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18 because Tris Shaver has found a new job at Suntex. Arnold Kobler of the Bend mainte nance office spent a Christmas holi day w ith relatives in Salem. Everett Lynam, veteran and section helper at Brothers, stroked his rabbits foot w ith just-the right intensity and hit the jackpot. No. 3 2 i n the Tule Lake homestead sweepstakes waS his drawing. This allows a choice between 36 tracts, and the man says he intends to be choosey. Certain people feel that our loss is California’s gain. Floyd W. Scott has been transferred from the Redmond to the Bend mainte nance crew. Ernie Moran has taken over maintenance work at Silver Lake. George Boone is back on the job at Lakeyiew and is "feeling fine” after an eye operation in San Francisco. W alt Carter, section foreman at Lakeview, seems to be well along on the road to recovery after his operation in Portland last fall. Christmas cards werereceived in the Bend area from Chester G. Springer, successful prospector w i n t e r i n g , in Yuma, Arizona. Most of the Bend office employees have been trying out the excellent skat ing. Some of the beginners wish to re vise the word "tenderfoot,” in certain anatomical aspects. — J. E. Morelock LA GRANDE CHAPTER No. 4 As a writer, Si Doane, bridge fore man, doesn’t think much of yours truly. Si, when you finish that corre spondence course, this job is all yours. The next time you take my pencils, paper, and erasers and then suggest a correspondence course, you will prob ably find yourself placed to the best of advantage in our small office. For a long time La Grande Chapter No. 4 had two specialists in the field of serving coffee and rolls at the chap ter meetings, in the persons of Don Gruis and O. G. McComb (M ac). Now Don and Mac can say "goodbye” to coffee and rolls and enjoy the meet ings like the rest of us, w ith not a care, because we have new members taking oyer their field, which (I heard) didn’t h urt their feelings. Mac liked the job so well though, that he started his own business, which hasn’t gone in the red. There is a way to keep warm these days^w earing something that looks like a tent w ith fu r on the inside. Noel Klitz says it is just the thing to keep out these wintery blasts. I t’s not "pret ty,” but Noel swears by it. Bert Johnson a n d , Roland Shaw are back with us for the winter. Marvin Mackey claims "by all that is” that he bumped into a door and received that beautiful shiner. Come, -Come, Marvin, that gag just doesn’t go in these modern times. Also, Marvin» toys are for children, and you are not supposed to enjoy them at this stage of the game. La Grande Chapter presented to Charles F. Erbe, the new president, an exceptionally large gavel, which looks as though it would never wear out, no m atter how nsany times it is used. — Lorna D. Baker ROSE CITY C H A PTER No. 5 Our regular meeting-, December 13, was highlighted by talking pictures of the construction of Bonneville dam and pictures of ship building at vari ous shipyards on the Pacific coast. Pic tures were furnished and shown by Mr. Elmer Buhler of the Bonneville Power administration. -- Coffee and doughnuts were served by the entertainment committee. The nominating committee appoint ed to select the 1947 candidates con sisted of F. T. Young, chairman; H ar old Nelson, Ivan Dakin, C. H . Haynes, and J. Floyd Hayse. Candidates se lected for president, J. Claude Moore and J. T. Skelton; for vice president, A. B. Dean and J. Floyd Hayse; secre tary-treasurer, L. J. McReynolds. Voting was done by post card. J. T. Skelton was elected president by a very close vote. A. B. Dean and L. J. Mc- (Continued on page 23)
