Jesse Pritchard Short

From Greensburg Daily News, Vol. LXXIII, Saturday, April 30, 1966:

Death claims Jesse Short: Retired rural mail carrier was 85

Jesse P. Short, 85, retired rural mail carrier and widely known citizen of this community, died at 5:30 p.m. Friday in his home at 531 North Broadway.

For the past five years he had been in declining health. His condition had been serious for 10 days.

A lifelong resident of Decatur County, he was the son of John A. and Mary Jane Patterson Short. He was born on Feb. 9, 1881. He had lived in Greensburg for over 60 years.

Appointed rural mail carrier at the Greensburg Post Office on Apr. 1, 1906, he had served in that capacity until retirement on Jan. 1, 1947.

His record of 40 years and nine months as a rural mail carrier is one of the longest in the history of the Greensburg Post Office. Upon retirement, he was the recipient of a letter of congratulations for long service from Robert E. Hannegan, then postmaster general.

Interested in civic affairs, Mr. Short was one of the group which spearheaded the highway program through which the former dangerous Logan's Curve was replaced by a stretch of modern highway. Until recent years, he had frequently attended meetings of the city council.

Mr. Short was a longtime member of Greensburg Lodge No. 148, Knights of Pythias. He was affiliated with Greensburg Lodge No. 36, F&AM, Greensburg Chapter No. 8, Royal Arch Masons, and Greensburg No. 59, Knights Templar. His Masonic affiliations also included (continued on page 5)...