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ALBANY CHAPTER No. 7
In order to increase the attendance
at our regular monthly chapter meet
ings it was decided to cancel our A u
gust meeting and save our gas for a
100% turn out in September. This plan
was very successful and with the ex
ception of a few members now out
with the oiling crews, nearly all mem
bers were present. Bangert’s bridge
crew which has been working at N ew
port has now returned to Albany and
those that had not already done so
signed up at the last meeting.
With deer season here it is doubtful
if even skeleton crews will be available
for work after October 1st. As a mat
ter of fact Glen Adams shows signs of
increasing nervousness each day. A
little investigation revealed that a tank
car of asphalt was due to arrive for
unloading on the same day that the
season opens.
Russel Smith has launched his new
boat and gave very favorable reports
on its performance.
NEW PORT CHAPTER No. 11
Alex Gallacher, section foreman at
Newport, is doing some repair work on
one of his houses while vacationing.
John H. Wells, Waldport section
foreman, is also on vacation. John has
a lot of wood to cut and other work to
catch up during his vacation. Bet you
can find John either digging clams or
trolling for salmon on the Alsea Bay.
Fred Leek reports the deer are a
menace to the maintenance crew on the
Siletz. Fred gives them the right of
way.
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PORTLAND CHAPTER No. 17
The meeting of Chapter No. 17 of
the Oregon State Employees Association
held in Portland, September 21st was
very well attended and several speak
ers were present. The first business of
the meeting was to elect officers for
the ensuing year.
Mr. David C. Bryant was elected
president; Mr. R. W . Petterson, vice
president, and Lulu E. Sherman, secre
tary-treasurer, (contingent upon her
acceptance).
After the business of this meeting
was completed, we heard a very fine
address by Mr. Leo Smith, representa
tive of the state legislature and chair
man of the Interim committee, ap
pointed by the Governor for the p u r
pose of m aking a report covering civil
service or m erit bill which will prob
ably be considered by the next legisla
ture. Mr. Smith explained very th o r
oughly the workings of the state legis
lature and the things th at would have
to be done to succeed in getting the
bill through for state employees.
Mr. Ray Smith, our chairman of
membership committee, handed in sev
eral new applications for membership
and also made a very good progress
report covering his w ork among sev
eral division of state employees in the
city of Portland.
Mr. Ford, president of the State As
sociation, contributed some very fine
remarks concerning the w ork and pro
gress of our organization.