Sommer delivered mail a number of years.  Glenn Collins was a rural carrier 34 years, from 1918 to 1952.  the present two routes are served by C. W. Mueller and S. C. Burger.

          When the routes were established in 1900, there were many long hard pulls through mud and disagreeable weather with slow-moving horsedrawn vehicles.  In 1925, Henry Ford simplified the work considerably.  However, none of the drivers would contradict the statement that even so, under some conditions for which Iowa is famous, many of the trips on the routes were not exactly a bed of roses.  Prior to the rural mail delivery, farmers called for their mail and perhaps several of their neighbors' mail whenever they got to town.  The early newspaper listed local mail which had not been picked up at the post office.

          For a number of years post cards could be mailed for one cent and a penny post card was a reality.  In 1925 the rate was raised to two cents, later to three cents, and presently is costs five cents for that one-time penny post card to be mailed.  Likewise, first class mail has increased through the years from two cents to the present six cents per ounce.          

     IN MEMORY OF

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   Reverend & Mrs. Charlie B. Rowe 1894-1928

Lorenz L. & Nellie A. Mortimer - Farmer & Manager of Farmers Coop.