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Spend a few min- utes in either the post office or DiVeronica’'s store next door and you'll be sure to hear some men- tion of it. Nick DiVeronica, store owner and current landlord for the post office, leaves a petition on his counter that he hopes will keep the post office on “this side of the bridge.” Most signers cite two reasons for wanting the post office to stay in its present location,where it has been since 1945. The post office contains 108 P.O. boxes . and handles 35 general delivery customers. The people it serves do notreceive mail at their homes. It is simply more convenient to walk or drive down a hill than down a hill and across the bridge. The post office was originally supposed to move intoa 20’ by 40’ modular building. A move to a permanent site would violate that agreement. DiVeronica says the store does get business from the “post office, but doesn't need it to survive, adding that it is “a nice bonus.” DiVeronicaalsowonders about the service the post office will get from its future landlord. “We've cleaned the snow out before they open for 17 years. I don’t know if they move if they will get that kind of service.” When asked how he would handle the petition, Dale Ferguson said, “We don’t ignore these things, but if the building doesn’t work, it just doesn’t work.” The other most commonly cited reason is tradition. The post office has been near the Old Lake Road entrance to the lake for all of its 102 years. Prior to 1945, it was housed in a building across the street, one door down, recalled Eleanor Puterbaugh, postmaster for 26 years. Ms. Puterbaugh's family is Shawanese Post Office hosted dignitaries for a 100th birthday © = +} celebration in Jan., 1994. In attendance, from left, Harveys Pg mayor Richard Boice, former postmaster Eleanor Puterbaugh, . ish postmaster Nancy Smith and Bill Brady, Wilkes-Barre Postmaster, » ’ deeply involved in the history ot the post office. Her father, Walter Puterbaugh, was the postmaster responsible for buying the wooden fixtures that now fill the tiny of- fice. Ms. Puterbaugh says they were purchased from the Laketon Post Office at Sunset Beach be- cause, at that time, they were considered too outdated for that office. regardless of your physical condition and feel great about yourself! Rad {tie 11 And that’s exactly why one little corner post office has charmed so : many people. John Fletcher res” ceives his mail in his box at home, but still patronizes the Shawanesé -* Post Office, citing it as one of few «’ post offices that “enjoys historical status.” coral Fletcher says, “It's like mailing from your kitchen. You know the people. 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