Rural Free Delivery Carriers Mark 90 Years of Service
Four RF D carriers have served a combined 90 years delivering mail from Fredericksburg. The feature notes early routes begun in 1902 with Alfred Riley, and profiles current drivers Reinhold Eckhardt Otto Burgdorf Edgar Marschall and Otto Schmidt. It highlights route counts and the nationwide scope of RF D.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Gillespie County
Alfred Riley
Rf.d. Number
Riley
Emil Riley
Albert Klett
Reinhold Eckhardt
Eckhardt
Uncle Sam
R.F.D
Ing
Otto Burgdorf
Otto Schmidt
Edgar Marschall
Rheinhold Eckhardt
Burgdorf
Not All Stamps Mail Delivery Post Office Performs Variety Of Other Services
The Fredericksburg Post Office provides many non mailing services including Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps sales local saving bonds and special saving service handling veteran payments civil service exams notices and examinations posted. alien registration Social Security wage earner signups and revenue stamps. serving as recruitment interview HQ for Army and Navy during periodic visits as part of national defense program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mail Delivery Post Office
Fredericksburg
Defense
United Saving
Freedricksburg
Otto Stoffers
Post Office
Postal Department
U. S. Army
Navy
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Hill Country
Federal
Stehling Bros
Stehling’s
Sinclair Refining Company
Ford
Firestone Tires
Advance Motor Co
Lincoln Sales and Service
Office of the Postmaster General
U. S
Charles Town
Avilla
Hialltown
West Virginia
Saenger & Ochs
the Railway Company
Fredericksburg & Northern Railway Company