| Show Jeeps Conquer Mud For Rural Carriers JASPER GA When it comes to good old Georgia mud Pickens county is an unwilling claimant to the state championship But two rural mail carriers have solved the mud problem and up to now have been making their trips on almost mid summer slimmer s schedules Jeeps turned the trick for the carriers W. W J. J Hamrick and R. R E. E Williams On only one occasion were they t ey doubtful and that was after a two- two inch rain had fallen with the mud worse than ever But the jeeps took them through Hamrick had a premonition of a abad abad I bad winter so he purchased a jeep in December to serve the patrons on Talking Rock Route 1 Early in January Jasper Route 1 got so bad that Williams could not get through with his regular car So he hired Hamrick to drive him around in the jeep One trip was enough to con con- convince convince convince vince Williams that it was the right way to beat Pickens county mud I Throughout the winter the jeeps with their wheel four-wheel drive have been be n able to travel over every road in the county And so far neither snow nor rain nor nor heat nor night nor mud stays these couriers from swift completion of their appointed rounds Rural carriers who have long longheld longheld longheld held that the mail must go through have thus found a peace peace- peacetime peacetime peacetime time use for the reliable jeep which won so many laurels in war |
