FRIDAY JUNE 17, 1955----NOSTALGIA TIME----FRIDAY JUNE 17, 2016

             FRIDAY JUNE 17, 1955

ON THAT FRIDAY IN 1955, BETWEEN 3:00 & 4:00PM, ANN AND I VISITED THE UNION BANK & TRUST OFFICE IN BETHLEHEM AND SIGNED THE NECESSARY PAPERS AND BECAME MORTGAGE HOLDING, TAXPAYING, HOMEOWNERS IN THE BOROUGH OF COPLAY.   NO JOB, JUST LAID OFF TEMPORARILY FROM TRIANGLE & CONDUIT CO. IN SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY.  WAS HIRED THERE 9 MONTHS BEFORE, AFTER I WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE U.S.ARMY.



HIRED AT BETHLEHEM STEEL JUST A WEEK AFTER MOVING IN ON SAYLOR DRIVE ON THAT FRIDAY. 5 YEARS IN THE BEAMYARD AS AN INSPECTOR. LAID OFF END OF JULY 1960. UNEMPLOYED UNTIL OCTOBER 29, 1960. THAT WAS THE DAY THE NEW COPLAY POST OFFICE WAS DEDICATED AND IT BECAME MY DATE OF ENTRY INTO THE U.S.POSTAL SERVICE AS A PART TIME EMPLOYEE, (LETTER CARRIER, THEN CLERK, FOLLOWED BY AD-HOC RURAL CARRIER. WAS ALSO EMPLOYED AS CONTRACT CLEANER AND THE POSTMASTER HAD ME ON MY HANDS AND KNEES , REMOVING ANY SCUFF MARKS ON THE NEW FLOOR, WITH BRILLO PADS
6 YEARS AND 3 WEEKS LATER, ON NOV. 19, 1966, AFTER QUALIFYING AND BEING SELECTED, I WAS SWORN IN AS POSTMASTER OF OUR BELOVED COPLAY.

MY FIRST FULL TIME POSITION IN THE POSTAL SERVICE. WHAT A GREAT BUNCH OF FELLOW EMPLOYEES I WAS BLESSED WITH. 

I SERVED 15 YEARS AT COPLAY AND WAS PROMOTED TO POSTMASTER OF CATASAUQUA AT THE END OF JANUARY, 1976, THE POST OFFICE FROM WHICH I 
RETIRED ON SEPT. 3, 1987. 
28 YEARS IN THE POSTAL SERVICE, WITH MORE THAN 3 YEARS ARMY TIME.

SEPT. 3, 2016 WILL MARK 29 YEARS IN RETIREMENT.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THIS FRIDAY, 
JUNE 17, 2016, ANN AND I WILL OBSERVE
THE 61ST ANNIVERSARY  AS RESIDENTS OF, WHAT WE ALWAYS CONSIDERED TO BE THE CLOSEST THING TO UTOPIA,

                         "COPLAY"

ON OUR DAY OF RECKONING, WE WILL STILL BE DEEPLY INDEBTED TO OUR COMMUNITY.

GOD BLESS,
FRANK AND ANN DICKMAN

30 YEARS OF DEDICATED

                                                           AND LOYAL SERVICE
                                                          TO OUR COMMUNITY

                                                         SADLY MISSED BY MANY
                                                             GONE TOO SOON

                                                                SAY A PRAYER

links:
coplaysports.org
coplaypubliclibrary.org
coplaysaengerbund.com/
americanclub.org
facebook.com/coplaycommunitydaysfestival
www.rephscar.com
samuelowens.com
coplayfirst.blogspot.com
facebook.com/frankcdickman
alexmeixner.com
facebook.com/GeigerFamilyFarm