In December 2025 a friend of mine attended a stamp collection gathering. He attended in hopes that post card dealers were there. There were a few. He sent me a copy of this postcard, he purchased as it had the Amedee postmark cancel.

While 99.9% could care less about this postcard, for me it was intriguing. There are some that knew Erma Gibson, but not by her maiden name.* She married Clent Haley and they operated the Gibson/Haley ranch near Litchfield for many years. Their daughter, Clara Beth Green taught at Lassen High School. Clent’s brother, Bill, married Verna Tanner, my mother’s first cousin.

The author of the postcard was Tom Ogilivie who was the Lassen County Surveyor for many years. His notation of Norma J. and R.Martin I can explain. Norma Jeanne James, was Tom’s step-daughter and Rita Martin were classmates at Amedee.  It should be noted that Norma’s mother, Gail H.V. James, was the first Purser postmaster, that would later became known as Wendel.

Tim

*Erma’s mother was Clara Litch and her grandfather was Andrew Litch, for whom town of Litchfield is named for.