The Hancock-Henderson Quill, Inc.
Neither rain, sleet, or snow, as the saying goes, can keep the mail from going through, but now" fire" should be added to the U.S. Postal slogan.
Robert K. Doran of Carman, and his family were shocked to get an envelope from the U.S. postal service apologizing for the delay of the mail enclosed, which they said was due to damage in handling.
The contents was a sympathy card and a check mailed in Dayton, Ohio on October 9, 2001, by another Carman residence, Mary Louise Donaldson of Carman. Donaldson was visiting relatives there at the time of her neighbor's death but didn't know her card hadn't arrived at the Doran's until this past week. It was burnt around the edges as was the card and check inside. A postal worker placed it in a U.S. envelope with a letter of apology printed on the back entitled "We Care."
A call to the Dayton post office found a postal worker who said a trailer of mail on it's way to Indiana had hit a medium in October and a piece of the medium flew into it's gas tank resulting in a trailer fire. "They are still sorting burnt mail here," she said, and sending what ever possible to its destination.
"I had a $139 payment that I hope they don't find and process," she said, "because I re-issued the check. Maybe I better stop payment on it," she said.