Hold Tests for Postmaster Here
December 18, 1933
Open competitive examinations to fill the position of postmaster in Susanville and Westwood as well in numerous other cities and towns in California are to be held soon, the United States Civil Service Commission announces.
The examinations are to be held at the request of the Postmaster General and in accordance with the President’s order of July 1933. The examinations will not be under civil service rules.
Competitors will not be required to report at any place, but will be rated upon their education and training, business experience and fitness.
Applications, which must be filed prior to January 4, may be obtained at the Susanville and Westwood post offices.
Salary of the Susanville postmaster is $2,700 a year and at Westwood $2,600.
Elmer Winchell is acting postmaster of Susanville.
Under terms of the Executive order, the Civil Service Commission will certify to the Postmaster General the names of the highest three qualified eligibles from which the Postmaster General may select one for the nomination by the President.
