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* postmen . prepre ‘to make their rounds. The , postman‘s ..on Ii¢, / m ere ‘Timigins* .‘t‘fé"éfi efi to rfght are W. R. Alkenbrack, G. H. Byrom,a. S. McElrcay ‘and J. J. Boychupk Well, in the case coft ~ W. â€"R:=Alkenbrack,the xoute,â€"isâ€" 4175 nnw.;mnx.;] a(:@?gu Qoes*»p postman walk? : in‘ hfltth and he covers â€"this route‘twice a â€"day. This distance is almost five:miles, ; But on thé otHer hand, “Wfifi "“ Wt‘m? the’"number Of limes the carrier crosses the street: nor the extra ‘:miles ho > v ?fii@s“z' et. nne“i”fllé fro doorp of the homes he serves. is safe to estimate that the" aVera $c @l;’j_-_j: @vera Between elt?t;and e mfleh a da.y. $ es Advan ce Photo t e Mn h se "» Camsrmas â€" Seen here are oAitgoing mail bags preparatory to o the local railway station. it is expected that k similar to these will leave Timmins during the » to the cosmopolfian nature of Timmins‘ popuâ€" e 1,‘ > + ; . P w 4b r..'. »stmeh prepre +o make their rounds ‘The posunan s day unsfis e W. ‘R. Alkenbrack, G. H. Byrom,a. S. McElrcay ‘and J.. J. Boychu_pk walk? > Well, in the case ;ot ~W.â€"R. Alkenbrack,theâ€"xoute,~is: 4;175 . e twice a davy. This distance is almost five: miles,. » Bat on thé otHer ho 4 by /J”JR- _gygf;,_A‘tlvance Phots THIS CRISIS iS UNâ€" * PRECEDENTED IN THE ANNALS OF OUR GREAT REPUBLIC... WE MUST FACE THE ISSUE ,, ;‘ e ap n ts o iA o ~THE man‘r sm‘lme'fi ‘mreé lhé ifiunfii?é sbmaz«' Mibu% acwmifiiifi‘té“stfies m‘ ft At% bome of the longer streets requlre seVeral ot tbese rdocketsto enabie ‘the town‘s 17 postmen to cover their routes consecuuvely‘ Na,iurally incomlng‘ mall id xogtetbihuch moré clos~ly than outgoing, although. there are two different sor:tings for the latter before At. reac“hg ‘the train. Mhil carriers élean out the above dockets, . place the mail, in order in ‘their hags and. deliver it to â€"the homes: and business places of Timmins. R f .. | ‘ _ Advance Photo T TOOK:BORGLUM ) : L SAY We CANNOT ) : Wl THIS HAPPENED ~APPROPRIATE THaAr mucu ! 1‘ c INSIDE LCOKING: OUT: â€" This is the way the gencral public looks to workers bthind the counter at the local post office. Today and up till â€".Chrigimas, longilines willâ€"stand waiting at the wickets, as Chrisimas mail is despatched to. relatives and friends inâ€"other sections of the jand.â€" %Q e foreground is the scale on which parcels are weighed before shipment. . ' Advance Photo Nt â€"\y -“’JJG‘HPM‘ IN A weEeek ! ITLL COST j 308 t v / 14 WE Hfifl'fis TAKE 2 2 § h COMMITTEE WILL BE NAMEO 'MMEWAWO.. r.â€"â€"-â€";‘ According to the: volume of mail which has already passet through the local post office,the current Christmas season will be the heaviest in the nistory of Timmins, Post Master Erâ€" nest King said today. Postal Service hit a new high in the Porcupine a year ago, but this year‘s figutres will top those of last year, the Postmaster said., e M P 15e S SmE At the present‘-bime in the ‘big zray building at the corner of Algonguin and Pine; one. thousand gollars a day is being passed over the@counter. for stamps by persons who are sending letters, cards and paroels to fr.iends and relatives to mark the Yultide season. $ â€" Tt is expected that more than 300,000 | 77. letters and cards will have beep sorted by in the period between December. 14 ove and December 24. Last year 207,000 of ‘ _ > these items were handled by the post office here and according to the trena | M" to date, this figure will be exceeded. i Parcels ‘by the vertitable ton will| °* pass through the office to be sorted for | Will their destinations and transported ‘to | sYS the train for points not only in Canâ€"| Wwh; ada but almost all countries of the| s: world. â€" . â€" It . "The postmark placed on mail in. our: local office has probably reached every corner of the globe," Mr. King sald "Timmins has a populat:on which widely.mixed and when all persons 1inmence to write to their ..homs 1 nds. our, mail scattels t.o all points o?’_,the ooqipass | : Reportingâ€"that ~eveny â€"year from ‘few days before Christmas to a ‘Tew weef;s;a.fte‘r' New Years, a plague of nekdless fires rages up and down the country, Chief Stanley said today that if Timmins residents follow . the â€"fourâ€" ‘point; plan ~Advocated by the Timmins Fire Departmient and the National Fire : Prote¢tion > Association their homes will be. reasonably safe from holiday fires. ~sSorme indication of the tremendous volume of parcels which are leaving town today is gained from the figures of the period between December 13 and 24 last year, figures which‘ will be exceeded this year. Last year in this period 1475 mail bags left Timmins. "Will Your Home Ium Detember 25th7’ ‘ « Chtef +. GENTLEMEN... A .. â€" The Christmas Tree A _ fresh cut tree will not take fire m | .,81/,;«1« 'ifl‘fi: '5,,"2? GAT THRY ALL THEM o o l ofi a mail bag is not. p ’ suitable for bringing home the #roceries. It is more of the s13 The tree can be kept fresh. if yot | set it up in pamot water. Out the base of the tree at an le, at | least one inch above the original cut, | and keep it standing in water dnring "the" house. Add~ water ‘to the jar or ‘tub in which the tree stands at inâ€" â€"tervals to keep the water level: always above the cut. Locate the tree away nom m'gplaoes ; or other ‘source of, heat. Allaw no smoking near the tree. inches high and have a mouth 3 inches square. . Made of heavy canvas, they can â€"carry almost any ght. â€". In addition to the regular s\tafl of 35 which normally mans the lodal post office, 35 extra persons have been added for the holiday season. In addâ€" ition, temporary sorting nacks have been scattered throughout the building in order that these additional per- sons may be put to work. ; A huge, special rack for Christmas parcels has been constructed. For this purpose a: large room normally used by the customs office has been taken over. «~"The peak period is on December 22" Mr. King said. "The entire floor of the building will be stacked with mail to ~the AFirstâ€"day "orâ€"two Uriâ€"=1t > wold> > half a man‘s height. To an outsider it will look like bediam,*"but we have a system ‘worked out over the years by which every piece of mail is handled as efficiently and rapidly as possible. It is all done through ‘knowâ€"how.‘ " He stressed that the present post office building had become inadequate to house the expanding actlvities of the local Ooffice. "We are badly cramped for space," he stated. "A good deal of our work has to be â€"done in ‘the basement.. which adds unnecessary work and does not provide the.‘best of working oondi- tions."‘ â€" . He said that a new post office was scheduled to ‘be. built in Timmins. Lots for ‘this purpose have alrea;lv been purchased on Cedar. street. on hhe site of the old ‘ball park. Christmas mhtm‘ a Opernr flame lighting is entirely out of place unless you have your qandles and lamps ‘well away from Chflstmas trees, ‘window> curtains and ble decorations, have a fire. extinqulsher handy and then keep constant watch over .openâ€" flames. SBuch . precgutions are "not necessary for the atâ€" tractive electric lights made @speciâ€" ally for the Yuletide decoration,. Christmas Decorations : ; : If you decorate your home elaborateâ€" ly you‘ll have a very serious hazard unless you use incombustible ma,teflal Fiameâ€"proofing treatment is a ' for home use if combustible material are used: However, metal, and asbestos decorations are available nearly ‘everywhere <and are qulte aS attractive as those of dwgerous pawl'. cotton and pyroxylin. â€" ally for the Yuletide decoration,. if you tise eléctric lights rememâ€" ber: do not overload your electric sysâ€" tem; be sure that the Ag the label of the Underwrxters labora tories, Inc. and that the cords ate not frayed. be growing outside. But at the. ‘end of the week, it is highly fla@nuble Therefore, bring a fresh tree, in as short a time before Christmas ‘._ EPn sible and" mméé“ifwas soom wards asg you cans . _ es Christmas Wrappings See that all wrappings go into the wastebasket ‘and then that it is taken out and ‘ dumiped in a covered mot barre!l or incinerator assoon s * (« 38 n*éf'é.' feet, 4s