TOLLIE GLAVES 1954 - 1958 SUPERINTENDENT OF MAILS DEN Tollie Glaves, veteran of U. S. Postoffice Dept. as Asst. General Supt. of Air Mail - 14th Division at Omaha, becomes FL's Supt. of Mail in Mar 1954. On Dec. 17, 1953, Frontier along with 13 other locals carried 1st class mail by air to determine feasibility of such service to small towns. Carried during Christmas period on temporary basis. Locals received thirty cents per ton mile. This added to revenues and reduced dependence on Federal subsidy. -FL Sunliner News for Dec 1953 TOLLIE GLAVES was born December 18, 1893 in Lewis County, Missouri, and died February 20, 1987 in San Diego, California. He married (1) BERTHA AMANDA DORSEY. She was born November 01, 1890 in Missouri, and died June 23, 1967 in Los Angeles, California. He married (2) HARRIET TWAROG September 28, 1968. Notes for TOLLIE GLAVES: A 1958 article in the local Lewis County, Missouri paper reports that Tollie would be the featured speaker at the Missouri Chapter of the National League of Postmasters. The information contained below is from that article. Tollie's career was with the Air Mail division of the Post Office Department. He held positions in Chicago and Omaha during this time. The last several years of service found him as the assistant general superintendent of Air Mail Service. In 1954 he took the position of Director of Mails for Frontier Airlines. The article does not say where he lived at the time. Children of this marriage are identified through the 1920 Census when the family was living in Lincoln County, Nebraska. Tollie and Bertha's vital statistics come from the California Death Index. Children of TOLLIE GLAVES and BERTHA DORSEY are: i. ELDEN7 GLAVES, b. about 1911. Notes for ELDEN GLAVES: Found living with his parents in the 1920 Census. ii. FORREST GLAVES, b. June 01, 1913, most likely, Illinois; d. January 14, 1990, Morton Grove, Illinois. Notes for FORREST GLAVES: Forrest is found living with his parents in the 1920 Census. He is also listed in the Social Security Death Index. No other information is available. iii. EMMA LEE GLAVES, b. about 1917. Notes for EMMA LEE GLAVES: Found living with her parents in the 1920 Census. -http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:wOp_6m3TnpgJ:www.gleavesfamily.com/ pages_blocks_v3/images/links/Chapter_10,_The_Matthew_Glaves_Jr._Line,_pages_ 453-528.doc+%22frontier+airlines%22+obituary+%22worked+for%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=48&gl=us (3/14/07) TOLLIE GLAVES Born 18 Dec 1893 Died Feb 1987 Age 93 At 92069 (San Marcos, San Diego, CA) SSN issued in Colorado -SSDI (3/14/07) TOLLIE GLAVES Died Feb 20, 1987, age 93, in San Marcos, CA Supt. of Air Mail, DEN Date of hire Mar 1, 1954 Born Dec 18, 1893 -Ken Schultz database (3/14/07) (He retired Dec 10, 1958 - a few days before his 65th birthday.) DEN superintendent of mails Tollie Glaves' memorial webpage has been upgraded. http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Tollie_Glaves.html Moved to a non-ad webpage and added several items. -Jake Lamkins (12/18/14)