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Show POST HASTE by 3. R. Mills, Postmaster This is the time of year when those beautiful brown envelopes from the Department of Internal Revenue start coming through to Pleasant Grove residents. Of course there are a lot who haven't as yet filed their income tax, and of course, they can't be expecting a refund check. Those who have filed and haven't have-n't yet received their refund; Te-member Te-member please, it is going to take another two or three months before all refunds are completed. When yours arrives here you can be sure it will be delivered promptly. In a recent radio newscast the announcer described an incident concerning an elder retired business busi-ness man in a New England town who received his mail in care of general delivery at his local post office. One day a postal clerk told him there was a letter for him on which 3 cents postage due was required due to its being overweight. over-weight. The older man couldn't understand under-stand why more postage was needed need-ed since the letter had already al-ready arrived at its destination. The more the clerk explained, the more confused and angry the man became. Finally the man left, livid with anger, stating Chat the letter let-ter could stay in the post office forever before he would pay additional ad-ditional postage. At length the letter was sent to the dead letter office inasmuch as "there was no return address on the envelope. There it was opened and found to contain $640.00 in currency. With the currency was an unsigned note explaining (that it came from a former employee who had secretly "borrowed" that amount 25 years before, and was now paying the involuntary "loan" toi ease his conscience. Of counrse the old man finally paid the 3 cents and got his money, but he came close to allowing a very little thing to almost rob him of something of far greater value. It's the little things that count! |
