Peter Nelson:
CLASS OF 1957
Hawthorne High SchoolClass of 1957
Hawthorne, CA
Peter's Story
hi gang i am from the class of 1957
i was a small kid 115 pounds today
i am 110 pounds I worked 41 years as
a mailman I started working at the
hawthorne post office september 1st
1957. how i got the job my mother
told me get a job or else you can
not live in my house 1 walked in
the hawthorne post office to mail
letter a sign said part time help
filled out a form went to my doctor
on a thursday afternoon back in
1957 no cival service test 1 never
did work part time 8 hours or more
1 was a clerk and a mailman 1
unloaded the mail that came into
post office washed the mail trucks
pulled weeds took the american
flag down at five pm. every day
did the out going parcel post
carried swings for different mail
men 1 learned the city scheme to
the different routes today i
still remember which route were 1
lived in hawthorne route 23 took out
special delievery letters to peoples
home 1 worked on sundays h...Expand for more
olidays also
carried mail in the dark. in june 1963
a mailman had a hear attack 1 became a
regular mailman my friend became a clerk. from 1957 to 1964 durning
chritmas time 1 carried mail 2 times
a day In october 1964 I transfered
to the corona post office in corona
california 1 was on the same route
for 33 years when 1 started at the
corona post office there was only 14
routes 2 rural routes as of december 2008 150 routes 20 rural routes 1 retired feburay 1998 in 1955 1956
at christms time 1 worked at the
boston store 1 made 50 cents an hour
my favorite movie was the sound of
music favorite record was hey jude by
the beatles favorite tv show 1 love lucy as most of you know some of the
beach boys went to hawthorne high school
pete nelson
class of 1957
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