Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-11-08
CHRISTMAS
PARCELS
Christmas Gifts For The Men in The
Army And Navy Forwarded By
Help of Local Red Cross Chapter
Junior Membership-Yarn Shortage
Fruit Pits and Nut Shells Needed

Send your soldier cheerful letter
tonight and keep them going. If
you can't write cheerful letters talk
things over with the Homo Service
section of the American Red Cross.
They will give you information and
help.
Do not overlook details of Christ
mas labels. Christmas Cartons are to
be given out ONLY on presentation
Parcels when filled should be return
ed for inspection to the Red Cross
Christmas Headquarters where pro-
cured. Parcel Post rate to Hoboken
New Jersey is furnished by the send
er and is affixed in the presence of
tn inspector, Is cents the rate. In
the inspector, Is cents the rate. In
spector and placed en- the box accord
ing to the diagram Ends of the in
spection slip must not lap otherwise,
the parcel becomes first class mat
ter. The Government cares for the
transportation for the Christmas
Parcels beyond Hoboken, New Jer-
sey. Currency cannot be sent out
of the United States without order
from Federal Reserve Banks The
National Red Cross has agreed to
assist the War and Post Office De-
partments. through it's organization
1t is responsible only for the dis
tributing, inspection and depositng
with the local Post Office Depart
ment the Christmas Parcels Tt
therefore becomes the duty of every
one interested in having the Christ
mas Parcel Service prove success
and the soldiers overseas receive
gifts from relatives and friends. con-
scientiously to follow the regula-
tions made by the War and Post
Office Depar+ ments governing the
Christmas Parcel Service.
All Christmas Gifts to Navy men
to be governed by Navy regulations.
Navy men are not being neglected
N the general effort to provide
Christmas Presents for the fighting
men. When inquiries come to chap
ters regarding this service, the an
swer is that the navy Department
has a separate arrangement to en-
able men in that branch of the SER
vice on duty abroad to obtain holi-
law boxes from home folks. The re-
gulations governing shipping of
Christmas packages to sailors IN
home waters and abroad differ radi-
cslly from the rules that apply to
Army Parcels.
Packages forwarded by parcels
post for men in the Navy must COM
ply with the postal regulations and
should be enclosed in substantial box
es and with hinges or screw top COW
ers to facilitate opening and inspec-
ton. All boxes shipped by express
are limited to twenty pounds in
weight should measure not more than
two cubic feet in volume, be of wood,
well strapped and have a hinged or
screw top All mail matter should
be addressed as now prescribed by
the. postal regulations. All express
packages should be forwarded in care
of. the Supply Officer, Fleet Supply
Base 29th Street and Third Avenue,
South Brooklyn N. Y. No perish
able food products other than those
enclosed in cans or glass jars should
| be packed in parcels post or express
shipments. All packages must be
plainly marked with the name and
address Of the sender together with
a notation Indicating the nature Of
the contents such as christmas
Box" or christmas Present.. The
supply officer at New York will cause
each express package to be opened
and carefully examined to see that
nothing of an explosive or other dan
gerous character is forwarded. The
shipment of Christmas packages fol
u. S. Naval vessels abroad should
be made so as to reach New York as
early as possible and not later thar
November 18th.
Is your Junior membership 100 pei
cent? This means: all schools, pri
vate public and parcochial-organ-
lied Junior auxilliaries. The Lake
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