Evening star., 1920-06-18
VETERAN POSTAL
EMPL0YESF|RST
TO Be PENS|ONED
TWenty-Seven on Post Office
"RoII of Honor" for
Faithful Service.

The Washington city post Office made
or" comprising a List of twenty-seven
employees who will be retired under the
recently enacted retirement law. This
is the first list of the employees of any
office to be so made public
Names of men who have served from
fifty years to eighteen years i'm the
postal service. many of them having
seen Washington grow from civil waI
days to the present, are included in the
list.
In presenting this list. City Postmaster
Merritt O. Chance expressed his pride
IN the fine records of the men, and ex-
pressed his regret at their retirement.
A personal letter to each of the men
from the postmaster will follow the
notice of separation, which went out
today.
Presented Gold Watch.
Albert w. Thorne. sixty-eight years
old. clerk in the city post office, is
dean of those retired, due to his full
half-century of service with the office.
He recently was presented with a gold
watch by his associates
John T.. Hodge. a watchman, seventy
four years old. has seen forty-five years
of service. He was the first mounted
carrier of the Washington city post
once. when the city delivery was cx-
tended north of Florida avenue.
His route extended north of Florida
avenue to Quincy street, and from the
Soldiers Home to 18th street on the
west, territory today covered by
twenty-seven routes.
Daniel r. Brewer, a seventy-three-
year-old letter carrier. with forty-eieht
wears of service to his credit. was one
of the original penny post" carriers of
civil war days. when delivery of mail
was done by contract
The city post Offices retirement roll
of honor includes Alexander NJ. Holmes
the ''velocipede collector" who has
steadfastly stuck to his three-wheeled
means of locomotion about the streets
of the business section
Edward Campbell. clerk in the lock
noN section OF the city post office, where
he has been for thirty years. is known
to hundreds of business men Of the CITY
who have had occasion to make use of
lock boxes.
These to BE Retired.
The roll of those to be retired at the
city post Office follows:
Edward Becker. clerk, 10 years old,
IS years service
Joseph f. Benjamin. letter carrier.
o. years Ola. ~ years service
Edward J. Birch clerk. 73 wears old
81 wears service.
Henry ] Bradley. letter carrier, 6s
years old. 20 years service
Daniel E. Brewer. letter carrier, 10
years old. IS years service.
Eugene Burdine. letter carrier. 65
years old. 80 years service
Edwin Campbell clerk, IS wears old
39 years service.
Oliver II. Chamberlain, clerk. 6s
years old. 80 years service
Mortimer Clarke. clerk, 70 years
old. p years service.
Herman w. Davis, watchman. "A
years old. At years service
Arthur Fowler watchman. rs years
old, II years service.
George NJ. Gerhauser, clerk, 81 years
Old 26 years service.
John T. Hoge, watchman, "A years
old. % years service.
Alexander NJ. Holmes. carrier, 20
years old 80 years service
James Holmes. clerk. &c years old.
IS years service.
William T. Hutchinson, clerk, 81
years old. 81 years service
Henry l.. Johnson, clerk, rs years
old. 80 years service.
Edmund Murphy. clerk. 20 years old,
32 years service.
John B. s. Ourand. letter carrier, 73
years old, AZ years service
John b Quay, clerk. Sc years old. 3S
years' service tpartly at Baltimore city
pcstoffice).
Edward L. Rosse. clerk, SO years
old 81 years service.
Albert W. Thorne, clerk, IS years
old 30 years service.
William f. Waggener, carrier. 10
years old SO years service
Charles Webel. carrier, IS years old
35 years service.
Jacob A. Weigle. clerk. II years old.
3S years service.
Franklin l.. White. clerk, 81 years
old. 81 years service.
Byron c. Yorks. clerk, 60 years old,
20 years service.