New Britain herald., 1930-01-23
RECEIPTS
 GROWING RAPIDLY
SS5,755 Received at Local Office
 During 1929
BEST YEAR IN HISTORY
High School Meets Southinston
 Tomorrow Eyening-Fircmcn to Hold Annual Suppcr-TuneraI of
 Norman C. Sprague-Itcms.

Postmaster James l.. Usher of the | local post office stated today that q review of the year 1929 showed it to have been the most prosperous period in the history of the office. : The postal receipts for the year amounted to $3G,755, a gain Of Sl,- 40 or four per cent over the pre- Njous years figures. The office also i did a heavy business in money orders throughout 1929, making q ! saiu of five per cent.
 December proved to he the big i ~cst month in the year, the receipts ] being very high for the period. The l Christmas rush was much greater 1 than in previous years. The figures
 q. the office for the past eight
 years show that the postal receipts have been gaining steadily every year and that the money order bus
 mess is also increasing rapidly.
 The above statements prove that | the postal business in Plainvile is
 growing so fast that new building
 IS needed. At the present time the
 postal authorities at Washington
 plan 10 make q number of changes in the present building some time
 this year in order to provide ample
 facilities for the handling of mai for the time being. A special com. rlittee of the Chamber of CommcrSc was appointed during the past year to work towards the erection Of { new post office building.
 | Congress recently made an appro priation for public buildings whicl | included new post offices. PlalnVill' ! appears on the list of the town
 that will eventually be granted ncV office. This town IS nigh up on tn,
 list and will be one Of the first t' receive it's much needed building : IL will probably be about five year before actual construction on th . building is started.
 During the pass year business ad Nanccd so rapidly that PostnlaStC
 Usher deemed it necessary to cn v large the rural delivery service. Hi ] suggestion met with the sanction o { the postal authorities at Washington l and was immediately put into effect l Congressman F. Hart Fen
 recently recommended tho re appointment of Mr. Usher as post Q master. Mir, Usher closes eigh years of service in the local offic T in the latter part of February. II
 has had the distinction of servin under three presidents. His staff ( p clerks and letter carriers are know for their efficiency and good scrvic
 Funeral of Norman Spraguc , Funeral services for Norman
 Sprague, aged 64, Of 40 Forestvil
 avenue, we'll known Mason and faC
 tory superintendent who died yesteI
 day morning following q lingerin Y illness. will be held tomorrow af ; Rev, w. F. Davis, pastor of the Fol , estville M. F.. church, will officiat '' Burial will be in West cemetery. :. Party Successful
 = A large crowd attended the car - party held last evening in the basC
 llEllL Ol llIc lllUGCIl Ol ouG l4duN
 Mercy under the auspices Of fl N Ladies' Aid society. The party w. u one of q series that is being he. ' during the winter months by the s' ciaty. At the end of the series grar D. prizes will be awarded.
 T. The winners last evening were
 follows: First, ladies' whist, Mr III Linn; first, mems whist, Rev. Augu