Lake Kushaqua Post Office: Difference between revisions

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The Lake Kushaqua Post Office began in 1894. The name was changed to Stony Wold by 1951, and it discontinued service in 1957 when the mail went to Onchiota Post Office. It was listed as a Class Three post office with a salary of $2,500 in the 1945 [of Post Offices by Classes].

Grace Davies was its last post master.

It was also the known as the White Fathers Rural Station in 1960 to at least 1964. A "rural station" appears to have been an office in the charge of a postal clerk rather than a post master.

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-[[File:Stony%20Wold%20PO.jpg|left|thumb||Stony Wold Post Office cancellation, 1954<br>|Courtesy of John Hamlin]][[File:Lake%20Kushaqua%20Cover.jpg|right|thumb||Lake Kushaqua Post Office cancellation, 1953<br>|Courtesy of John Hamlin]]The '''[[Lake%20Kushaqua|Lake Kushaqua]] Post Office '''began in 1894. The name was changed to [[Stony%20Wold|Stony Wold]] by 1951, and it discontinued service in 1957 when the mail went to [[Onchiota%20Post%20Office|Onchiota Post Office]].  It was listed as a Class Three post office with a salary of $2,500 in the 1945 [[https://books.google.com/books?id=PpMGZe8KbAcC&pg=RA1-PA99&dq=lake+kushaqua+post+office&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiR1OuUic7wAhVXbs0KHcb_DGYQ6AEwAHoECAAQAg#v=onepage&q=lake%20kushaqua%20post%20office&f=false|List of Post Offices by Classes]].
+[[File:Stony Wold PO.jpg|left|thumb||Stony Wold Post Office cancellation, 1954<br>|Courtesy of John Hamlin]][[File:Lake Kushaqua Cover.jpg|right|thumb||Lake Kushaqua Post Office cancellation, 1953<br>|Courtesy of John Hamlin]]The '''[[Lake%20Kushaqua|Lake Kushaqua]] Post Office '''began in 1894. The name was changed to [[Stony%20Wold|Stony Wold]] by 1951, and it discontinued service in 1957 when the mail went to [[Onchiota%20Post%20Office|Onchiota Post Office]].  It was listed as a Class Three post office with a salary of $2,500 in the 1945 [[https://books.google.com/books?id=PpMGZe8KbAcC&pg=RA1-PA99&dq=lake+kushaqua+post+office&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiR1OuUic7wAhVXbs0KHcb_DGYQ6AEwAHoECAAQAg#v=onepage&q=lake%20kushaqua%20post%20office&f=false|List of Post Offices by Classes]].
-[[File:Stony%20Wold%20PO%2C%2057.jpg|left|thumb||Stony Wold Post Office cancellation, 1957<br>|Courtesy of John Hamlin]][[Grace%20Davies|Grace Davies]] was its last post master.
+[[File:Stony Wold PO, 57.jpg|left|thumb||Stony Wold Post Office cancellation, 1957<br>|Courtesy of John Hamlin]][[Grace%20Davies|Grace Davies]] was its last post master.
-[[File:White%20Fathers.jpg|right|thumb||White Fathers Rural Station cancellation, 1954<br>|Courtesy of John Hamlin]]It was also the known as the [[White%20Fathers|White Fathers]] Rural Station in 1960 to at least 1964.  A "rural station" appears to have been an office in the charge of a postal clerk rather than a post master.
+[[File:White Fathers.jpg|right|thumb||White Fathers Rural Station cancellation, 1954<br>|Courtesy of John Hamlin]]It was also the known as the [[White%20Fathers|White Fathers]] Rural Station in 1960 to at least 1964.  A "rural station" appears to have been an office in the charge of a postal clerk rather than a post master.