The Crosbyton Review (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 53, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 31, 1964 Page: 4 of 8
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Postmasters-
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Bassett was the first postmaster
here, a fact little known by mosi
residents. He said, “In order to
get a Post Office here the C. B.
Livestock Company sent out .»
lot of advertising in order to in-
crease the amount of mail re-
quired to establish a Post Offict-
here.”
He said he hadn’t had to pur-
chase the fixtures here, as had
Mrs. Brashear and Mrs. Sager.
The post office paid $5< a monin
rent for building and fixtures. It
was located on the south side ot
the square before being moveu
to the present location in the
1920’s. He said the post office
department hopes eventually to
get a new building here.
Mrs. Sager pointed out, "The
growth of any city affects the
growth of the post office. The
growth of the popst office. The
the Las Vegas post office comes
from “the Strip" and gambling
casinos because they send out so
much advertising material.”
Among the expepritnees they
have shared have been handling
strange items mailed. Mrs. Sa-
ger said, “People sent turtles,
frogs, young alligators, chame-
leons. angleworms and lady
’ bugs. The lady bugs were for
their gardens as beneficial in
sects. Then, of course, we some-
times found someone had mail-
ed wheat, which wouldn’t be
picked up and would spoil,
creating quite an odor.”
Mrs. Brashear said, “One time
1 opened up a sack of parcel
post and found molasses, which
someone had mailed, had spilled
all over everything. They’ll also
mail beans and similar things
often.”
Littlefield said, “The general
public expects the Postmaster to
know everything. . .to be a book
of information.”
They had each found that the
Postmaster frequently has to de-
liver leath messages, find lost
uncles and listen to the prob
lems of the customers. They
found that people who don’t gei
a letter but once every six mon-
ths still come to the post office
almost every ray.
Stamp collectors frequently
mail packages or letters to the
postoffice to be stamped and
mailed back for the cancelled
stamp or postmark.
Postmasters must watch met-
ered mail, such as mailed from
banks, to see that the date is
correct. In the event the business
sending metered mail has for-
gotten to change the date, the
* Post Office department has to
cancel it with the correct date.
Mrs. Brashear pointed out that
customers sending off insurance
premiums or income tax checks
late sometimes ask that it be
"back-dated." She stressed that
this is not permitted.
This led to a discussion of
tampering with mail, which is a
federal offense. Littlefield re*
membered the time someone
tried to get into the local post
office and beat in the side of the
building trying to take the win-
dow out. Someone heard the
commotion and started to go to
the jail after the sheriff, but the
attempted burglars were scarea
away.
Mrs. Sager recalled a theft
while she was Postmaster and a-
lone in the post office. She said,
“This was a case of a little
theft and you don’t realize it un
. til you see it actually nappen. 1
watched as some person opened
his own box, stuck his arm
through and began taking the
mail from the next box. 1 grab-
bed his arm, but he was strong-
er than I and pulled away and
left. Since I was inside 1 didn't
see who it was.”
Littlefield commented that one
man had been sent to the peni-
entiary three times for , stealing
checks and is currently in pri-
son for the same offense.
Mrs. Brashear recalled that
someone once stole the mail foi
the Petersburg bank. Any mail
theft calls for immediate federal
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investigation and is almost al-
ways recovered, they agreed.
Mrs. Sager pointed out one in-
cident which involved careless^
ness. The clerks brought in the
mail from a mall drop on the
street which was next to a bank
deposit drop. When they piled it
on the able they found someone
had dropped a group of bills in-
to the mail drop rather than into
the night depository drop. This
was corrected right away, she
added.
They each felt that some fun
was necessary or the work could
become monotonous. An occa
sional joke provided diversion
and “ciphering" the handwriting
on some mail was another source
of amusement. Mrs. Brashear
said sometimes everyone work-
ing in the post office would gat-
her round to figure out an ad-
dress. Olen said that occasion-
ally he had to “pigeon hole” it
for a day or two, then look again
and it usually came to him at
first “second” glance.
Mrs. Brashear mentioned one
woman who came to the window
and asked her to please tell her
how to spell National Bella Hess,
a catalog. The woman said she
could spell the rest of the ad-
dress and she had written, “Kan-
cis."
Littlefield pointed out that let-
ters to the J. 1. SeibeTS were ad-
dressed "Pa and Ma.” Mrs. Sei-
ber was Postmaster before Lit-
tlefield. Letters to Ruth Snider
and Nelda Cannon, former resi-
dens, came addressed just “Ruth
and Nell.”
Mrs. Sager recalled that Wil-
bur Clark, owner of a hotel on
“the Strip” in Las Vegas, once
received a letter which had no
address except a picture of Clark
pasted on the envelope. She said
there was a club in North Las
Vegas named “The Tail of the
Pup.” A letter came with the
name of the person to whom it
was intended and a picture of a
big tail on the front and a pic-
ture of a pup on the back.
They stated that sometimes
people try mail tricks just to see
if they will work. Tor instance,
someone in New York mailed a
letter with a drawing of a stamp
on it instead of the real thing.
It was handled by ar.y numbei
of postol employees along tht
way before it was noticed in Las
Vegas.
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DEAN HEFNER HOME
Dean Hefner, who is with the
Small Business Administration
in Washington, D. C., arrived
Dec. 23 to spend the Christmas
holidays here with his parents,
Mr and Mrs. O. B. Hefner. He
will return to Washington Sat
urday.
Mr. and Mrs. Hefner and Dean
Hefner spent Christmas in Lub-
bock wifn the Joe Murray Hef
ner and the Neal Hefner fami
lies. They also visited in Ama
rillo with O. B. Hefner s mother
Mrs. Addie Hefner, and his sis-
ters.
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A family Christmas celebra-
tion was held Christmas Eve at
the Pioneer Memorial Building.
Attending were Mr. and Mrs.
Tillman Reeves and Melinda,
Mr. -and Mis, Griffin Odom and
Andrea, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Roberson, Mr. and Mrs. Tad Rob-
erson and Kay of Dallas, Mrs.
Elzie Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Dee
Collier, Mr. and Mrs. David Col-
lier, Mike and Sharon, Mr. and
Mrs. Billy Collier, Lisa, Jerry and
Jimmy of Stanton, and Mr. and
Mrs. Tommy J. Roberts and Kel-
ly of Lubbock.
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Max Gallimore—
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Miss Johnson pointed out the
changes made by Mrs. John
Kennedy. He said, “Apparently,
she (Mrs. Kennedy) was quite
decorator herself. In the state
room a sterling chandelier hung
over the dinner table, whereas
the decor of the room and the
appointments were gold and
white. Mrs. Kennedy had the
chandelier gold-plated
match."
After the tour, Lt. Gallimore
was taken upstairs to the John-
sons’ living quarters for soft
drinks and to visit. His visit was
prior to the death of the John-
sonsT beagle, “Her,” and they
played with the two dogs. They
enjoyed reminiscing about class-
es and classmates at the Univer-
sity of Texas. Miss Johnson
now attending George Washing-
ton University where she is ma-
joring in history.
Concerning the White House
Gallimore said, “I Lad always
read about it and knew lt was
so rich in history, but it is quite
a thrill to be there, and, by gol-
ly, there it is.”
He said of his hostess, "Miss
Johnson is leading a iather dif-
ficult life now. Due to the prom-'
inency of her family she is giv-
ing up a lot of her normal young
adulthood, but she ftels she will
gain from it. Nevertheless, it is
still restricting in that she can
never run across for a cup of
coffee, as can the ordinary citi-
zen. She must watch everything
«|ie does and says at all times.
After his visit at the White
House Gallimore spent the week
end with a friend, Gilbert Hair,
who is in the Foreign Service
School in Washington. Hair’s
father is head of the Far East
desk in Bangkok, Thailand.
His visit with Hair made the
whole weekend interesting, Gal-
limore said, because &f different
elements. Hair is studying Span-
ish, which Gallimore speaks.
“As a result Hair is one of the
few friends," Gallimore said,
With whom I can discuss south-
eastern Asian politics in Span-
ish.”
Gallimore returned to Water-
town AFB Dec. 28 after spend-
ing Christmas here. He is serving
with an interceptor division,
whose responsibility it is, when
an unidentified flying object is
sighted, to “scramble the fight-
ers" to find put just what the un-
identified flying object is.
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Curry, W. H. The Crosbyton Review (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 53, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 31, 1964, newspaper, December 31, 1964; Crosbyton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth519374/m1/4/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Crosby County Public Library.