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Uploaded: Monday, December 29, 2008, 2:22 PM
Postal clerk to retire after 56 years of service
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Austin Barber, 80, will sort his last piece of mail on Friday, Jan. 2 at the main Palo Alto Post Office on East Bayshore Road. Barber has worked for the post office for 56 years and 6 months.
"He has been the hardest working, most enjoyable employee I have ever had the opportunity to work with," Palo Alto Postmaster John Kelly said.
Barber began his postal career on July 3, 1952, at the age of 24. But he actually started postal work as a casual employee when he was 17 and Harry S. Truman was the president. The U.S. Postal Service was then the U.S. Post Office, a change that didn't occur until 1971.
Barber will receive a proclamation from Mayor Larry Klein on his last day of work on Friday.-- Don Kazak
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Posted by SAL, a resident of the Palo Alto Orchards neighborhood, on Dec 30, 2008 at 8:02 am Should have waited another year.Would have been a 7 decade career.
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Posted by Retired1, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Dec 30, 2008 at 8:06 am [Post removed due to disrespectful comment or offensive language]
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Posted by Joe, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood, on Dec 30, 2008 at 11:37 am [Post removed due to disrespectful comment or offensive language]
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Posted by Sherrie Torres, a resident of another community, on Dec 30, 2008 at 12:13 pm You are to be commended for your service to your community and the USPS for such a long period of time. The USPS is like a family and you truly have given to your family. Have a blessed retirement!
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Posted by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Dec 30, 2008 at 12:33 pm I am very appreciative of all at the USPS. Some of the mail we received recently was badly addressed, either by the writing or spellings, but it still arrived. The sorters do a great job because they use their brains and their experience. It is the machines that can't think that tends to make the mistakes.
I hope that in this mechanized age of sorting, there will still be a few human beings around that know how to use their brains when seeing a badly addressed piece of mail.
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Posted by CaptnJack, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood, on Dec 30, 2008 at 12:48 pm May Austin have a long, healthy, & happy retirement!
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Posted by Jop468, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood, on Dec 30, 2008 at 3:15 pm god bless this dude.The service doesnt want people to last long in their careers anymore so they can bring in part timers.
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Posted by Mayfield Child, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood, on Dec 31, 2008 at 12:09 pm JEFF sure is missed at the South Palo Alto post office..Hope he is enjoying his retirement also..........
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Posted by just a clerk, a resident of the Palo Alto Orchards neighborhood, on Jan 3, 2009 at 3:19 pm Thanks for finally retiring and letting someone else have a job!
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