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every day except bunday, since Feb. 1, 1932, Mr. Jenkins has carried the mail over star route Number 51179 from Front Royal to pulpeper and return, a distance of about 94 miles. This route in* duties a trip to Chester Gap twice a day.
Vyith a health record very nearly jas perfect as his safety record (about four days of sick leave during the entire 26 years) Mr. Jenkins sets-a kind of mark that few
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iince moving to Flint Hill three
rs ago, twenty four miles per day were added to his travel. Besides carrying the mail Mr. Jenkins performs many other duties, as I running errands for patrons ! along his route, carrying messages,! picking up packages at the freight depot, ^and has a thriving orchard and tducken business at hoine.
Friends and. associates of Mr. Jenkins attribute his outstanding achievement to his unfailing courtesy on the highway, and where ever he happens to be Mrs., Barbara S. Gentry, postmaster at Flint Hill presented the citation anjl medal.
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