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longer. The Chapter sent up magazines
to keep the boys’ thoughts off their
aches and pains.
On the list of employees taking ad
vantage of the retirement act features
which permit retirement on July 1, is
Alfred Wild of the Bend section crew.
He says his wife didn’t w ant to put
up any more lunches for him anyway,
but it is not as it "uster be” when
he was working, as it is hard to keep
busy on a little front yard, and keep
ing up his real estate.
Kenneth E. Morton, of the Fall
River fish hatchery, expressed by letter
to the Chapter, his regrets in not being
able to attend the meeting at this
busy time.
D inty Moore has been going to work
in a new tie and clean shirt lately.
Looking around the corner, we see the
reason; namely a late model mode of
transportation.
Sam Taylor and Mrs. Taylor, from
Alkali Lake, made a trip to the W ill
amette valley, returning w ith fresh
fruit and a new pair of spectacles for
Sam.
— E. E. Johnston
Press Correspondent
ROSE CITY CHAPTER No. 5
July 20, 1?47, will be a day long
remembered by a large number of Rose
City, chapter state employees and their
guests. This was the day that we had
been looking forward to for about two
months— the picnic and drawing for
prizes donated by various contractors
and business men in and near Portland.
A t 1:00 p. m. the crowd seated
themselves at the tables of their choice.
For Quality Foods
Stale Street M arket
In the H eart of Salem
Fresh Fish and Frozen Foods
Our Specialty
A Few Steps from the Capitol
1230 State Street
Just to look at the assortment of food
on these tables made one’s mouth
water. A t 1:15 p. m. Ed Reif, chair
man of the entertainment committee,
gave the word to go. Thé next forty-
five minutes were very quiet, with the
exception of someone asking for the
salad or "pass the cake,” etc.
By 2:00 p. m., when all were com
plaining that they had eaten too much,
the athletic committee decided that
this would be the time to stage the
athletic contests. They proceeded to
get things going with a tug of war be
tween the engineers and the mainte
nance boys. The engineers were doing
all right until someone on the mainte-
nàifce gang demanded that Mr. Safe-
mal, of Birkemeier and Sarmal, untie
the end of the rope which he had
wrapped around a tree. When the en
gineers lost that support, the mainte
nance boys pulled them across the line
to win, and received a box of cigars
for their efforts. Then came foot races
and sack races for small children, older
children, and grown-ups of both sexes.
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