The Washington Post, August 6th, 1989
Things have a way of never changing here in this hamlet about 20 miles and 100 years from Shreveport, La. But after 142 years in the same place, the U.S. Post Office has outgrown T.C. Lindsey's General Store and will move to a new building across the road. The Jonesville Post Office is one of the oldest in the nation on an original site. Postmaster Reba Nolan, who still hand cancels every letter, said she hates to see progress come to Jonesville but decided she has to be practical. "It's freezing in winter and broiling in summer," she said. "And I have to crawl over the mail to get to the door...
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