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Show PORTRAIT OF MARTIN C. GLASSETT The Tip Sheet His publisher refers to Samuel Eliot Monson as America's most distinguished historian and I believe he has every right He is -- Iso to do it one of the most readable historians which I consider even more important. Neither Weather Nor Dogs Stop Southeast Mailman If you don't think the mail always goes through, just ask 50 transmission of oil GALILEE IAPTIST CHURCH trouble is cauied by leaky teals! SEAL SPECIAL 3041 EAST 7000 SOUTH SUNDAY SERVICES Sunday School Morning Worship $29.95 Ray's Automatic Transmission 1120 So. Main Ce collect Put am. am. "Our Living Lord Although Evening Service Special Dedication Service Prayer meeting (Wed.) 7 30 pjn. 7 00 p m retired from ac- tive service in 1955, Mr. Glassett, 74, still keeps busy with postal business He has been treasurer of Salt Lake Chapter 155, National Association of Retired Employees since 1956 (SERMON) and treasurer the of Acorn Credit Union for Postal Employees, which he helped organize in 1938. Mr. Glassett was recently presented a 50 year award and a life membership in the National Association of Letter excitement and security and in 1913 took the exam for the post office. He was appointed a substitute carrier April 1, Carriers Through the years, Mr. Glassett has delivered mail by almost every mode of transportation-walking, bicycle, horse and buggy and automobile. He stepped into his postal duties on foot, faithfully carting his bag of letters from house to house in downtown Salt Lake and on the avenues. -- Born in Governor, New York the Glassett family moved to Park City, Utah, when the future mailman was only four old When the time came for young Martin Glassett to look for a career he took up farming for six years, but found soil tilling wasn't the answer to his ambitions. He looked to Uncle Sam for years 1914 In 1916 he was transferred to the southeast and Sugar- - : DALE E WILLIAMS, 8 Tel 5 2 1 1 45 00 , JUftUu" 328-49- B Martin C Glassett, 3055 South 7th East During his 41 years as a neither rain nor mailman, snow or hail ever stopped him from making his duly appointed rounds to Sugarhouse residents your life! PaaCor - Our Unis are just beauUful eleven expert ityliiU to serve you t... aZAifucuh, JFfcere a personal touch 2112 East 13th South 3 Beauty Salon is yours CALL 467-126- house area, where he worked until his retirement The bike era rode into the postal service in the early 20s and Mailman Glassett literally pedelled the mail. Carriers had to furnish their own bike, but were given a $2 50 allowance for remonthly REVIEW WHOA... HORSE! The horsepower era galloped into the service in the 30s The southeast mailman was given a horse and buggy route in 1935 You guessed it., he had to furnish the transportation, keep it in good repair plus feed and pasture the horse. "In the summer it wasn't too much expense to feed the horse, but in the winter I had to buy hay, he remarked Did the horse ever gallop off and try to deliver the mail alone? Yes, it happened once to Mr. Glassett. He left thewagonfor a delivery. ..swish, the horse ran off "A little way down the road the wagon tipped over, he revealed, ' and I had to pay for the repairs During the horse and buggy days, a post office vacation just wasn't what it was cracked up to be. The relaxing carrier had to make sure his horse PEOPLE is as scholarly as any book on the subject ever written, but it is not nearly as dry and Mr. Morison soporific. has a lively interest in other aspects of life than He includes a political. comparison of names commonly given the family cow in the days of the He follows Pilgrims the progress of education, science and technology, religion and farming. He has included references to the parallel history of Canada along the way. A popular song of the day is appended to each section, and the listing of these songs in the front is a small history of April 15 j 96. Page 10 pairs Snow never stopped us, recalled Mr. Glassett, if we couldn't use our bikes on the streets, we'd park them and go on foot." THE OXFORD HISTORY AMERICAN THE OF and buggy was at the station each morning ready and rarin to go for his earner substi- tute "We might as well have worked those vacation days, he laughed When the automobile was introduced to deliver the mail around 1941, Mailman Glassett had a serious problem... he couldn't drive A relative took Mr. Glassett under his wing and taught him the mysterious ways of the modern horseless carriage. Again, Mr. Glassett had to furnish his own route transportation. "We furnished our own cars for 10 years, he said. Hebe-lievthe auto made a big improvement ,n mail delivery. "It did more work in less time. its Best of all, the writ ing is not for students and other historians but for popular taste and there are about three yes, three! footnotes, none of which is more than six lines long If you were a Gold-wat- es er man, you may want to look the other way now, but if you were anti or just plain puzzled like me, you will be interested in THE GOLDWATER CAPER by Richard H. Rovere. Mr Rover wrote a good deal of the book at the time of the campaign when he was traveling with theGoldwat-e- r MAN'S BEST FRIEND Dog's best friend isnt the mail man and Mr. Glassett has the scars to prove it It once took five stitches to patch a gaping dog bite on his (Continued on Page Mr speaking tour. Rovere was a reporter of the political scene without personal bias but he has put down his own picture of the Republican candidate and I found it fascinating Y our Bookie 10) 0 l&SPbd. NTERIOR DESIGN own. SAM 'Ar3If'0QW3 Zion Booh SUGAR HOUSE STHATfOftO Avfc . 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