Carl Rose was in charge of the Austin Post Office from 1972-1999.  Longer than anyone in the history of the Austin Post Office, which was established in 1854.  Carl was a 1957 graduate of Austin High School. 

David Kelly – Post Master – 4/13/1854

John Allen – Postmaster – 9/19/1854

Robert J. Rankin – Postmaster – 6/8/1959

Lionel Rumville - - Postmaster – 5/20/1864

James E. Morris – Postmaster – 10/5/1865

Thomas Hughbanks – Postmaster – 10/23/1866

William H. Tull – Postmaster – 10/22/1867

Thomas Jones – Postmaster - 4/14/1870

Benjamin F. Foster – Postmaster – 5/13/1873

Thomas Hughbanks – Postmaster – 2/1/1877

Benjamin Foster – Postmaster – 9/4/1877

John W. Stratton – Postmaster - 1/27/1879

William Connett – Postmaster – 11/24/1879

Oscar Ogden – Postmaster – 2/24/1880

Mrs. Belle Rude – Postmaster – 1/24/1881

John W. Montgomery – Postmaster – 2/16/1886

Joseph S. Morgan – Postmaster – 9/6/1889

John W. Montgomery – Postmaster – 5/8/1893

Joseph S. Morgan – Postmaster – 4/26/1897

Ivan C. Morgan – Postmaster – 7/15/1905                                                   

Mrs. Jennette R. Winkleman – Postmaster - 8/4/1914

Ivan C. Morgan – Postmaster – 10/20/1921 - Pictured at right

Mrs. Jennette R. Winkleman – Acting Postmaster – 12/16/1933

Mrs. Jennette R. Winkleman – Postmaster – 2/10/1934 

Harold E. Thomas – Acting Postmaster – 7/31/1942

Harold E. Thomas – Postmaster – 5/29/1943

Merrill E. Gasaway – Acting Postmaster – 11/30/1965

Paul A. Maggard – Postmaster – 12/7/1967

Mrs. Opal Harris – Officer-In-Charge – 12/6/1970

Joseph P. Sweany – Postmaster – 3/20/1971

Carl T. Rose – Officer-In-Charge – 4/14/1972

Carl T. Rose – Postmaster – 9/2/1972

Sheila McNeely – Officer-In-Charge – 9/30/1999

Daniel B. Burress – Postmaster – 10/23/1999

Christopher Morris – Postmaster – 2/5/2005

Gary W. Densford – Officer-In-Charge – 1/30/2006                        

Gary W. Densford – Postmaster – 3/3/2007

 

- - Left to right: Carl Rose, Chester Webster, Opal Harris, Ed Johnson, Paul Sweany

2010 Christmas Eve Photo – Austin Postman Kevin Mace on High Street - Austin Indiana – 2010 Photo by Mike Barrett

Chris Morris (right) new Austin Postmaster poses with his predecessors former Austin Postmasters Carl Rose (9/2/72-9/30/99, Daniel B. Burress (10/23/99-2/5/05 - Morris was Postmaster from 2/6/05-1/30/06

2002 - - Austin Postal Retirees at Cracker Barrel in Scott County Indiana - - Sitting Bob Hubbard and Guy Stone Jr.  – Standing Ed Johnson, Charles Lapp, Eddie Bowen, Carl Rose and Carl Bowen.  

 - Austin Indiana Post Office - Nayrelle Smith Jeanette Winkleman