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By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard

Post office recognizes workers

Six McMinnville Post Office workers each have more than 35 years of service with the local facility. They are, from left, Jim Durham, Charles Bogle, Don Hutchins, Terry Bennett, Billy Roberts and Elsie Newby. (Charles W. Johnson photo)
McMinnville Post Office has reached a milestone. Postmaster Charles Bogle reports the facility now has six employees with more than 35 years of service. They are:

  • Jim Durham – window technician, 39 years
  • Charles Bogle – postmaster, 39 years
  • Don Hutchins – city carrier, 38 years
  • Terry Bennett – general mechanic, 36 years
  • Billy Roberts – city carrier, 35 years
  • Elsie Newby – bulk mail technician, 35 years

    These six employees represent combined service of 222 years to the U.S. Postal Service. Jim Durham began working when George Wilson was postmaster, and all the others began their service under postmaster Diemer Smartt.

    Bogle said it is rewarding to have employees who have stayed with the job this many years.

    “Not many offices can say they have six people with over 35 years of service,” Bogle said, “no matter what their size.”

    Bogle said employees with more than three decades of service in any job are unusual these days.

    “One of the things I see is that in today’s culture people don’t stay in one job as long as we have,” Bogle said. “Folks move around.”

    But more than anything, Bogle says he personally appreciates the dedication of all the post office employees.

    “We have really good employees,” Bogle said. “That’s the main thing.”
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