Christmas Mail Big Job
Christmas customs of mailing
cards and gifts are headaches to
all post offices. Some worse than
•titers. The Kodiak post office this
yew by a quirk of time scheduling
•f the ship carrying Christmas
mail had its load lightened some
what. But the post office crew still
managed to keep busy.
Postmaster Briggs reports the
sale of stamps up for December
from that of last year by almost
GREETINGS....
A Cordial ‘‘Thank You”
For being our customer during
the Year, and a Hearty wish that
you and yours wilJ have
A BLESSED and BEAUTIFUL
CHRISTMAS
and a NEW YEAR ot Hopes Fulfilled
LaLandes Kodiak Bakery
Around the corner from the theatre
Phone 3454
at thi* Glorious Season
Holman Auto Mart
WITH VERY BEST WISHES
THE HOLIDAYS
BELMONT BAR
and
Log Cabin Liquor Store
$500. Outgoing mail was greater
this year than last. Incoming mail,
as stated, was spread out. The post
master anticipates more Christmas
packages and mail will arrive on
the ship leaving Seattle a few days
before Christmas. A sizeable
amount of Christmas mail is ar
riving daily on the PNA, however,
and is being distributed as fast as
it comes in. There have not been
too many long waiting lines this
year.
The present staff is well quali
fied to assist Kodiakans in sending
or receiving mail. Maurice Briggs
has been postmaster for the past
ten years or more, having assumed
charge in May of 1945. Mrs. Briggs
preceded him by a year as a postal
employee. Bill Lamme, the oldest
employee in point of service with
the exception of Mr. and Mrs.
Briggs is on his second “hitch”
with the local post office. He was
employed over two years, previous
to the trip that took him on a
world tour. He has been distribut
ing mail since his return about
fifteen months ago.
Betty Shupp is a familiar figure
at the window, she having worked
at the post office the past two
years. George Taylor, an employee
of only a few months, has had
seven years experience in post of
fice routine. Joe Floyd also works
there, during the rush periods.
If Kodiak had been named
Santa Claus, Alaska, the headaches
of the post office crew would have
been multiplied many fold. As an
instance, Santa Claus, Indiana, with
a population of only about 250
persons, has a volume of mail
cleared * through its post office
each Christmas season, which is
estimated to be around 3% million
pieces. Ft. Christmas, Fla., also
finds its volume far out oi propor
tion to its population of 200, with
some 300,000 pieces of mail to
handle.
BURSON IS PROMOTED
Joe L. Burson, chief clerk at the
U. S. Marine Corps recruiting of
fice at Albequerque, New Mexico,
has been promoted from sergeant
to staff sergeant.
Burson served here in Kodiak
for three years, having left here
in 1951. He also served at Pearl
Harbor. He is the son-in-law of
Mrs. Gertrude Berestoff, who re
sides here, having married her
daughter Helen.
POLICE SLOGAN
Lord, grant me steady hands, a
watchful eye, that none shall be
hurt as I, pass by.
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results.
A Simple, but genuine Yuktide wish
For A Happy New Year . . .
ELKS!
NEW YEARS EVE
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