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Show Post Offices To, I Again Sell I Savings Stamps During the 1952-53 school year, the Roosevelt post office sold $489.75 in United States Savings Stamps of the 100 and 250 denominations, it was announced an-nounced yesterday by Postmaster, Postmas-ter, Arvin L. Bellon. "The Treasury Department has announced that it hopes by December 31, 1953, to add at least 1,000,000 more students to the 5,000,000 now in schools having the School Savings Plan. Anticipating the increased enrollment, en-rollment, which will result in Roosevelt's active thrift program, pro-gram, the post office has received re-ceived supplies of both stamps and albums during the summer and are fully prepared to continue con-tinue serving all our schools for their weekly "Stamp Days." Mr. Bellon stated. A recent report from the U. S. Savings Bonds Division in Washington shows that overall Stamp sales the past school year amounted to $14,931,000, an increase of $900,000 over the previous year. |