The son of a St. Louis mail carrier who went on to become the postmaster of St. Joseph, Paul Eschbacher Jr. has wanted to be a mailman from the time he was a small boy.
"I thought it was the greatest job in the world," he said from his desk in the postmaster's office at the Maryville Post Office on North Fillmore Street. "I still do."
Eschbacher took over as Maryville postmaster on May 24 and succeeds Debra Hill, who retired. He began his Postal Service career as a city carrier in Anderson, Ill., where he carried the mail for 12 years before becoming a supervisor.
At the time of his appointment to the Maryville office, he was supervisor of customer services in Anderson, a city of 40,000, where the post office has about 90 employees...
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The son of a St. Louis mail carrier who went on to become the postmaster of St. Joseph, Paul Eschbacher Jr. has wanted to be a mailman from the time he was a small boy.
"I thought it was the greatest job in the world," he said from his desk in the postmaster's office at the Maryville Post Office on North Fillmore Street. "I still do."
Eschbacher took over as Maryville postmaster on May 24 and succeeds Debra Hill, who retired. He began his Postal Service career as a city carrier in Anderson, Ill., where he carried the mail for 12 years before becoming a supervisor.
At the time of his appointment to the Maryville office, he was supervisor of customer services in Anderson, a city of 40,000, where the post office has about 90 employees...
Pick up today's Daily Forum for the rest of the story!