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Chapter News
SALEM CHAPTER No. 1
Well, fellers, "tempus fugit” and
keeps on "fugiting,” as the editorial
staff informs me, so once again I takes
me pencil in hand and sets me down
to the task at hand.
Yum! Yum! On the night of April
9 opproximately 125 members were in
attendance at the chapter banquet,
whether from hunger, interest, or from
a mercenary viewpoint, remains to be
seen. At any rate, they were present,
which, after all, is the important mat
ter. Everyone settled down and enjoyed
the turkey feed with all the trimmings,
as placed before them by the bevy of
beautous damsels in the persons of most
of the feminine members of the chap
ter (that one doesn’t cost you girls a
single cent). The entertainment com
mittee is to be highly complimented
as to the quality (if not' quantity) of
the feed and the manner of presenta
tion.
During the brief business session,
held prior to the feed, we were very
glad to see Jerry Farrar back once
more and very much in evidence dur-.
ing the discussions. We were also very
much surprised to hear Larry Smitton
admit that he '‘didn’t know what it
was all about, but would like to do
something about it anyway.” The
"k itty ” of ten cents per (making a
nice sizeable pot) was split two ways
by Zelma Sweeney of the Sign Depart
ment and Clinton Deo of the Weigh-
master’s Office.
At the May 14 meeting the chapter
managed to "table” for further discus-
siori most of the matters presented, with
the exception of one matter relating to
the specified duties of the welfare com
mittee in regard to sending flowers or
cards to sick or deceased members and
officials, and one matter regarding the
rental or purchase of a typewriter for
our hard working financial secretary
and corresponding secretary.
It was voted that the chapter rent a
typewriter at the present time for the
use of the secretaries. As soon as the
rental of one typewriter had been de
cided upon, Lowell Shinn, the Financial
Secretary, suggested that it might be
better to rent two typewriters, as the
standard typewriter was a mite too
heavy to "tote” back and forth. After
much discussion, pro and con, the mat
ter was settled (we hope) by Paul Da
vies, the Corresponding Secretary, ad
mitting that he had an old beat-up
typewriter, vintage one, which he could
use in a pinch. President Ross has
promised us some "roving reporters”
from each department, who, we hope,
will bring us some more personal news
items to grace these pages.
Of interest to those not in attend
ance is the question of shall we, and if
so, where, when and how, hold our an
nual picnic? This matter is to be taken
up at the next meeting, so let’s all be
there with our suggestions and ideas.
After the business session was dispos
ed of and relegated to the limbo of
things past and done with, the chapter
was entertained by a most excellent
musical program presented by the Ja-
quith Music Shop Clarinet Quartet, fol
lowing which our hard working enter
tainment committee (lacking two of
its members— by the way, John Grah
am, how was the ball game) gave forth
with sandwiches and coffee.
Wren Crews came out of retirement
and is back on the job to help out for a
while with the current rush of business
in the permit department. He looks
".very natural,” rushing up and down
the corridors.
We understand that Paul Davies is
setting up a new filing system for
"Miscellaneous Materials” to handle the