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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 13, 1943

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ABBOTSFORD.

SUMAS AND MATSQUI NEWS

PAGE SEVEN

Remember Your
Friends Overseas

with a

COUTT’S GREETING CA

CHRISTMAS CARDS FOR OVERSEAS MAIL ON DISPLAY
AND MUST BE MAILED BY OCTOBER 31

Suggestions for that
LEATHER WRITING KITS

WATERMAN PENS . 3,

PIPES for

—Complete Selection now in Stock—

Xmas Parcel
--.. 1.75 and 4.35
97, 4.16, 5.95, 6.54, 10.11

1.25 to 3,50

BILLFOLDS and CIGARETTE CA
1.15 to 6.00

SES by Henry Perkins

Fill up odd corners with shaving cream, tooth Paste, tooth
powder, after-shave powder, Mennen’s skin balm, shaving
brush, tooth, brush, razor blades, etc,

BLACK’S DRUG STORE

PHONE 104

ABBOTSFORD

Now that the Wartime Prices
and Trade Board has removed
the ban two-pant suits and cuffs
on trousers, it is possible to re-

stréct

veal to the public the actual sav-
ing effected by the former re-
Enough material to
make 474,000 suits was saved!

ions.

RED CROSS SHIPS
CHRISTMAS PARCELS
FOR AUXILIARIES

Provincial Red Cross ware-
house was a busy place last
week when 4500 parcel§ of the
Women’s Regimental Auxiliaries
were packed into 27 large cases
and shipped overseas for B. C.
boys in the Mediterranean area
and Britain. This is the third
successive year that the auxili-
aries have taken advantage of
Red Cross shipping facilities and
many of the Red Cross packers
are the same volunteers who
have been in the work from the
beginning.

FEWER FAILURES
OF RETAIL FIRMS

Disputing the contention that
small retailers throughout Can-
ada have been forced out of
business in numerous instances
because of price and other con-
trols, R. F. Chisholm, co-ordina-
tor of distributive trades for the
Prices Board. recently drew at-
tention to the fact that retail
failures in 1942 were two-thirds
those of 1941 and actually fewer

SLIGHT GAIN IN WAR
SAVING CERTIFICATE
SALES IN M-S-A AREA

Other Valley Areas
Doing Much Better

M-S-A made a slight improve-
ment in purchase of War Say-
ings Certificates in August, com-
pared with July, according to
the summary just issued by Na-
tional War Finance Committee,
but was still far below its June
total, Purchases in this Area
amounted to $864 in August,
$82 in July and $1444 in June,

Chilliwack area doubled its
July total of $2308 with $4772
in August. Cloverdale shows a
total of $1404, Langley Prairie
$1144, Haney $1152, Mission
$1520. Yarrow came up to $60
against $40 in July and $8 in
June. Aggregate for B.C. in Aug-
ust was $390,644 or 7.37% of

the Dominion total and repre-
sented 54,861 individual pur-
chasers.

BUY VICTORY 80x0s

Avoid Giftless
Xmas Overseas,

Mail by Nov. |

Christmas boxes will have a
much longer distance to travel,
entailing more handling and re-
shipment to reach many mem-
bers of Canada’s armed forces
this year. To enable all the Do-
minion’s men and woémen over-
seas to receive their gifts from
home in time for Christmas Day,
the Postmaster General calls on
the public to mail early for
Christmas overseas — not later
than November 1,

The date is ten days earlier
than last year’s closing time, but
with many of our men serving in
the Mediterranean areas, etc,, the
deadline has been advanced to
meet the rapidly changing condi-
tions.

The public is cautioned to lose
no time, but to mail early for
Christmas overseas—now and
during October—the earlier the

than in any year since before
the Great War.

An opportunity
to SAVE’ money

... the convenient way

WHAT IS A VICTORY BOND?

A VICTORY BOND is the promise of the Dominion of Canada to repay in
ash the face value of the Bond on the date of maturity with half-yearly
interest until that time. A Victory Bond is the safest investment in Canada
backed by the entire resources of the Dominion. Canada has been issuing
bonds for 75 years, and has never failed to pay every dollar of principal and
interest when due. A Victory Bond is an asset readily marketable at any time.

National War Finance Committee

dy |
| ess VICTORY BONDS

better to ensure the timely ar-
rival of the anxiously awaited
gift. The more distant our forces
may be from Canada, the earlier

Smith Davidson

VANCOUVER

Soft, yet Tough, Pure
and White—Creped

SOVEREIGN

BATHROOM TISSUE

_ ASK YOUR MERCHANT
FOR IT

& Wright Ltd.

VICTORIA
CALGARY

EDMONTON

their Christmas mail should go.

Citizens, by refraining from $
writing to our forces overseas
that gifts are being sent, until
actually mailed, ¢an save much
disappointment. ‘Do not disap- $
point our men by mailing their
gifts too late for Christmas de-
livery.

Citizens are requested not to
delay until the last minute to
Post their gifts but to mail early
and so prevent congestion by $

To Be Sure Be Early $

giving the post office opportun-
ity to give their mails prompt
handling and to arrange for ade-
quate cargo space, which because

of the shipment of war supplies $
is necessarily limited. Thousands
of Christmas parcels (last year
more than 8% million pounds)

and other mails reaching the $

ABOUT ADDRESSING

Address all mails in ink, ful-
ly, clea and without mis-

a

ROBIN HOOD FLOUR
MILLS -LTB, $

present

MUSICAL s
TELEQUIZ;

over

CH W Ks

Voice of the Fraser Valley
1340 kycs. $
LIBERAL

CASH PRIZES

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of their parcels could not com-
pensate.

It is also suggested that to
help facilitate the provision of
shipping space for the overseas
Christmas mail that each sender
should voluntarily cut down as
far as possible on the weight and
size of each Christmas package,
notwithstanding the fact that the
maximum weight of a parcel at
reduced rate is set at 11 pounds.

How to Wrap

leadin; Viations. h 3

to place return addsessre ae ares
cover—also include a slip in

the parcel bearing sender’s $ $ $ $ $ $
name and address as well as

address of parcel, Prepay all

mail correctly, ee
one | —FIR—

Post office on or after the closing SAWDUST
date would delay delivery by

accentuating the difficulty of

speedy handling and make it im- —wo0p—

possible for sufficient cargo space STOVE LENGTH FIR

to be found aboard the last ships

departing with the Christmas @

mails to ensure all parcels and

letters reaching their destina- SAFEWAY FUEL
tions in time. A giftless Christ- MISSION

mas would dawn for many men Phone 153

and women in uniform overseas, | f puta Arr]
turning the holiday into a day of

disappointment instead of cheer,

for which even the later arrival WHEN IN

NEW WESTMINSTER
They'll tell you you'll find
Best Food, Best Service

est Prices,

Fraser Cafe
J. H. Morgan, Prop.

736 Columbia Street
Near B. C. E. 2. Depot

Parcels should be packed com-
pactly enough to resist pressure
of other mails in the sack and
the handling in transit — each
article in the parcel firmly se-

cured. Use _ strong corrugated
containers, NOT light cardboard
boxes, wrap in several layers of
thick wrapping Paper, and tie
securely with strong cord. Do not
use fancy Christmas tissue for
wrapper, or colored ribbons to
tie. Parcels may be sewn in
strong cotton or similar fabric.
Jams, syrups and any other
Substance likely to leak and
spread, if sent at all, must be
enclosed in sealed containers,
(Mot glass bottles), surrounded
with absorbent material in cor-
Tugated cardboard, and securely
wrapped and tied. A completed
Customs Declaration form should

Not Special Prices
But It’s
SPECIAL MEAT
at this market always!

ROBERTS’
Meat Market

Abbotsford Phone 56

be affixed to every parcel. Ap-

ples, grapes, etc., or any article :
likely to spoil or become damag- Re ; x
ed, or to injure postal personnel, | D t D |] .
or the mails are not acceptable. |.% on e ay!
The mailing of matches, safety ¥
Bppses ons Uehter Tule] NT“ aave. lgczetcal
other inflammable substance is ;% %
Strictly probihited by blaw. —repairs made now
eT ES —while most
Enforcement Summary i . m
Report of Enforcement Admin- ReRey parts
istration for week of September —and replacements
25 to October 1 shows that 70 —are still available
persons were convicted across
Canada fer violations of WPTB e
regulations, .
Heaviest fine of the week was ‘
$1000 imposed on a Sherbrooke, 1
Quebec, produce firm for selling JACK A. WEIR %
poultry at excessive prices, fail- ink %
ing to furnish invoices to cus- Mechanic and Electrician x
tomers, and falsifying poultry | ABBOTSFORD Phone 34M RY
invoices Reemncenreerreernecee: SOOT