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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.