

CARSON

NESTING REG. 10.95

SAVE ON

LUGGAGE

SET OFTI-IREE

u.1.ocnl mailman on their wnlku are heavily laden w l t in seven extra sorter; helping re- lieve the burden and assistants to aid in the deliveries.

Throughout the postolflce. there are extra employees work the extra load, but strang- ely enough there are only 53 ex tras this year. compared to 80 last year, despite an increase In mai . WOMEN EMPLOYEES

Part of this is explained by the fact that for the first time‘ in local history. women work- ers have been taken on strength for the Christmas rush, and are doing a remarkably fine job-.

E to

fast and their fingers seem to have a little more sugpleness -than those of men, and they also give an impression of greater concentration on the job. one of the most exasperatlng parts of the big task facing pos- tal workers is the quantity of mail arriving daily with either insufficient, lndeclpherable our in- complete addressing. A special ‘directory’ service has to be ar- ranged to take care of this, and dedicated employees with vast experience do their best to get the mall to the person f o r whom it is intended. When they are unable to do it. it has to find its way into the “Undeliverable Mall Office" in Montreal, unless it is possible to return it to the sender. Too often this is not pos- sible because there ls no return address and every postal work- er spoken to yesterday asked this paper to make a _plea for all mailers to please put their own address on the mall, in case it has to be returned. far this season there h a I

So been little United States mall ar-

DELUXE

STOOLS

55.88

REG. 12.90

1..

HOSTESS CHAIRS

ASSORTED COLORS

smrsus}

39.88

SEARS

WEATHER

TORONTO (CP)‘ — Tempera- tures tssued by the weather of-

flee: Min. Max.

Dawson -29 -27 Vancouver . . 87 41 Victoria 41 46 Edmonton ... . -10 -5 Calgary .. -12 -2 Regina .. .15 -3 Win‘-épeg . -22 -8 Toronto 7 23 Ottawa .. . 1 8 Montreal .. 2 10 Quebec .. ‘ 3 10 Fredericton .. 10 15 Saint John, N.B. 9 14

oncton . . . . .. 9 15 Halifax . 13 1'7 Charlottetown .. . 11 16 Sydney . 9 22 Yarmout-h .. . 17 21 St. John's, Nfld. . . 19 23

l HALIFAX (CPI — The wea- ther otflco says bltter'm!d\vin- fer weather embraced the Man- tlmes Monday night. as tempera- tures sllpped close to the zero mark. '1‘-hough sides were clear in New Brunswick. they were cloudy in the other two pro- vinces. and a few snowflurriel were falling.

Today will continue very coin

with mowflurrlec. mainly when the wind blows in across open water. Though cloud should are. dominate in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, once again it should be sunny in New Brunswick.

Regional lcrsecastsz

Prince Edward Island: Cloudy with snowflunrries: extrene-ly cold; northwest winds 20 with gusts to 40. Low-h'gh at oral- lottetown 7'and 15.

High tide today at Charlotte- town —— and 12:21 and 11:18 p.m At Rustlco at — and 6:12 p.m. Sumrnerslde tide eighteen min» utes later than Charlottetown Sun rises today at 7:16 and sets» at 4:36. 1

BIG INVESTMENT Investment in Sweden‘: iudus- ’ try .and public utilities com- panles was estimated at 51.110.- 000.000 1963

Men's ; TERRYLENE

DRESS SHIRTS

rlvlng at the local post office. Inevitably this means a delay and a last minute rush in mak lng deliveries. It also can mean non- arrival of gifts. letters an" cards until after Christmas. One of the reasons for this is that in Canada all first cl a s s ‘mail from here is airborne, in the United State: it travels by ordinary traffic routes. Sometim- es. too. mall cars e U. S. are held for a full load rather than using a quick dispatch of part loads.

333'." ‘21.88 ’.;'.‘.{‘.'.’E.‘.‘" $18.88 $21.33 £i.".'.‘.‘.’.':‘ $16.88 wanono-3: Rm 324 ',§§[‘,‘,’,.’f._"" ‘E552’ 512,88 CA5! 39.95 , V

SETOF

COOKWARE sin

‘nee. 13,95

Gleaming White

2 Way Cuffs

I-‘uscd Collars Reg. $6.95

.3.95~o><-D

ELECTRIC HAIR DRYERS

CARRYING CASES FOR ABOVE

HAMBLY & INNIS

THREE

‘12.88

IRON BOARD and COVER SETS

REG. 13.95

.-3.’ _. ,. , .__

3 mo:

$10.99