Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 55, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1909 — Witham to Be Carrier; Blankenbaker Substitute. [ARTICLE]

Witham to Be Carrier; Blankenbaker Substitute.

Civil Service Commissioner Greene, who had charge of the appointment of a carrier for the new rural route at Parr, has announced that William A. Witham will be the carrier and William B. Blankenbaker, the substitute carrier. The new route will be started the first of April and will extend from Parr to Gifford and back by another route, as recently described in the Republican. The carrier will reside at Parr and wljl receive $75 a month. Five applicants recently took the examination for the position, which was conducted by Postmaster Murray, in this city.