Mr. Lanham Revisited: Jan. 26, 1926

The Kiwanis Club avoids being drawn into a political squabble

There was “quite a lot of excitement” at the Kiwanis Club meeting over the appointment of a new postmaster for Rome. (Postmasters were political appointees named by the president of the United States until 1970, but local opinion heavily influenced their choices.) Rome had a female postmaster at the time, a Mrs. Barclay, and the replacement being consid…