Weyanoke, LA postmaster's file Service Award presentation folder

August 16, 1994

The files of Postmaster Leona LeSassier Plettinger (1913-2010) of Weyanoke, Louisiana, demonstrate the varied roles of a postmaster in a small community, the duties of a postmaster in the mid-twentieth century, and a postal career in the latter half of the twentieth century. The notes addressed to the postmaster from local customers concern postal matters such as package pick up and postage payment to electric bills and concerns for the health of a community member. A few letters include requests from philatelic collectors for mail with the office's postmark. Leona Plettinger took over her position as a female postmaster from a family member, making her tenure the third generation of her family to serve as postmaster. The employment and appointment documents show the social and political connections to achieve an appointment to postmaster during the mid-twentieth century and a record of decades-long career.