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Februaiy 6. 2013
Observer
Black History Month
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A Witness to Portland’s Changing Face
Postman retires
after 43 years
C ari H achmann
T he P ortland O bserver
by
Folks at the Martin Luther King Post
Office at 630 N.E. Killingsworth St.
wished goodbye to a familiar face last
week. Richard Briggs, who after 43 years
of working for the Postal Service in
Portland, is looking forward to a new
beginning in retirement.
Briggs joined the post office in 1973
after he returned from Vietnam, where he
served for one year in U.S. Air Force. He
began working as a letter clerk, .later
became a supervisor, and now ends his
career as a pay clerk. “Nothing to fancy,
anybody could do it,” said Briggs.
As a young man, Briggs worked for
Tektronics before joining the Air Force.
His brother worked for the post office
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M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver
Postal worker Richard Briggs wishes customers well on his last week at work at the Martin Luther King Post Office on
Northeast Killingsworth Street. Briggs has retired after 4 3 years o f service for the Postal Service in Portland.
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