Show POSTAL NOTES By Andrew J. J Judd Postmaster Over the United States the Post PostOffice PostOffice PostOffice Office Department has handled an unprecedented volume volume- of mail during t the h e present Christmas season Liter Literally mountains of parcels and rivers of letters have been received and sent from great distances and points nearby nearby nearby near near- by to far places and the next door neighbor Wonder Yonder what Benjamin Franklin Franklin Franklin Frank Frank- lin our first Postmaster General would have thought if he had walked into the main office of his old home town Philadelphia any my time during the two weeks Christmas 1958 No doubt he would have marveled at the postal bargains in effect Seven cents by air and four cents surface carrying a long personal message anywhere in inthe inthe inthe the United States also to the Army and Navy and Air Force bases overseas and to Canada and Mexico l What a buy indeed A far cry from the Pony Ex Express Express Express Ex- Ex press of 62 1860 and the horseback horseback horseback horse horse- back riders and river runners in inthe inthe inthe the days of the Continental Con Con- gress The modest part played by your Post Office in this gigantic operation has g go gone o n e smoothly Parcels received this year at our office in Manti lanti have been neat and sturdy well tied and well addressed better than ever before The same comment holds for Christmas letters and greeting greeting greeting greet greet- ing cards We Ve desire therefore to thank the patrons of this office for their splendid cooperation and to wish you all a happy healthful and prosperous New Year |