Letter carriers recall days at downtown post officeTopeka Capital JournalSpotts was hired by the U.S. Postal Service to deliver mail for the downtown post office during the 1952 and 1953 Christmas seasons; in-between, he worked at the Post Exchange at Forbes Air Force Base. By January 1954, he was a …
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