Harold Maurer is hanging up his mailbag at the Carmi Post Office. Maurer, a 22-year substitute rural carrier associate in Carmi, retired from the job earlier this month. Maurer, who was assigned to fill in mainly on Route 3, came to the decision following a recent hip replacement. "At my age, I had been contemplating retirement anyway," said Maurer. "The hip replacement was the thing that pushed …
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