Clackamas Review - Postal Service

Article Title                                                             Newspaper Date           Page

Post Office shows another big gain                                16 Nov 1916             1

Milwaukie Post Office one of state’s oldest                      21 Dec 1916            2

As town grows so does Post Office                                 11 Jan 1917             1

Burglars cut way into Post Office                                     3 May 1917             1

Post Office grows                                                           6 Jan 1927                1

City carrier mail service promised for Milwaukie              26 Apr 1928            1

Working for carrier service                                              3 May 1928             1

City zoned for carrier service                                           21 Feb 1929            1

City mail service starts tomorrow                                     28 Feb 1929            1

Mail delivery now in force                                                7 Mar 1929              1

Local post office is an old timer                                        7 Mar 1929             1

Milwaukie gets additional mail service                              26 Jan 1933             1

New postal building for city future possibility                    29 Sep 1938            1

Burglars again rifle post office safe                                   18 May 1939            1

John M. Jones retires from postal service                         24 Jul 1941              1

Ackerson receives appointment                                       31 Jul 1941              1

Rural carrier retires                                                          2 Oct 1941              1

New mail route starts Monday, Feb. 1                             28 Jan 1943             1

New mail route number 17 starts next week                     13 Jan 1944             1

Local post office continues to show healthy growth           3 Feb 1944              1

Hedlund advises local post office for Milwaukie                20 Apr 1944            1

Seeking site for new post office in Milwaukie                   23 Nov 1944            1

Opportunity to secure separate post office                       2 Aug 1945               1

Meeting called to discuss post office                                23 Aug 1945            1

Argument for independent post office                              30 Aug 1945             1

Post office branch at Milwaukie OK’d                           2 May 1946              1

Postal Department would like larger building                     21 Nov 1946           1

Post office “brains” again toss district into turmoil              15 Jan 1948            1

Postal service no better despite promises by officials         11 Mar 1948            1

Oak Grove growing up; now rates                                   28 Jul 1949               2
     second class office

Milwaukie post office moves into remodeled                    11 May 1950           1
     quarters but service from public
     standpoint still unsatisfactory

Fight for post office on again                                            14 Dec 1950            1

Independent Milwaukie post office                                  8 Mar 1951              1
     is out: Washington bureaucrats ruling

Post Office Department grants more                                22 Mar 1951            1
     mailing privileges here

U.S. Postal Service on in Milwaukie                                2 Oct 1952               1

Post Office patrons say branch is OK                              6 Nov 1952              1

Post Office business at new record                                  15 Jan 1953             1

Post Office revival proposed at noon                               30 Apr 1953             1   
     meeting

Outgoing letters from local Post Office                             21 Jan 1954              1
     now bear “Milwaukie” on cancellation

Post Office here shows increase;                                     20 Jan 1955              1
     equipment added (with photo)

New Post Office will Triple Present Size                          25 Oct 1956             1

New post Office Located at Monroe & 21st St.,              23 May 1957           1
     December Completion                                                                  

New Post Office Dedicated with Fanfare as Portland       6 Feb 1958              1
     Officials visit Branch                                                               

Postmaster Gets Letters of Protest                                  9 Dec 1982               1

New Gladstone post office in the works                          4 Jun 1987                7

Postal Service reduction felt here                                     27 Aug 1992            1

Misplaced mail finds home in Gladstone                           5 May 1994             1

Interrupted delivery                                                         27 Feb 1998            1