(Courtesy of Dot Lash)

Warren D. “Warrie” Spaid was the Postmaster of Beavertown, appointed 12-5-1913. Here he is shown at his desk when the Post Office was located in the little building across the street from Albert’s Barber Shop of today. After his tour as Postmaster, he became Beavertown’s second rural route mail carrier. We are celebrating 100 years of rural mail carriers in the U.S. as of October 1996. The lobby of our Post Office has a nice display recognizing this event.

(Can you name at least four other rural route carriers for Beavertown? Answer next month.)

Answer to Last Month

Pete Marks delivered ice cream door to door. Milk was delivered door to door by Smith’s Dairy. Fresh fish was peddled with the familiar (Toot Toot) bulb-horn, followed by the man yelling “Yo!”. Ner Feese did this for a while.

You could call in or write in to several local stores and they would deliver your groceries. Later, Kauffman’s had a store on wheels to do the same thing.

Troutmans had a meat wagon and delivered fresh made ring baloney and other meats door to door.

The Great A and P sold tea and other things door to door. The Fuller Brush man came door to door.

Medicines of various types were peddled door to door. “Doc” Klingler was one of these salesmen.

Services like fixing pots and pans, sharpening saws and knives, and fixing umbrellas, etc. were also offered.