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Show cally opened May 1-June 30. "During the drive every American Ameri-can will be urged to buy extra savings bonds, join the Bond a Month plan at his bank, or the Payroll Savings plan where he works. "As much as our ability to defend ourselves, the protection of our freedom depends , upon our ability to maintain a sound national economy without which we could not long survive. Investment In-vestment by each one of us in Savings Bonds is a contribution to the security of our country as well as to our individual security." U.S. Postal Workers Battling Time on Year Round Basis The habit of clock-watching on the job is usually considered an undesirable trait; however, in the Postal Service there is no objection ob-jection to keeping an eye on the clock, according to Postmaster D. It. Trevithick. At face value this statement seems to be self-contradictory, but the postmaster points out that the entire postal service is geared to the arrival and departure depar-ture of planes, trains, star, routes, and various other means of moving mov-ing the mail on a twenty-four hour schedule. For this reason, postal employees are comstantly working against time, with one eye on the clock, in an effort to connect as much mail as possible. pos-sible. To some cities or areas there are several dispatches each day from Salt Lake City, Utah, while to others there is a daily dispatch only. If mail is not deposited in time to be cancelled, sorted, and sent on its way, particularly to the cities where only one dispatch dis-patch a day is provided, it is delayed de-layed twenty-four hours in delivery. de-livery. Postmaster Trevithick says that mail which misses dispatch to Fillmore, Manti, Mount Pleasant, Pleas-ant, Cedar City, St. George, Pan-guitch, Pan-guitch, and Kanab is delayed 24 hours, as mail to these cities is sent off only once a day. Also, there is only one dispatch to parts of northern Idaho and Montana. "Patrons, and especially business busi-ness concerns, who mail fre- quently to the same city should know the best time to deposit their mail in order to avoid missing important dispatches. An early dispatch will, in some cases, result in mail arriving at its destination in time to be delivered de-livered the same day, while a later dispatch may result in mail arriving too late, thus necessitating necessitat-ing an extra day for delivery," says the ' postmaster. Everyone is interested in the most expeditious handling of his mail. Important dispatch information, infor-mation, available on request from all post offices, should therefore be obtained and used. Mailing early in the day is always al-ways helpful. If dispatch times are known, mail may be scheduled sched-uled to meet these dispatches, often saving many hours in delivery. de-livery. . Local dispatch information and schedules may be obtained without charge by calling DA 8-2911, Ext. 349. |