Askov American., 1938-12-08
Christmas Mailing Explanation.

In the course of another week the
post office department will be taxed
to capacity with the annual Christ
mas rush; the general public can do
much in the way of cooperation by
mailing as many of their packages
as possible at an early date. This
year it must be taken into considera-
ton that Christmas day will be Of
ficially observed on December 26, so
there will be no service in the post
office that day. That means that all
mail should reach destination by
December % in order to insure de-
livery to the addressee by the eve
ming of December "a. Only special
delivery mail will be handled Decem-
Der 25 and December 26.
The postal department calls at
tention to the advantages of mail
ing Christmas greetings by first class
mail rather than by the third class
method. When greeting cards are
mailed first class they may contain
written messages, if the return ad-
dress is given on the envelope it will
be returned to the writer in case it
can not be delivered, if the addressee
has moved it will be forwarded to
the new address if known, if insult
ficiently addressed it will be given
directory service, in short every pos
sible effort will be expended to de-
liver first class letter. But none
of these services are rendered to third
class mail-greetings in envelopes
sent at the l 12-cent rate. If for any
reason third class Christmas greetings
can't be delivered on the first at
tempt, then they automatically &C
into the waste basket.
Statistics reveal that there are
millions of well meant messages that
end up in the basket instead of in
the home Furthermore third class
must not include any written mes
sage beyond the customary words
of Merry Christmas, etc.
Whether the envelope is sealed OF
not, does not make any difference
if it contains written message then
it must be sent at the first class rate
of 3 cents per ounce.
Buy your stamps in large quanti-
ties well in advance of the time that
you actually need them.
Almer Ecklund was business Wis
itor in Duluth yesterday.
Rasmus Petersen was a business
caller in Duluth yesterday.
Miss Dagmar Gravesen was Min
neapolis visitor during the first part
of the week.
Robert Good of Finlayson, started
the first of this week as clerk in the
Security State Bank.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul N. Froker were
in Centuria, Wis, Sunday for visit
at the home of his parents.
Henry Hyldahl has recently ter
minated another long season on the
Great Lakes. This year his boat TIED
up at Buffalo, N. Y, and he returned
to his home here Saturday.
Axel and Victor Jensen and Ejvind
Henriksen returned last week from
the corn husking fields of Iowa
Previous to the corn husking season
Victor had come from California
where he went about year ago.
Fred Andersen and family who
have occupied the former Nedegaarc
farm for some time, have recently
moved to the County Farm neal
Hinckley, which they will manage
their offer having been accepted by
the county commissioners.
At the Danish Sisterhood lodge
meeting yesterday afternoon the fol-
lowing officers were elected for the
ensuing year: Mrs. Chr. Hansen
president; Mrs. Chr. Hyldahl, vice
president; Mrs. Hans Lunde, secre.
tary; Mrs. Hans Koed, treasurer
Mrs. L. A. Paulsen, trustee; Mrs. v
Heininge, warden; and Mrs. Peter
Simonsgaard, guard.