Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-22
LONG-TERM CLERKS
IN THE P. 0. LIST
FOR RETIREMENT
Richard S. LaWrenson Heads
Honor Roll With Fifty
Eight Years of Service.

Fifty-eight years of continuous
service in the Post Office Department
is the proud record of Richard S
Lawrenson, who is but seventy-five
years old. and yet is dean in point OF
service of all the sixty-one employees
of the department who are to be re-
tired August -.
The name of Mr. Lawrenson lied
all the rest" in the retirement honor
roll made public today by the OFF,
Gals. Mr.. LawrenSon, who is a clerk
in the department., is native OF
Washington and has served since
1862, having been u member of the
Post Office Guards in that year.
But it is no new thing in his fam
lily. His father, James Lawrenson,
served seventy-one years of continu-
ouS Service in the Pos; Office Depart
n cnt. from 1919 to 1890, and swore
into Office twenty-siX postmasters
general.
Others of Long Service.
Then there is Francis II. Rainey.
seventy-fivc years old, who has had
fifty-thr@e years of service. He also
is a nativa of this city. Byron c.
Coon, Seventy-one years old, has
served continuously for fifty years.
Lee S. Mortimer, seventy-six years
old, has served fifty-one years in the
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EunboatS during the civil war.
Capt Newton NJ. Brooks. seventy
seven years old, has served forty
eight years in the Post Office De-
partment. He was for many years
superirt endent of foreign mails and
represented the department abroad
in concluding many of the interna-
tional postal conventions. He had
notable military career in the civil
war and lost a leg at the battle of
Spotsylvania Court House.
Oldest in Point of Age.
Henry NJ. lie Due is the oldest en-
ploye to be retired. having reached
the age of eighty-three years. He
has served forty-two years.
Mrs. Lucy Ann Bailey, seventyfour
years old, has had forty-seven years
in the government service in the
Treasury and Post Office departments.
Mrs. Bailey lived in Richmond during
the civil war. and at the risk of her
life took Gen A. d. Streight and 9TH
er Union officers who had escaped
from Libby prison into her Homeland
cared for them. For this her house
was burned and she was forced to flee
the state in disguise.
Those Listed for Retirement.
The complete honor roll" as an
nounced today by the Post Office De-
rartment, follows. The first figures
following a name represent the age
of the employe, the second figure the
number of years in the service. The
roll is.
c. P. Archibald. 70. As; F. E. Barbour,
10, "a; F. A. Barbour. Il, SO; Lucy A
Bailey. "A. Al: Samuel Beight. II, Sc;
Ellen E. Blood, IS. 43; Sarah w. Brad
ley. "A. 80; Newton NJ. Brooks. II. As:
William s. Browning. 20. IS; Daniel
Clark. 81. Al; Byron C. Coon. II. SO;
Mrs y g Cunningham. IS. IS; Chris
tian b. Dickey. IS. 40; Nathan F. Ed
monds. a. II; John B. Fay. II. 26;
George w Floyd. IS. IS: John W. Gar
rett. II. 81; Charles C. Gray, 20, 81;
Michael T. Hagan. IS. "a; William
Hansbrough, ~. 50: George A. Hen
derson, IS. 81; Harriet E. Henry, rs.
80; Charles r. Hodges. 20. "a; Lucien
Jones. "a. A; Ella Keene. rs, 80; Paul
kuhnel, IS, IS: George H. La Fetra,
80. Al Henry M. LIE Due, SO, 40; N. T.
Miller. 20. 43: Hugh Magee, ~. %;
Ann NJ. Marye. II, IS; Louis Melius.
3. 40: John w Morgan. rs, So; Julien
e. Moore. 70. p; John W. MINIS. 50,
p: LIS. Mortimer. rs, 81; A. J. Mourn
ing. a. As; Richard S. Lawrenson. IS,
5s' Eliza beth B. Luttrell, 20, Is; H, D.
Norton. 81. IS; Bridget O'Sullivan, II.
81; James E. Payne. "A. 10; c. NJ Pot
Ter. %, 81; George o. Preston. 20, IS;
Francis II. Rainey. rs, SO; James Ross,
a3,4O; William Ryan. "a. 81; A. H.
Sapp. II. Al: Florence E. Smith. r. a.:
Harry b. Smith, 20, 81; William Scho-
f1eld. 20. 81; Baldwin r Sydnor, II, "a:
John J. Torbert, IS. 10. S. w. Tuley.
~. 30; James L. Tyree, 20, 50; Albert
Wiigus. %. 81: Frank wilkins. 70. 90:
John NJ. Young. IS. As; William Small.
20, Is: Harriet Dabney, IA. "a. and
Mary Davoren. II. 81.