I became a temporary part time mail carrier in a little farm community called Plano, TX, when I was 17. The Postmaster had to get special permission from the regional office to hire an underage employee.:laughing: My first job was delivering the parcel post and our Post Office only had one vehicle and delivering parcel post was the only thing it was used for. It was a leased 1949 Willys Jeep panel truck or wagon that had no driver's door, no muffler, and no key (just a toggle switch). I think everyone in town recognized the sound of it coming.:laughing: Odd coincidence: it was leased from the owner of the local White Auto Store and one night the local town marshall caught a burglar in the White Auto Store, put the burglar in the 2 cell rarely used jail, and forgot to lock the cell door. So the burglar walked out, stole the old Jeep, and took off up U.S. 75. Even in the middle of the night, someone recognized the sound, knew it shouldn't be in use that time of night, called the marshall and he caught the thief before he got 10 miles up the road. So we had a new rule; had to get a key made and a new ignition switch, and keep the key inside the Post Office when the Jeep was not in use.:laughing:
