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Everybody is invited and I might here
state that many attend who can boast
no Scottish antecedents upon arrival
but leave with considerable Scotch in
them.
After waxing eloquent on the John
Day country, the chapter scribe con
tinued with a tale of woe about the
difficulty of proving that one has been
born. His tear-jerking and appropriate
poem on this subject is printed else
where in this issue.-
Willing Worker at Medford:
lished, Robertson succeeds in this issue.
We are sorry the . other material went
astray—we never saw it.
At their recent meeting the chapter
went on record as favoring the payroll
deduction method of paying group Efe
insurance premiums, the deductions
be made by the employer as providew
by law. The members’ wives served re
freshments and lend a real social pleas
antness to the meetings. Results of a
contest indicate Walter Poole as the
best story teller; Ray Harnish the big
gest liar (Ed. Note—-We repeat as re
ported and surmise the reference is to
physical size; after all "aren’t we all”
to some degree or other) ; and Clyde
Holcomb the best fisherman. Fisher
men visiting the area are invited to con
tact Holcomb who works for the state
park service and lives at Casey State
Camp.
We are .in receipt of a letter from
a member of the Crater Lake Chapter
No. 16, comprising our southwestern
Oregon area. He writes from Medford
as follows:
"My first copy of The Oregon State
Employee came to me today. I have
been a state employee, office of public
utilities commission, since 1936 but a
member of OSEA since just recently, Cartel ChaPter Announces Joint Meeting
probably due to inertia.
The November meeting of Capitol
Your November-December 1947 is Chapter No. 19 was held at the city
sue contains no advertising from Med library and was primarily for electins^^
ford. Nor from any point in Jackson officers for the new year. Those electeMB
or Josephine counties.
were Oliver B. Huston, president; James
It is conceivable that I might be Young, vice-president, and Harry
able to remedy that. With that idea in Green, secretary-treasurer.
mind I ask you to give me some
Committees were appointed for the
space rates so that I can do some so annual Christmas party which was ■
liciting from time to time.
staged on December 16 in the state
C. B. Walker. house restaurant quarters and was a
Now, members! There is a letter to striking success in all particulars..
cheer .the heart of we hard-working Special crédit should go to those in
people who get out this magazine and charge consisting, of Esther Hilmer,
try to promote interest in the OSEA Bert Ganong, and Grace Apperson. Rey
through the medium of the written nolds Ohmart made a big hit as Santa
word! Personally, your PRD enjoyed Claus, particularly in his use of a
a warm feeling of gratitude. Strictly telephone through which an investiga
off the record, of course, but we’ve tion was made of the behavior of each
sent Mr. Walker the data he wants person about to receive a present and
and will gladly do the same for other on such report from headquarters Santa
made his decision. The assembly learned
volunteers. Who’s next?
for the first time that Santa Clau^^
We are in receipt of some chapter maintains a rating bureau such as it^P^
news from Paul Robertson which went was only thought St. Peter kept in re
over the state before reaching the edi gard to each individual’s conduct.
tor. Seems as though we’d better advise
Our January business meeting was
the press correspondents that their con held at the Salem Woman’s club which
tributions can be addressed to the head we have engaged for the current year
quarters office at Salem! After three for the third Tuesday in each month.
t-ries at getting his news items pub The principal discussion centered on