, Solve all your Christmas worries in a single shopping trip to SUMM'ERSIDE . . bring the kids and let them shop for themselves. Everything is conveniently arranged for your ease and comfort. Shop SUMMERSiD'E. now. and save time and trouble. It’s a loaded question and difficult t MME — w'l beihas the say in this and Wei 5U RSIDIE ‘32:: ml‘lthe won't know what he‘ll go for‘ u" mo“ pap“ ar . Iuntil the Christmas shopping Chrillm'l mopping 1'“ "115‘ season is over". 70'” I added further that you Now this question'appears to couldn't go by last season‘s be a loaded and difficult one tol sales as what proved popular W nswer but The Guardian. in a ‘ last Christmas could prove Just :pot check survey attempted to the 099081te this Year- get the opinions of some of the On questioning Claude Ives’ of town's merchants. Brace acKay Ltd. his opinion One merchant. Bill Small- was that the smallwares would man of Smallman's Ltd. saidyprove most popular With the he. wouldn't even attempt to occasional larger item being answer the question. "Atter‘bought more as a household Ill". he said. “the customerlgift than anything. The smaller items which he felt would prove popular to the customers were the cooking corning ware. chinaware, such as cups and saucers, glass- re. and wooden ware which include salad bowls and meat trays. e . Small electrical appliances should also prove to be in pular demand. Mr. Ives said. Items such as irons, toasters, mixmasters, kettles. frypans along with radios and recor players are generally good sell- ers during the yuletide season. Francis "Ginger" MacQuar- rie of Speedy Propane Ltd., in looking over his appliances, felt that the most popular item in his store at this time of the "S ryer. he combination gas and oil range should also prove to be a popular product. Mr. MacQuarrie said. “We sell more of these than any other of our appliances". he added. Switching to clothing gifts a check with Ross Mackenzie of MacKenzies House of Fashion Ltd.. disclosed the fact that 0 answer women clerks thought that fine lingerie would lead the way in the ladies' section. Housecoats. sports wear. purses and acces- sories should alo prove popu- lar. they aid. NOVELTY ITEMS A large number of custom- ers might buy useful novelty items such as shoe buffers. miniature vacuum type clothes cleaners or bar equipment, Mr. Mackenzie. who handles these items, said, as he gave his gift bar a once over. After checking with the mer- chants mentioned it would seem that there will be a great variety of gifts which will prove popular to the shopper but as mentioned earlier it will be up to the customers themselves to make up their minds. You never know. the “oopkik”. the small animal from the north which has been popular in other countries might make a clean sweep here in Summerside. hatever the gifts may he town merchants are busy put- ting up appropriate decora- tions for the fast spproschtng corduroy products are making a comehac . Mr. Mackenzie felt that in} the men's department corduroy' coats. pants and s lac ets would prove a good seller. “Corduroy now variety of fashionable colors", Mr. MacKenzie commented. “and they are manntsh look- goth Mr. Macxenste and his yuletide season. All feel that this will be one of the best seasons ever due to the good crops harvested by 'the farmers and the good prices being obtained for their pro- d cts. One merchant noted that the customers were starting their Christmas shopping early this year and not waiting for “last militate" selections. COD 7‘ ‘5"“0 SHOPPING , '1 :1 IN = s t a 1 Only 25 Shopping Days left 12 Reasons Why You Should- Shop Early In SliMMERSlIlE . . . n; q; r 1” t . 3‘ ‘1 “5 1. Shop leisurely for better choice of : merchandise. 1* 1, t 2. Salespeople have more time to serve you. ",Q 1. ‘5 3. More parking space available. ' IL 4. Faster Gift Wrapping. 5. Buy gifts on convenient layaway plans. 5. 3. 6. Better, quicker mailing. it. 7. Better chance on special orders. :L 8. More time to budget gift purchases. : 9. Better, less crowded services. L 10. Out of town gifts arrive safely on time. 3 11. Avoid the hustle and bustle of heavy traffic. a \ t l L 12. Shop early, relax during the holiday season. —.| O E 2 O -l-| M = 3 3 PH a .‘2 U "I