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OUR TOWN:Career and Homemaking• Successfully CombinedWhile such terms as magneto, pinion gears, ring gears, differential and fly wheel are so much gibberish to the average woman, they are the stock and trade of Mrs. Carl Merrill who success* fully combines the careers of bookkeeper, buyer and general handy “man at Merrill’s Garage with that of homemaking.And her enjoyment of each isabout equal. “I love everything about housekeeping”, said Mrs. Merrill, “but I also enjoy meeting people in my work and I certainly have come in contact with many interesting folks”.Mrs. Merrill began work in the garage part time about 12 years ago. When her sons went into the service she then took over a full time job in the business with her husband.The Merrills, who will celebrate their 33rd wedding annivresary next month, have six children and six grandchildren. The children are Edward, Harry, Tommy, Strobie Jean, Carl Perry and Carolyn. Edward is in the automotive business in New Bedford, Mass., Harry is connected with W. F. Austin and Sons and Tommy is a part of Merrill’s Garage. Strobie Jean is a beautician with Je-wMs Beauty Shoppe; Carl Perry isflt the sixth grade at Umatilla ana Carolyn in the fifth grade.Mrs. Merrill, who was the second oldest of 14 children, said “I love babies—and a baby was always welcome in our home. In our house the children loved children.”A native of Brevard. N. C., Mrs. Merrill and her family came to Florida for several reasons. First, they had three little boys who had colds all winter and they wanted to come South for their health— secondly, Mrs. Merrill had always wanted to come to Florida, the land of orange blossoms and flowers— and thirdly, they chose Umatilla because a cousin of Carl’s insisted that they would like the place and the friendly people. So, they did—and they have been glad.As a child in Brevard, Mrs. Merrill recalls seeing Charles Osborne, grandfather to Umatilla’s Charles Z. Osborne) drive to the Church every Sunday morning. “He was always the first one at the hitching post. And everybody loved Charles Osborne, said Mrs. Merrill. Another interesting fact entwining the families of Umatilla is that Mrs. Fred Owens. Sr. was Mrs. Merrill’s first school teacher in North Carolina.Mrs. Merrill, who was then Strobie Snelson, met her husband at a county commencement. Carl was a member of the band and Strobie “liked the cocky way hei“There are certain natural rightsof which men, when theyform a social compact cannot deprieve or divest theirposterity.Among whichare the enjoyment of life and liberty* with the means of acquiring, possessing and obtaining happiness and safety”—This was the proposal made by the state of Vir-gina as she ratified the constitution in 1787 to protect civil liberties.■Local Post Office Position Is OpenThe U. S. Civil Service Commission, Atlanta, Georgia, announces that an insufficient number of applications has been received as a result of the open competitive examination for pro-bational (leading to permanent) appointment to the position ofsubstitute clerk, substitute carrier and special delivery messenger in the post office, Umatilla.Florida.Interested persons who reside within the deliver} of the Post Office named or who are bona fide patrons of such office are encouraged to file application.Persons entitled to veteran’s preference will be given preference as provided in the Veteran’s Preference Act of 1944. For detailed information on preference and other items see Examination Announcement at the local post office.•The basic rate of pay for substitutes is $1.29 per hour. After the performance of 2,024 hours of satisfactory service, includingtime served as a special delivery messenger, the basic rate of pay is increased five cents an hour each year thereafter until a maximum rate of $1.79 an hour is reached. Applicants must have reached their eighteenth birthdaybut must not have passed their fiftieth birthday on the closing date of receipt of applications. These age limits do not apply to persons entitled to veteran's preference.How to apply: Aplication card form 5000-AB properly executed must be filed with the Fifth U. S. Civil Service Regional Office. Atlanta 3. Georgia. This form may be obtained from the Secretary, Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners at the post office, Umatilla. Florida*wore his hat—thought he looked cute”. Later, Carl bought a model T Ford for a taxi—one of the first in Brevard, incidentally, and taught Strobie how to drive—one of the first woman drivers in Brevard, probably!An active member of the Uma-itlla Baptist Church. Mrs. Merrill is superintendent of the Primary Department and serves on various church committees. She is a Home Room mother, a member of the P-T. A. and as Mrs. Merrill ex-! pressed it “I never let my child-I ren down in participation of any of their activities”.So, on this Mother’s Day of 1949 we salute Mother Strobie Merrill, who has found a full and contented life made up of the pleasant, common, everyday things of living.I
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Eustis Lake Region News
Eustis, Florida, US
Thu, May 05, 1949
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