Everyone enjoys receiving mail and hopes some will be delivered to their mailbox every day. Within this writer’s lifetime we have gone from mail only in a mailbox on the porch or along the road to receiving mail in a mailbox on our computer or phone. For me (and most other folks) that “real” card or note that is delivered to your home is extra special. Someone had to plan ahead and make a little more effort to get it to you on time.
All postal employees should be appreciated and remembered for their service, but space allows only room to remember one today. Lancaster native Ernest H. Karcher (1909-1984) delivered mail for 22 years, 1947-1969. When his retirement was recognized in the E-G (8 Nov 1969) Ernest mentioned he would not miss “getting in and out of a mail truck 17 times in 20 minutes.”