Image provided by: SEIU Local 503; Salem, OR
About The Oregon state employee. (Salem, Oregon.) 1944-195? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1946)
32 on the Alcan highway. During the next 17 months he was located at numerous places in Alaska and Canada, including Skagway and White Horse. In February, 1944, his outfit ship ped to the South seas and 37 days later landed at Darwin, Australia. From there it went to Hollandia, then to Morotai where it took a lot of pounding from Japanese night bombers. His outfit went in just behind the infantry on the Lingayen beach in the Luzon invasion. For the balance of his tour of duty he was located at various places on Luzon. Hayes states that two of his out standing experiences were the trip over and the one back. He was seasick just 51 days. T hat’s the time it took to make the two trips. Cumberland offensive w ith a brilliant run around left end that resulted in only an eight-yard loss.” He tackled one Tech man on the thirty-yard line and hung around his neck all the way to the goal line. "Once I fumbled,” he remembers, "and as three Tech ogres bore down, another Cumberland stal w art shied away from the loose ball. "Pick it up, I yelled to the guy, but what do you think he answered? "Pick it up, hell, he said, "I didn’t drop it.” Hilbert Young who spent several months in the amphibious CB’s is back to work for the State Highway Com mission at Roseburg. Hill was in the Normandy invasion. He also spent some time in the South Pacific, but before he came home he visited several places in Japan. The following item was clipped from The Ship’s Log, Bremerton N avy Yard weekly which is edited by E. F. Mc N ulty, SM 3/c, formerly executive sec retary of the Keep Oregon Green As sociation: The most lopsided football game in the record books took place in 1916. Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland College, 2 2 0-0. There lives a man who admits he quarterbacked that Cumber land team: George Allen, former com missioner of the D istrict of Columbia. Allen treasures a yellowed clipping which reads, "Allen spearheaded the Capt. Martin L. Beyerlein, Ü.S. Air Force Engineers, is soon to go on ter minal leave. He called at Nehalem Highway Office recently and said that he would be back to go to work about Eugene Brake and Motor Eugene Planing Mill E. E. Merewether, Proprietor Warren Mann, after attaining his goal (sight seeing in Tokyo) has been discharged and is enjoying an extended vacation in Roseburg. He says he is going to take life easy for several months then he will think about going to work again. Wheel Aligning* a Specialty General Mill Work Telephone 2080 940 Pearl Street Eugene, Oregon Mill & Office - Cor. Third & Lawrence Phone 1793 p. o. Box 504 Eugene, Oregon H A N N U M & K ELT C H E V R O L E T The House of Friendly Dealings 411 So. 6th S t Grants Pass, Oregon Phone 520
