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Show Local Postal Service Increased Over National Average Cedar City pos'. office is exceeding ex-ceeding the nati'-nal average in increased mailing of Christmas cards and packages, it was revealed re-vealed this week by Rulon Wood poet master. Nation-wide increases have been estimated at between two and five per cent over last year, he stated, while an Increase for the period Oct. 17 to Dec. 12 at the Cedar City post office has Increased In-creased 12. Receipts for the period indicated indi-cated increased from $12,826.32 in 1958 to $14,331.70, he said. The Post Office Department once again plans to deliver all Christmas mail prior to Christmas Christ-mas Day as it has for the past several seasons, Postmaster Wood noted, urging local mailers mail-ers to cooperate with the post office by mailing Christmas cards and packages as soon as possible. Postmaster Wood also expressed express-ed his thanks to local patrons for their splendid cooperation this season. Parcels have been well packed and plainly addressed, address-ed, and mailing of Christmas cards which have been faced and segregated Into in and out-of-town bundles, has saved labor la-bor and expedited dispatch, he stated. Patrons were also reminded of the varied rates for International Air Mail. The postmaster suggested sug-gested that "if you do not know the rate please ask postal employees em-ployees so there will not be unnecessary un-necessary delay in dispatch, as this mail must be prepaid at proper pro-per rate before dispatch." Air mall to Great Britain, Germany Ger-many and France is 15 cents per half ounce. Most South American ; countries are 10 cents per half t ounce. Special air letter sheets can be , . sent to most of these countries for 10 cents, he said. |