So, as I was combing through my ephemera this past week, I came across a stamp that I found on Etsy.com (if you haven't been on Etsy, it's a great site for handmade in the U.S.A. items and some vintage goodies). This stamp has graced my bookshelf for a few years now and it was only recently that I started to put 2 + 2 together...potentially.
As many of you know, I began at Brown's Candy Factory under the tutelage of June Ward. June and her husband Jo Bill adopted me outright and for years looked after me (secretly reporting back to my family on my well being). They have even traveled to my sister's wedding, my grandfather's funeral, and many other "family" events. Truly, this woman, is more than just my mentor...she might as well be my blood relative. I wouldn't love her any less if she wasn't.
During our times in the basement, she would tell about starting at the City and helping open the Candy factory in its new location. I had almost forgotten about her very first role at the Post Office (they even mention it in the bio below):
http://www.bransonsilverdollarcity.com/craftsmen/craftsman_detail.aspx?AttractionID=858I had an almost-immediate epiphany. Could it be that I had one of the stamps that Aunt June originally used at the Post Office? The jury is still out, as she hasn't seen it in person, but I plan on bringing it with me on my next visit to confirm. At any rate, hope this to be true so I feel that I have a piece of Aunt June staring back at me on my bookshelf every day, hopefully giving me her "stamp" of approval.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/skinnytie/4420591603/