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CHARLES TOWNS-Entered service at LaSalle, Ill., in July, 1918, as mu- sician with the 23rd Recruit Co., C.A.C., and was trained at Jefferson Barracks, Mo. He was discharged Dec. 21, 1919, after 5 months' service. He died at Hines Hospital Feb. 8, 1937.
GLEN UNGER-Son of Grant Unger. Enlisted in Co. K, 3rd I.N.G., at Rockford. Sent for training to Camp Logan, Hous- ton, Tex. Transferred to Co. K, 129th Inf., U.S.N.G. In November promoted to corporal. Transferred in April, 1918, to Camp Upton, Long Island, N.Y. Sailed for France on May 11, 1918. On June 14, his Division (33rd, Illinois National Guard) was used in line with the British com- mand, near Amiens, and later with the Australians at Hamel. He participated in the Verdun sector during the Meuse- Argonne battle and was a member of the Army of Occupation, stationed in Luxembourg. He was discharged in June, 1919, after 26 months' service.
GRANT UNGER, JR .- Son of Grant Unger. Enlisted in U.S. Navy. Sent for training to the U.S. Navel Training Sta- tion, Great Lakes, Ill. March 12, trans- ferred to Philadelphia and assigned to duty on U.S.S. New Hampshire.
WALTER WADDELOW-Enlisted in Field Hospital Service, Co. 344, Camp Grant, Rockford. Sent to France with 86th Division in September, 1918.
IRA M. WAGENMAN. Enlisted May 22, Co. A, 311th Field Signal Battalion, Camp Grant, Ill. Sent to France with 86th Division in September, 1918. Promot- ed to Corporal.
CARL W. WAGNER-Was with 86th Div. He died in 1925.
HAROLD WALKUP-Son of Chas. Walkup, enlisted at Evanston, Ill., in Co. B, S.A.T.C. He was in training three months and was discharged Oct. 17, 1918.
GEORGE WARWICK-Enlisted at Ames, Iowa, May, 1918, in Quartermaster Dept. Unassigned. Was discharged in May, 1919.
DONALD F. WYNNE-Entered service in U.S. Navy at Chicago, Ill. He was trained at Rhode Island as gunner's mate, and was discharged Feb. 14, 1919, after 8 months' service.
WILLIAM WATSON-Entered service with Casual Co. 2, 342 Infantry, Camp Grant, Rockford. In June, 1918, sent to Camp J. E. Johnston, Detention Co. No. 5, Jacksonville, Fla. In July assigned to Field Remount Squadron No. 309 and transferred to Camp Hill, Newport News, Va. Promoted to corporal. Sailed for France in September, 1918. Promoted to sergeant. Returned and discharged in July, 1919.
ROBERT R. WATTS-Son of Gera Watts. Entered service at Mason, Minn., district. Assigned to Camp Dodge, Des Moines, Ia., and transferred to Camp Mills, Mineola, N.Y., as a member of Headquarters Co., 139th Infantry. Arrived in France in April, 1918. Now in Soldiers & Sailors Home, Danville, Ill.
THOMAS WILSON-Enlisted at Corun- na, Mich., Nov. 18, 1917. He served as Auto Mechanic in aviation with Co. 10. He was in France from Feb. 10, 1918, to Mar. 11, 1919. Discharged from Camp Sherman, Ohio, May 1, 1919, after 17 months' service.
BERT WINDERS-Enlisted in Canadian Expeditionary Forces, April, 1916, and assigned to 131st Battalion, Machine Gun Section. Sailed for England in the fall of 1916. Was very severely wounded at Vimy Ridge during the Battle of Arras, April 9, 1917, which crippled one leg and one arm. Was taken to Fazakerley Hospital, Liverpool, England, May 9th. Invalided home in January, 1918, and sent to On- tario Military Hospital, Cobourg, Ontario. In July, 1918, transferred to Queens Mili- tary Hospital, Kingston, Ontario. In No- vember honorably discharged at Van- couver, B.C.
CLIFFORD C. WINDLE-Enlisted from University of Illinois with Headquar- ters Co., 40th Infantry, stationed at Fort Sheridan, Ill.
MILO D. ZIMMERMAN-Son of Rev. H. E. Zimmerman. Entered service May 20 at Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Transferred to Camp Jackson, Columbia, S.C., and assigned to Battery A, 10th Battalion, Field Artillery Replacement Depot. Pro- moted to Sergeant in July, 1918. Dis- charged Jan. 11, 1919, after 8 months' service.
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HENRY CLAY NEWCOMER, Brigadier-General, U. S. Army, retired, is a Mount Mor- ris boy who made a fine record in the United States Army. He was the son of Dr. David and Mary Shelley (Funk) Newcomer, and was born in Upton, Pa., April 3, 1861. He was brought to Mount Morris by his parents when he was ten years old and grad- uated from the Mount Morris Public Schools and Mount Morris College. He taught school in the vicinity of Mount Morris and entered the U. S. Military Academy at West Point in June, 1882, from which he graduated with top honors in a class of 77 in June, 1886. He served in the engineering branch of the army and was gradually promoted to First Lieutenant, Captain, Major, Colonel and Brigadier-General. He served four years as an instructor at West Point and had many other important assign- ments, including one in the Hawaiian Islands. In 1886, he was married to Rebecca E. Kosier and they had three children, Harry S., Francis K., and David A. Mrs. New- comer died in 1913 and in 1915 he was again married, to Mrs. Lily A. Foster (nee Ar- mour). Gen. Newcomer lives at "The Ontario," Washington, D.C.
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LOCAL ARMY RESERVE OFFICERS
B ESIDES the 129th Infantry Band, which is the regimental band of that regiment of the Illinois National Guard, with headquarters in Mount Morris, there are a number of local men be- longing to the reserves who would be subject to call in case of war, as follows:
Major C. J. Price, Medical Reserve, Executive Officer, 73rd Evacuation Hos- pital.
Captain Howard Bronson, Illinois Na- tional Guard, Intelligence Officer, 129th Infantry.
Captain J. Harvey Wright, Infantry Reserve, Plans and Training Officer, 420th Tank Regiment.
Captain D. E. Riedl, Dental Reserve, Medical Detachment, 420th Tank Regi- ment.
1st Lieut. Harry G. Kable, Illinois Na- tional Guard Reserve.
1st Lieut. H. G. Dohlen, Quartermas- ter Reserve, 1st Replacement Center.
1st Lieut. O. T. McCoy, Field Artil- lery Reserve, 330th Field Artillery.
1st Lieut. Murray Dumont, Medical Reserve, 73rd Evacuation Hospital.
2nd Lieut. Wm. Earl Hovis, Infantry Reserve, no organization assignment.
Private Raymond H. Moody, Enlisted Reserve, Company B, 420th Tank Regi- ment.
Chapter 14 THE POST OFFICE
D URING the first few years after the settlement of Mount Morris Township the mail service was very limited, for since there were no railroads in this vicinity all of the mail had to be brought by stage. The first regular mail service in Mount Morris was started in 1839 by a stage line running from LaSalle to Brewster's Ferry. It was known as route num- ber 2838 through LaSalle, Brookfield, Winooski, Grand Detour, Mount Morris, Boonsboro and Freeport, to Brewster's Ferry, 90 miles and back once a week. The contractor was Leonard Andrews, and the schedule for service was as follows: Leave LaSalle every Monday at 6 a.m .; arrive at Brewster's Ferry the next Wednesday at 6 p.m. Leave Brew- ster's Ferry every Thursday at 6 a.m .; arrive at LaSalle the next Saturday by 6 p.m.
Mails were brought by stage for prob- ably fifteen years until the Illinois Cen- tral Railroad was built through Polo in 1853 and a mail route was established from that place. F. B. Brayton, who was postmaster from 1863 to 1881, operated a stage line between Polo through Mount Morris to Oregon in 1864 and carried both mail and passengers from that time until the building of the Chi- cago and Iowa Railroad through Mount Morris in 1871. This stage operated by Mr. Brayton made daily trips between Polo and Oregon thus affording Mount Morris people their daily mail.
After the building of the Chicago and Iowa Railroad through Mount Morris and the passage of numerous Illinois Central trains over the lines to Chicago, Mount Morris had very good mail serv- ice for many years. After the Illinois Central built its own route to Chicago the mails became somewhat less fre- quent and eventually all train mail
service through Mount Morris was dis- continued and the mails are now being picked up by the bus at Oregon three times a day.
DWIGHT S. SHARER, postmaster of Mount Morris, is the son of Charles H. and Susan (McCosh) Sharer and was born in Mount Morris August 10, 1900. He graduated from Mount Morris High School in 1918 and attended Mount Mor- ris College for two years. He graduated from Northwestern University at Evan- ston in 1922 and received an "N" in bas- ketball. He is a member of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. He is an accom- plished musician and was a former mem- ber of the Kable Band and traveled with the University of Iowa State Military Band on a Chautauqua tour. In 1919, he played with the Allied War Veterans' Band in Boston, Mass. After his gradua- tion, he worked in Chicago for a num- ber of years and returned to Mount Mor- ris in 1932. He was appointed Acting Postmaster in July, 1935, and received the regular appointment in February, 1936. He is president of the local Ki- wanis Club and Commander of the American Legion Post. Mr. Sharer was married in 1930 to Myrtle Sharpness and they have two children, Richard Lee and Suzanne.
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The records of the Post Office De- partment indicate that the Mount Mor- ris Post Office was established March 31, 1841, and was opened for business on May 4 of that year. John Sharp was the first postmaster and his compensa-
FREDERICK G. PETRIE was postmaster in Mount Morris from May, 1843, to February, 1849, and again from June, 1853, to October, 1855. He was also con- nected with many of the early business enterprises of Mount Morris. He was the son of Stephen and Lidia (Genery) Petrie and was born Aug. 22, 1818, at Kingston, Canada. He came to Mount Morris in 1840 and the first two years he was en- gaged in chopping wood for the Seminary and making brick. In 1843, he engaged in the mercantile business with Enoch Wood under the firm name of Wood & Petrie. In 1851, H. J. Farwell bought out Mr. Wood and the firm name was changed to Petrie & Farwell. Later Mr. Petrie was connected with Brayton, Baker & Petrie in operating a sawmill and he lost a hand in an accident in the mill. In 1858, he was elected Sheriff of Ogle County and moved to Oregon. He served one term as Sheriff, and was elected Circuit Clerk in 1860. In 1873, he was elected County Judge, which position he held until 1877. Mr. Petrie was married in 1840 to Eliza- beth, daughter of Rev. John Sharp. Their first child, John R., was the first child born in Mount Morris (Feb. 17, 1841). There are two other sons and three daughters. Mrs. Petrie died in 1853 and within a year Mr. Petrie married Mrs. Mary S. Hill. They had one daughter, Mary E., who married Rev. W. M. Satter- field. Mr. Petrie died in 1887 and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery.
FREDERICK B. BRAYTON served as postmaster of Mount Morris for five con- secutive terms from 1861 to 1882. He was born in Warren County, N.Y., Aug. 10, 1818, and came to Mount Morris with his father, Rev. Daniel Brayton, in 1841. It is said that they opened the first store in Mount Morris. This store stood at the present location of Schmucker's Cafe, formerly the residence of Jesse Bollinger. It was first a general store, but later all lines were dropped except drugs and books. After the death of his father in 1850, he associated with H. D. Judson, under the firm name of Brayton & Judson. Later Elias Baker was associated with him with the name of Brayton & Baker, and still later John P. Hand became a partner. In 1873, Mr. Brayton's son en- tered the business and inherited it when the father died in 1897. He was connected with Rock River Seminary in the early days, having held the position of secre- tary and trustee of the institution. He was married in 1842 to Charlotte L. Wheeler, and they were the parents of five children. The eldest, Ernest W., met his death at the age of eleven years, through an accident in his father's saw mill, which was located on the Hilger farm just south of town. The other chil- dren were Elizabeth (Mrs. John P. Hand), Florence (Mrs. Wm. N. Gilbert), Lillie (Mrs. Wm. H. Miller), and Arthur W. Brayton. Mr. Brayton died Dec. 10, 1897, aged 79 years, and the mother died in 1885.
tion from May 4 to June 30, 1841, was $3.86, and the net proceeds of the office for that period were $1.01. The com- pensation of Postmaster Sharp for the entire fiscal year, 1843, was $138.69 and the net proceeds of the office for that period were $258.42.
When this office was established, the postage rates on a letter weighing less
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OLIVER H. SWINGLEY, who was post- master of Mount Morris from February, 1882, to January, 1886, was born near Hagerstown, Md., July 17, 1842, and died in Mount Morris, June 17, 1921, aged nearly 79 years. He came to Mount Morris in the early forties with his par- ents, Benjamin and Catherine (Hershey) Swingley. He lived on his father's farm when a boy and later attended Rock River Seminary. During the Civil War he served in the 4th Cavalry, with the rank of sec- ond lieutenant. When he returned from the war, he married Augusta Alden, and they lived in the house later occupied by J. G. Royer. They had six children: Fred, Mrs. Maude Tate, Mrs. Florence Nis- wanger, Mrs. Gertrude Evans, Mabel Swingley and a son who died in infancy. Mrs. Swingley died in 1908. Mr. Swingley conducted a drug store in Mount Morris for a number of years beginning in 1868 and later a jewelry store. Later he served as cashier of the Bank of Mount Morris for Maj. Chas. Newcomer, and then lo- cated in Omaha for over 20 years, return- ing to Mount Morris to retire.
than one ounce were as follows: Mail not exceeding 30 miles, 6c; over 30 and not exceeding 90 miles, 10c; over 80 and not exceeding 150 miles, 121/2c; over 150 and not exceeding 400 miles, 183/4c; over 400 miles, 25c.
During the 96 years that Mount Mor- ris post office has been in existence, there have been only fifteen postmasters and the records of the Post Office De- partment give the names of these post- masters and the effective dates of their appointments as follows:
John Sharp.
March 31, 1841
Frederick G. Petrie. May 15, 1843
Enoch Wood. Feb. 19, 1849
John Ankeny March 23, 1849
Frederick G. Petrie. June 29, 1853
HENRY SHARER was postmaster in Mount Morris from January, 1886, to January, 1890. He was one of the very earliest settlers in Mount Morris. He was born in Washington County, Md., March 29, 1817, and died March 5, 1905, aged nearly 88 years. He was the son of John and Anna (Newcomer) Sharer, and was the youngest of three children. In 1839, Mr. Sharer came west to Mount Morris and purchased land east of town, includ- ing the farm now owned by Jacob Bonar. He continued to farm until about 1865, when he came to town and purchased the grocery business of Henry Newcomer and took in John Swingley as a partner, with the firm name of Sharer & Swingley. They were located in the large new building on the southeast corner of Wesley and Main Sts. After a number of years they sold out to William Rine. He was a member of the village board for eight years, was school director for six years and was postmaster of Mount Morris for four years under the first Cleveland administration. In 1845, Mr. Sharer married Cornelia Mot- ter, to whom five children were born: John, Anna E. (Mrs. J. H. Swingley), Luella M. (Mrs. W. W. Wheeler), and two who died in infancy. Mrs. Sharer died in 1853, and Mr. Sharer married again in 1858, to Mrs. Sarah A. (Felker) Hewitt. To them one child was born, Chas. H .. who later became a prominent business man in Mount Morris.
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Hiram Beard . Oct. 20, 1855
Edward Davis June 23, 1855
Fred B. Brayton May 21, 1861
Oliver H. Swingley Feb. 17, 1882
Henry Sharer Jan. 13, 1886
Frank N. Tice Jan. 9, 1890
John E. McCoy Feb. 16, 1894
Holly C. Clark. March 9, 1893
Solomon E. Avey June 24, 1914
Benjamin S. Price Jan. 30, 1923
Dwight S. Sharer. June 30, 1935
Up to the year of 1900, the post office in Mount Morris was quite unimportant and as a general rule the post office was housed in mercantile establishments with the merchant as postmaster. How- ever, in the year 1900, when the gross receipts were only $3,906.00, the busi- ness of the post office began to increase by leaps and bounds. In 1910 they were
FRANKLIN N. TICE was appointed post- master by Pres. Harrison in 1890 and served four years. He was born in Wash- ington County, Md., Dec. 20, 1828, and was the only son of John and Nancy (New- comer) Tice. He was married in 1850 to Catherine Felker and in 1855 brought his wife and two children to Mount Morris. Later he engaged in the grain and lumber business at Haldane and then moved to a farm north of Forreston. In 1874, he moved to Forreston and in 1876 he estab- lished the Forreston Herald. He was elected to the State Legislature from 1875 to 1880, and moved to a farm northeast of Mount Morris. Later he moved to town and died July 25, 1896, aged 68 years.
JOHN E. McCOY was postmaster in Mount Morris from 1894 to 1898. He was born in Mount Morris Jan. 22, 1842, and died Jan. 26, 1922, aged 80 years. He was the son of James B. and Elizabeth (Swingley) McCoy, pioneer settlers of Mount Morris, and was the second child born in the village. His father was the contractor who built the original "Old Sandstone" in 1839. Mr. McCoy was edu- cated in the public school and at Rock River Seminary, after which he farmed until appointed postmaster of Mount Morris in 1894. In 1865, he was married to Mary Ellen Swingley, and four chil- dren were born to them: Mabel (Mrs. Victor Canode), Grace (Mrs. Frank Coff- man), Charles B. and Howard, who died at the age of eleven. Mrs. McCoy died in 1906. Mr. McCoy was a member of the Lutheran Church and the Masonic fraternity.
$9,053.00; in 1920, $76,275.00; in 1930, they had jumped to $388,866.00 and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, $487,- 178.00. At the rate of increase attained during these last years, the postal re- ceipts will doubtless exceed the half million mark for the next fiscal year. In the year 1919, the Mount Morris post office became a first-class office and at the present time the postal receipts in the Mount Morris office are exceeded in Illinois only by Chicago, Peoria, Rock- ford and Springfield.
It is very unusual for a city with a population of approximately 2,000 to produce a half million dollars in postal receipts in one year but this remarkable fact in Mount Morris is due to the large
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HOLLY C. CLARK was postmaster of Mount Morris from 1898 to 1914. He was born in Beckett, Mass., Nov. 20, 1847, and died in Mount Morris, April 8, 1924, aged over 76 years. In his youth, Mr. Clark worked on his father's farm until 1863, when he enlisted in Co. B, 37th Mass. Infantry, taking part in nearly all of the terrible fighting before Richmond. He was severely wounded at the battle of Sailor Creek and the effect of this wound remained with him until his death. After the war he continued his education and taught school in the East, and located in Mount Morris in 1873, where he was actively engaged in business and political life for a period of 51 years. In the eighties he and Ira W. Wingert purchased the grocery store of Benjamin Rine and after several years sold to Newcomer Bros. Later Messrs. Clark and Wingert went into the lumber and coal business and after a number of years Mr. Clark sold his interest to Mr. Wingert. Mr. Clark was married in 1875 to Josephine, youngest daughter of Rev. N. J. Stroh, and four children were born to them: Roscoe, Riner, Grace and an infant son who lived only a week. Mrs. Clark died in 1934.
amount of second and third class mail matter produced by Kable Brothers Company.
It is something to be proud of, and certainly most unusual, when you con- sider that the Mount Morris post office started out 96 years ago with annual receipts of less than 5.00 with the post- master as the only employe and today it exceeds the half million dollar mark with a force of fourteen employes in- cluding the postmaster. The annual
payroll of the office in 1937 was approxi- mately $35,000.00.
The Mount Morris post office has al- ways been located in leased quarters until in 1937 when a fine new fed- eral post office was completed. Under authority of the Emergency Construc- tion Program Act, approved Aug. 12, 1935, $73,000.00 was allotted by the gov- ernment for the Mount Morris post office to include the cost of site, building and administration. September 15, 1936, this amount was increased $2,800.00, making the total limit of $75,800.
SOLOMON E. AVEY served as post- master from July, 1914, to March, 1923. He is the son of Thomas and Laura (Davis) Avey and was born in Mount Morris August 9, 1872. He graduated from the Mount Morris High School and attended Mount Morris College two years. For a number of years he was a painting contractor and later proprietor of a book and paint store. He was appointed post- master in 1914 and since 1923 has been foreman of the mailing and shipping de- partment in the Kable plant. He has served on the Village Board of Trustees and was president one year of the grade school board. He is a Past Master of the local Masonic Lodge and is also a member of the Eastern Star, the Knights Templar, Consistory and Shrine. He is a member of the Lutheran Church and president of the Sunset Golf Club since 1937. Mr. Avey was married to Isabelle Beard Dec. 25, 1895, and they have six children as follows: Gladys (married Chas. Edson), Syril E. (married Lulu Pyper), Olive Bea (married Jule Rohleder), Oliver Maurice (died Dec. 1922), Nellie Mae (married Milton John- son), and Floy G.
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BENJAMIN S. PRICE, postmaster of Mount Morris from 1923 to 1935, was the son of Samuel C. and Elizabeth (Young) Price and was born in Mount Morris, February 27, 1876. He graduated from Mount Morris High School in 1892 and from the commercial department of Mount Morris College in 1897. He started in the hardware business in 1893 and after fifteen years in that business he became associated with the Citizens Bank for ten years. He was appointed postmaster in 1923 and served twelve years under Presidents Harding, Coolidge, Hoover and Roosevelt. He was instru- mental in securing the new post office building which was built in 1936 and 1937. He served on the Village Board of Trustees for two terms. Mr. Price was married in 1903 to Alice Bechtold and their home is at 314 E. Center Street.
Sites were advertised for and after in- vestigation, selection was made of the property submitted by the Kable News Company, situated at the Southeast corner of Main St. and Seminary Ave., which was purchased at a cost of $3,000. Announcement of this selection was made on Sept. 26, 1935, and title was vested with the Government on March 24, 1936. The building was designed by the office of the Supervising Architect, Procurement Division, Public Buildings Branch, Treasury Department, and on Sept. 17, 1936, the Treasury Department awarded construction contract to the C. A. Moses Construction Company of Chicago, Ill., in the amount of $54,540.00, the building to be completed within 270 calendar days from date of notice to
proceed. The building is 68 feet across the front and has a depth of 55 feet. The ground area is 4,056 square feet and the content of the building amounts to 115,800 cubic feet. The building is of contemporary design with buff brick ex- terior walls, stone trim and metal win- dows. Granite steps and platform with lamp standards mark the front entrance. At the rear are the usual vestibule and platform for the reception of mail and a mailing drive with space for parking postal automobiles. A flat composition roof of wood and steel construction covers the entire building. Concrete foundation walls and floor slab are used and the structure is generally fireproof.
This building was first occupied on Aug. 23, and was dedicated on Satur- day, Nov. 6, 1937, by exercises in the Community Gymnasium. The govern- ment was represented by J. M. Donald- son, Deputy First Assistant Postmaster
EMMERT J. WOLF started work in the local postoffice in 1913 and was promot- ed to assistant postmaster in 1919, which position he has held with credit until the present time. He is the son of Carlton and Ella (Fridley) Wolf and was born July 28, 1894, in Mount Morris. He at- tended Mount Morris High School and graduated from the commercial depart- ment of Mount Morris College in 1913. He is a member of the local Masonic lodge and the Kiwanis Club. He is also a com- petent musician and has been a valuable member of the Kable Band for many years. Mr. Wolf married Uarda Sears of Oregon in 1916 and they have one son, Joseph Sears.
THE POST OFFICE
UNITED STATE
THE MOUNT MORRIS POST OFFICE building was erected in 1937 at a cost of over $50,000. It is 55x68 feet in size and is located on the northwest corner of the old college campus.
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WORKING FORCE of the Mount Morris Post Office: Front row, left to right: John S. Buck, city carrier; Walter Waddelow, clerk; Edna Neher, clerk; George E. Neher, clerk; Dale M. Lizer, clerk; middle row, George C. Emmert, rural carrier; LeRoy L. Garman, charman; Raymond P. Moore, janitor; Walter S. McNett, rural carrier; Raymond Young, substitute clerk; back row, Maurice McNett, substitute city carrier; Emmert J. Wolfe, assistant postmaster; Ivan E. Rothermel, clerk; Dwight S. Sharer, postmaster; Jay Bechtold, city carrier. Another regular clerk, Ray Holsinger, does not appear in the picture.
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