Sometimes when the written facts have been lost, destroyed or perhaps never written we still have fond memories to keep places and people with us today. Here is one about Hale, Iowa (St. Joseph)
“My Father one time had written some notes about the town (Hale and St Joseph). He was a rural mail carrier in the area for 35 years so along the way he gathered plenty of stories.”
“He drove an 85 mile route in his own car daily. I shoveled snow away from the mail boxes so he could get the car close enough to put the mail in the mail boxes. I did not have to do it for every mail box . Most of the farmers cleared it out for us but occasionally a snow plow covered them up or a farmer did not have time to clear the snow away so that is when I was put into action.”
“It was also my job to use a crowbar to pry the snow out of the front wheel wells so my dad could turn the steering wheel (thus the front wheels) to get around the corners.”
“I never looked forward to school “snow days” as that is when my dad would get me out of bed and make me go along on his mail route.”
Submitted by: Mike Sinnwell
HALE (St. Joseph)
Kossuth County, Iowa
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