Show SUCCESSOR TO HITCHCOCK dr grandfield made first assistant postmaster general washington charles P grand field of missouri the ranking officer of the bureau who has acted as first assistant in the absence of assistant postmaster general frank U hitchcock has succeeded to the vacancy created by the latter s resignation mr hitchcock recently decided to accept the invitation of the friends ol 01 secretary taft to assist in the man argement of his campaign for the dentral nomination of the republican party dr grandfield was born at troy lincoln county missouri in 1861 and keeps his voting residence there he was appointed to the post office department part ment aa clerk at in august 1885 and has risen through every grade to his present position ahila in the department be took a course in medicine at howard university get ting his degree of M D in 1889 dr grandfield resides with his wife fand two daughter at S street ff 4 |