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CHAPTER NEWS
SALEM CHAPTER No. 1
This chapter has just finished a suc
cessful membership contest resulting in
the adding of 64 new members to the
roll in a one month whirlwind cam
paign. We split into two teams by al
phabetical division, the "A” to "L”
members winning over the "K” to "Z”
team by a score of 42 to 22. The cap-
■ tains, Marjorie Judson and B Floyd
Query, respectively, reported much riy-;
airy'and Floyd strongly suspects the
winners of pirating g his team’s pros
pects! The “K” to "Z” members are
now obligated to furnish the entertain
ment features at the April meeting and
we look forward with high expectancy
■ •to an enjoyable program. Since the first
of the year, we. have gained over 75
new members and now have a member
ship in excess of. 2 JO. Our new ipem-
bers are hereby welcomed to our midst,
and old and new are urged to partici
pate actively in Chapter affairs.
A fter'm uch travail, our entertain
ment committee under the able.direc-
tic-n of Webb Ross mastered enough
financial backing to put on an associa
tions danCe for all chapters in Salem.
The committee is to be congratulated
on the well planned and excellently
handled affair held at the, V.F.W. hall
'on March 22r All who attended, and
they were many, can attest that there
was never a dull moment. Excelsior!
Your scribe respectfully announces
a dearth of personal news items, butt,
still hopes that newsy notes of mem
bers’ activities will be forthcoming
hereafter ^co p io u s quantities.
Karl A. Chapter, Weightmaster, is
expected back to work soon after a
two months’ absence during which he
underwent a major operation at the Sa
lem General.
Frank Mercer, one of the "old tim
ers” with the Highway Department has
Recently taken a position as accountant
with H unt Brothers Packing Company
in Salem.
John Herb, office building service
employee, is back on the job after a
couple of weeks of absence due to ill-
ness., Our building is becoming spick
and span again and we welcome his re
turn,.
3g Lowell Shinn, our finance committee
chairman, has. returned to work after a
ten day trip 'to Minot, N.D., where he
, was called by the death of his brother.
George Kayser, our financial secre
tary and general go-getter, reports oh
the phenomenal progress of his son, age
about four months. George T says thap
although the boy’s vocabulary is still
somewhat limited, he speaks quite flu
ently (or S i t fluidly?^ George also
surmises that another month will see'
the prodigy reading well enough to un
derstand the headlines as well as/-the
rest of us now do. This modern age!
ROSEBURG CHAPTER No. 2 "
The Roseburg Chapter has adopted
a plan of rotating their meeting place.,
Every other month the meeting will be
held in Roseburg, the remaining months^
the meeting will be divided between
the north and south end of the limits
of the chapter. Theregular meeting in
February was held in Drain, the one in
March was held in Roseburg and the
one in April will be held in Myrtle.
Creek. The meetings are held on the
second Friday in every month.
The meeting in Drain , was very well
attended, Drain and Elkton both being
very well represented. There was- some
lively discussion but everybody left
happy after doing justice to the eats
that the Drain members had prepared.
I George Householder was unable to
attend the last meeting due" to the work
of a dentist who left George with a
very,.sore and swollen jaw.