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Postal Service had not announced its plans for the Huntly post office, now part of the retiring postmaster’s residence. A possible solution, according to Mrs. Lewis, is to set up a temporary trailer until a final decision is made about the future of Huntly’s post office.
Mrs. Lewis said that, as of Tuesday, the USPS had not announced who her successor will be.
In Flint Hill, another familiar face will be closing the post office there for the last time on Friday. Mary Curtis, who has been the town’s postmaster since 1980, will also retire from the Postal Service.
“I leave with mixed emotions,” she said Tuesday. “It’s hard to leave something which has been so much a part of your life for 14 years, but I’m looking forward to doing things — what I want, w'hen I want.”
Mrs. Curtis has been employed by the Flint Hill office since 1974, when she signed on as a clerk. Mabel Lillard was then the postmaster, and Mrs. Curtis replaced Barbara Gentry when she retired.
After Mrs. Lillard retired, Mrs. Curtis was appointed as Flint Hill’s postmaster on Feb. 9, 1980.
Mrs. Curtis said that she and her husband Jack have definite plans after her retirement, including “a lot of traveling.” Their first trip will be a golfing vacation in South Carolina, she added.
As Of Tuesday, Mrs. Curtis said, the Postal Service has not announced who her successor will be. But for students of local history, she added, if a male is appointed as Flint Hill’s postmaster, it would be the first time in nearly 100 years. “We haven’t had a man in the job since 1892!” she said.
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