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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