The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-07-25

1nefe are at present HlHeleeH Hleh
connected with the Skowhegan post
office. These are Clarence Mantor,
who became postmaster in June 1914;
Howard Durrell, assistant postmas-
ter; c. Emery, who has charge Of
the money orders and registry; Ed
ward Whiting and Floyd Nye are the
mailing clerks and Clarence Hight
acts as an auxiliary clerk. The To-
cal mail carriers are l.. L. Dow, l.. W.
Cavanaugh, Roy Jones and Claude
Jewett At present Carroll Savage
is substitute mail carrier.
On rainy days when the mud in our
country roads is up to the axle, and
in zero weather when snow drifts OBJ
struct the highways, the people living
in the country are just as anxious for
their morning paper if not more so,
than they are on good summer hay
day. That rural communities may
receive the same advantages as those
in town, Uncle Sam has appointed
seven r. +. d. carriers to distribute
mail from the Skowhegan postottice.
Most of these men go twenty-five
miles and over, six days a week, rain
or shine
Following is an itinerary of each
carrier: Route No. IT. F. Davis,
goes direct to Norridgewock on the
north side of the river to the old toll
bridge. There he turns to the right
and goes by the Albert Longley farm
and swings southwark toward Madi-
son to Wassons Corner. There he
turns to the right and goes north
about mile and a half, turns to the
right again and goes back to Nor
ridaewock, parallel with the other
road, across the bridge and back to
Skowhegan on the south side of the
river. Twenty-Five miles.
Route No. 2-Odell Berry goes
down the river road, crosses the Wes
serunsett bridge and turns to the left
at Dudley Corner schoolhouse, and
goes by what was the Charles Card
ner farm He turns to the right near
Malbon's Mills and goes by the Chas.
Whittemore farm, oyer the East
Ridge, by Blaisdell's Corner and
straight toward Athens, through
Moodytown to Gould's Corner, by Bur
rill's mill and to the Notch road. Then
through the Notch to Bush school
house corner, by Abner Currier farm
and to Canaan Corner near Merrill
farm, and back to the postoftice.
Twenty-slx miles.
Route No. Be. A. Merchant goes
down the west side of the river as
far as the Boardman road near the
Town Farm, and across to the Middle
road and to Covel schoolhouse. Then
up the Back road to the Bigelow Hill
road and up that road to the West
road that goes to Larone. He goes
north on that road to the Back road
and south to the Make Jewett road,
which he crosses to the Middle road
and back to town. twenty-five
miles.
Route No. 4-Leon Mason goes
straight to South Solon westinghouse
through East Madison, and across to
Rice's Corner and straight down to
East Madison Lower Mills and down
the Mudlunkus road, home. Twenty
seven miles.
Route No. Sat night Henry
Thomas goes up to the White school
house on the Lakewood road and
crosses at the foot OF the lake and
Lower Mills, TO the Revere school,
goes to East Madison and Madison
over Hilton Hill, and back to town
Route No. "a. F. Sandford goes
straight to Dudley Corner and then
on the Ferry road through the Crow
ell neighborhood to the Eaton road
and turns north to the Merrill farm,
retrac ces to the corner and then goes
straight out to Danforth corner and
down to East Skowhegan schoolhouse,