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About The Oregon state employee. (Salem, Oregon.) 1944-195? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1944)
21 ond childhood and took a fling at the dipper. Frank was a little slow getting his color back, but looks hale and hearty now. Bertha McGinnis, truck driver on Roy Sellers’ paving crew, hobbled to the picnic on crutches, due to a broken foot. More spirit like this would help our Chapter. Chief Operator L. W. Gabriel of Interstate Bridge, one of our regular attendents has been on the sick list for the past several weeks, and we hope he will be able to get back to work soon. Dakins’ new paving plant is set up at Forest Grove and Roy Sellers’ plant is at Barlow. Shortage of labor con tinues to haunt Dakins’ crew, but he manages to keep operating. Sellers’ wo men employees are proving satisfactory again this year, hats off to the ladies. To deer hunters short of gasoline, it has been told that the flagwomen on Dakins’ crew wore side arms while working on the Wilson River highway, to chase the deer and wolves away. After helping us clean up the joint, Bert Mann was missed around the of fice while working on the upper Col umbia. Once again we are enjoying his cheery voice and broad smile, he is back again. We are keeping our fingers crossed, it might help to keep him with us, for Ed Johnson passed his physical on the 17th of August. Ed is Bill Strohmey- ers’ office man, Chapter Vice President and former Secretary. Such good men are hard to find these days. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of several good truck drivers can send them C.O.D. to Warren Leach, Sec tion Foreman at North Portland, who is holding down this important section OSBURN HOTEL and Apartments Home Owned and Operated Eugene, Oregon by himself. As far as we can learn this is the only one man crew in the state. A warm body is the only requirement of any man you can find. Fred L. Curtiss, Tunnel Foreman, and more recently a member of the State Membership Committee, is doing a very good job here. He has signed up several members and is continually talking to prospective members, tho they are few and far between here. Not having heard from Lowell John ston and Josh Sawyer, who were trans ferred to the barren wastes somewhere in Lake county, we were getting wor ried when Lowell visited the office. Glad to know they are O.K. and en joying their new location. An orchid to the section men in the remote districts who find means and time to regularly attend our meetings. Vaughn Perkins’ bridge crew have completed greasing cables on the Inter state bridge. Quite a difficult task for night work. Earl Stream, formerly of La Grande, Forrest Stewart, Executive Secretary, and A. J. Ford, D.M.S. of Portland, are going hunting the 13 th of October, around La Grande. Odd isn’t it, but it coincides with the Chapter meeting at La Grande on the same date. I am sure the boys never gave this a thought when they planned this trip. It will be (Continued on page 28) C h r is' F o o d s Good Things to Eat La Grande, Ore. Hamilton Motor Co. Chevrolet Dealer Forest Grove, Oregon
