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\ MONDAY, Bde AHN DECEMBER 20, 1948 JHE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE 1 PAGE FIVE WHITBY NEWS Christmas Mail Very Heavy Over The Weekend Eight extra employees have been added to the Post Office staff to handle the Christmas mail, Post- master Bill Brown said today. A noticeable increase in volume of parcels and mail began by Decem- ber 15 and steadily increased Thurs day and Friday. Today, the signs are that just as much mail will be handled through the Whitby post office this year as during the past two seasons which were records in themselves. Fortunately there have been no blackouts: to hold back operations and stop the cancelling machines. If the power interruptions had con- tinued an impossible situation would have been encountered in Ouarie post offices at Christmas e. Because Christmas comes at the end of a week this year, people are showing a tendency to mail cards and parcels earlier than usual. 'Taking advantage of the weekend many did their mailing Saturday and Sunday with the result that the post office drop boxes were jammed most of the time. Both a night staff and Sunday staff were Jusintained to keep the mail mov- ng. Whitby Churches (Continued from Page 4) which Christians should worship Him today. A very beautiful choral and candlelight service was held in the evening. Across the front of the church and at each side window lighted candelabra shed their soft light to add inspiration to the ser- vice. The choir sang several carols and Christmas numbers and the soloists were Miss Margaret Wood, Miss Ruth Bowman, Mrs. R. Hall, Miss Marian Rowe and Mrs. J. Lague. Instead of a sermon there was the reading of the Nativity story from the. Scriptures, Next candlelight service and more Sunday there will be another Christmas music. Rev. David Marshall preached at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church and the choir gave sacred carols and Christmas anthems. Ward Ir- win was soloist in the morning with Mrs. P. N. Spratt at the or- gan, Next Sunday St. Andrew's will have a white gift service and candlelight service in the evening. Three other communions will have Christmas observance later in the week. St. John's Roman Catholic Church will have, as is its yearly custom, midnight mass to usher in Christmas Day. "At All Saints' Anglican Church there will be a midnight service starting at 11.30 Friday evening and a Christmas Day service on Saturday morning at 9.30. St. John's Anglican Church, Port. Whitby, plans a Christmas Day service at 11 am. and will also hear the Christmas theme on the following day which is Sunday. Salvation Army leaders Lieuten- 'ants Alex McEwan and Thomas Poole conducted service yesterday and invited the congregation to the Christmas service in the citadel next Sabbath. Questioned | By Officials At Halifax - London, Dec. 20 -- (CP) -- The Communist Daily Worker today publishes on its front page a story quoting two British trade Union- ists as saying that they were de- tained by 'Halifax authorities for seven weeks under the Canadian Immigration Act "and treated as criminals." The men were David Barrett and George Hadley, former steelwork- er trade unionists from corby, in Northamptonshire. The daily worker says the mer left their jobs to tour "the new de- mocracies" of Eastern Europe and while in Hungary made "good friends" among Canadians of the Canadian Beaver Brigade--a left- wing organization--and then engag- ed in reconstruction work in Eu- rope. The men, according to the news- paper, said they had been invited te visit the homes of some Cana- dians who are due to return to Can- ada from Europe but that at Hali- fax immigration officials held them "despite the fact their passports were in order and they did not in- tend to stay in the country." The Daily Worker, says they were put in a cell after "having been grilled by immigration officials" who asked them what they knew about the Comintern, whether they were members of the Communist party or belong to a trade union, whether they liked the government (the newspaper does not mention what government) and if they believed in "overthrow of the government by armed revolution." Their appeal against deportation was refused under sections 2 (H) and 3 (J) of the Canadian Immi- gration Act, the newspaper adds. t Best -- Most-Economical PAL-O-PAK INSULATION Inguire today Whitby Phone 2374 quotes the unionists' allegation that they were treated as criminals and went 23 days without a bath. BUSHEL OF TITLES Spain's Duke of Alba is the world's most titled nobleman, He is a duke seven times, 14 times a mar- quis, 20 times a count and 24 times a knight. RADIO SERVICE GUARANTEED -- IMMEDIATE 130 Brock St. N. Whitby, Tel. 707 Children's Shoppe" /42%3 "Simcoe N. Phone 1571 (] A-DAY Copr. 1948, King Features dicate, Inc. World rights reserved. "... Got a note from my teacher for you. Er . . . she says not Christmas . . ,* - to open it till after -| Ontario premier who became leader 3 Federal By-Elections Ottawa, Dec. 20 -- (CP)--A new federal party leader and a nhew cabinet minister--both former pro- vincial premiers--go before the vot- ers today seeking election to the House of Commons. They are George Drew, 54, the of the Progressive Conservative party, and Hon. Stuart Garson, 50, who was premier of toba be- fore he entered the Federal Cabinet a month ago as minister of justice. They are running in two of the three federal by-elections taking place today. Mr, Drew seeks elec- tion in the Ottawa district riding of Carleton while Mr. Garson is looking for a seat in the Manftoba constituency of Marquette. The third contest, lacking the lustre of "big name" candidates, takes place in the Quebec riding of Laval-Two Mountains, which covers a Laurentian mountain segment north of Montreal. Mr. Drew, in Carleton, faces op- position from C.C.F. and Social Credit candidates. Eugene Forsey, 44-year-old union official, is repre- senting the C.C.F. party while J. Nelson McCracken, 37, disabled vet- eran, is standing, for the Social Credit. G. Russell Boucher, resigned to open a seat for Mr. Drew. In Marquette, Mr. Garson is op- posed only by the C.C.F., which nominated Mrs. Earle Keating, 48, as its candidate. The seat became vacant-when former Mines Minis- ter Glen retired to make way for Mr. Garson. There are no candi- dates-from the Progressive Conser- vative or Social Credit parties. The by-election in Laval-Two Mountains is a two-man contest between Leopold Demers, 34-year- old agronomist and Liberal candi- date, and J. Honore Desy, 52-year- old wood merchant, who has cam- paigned as a Republican-For- Peace candidate seeking a separate: Canadian republic. This vacancy was created by the resignation of Liguori Lacombe, who accepted appointment as' a magistrate The present standing shows the Liberals holding a three-vote mar- gin in the 245-member Commons, with 122 members against a com- bined opposition of 119. The stand- ing is: | Liberals 122; Progressive Conser- vatives 66; C.C.F. 32; Social Credit, 13; « others eight; vacant four; total 245. The votes, by parties, in the 1945 general election .in each of the three ridings follow: , Carleton--Progressive Conserva- tive 10,917; Liberal: 5,309; C.CF., 1,730. Marquette--Liberal 6,367; C.C.F, 5,008; Progressive' Conservative, The Liberal party did not enter | 5,062 a candidate in Carleton, which be- came vacant when the incumbent, "Laval-Two Mountains--Indepen- dent 6,876; Liberal 6,577. Rupert Davies' Wife Died Today Kingston, Dec. 20--(CP) -- Mrs. Florence McKay Davies, wife of Senator W. Rupert Davies, former president of The Canadian Press, and editor and publisher of The Kingston Whig-Standard, died ear- ly this morning after a long illness. A resident of Kingston for the past quarter, century, Mrs. Davies in late years lived primarily for her fam- ily, and took little interest in any- thing outside her own family circle. She was born in Brantford, the daughter of William H. and Levina and descendant of United Empire Loyalist pioneer stock. An ancestor of hers was Mary Jones Gage, who came to Hamilton from Northern New York in the late 18th century in a canoe with her two children via the Mohawk River and Lake Ontario. - Mrs. Davies was married to Senator Davies in Brant- ford in 1901. In her early life, Mrs. Davies took a great interest in choral singing and church work. While in Ren- frew she was president of the Ladies' Aid of St. Andrew's Pres- byterian Church. Since coming to Kingston 25 years ago, she has not past 10 years has been a semi- invalid. In addition to her husband, she is survived by three sons: Captain Fred R. Davies of Nassau, BW.L; Arthur L., general manager of The Whig-Standard; and Robertson, enjoyed good health, and for the editor of The Peterborough Exam- iner; seven grandchildren; and one sister, Miss M. E. McKay, of Brant- ford. \ Gardiner Bound For Dominion \ London, Dec. 20--(CP)--Agricul- ture Minister Gardiner left for Canada by plane today where he will confer with his cabinet col- leagues before any announcement is made on the price Britain will pay for Canadian wheat in th> fourth and final year of the wheat contract ending in 1950. Gardiner left for the Dominion via Prestwick, Scotland, and Shan- non, e. His Trans-Canada. Al Lines plane is due in Montreal ap- proximately at 10:30 p.m. EST to- night, Negotiations with Britain to se. a price for the 140,000,000 bushel: of wheat Canada will supply unde: the 1949-50 conference had bee: under way last week. GOOD CLEANUP Toronto, Dec. 18--(CP). -- "Wha! this place needs is a good clean- up," Magistrate T. S. Elmore sai¢ as a cockroach strolled across his City Hall desk during a court hear- ing Friday. We try hundreds of breaches of the Public Health Act in this court, but the court is in as bad condition as most places charg- ed under the act," he said. Few Changes Made In Council For Darlington MRS. B. OKE Correspondent Courtice, Dec. 18, -- 'Sympathy from her many friends here, is ex- tended to Mrs. Norman Fisher, Oshawa, whose mother passed away during the week. Mrs. Horace Hancock has return- ed to her home after an extended stay with her son James and Mrs, Hancock, Guelph. It is a pleasure to report Darling- ton council returned to office again with a few changes but doing away with the expense of an election.. Mr. Kyle Squair stepped out as Reeve, with deputy reeve Art Millson tak- ing over, and Garnet Rickard, New- castle, stepping into the vacant council seat. Don and Mrs. Thompson and son Norman, visited with the latter's brother 'Art and Mrs. Youngman, Tyrone. The Evening Auxiliary held its Christmas meeting at the home of Mrs. Clarence Hockin with an at- tendance of twenty. President Mrs. Archie Muir, Jr., opened the meet- ing with a poem, after which, "O Come All Ye Faithful" was sung. The devotional was in charge of Mrs. Blake Courtice, who read the Christmas lesson, and Mrs. Alex Muir told the tsory of the "Other Wise Men" with Mrs. Courtice of- fering praper: Margaret Pollock favored with a Whistling solo, ac- companied at the piano by Mrs. Will Wade. The story "Why the Chimes Rang," was told by Mrs, Harry Gay. A vocal solo was given by Mrs. Harold Muir, a reading by. Mrs. Gordon Chartran,.a piano sold by Mrs. Will Wade and a reading by Mrs. Lloyd Courtice., Christmas carols were then sung} with Mrs. Will Wade and Mrs. Eric Courtice at the 'piano. Refreshments werk then servide, followed by an ex- change of gifts. A few words of ap- S| preciation to the retiring President, ' Mrs. A. Muir, Jr, were given by Mrs. Lloyd Courtice on behalf of the Auxiliary. The new president will be Mrs, Alex Muir, with last term's officers carrying on again. The Christmas W. A. party which was to have been held on Wednes- day night was postponed on account of weather conditions, but will be held at a later date. Mrs. Fred Balson, visited with her mother, Mrs. Robinson, Sr., whois ill at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mechin, Sr.,.on Thursday, We all hope for a speedy improvement. Mrs. Reg: Stevens is recovering nicely from her recent operation at Oshawa. Hospital. Much sickness seems to be among the many homes here, with colds and sore throat trouble. Retired Senator Dies In_Quebec Quebec," Dec. 20.--(CP)--Philippe Auguste Choquette, retired Senator and onetime Quebec judge, died early today at his Quebec residence. He was 94. Mr. Choquette, an early collabor- | ator of the late Sir Wilfrid Laurier and a newspaper man of long standing, was the father of Fern- and Choquette, prominent Quebec lawyer and, farmer Liberal member of the Quebec. Legislature. Last January on his 94th birth- day anniversary, Mr. Choquette was presented by the government of France with the rae Jacques Car- tier medal for service to France during his long and distinguished career, Mr. Choquette who had retired from the Quebec Court of Sessions branch several years ago was a for- mer Member of Parliament as well as a Senator, and had been a judge of the Superior Court before his Senate term. 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