- Dates
- 1992-10-02 – 1992-10-15
- Kind
- Appointment
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communicationpublic-servicecommunityhistory
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Mary LaFreniere Minor retired after serving as St. James postmaster from 1973 through 1992. On October 15, the United States Postal Service approved the name change to Beaver Island Post Office while retaining the ZIP Code.
Evidence limits
This combines a newspaper career profile and a reported Postal Service notice; it is not a personnel file or postal administrative docket.
Sources
- Profiles Mary LaFreniere Minor’s postal-service career from 1969, her 1973–1992 postmaster service, island mail growth, and the Chamber’s effort to change the designation from St. James to Beaver Island. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1992-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held sixteen-page issue scan confirms the retirement profile.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1992-10_Beaver-Beacon
- Reports official approval effective October 15, 1992, of the Beaver Island Post Office name, with the same ZIP Code and a possible delay for the new postmark. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1992-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held sixteen-page issue scan confirms the retirement and postal-name reports.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1992-10_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Mary LaFreniere Minor retires and St. James Post Office becomes Beaver Island Post Office, 1992”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-postmaster-mary-minor-retirement-1992/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Beacon, October 1992, “BEAVER ISLAND POSTMASTER RETIRES.” (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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