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Show MAIL EARLY FORCHRISTHAS With the Christmas holiday nearly here, a reminder to local residents to mail early and receive re-ceive reasonable assurance of . safe, timely delivery of Xmas parcels and greetings was renewed re-newed this week by Postmaster Earl T. James at Bingham Post Oltice. Suggestions helpful both to . mailers and postal officials confronted con-fronted with the task of handling a heavy volume of holiday mail were made as follows: Purchase stamps in advance of rush and prepay postage fully on all mail. Wrap and tie packages with good quality paper and cord. Address plainly and completely, com-pletely, preferably in ink. Include In-clude return address in upper left corner. A slip containing the name and address of sender as wejl as the addressee should be placed inside all parcels. . A 3c stamp on greeting cards permits sealing, written messages, messag-es, forwarding if addressee has moved . and first class handling , . of the piece. A 2c stamp will carry cards, not exceeding two ounces, as third class mail, unsealed un-sealed and without unauthorized writing inclosed. You can help expedite your Xmas . cards if you will separate . those for local delivery from those for out of town delivery and arrange them so that the addresses ad-dresses all face one way. They may then be tied in bundles witn ' one of the labels being placed on top of each bundle to indicate indi-cate whether or not local delivery deliv-ery is involved. Local postmen will deliver one of the above mentioned labels to every home in the area next week, Mr. James said. In addressing Darcels and cards to children it would be greatly appreciated and most helpful if such be addressed to the child in care of his parents so as to aid - postal officials in delivery. In this community where many last names are the same it is sometimes some-times hard to determine who the intended . person is, Mr. James " said. Mailing deadlines issued to insure in-sure delivery in time for Xmas are as follows: to eastern states, as soon as possible; west coast by December 8th and intermountain area by December 15th. Greetings Greet-ings for local delivery should be mailed at least a week before Christmas. . . ... ' |