Show Final week to mail for Christmas Postmaster L. Bellon warned today that Christmas mailings should be completed this All gift parcels for distant States should have been mailed by December 5 to Insure delivery before Christmas and those for local and nearby areas should be mailed not later than December GREETING CARDS for distant States should be mailed not later than December 10 and those for local delivery not later than December Bellon pointed out that many Christmas packages mailed by local patrons to out-of-state addresses last year failed to arrive in time for Christmas delivery because they were mailed too To avoid this same thing again tills the Post Office Department has designated earlier mailing deadlines and all local patrons are urged to mall their Christmas mail POSTMASTER Bellon emphasized that public cooperation is very essential in delivering the huge volume of holiday People who shop and mail early are the ones who make it possible for Christmas mall to be delivered on what it would be like if we were to get all the holiday mails the last week before he In addition to early the postmaster has several other suggestions which will help to insure delivery of your Christmas' malL he recommends using ZIP codes which help handle the mails help to identify receiving post offices when addresses are hard to and because ZIP coded mall receives less the cliance for damage is drastically ALSO PARCELS should be wrapped packed and addressed correctly and Include the address inside the package In case the address label is torn off or the wrapping comes To avoid standing Bellon suggests that parcels be brought to the post office before a. m. or between and p. m. TO AID PATRONS With their Christmas the Roosevelt Post Office will remain open until p. m. the next two Saturdays 12 and |