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SALEM CHAPTER No. 1
Well, here’s one last fling by your
old correspondent concerning the doings
of Salem Chapter No. 1.
The results of a highly pdntésted
election of chapter officers’ were an
nounced to approximately 75 members
in attendance at the Decembér meet
ing of the chapter. One hundred and
sixty-six ballots were cast, out of a
possible three hundred and sixty-one,
which is a new record for voting in
this chapter. Edwin À. Pease, Construc
tion Office Engineer, was elected presi
dent; G. W. Ross, Division Office En
gineer and retiring president, was elect
ed vice-president; Lowell Shinn of the
Accounting division and George Kay-
ser of the Cost Analysis department did
such yeoman service as financial secre
tary and treasurer, respectively, that
they were reelected to their former po
sitions. Woman suffragò now has come.,
to the fore in chapter affairs^—Blanche
Munson pf the Maintenance department
was elected corresponding secretary.
Hooray for the fairer sex!
Webb Ross, retiring president, gave,
a speech to the chapter thanking them
for their support during his tenure of
office, and the newly elected president;, |
"Ed” Pease, gave a brief speech of ac-
ceptance and stated that he hoped he
would have as much support from the
chapter as was shown the retiring presi
dent, Webb Ross.- (We are sure that
he will-ihave.)
Floyd Query and Buck DeFrance
gave the chapter a resume of the Gen
eral Council meeting and brought out
several points of interest concerning
retirement! I
A fter the business session, ice cream,
cake and coffee were served to the
famished crowd.
We understand that Chet Paulsen,
one of Eddy Clymer’s right hand men,
Q doing his best to build up business.
for Henry Ford. Chet took a brand
new 1946 Ford out o f'th e shop on a
field trip and tried to test out its dura
bility by rolling it over about seven
times, .during the course of which Chet
broke his collar bone, severed a tendon
in his hand, and suffered many other
cuts and bruises. Chet is back on* the
job again, h u t we can’t say the same
for the car. All joking aside, we are
glad to hear that Chet is recovering as
well as could be expected under the
circumstances.
Eddy Clymer is takjng sick leave fo r
a month or so and has headed south
for some hot springs treatm ent/ IH e
hopes to, be back about the middle of
February.
Manfred Olsen, who was. with the
department for about a year ¿as Soils
Engineer, under Ray Webber, has left
the department to take a position as
Superintendent of Streets'! Tor the City,
of Medford at a more lucrative salary.
\Tha*t’s thirty for now— cheerio, and*
keep "pluggin’.”
I — Jack Rhodes
BEND CHAPTER No. 3
The ¿chapter unveiled jiew officers
'for the new year on the 21st of De-
icember air* a dinner held at the Pine
Tavern in Bend. S. Paul Jones took the
bow ¿as president, but postponed his
speech. Wayne Lithgow was announced
as vice-president, Marguerite Elder as-
'secretary-treasurer, and yours truly- a |
delegate. Jack Vaughn, retiring prexy,
gave the swan song and Forrest "Bash
ful” Cooper outlined the legislative ob
jectives as published by the state head
quarters.
Shortly after the first of the year,
Howard "C y” Cox lost his father.
I Howard Roberts, I fate of the yon
side of the Cascades, may now be found
at the Redmond maintenance office
(Continued on page 18).