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About The Oregon state employee. (Salem, Oregon.) 1944-195? | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1946)
3 Meet Your President Floyd A. Query was born in Wood- lake, Nebraska, on October 24, 1906. When he was about six years of age he moved with his parents to Roberts, about four miles southwest of Salem, where he attended grade school. He later went to Salem High School and, upon graduation, entered Willam ette University which he attended about a year until the death of his father called him from his studies for a sterner mode of life. While in school, Floyd played a very good game as guard on the football team and was a member of Sigma Tau at Willamette. Assumihg the care of the family farm upon his father’s death, Floyd planned, worked and managed the farm for six years and really learned about farming the‘hard way. In 1930, circumstances permitted Floyd to become interested in outside employiftent, and that year he took a job with the Oregon State Highway Department as a timekeeper on main tenance extra crews, traveling widely over the state in that capacity. In 1934, he was promoted to District Mainten ance Superintendent officeman and la ter was brought to the Salem office of the Maintenance Department as an En gineer Specialist, which position he now holds. Floyd loves the outdoors life and is a capable hunter, He bags his Eastern Oregon buck with annual regularity and gets his share of ducks, geese and pheasants in season. He likes baseball and plays a good game. He is also much interested in the Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts and devotes considerable time to this work. He resides at his home at 1615 Ne braska Avenue, Salem, Oregon, with his wife, Ruth, and three children, Charles, Judith and Jack whose ages are 10 years, 6 years and 6 months, re spectively. H'loyd, A. Query Floyd is one of the founders of our- Association and has given generously of his time and talent to the organization and development of the movement. He has served us in many capacities; nota bly as President of Salem Chapter No. 1, and more recently as District Direc tor of District No. 2, and Chairman of the State Membership Committee. The successful growth of the Association is in no small measure due to his untiring efforts. Floyd is possessed of many commen dable traits, not the least of which in clude his unselfish devotion to duty, his $ense of fair play, his intelligent ap plication of well-seasoned judgment to the tasks at hand, and his ability to direct and lead others in a friendly, co operative spirit. Pleasant, frank and sin cere in all of his dealings, Floyd comes to us as our new President with all ne cessary qualifications, and merits our wholehearted support in furthering the growth and continued success of our Association.
