The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-12-01
POSTMASTER GIVES.
FOR
| CHRISTMAS MAiLiNG1
Valuable Suggestions Offered by
Columbia Postmaster To Aid
Better Mail Delivery

value to all postal patrons, and
which win be welcomed by postal
employees who have to contend
with the heavy seasonal rush near
Christmas time, which ( makes
rough going for all clerks and car
riers. Failure to mail promptly, to
address mail correctly to postof-
fee or RID box can result in delay
and much difficulty on the part Of
postal employees to make delivery.
Mrs. Brickhouse says in her let
ter the following:
~ wish that / might have the
opportunity to visit each postal pa
tron to sit down to talk over our
postal benefits to each Of you, in
large cities the postmasters have
the opportunity to appear over tel
evision and radio; we are in the
rural towns and communities and
the only way we have to visit is
by the papers and by mail.
zone of the busiest seasons which
we have in the post office is the
approach to the Christmas season;
you are just as important to each
postal employee as the patrons in
any large city or in the remotest
places. All postal patrons are en-
titled to the very best service pos
sible and the best that your post
office and rural carriers can give
you. would like to call to your
attention several important sugges-
tons which will help you to get
better service and which will help
your rural carrier and postal clerks
in many ways. When you prepare
your Christmas cards for mailing,
remember to address them clearly
with the correct address, proper
postage; unsealed cards will re-
qaire a 8 cent postage stamp and
sealed which is first class mail will
require a A cent postage stamp,
sealed first class mail entities you
to have your mail returned to you
in case it is not delivered in case
you have your return address on it.
each patron has been given or
left in the mail box a supply OF
important labels; these labels give
you the opportunity to separate
your out-of-town and local mail in
correct bundles, placing a label on
each package of mail to show
whether it is for out-of-town or
for local delivery; too, while you
are making a separation OF the
mail for out of town and local,
turn all your stamps and addressed
envelopes up to face them out-you
have no idea how much time this
will save your rural carrier or pos
tai clerk and also it may mean
the difference in getting your mail
dispatched out on the first dispatch
of mail and no delay will be made.
The Post Office Department is anx-
ious that each piece of mail be
dispatched out on the very first
dispatch that is available, we do
all that we can to get this mail
out but unless we have adequate
time sometimes this may be i'm
possible.
christmas cards should be mail
ed out by December 10th if they
are going out of town and local
mailing should be done by Deem
Der 16. If the mailing of these
cards can be made by these dates,
it gives the postal clerks and rural
carriers plenty of time to get the
cards properly delivered to the ad-
dressee.
zone of the most important
things to remember in addressing
any class of mail is to correctly
address it, showing street number,
or route number, box number and
place-town and states where ad-
dl-aseed for delivery and by all
means remember to always place
your return address on any piece
of mail that you mail, regardless
of what it is.
"Now when you are mailing par
cells or returning a parcel to
company you may place the letter
of instructions inside, providing
you tell the rural carrier or the
postal clerk that you have placed
a letter inside of the parcel. Il
will take cent stamp on the
outside of the parcel to pay the
postage on the written letter OF
instructions on the inside of tht
parcel. So if you want to put youl
letter inside of your parcel BE
SURE TO INFORM YOUR RU
RAJ CARRIER or postal clerl
that you have put a letter on thu
inside of the parcel.
| "Your rural carrier and you
postal clerks are always ready t
help you in any way so do not hes
tate to call on them if you meet
information or help in your posta
problems and your Christmas mai
packages which you are anxiou
about for anyone in your family
child or adult-just let thin know
all Of us are anxious to help you
We are your postal employees s.