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Show RURAL j DELIVERY By Arvin L. Bellon Roosevelt Postmaster This year marks the 60th year for Rural Free Mail Delivery in the United States. Originally begun as an experiment, the R.F.D. has grown over the years into one of the most successful and intimate contact with the public that the post office has. About 11 families are served from the Roosevelt office by R.F.D. and in the state of Utah more than 80,000 persons receive this type of service on the 57 rural routes operating in the state. From the very' beginning the rural, carrier was more than just a mailman. He became a traveling post office. He sells stamps, makes out money orders, and ' conducts other post office business. He is, in fact, a post office on wheels. Patrons can do much to aid the carrier and improve their service by placing returns on mail and advising correspondents of their correct address, by having visitors visit-ors mail come in care of the regular regu-lar patron, by purchasing stamps in advance, and by providing regulation regu-lation boxes with their name printed print-ed on them. Serving on Roosevelt's two rural routes at the present time are Harold W. Sprouse, a veteran I of eight years postal, service and Elmer J. Richman, a veteran of 17 years postal service. ; New Signs New signs have just been placed on lobby desks stating that the ball point pens are property of the United States Post Office and penalty for theft is $500 fine and or one year in prison. (Pretty expensive pens!) |