Milford chronicle., 1925-12-18
SHOP EARLY--MAIL EARLY

If Postmaster General New has
his way about it, Christmas Day this
year is going to be the biggest and
the best for all the employees of the
postal service and especially for the
ever-faithful letter carriers.
He has issued orders to postmas-
ters throughout the country that
their offices will be closed all day
Christmas except for the dispatch OF
special delivery letters and parcels
and special handling letters and par
cells.
In order that the vast army of
carriers and clerks may enjoy
Christmas Day to the fullest extent
with their families and friends, the
cooperation of every man, woman
and child in the United States will
be necessary.
Under the leadership Of the Post
master General, campaign is now
under way throughout the country TO
instill into the minds of everybody
the necessity for shopping and mail
ing early in order that there will be
as little congestion at the post oti1ces
as possible during Christmas week
and in order that both the sender
and receiver of gifts and remem-
brances may reap the happiness that
is contemplated by such an exchange
of presents.
once more the Post Office Depart
ment urges the American public to
do it's Christmas shopping and mail
ing early. If the shopping is done
now the buyer gets just what he or
she wants and if the gift is mailed
before December Is it is sure to
reach its destination in plenty of
time before Christmas Day.
The Post Office Department is
now in the midst of it's shop early, |
mail early campaign. All the Off
cials of the Department, starting |
with Postmaster General New, are !
determined that the thousands of
letter carriers and clerks employed |
by Uncle Sam are entitled and are |
going to have the very merriest and
happiest Christmas Day this year in
their history.
With this end in view, the Post
master General is urging on every
man, woman and child in the United |
States the absolute necessity for
shopping and mailing early and Of
ten. Only through the heartiest and
most nationwide cooperation on
the part of the general public will
the letter carrier and postal clerk be
permitted to enjoy Christmas Day
with his family and his friends
as all other American citizens will
be doing.
Attention of the public is called
to the fact that if you leave your
Christmas shopping until the very
last minute you get what other peo-
pie have left. There is no selection
of gifts from which to make your
purchases.
And it is likewise true that if you
put off your mailing until the very
last minute, the congestion that al
ways takes place at Christmas time
will be bound to delay the prompt
delivery of your gifts on the day in
tended by the sender.
To insure that your remembrances
will be in the hands of your friends
make your purchases early and turn
them over to the employees of the
postal sernive not later than Decem-
Der Is. By doing so you will be hap
by and those for whom they are in
tended will have nothing to interfere
with their happiness and joy at
Yuletide.
Widespread approval has greeted +
the recent announcement of the !
Postmaster General that there will Z
be no mail deliveries on Christmas !
Day. Z
Almost without exception the Am Z
erican public has agreed with the 4
inherent justice of the ruling which {
gives to the army of postal employ
ees some of the holiday privileges
enjoyed by others, but so long de-
MED them.
OF course the ruling applies only
to the coming Christmas, being in {
the nature of an experiment, the
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