Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-07
RURAL CARRIERS
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desirability of the carrier being as
obliging and helpful to the people
whom he serves as the rules of the
service will permit. In speaking of
the purposes of the organization Mr..
Bowers declared that a cardinal point
vas efficiency; to improve, in every
possible way, the service must be al
ways the chief object of the Associa-
ton and if this object is kept steadily
in view, with the members all work
ing together in cooperation with
each other toward the attainment of
| this object. there must necessarily
constantly follow real and increasing
benefits to the men who are in the
service.
R. E. Radcliffe, of Kenton, Secre-
tary of State Association was the
next speaker. Mr.. Radcliffe was "load-
ed to the muzzle" with subject mat
| ter pertinent to the interests of the
! rural carriers association and it
would have been of interest and pro-
fit to the audience if the evening
could have been given to Nh. Rat
cliffe's talk; he certainly was a man
with an important message.
Beginning with the remark that he
hadn't expected to find all of North
western Ohio and part of Michigan
Represented at this county meeting and
| congratulating the Fulton county as
| ISOLATION On the presence of ladies in
| this meeting to whom he referred as
| the rural carriers best friends and
helpers, he launched forth into the
presentation of topics of specific in
terest. to the carriers. Mr.. Radcliffe
emphasized the need of working to-
| gether to increase the efficiency of
the service, the manliness of the
carriers, working out in the open to
secure their just rights and deprecat-
ing any tendency to make remarks
that could be construed as disloyal
to the government in whose service
the carriers are engaged. Let the
carriers strive to serve in every way
they can the people to whom they
minister carry out faithfully the in
| structions from superior officers and
they need have nothing to fear as to
their personal standing and progress
in the service.
II. D. Meister gave a short talk on
the relation of the Rural Carriers to
the Press, he was followed by F. E.
Kenyon who spoke briefly on the in
| advisability of the Contract System as
applied to the rural mail delivery. Re-
marks from the State Treasurer, Mr..
Lantz of Bowling Green, Mr.. Havi-
land, postmaster of Pioneer and
| others followed. A vote of thanks to
the Fulton County Association for
their splendid hospitality was pass
ed by the visitors announcement was
made of a meeting of the Lenawee
County Association next Sunday at
Hudson, Michigan and of a meeting
of the District Association at Find
lay, May Both. 1t was a late hour
before the meeting finally adjourned
but it seemed to be the general
| opinion among the carriers that it
was the best county meeting they had
ever attended. The membership of
the state association numbers nearly
1000. Among those present Satur-
day evening were a number of the
wives of carriers who are substitute
carriers for their husbands. Follow
ing is the roster of visiting carriers
and ladies who were present:
H. R. Frehley, Route 2 Defiance,
Ohio; George H. Smith, Route IL,
Defiance, Ohio; S. Burton Easley,
Route 6 Defiance, Ohio; C. L. Stone
hraker. Route 5 Defiance, Ohio; W. A.
Rasor, Route 3 Defiance, Ohio; S. w.
Morris, Route 10 Defiance, Ohio; AL
bert Anderson. City Carrier, Defiance,
Ohio; Frank A. Smith, Route 1 De-
fiance. Ohio; Edwin Shesle, Route 8
Defiance. Ohio; H. P. Kunkle, Route 1
Kunkle, Ohio; w. H. Ennis, Route 1
A~lvordton, Ohio; D. E. Bowers, Route
2. Creston. Ohio; R. E. Radcliffe,
Route 8. Kenton, Ohio; Warren Klop-
fenstine, Route s Bowling Green,
Ohio; R. w. Ricket, Route 1, Bowling
Green. Ohio; M. R. Bulls, Route 8
Bowling Green, Ohio; VIM. E. Lantz,
Rowling Green, Ohio; M. R. Wright
Route A Montpelier, Ohio; E. l.. Por-
ter, Route 5 Montpelier. Ohio; A. L.
Strayer. Route 2 Montpelier, Ohio;
Mr.. and Mrs. F. o. w. Myers, Route
3 Montpelier, Ohio; H. I. Brown, Route
1 Montpelier, Ohio; G. E. Crossman,