The following information appears in Raymond's 125th Anniversary book:
Gus Sutter on retirement day in 1993
Gus Sutter, a rural mail carrier the Raymond-Harvel area, retired on January 21, 1993 after 64 years with the U.S. Postal service. A reception was held in his honor at the Raymond Post Office where representatives of the U.S. Postal Service and the Rual Mail Carriers Association presented him with special certifcates and awards recognizing his status as both the oldest and longest-term mail carrier in the United States.
Gus' retirement recieved national press coverage with television crews from NBC, CBS, ABC, and CNN hovering over him on his final day of work. The event was also well documented in all the local papers, as well as the State Journal Register and The St. Louis Post Dispatch.
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