River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-12-31
Post Office Force
Has Christmas Off
After Record Month

Post offices throughout the United
States enjoyed their first Christmas
holiday last Friday, and from all re-
ports the innovation was a success in
every way.
For one thing, the announcements
which have been broadcast from
every radio station and in the metro
politan and rural press almost con-
stantly since last October, have re-
suited in a greater percentage OF.
presents and greetings reaching their
destination on time.
Heretofore Christmas day, ana
usually several days following, the
mails have been clogged with belatea
gifts and greetings. This year the
after Christmas mails have been nol
nal, indicating that practically all Of
the Uletide mailing had been done
early.
IN spite of the universal publicity
given to the Christmas closing of the
ration's post offices there were few
VINO apparently knew nothing about
it; in fact one person, attempting to
crash the gate" at the local office
was easily heard to Indignantly de-
clare "Why, the very idea, | never
heard of such thing; it must be a
lazy idea of the new postmaster.
The lobby remained locked because
to have opened it would have meant
aa impossible situation for the dis
patching clerk, who had to be ON the
job for the outgoing letters collected
from the door-slot and box outside
the office As no incoming mail was
distributed on Christmas day there
was no occasion for the admission Of
lock-boX patrons, who had until ten
O'Clock Thursday night to take ont
that days mail
Last Fridays schedule of clos
ing is that designated for all post of.
fee holidays, and it will be adhered
to in the future. New Years day i
a designated post Office holiday and
the office will be again closed as on
Christmas.
This years Christmas mailing was
OF record proportions all over the
country, and River Falls was no en-
ception One Of the best indications
of the amount of Christmas mailing
at the River Falls olfice is disclosed
by the sale of &c ard lie stamps, as.
with but very few exceptions, each
stamp carried an individual letter,
post card OF greeting card enclosed
(unsealed), so that the total OF
stamps very nearly indicates the
number of pieces sent.
This office, during the Christmas
mailing rush, sold forty-two thousand
&c stamps. and seven thousand FIVE
hundred lac stamps, besides about
5000 1c stamps (the latter presum-
ably used double, or slipped in for the
recipient to pay the other cent or
half cent at the other end). This in
dictates that a total of approximately
fly thousand letters and greeting
cards were mailed out of this office
during this period.
And it is highly probable that as
many or more were sent to this Office
for local distribution. Each city
carrier will admit that that total IS
only fraction of what he, aloae dis
hibuted).
The parcel post output here was al"
so no mean item, as those who lined
Up at the windows during most any
time of day during the rush prod
probably realize, No record is kept
of this, but by taking Sc as liberal
average per parcel (the bulk OF them
were from re to 8c) a conservative
estimate would be in the neighbour
r cd of seven thousand parcels.
And the post office force hopes YOU
III had real Merry Christmas