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ed enthusiasm and continuous flow of
ideas have already taken him knee-
deep into his work for the Association.
.Virgil-left New Hampshire in 1912 to
come to Oregon, where he has since re
sided almost continuously. After grad
uation from Salem High School, he
worked as a cost clerk for a short time,
then transferred to the S.I.A.C.s as a
bookkeeper. Since 1920 he has been em
ployed with the Highway Department,
doing field engineering in several 'ca
pacities until 192 6, when he came to
the Salem office on a six-weeks’ assign
ment which so far has extended overJ20
years. Since 1941, Virgil has been in
charge of the writing of specifications
and has supervised the preparation of
plans for highway road contracts as an
Assistant Staff Engineer in the Office
Engineering D e p a r t m e n t df the
O.S.H.D.
Virgil’s time-off-the-job is spent on
auto trips, fishing, vacationing in the
mountains, boating and gardening. He
is a fancier of dogs and is partial to
terriers. He and his wife live in Salem.
Virgil has been an active member of
Salem Chapter No. 1, having tried es
pecially to stimulate discussion of As-
V. G. O’Neil
sociation affairs at chapter meetings.
His "all-out” attack on the problems
of publicity indicate that the Associa
tion stands to profit greatly through his
capable efforts.
YOUR MAGAZINE STAFF
With the advent of 1947, your Ore
gon State Employee staff has been some
what altered. Ellis H. Jones, statistician
for the Unemployment Compensation
Commission, has accepted the position
of Managing Editor. Cecil Head, chief
mail clerk and information desk at
tendant for the Highway Department,
will be the Advertising Manager. Eliz
abeth Dotson, member of the State Li
brary staff, will assume the duties of
Literary Editor. Barbara Ortman, order
librarian for the State library, will se
lect interesting and timely clippings
about state service in our own and oth
er states. Magdalene Erpelding, secre
tary in the Highway Division of Coun
ty and City Relations, will continue her
work as editor of news received from
the chapters. Ralph Gifford, Highway
Department photographer, will supply
more of his distinctive cover pictures.
Publication of the magazine comes un
der the general supervision of the new
ly elected Director of Public Relations,
Virgil O’Neil.
These staff changes mean that E. H.
Clymer has retired from the duties of
editor and Public Relations Director.
Mr. Clymer was on hand to edit the
very first issue—the April-May issue in
1944. During the last three years, he
has . contributed numberless hours of
his time to work on the magozine. Many
special featüies and much informational
material has been brought to Associa
tion members during Clymer’s editor
ship. We are mailing a copy of this is
sue to Mr. Clymer in Arizona where he
is enjoying- a much earned rest. It is
with great appreciation for his time
and efforts that we say "Happy vaca-
tioning, Eddie!” -
The new staff believes that it is the
function of this magazine to publish
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