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CHAPTER NEWS
SALEM CHAPTER No. 1
This chapter has just completed an
other successful year under the leader
ship of President Query and is now
looking forward to a prosperous and
fruitful new year with almost an en
tirely new list of officers at the helm.
A t our meeting on December 5 th the
following were installed: President, Er-
mal Owens; Vice President, Leon Nel
son; Financial Secretary, George Kay-
ser; Corresponding Secretary, Marjorie
Judson; and Treasurer, Norval Jones.
President Owens has announced h i s
committees and the machinery is in
motion for great things to come.
George Kayser and wife are to be
congratulated on the arrival of a brand
new member of the household. George
is taking all the credit for being blessed
with a son. Their first little exemption
was a girl.
A rt Burt, from Woodburn, went elk
hunting but reports pretty slim pick
ings in the vicinity of Saddle Mtn. If
he eats any elk meat it will be through
the generosity of his luckier friends.
Kenneth Van Cleave, of McMinn
ville submitted to the call of the wild
and bagged a nice buck over in the
Ochocos. Jerry Farrar says he himself
sat in the rocking chair made from
the horns.
I understand Horton Hughlett is
living on duck and goose these days
through the generosity of a certain
"foreigner” from another Capter down
Corvallis way. Horton says it helps
the red point situation too. If you
really are having a tough time getting
rid of them Russel, I sure like duck.
E. R. Ricketts, Assistant B r i d g e
Engineer with P. R. A. on the Alaska
Highway for the past sixteen months,
dropped in to greet his old friends
while enroute to Washington, D. C.
He has a fine collection of Kocachrome
slides taken during the construction of
the highway that are very interesting.
The rigorous winter weather, construc
tion camp life, extensive airplane travel
over the wilds of Canada and Alaska
and the many miles of travel through
mud and snow by automobile and jeep
have not dampened Rick’s enthusiasm.
Ed Gohl of Stayton had hoped to
change his fish diet to buck meat but
at last reports he didn’t have either.
Let me remind you again to keep
your dues paid up and attend the meet
ings. Our chapter and our entire or
ganization can only be what we make
it so lets make it the best.
BEND CHAPTER No. 3
Chapter No. 3 voted to reduce its
dues to one dollar per month after
November 1, 1944.
Nomination of Chapter officers took
place at our November 18 th meeting
with no one running for- a fourth term
, —may the best man win.
The research department finally has
an e x p l a n a t i o n of Earl Woodley’s
strange habit of carrying a lighted lant
ern with him at all times. He is not
trying to imitate the late lamented
Diogenes but is just being practical. It
seems the light plant at Santiam Junc
tion fell apart and the necessary parts
are being sent from Cairo, Egypt by a
native runner — but he seems to be
walking.
A rt Dejoode spent his vacation hunt
ing deer. He killed seven.
Chapter No. 3 held its quietest (sic)
meeting November 18 th. Someone put
a muzzle on Forrest Cooper.
Ed Risen has returned to Bend after
a sojourn of a dozen weeks at Jordon
Valley. Ed’s son Jim is with General
Patch’s army trying to catch up with
the rodents moving eastward through
Germany.
Among those making the trip to