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MEDFORD. MAIL -TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON," THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1943 PAGE TEN BY DECEMBER 10 Due to a lack of experienced costal nersonnel and overbur dened transportation facilities. the local postoffice authorities announced today that all Christ mas packages and cards must be mailed by Dec. 10 to insure tneir delivery by Dec. 23. A nation wide nrogram Is being carried out, Impressing upon the public the lmDortance of mailing ennsv mas mall early, spreading the volume over a longer period ot time rather than waiting and sending a deluge In last-minute . mailings. Transportation facilities are heavily burdened, and the num ber of railway cars and airplanes available for handling Christ mas mall is far below that of former years. According to the postal department, more than 30,000 postal employees have gone Into the armed forces In the past year. Many of the tem porary employees, usually called In to help out during the Christ mas rush, have also gone into the service or Into war work. Replacement personnel Is largely inexperienced, unable to handle In a short time the usual Christ mas volume of mall. Christmas gifts should be marked "Do not open until Christmas," thus designating them as Christmas mall, which must necessarily come secondary to government communications Special efforts should be made also to extend the use of postal . delivery zone numbers on all mall addressed to cities having that system, because the num bers expedite mail distribution. The postal establishment tv day Is delivering record-breaking volumes of mall. Christmas mall will be In addition to all this, therefore the Medford postal authorities join In the na tional program of asking public cqpperatlon In mailing Christ mas mail before Dee 10, Insur ing their delivery by Christmas. Former Students , Now In Services PaySOCE Visit Southern Oregon College of Education, Ashland, Oct. 28. The Southern Oregon College of Education Is welcoming this week a number of former stud ents now in service, who have stopped to visit their college. Among these are Bob Sharyon, reconnaissance sergeant at Camp Livingston, La. Sgt Sharyon report having seen recently an other SOCE alumnus, Frank O'Conner, stationed nearby at Camp Polk. Dean Jones of Klamath Falls, last year student body president, stopped at the campus on his way home from navy officer . school in the University of Washington, Seattle. He report ed on other SOCE alumni who are following the same course at University of Washington: Nor man Chrlstlleb, Richard John son, Hal Jewett, Roland Hare, Vernon Colon. Dick Ormond and Herbert Hayes, marines taking training at the College ot the Pacific, Stockton, were visiting on the campus Tuesday. Miss Shirley Wlllard, 1841, is " on vacation from the University ot Washington, where she Is studying recreational leadership. She reports that she lives In the Wesleyan House where she serves as hostess and house sec retary for the 30 Inhabitants and other young people of the com munity who attend the Wes leyan foundation activities. NoTlQUOR HOPE Carson City, Nev Oct. 28 (U.R) Any hope for respite In the complete curtailment of the manufacture of liquor for per sonal consumption before the end of the war was termed "wishful thinking" by Henry S. Coleman, supervisor ot the Ne vada liquor tax department. New undtrrm Cream Deodorant saftly Stops Perspiration 1 Does not rot denies ot men's shins. Docs not irritttt skin. 2. Nowairingtodrf. Cubtustd tight titer ihtvtng, I. Instantlr scops penplrsttoa for 1 to A difs. Prevents odor. -4. A pure, white, gretsrless, taiaicsi vanishing cream. I, Awarded Approval Seat of Americanlrutituteoi Launder ing tot Deing harmless to none. " CO . Oft . TJE AU.aHO.-a.NM. nnniD West Main USO West Main USO enjoyed a Navy Day program Oct. 27, at the club, 218 W. Main street. Leonard Mayfleld, Medford high school principal, was in charge of the entertainment. Highlight of this month's en tertainment at the West Main USO will be the Hallowe'en par ty Saturday, from 8 p. m. to 10 p. m. The program is under aus pices of the Young Adult Peo ple , of the First Methodist church, Miss Lucy Seller acting as chairman. The hall will be decorated in Hallowe'en colors. with ghosts-, spooks and denizens of the night In full festive re galia lending appropriate at mosphere to the setting. Miis Seller has planned an evening of fun and prizes. A special in vitation is extended to the wives of servicemen whose husbands are not in Medford now. All serv icemen and their wives are urged to attend, and join in a good, old-fashioned Hallowe'en cele bration. ' E. H. Hedrick, superintendent of city schools, announces an evening class in Spanish will be organized to meet in the Med ford high school on Tuesday and Thursday evenings of each week, from 7:30 to 9 o'clock. However. meeting dates may be changed to meet the convenience of the majority of those enrolling. First meeting will be November Z. The purpose is to give persons interested an elementary read ing and speaking knowledge of this language. The class will be handled by Miss Carol Snyder who is not only well equipped academical ly to handle the work, but has spent some time in traveling and study in Mexico, and is able to present the language from practical, usable point of view. A small charge will be made to help defray expenses. The amount to depend, somewhat, upon the number that enroll for it. Persons Interested In en rolling in the class should con tact Principal L. B. Mayfield at the high school, phone 4970. What's Doing at U. S. 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