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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.