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It’s a woman’s world—especially in the post offices of Rappahannock County, where of the eight post offices seven of the postmasters are women.
Mary Curtis was officially designated postmaster of the U. S. Post Office in Flint Hill on Saturday morning. She had been officer in charge since the retirement early this year of Mabel Lillard and had been clerk in that office for the past five years.
“I haven’t any problems with the office since 1 have been associated with it for five years and I had such a good instruction under Mabel Lillard. She’s the greatest person I’ve ever known, continued Mary, “and conditions remain good with fellow employees like Mitchell Jenkins, Doug Hume and Mary Wood.” Mary Curtis, nee Timmons, a native of Alexandria, moved when she was 12 to Washington. D. C. She attended Langley Junior High School and was graduated from McKinley High. Following this she was employed with the Demand Ordinance Fuse Lab, a division of the Bureau of Standards until it was made a separate entity. She also worked for the Canteen
Corp, a vendi^company.
“When 1 was a kid 1 spent some weekends and visited in the summer with an aunt in Amissville. While I enjoyed it, I could not imagine living
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