Floyd Winter(second from right) of Waucoma is pictured here holding the Million-Mile Club plaque he earned as a rural mail carrier. With Floyd are (l-r) Thomas Allen, manager of Post Office Operations; Jim Herrmann, district manager of the Hawkeye District; and West Union Postmaster Sheila Soppe.

Million-mile rural postal carrier retires

Brian Smith
Contributing Writer

Friday, Jan. 30, marked the end of an era for rural postal patrons in the Waucoma area. Floyd Winter, who has been a postal employee for 31 years, put in his final day as a rural mail carrier for the Waucoma Post Office. During that time Winter has also achieved a milestone for safe driving as he becomes a member of the Million-Mile Club, an award given by the National Safety Council and the U.S. Postal Service to recognize safe drivers.