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America might interest we <br />at this time, or a story on how mail <br />is processed in your office and <br />where it goes from there. If the <br />newspaper would like to do a test <br />of mail service, make sure that you <br />emphasize that it should be a fair <br />test with a large enough sample, <br />mailed by 5 p.m. and carryin <br />complete, legible addresses an <br />ZIP Codes. <br />Libraries <br />The Postal Service plans to mail <br />copies of the Letter Writing Week <br />poster to more than 34,000 librar- <br />ies across the country. Encourage <br />your library to plan a project in <br />conjunction with the event. <br />Business <br />Bookstores, stationery stores and <br />card shops have an obvious inter- <br />est in promoting letter writing and <br />can plan window displays that <br />will call attention to the campaign. <br />Perhaps they might also wish to <br />Clubs will receive a spetaa. .mss <br />of its publication, Stamp Fun, <br />which will feature the subject of <br />letter writing. <br />Town officials <br />Talk to the mayor or town offi- <br />cials about proclaiming Feb. 24 to <br />March 1 as Letter WritturWeelc <br />Thy to arrange-fur local stadiums to <br />post a reminder on scoreboards <br />during sporting events. - <br />You and your employees <br />Set an example. Write those let- <br />ters you've been putting off, and <br />when you do, remember to write <br />"P.S. Write Soon" on the back of <br />your envelope. <br />Remember, the USPS interest in <br />letters is a continuing one. Many <br />of the projects suggested for Na- <br />tional Letter Writing Week may be <br />planned for any time of the year. <br />Year round, letters lift spirits, <br />shape opinions and preserve <br />memories. <br />6 <br />He sent this letter to ute <br />"Dear Sirs —Some people find oil. <br />Others don't." He was paid $200 <br />for those words of wisdom. <br />A third - grader in Redwood City. <br />CA, is well on his way to becoming <br />a businessman. He wrote this letter <br />to Santa: "I know you are busy and <br />my family wants so much I can't <br />put it in writing so I wonder if you <br />and I could have lunch together <br />sometime? Your friend Leo." <br />The longest letter to the edi- <br />tor- 13,000 words —was written to <br />the editor of the Fishing Gazette. It <br />was published in 7 pt. type, spread <br />over two issues in 1884. <br />a M f <br />Some of the world's first letters <br />were not written; they were com- <br />mitted to memory by the runners <br />of King Sargon of Chaldea in 3,000 <br />B.C. Herodotus immortalized these <br />3g <br />