PAGE SIXTEEN

THE REVIEW

Wednesday, December 8, 1971

~~ Christmas,

~ of the shopping done and
_ everything in: readiness for the

‘terviewed by the - ‘Review::.on:

- in control of the situation.

CONTRARY TO EXPECTATIONS Sidney post
“office, on a December morning, was not awash
with parcels and Christmas cards — but this was

because staff members had worked until 10:30

Christmas Rush Reaches Post Office
UP TO 28,000 PIECES OF MAIL DAILY

‘The last three weeks before
for. the.average
.. person, » are usually charac-.
terized by a heightening of pace,
~a sense of urgency to get the last

‘big event. Imagine what it would

be like to be a postmaster in those af

last three weeks.
And: yet Postmaster FL.
“Waters. of: Sidney, ‘when in-

Tuesday, - appeared:
markably calm and very much —

: “Yesterday ' was what I call a
“hectic. day,” he said “but next’
_- Monday will be a ‘mad’ day. hoe

A. hectic - “day consisted © of
' dispatching over 12,000. letters
and parcels. processing over
10,000 items of ‘incoming’ mail.
The staff worked until 10:30. at

-was December 14 and in one day

deadline for U.S.A. and distant
points i in Canada, December 13th

| 17th for local delivery.

“according to government of-—
ficials the installation. of. letter
carrier service’ in Sidney had
been the smoothest and best.

‘been. in operation ‘for only two.
‘months Waters said that. it was
: working © excellently and . was
making © the handling. of Christ-

| : the post’ office. uses: the Lindex.

over 30,000 letters and. parcels
were sorted for. local delivery -
alone.

~““You can see why it is
im portant to. mail by the
deadline,” exclaimed Waters. .
“The peak day is generally the
same at all points across Canada .
and if letters don’t go on time
there is. a terrific backlog.”
-Wednesday the &h is the.

for B.C. and out-of-town and the =

-.Postmaster. Waters said. that

functioning. of anywhere. in
Canada. Although the service has -

“For incorrectly addressed mail,

System on which’ the name and:

an address of every person in Sidney |"

ratifying. results of the Fall
“Tea and. Bazaar held. on

November 13th, enabled | St..
‘Stephen’s' A, C. W: to give
‘generously to the needs of others
t..their meeting held on Wed-
omeaay December. 1st. The.
‘treasurer reported that a net sum
- of five hundred dollars had been
“made at the tea. An extra twenty-
- five .dollars..was made to the.
pledge, a hundred dollars to the
- diocesan undesignated fund, one
hundred and fifty. dollars to the
Primate’s World’ Relief Fund,
“and fifty. dollars to Dorcas
Supply, with another fifty dollars
to’ be sent later in’ 1972.. The
Branch. will give. its . usual
Christmas Party.to patients. of
‘the Mountain. View Resthome on
Thursday, December 16th, at (wo
o'clock in St. Stephen's Hall,
Following the business meeting
the Rev.. Ivan. Futter gave
members’ a short but most in-
spiring talk, It 1g hoped that he
~ Wil be able to continue on this

_ theme. at the next meeting, Tea
~ was served by the hostesses, Mrs.

GRANT APPROVED |
On the. motion of Alderman

“Perey Lazarz, Central Saanich

~ Council. on Monday approved a

grant of $220 to Saanichton
» Community Club, and a similar

“amount for © Brentwood Com-

~Munity Club on application: :

~ Rock Club Meets

The. November mecting of the

A. Ww. “Atkinson and. Mrs. ‘D. A.
Robertson ; :

were Mr..and Mrs.. Phil Kelly.

‘from: Abbotsford, and Mr. and at

Mrs. E.V. Apps from Vancouver,
daughters of the late Mr. and
Mrs,.R. W. Sluggett. Mr. and
“Mrs... Kelly’. stayed with Mrs.

Kelly's sister and brother-in-law, ,

Mr. and Mrs, Lawrence Buckle,
“1262 Reynolés, Road, , Victoria,
» On Sunday, November 28th, at
2:30 p.m., the Sluggett Memorial
Baptist Church held special.
services to celebrate their oth
Anniversry,

Mr. Cecil Dickinson opened the
service with the singing of the
hymn, ° “O.. For A. Thousand
Tongues". Deacon’. Alfred
Shiner led in prayer and a warni
welcome was extended. to the
approximate one hundred people |
in attendance by Deacon Ivan
Finlay. Guest. speakers). were
Pastor Holmes of Central Baptist
Church, Victoria; and Dr, J.-B.
Rowell and Rev, E.Y. Apps, who
were both former ministers of the

{ Church, Deacon Albert McCarthy”

read the history and messages in

quartet and: men’s, chorus made.
up of members of the church,
Closing remarks were given by
Pastor Lo C.. Vose, who i8- the
present pastor, ‘The ‘service
closed with the singing of a hymn
by the congregation and 4 prayer
by. Dr. Rowell, and a special time
of fellowship and (refreshments

- Here for the Slugeett Memorial =
‘Baptist Church 60th Anniversary.

“Bong Were given by both a mixed.

| Sidney Rock Club was very well
attended and five visitors were.

welcomed. Following the usual
business, the election of officers
for the year. 1972 was held, with
the following results: president,
‘Mrs, Doreen Miller;
ident, Fred. Tanton, secretary,
Mre. H. Seeley; treavurer, Mr:

Geo, Coulter; social secretary,
fileen Newberry; Sunshine |

Mrs.
. gin), Mrs. W. Wing,

Arranpemonte Wag piqda ae
the anoual Christmas Party to be
held on December 4th at 6 p.rn, ~~
‘each member to bring a small
pit tor die ee.»

~The door prize was won by Mr. |
~ J. Hodson, a visitor from Nelson,

ic, and a social all hour
foliowed.

Next meeting on January zith,

wie.

vice-pret: |

followed,

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“Service to you 1s

the previous evening. Pictured are Mary Skinner
and Myrna Green checking a parce] with Del
Hicks looking on..

Review Photo

may be quickly looked up and the
evenlope re-addressed.

‘We are going cut of our way to
make sure every piece of mail...
arrives at its -- correct
destination,’’ said Waters.

Sidney post offce will use ap-
proximately 20 additional staff to
handle the increase in volume of
mail from now until Christmas.

Waters . said that every. year

since he has been postmaster of }

Sidney all mail has been cleared ©
out of the post office by —
December 24.

“And we intend to continue this.
service,” he said, ‘‘that is as long
as people maii on time.”

In order: to. facilitate. mail.
delivery Waters announced there
will be. carrier. and parcel
delivery on Saturday, December
18 and,- if volume warrants ity.

_ there will be parcel delivery on

~ Sunday, December: 19. Waters’

‘said the general public can help
speed delivery by abiding by the
deadline , dates, by mailing on

sand. by. ‘Wrapping Parcels.
‘securely. .
“Waters concluded ‘by: saying:

“TL consider. the post office. a — A 1 onan

service we are providing to the
~ general public and we intend to

S provide th the best service we can. ”

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OBITUARIES

LYON

“Mrs. Lydia Lyon came from
England to Saskatoon, .Sask.,
then to Vancouver where she was
employed. ‘with. Hudson’s . Bay
Company for 10 years. Moved to
the island with husband James.
Past six years resident of Sidney.

She leaves to mourn. her two
brothers, Thomas - Garrett,
Saskatoon, .. Sask., Robert
Garrett, Vancouver, B.C., a
sister Mrs. F. A: Norfield of
England, nephew Mr. Sidnev
Garrett, Vancouver, B.C.

Services were held on Monday
from Sands Chapel of Roses with
Rev. G.G. Smith, officiating
followed by. cremation.

RIDDELL

At the Veterans’ Hospital on
November 25,1971, Mr. James
Riddall: Born’ in
Hawick, Scotland, and had been a
resident of Victoria, B.C., for the
past 64 years, late residence, 9544
Ardmore Drive. Survived by his
wife, Mabel, at home; daughter,
Mrs. J. G. (Mary) Hampton, 850
Royal Oak Avenue; son, Gordon

brother John, Victoria, B.C., and
other relatives...

- Mr. Riddell served overseas
during the First World War with
the 67th. and 102nd Battalions;
was a member of The. Royal
Canadian. Legion, Saanich
Peninsula Branch No. 37, Sidney,
B.C. and was past-president. of
the Retired Municipal
Superannuation Society.

Sands Mortuary Limited,
“Memorial Chapel of Chimes’”’,
on Monday, November 29, 1971,
Rev. B. J. Molloy officiating.
Cremation.

GRAVEL PURCHASE DENIED

Supply: Ltd. to purchase 50,000
yards of. gravel. from. the
municipal . gravel pit weas
unanimously rejected by.Central
Saanich Council on Monday
night. :

Alderman Tom Michell, public
works chairman, said the firm
had offered 60-cents a yard, and

and loading mechanism. It. was

Davidson Riddell, Nanaimo, ’
B.C.; four grandchildren; |Proposed to take out the material
at the rate of 2,000 yards daily
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