Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-03
LAST DATES FOR
CHRISTMAS MAIL
GIVEN OUT BY ,0

Dates for mailing Christmas par
cells from Waterville, in order that
they may be delivered before Christ
mas, in any part of the United
States. are announced by Postmaster
Brown as follows:
Dec. 1O-California, Washington,
Oregon and the Pacific coast states.
Dec. 12-Montana. Wyoming. Col
orado and the Rocky Mountain
States.
Dec. 14-North and South Dakota,
Minnesota. Mississippi. Illinois. Flor
ida. and the Middle West and South
ern states.
Dec. 17-New York, PENNSYLVANIA,
New Jersey. Delaware, Maryland and
Virginia.
Dec. 19-New England states.
Dec. 2O-Mail for purely local
delivery.
Service on Christmas Day
The Post Office Department an
nouEces that the same policy will be
followed this year as last, relative
to deliveries on Christmas Day, and
permitting employees to enjoy their
christmas dinner at home with
their families. and that IL o'clock A.
NJ. will be the closing hour.
Therefore. there will be no mail
deliveries after IL o'clock A. NJ, on
Christmas day. No city carriers will
be employed after that hour. and on
ly such number of clerks as are abb
solutely required to make tho reg
ular dispatches of first class mail and
newspapers, are receiving but not
working incoming mail.
Christmas Day will be observed as
a holiday on the rural routes. and
the rural carriers will make no de-
liveries on that day.
Patrons are urged to keep the
above information in mind. and to
cooperate fully in the campaign to
Shop and Mail Early for Christ
mas"
Christmas Natl
AS MANY substitutes are employ
ed during the Christmas season, who
lack the experience of the regular
employees, it Is absolute essential
that full and complete addresses be
given on all mail matter, including
both street and number. Over u ,OOO,-
600 pieces of mail matter were re-
ceived at the dead letter Offices last
year due to the failure OF senders
to address mail plainly and fully
and to place the name and address
of the sender on all mail.
Mail early. Mail during the fore
noon as far as possible. Our rush"
hours begin by o'clock p. NJ, in
normal conditions, and during the
Christmas season the Office is con-
gested at best. Don't add to II. Mail
early during the forenoon when we
can give you better service. Buy a
supply of stamps a week in advance
and you will avoid the long lines at
the windows. Note the letter drops
at the post office: one for outgoing
mail and one for local delivery, and
use them. This will often times gain
a delivery or an earlier train for
your mail matter. as 1t avoids one
preliminary handling. Have your
house numbers show on outside or
vestibule doors to aid substitutes in
delivering your parcels. Any mail
matter may be endorsed do not
Open Until Christmas" Do not en-
close any written or typewriter
matter in your parcels or cover the
strings or flaps with stickers or seals.
as this subjects your parcel post
matter to first-class rates. Insure all
valuable parcels. A fee Of but three
cents is charged to insure q parcel
up to s. In value. and but FIVE cents
up to $25 in value. II your parcel
contains Fragile" or 'Perishable"
matter. endorse II plainly to that eff
feet, and call the attention of the
clerk accepting the parcel to its
contents. that 1t may be handled ac-
cordingly.
Do these things and give your
aid to the greatest organized effort
that the world knows. namely.
handling successfully Uncle Sans
mountains Of Christmas mail.