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Neelys LandingThe Rise and Fall of a Mississippi River Town
Steven Bender
The next and last postmaster at Neelys was, according to the U.S. Postal Service, Mrs. Mattie M. Hines, who became the acting postmaster on February 1, 1940. Hines became the official postmaster on July 30, 1940, and operated the post office from the only brick store said to have existed at Neelys.
Mrs. Hiness topographers report included much the same information as those before, although Mrs. Hines had the post office moved from the Granny Huntsinger store to her store on February 1, 1940. The reason for the change in location was, Hines wrote, Mrs. E. A. Huntsinger, former postmaster, retired on account of age. And upon my temporary appointment, I desired to change locations for my convenience. The report suggests the store and, consequently, the post office were 200 feet from the river. The post office at Neelys closed for the last time on October 18, 1957.
Neelys Landing saw another change during 1957: the closing of the Hines Store. Jackie Parker-Huckstep of Georgia, a former Neelys resident, still has two handbills circulated in 1957 by Norman and Mattie Hines Hockenberry.
One of the letters suggests the Neelys post office would close on October 18 at 6:00 pm. The letter asked for patrons to notify relatives, businesses, and magazines of the offices closing. All mail formerly received at Neelys would then go to the post office in Jackson, and the mail would still be delivered on the usual route.
The second handbill Jackie Parker has tells what happened to the store and the post office. A portion of the handbill text follows:
Since we cannot compete with changing times, Chain Stores, and good roads, and because we realize that the Rural Grocery Stores will soon be just a memory along with the Horse and Buggy, the Show Boat, the Hoop Skirt, and the Rural Post Office, we have decided to sell out our stock at Wholesale prices, and close the store. . . .
We realize closing our Store may cause inconvenience to those few customers who have remained loyal to us, but we hope they will understand it takes many, many customers to keep a General Store in operation. The Stone Quarries are no more, the Section Gang has moved out, we have no Neighborhood School, and now the Post Office is gone. Neelys Landing is just a Place by the Side of the Road, just a memory of the Good Old Days.
This handbill announces the end of almost 100 years of postal service in the community, and it basically announces the impending death of a small town.
In the announcement, the Hockenberrys mention the neighborhood school. In fact, there were twoone for white children and one for black children. Research for this essay so far has yielded records pertaining only to the black school.
Neelys LandingThe Rise and Fall of a Mississippi River Town
Steven Bender
The next and last postmaster at Neelys was, according to the U.S. Postal Service, Mrs. Mattie M. Hines, who became the acting postmaster on February 1, 1940. Hines became the official postmaster on July 30, 1940, and operated the post office from the only brick store said to have existed at Neelys.
Mrs. Hiness topographers report included much the same information as those before, although Mrs. Hines had the post office moved from the Granny Huntsinger store to her store on February 1, 1940. The reason for the change in location was, Hines wrote, Mrs. E. A. Huntsinger, former postmaster, retired on account of age. And upon my temporary appointment, I desired to change locations for my convenience. The report suggests the store and, consequently, the post office were 200 feet from the river. The post office at Neelys closed for the last time on October 18, 1957.
Neelys Landing saw another change during 1957: the closing of the Hines Store. Jackie Parker-Huckstep of Georgia, a former Neelys resident, still has two handbills circulated in 1957 by Norman and Mattie Hines Hockenberry.
One of the letters suggests the Neelys post office would close on October 18 at 6:00 pm. The letter asked for patrons to notify relatives, businesses, and magazines of the offices closing. All mail formerly received at Neelys would then go to the post office in Jackson, and the mail would still be delivered on the usual route.
The second handbill Jackie Parker has tells what happened to the store and the post office. A portion of the handbill text follows:
Since we cannot compete with changing times, Chain Stores, and good roads, and because we realize that the Rural Grocery Stores will soon be just a memory along with the Horse and Buggy, the Show Boat, the Hoop Skirt, and the Rural Post Office, we have decided to sell out our stock at Wholesale prices, and close the store. . . .
We realize closing our Store may cause inconvenience to those few customers who have remained loyal to us, but we hope they will understand it takes many, many customers to keep a General Store in operation. The Stone Quarries are no more, the Section Gang has moved out, we have no Neighborhood School, and now the Post Office is gone. Neelys Landing is just a Place by the Side of the Road, just a memory of the Good Old Days.
This handbill announces the end of almost 100 years of postal service in the community, and it basically announces the impending death of a small town.
In the announcement, the Hockenberrys mention the neighborhood school. In fact, there were twoone for white children and one for black children. Research for this essay so far has yielded records pertaining only to the black school.
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Neelys LandingThe Rise and Fall of a Mississippi River Town
Steven Bender
The next and last postmaster at Neelys was, according to the U.S. Postal Service, Mrs. Mattie M. Hines, who became the acting postmaster on February 1, 1940. Hines became the official postmaster on July 30, 1940, and operated the post office from the only brick store said to have existed at Neelys.
Mrs. Hiness topographers report included much the same information as those before, although Mrs. Hines had the post office moved from the Granny Huntsinger store to her store on February 1, 1940. The reason for the change in location was, Hines wrote, Mrs. E. A. Huntsinger, former postmaster, retired on account of age. And upon my temporary appointment, I desired to change locations for my convenience. The report suggests the store and, consequently, the post office were 200 feet from the river. The post office at Neelys closed for the last time on October 18, 1957.
Neelys Landing saw another change during 1957: the closing of the Hines Store. Jackie Parker-Huckstep of Georgia, a former Neelys resident, still has two handbills circulated in 1957 by Norman and Mattie Hines Hockenberry.
One of the letters suggests the Neelys post office would close on October 18 at 6:00 pm. The letter asked for patrons to notify relatives, businesses, and magazines of the offices closing. All mail formerly received at Neelys would then go to the post office in Jackson, and the mail would still be delivered on the usual route.
The second handbill Jackie Parker has tells what happened to the store and the post office. A portion of the handbill text follows:
Since we cannot compete with changing times, Chain Stores, and good roads, and because we realize that the Rural Grocery Stores will soon be just a memory along with the Horse and Buggy, the Show Boat, the Hoop Skirt, and the Rural Post Office, we have decided to sell out our stock at Wholesale prices, and close the store. . . .
We realize closing our Store may cause inconvenience to those few customers who have remained loyal to us, but we hope they will understand it takes many, many customers to keep a General Store in operation. The Stone Quarries are no more, the Section Gang has moved out, we have no Neighborhood School, and now the Post Office is gone. Neelys Landing is just a Place by the Side of the Road, just a memory of the Good Old Days.
This handbill announces the end of almost 100 years of postal service in the community, and it basically announces the impending death of a small town.
In the announcement, the Hockenberrys mention the neighborhood school. In fact, there were twoone for white children and one for black children. Research for this essay so far has yielded records pertaining only to the black school.
Neelys LandingThe Rise and Fall of a Mississippi River Town
Steven Bender
The next and last postmaster at Neelys was, according to the U.S. Postal Service, Mrs. Mattie M. Hines, who became the acting postmaster on February 1, 1940. Hines became the official postmaster on July 30, 1940, and operated the post office from the only brick store said to have existed at Neelys.
Mrs. Hiness topographers report included much the same information as those before, although Mrs. Hines had the post office moved from the Granny Huntsinger store to her store on February 1, 1940. The reason for the change in location was, Hines wrote, Mrs. E. A. Huntsinger, former postmaster, retired on account of age. And upon my temporary appointment, I desired to change locations for my convenience. The report suggests the store and, consequently, the post office were 200 feet from the river. The post office at Neelys closed for the last time on October 18, 1957.
Neelys Landing saw another change during 1957: the closing of the Hines Store. Jackie Parker-Huckstep of Georgia, a former Neelys resident, still has two handbills circulated in 1957 by Norman and Mattie Hines Hockenberry.
One of the letters suggests the Neelys post office would close on October 18 at 6:00 pm. The letter asked for patrons to notify relatives, businesses, and magazines of the offices closing. All mail formerly received at Neelys would then go to the post office in Jackson, and the mail would still be delivered on the usual route.
The second handbill Jackie Parker has tells what happened to the store and the post office. A portion of the handbill text follows:
Since we cannot compete with changing times, Chain Stores, and good roads, and because we realize that the Rural Grocery Stores will soon be just a memory along with the Horse and Buggy, the Show Boat, the Hoop Skirt, and the Rural Post Office, we have decided to sell out our stock at Wholesale prices, and close the store. . . .
We realize closing our Store may cause inconvenience to those few customers who have remained loyal to us, but we hope they will understand it takes many, many customers to keep a General Store in operation. The Stone Quarries are no more, the Section Gang has moved out, we have no Neighborhood School, and now the Post Office is gone. Neelys Landing is just a Place by the Side of the Road, just a memory of the Good Old Days.
This handbill announces the end of almost 100 years of postal service in the community, and it basically announces the impending death of a small town.
In the announcement, the Hockenberrys mention the neighborhood school. In fact, there were twoone for white children and one for black children. Research for this essay so far has yielded records pertaining only to the black school.
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