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About The Oregon state employee. (Salem, Oregon.) 1944-195? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1947)
45 fice building at Northeast Seventh and Oregon Streets. ^Prospects for the success of this chapter now appear very bright. We have about a 98 per cent membership of ¿att regular employees and expect to make it 100 per cent. The necessary percentage to qualify for the group life, insurance plan has been secured, with coverage to commence November 1. We have our own council room—-rent free— and also;vTaeilities for refresh- ments when desired. Two meetings have been held since organization— the first to elect', off i- cers and a delegate to the General Couriell, and the second to adopt cer tain resolutions for presentation at the November 22-23 I meeting, among which was one asking that all state employees be giyeiv» cost-of-living sal- John J. Scrivner Sherman, R.N .; H arry Thatcher, paint er. We now have 72 members, which is about 100 per cent, as some of our kitchen help comes and goes. The Dalles Chapter has been con tacted and has graciously consented to install the members of our chapter on Friday, December 12, 1947. The Dal les Chapter invited the Oregon Trail Chapter to a potluck supper held at the Civic 'Auditorium on November 29, which we accepted w ith pleasure. I The executive board and the officers are meeting soon to form a set of by laws, and we are very happy to be a member of the Oregon State Employees Association. Mrs. M. R. Selisch was elected as our representative tri the meeting held N o vember 22 and 23, in Salem. Mrs. Laura Collins VEXATION OREGON TRAIL CHAPTER No. 3 5 The Oregon Trail Chapter held its first; meeting in the Nurses’ Home at the State Hospital at The Dalles on November 4. We were very happy to receive our charter then, and it was displayed at the meeting. Mrs. Laura Collins presided as temporary chair man at this first meeting. The first order of business was the election of officers, which resulted in the following being unanimously elected: Mrs. Laura Collins, president; Mr. Alvin Lawellin, vice president; Mrs. Ethel Gamble, secretary-treasurer. An executive board was also elected: C. A. Wood, business manager; Mrs. Hazel W right, dietition; Mrs. M. R. Selisch, superintendent of nurses; Ruth a ^ 8 increase. Every state employee should be interested in this movement and should get behind it and give it his wholehearted support, as it is in conceivable that anyone could deny the justice of such a request. The aver age state employee has been taking it on the chin, quietly, for a long time. It is time for him to speak out. O f all the jobs Lever had, Engineering is the bunk; I have to work in» weather bad, U nfit for man or skunk. When sun boils down upon my back, And sweat runs off my face, The Chief gives me another whack, To hasten up my pace. When snow is nearly two feet deep And weather icy cold, My chillblains nearly make me weep Although I’m growing old. When rain is pouring from the sky, And soaks my wornout shoes, The Chief then says he wonders why I always have the blues. The cost of food, and clothing too, An4 rent is out of sight. I know not what on earth to do; I Inflation is a fright. The State is nearly broke, we’re told; They cannot raise our pay. I’ll have to sleep out in the cold, And eat alfalfa hay. —Russell A. Mohney, Sr. Salem Chapter No. 1
