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About The Oregon state employee. (Salem, Oregon.) 1944-195? | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1946)
18 Chapter News SALEM C H A P T E R No. 1 Our new president, G. W. (Webb) Ross, was installed at our March meet ing, and, after taking over the reins, he proceeded with decorum and dispatch to initiate a few innovations which hold promise of much interest and activity for the coming year. A policy of brief and snappy business sessions has been established, to be limited to one hour, followed by a social and refreshment period, also limited to one hour. Busi ness not attended to at one meeting is to be held over to the next, and it is hoped that for these reasons our meet ings will be of. more interest to those who attend. A matter of particular interest to those serving on the refreshment com mittee was actpd upon at the meeting; namely, the hiring of a dishwasher to clean up those gigantic piles of dishes remaining after the hungry horde has wended its way home. "W ebb” , in pre senting this matter to the Chapter, in formed us that anyone not in favor of hiring said dishwasher might register his disproval by standing up, in which case it would not be necessary to hire a dish washer, as the protesting member would be delegated as permanent cleaner-up of pots and kettles. Needless to say, there were no dissenting voices raised in pro test. We had a fine turnout at the March meeting, about 80 members being pres ent. Approximately 90 new members have signed up since the first of the year, due in no small part to the efforts of C. F. Daimler and John Graham, who really hit the ball with 17 per cent and 12 per cent, respectively, of new membership obtained. Credit should also be given to those other active mem bers who signed up the other 71 per cent. Keep it up! Our spies have in formed us that C. F. Daimler’s Gov ernment Camp Crew is now signed up 100% in Salem Chapter No. 1. Here is a record for other maintenance crews to shoot at. Floyd Query, the new State Associa tion President, gave the Chapter a re port on the General Council meeting, and the actions taken regarding wages, hours and leaves, which are of particu lar interest to all members at this time*. The Chapter is proud of Floyd, and will give him all possible support and co operation in his new position. Our Treasurer, George Kayser, re ports finances in excellent condition. It therefore devojves upon each member to turn out at the meetings and keep a canny eye on the fund to see that it is not raided for unpopular purposes. Our new committee chairmen are as follows: Finance, Mrs. E .' A. H inz; Men’s Membership, E. G. Ricketts; Women’s Membership, Miss DeLoris Story; Entertainment, Horton Hugh- lett; Welfare, L. M. Davies; Public Relations, Jack Rhodes; and Rules and Elections, Virgil O’Neil. Every mem ber of the Chapter is entitled to voice his opinions, and should. Take up your ideas, troubles, etc., with the appropri ate committees and put them to work. We are looking forward to numerous social functions, such as banquets, pic nics, baseball, etc., in the months ahead, and also foresee some more serious m at ters for consideration, such as retire ment, civil service, legislative action, wages, hours, exchange time and work ing conditions. These are interesting and important times, indeed, and this Chap ter hopes to exert a strong influence in furthering the commendable aims of the Association. This is a good time for all members to take an active interest in Chapter affairs and Association ac tivities, so let’s turn out "en masse” — see you at the next meeting.
