I posted a series of photographs yesterday that depicted construction of the Chariton Post Office during 1917 and 1918 and wanted to share this image from the same collection before moving on.
Move forward 26 years from the day the new post office opened its doors and here are the men who worked there during October of 1944 standing on the front porch. All men. That seems very foreign today.
Frustratingly, we have two copies of this photograph and although the same men are named, their names are given in different orders. I've picked one set of identifications more or less at random. I know there are grandchildren of these men out there --- help me sort this out!
The four city carriers are standing in the front row. They are identified on both photographs as (from left) Amos Kinkead, Lewis Curtis, Kent Hooper and Gordon Barber.
Five rural carriers and two custodians are in the second row. Versions of the order they're standing in differ. I've picked this one (from left): Rural carriers Art Williams, Ted Ashby, Ben Lenig, Roy Dukes and Bill Ashby and Joe Czerwin, assistant custodian, and Glenn Dillman, custodian.
Third row (from left): Dee Batten, postmaster; Elmer Hasselquist, assistant postmaster; Gene Goodwin, reserve carrier/clerk; Harry Martz, clerk; George Kinkead, clerk; Paul Paton, trucker; Herman Holmes, clerk; Ora Teater, clerk; Cecil Woodcock, special carrier; and Glenn Burgett, clerk.
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