From Past President of the Postal A's, Dan Perla:

It is an honor to be a part of an organization that has its beginnings over 40 years ago.  Going back in time to February of 1977 when Thurston Twiggs-Smith wrote his first newsletter and sending it to a list of Model A Ford mail truck owners that he had compiled with the help of Gary Grebbien, who at the time had already restored his mail truck.

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From that initial newsletter, the group gained additional members and in August of 1977, Rick Black, one of the original 7 members, circulated a petition to MAFCA requesting recognition as a chapter under the name of the Postal A’s Chapter. The required five signers of that petition were Thurston Twiggs-Smith, Rick Black, Aldie Johnson, Richmond Bell and Hugh Pearson.

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During a meeting on October 8, 1977 of the MAFCA Board of Directors, the Postal A’s Chapter became official.