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Portland Chapter No. 17
A hearty welcome to Portland Chap
ter No. 17, organized by State em
ployees stationed in the Oregon Build
ing, Portland.
Officers elected at the first meeting
were: Allen A. French, president; R. W.
Patterson, vice president, Miss C. A.
Hill, secretary-treasurer.
The employees in this chapter repre
sent several State Departments includ
ing Public Utilities, State Department
and Department of Public Health.
We welcome this new chapter into
our association.
A. J. Ford, President, and Forrest
Stewart, Executive Secretary, assisted in
getting the new chapter organized.
Meet Our Secretary-Treasurer
partment in 1919 as computer, by Un
ion County in 1920 as locating engin
eer, after which he returned to the
Oregon State Highway Department in
1921 as transit-draftsman.
In 1924 he accepted a position with
Washington County as locating engin
eer, but returned to the Oregon State
Highway Department a year later in the
capacity of assistant market roads en
gineer. In 1929 he served as county
engineer and roadmaster for Washing
ton county. In 1930 he returned to
the State Highway Department as dis
trict maintenance superintendent and
in 1940 was promoted to assistant
maintenance engineer which position he
now holds.
Buck is a hard worker and is always
busy at work or at play. He likes hik
ing over mountain trails and fishing. He
is very much interested in philately and
Irving (Buck) DeFrance was born has a fine collection of stamps.
near Dows, Iowa, in 1899. He attended
He is a member of Toastmasters In
grade school in Iowa, Arkansas, Minne ternational, the American Legion and
sota and Washington, and then his par the Masonic order and devotes consid
ents settled in Philomath, Ore., where erable time to this work.
he attended high school.
He resides in his home at 1334 Court
He was a student at Oregon State St., Salem, Oregon, with his wife and
college, 1917-1920, where he studied baby daughter, Mary Alice.
Civil Engineering. He is a member of
Buck is one of the founders of our
Delta Chi Fraternity. He served in the association and has given unstintingly
S.A.'T.C. during World War I.
of his time and talent. The successful
A fter completing college, he was growth of the association is, in a large
employed by the State Highway De measure, due to his untiring effort.