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Post office in Trenton gets mail to right spot, even when addresses incomplete By
Emily Aikele
"The building we had before was really small and didn't have a bathroom or a place to wash your hands," said Arlene Kupfer, former Trenton postmaster. Kupfer served her community as sub-clerk of the post office for three years before becoming the postmaster in 1971. She retired in 1996 after 28 years of work at the post office. She said the new building was drastically needed since the previous building was falling apart and couldn't meet all of the needs. Kupfer enjoyed her years of work at the post office and said she knew everybody in the community and delivered mail without full names or addresses on many occasions. After Kupfer's retirement, LaWanna Walker took over the position of postmaster. She also admits to delivering mail with incomplete addresses but also said that as the community is growing it becomes more difficult to accurately place incorrectly addressed mail. "We have rented out 49 post office boxes and there are roughly 112 people on our rural route," said Walker. She started working at the Trenton post office 28 years ago and said she doesn't know how long there has been a post office in Trenton. "We are considered an intermediate post office because our route actually starts in Smithfield before coming out here," she said. Walker believes the post office is important to the community and she enjoys knowing everyone in her small community. She's not sure how long she will continue in her position as postmaster but will continue to do the best she can for the time being.
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