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3 ov AC FOUR LATEST NEWS OF Postal Employees Work 13 Hour Day To Handle Christmas Mail Rush With the volume of incoming mail increasing each day as Christmas draws near, the members of the local post office staff are working an average of 13 hours a "day to sort the hundreds of letters and parcels which * arrive daily and at the same time speed on its way the mail posted here. A line-up to one or other of the wickets is almost a constant sight in the post office with that to the general delivery wicket often stretching the entire length of the lobby as the opening of the wicket is necessarily delayed owing to the length of time required to sort the quantities of mail. Headed by the acting post- mistress, Miss Ferne Nichols, the regular post office staff has been working from 8 a.m. to 10 o'clock or later in the evening while two spe- cial night workers carry on until early morning to see that every- thing is cleared up before the next day. In all, five extra employees are helping to cope with the Christmas rush. While the volume of ovi-going mail has passed its peak, the in- coming is still on the wpward trend. As the trucks arriw. from the rail- way station and unload the mail it is not uncommon for the pile of es tu rise higher than the post PY office window and extend out into the corridor at the rear of the of- fice. Miss Nichols said that while a definite count had not been made as yet of the exact amount of mail despatched and received the mem- bers 'of the staff were all of the opinion that it is greater than in previous years. She estimated that the heaviest time as far as mailing was concerned came about last Thursday. This year for the first time all Post Office staffs will have a well- deserved holiday Christmas Day. Those whose friends waited until the last minute to do their mailing will just have to be content to re- ceive their greetings the following day. : Children Give Gifts To Hospital The children of St. Andrew's Sun- day School shared their. Christmas with others less fortunate yesterday morning as the annual White Gift Sunday was held in connection with the morning church services. The gifts this year were contribu- tions of money to go to the Hospital for Sick Children and the children accompanied by their teachers plased their' white envelopes on the large Christmas tree which had been erected in the church. . 'The minister for the service was A. Van Mossell of Knox College, Toronto. Special Christmas music was sung by the choir including two anthems, "The First Christmas Mora" and "Born in the Manger", Ale latter by the ladies chorus. ---------- Manchester, Eng. (CP). -- Lord Crawford and Belcarres has been compelled by heavy taxation to break up Bibliotheca Lindesiana, one of the great private libraries of Burope started four centuries BROCK ST. N. WHITBY PHONE 618 THE MANAGEMENT EXTENDS TO ALL HEARTIEST WISHES FOR A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS NOW PLAYING Two Shows at 7 and 9 | 4 p27 HUMPHREY Sunday School Concert Success At St. Andrew's Skits, musical numbers and carol singing marked the Christmas tree entertainment which was enjoyed by children and adults alike at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Sunday School Friday might. The audience was welcomed by the chairman, J. R. Frost, superin- »/dent of the Sunday School, and all joined in the singing of Christ- mas carols to open the program. The first skit was by Miss Mary McLean's class, which was followed by a song "O Little Town of Bethle- hem" by Chris Cowie. Mrs, Walter Thomson's class had charge of the next number and Robbie Wilde gave a recitation. "The Chatter Box" was the name of a play presented by Miss Wilkin- son's class and this was followed by a ong by Janet Thomson, Shirley McGregor and Rhona Ross and a rceitation by Miss Mary Joan Mc- Lean. Mrs. James Ross' class presented a play "A New Girl" and Donald Gilchrist's class gave a sketch ac- companied by carols, "It came upon the Midnight Clear" and "O Come all ye Faithful", , A piano solo by Barbara Thomson followed and Mrs. J. R. Frost's class presented a "number entitled "Christmas in other Lands". The next item on the program was by Warren J. Mowat's class and another recitation wa s given by Rhona Ross. A "radio show" by members of Mrs. Donald Wilson's and Mr. Frost's-classes brought the program to a close. Boy Drowned In Dunbarton Well Dunbarton, Dec. 23.--Four-year- old Ronald 'Snyder was found drowned on Saturday in a well on a lakeside farm, southwest of Dun- barton, where. his father is em- ployed. The child had been missing for two and a half hours and when a search was organized the body was found by a woman searcher, Dr. V. E. Cartright, Pickering cor- oner, who investigated, said - the child had been evidently playing near the well. Obituary PHILIP OLIVER CRAWFORD Suddenly stricken while at work with the Abitibi Pulp and Paper Co. in northern Ontario, Philip Oliver Crawford was laid to rest at Port Whitby Anglican Cemetery and will be moved to Colby, Wisconsin, to the cemetery where his mother is buried. Mr, Crawford, who moved to Port Whitby rceently, had gone to work with the Abitibi Pulp and Paper Co. and dled suddenly just a few days later on December 9, He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bernice Crawford, and one son, Glenn, of Port Whitby, as well as two sisters, Olive and Ethel, and two brothers, Glenn and James, all living in the United States. The funeral services were com- ducted by Rev. D, B. Langford, rector of St. John's Church, Port Whitby. Anson Balson Top Winner At Chicago Show Well deserved honors have come to Anson Balson, son of J. W. Balson, a former resident of the Zion district, and for many years a member of the Balson quartet, Mr Balson, who is manager of Col, Lawrence Beardmore"s Farm at Mono Mills, took eight Suffolk from the Beardmore flock to the International Livestock Show at Chicago and won first place on aged ram, first on yearling ram, second on ram lamb, first on pen of three ram lambs, first, third and fifth on yearling ewe. second on ewe lamb, second on pen of tliree ewe lambs and second on get of sire, Also won by the Beardmore flock were the grand championship on ztam and ewe and tre English Suffolk Society Cup for the best pen of Suffolk Sheep at the show, These victories are hard to equal and Anson's many friends in the Oshawa district are glad to see one of their former residents doing well in his new work. Al- ways a lover of purebred sheep, Mr, Balson was with Beath Farms for a number of years, Edinburgh (CP) --Scottish Sec- retary Joseph Westwood announced his intention of appointing a spe- cial highland development com- mittee to rehabilitate the Scottish highlands. London (CP). -- Anticipating a "baby rush," London County Coun- g | cil is getting 25 more midwives, a total increase of 50 this year. | Whitby Editor, W. J. Duthie, Business Office, Miss G. Macpherson Garage Stock Damaged In Sunday Blaze A fire caused by an overheated furnace pipe yesterday caused dam- age estimated at about $500 to the Stiner Motors garage on Dundas Street West in addition to damage, as, yet unestimated, to automotive parts and tires in the stockroom. The blaze, which broke outy about 10 o'clock in the morning, was dis- covered by an employee, Charles Lawson, who was sysuding : ar at the time and was Ol § garage fix the furnace. The fir started in the basement and burneq through the floor to the stockroom loccated in the centre of the build ing. Firemen worked for about hour to extinguish the blaze. Corb H, Stiner, proprietor of thi garage, said there had been consid erable loss of stock, including dam: age from smoke and water, but th exact amount had not yet been de termined. He indicated that the loss would be covered by insurance. Whitby Editor Is Appointed W. J. Duthie who has been Whit. by editor of The Times-Gazette fog the past year has resigned 1d accept an executive position in Tor onto with the Macmillan Co., boo publishers. Mr. Duthie's work 1 Whitby has been very much appre clated and he has made many friends here who will regret h leaving and wish him continued success in his new position. Mr. Duthie will be succeeded b; W. T. Williams, who is now on thd staff of the Port Hope Dally Guide, and who will assume his new duties in Whitby next Monday, Decembey 30. Mr. williams was on newspapeq work with The Canadian Press be fore enlistment in the R.CA.P. Hi was on active service in Canada fo] a year and then went overseas 19043 and served in the Uni Kingdom and on the continent fo two and a half years, being dis charged in May of this year. Whild in the R.C.AF. he helped organize and publish the occupational news-| paper "Canooe" of which he 'w made editor-in-chief, ° Mr, Willlams is married and he and Mrs, Willlams hope to make their home in Whitby just as soon as accommodation can be secured. In the interval before Mr. Wil- liams takes over, Miss Jean South- worth, B.A., of the Oshawa staff is carrying on the Whitby editorial duties, Four Issues For Voters In Toronto Toronto, Dec. 23--(CP)--Four major issues to answer "yes" or "no" to--including a cocktail lounge plebiscite--and 89 candi. dates to choose from in four mu- nicipal fields, await Toronto's 366,015 eligible voters New Year's day. Number of contestants in the field for mayoralty, controller- ship, aldermanic and education seats is largest in 10 years and in- cludes 16 lawyers, eight house- wives, two doctors. one toolmak. er and a clergyman, Most contentious of questions before the voters is one which asks whether citizens favor city licensing of cocktail lounges. Re- gardless of the outcome, decision of the people will have no immedi- ate legal effect, but civic officials believe this issue will be the main "drawing card" to lure voters. They believe total votes will be higher than last year when only 25.60 per cent of the city's vot- ers visited polls, Never in their memory, they add, have Toronto elections drawn 60 per cent of the eligible vote, Mayor Robert Saunders, seek- ing a third term on a 17-point post-war civic program, is oppos- ed by two men making their first appearance in the muncipal arena --Francis P, O'Hearn who claims "the banks owe the city $45,000,- 000," and Murray T. Dowson, re- volutionary Workers' party, who says he aims to "challenge capi- talistic candidates." All four sitting controllers-- David A. Balfour, Hiram E, Mec- Callum, Stewart Smith and Ken- neth McKellar--are seeking re- election while three othar candi- dates have entered the board of control fray. They are Alderman John Innes M. A, Sanderson and Harry Bradley, the latter trying again after 17 unsuccessful bids. Christmas EIf Concerned Well Being of Cattle Jue-Nisse was not exactly a Danish version of Santa Claus. He was an elfish little old man who lived in the :.ttic and was primar- ily concerned with the well-being of the cattle, keeping them quiet and contented, caring for them if the stablehands neglected their duties. Nisse"s name and association with Christmas probably stems from his legendary tenancy of houses where peace and content- ment prevailed, "Tig said he eith- er avoided homes where conten- tion ruled or played all sorts of gremlin.like tricks upon the oc- cupants thereof, Danish youngsters, mindful of Nisse's long memory and watch- ful eye, put themselves upon their good behaviour. as Christmas ap- proaches, 43 per cent on first Farmers Evidently Good Loan Risks In the 17th annual report the Canadian Farm Loan Board, a Dominion Government agency op- erating in all the provinces and carrying on the business of mak- ing loans to farmers on the secu- rity of mortgages on their farms. reviews its operations for 12 montrs ended March 31, 1946. Loans are made by the Board to 3 pay debts, to buy live stock, equipment and farm lands, to er-| ect buildings and to make other| : farm improvements. The maxi- mum amount that may be loaned to any one farmer is $5,000 on first mortgage or $6,000 on first and second mortgages, The loans are repayable on terms of from five to twenty-five years by equal yearly or half-yearly payments. The rates of interest charged is mortgages and 6 per cent on second mort- gages and on arrears, It is noted that the chief pur- poses for which farmers have been borrowing money from the Board have changed during the last few yeéars. In 1940-41 about 77 per cent of the money loaned was us- ed to pay debts and 9 per cent used to buy land, while in 1945- 46 only 63 per cent of the money loaned was required to pay debts and 36 per cent used. to pur- chase land. A similar trend was evident in respect to increased ex- penditure for improvements to bulidings, etc, Of the money loaned to date, the report shows that 52 per cent was loaned n the four western provinces and 48 er cent in the five, eastern provinces, In the seventeen years of its existence, the Board has lent over $54,000,000 to 26,589 farmers and of the above amount $30,- 435,000 has been repaid. Another noticeable feature of the Board's operations is the large number of horrowers who have retired their loans or who have made substan- tial reductions in their outstand- ing mortgage debts, The report also shows that the interest in arrears for more than six months on all outstanding first mortgage "loans amounts to only $,800. . . . The Victor Little Gordon had arrived home from school with a cut lip and a black eye. "Dear me!" ex- claimed his mother. "Do you mean to say you've walked through the streets like that?" *I had to mum,' grinned Gordon. "You see, there wasn't room for two of us in the ambulance.' " BATH TIME LUXURY BY Elizabeth Arden Bath Sets add lovely luxury to lovely leisure. Matched sets in delightful scents. .. A--Dusting Powder, June Geranium Soap, Velva Bath Mit, $3.25 B--June Geranium Soap and Dusting Powder, $2.25 C--Bath Oll, Velva Bath Mit and June Geranium Soap, $3.25 D--Blve Grass Flower Mist and Dusting Powder, $3.75 E--White Orchid Flower Mist and Dusting Powder, $3.75 ALLIN'S DRUG STORE Phone 726 Whi # . MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1946 TOWN OF WHITBY Phone 703, All Departments Whitby News In- Brief Accounts of social events and of visitors to and from the town are appreciated by this department TELEPHBONE 703 Mr, and Mrs. John Yule left this week for Toronto, where they will spend the winter. LR BE Messrs, Stuart Roblin, Don Me- Quay, Jack Archibald and Fred Harden, of O.A.C. Guelph, are at their homes here for the holiday] season. * PP Neil MacCarl, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter MacCarl, who 'is home from Western University, London, for the Christmas vaca- tion, sustained an injury while coming from London on ¥riday. The car in which he was a passen. ger overturned on the icy pave- ment and a sharp piece of glass pierced his clothing and cut his hip, necessitating medical atten- ion and several stitches to close he wound, He was fortunate in escaping more serious injury, H. Truman rites His Congress Washington, Dec. 23 -- (CP) -- President Truman is spending his pre-Christmas hours writing letters, and they are mot going to Santa Claus. He is working on three separate messages to the new Congress which meets Jan. 3 and expects to be busy pn them right up to the moment of Helivery, probably starting in the veek of Jan. 6. The President will first deliver a message on "the state of the union," Hescribing how the country has been getting along, what it needs most to improve conditions, and telling Con- gress in general what he would like it to do in 1947. This message corresponds closely to the "Speech From The Throne" which is read by the Governor General at the openings of Can- ada's Parliament. A few days later he will send Congress his annual budget message outlining the administration's fin- ancial needs in the fiscal year be- ginning next July 1, and telling the legislators how the current year's \oudget stands. He is expected to ask for a round $37,000,000,000 for the next fiscal year and to report a deficit in the .budgetting for the current year. Lastly he will present the report of his economic advisory committee, which has already been published, and probably add his own ideas on how congress can legislate to en- sure full employment. Quebeckers Go To Polls Sorel, Que.,, Dec. 23--(CP)--Over snow-covered roads voters of the federal riding of Richelieu-Vercher- es went to the polls today to elect a new representative in the House of Commons. All parties wound up their cam- paigns Sunday. For the Liberals, External Affairs Minister St. Laur- ent came down from Ottawa with three other Quebec federal minist- ers to predict that if elected Mr. Cournoyer would be in the Cabinet before many years have passed. Mr. Duhamel held his final meet- ing in Varennes, emphasizing his stand in defence of provincial rights. He accused Ottawa of al- lowing Communists in the civil ser- vice and of interning the mayor of Montreal during the war while Tim Buck, Labor Progressive leader, went free. . The Soclal Credit candidate ad- dressed & gathering of 1,000 in this industrial city, where his chief strength is believed to lie. St. Peter Port, Guernsey--(CP)-- Total cost of repair and replace- ment of property destroyed during the German occupation is £1,750,000 ($7,000,000). Little classified's give hig re- sults in The Times-Gazette. Whitby Classified ND for sale, $75.00, Apply mile north of Ajax Stop The traditional turkey will grace a few Christmas dinner tables in Whitby this year but in most cases chicken will have to substitute for the rarer varieties of fowl, a survey of local meat shops shows. The ex- ception indeed will be the table that bears goose or duck for the Christ- mas repast. While all local meat dealers re- port a substantial supply of good quality chickens, only one on Sate urday offered any hope of having turkeys for sale on the remaining days before Christmas and these were mostly of the "20-pound" var- iety. Although the supply of turkeys is definitely scanty, two at least of the dealers had been able to obtain enough to fill all their orders and others had had a few. None had had ducks for sale and only a few had had the occasional goose. |Few Turkeys Will Be Served On Christmas Tables Here But Substitutes Plentiful There is no need for any table to go short but the housewife who has yet to make her purchases will like- ly have to serve chicken, or if she prefers it, a nice ham or roast. There should be little difficulty in obtaining the trimmings for the dinner, with vegetables in good sup- ply and cranberries available--if the housewife can spare that extra bit of sugar. Nuts too are to be had this year--although at a price--and such fruits as apples and grapes are abundant. The Christmas dessert question is definitely a more serious problem than in normal times, owing to scarcity of sugar and shortening, but puddings are being offered for sale in the stores and here again, tasty substitutes are readily avalil- able. C.of C. Fights Portal-To- Portal Pay Washington, Dec. 23 -- (AP) -- The United States Chamber of Commerce disclosed plans today to marshal its 2,000 member organiza- tions behind a drive in congress to relieve employers from possible "portal-to-portal" pay -labilities dating back to 1938. The Chamber will submit a refer- endum Friday to its entire member- ship. These members in turn will poll some 30,000 companies on a series of proposed amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. It is this Act which makes the back-pay suits possible. It estab- lished a 42-hour work week for two years, then a 40-hour week after 1940 for employees engaged in pro- ducing goods for interstate com- merce. : Earlier this year the Supreme Court -- in a case involving 1,200 United Pottery Workers (C.I1.0.) at Clemens, Mich, -- held that employ- spent preparing for their jobs on company property. (This became known as the por- tal-to-portal decision, because of the contract arrangement John L. Lewis won for his coal miners, cov- ering pay for time spent in travel ling from the pit mouths to the scene of actual digging operations.) In the Mt. Clemens case, the court ruled that the pottery workers had been putting in more than 40 hours a week since 1940 and hence had extra time coming to them at over- time rates. Under the law these automatically are doubled when the employee has to go to court to col- lect. . London (OP).--London Transport, with 600 new buses in service, runs 10,500,000 more miles a year than before the war, and 94,000,000 miles a year more than at the war's end. Yarmouth, Eng. (CP).--A 39-inch rat shot by Bob Carver has been identified as a coypu--web-footed South American rat bred for nuttia fur coats. RADIO SERVICE GUARANTEED - IMMEDIATE BUTT RADIO & APPLIANCE 130 Brock St. N., Whitby Tel. 707 ees are entitled to pay for time 227 BROCK ST. SOUTH EEREEREERREREEEEEEEREEREY It is with deep gratification that we extend HOLIDAY = WISHES To you and yours, both far and near, for your patronage. . WILSON AUTO PARTS FTAAAVAAAVAVARRRRARRRRRANA WHITBY PHONE 748 New SHOE 119Brock S. Merry Xmas nd A Happy and Prosperous Years To all our Friends Old and New COLLINS STORE Whitby Phone 476 FOR SALE--SMALL TRUCK FOR SALE, serial 14350, $200.00. L. A, Agg, RR. 2, Whitby. (Dec21) WANTED TO BUY--HIGHEST PRICES pad for healthy. old horses. Phone tby 569 or , Whitby. (Dec23) WANTED TO BUY -- ALL KINDS OF Poultry, also new and old feathers. Highest market prices. Apply J. Parker. 321 Brock St. N. Phone 486. NO ISSUE OF TIMES-GAZETTE Wednesday or Thursday THIS WEEK 'The Times-Gazette will observe both Christmas Day and the day following (Boxing Day) as holi- days and no issue of The Times-Gazette will be published on either day. These arrangements will give all members of the staff an opportunity to fully enjoy the Christmas Season. Subscribers who receive the paper by carrier will be charged for only four issues this week. FOR SALE -- REGISTERED COCKER Spaniels, black, black and white and buff; reasonable. Apply 314 Gilbert Street East, Whitby. (Dec23) WANTED---WANTED TO BUY, POUL- try, highest market prices paid, also feathers and horse hair. Apply N. Lemberg, Brock street south, Whitby. Phone 644 or 992, Whitby. APARTMENT WANTED! Our newly appointed Whithy editor, (an ex-service man) is desirous of obtaining an apart- ment for : his wife' and self about January 1st. If anyone can help this desirable young couple get established in Whitby we would very much appreciate it. Please phone Times-Gazette office, 703, or G. M. Goodfellow, "Listen In" -- To . . . aL 123 Brock St. N. 658. "f) 'CKDO.. Sponsored by STROWGER'S FURNITURE STORE Whitby "THE OLD RANCH HOUSE" An All-Request Program Every Saturday Night (8:00 to 8:15 p.m.) JVER -- Ee -------- STATION 1240 Your Dial! : Phone 611 (6 |