Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 161, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1915 — Widow Is Given Big Job. [ARTICLE]

Widow Is Given Big Job.

Corpus Christi, Tex.—Mrs. George Welch, who took charge of the Corpus Christi post office recently, is believed to be the only woman in the United States to have charge of a poet office of the first class. Mrs. Welch Is the widow of Judge Stanley Welch, for years a leading jurist of Texas and who was assassinated ten years ago at Rio Grande City on the eve of an election. She is an appointee of President Wilson, her nomination having been submitted by Congressman John N. Garner. The, Corpus Christi office has an annual revenue of 145,000 and employs eighteen clerks and carriers.