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About The Oregon state employee. (Salem, Oregon.) 1944-195? | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1945)
7 Meet Our Secretary-Treasurer Homer V. Carpenter was born in a log. cabin in Wells County, Indiana, in 1876, of hardy pioneer Hoosier stock. When he was six, his parents and their two children moved to Fort 'Wayne where Homer attended grade and high schools and started on his chosen busi ness career. For four years he was with the General Electric Co., leaving that concern to work for the Munsingwear Co. as office manager, at Fort Wayne. After three years in this position, then being twenty-five,-single and fancy- free, he was lured by the spirit of ad venture and came to the wild and wool- ley West to seek his fortune hi Oregon, the land of opportunity. Times were bad, so Homer took a job as' telegraph operator with the U n ion Pacific Company in Portland and managed to thus keep the wolf from the door for two years. In 1904 he se cured employment as collection teller for the U. S. National Bank, and while so employed married his present wife. They have three daughters, and their only son, is now 'w ith the Army Air Forces overseas. In 1908, Mr. Carpenter started working for the Willamette Iron & Steel Co. as treasurer; a position he held for 20 years, growing in execu tive stature as the company developed industrially. Financial distress overtook the ¿company in the 1928-29 period and through circumstances beyond his cori- trol, Mr. Carpenter was compelled to again seek employment, in other fields. He selected Portland’s Broadway Safe Deposit Vaults Co. as a business ven ture, reorganized the company finan cially and successfully directed its af fairs as secret ary-treasurer till; 1939. I Since 1939, Mr. Carpenter has held "the position of credit manager with, the Industrial Accident Commission’ at Sa- HOMER V. CARPENTER lem and is now serving the State in the same efficient and diligent manner as' has been his custom during his many years of previous business experience; t Mr. Carpenter has been a member of the Elks Lodge for many years and has been actively interested in the Boy Scout movement. While with the U. S. Bank in Portland, he played Centerfield oh their baseball team and retains; his interest in that sport. He enjoys a good game of golf. Hale and hearty at 69, Mr. Carpenter is energetic, forceful, and capable. The Oregon State Employees Associ ation is fortunate in obtaining Mr. Cat- pertter’s services, as its secretary-treas:- urer, arid all who Enow him appreciate that our affairs are in the hands of a man splendidly equipped and trained to render us all a valuable service.
