Richey's Store as it appears today in Mead. It is now a real estate office but housed the Red & White store and eventually the Post office for many years.

The M.S. Adams store was sold by Marion's widow after 1914 and renamed the Red and White store. Eventually this store was moved into the original Richey's Grocery store which had also been moved from Highlandlake back in 1906 or 07.  Many people still remember going to this store as a child. This building  before its move, also housed the Post office in Highlandlake, so it was a homecoming of sorts when the Robert Clark moved it into his store.

Mead Post Office

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The Mead Post Office was moved from Highlandlake to Mead in March of 1907. Cecil V. Holmes became the new postmaster. He ably handled the task at hand for three years, when Marion S. Adams assumed charge in October of 1910. M. (Marion) S. Adams and his wife, Fanny, owned one of the general stores in Highlandlake until they moved their store, including the building of a rival general store, from Highlandlake to Mead.

Sometime before 1913, Marion and Fannie Adams built a larger, a wood-framed structure on the corner of Welker (CR 34) and what was then, the original Main Street (now CR 7). In 1914, they, along with many other Mead businesses, moved over to 4th street. There they built a large brick building which still stands to this day. There are a couple pictures still in existence of this building with the words "mead Post Office" prominently displayed across the upper facade.

M.S. Adams died in 1914, and George E. Snider replaced him in September of 1914, moving the post office next door to his drug store.

 James T. Howlett became acting postmaster on September 30, 1948 and was finally confirmed in June of 1954. On July 31, 1954, just a few days after James T. Howlett was confirmed, Robert A. Clark assumed charge, Clark was confirmed on April 16, 1956. Robert Clark carried on the duties of his office until the mid- 1980's when he retired. Debra Griffith took over his duties and still runs the post office to this day. Clark still lives in the apartment located in the back of the post office.

Debra Griffith oversaw the expansion of the local mail delivery and the building of the new post office now located on Welker street, south of the railroad tracks.

Richey's Grocery where the second Highlandlake post office was located. Later this building was moved to Mead and eventually became the post office once again