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Veteran Mailman Retires*Summer's blistering sun and winter’s icy winds no longer will figure greatly in the daily activities of Herbert , C. Graybill. From now on he can duck the sun’s torrid rays by parking under a shade tree and when winter comes he can laugh at Mother Nature’s onslaughts of snow and ice and stay close to the family fireside.Mr. Graybill has trudged through all kinds of weather during the past 44 years because his work required him to to do so.But that’s all over with now. A jovial youngster” of 70, Mr. Graybill is through carrying the mail. His postman’s uniform and pouch have been laid aside as Massillon’s oldest mail carrier retires and starts a well-earned and justly-deserved rest.Forty-four years is a long time for a man to carry Uncle Sam’s mail through summer’s heat, and winter’s cold but Mr. Graybill has done it and now he’s looking forward to the years ahead when he can devote his time to working around the house or joining his friends in a game of pinochle at the Masonic Temple.►Mr. Graybill made his last deliveries of mail Friday. For the past 15 years he has covered a downtown beat. Needless to say his stocky figure and jovial greeting will be missed by the hundreds of persons he came in contact with each day on the streets and in stores and offices.■The father of 11 children, Mr. Graybill starfed work in a coal mine when 10 years old. After 17 years in the mines he decided to look for something different and became a mailman in 190a when the post office was located on the southwest corner of Erie st and Federal ave NE.PA lot of water has gone over the dam since then and many changes have taken place, both in the city and inthe post office, but Mr. Graybill, except for age, remains unchanged. His greeting is still as hearty and cheerful as it was 40 years ago.The Evening Independent congratulates Mr. Graybill on his long career as a postman and hopes, that in the years to come, he will continue to enjoy good health and a happy and active life.
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Evening Independent
Massillon, Ohio, US
Sat, Jul 30, 1949
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