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JAMES E. ELLMORE OF AMISSVILLE transported the U. S. mail from Warrenton to Washington, Va. by way of Amissville and back again on Friday for the last time on a regular schedule. Had he continued until April 4 of this year, his service on the mail route would have encompassed 26 years. In the past year, he says he had one day off.
Thursday afternoon at the Amissville office, he was given a small retirement celebration, with punch and cake served, and was presented a gift.
Mr. Ellmore came to this area in 1944 and purchased a small farm near Amissville just over the line in Culpeper County. He sold this in 1951 and bought some acreage on Route 211 east of Amissville—still in Culpeper. He operated a small fruit and craft stand there on weekends, and plans to become more involved in this after retirement. He has rejected the idea of becoming a substitute carrier on the star route.
He has been a dedicated worker all of his life and recalls his first employment on a farm in the Loudoun-Fairfax
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