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44 PUBLIC WELFARE CHAPTER No. 31 We did not meet during July / A u gust, and September. However, we made up for this by having an en joyable get-together on Wednesday, Oc tober 15, at the Martha Washington hotel. A joint meeting of the four Port land chapters was held on October 30 a t;th e U . "S. Coast Guard , Legion Hall, I 8 p.m. M t W alter Ihl presided. Mr. Forrest Stewart spoke on various Sub jects, particularly a proposed \ cost-of- living increase for all employees. Mr. Ryan, of West Coast Life Insurance Company, talked briefly on the new group life insurance and answered questions in reference to it. | Anna B. Smith SUCCESS CHAPTER No. 30 William Bartholomew was^elected president of the Oregon State Em ployees Association’s Success Chapter No. 30, at a meeting held recently in the American Legion hall, S.W. 13 th and Main Streets, Portland. Bartholo mew won the election over a field of four other, candidates. Jack Norton is the retiring president. , N orton and Bartholomew are w ith the Unemploy ment Compensation commission. Other Officers elected were Louise O’Dean, vice president; Jan Bartley, secretary; Al Riden, treasurer; and James Ban nister, sergeant-at-arms. Bartholomew was'also elected by the group to represent the chapter at the annual convention at the Oregon State Employees Association in Salem, No vember 20 and 21. A novel idea to get more members H attend monthly meetings was insti tuted recently. A cash prize drawing is held at the end of each meeting. I t is noted th a t several members did not tu rn out for meetings in the past are now among those who attend meetings regularly. Guess who won the last cash prize? None other than Ye Scribe! (You can imagine the howls that went up from assembled members when I reached for the money!) Members of Chapter No. 30 are en thusiastic about the group insurance plan in a big way. Most of them have indicated their willingness to accept it. Those who have not a?; yet turned in their applications to President Jack Norton, should do so as soon as I pos sible. William Bartholomew MID-VAELEY SOCIAL WORKERS I Chapter 32 Mid-Valley Social Workers Chapter I was organized in the summer of 1947. I xThis 'nam e was chosen iM? order that I Employees, of neighboring county wel- I fare might join if they wished, I and so that social workers employed by I the state in other than public welfare I work might feel free to join. It was the I feeling pF the members that social! workers and.fhe staffs who assist- them I might want to discuss problems' which I would ndt be pertinent to other state 1 employees. A name was therefore cho- I sen which would indicate this limita tion of membership. Meetings are held once each month. A t the October meeting the mem bers were privileged to he’a r Miss Lola BallingerI and Miss Gene Beach, re cently returned from two years work in Europe, primarily in Germany. For the first year they worked for UNRRA and for the second year were employed by the American Committee I for the Protection of European Children. Most j of the questions and discussions were on this latter work, of particular in terest to the chapter members. Alice C. Miles» COLUMBIA CH A PTER,N o. 34 On November 1, 1947 a charter was granted for- a new chapter (No. 34), in Portland, comprising primarily, em ployees of the various departments of the Secretary of State’s office and of the Public Utilities Commissioner, .all of which have quarters in the new of-
