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“Special Delivery Marks Elmer Disgarden’s Retirement After Long Postal Dept. Service” from the January 11, 1962 Door County Advocate
Sunday was a first class, special de­livery air mail day for Elmer Disgarden, venerable and be­loved rural carrier who retir­ed Jan. 5 after 50 years of…
"Washington Island Unique Spot on Door Peninsula" from the March 22, 1962 Door County Advocate
Sarah Magnusson's history of Washington Island.
"Resourcefulness and hard work made Mary Jischke's life a success" from the May 13, 1976 Door County Advocate
When Mary Jischke was still a young woman she remembers her mother-in-law telling her, “I don’t mind dying but I hate getting old.”
"Postal employee cutbacks shouldn't affect service" and "Popular post employees enter retirement together" from the 1972 Door County…
By Linda Adams and Frank Tachovsky
"Pioneer Belgian Women Had Amazing Endurance" from the March 22, 1962 Door County Advocate
About a dozen contiguous townships between Green Bay and Sturgeon Bay make up a large tract of beautiful farming country largely populated by people of…
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