AUBURN - For 40 years, nothing has ever stopped Ron Roffe from delivering the mail in Auburn, except a horrible snow in which the post office had canceled service.
"They had called all of the other workers back in," said Roffe, "but I didn't know that and kept on trying to make my deliveries."
Roffe was given a service award Monday by Auburn Postmaster John R. Moore, in recognition of his 40 years of faithful service as a letter carrier in the Auburn Post Office.
"He is an excellent employee," said Moore. "He always comes to work with a smile, ready to do the job regardless of the weather or the amount of mail we have."
Roffe begins his day between 7 and 7:30 a.m. by inspecting his delivery truck to make sure it starts and that its tires and lights are in good condition.
Then he sorts his mail in an alcove filled with cubby-holes in the cavern-like back room of the post office. After bundling up the mail with large rubber bands, he loads it in his truck and starts off on his route. He currently drives a daily 19-mile route out South Street and along West Lake Road, although he has had two previous walking routes in the city of Auburn.
Even though his arm bears the scar of an encounter with a over-zealous watchdog and he once caught his foot in a broken sidewalk and fell, breaking his elbow, Roffe is a man who obviously enjoys his work.
"Older people wait for you to come," he said, "so you say 'hi, and begin to look out for them." He took the postal worker exam a few years after he was out of the Army and joined the Auburn Post Office on March 20, 1965.
At the time, Thomas Brogan was the Auburn postmaster and stamps cost a nickel. "I've seen a lot of change since I started, but it's still the post office," he said.
As the employee with the greatest longevity in the Auburn Post Office, Roffe's service has been honored in years prior.
He received the Postmaster General Award for good service a few years ago, before that, the U.S. Post Office's "Million Miles" award for service without an absence. "And I'm not retiring yet," said Roffe.
Roffe was given a service award Monday by Auburn Postmaster John R. Moore, in recognition of his 40 years of faithful service as a letter carrier in the Auburn Post Office.
"He is an excellent employee," said Moore. "He always comes to work with a smile, ready to do the job regardless of the weather or the amount of mail we have."
Roffe begins his day between 7 and 7:30 a.m. by inspecting his delivery truck to make sure it starts and that its tires and lights are in good condition.
Then he sorts his mail in an alcove filled with cubby-holes in the cavern-like back room of the post office. After bundling up the mail with large rubber bands, he loads it in his truck and starts off on his route. He currently drives a daily 19-mile route out South Street and along West Lake Road, although he has had two previous walking routes in the city of Auburn.
Even though his arm bears the scar of an encounter with a over-zealous watchdog and he once caught his foot in a broken sidewalk and fell, breaking his elbow, Roffe is a man who obviously enjoys his work.
"Older people wait for you to come," he said, "so you say 'hi, and begin to look out for them." He took the postal worker exam a few years after he was out of the Army and joined the Auburn Post Office on March 20, 1965.
At the time, Thomas Brogan was the Auburn postmaster and stamps cost a nickel. "I've seen a lot of change since I started, but it's still the post office," he said.
As the employee with the greatest longevity in the Auburn Post Office, Roffe's service has been honored in years prior.
He received the Postmaster General Award for good service a few years ago, before that, the U.S. Post Office's "Million Miles" award for service without an absence. "And I'm not retiring yet," said Roffe.
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