The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-17
NAMED BY HUsT|NG TUESDAY
Former Kenosha Man Won His Way to
Top by Studying at Night and is
Advanced from Mail Carrier to $4,000
Position as Postmaster.

twenty years ago CharIey steele was
a machine helper on a bench at the old
plant Of the Sterling Bicycle Company
in Kenosha. Within few DAYS
Charles A. Steele will walk into the Of
flee of the United States postoffice at
Beloit as postmaster. He was named
as postmaster of Beloit on Tuesday by
United States Senator Paul o. Husting
and it is certain that commission will
be issued by President Wilson within
the next few days. The former Keno
sha boy will succeed David Worth
ington, editor Of the Beloit Daily
News in the office.
The story Of Charley Steele, who is
well remembered by many of the older
machinists of the city, is real inspira-
tion for other boys to strive to do
things. His father was a farmer over
in Dodge county and Steele was born
in that county some forty-one years
ago. He was poor boy and did not
have chances to get all the education
that is given to some boys and when
he was fifteen he went out and began
to work. He learned the trade of a
machinist and when the Sterling plant
was opened in Kenosha and the call for
help sent out he came to Kenosha. He
worked for dollar and half a day
and was glad to get it. In the three
years that he worked in Kenosha he
was leader among the younger men
employed at the plant.
When the Sterling factory was sold
to the bicycle trust and closed down
Steele went to Beloit and went to work
for big manufacturing concern there.
He went to night school and was busy
educating himself when the Spanish
American war broke out. He was one
OF the first men to enlist as member
Of the Beloit company and he saw real
service during the fight. Steele came
back from war and decided that he had
been machinist long enough and he
went In and took the federal civil
service examination and was the head
of the class. He was appointed a mail
carrier and he had been mail carrier
until Senator Husting decided that he
was the best possible man to be post
master at Beloit. Steele had been a
leader among the mail carriers Of the
county. He studied just what was
needed to make the carrier service bet
ter and a lot of suggestions that came
from Beloit had been Of interest and of
value to the department.. Yesterday
afternoon Postmaster Worthington call
ed Steele into the office and handed
him telegram announcing that he was
the choice of Senator Husting for
postmaster.
Steele went back to his desk and to
his work and he will stop there until
his commission arrives when he will
move into the front Office.
Steele still has lot of friends in
Kenosha who remember him when he
worked as machine helper here and
these people will be glad to extend the
heartiest Of congratulations to him.
The appointment at Beloit has been
hanging fire for lot of months and
the victory of Steele is decidedly
popular one with the people. 1t is not
quite as popular with some of the poll
ticians as Steele has been mail car
rier all the time and as such he took
no part in any political movements.
No announcement was made of the
appointment of a postmaster at Keno
sha and it is probable that if the fish.
are biting good and Senator Husting
gets mess by next Sunday that the
Kenosha appointment will be announc-
ed when he returns from the northern
streams to Mayville on Monday.