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Terrace Bay News, 31 Mar 1971, p. 9

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MARCH 31, 1971 TERRACE B AY NEWS . Code: POSTAL GODE -- Cont'd from page 8 ccceee their mail according to Area Designators, may qualify for re- duced rates, much like those now in effect for third class matter. The Code will also benefit people doing market research, census analyses, data gathering, etc, It car be used to determine where business is heavy and where it is light. Quite simply, it divides the country up into nice tidy areas which make it a boon te survey takers and the like. Comparisons - The Postel Code differs from the U.S. Zip vhere the postal Code is a combination of six letters and numbers, the Zip Code consists of five numbers. Because the use of numbers restricts the Code to ten characters (0 to 9) in each position, the Canadian version is much more flexible in the first, third and fifth positions of the Code where letters are used. Seweral letters have been rejected because of their similarity with numbers or other letters, but there are still twenty letters to choose from in these positions. The entire Zip Code only gives as much information as is found in the Area Designator portion (the first three characters) of the postal Code. In other words, the Zip Code only describes an address down to a rather large section of a city, or a large rural area, while the postal Cede, by means of the local Designator portion (the last three characters) brings it right dewn to a specific building, or ene side of a city street between intersections, or, in rural areas, a specific post office. The Postal Code resembles more closely the British Post- code, but there are differences in structure: The British Postcode can vary from 5 to 7 characters; the Canadian Postal Code always has six; The British Post- code does not always have its letters and numbers in the same sequence; the Canadian Postal Code is very rigid in this respect: letter, number, letter, space, number, letter, num- ber. 5 Model-300 PRE SEASON = soon ES il MITCHELL - : REELS ow 23% ALL YOU NEED TO sch THAT BIG ONE AT YOUR FISHING TACKLE HEAD QUARTERS CEBRARIO'S HARDWARE & BUILDING SUPPLIES 5% THE KINSMEN CLUB £5 # OF SCHREIBER %g HAM & CASH BINGO plus a Jackpot IN THE SCHREIBER TOWN HALL AT 8:00p.m., Monday, April Sth. ALL RESIDENTS OF ROSSPORT, - TERRACE BAY AND SCHREIBER ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN AN EVENING BINGO LOCAL MAN ATTENDS SECRETARY SCHOOL Chuck Foreman, Secretary of the Loyal Order of the Moose Lodge, number 1752, in Terrace Bay, had the privilege of attending Secretary School in Aurora, Illinois, which is the centre of Mooseheart. Those attending were given in all 30 hours of con- tinuous training, enabling them to learn to cope with various aspects in administration and public relations. Chuck was able to see first hand, Mooseheart, which is the home for children of Moose members. bereft of one or more parents and he also saw Moosehaven, a home for retired people of the Lodge. SAFETY COMMITTEE HOLD SOCIAL EVENING Terrace Bay, Phone- 3224; Schreiber, Phone-2511 di The Safety Committee of the Carpenters and Pain- ters pooled their safety money to entertain their crews and ladies at a social evening at the Curling Club on Saturday night. Prior to the gals joining them, the carpenters chal- lenged the painters fo a curling game and the carpen- ters came out on top. Dave Gunter's rink of Bill Guiger, Jack Winters and Art Mercure won the tropy, with Jack Wellings skipping the runners-up, including Sax Lundberg, i Continued on Page 10 coeas

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