Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
On this date ...
1970: Postal clerk Charlie Nelson had retired after four decades in the Portales post office.
Nelson began his career on April 1, 1938, as a substitute carrier.
He took three years off to serve in the Army during World War II, but even then his job in the military was with the Army post office.
After his military service, he returned to Portales where he spent most of his time “behind a stamp window,” the Portales News-Tribune reported.
Charlie and his wife were planning to go “wandering,” he told the newspaper.
They had sold their Portales home, acquired a camper and a boat and were preparing to hit the road.
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