The Coolidge examiner., 1937-02-25
VOLUME EIGHT
Citizens Residing
West Of Randolph
Faster Mail Setup

A few days ago in conversation
with Postmaster G. E. Babbit of
Randolph, The Examiner was re-
freshed and inspired by his Optim-
ism.
Randolph is only about seven
miles south of Coolidge on the
Coolidge-Tucson highway, but it is
a spunky little town that has
warm place in it's heart for Coo
Iidge. According to Postmaster
Babbit the people in and around
Randolph look upon Coolidge as
the logical place for them to do
their heavy trading in. Whatever
rivalary that may or may not have
existed involving the two places in
the past. there's not a taint of it
left if The Examiner knows any
thing about this or that
In discussing things in general
with The Examiner Postmaster
Babbit remarked that there is a
strong sentiment among the citi-
zens in the Randolph community
for the establishing of rural
route to serve them out of the
Randolph postoffice. Postmaster
Babbit spoke very casually of the
project. He said the rural route
situation as it exists today is not
very satisfactory to the Randolph
citizens. He pointed out that many
of the citizens who do their heavy
trading in Coolidge, banking and
the like, are now receiving their
mail from the rural carrier out of
the Casa Grande postoffice, their
mail is transported in a number of
instances more than fourteen miles
before it is delivered to them. With
a rural carrier working out of Ran
dolph, they assert, they would re-
ceive their mail more quickly than
they do under the existing setup
In knocking around in the Ran
dolph section The Examiner learn
ed that several of the citizens who
are not more than four miles west
of Randolph. and about IL miles
southwest of Coolidge, who are now
getting their mail out of Casa
Grande, Is miles away, would just
as soon, or rather have their mail
come to them by rural carrier work
ing out of the Coolidge postoffice.
The Examiner does not know what
the solution will be, but it does
know that a number of its regular
subscribers who reside not more
than five or six miles southwest of
Coolidge and about fifteen miles
northeast of Casa Grande are re-
ceiving The Examiner from the
rural carrier out of the Casa Grande
office. And on the Monday The Ex-
aminer was visiting in the Ran
dolph section it was told by several
subscribers that they had not at
that time received the preceding
weeks issue which had been placed
in the mails at the Coolidge post
office that Friday morning previous
j, R. Julian, four miles west of
Randolph, complained to The Ex.
aminer about the present mail set.
up. Mr.. Julian remarked that he
regards Coolidge as his trading
point, and that he dislikes and finds
1t tedious and confusing, to pur
chase a pOstoffice money order al
the Coolidge postoffice and have tc
give instructions to have the
article sent to him at Casa Grande
put Mr.. Julian continued. that's
exactly what l have to do now or
make special trip to Coolidge.
What is everybody's business is
hobody's business" is a true old
saw, But with so much talk going
about this matter it is very probable
that some sort of action will be
taken pretty soon that will satisfy
all or at least large percentage Of
the directly interested patrons.