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Postage On Christmas Cards Will Be More New Rates Set Out By Post Office Its going to be slightly more ex pensive this year for the citizens to express their Christmas senti ments. Postmaster John Finley explain ed today that new postal regula tions say you can't say "Merry Christmas" through the mail under anything smaller than a two-cent stamp. In brief, the postal people have lowered the boom on the odd 1% cent sentiment. It takes a two cent stamp for unsealed envelop es. That also goes for the off-size postcards. ± The only kind of card you can send through the mail under a one cent stamp i9 the regulation size like those sold at the post offices. And if you want to send your greetings .in those itty-bitty un sealed envelopes, it'll cost you three cents postage. Specifically that's what it takes for an envelope less than four inches long and three inches wide. Not that the post office folks don't like small fry as such. It's simply that the tiny envel ope won't pass through the sand ard stamping machines. They have to be stamped by hand. As for Christmas parcels, don't try to send your friends any tasty little dish that's liable to spoil before the postman can de liver it. The post office won't accept it for mailing, anyway. Postmaster Finley says: If your gift is perishable but won't spoil before it reaches its destination it must be endorsed by postmasters, or postal employees with the word "Perishable" right over the name of the person to whom it is addressed. If you forgot Aunt Sally on Christmas Eve, you can, of course, rush her gift off by air mail. But don't try to send her an ice box or something that way. The postmaster reminds us that air-mail packages sent fourth-class cannot be any bigger than 100 inches long and wide combined. And, if they're first class or fourth-class mail, they can't weigh more than 70 pounds. ■ As for what else you can mark on your packages besides your friend's name and address and your own address, you may write: "Please do not open until Christ mas." You can send simple greetings inside packages going third or fourth-class mail (parcel post, that is). You can slip in a card saying "Merry Christmas." 'Happy New Year," or "With Best Wishes," for You can also write an inscrip tion in a book going by third or fourthlclass mail—"Merry Christ mas, 1949," "To Mary from John," or something in that order. But if you slip in even a very short letter Or personal message in your parcel, be prepared to pay the same postage you'd pay if the parcel were one big letter. That perfect gift that you fin ally found after tramping miles through dozens of stores may never | reach your friend, if you just slap i the wrapping around it, or use I weak cord and flimsy paper that j won't stand the gaff of the Christ mas rush. ! If you want to seal them, be sure you put the printed parcel post i sticker reading: ' "Contents: Merchandise — Post master: This parcel may be opened ; for postal inspection, if necessary." On the outside wrapp:ng with your name and address. Without the i printed sticker, the package must be tied and left unsealed. To save time in the usual Christ j mas rush at the post office, buy ; your stamps far in advance. Besides air mail there are the special delivery and special hand ling to get your gifts delivered in the fastest possible time. To get special handling service for your fourth-class package— and only fourth-class—will cost an Sep £*6U COTTAGE CHEESE in beautiful ANCHOR HOCKING new- style ROLY POLY CjlaUU! 13 ounces and for only.. 8 TOPS Am $1.69 sixteen piece breakfast set A Z u R I T E H E A T P R 0 0 F Securely Packed in Individual Boxes an ideal Xmas gift! Ask your Coble dealer COBLE DAIRY PRODUCTS, INC. extra fee beyond the usual postal rate. For instance, for packages weighing up to two pounds, you pay 13 cents extra. The Post Office closes £hese re minders by sending you this mes sage : "Merry Christmas." Prepaid of course. Judge J. Will Pless and the Rev. •J. Ralph Clontz have been appoint ed chairmen of this area for the Davidson College Development Pro gram. The Western. North Carolina program opens with a dinner in Asheville Thursday night, Decem ber 1. All alumni, parents and friends' of the college in this section are! invited to attend. With President; John R. Cunningham as principal speaker, there will be no charge for the dinner and no obligation dur ing the meeting. Also on the program will be a showing of a sound-color movie on life at Davidson and musical selec tions recorded by the Davidson j Male Chorus and Concert Band. Pless And Clontz Named Chairmen Of Davidson Home Demonstration Club Schedule The program theme of Home Demonstration clubs during the month of December will be "Re creation," Miss Elsie Garrett, coun ty agent, said in announcing the schedule. Meetings arranged to date are as follows: Old Fort, two o'clock, December 1, home of Mrs. Cody Porter. Pleasant Gardens, 7:30 p. m., December 1, home of Mrs. J. H. L. Miller. North Marion, two o'clock, De cember 6, office. Cherry Springs, two o'clock, De cember 7, community building. Nebo, 7:30, December 8, home | Mrs. James Parks. Dysartsville, two o'clock, Decern- J ber 9, home of Mrs. Bruce Cowan, j Glenwood, 7 p. m., December 13,1 Methodist church. Providence, 7:30, December 14,; oiiice. i White Pine, 7:00, December 15,' home Mrs. Fred Searcy. Bethlehem, two o'clock, Decern- j ber 15, lodge hall. Turkey Cove, two o'clock, De cember 19, home Mrs. H. G. Wash-i burn. Frad.y Rites Held Tuesday At Montford Cove James Columbus Frady, 63, resi dent of the Montford Cove sec tion, died at the home of a daught er, Mrs. Paul Marlowe, Ruther Ifordton, route 1, Sunday at 9:25 p. m. Funeral services were held Tues day at 2:30 p. m. in Montford Cove Baptist church with the Rev. Millard Hall in charge. Burial was in the church* ceme tery. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Mattie Parker Frady; one son, W. Harold Frady of Forest City; three daughters, Mrs. Ralph Bradley of Forest City, Mrs. Joe McAfee and Mrs. Marlowe of Rutherfordton, route 1; 15 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; one brother, i George Frady of Rutherfordton, ! route 3, and one sister, Mrs. A. J. I j Wilkerson of Marion, route 2. jPvt. Roy Poteat Transferred Fort Bennjng, Ga.—Pvt. Roy D. Poteat, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Poteat, Marion, has been transfer red to the 703rd Ordinance Co., Third Infantry Division. Pvt. Poteat, a graduate of Glen wood High School, enlisted in the amy in July 1949. New License Plates To Go On Sale Today Raleigh, Nov. 24—North Caro lina's motor vehicle license plates for 1950 will go on sale December jl. Motor Vehicle Department offi cials said today the tags will be sold here and at 70 branch offices. The deadline for displaying the new black plates with yellow let ters will be January 31. Tuberculosis can be found early, before there are outward symp toms, by means of chest X-rays. Tu berculosis associations, whose work is supported by Christmas Seal funds, urge every adult to have a chest X-ray at least once a year. Try a Progress want ad. Henry Speaker At Rotary Meet S. T. Henry, editor of the Tri C-ounty News at Spruce Pine, de- j scribed the growth and develop ment of mica and feldspar mines in j Spruce Pine at the weekly lunch-1 eon meeting of the Rotary club last i Friday. j N. B. McDivitt, Jr. of Asheville; was a visiting Rotarian and F. R.! Blaisdell, of Asheville, was the j guest of Reese Snyder. Andrew j Tainter, III was the guest of D. W.\ Tainter. j i Old Maid's i Convention i The Gler Arood Parent-Teacher i association will sponsor an "Old j Maid's Convention" on Friday, j December 2 at 7:30 p. m. j Bulbs of daffodils, tulips, hya cinths, bulbous iris and crocus should be in the ground by mid-j November. And Ididn't .need -my doctor^ report to te'f we ^ teacher /0a£e yZ'ur Qtvn G4MEL \ M/IDMSSS TEST/ Land Deeds, Mortgage Deed#, Chattel Mortga ges, State Warrants, Trespass Notices, Etc., for sale at THE MARION PROGRESS office. N . ^ p——^ Uimik CHRISTMAS QFIS Always welcome lingerie and hosiery gifts for everyone , . from teen to granny-age! Sheer nylons, snug wool socks, luxuriously quilted robes, lacy slips and gowns . . all at little-money prices! Robinson's Clothing Store 13 West Court St. L)uis Next Door to Marion Theatre
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