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crew are busw cutting brush along
the Coast and Columbia River High
ways. Roy has twelve men in his crew
now.
John E. Howry, maintenance fore
man at Seaside is back on his old job
again and Fred Stults who held the job
while John was in the service now has
an extra gang working in that district.
Dale Cambell, truck driver on John
Thomas* maintenance crew is recover
ing from a major operation. We hope
Dale will be back on the job soon.
Charlie McCutcheon, drawbridge op
erator on the Lewis and Clark bridge,
has about recovered from a major op
eration at the Hood River hospital.
Charlie writes that he is getting along
fine and will be back on the job as soon
as they kick him out; He reports that
it is a grand place to eat.
Bill Perkins, bridge foreman, has
completed repairs on the Nehalem
bridge and is now working on bridges
on the Nehalem secondary highway. We
notice that Bill has some men beck
that left his gang to go in the service
and is operating with a full crew.
Your correspondent has been waiting
patiently for Roy Boldt and Clarence
Asher to bring him a piece of venison
but has given up all hope, so will go
down to the butcher shop and surrender
some precious points for a beef steak.
After all, he must keep up his strength
Eugene Brake and Motor
E . E. Merewether, Proprietor
if he is to continue this news broad
cast.
Out of town members attending our
last meeting were: Fred Stults, Elbert
Harris, John A. Howry of Seaside,
John Thomas, president, George Per
kins who never miss, and Jimmie Cor
coran of Jewell. Now that gas ration
ing is off we can expect better attend
ance at our meetings.
THE DALLES CHAPTER No. 9
A pot luck dinner was held October
27 by the Chapter at The Dalles.
Thanks to the efforts of the ladies a
good dinner was enjoyed. There is a
swell bunch of cooks around here. Hope
we can talk them into feeding us again.
At the conclusion of the dinner a short
business session was held after which
Mr. Harvey McClain turned the meet
ing over to Mr. C. O. Slabough who
acted as master of ceremonies. Our As
sociation President Mr. DeFrance, and
Mr. Forrest Stewart, Executive Secre
tary, were present and each gave a very
interesting talk on the aims and ac
complishments of the Association.
There is a rumor out that Mr. DeFrance
likes ice cream.
Mr. C. C. Seeley and Mr. L. .V.
Koons, District Maintenance Superin
tendents, have exchanged places again.
Mr. Seeley is in Astoria now, and Mr.
L. V. Koons is back in The Dalles. Mr.
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