Show post office of r 1 ce sets record with 37 business busine SS nr w ill w m w ill lit ill lit business in december 1937 exceeded any other month on record the business for the year 1937 exceeded that of any previous ous ver ve I 1 postmaster J austin pack of tin IN roosevelt post office reported to day postal receipts tor for 1937 were for 1936 for 1935 the umber lumber of money orders issued for 1937 was and amount 1 issued the number of money order for 1936 was less than in 1937 but their amount was greater to talling U S savings bonds arid and postal savings certificates issued amounted to december increase the business at the post office or the month of december just massed assed exceeded that of any pro lous month on record there was i increase in postal receipts number and amount of money orders box rent collections collects etc there was a marked increase in the number of christmas cards mailed early in december the oost 0 ost office ordered eight thousand IS 11 cent stamps to be used in mailing cards believing the number ample but the supply was exhausted when about 83 85 per cent ce it of 0 the mailing had been completed in addition many cards we were mailed as letters with 3 cent stamps although there was a slight increase in the number of boxes zoen rented ted there are still a large number of local families who receive their mail in general delivery this greatly increases the work at the post office and results in much poorer service to the individuals concerned as well as is to the general public mr pack said it will require an increase of in the gross postal for the year 1938 to raise the roosevelt post office to the second class ragtag J |