The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-17
FIRST BIG TEST
OF PARCEL POST
Calumet Postoffice Preparing for
the Christmas Rush

Uncle Sam il now busily engaged an
preparing for the holiday SEASON. the
I first big test To which the parcel pos;
I system. mauguratcd almost one year
/ agu. is Go bc subjected Special in
/ structious are bciuG received at the
/ different possibilities as to the best
/ manner of handling the service, these
suggestions being submitted ny the
respective offices a short time ago.
The Calumet postof,icc has made ap p
plication for m appropriation To en-
gage sleigh during the great rush
/ the last eight day before Christmas
/ and there is little doubt the applica-
/ ton will be acted upon favorably An
Of tho substitute clerks and carriers
win bo ordered on duty as soon as they
are needed and II the force then Is
not sufficient the postmaster is en-
powered TO secure any additional hell
required
The department will shortly send to
/ the Calumet Office ana other postof
/ fees i'm this section large display cards
hearing suggestions and advice for the
U lI'lIiifi. N'fI-''llf lI''0f. VIII ~. I''Sl''i
/ loo Conspicuous places. Patrons win
he especially urged to make early shin 70
mcnt and to SEQ that the parcels are
securely wrapped It is "a custom OF
many patrons TO send Christmas par
/ Gals 40 the latest possible moment, so
/ that they will arrive az their deStiua-
! lions ON Christmas day. rather than a
/ Tow days before Christmas, and this
Ipractico is especially advised against
! hv tho department for in many cases
/ the method defeats its own object, ow-
/ ne to unavoidable delays i'm the mails
| due go congestion during the last few
/ days Inscriptions ON the outside Of
( a. parcel. DO Not open Until Christ .
, mas" coz words 60 that effect. do not
alter the classification of the mail, the
/ department has ruled, and patrons are
/ especially advised to despatch parcels
early So that under ordinary condi-
! lions they would reach their destina =
tions several days before Christmas,
and 60 write or paste such an in
scription on the parcel.
The parcel post delivery sleigh this
year promises to be veritablc Santa
/ claus emissary. There probably viii
he two carriers with the sleigh. one Ia
sort and the other to deliver the par
coils
Numerous Christmas parcels, dis.
patched to foreign countries are al.
ready ocug received At the Calume.
rostoncc Although two or three
weeks remain i'm which gifts bound for
most European countries may be dis
/ patched parcels bound for the Orient
! Australia. Philippine Islands. Japan
] China. India South America and Afri-
| ca should be on their way by this
tine. Nlthough naturally these latter
make up but a small proportion of the
mail handled by the Calumet postolficc
some Christmas parcels have already
/ been dispatched to these destinations
The custom heretofore observed in
/ the Calumet and some other postof
| fees of turning over 20 some charitable
/ institution the letters addressed t.
| Santa Claus. has been made perma :
; Nrnt 10y an order recently issued ~
! Postmaster General Rnrlcson Al
ready some of these have been rcceiv-
| cd. Every year a hundred or more
letters are entrusted to Uncle Sam fo'
delivery To the genial dispenser OF
TOYS by the cfnGding youngsters OF
! Calumet and vicinity.