Hunt Co., TX - News: Exams Open For Postmaster ***************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: Sarah Swindell USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************** Exams Open For Postmaster Here An examination for Postmaster at Celeste, Texas, $5,370 a year salary, will be open for acceptance of applications until October 10, 1961, US Civil Service Commission has announced. This examination has been announced under revised qualification standards recently agreed upon between the Commission and the Post Office Department. Competitors for the Postmaster vacancy in this city must have at least 1 ˝ years experience (education above high school level may be substituted for nine months of experience) showing that they have the ability to conduct and to manage the community’s postal business efficiently and to supervise employees so that customer are satisfied with the service. Competitors must also show that they are of good reputation and that they can deal with the public agreeably and effectively. Candidates must take a written test. Those who pass will be assigned final ratings on the basis of this test and on his experience and fitness for the position. They must have resided within the delivery of the office for one year immediately preceding the closing date of the examination. In addition, they must have reached their eighteenth birthday on the closing date for acceptance of applications. Persons over seventy years of age cannot be appointed. Complete information about the examination requirements and instruction for filing applications may be obtained at the post office for which this examination is being announced. Application forms must be filed with the US Civil Service Commission, Washington 25, D. C., and must be received or postmarked not later than the closing date. (September 22, 1961, The Celeste Courier)