Show Salt Lakers Scurry Around Fixing Minute Last-Minute Details Salt Lake City had a bad case of last Saturday as thousands of Salt Lakers scurried around making final arrangements arrangements arrangements arrange arrange- ments for Christmas Sunday Weary Yeary clerks in downtown stores Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day afternoon were eagerly watching the clock Stores were due to close at regular hours hours and and that's after a week of late hours However shoppers were still in there pitching in the aisles of the downtown stores Saturday afternoon There are always people of course who never do their Christmas shopping early And these unlucky folks were engaged in a sort of frenzied battle with time Odds and Ends Much uch of the merchandise was odds and ends The Christmas gift lines in many of the stores were depleted depleted and and it was take what you can get and be thankful for most customers Carols continued to fill the downtown air Many of the offices in downtown buildings build build- ings were ings-were were closed closed and and many of the offices were open just for yuletide parties There was a holiday air in the state capitol capitol capi- capi capitol tol the federal building and the city and county building For the first time in weeks tho the windows in the Salt Lake post office were not clogged by harried Christmas shippers Incidentally outgoing first class mail was 4 over last years year's total total and and fourth class parcel post was 20 over the 1948 volume Banks were open to 1 pm p.m. Saturday Saturday- and that was good for the wives Some wives were putting the bite on husbands for last- last minute loans to stem them over the Christmas Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas season The Christmas cheer business in Salt Lake was also rushing Saturday State con trolled liquor stores will be open until 11 pm p.m. Saturday Mailmen a a trifle tired in the feet were feet were trudging through the snow Saturday delivering delivering delivering deliver deliver- ing their last batch of Christmas cards to Salt Lake residences Merry Holiday Sunday will be a merry holiday for all Salt Sal t Lakers Lakers but but t the mailmen will especially appreciate the day While parents bustled around in a last- last minute effort to get their Christmas shopping done Salt Lake children were taking no chances They were being as good as they could be They were ere taking no chances on Santa Claus Glaus passing by their chimney late Saturday night |