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34 Chapter News (Continued from page 33) erty, Bob Rice and Roger Wright. Sorry to hear of Bus Gibson’s boy having been in the hospital, but glad to see him home and better. Each meeting of the O.S.E.A. finds a few more crews with 100% mem bership in the association. Come on fel lows, let’s try to increase it even more. There has been a decided lack of re freshments at both of the last meetings held. W hat’s the matter boys? A t the last two meetings a few members brought their wives for a lit tle get-together while the meetings were in progress. Bob Miller, bridge crew foreman, and Frank Davis, have been putting in some new scales in the Klamath Falls district. Bus Gibson and staff of Eager Beav ers have been doing some patching in and around Klamath Falls for the past three weeks, after completion of work at Lakeview, Oregon. Joe Monroe has again turned out as an able raker for the hot patch gang. In recent weeks there have been two new secretaries employed at the high way shops. Baker's Fountain Lunch Ice Cream, Cold Drinks, Lunches Juntura, Oregon It has been rumored that an O.S.E.A. picnic is to be held soon—we hope. Max Mitchell Press Correspondent JO H N DAY CHAPTER No. 13 C. A. Macomber, who has been on the sick list for the past 28 months, re turned to work as section foreman at Spray June 3. He was given a shower a few days after his return. There are bridal, wedding, and baby showers, and perhaps some we have never heard of, but whatever else, this one certainly was no baby shower, and when it was over a third of the road between Ser vice Creek and Spray was covered with mud, rocks and brush. Traffic was held up for 16 hours. Brush Was piled up against some of the bridges, posts in the under structure knocked loose, and one check-dam was out. It took the combined efforts of several section^, crews to get traffic at normal agaiiOp? and at this writing, some four weeks later, there is still much cleaning to do. James H. "D utch” Rolland has re turned to the Highway department af ter two years in the Navy. He was for merly helper at Seneca and is now help er at Dayville, where Section Foreman Glenn Hill reports he has an all veteran crew. Walter Valade, kettleman, served 10 months and 26 days, and John Welsh, truck driver, served three years and three months, in the Navy. Dutch Rolland is a son of George Rolland, section foreman at Fossil. Walter Valade is our new chapter president. He was in the hospital most of April, but has been back on the job about a month. Other officer^^ Medford Concrete Construction Company Concrete Culvert Pipe, Sand, Gravel, Crushed Rock Phone 2469 Medford, Oregon
