City Directories and History: Constructed in circa 1910, this structure is reported to have been constructed from recycled materials from a local school. This home may not appear on the 1910 postal map for Blairsville but it would have been constructed very close to the Youngblood residence.
William Preston “Press” Youngblood purchased and dismantled the old Sharon 1892 school in 1910. He moved the lumber to Blairsville, about three miles south of town and constructed a small house with a pyramid roof. This house and small farm was later purchased by Bruce Sherer and his wife, Zettie Robbins Sherer. Having been a mail carrier since 1902, he became ill during the fall of 1922 and was unable to fill his duties. Normally his son James would have been called upon to substitute for his father, but James was employed in another county. Youngblood wife, Ora, was called upon giving her the distinction of being the first female mail carrier in York County. Ten years later Press Youngblood was experiencing a failing in his health and he made a request through Congressman Stevenson asking that he be allowed to hire a driver to assist him on his rounds. It is very unlikely his request was accepted. In 1928 he was named a member of the board for the 1st National Bank of Sharon.. During a town election in 1933, some of the men were voicing their opinion that it was high-time a woman was elected to the town council. Though this would not happen for another thirty years, Mrs. Ora Youngblood was one of the women suggested for the position. In 1934, Press Youngblood was elected a Sharon School trustee. In 1937 he was a member of the Town Council, but during that year’s election he was defeated by Tom Sims, his fellow mail carrier. [Contribution by J.L. West]
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