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Show and inquired whether letters are censored in America. We quoted to him the postal manual: Sealed mail while in the custody of the Post Office Department is accorded absolute secrecy. No persons in the postal service except those employed for that purpose in dead-mail offices, may break or permit the breaking of any mailed matter without a legal warrant, even though it may contain criminal or otherwise unmailable matter, or furnish evidence of the commission com-mission of a crime. This regulation represents a liberty, almost unique in history, which rests solidly on the constitution con-stitution itself. Since the middle ages, when governments first began to operate op-erate the mails, the average citizen citi-zen of most nations had no assurance as-surance of privacy in the mails. Only with the birth of the American Am-erican Republic and the development develop-ment of other free nations, in countries has this right come into being. And even today, it is largely unknown in countries behind be-hind the Iron and Bamboo curtains. cur-tains. . The sanctity of the mails is one of these things which we, in America, too often take for granted. grant-ed. Our new citizens in America don't! Kit Carton. Mailman Did you know that the legendary legend-ary Western here, Kit Carson, was also a mailman? It was just about 108 years ago that Kit I Carson was dispatched with the. ! COPPERFIELD ' Madeleine Sanchez, Ph. 465 Copperfield LDS Branch Sunday Sun-day School is held at 10 a.m. and sacrament at 11 a.m. Everyone welcome. . , Johnny Moycda was a visitor of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Sanchez and daughters, Jeanne, Madeleine, Made-leine, Julie Ann and Jessie, Friday Fri-day evening. . Visitors last Wednesday evening even-ing of Martha Miya were Jeanne and Madeleine Sanchez, Rose Kawa, Barbara Hivama, Louise Watts and Isabel Menna. Light refreshments were served. Mrs. Wanda Miller and son, Ricky, of Bishop, Calif., are visiting visit-ing at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Hatt and family, Elaine, JoAnn, Beverly and Larry, for a week. JoAnn. Elaine and Beverly Hatt and nephew, Ricky Miller, enjoyed a ride to the valley Wednesday. Wed-nesday. Mrs. Wanda Miller was a din- ner guest of Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Man-uel Torres and family. Visiting Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gardikis of Salt Lake City, formerly of Copperfield, were Elaine, JoAnn' and Beverly Hatt. Margery Hiyama, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. Hiyama, came from California to spend George Washington holiday here. She left last Sunday afternoon to return re-turn to the coast. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Montoya of Kearns spent Monday evening even-ing visiting "with Mr. and Mrs. George Hatt and family. Mrs. Teddy Kawaguchi and Mrs. Royce Miya and .daughters, Joyce Ann and Christy, were visitors Tuesday of Mrs. Myra Kawa and children, Gordon, Lori and Randy, of Salt Lake City. A delightful dinner was served. |