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JOSHUA S, SAWYER
The many I friends Kgmgg Joshua S.
Sawyer will.be grieved to learn o f his
death at New York City on4 April 6,
1947: “Josh,” as he was affectionately
called,. will be remembered as- an engi­
neer with the Oregon , State H ’ghway
Department for many years# leaving in
192% to take .a position with the Shell
Oil Company in | charge of their As­
phalt Division at San Francisco and
later ip, New York City. His service
with the Highway Department, as well
as with the Shell Qil Company, 8 was
outstanding, and reflected the integrity
of character and sincerity of purpose
which Josh applied to alLJiis. activities.
He will always be remembered for the
warmth of his friendship# thereliability
of his judgment and the courage and
high purpose which he invariably exer­
cised in ‘discharging his duties.
Last rites are at Salem. He is sur­
vived by his widow Minnie P. Sawye.r,
a daughter Irma Wells of Salem, and
a son J. S. Sawyer who is now an engi­
neer with the Highway Department at
Lakeview.
W omen
employees in the
PUBLIC SERVICE
Women J n the United States are em­
ployed in ^considerable number^ in vari­
ous branches 'o f the public service,; in­
cluding teaching; they are found in the
Federal Government, 8 in the govern­
ments >of the 48 states, and in the ser­
vice of counties, municioalities, and
other local units within each state.
The m ost recent' data ^available fpr
women employed in non-school gov-
ernrhent units other than- Federal are
for July 1943. A t that time women
employees totaled '384,$$0, or 21 per-
cent of the 1,861,000 persons employed
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by all su c h u n its.T h e greatest numbers
and proportions of such women were
employed by stategovernm ents— 196,-
000, or 4 1 percent of total non-school
state employees. Counties, have., the next
highest proportionI of women employees,'
who constituted 28 percent, pf.'a total
of. 329,0Q0 emplpyees. Cities, towns»,
villages and townships -employecj 96,000
womemout of a total of DlyOSXOOw^ I
| —p^onthly Labor Review, Sept. 1946
When you see a man about to sit on a
tack, it is a sign of an early spring.
— H ighw ays o f H appiness