IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION recognizing Lowell Joerg, known as the "Postcard Man," for his gift to Jackson County of a postcard featuring the County Courthouse from 1906.
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RESOLUTION NO. 20247, September 9, 2019
INTRODUCED BY Theresa Galvin, Dan Tarwater III, Jalen Anderson, Crystal Williams, Tony Miller, Scott Burnett, Ronald E. Finley, Charlie Franklin, and Jeanie Lauer, County Legislators
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WHEREAS, Lowell Joerg, a 91-year-old resident of Stockton, CA, recently sent Jackson County a postcard he found in an antique shop featuring the 1906 Jackson County Courthouse; and,
WHEREAS, Mr. Joerg is affectionately known as the "Postcard Man" for his stories of finding old postcards of places around America and sending them back where they came from; and,
WHEREAS, Mr. Joerg likes to end his letters with "I like to call my little hobby a 're-distribution of happiness' - our world sure needs it;" and,
WHEREAS, Mr. Joerg has been re-distributing happiness for the past twenty-five years, receiving replies from across the country, including letters from school children, cash for a lunch with his wife, and Oreos from Nabisco; and,
WHEREAS, in Mr. Joerg's letter to Jackson County, he said he found the postcard of Jackson County's old courthouse located at 5th and Oak Streets in Kansas City, MO, at an antique store in California; and,
WHEREAS, Mr. Joerg's letter went on to say, "It's an old time classic for sure so I said to myself, by golly, I think I'll send it home where it can be appreciated. Our heritage is important to us all and should be preserved. Enlarged and posted up it will cause some nice conversation;" and,
WHEREAS, many recipients of Mr. Joerg's postcards say they are still working in the buildings featured on his postcards, but for Jackson County, our current downtown Courthouse replaced the one in the photograph, under the leadership of our former presiding judge, Harry S Truman; now theref...
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