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Cfeytph Post
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o'esirirooiress
By Ilerbert Hocntt
Effective Sept. 14, the Clayton
Post Office is being served by a
1845, John G. Gulley, July, 24, 1846,
Daniel B. Ingram, July 29, 1850;
John G. Gulley, March 5, 1852;
new highway post office service, J-mcs H. Bryan, January 31, 1855.
replacing railway service in the! Clayton North Carolina
Goldsboro i and Greensboro route
formerly served by Southern Rail
way. This will mark the end of an
old era and at the the same time,
adapt postal service to a v more
modern, flexible and economical
mode -jot transportation.
To some of us. this is another
step in the sad decline of the for
mer glorious and inspiring story
, of railroading. The cause and the
'effect, of a good portion of the his
tory of r Clayton is directly tied to
the development of the portion of
'6'"Soit!hrnRallway System that
'fsnow commonly known as "Golds
and Greens Before the develop
ment of our modern highway sys
tem, the old Depot was the hub
j (The Name Was Changed
j January SO, 1856
Wil'iam D. - Joyner, January 30,
1856; WIl Ham B. Jones. November
26, 1856 ; William H. Toml'nson.
October 27, ' 1858; Mrs. Delia
Wright Jones, September 4, 1865;
Mrs. Mary A. Noble, October 31,
1865; Miss Mary C. Hood, August
8. 1867; Emily Lansford, December
30, 1867.
James T. Poole. January 27. 1873;
Lewis P. Lindsey, January 18, 1882;
William J. Y. Thurston, January
31, 1882; Doctor F. Massey, April
25. 1889; Alexander R. Duncan,
September "18, 1890; Ernest L. Hin
ton, September 26, 1893; Alexander
R. Duncan Aueust 9. 1897: Zach
of business arid even social activity, Stephenson. September 18, 1908;
aid the regular passage of pas
senger trains pulled by the huff
ing steam locomotives regulated
the activities of the town. The train
schedule was actually the clock
that dictated the coming and the
going of the people as well as the
LP H. arborouerh. Mav 26. 1913:
Charles G Gulley, March 27, 1914;
(Acting) Nathan R. Poole. April
27. 1914; Elwood B. Kelly, April
1. 1970; (Acting) A. R. Duncan,
July 1, 1921; (Acting).
R. Duncan. January 5. 1922;
mail. Good highways, automobiles, Annfe Batterif August 7, 1928 (Act-
an-A passenger-carrying buses have
been too much competition and
railway passenger service has
been reduced to practically zero.
Now with the removal of the mail
service, we must wonder if the era
is definitely ended.
Thinking over the matter of mail
.service in the light of modern
methods of transportation, it seems
to us the highway post office was
inevitable and we even wonder why
it has not been used l)'efore. At
the same time, we became curious
about the origin of the Clayton post
office, and turned immediately to
an 'Illustrated Handbook of Clay
ton. N. C. and Vicinity" that was
prepared and published in 1936
(Second Edition) by John T. Tal
ton. - Space will not permit many
direct quotes but we desire to
give full credit to Talton for state
ments of fact given here and we
will try to convey all information
ax: curat! ey -ai possible. We . also:
understand that Talton has copies
of this handbook for sale and rec
ommend it as being , informative
and extremely , interesting.
Talton sets forth that "In the
year 1770 Governor Tryon organiz
ed a force and led them against
the Regulators who were giving
trouble around Hiilsboro." In doing
so. he passed through Johnston
Comity and in this section between
Neuse River and Swift Creek, and
he set up relay, stations about 15
miles apart. One such station was
established near the home of a
Mrs. Stallings and is now the site
of the town of Clayton;
"When the North Carolina Rail
road was chartered in 1848, the
line was located along the old Try
on Road; This road was complet
ed to Mrs:-tallhigsabout 1853
and . a. de.ic ;; estabUshed there,
which was .called Stallings Station'
Another seeUon. of .Taltpn's Hand
book deals with the history of the
post office, and states. "The first
post office here was established on
December 3, 1845, under the name
of "Chilleys ,Stpre,The name of
this office I was -changed to 'Clay
ton! on January 30 i856t ' probably
about the time the North Carolina
1 Railroad was completed and train
service commenced." ;v
A v complete ; list ;of postmasters
and dates appointed Is found in' the
handbook,: listed as follows:, ;7;
A::. Needham Gulley, December' r 3,-
ing) Mrs. Minnie T. Duncan. Aug
ust 20. 192S (Acting) Van D. Dun
can, February 23. 1929; William S.
Penn, May 25, 1933; (Acting) Paul
A. Williams, July 10, 1934; (Act
ing) Paul A. Williams, January 16,
1935.
It is interesting to note that for
several years, tenure as postmas
ter followed the shifting of politi
cal power, but since about 1935 the
postmastership of all post offices
was placed under -civil service and
a more stable postal service has
resulted.
Another table in the Handbook
shows postal receipts from fiscal
year 1931-1932 through 1935-36, and
ranging frpm just under $4,000.00
to $5,800.00. Records show that the
local post office advanced fr6m
third to second class in 1944 with
receipts of over $8,000.00. Receipts
continued to climb following the
way and . have now leveled off for
hpTpast two or- thiwyears at a
figure between 25 .and 26 thousand
dollars. (
From the establishment of "Gul
ley's Store" in 1845 until 1926, resi
dents of the town of Clayton "cal
led at the Post Office" . for their
mail. Post office boxes were avail
able and some few people used
them but most of the mail was
cased alphabetically and delivered
through the general delivery win
dow. '
On May 1. 1926, city delivery
was started in Clayton with Joseph
Young as the first carrier. Parcel
post delivery was started July 1,
1 952, with Rudolph Allen as car
rier. Postal service within the town
's now comparable with any other
city within the United States.
When the local office attained
second class status in 1944, the
clerks automatically attained civil
service status following a written
examination. Miss Doris Boone
and Miss Ernestine Dodd thus
held the distinction of becoming j
the first civil service clerks. They
both later resigned just prior to
heir marriatres. The office now
employs two full-time civil service
clerks, one civil service city car
rier, and two certified substitutes,
in addition to the postmaster.
We have been unable to de
termine just when rural delivery
service was established at Clayton
We H0 know that it was in
effect before World War I and that
there were three routes operating
out of Clayton about that time.
These three routes were later con
solidated into the two that we have
now and they have been extended
from time to time until they -serve
a total of approximately 110 miles.
The ever-increasing volume of
mail has made it imperative to
seek larger quarters and. the post
office has moved from place to
place. Having started probably in
a small corner of "Gulley's
Store." it has now progressed in
physical appearance to a largre sec
tion of the Bain building in the
heart of town. From this point, it
serves well the 3000 inhabitants of
the town of Clayton, plus a subur
ban and farming area of approxi
mately 9000. more.
With our 12,000 patrons, the town
continues to grow. .New, jiomes . con
tinue to b built in and ground -iur
town and we ; now 'already have
several sections that need and de
serve more and better mall ser
vice. We wecome -the switch In
ransportation facilities" and 4 consi
der it a proper step toward the
goal of the post office department
to render better service at the least
possible cost. f -
As on example of our . growing
need, we point to the Haeffener
Development East of town that al
ready contains some 40 or more
homes and to the fact that post
office boxes have been at a pre
mium with a constant waiting list
for the i past several years.
The highway postal service is
not new. It has operated in various
places for many years and has
proven successful. The post office
department believes that it will
render better service and at a
cheaper cost.
Better Control -Of
Nematodes
The tobacco farmer's number1
one concern,: diseases caused by
nematodes, should be far less dam
aging this year than In the past.
Furney Todd, plant pathology
rjwwaiw; ior ine . j. Agricultural
Extension Service at State College,
says reduction in damage didn't
just happen, but is the . result of
hard work by many ' different
groups. The agricultural research
er had to find what crops to use
in rotation programs, the kind of
soil fumigants to use and how to
apply them and the advantage of
certain fall cultural practices for
nematode control County farm
a cents anrl othir rfmAn(rafji
The trend to bulk moling and these practices to tobacco irrowers
handling of milk on North Caro- lAnd farmers had to put all of
Una dairy farms is proceeding rap- ; these practices to work on their
idly. . farms. v
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breakfasts. Serve them with orange sections, your favorilo
ready-to-eat cereal. . milk and - coffee.
So simple to make so many ways to use them. In short, this
tells the story of quick nut breads and explains why homemaliers
like .them so well.
As for their simplicity of preparation; you have but to combine
fruits or nuts with the dry ingredients. Then add liquid ingredients
and mix. ' .......
.. Now how. to jserve them? Quick . Jiut breads .ore. a .welcomo.
f; addition to airy tneal of the day. But during September, when it'o '
. important ta re-establish breakfast habits . grown clack over tho r
cummer, try them at breakfast time. They're good either lightly
toasted or served at room temperature with butter. If you VZo
embellishment, spicy apple butter makes a eimple nut bread tastier
NUT BREAD
2 cups; sifted enriched flour "cop chopped cpi3
x tablespoon baiang powder 1 egg, czzlax
ifc teaspoon salt t 1 cup rrSIX
txr& sugar y ' : 1 ; 3 tIcspoons melted chsrtcsls
Sift together . flour, baking powder, salt end . cuar.- Add nuta.
Combine egg, wQk, and shortening. Add" liqeid to flour nlxttira
ctirring until- flour is well moistened. Pour into grcizcd SsC1
Inch loaf pan. Bake in moderate oven (3C0F.) . ticut 1 bzzt,
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YVsmnstton Corn Puddinor looks mlyhtv'lemntin? indeed. when topped
by rcrisp bacon curls. It's another in-a-dhh meal, to chock-full of cobd
ness andtnutrients that only a calad, hard rolls and milk are needed to
complete the menu. . 1 'W
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' When you combine grated sharp
Cheddar cheese, golden corn 'and
sliced mushrooms in a single dish,
plus chopped onion, pimiento and
grreen pepper, there is flavor ga-t
lore. These bask luxusiously in ;a
nourishing milk-rich 'creVm saucV. -.Coronation
Corn . Pudding is a
one-dish meal, for" its milk, cheese
and. , egg y provide ; an f adequate
amount of high-quality "protein
making- lt unnecessary for meatrtp
be setved also. Of course the vegetable.-
is included too,, so to com
plete i the , "menu Vou' need only a
1 1-2 teaspoons - salt
1-8 teaspoon pepper
1-2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 4 1 oz. can f sliced mushrooms,
I drained. . .. :
2 pimientos, chopped (1-3 cup)
1-2 ' IhJ sharp 'Cheddar ; cheese, .
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1 package -frozen corn, thawed -v;
1 beaten v y - ;
Paprika -i; . ; '
1. lb; .. bacon, sliced and cooked ?.
Melt butter in sauce pan; saute
onion and green pepper until- tran
sparent. Stir flour into saixtced
crisp combination salady bread arid' I yeisretables Xunttl Nveil mixed. AJd
butter,- milk , to drink, and possi- milk slowly,; stirring cto blend .-.in
smoothly. Add salt, pepper, j and
Worcestershire r sauce and cook
bly u fruit juice as appetizer.
Corcnation Corn i Pudding .
9'square f baldncr' dish or 1 1-2 stirrincr constantly until thick. Add
quart casserole; 6-8 servings, Pre- I mushrooms and pimiento. Blendhn
heated 375 degree oven 35. minutes.
6 tabl espoons butter - - . .
1 medium cnicn,, chopped v.-;
1 green pepper; chopped (optional)
6 tablespoons flour
2 cups mill: " . - .
cheese and corn. Remove "frcm
heat. Mix in egg. Pour Into butter
ed baking dish. Sprinkle vith pa
prika. Bake in a preheated C73 de
gree oven f or C5 minutes. GarrAzi)
and cerve "with ccolicd baccn curia;
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