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interesting letter from P. F. Conner,
SK 2 /c :
"W as thrilled very much to receive
the September-October issue o f "The
Oregon State Employee.” I find that
after all someone has what seems to me
a fair method of retirement for State
Employees. We who have been state
employees for 25 long years realize be
yond a shadow o f doubt that very few
of us could exist without financial aid
from some source or other. I am for it
100 per cent.
"Since the Bureau o f Naval Per
sonnel has frozen all store-keepers to
44 points I can t say when I expect to
be fortunate enough to be sent to the
States. I am short two points which
seem very large to me.
I am living in a Quonset hut along
with 22 others. Our hut faces the
beach about 75 yards away, C himn
Wan. Wan being the Nip name for
bay. It is beautiful if a man can stop
cussing the mud long enough to appre
ciate the beauty of this land of the
"Book.” Beautiful green right down to
the coral sand on the beach. I wish you
could see it sometime other than under
the same circumstances in which I am
permitted to take in its beauty.”
From the Forest Log we selected in
formation about Forestry Department
servicemen as follows:
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Authorized Agents
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465 State Street
Salem, Ore.
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FILING CABINETS
Lt. Col. George S. Spaur, U.S. Army
Engineers, and formerly with the State
Forestry Department, arrived in Seattle
from Japan on December 21. It is ex
pected that he will receive his discharge
from the army in the near future and
immediately return to his home in Sa
lem. However, it will probably be some
little time before he resumes work since
he is now convalescing from a very
serious illness and is still under the
doctor’s care.
Prior to entering the armed services,
Col. Spaur was attached to the lands
division of the Forestry Department.
A t that time he was a major in the re
serves and in October, 1940, was called
into army service and assigned to the
Portland headquarters of the engineers
as unit instructor.
Later he went to Fort Lewis and
shortly after his arrival became assist
ant corps engineer. Following that he
was assigned to an engineering unit in
the deep south and spent the next two
years inspecting troops to see that they
were ready for shipment overseas. His
next jump was to Hawaii where he was
engaged in similar work and from there
he went to the Philippines. While there
he was awarded the bronze star for
outstanding work in handling the stagr
ing and embarkation problems for the
Leyte and Mindanoa invasions.
Shortly after the war ended he was
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