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Show Post offices on wheels gear for "Spring Fever" Area residents may conduct postal business outdoors this spring, Postmaster Donald F. Keele said recently. "Our rural delivery vehicles function as post offices on wheels," explained Keele. "As rural customers catch 'spring fever', we'll be there to serve them." I Rural carrier services include stamp and money order sales, , parcel pickup and acceptance of registered and Express Mail. Business transactions are completed com-pleted on-the-spot, at delivery stops along each route. "These open-air post offices' are a world apart from their city counterparts," said Keele, "yet they bring a wide range of postal services right to your door." "Rural delivery developed a personal touch in its early days," he said, "bringing families food, newspaper, tobacco, dry goods and items that were otherwise hard to get. "Today, for some older residents who live in secluded areas, rural carriers serve as a lifeline to the outside world, bringing food to shut-ins shut-ins during emergencies or alerting the telephone company when a storm interrupts service." |