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Oral History Interview with Glen Van Scoy, 1988 July 30, 2006 September 18

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Identifier: WHS-C002

Abstract

Grandson of Edward Bruce Bowles. Mother was Maria Bowles Van Scoy Glen was a member of the Home Rule Charter Convention in 1957. In 1946 Glen VanScoy was named postmaster of Westminster. He & wife were the only employees at that time; with a population of 700 they managed the office and they met the train twice a day to deliver & pickup mail. Talks of the postoffice moving, more clerks, house to house delivery began, raising the postoffice to second class then first class.

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  • 1988 July 30
  • Digitization: 2006 September 18

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1 Items (sideA 18,558,117 bytes; sideB 19,220,791 bytes)