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The Curtisville post office was operational for 125 years from 1832 to 1957. For 58 of those years, Florence Markham Boyd (1871 — 1947) was the mail carrier in Curtisville and later Interlaken. Visit the Stockbridge Library Historic Room exhibits. Always something fun and fascinating.
Florence was not the only one. My grandmother (Ruth Lillian Ingemunson 1895 — 1995) was the mail carrier in Farmington, Minnesota, complete with horse and buggy, from 1914 to 1918 while the boys were gone to war.
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Carole Owens, Executive Editor
SU welcomes your letters and other submissions on all Stockbridge subjects, history and current events, news and human interest, whatever is on your mind. As with articles and opinion pieces, letters are 400 words or less, no personal attacks, and always attach your name. SU does not include personal information and will delete telephone numbers, email addresses, post office boxes, and street addresses. Limit one submission per month.
Carole Owens, Executive Editor
SU is attempting to present a consistent format for readers. SU begins with its Table of Contents. The SU Editorial is next and then the News. News is divided between one-time events, such as the election and events around town, and recurring reporting, such as the Notes from… section. It is called Notes from… because SU attends the town meetings, takes notes, and reports what happened. If SU has a comment or question, it is at the end of the meeting identified as Editor’s Comment or Editor’s Question. The next section is Contributors. Under contributors, you may find Stockbridge history, opinion pieces, or information from a Committee Chair or elected official. Our final section is Reader to Reader, our letter section. The issue closes with the SU Statement of Purpose and Policy for Contributors. We welcome all letter writers and contributors; deadline on the 10th for the issue posted on the 15th of the month and on the 26th for the issue posted on the first.
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