in 1940 he became a manager for a kwyo radio station in sheridan, invested into a school supply company, and wrote a wyoming geography book for fifth to eighth grade students. on may 22, 1941 he was elected to the faculty of the sheridan high school and on november 5 he assumed the role of sheridan postmaster which he served as until 1958. in 1954 he was elected as president of the wyoming chapter of the national association of postmasters and served until 1955. in 1956 he was elected as district governor for the rotary international in sheridan and was a member of a 37 person delegation that visited east and west berlin and moscow. in 1957 he was given a bronze medal at a banquet by the crusade for freedom association after writing the book "plan for peace" and spoke about his experience in the soviet union.