What’s in a name?
To the editor: When I was a child and teen, our meals were called breakfast, dinner and supper.

Around 1950 or 1951, restaurants started to advertise their evening meal as dinner, not supper. So, our meals became breakfast, lunch and dinner. Lunch had been a meal that we packed in a brown paper bag or a lunchbox and ate at school or work. If we worked the afternoon shift, we ate our lunch at 6 p.m. and if we worked the night shift, we ate our lunch at 2 a.m. Brunch became a late in the morning breakfast. Supper became an after dinner sack.

A unique town
To the editor: Elmore is a unique little town. Recently, a surprise 94th birthday party was held for my husband Tom. His former line dancers greeted him with open arms.

One of Elmore's best-kept secrets is where the party was held which is where the Red, White and Blue used to be. What a neat place for a party and the service was wonderful.

To the editor: Congress is breaking the Post Office.
 The Post Office would have had a profit of $200 million last quarter if it would not have to prepay future retiree health benefits. In 2006, Congress passed a bill that would require the Post Office to create an endowment for healthcare expenses for future retirees. No other branch of the government is required to do this, nor do I know of any businesses that must do so. The Post Office also has to pay for 75 years in 10. It will take an act of Congress to fix this.
 Both the House and Senate have introduced bills that would return the Postal Service to financial stability without using any taxpayers’ money and has not since 1971.