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, 4 SEM I -MONTHLY PICTOR IAL. NEWSLETTER BAY SdICGEE, MCHEIIRY P0STI"{ASTr',Rr T0 RETIBE N0llErtsEit 30 0n i'lovenrber JO; l:95gr Postruaster ldcGee wtll retire from active ciuty with the de- partment. Arnong the many rrays that the growbh of aqy comrrunity can be juoged, perhaps none reflects change more aecurately or quickly than the Post 0ffice, and i[i. McCree has had ample opportuutty to watch this growbh for more than twenty.for:r Jrears. He started service u,'ith the department on April 19r Lg35t at the o.ffice, vrhich lwas then located on Rinerside Drive, suc- iceedlng Albert f,rause in the eapaeillr of rPostmaster. Beceipts for the office in ,that year rrere slightl in excess of sev- len thousand dollars; in 1g5B the-,. totaled tmore tharr 9;t83r 500. 0ther changes includ.e the eonsolidation of the I#'est &{eHenry post Office rith HcHerrry in L950; the establish. trent of city delivery serrice; and an jn- crease, more than double, in n:ral 'routes. 0n November Ztfr", L:i52, w'ith the growbh of our cornnrn-lty, additional quarters were needed, and an adjoin:ing bui-Idlng was add.- ed to the working floor space, an increase of about L5O76. Again, I-arger quarters xrere needed, and on Februaty 2L2 Lg|g t the Post Office moved into it,s new quarters at LAZ North Green Streete rvhich rnclude a work- ing space of 65yZ square feetr a dock sp- ace of 950 square fdete ancl a parking- trafflc area of 6376 square feet, Patrons of the post office tn L?35 were approxinately lrreOO; in January, l950rwith a tentative inerease of three " inone rural- routes, the population served is enpected to be in excess of 27t 100 people. rr ft is a ple'.sure to have been associat- ed lnlth such a fine dedicrited group as the employees of the McHenry Post 0ffice in ser ring the people of this communlfy, ttif,1', lulc- Ctee SaJrS.rrlt has been a wonderful and happy etcper- ience. ttTo rqr successor, James ll. Hetteman, I e:rtend best w-ishe s and know that he wLII recej"ve the fuI1 support and co-operation of all the employees of thj-s office in ser- rring the po=tal- need.s of the peoplt in this area. rr