'Moon' Beams over Recovered Letters

MiamiTransportation Supervisor Ray Ballou found several letters dated 1955 and 1956 withoutan envelope in a hamper.  The letters wereaccompanied with a note with the customer’s name, Barbara Moon, in the heading,as well as with another letter dated October 28, 2011. 

Determinedto solve this mystery, Ballou brought the letters to Miami P&DC ExecutiveSecretary Sheia Wright who in turn, contacted Manny Diaz in the Consumer andIndustry Contact Office.  Diaz promptlybegan his investigation to put together the pieces of the puzzle.

“I read allthe letters to obtain a clue to reunite the sender with the addressee,” Diazsaid. 

He checkedthe office files for complaints of missing mail and came up empty.  Then he checked the White Pages to determinethe number of Moon entries.  Diaz wasready to make some calls to Moon residences across the country, when he noticedthe clue that brought it all together.

“I supportMultiple Sclerosis Society of Canada” was printed on the bottom of theletter.  He contacted this organizationwhich put him in touch with Moon.

 “I am astounded that these letters have beenfound!” Moon beamed.

In October,Moon mailed the letters inside a birthday card from Canada to her cousin, Lois, inCrystal River, Florida.  The card neverarrived.

“Theletters were over 50 years old; I kept them to read ‘in my old age whichrecently just arrived.’ I thought my cousin would enjoy seeing and reading themagain after all these years,” Moon said.

“I am veryimpressed that postal employees would go to such lengths to track down thesender of these letters.  Thank you verymuch.”