President Signs Bill to Name Post Office After Local Hero
Oliver Goodall of Altadena, a member of the Tuskegee Airmen group will have the branch at 281 E. Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena will be called the “First Lieutenant Oliver Goodall Post Office."
After a legislative process that took nearly a year, a bill naming a Pasadena post office in honor of an Altadena World War II veteran and postal work has become law. Departed Altadena resident and World War II veteran, Oliver Goodall, will have the postal office at 281 E. Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena named after him: it will be called the “First Lieutenant Oliver Goodall Post Office." The postal service is in the process of manufacturing the plaque to name the office, and there will be a ceremony honoring Goodall at the branch some time in the near future, according to Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Pasadena, who sponsored the legislation. The original plan was to name the Altadena Post Office after Goodall, but the plan changed in June. Goodall …
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doris finch
11:34 am on Tuesday, October 25, 2011
And if the Altadena POs are among those slated for closure? What would happen to the Goodall honor then? At least there is a greater chance of permanence for the Pasadena PO. Nor do I perceive a Great Divide between the two entities, even if it would have been nicer on the face of it to have it up here. more ›