Postmasters of Avalon
POSTMASTERS OF AVALON
“ The Avalon post office was established on July 27, 1889, as an office of the Fourth Class. On April 1, 1902, it was advanced to the Third Class and on July 1, 1920, it was advanced to the Second Class. Some of the older residents of Avalon State that the post office was for many years located in Metropole Avenue before it was moved to the water front. The oldest record available in Washington, D.C., gives the location as being in a one-story frame building known as the "Steamer Terminal Building", on the waterfront on the north side of Crescent Avenue, between Metropole Avenue and Sumner Street. On June 1, 1927 it was moved to the present location in the Atwater Arcade at 118 Metropole Avenue. On January 25, 1895, the first money order was issued. From that date until June 30, 1939, inclusive, we have issued 306,807 money orders. The first money order was paid at this office on February 20, 1895. Post office boxes were installed and the first box rented on July 1, 1902. The rent of a box at that time was 75c per quarter...” [Catalina Islander, January 5, 1939]
Appointed:
| Harry M. A. Elms | July 27, 1889 |
| Albert A Carraher | February 20, 1892 |
| Nelson B. Stanton | March 14, 1896 |
| Edwin Stanton | April 27, 1904 |
| James F. Trout | May 6, 1914 |
| Myrtle E. Trout | April 1, 1923 (acting) |
| Myrtle E. Trout | January 9, 1924 |
| Grace R. Ashbridge | November 16, 1925 (acting) |
| Grace R. Ashbridge | February 27, 1926 |
| Hugh C. Craig | September 30, 1929 (acting) |
| Oscar E. Bailey | April 22, 1930 |
| James B. Ogden | August 16, 1933 (acting) |
| James B. Ogden | May 7, 1934 (removed for corruption) |
| Herbert A. Wegmann | June 2, 1938 (acting) |
| Herbert A. Wegmann | April 20, 1939 |
| Herbert A. Wegmann | September 10, 1942 (on military leave) |
| Louise A. Geasland | September 10, 1942 (clerk in charge) |
| Charlotte L. Ryan | September 15, 1944 (clerk in charge) |
| Herbert A. Wegmann | June 30, 1946 (returned from military leave) |
| Herbert A. Wegmann | December 29, 1965 (optional retirement) |
| Dyke G. Brewer | December 29, 1965 (clerk in charge) |
| Pete G. Salamunovich | July 21, 1967 |
| Pete G. Salamunovich | December 30, 1983 (optional retirement) |
| Diana J. Wiest | December 30, 1983 (officer in charge) |
| Lydia A. Saldana (Lolo’s wife) | March 17, 1984 |
| Stan Atchinson | October 15, 1994 |
| Kathy Armstrong | |
| Margarita Jackson | current (2020) |
