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13 com petition w as keen. We from several states including W ash ington, D.C. A p o t-luck dinner was h eld ^ h e re ~ ^ ^ e ^ o n ei wlBsWt h^gbes^ An in v itatio n to& aW r^et-ing a t C o quille m any of the bnem bers p lanning a trip to th e coast. ^Among those planning on going a r^ Ross N ew com b, P residenthbrg C h ap ter Ntl8|,2£ Jam es V aughn, our Director, H ill ; Young,*! past^43resimnt,%ahfl%s£Wsl E^^jLl^h e B ^ S We have been having m uch discus sion on the subject of new m em bers w ith several new applications as the In su lt. —R. K. B IB II I Colum bia C hapter No. 34 includes the em ploy ees of the S ecretary of jH ® S :e’s dfiice and th è P ublic U tility Commission, P o rtlan d B ranch Offices, and is u n d er th e very capable lead e r ship of D a^Ù B ryant, of. th e PUC; as I P re sid e n t. M uch effort has been spent by Mr. B ry an t to fu rth e r the develop m ent of the OSEA simTWjjiv inception. We give a lot of th anks to Mr. Dave. |He has j u st re tu rn ed from an audit in Longview, W as^m gfqn l ^ In o rd er to get everyone to take m ore in tere st in all things pertaining ' to th e w elfare of this organization, every em ployee has been appointed to « p ^ ^ ^ g o n ^ o m e com m ittee. It is in' the • suggestions b ro ught forw ard at any tim e. Mr. Jo h nnie C raw ford, our C hairm an of Com m ittees and re p re- * sentative at the; G ener >m Ju ly for a little get together and pep talk along this line. O ut of this, a sugges tion box was p u t up. N othing startling as yet has h ap p en ed. We still have hopes of m ore ofT h e m cim S ^^T om jji^ I th ro u g h w ith some good ones, con stru ctiv e ideas', I m ean. W e.know^tKey ha-ye them . %tThe. G eneral C ouncil m eeting is^only a 1 W e are sorry to rep o rt th at Roy Sellers”, chairm an of the com m ittee on m em bership, has been ill for the past tw o m onths. His loss has been keenly ■ felt as he has been a ¿very i n o ^ y p d w o rk er for the OSEA. We hope he gets w ell soon. N ellie M iller h llO a k e h overBW^ duties as chairm an w hile he is aw ay. O ur m em bership is alm ost • 100%, due to a few new em ployees not yet signed up and a few old strag glers. M aybe afte r vacation w e can ta lk them over to our way. One - of the biggest new s tjia t - has happened in the S ecretary of S ta te ’s office, P ortland, is the bowling- team th a t was organized this year. It has El m em bersl|ffi^date. T uesday night is the big night, and W ednesday is the tough day. They rep o rt they are get ting to be real hot shots. The team nam e? MEADOW LARKS!!! I —E. M. G riffith called to I the m any ex am ination an riq|m cemeamK» m ade by the Civil S ey B B ^ ^m m issiO T ® |h r; the ^ ^ ^ ^ ■ r a ^ K p q i n t m e h t « ^ ^ ® prom o- tional ¿et^ cetera.* This issue of the m agazine w ill arriv e too late to those w hich close Octo b er 1st, b u t th ere are m anaaonen. con- tinuous exam inations ; w hich m ay be ( O ^ n by v i n ^ ^ s S l and. crm B ied em - ployees at any time. Such include, but aye not necessarily lim ited to the fol lowing: I I I H I H P ro p erty A ppraiser, $310-$380; C lerk I, $160-195; C lerk Typist I, $160-$195; C lerk S tenographer I, $180-$215; C lerk Typist II, $185-$225; C lerk S^ i b^ra? p h er II, $195-$235; C lerk II (P rom o tional), $ 1 8 5 - M ^ T O ^ g f c » M g g r (Prom ot. M B «.0 - » 5 5 ,^ ^ ^igk S tenogra p h er III ( P ro m o ® $210-$255; Ac- counting Clerk, $210-$255; A c^ u ^ an t; I, $240-$300; A ccountant II, $280-$350; A c counts E xecutive I , $3 3 0 - $ 410; Civil Engineer I, l |j S ||||h m 7(P rom ot.), $320-$400; Civil E ngi neer III f P rom ot JM $380-$460; Civil Engineer IV !(P ro m o S B $440-$540; Civil E ngineer V (P ro m o t.), $500-$600. M any OSEA m em bers and other S tate em ploy ees, esp e cially new em ployees, w onder w hat is best to do w hen I th ey sta rt contributing to the. R etirem ent F u n d . To pay on the reg u la r ra te for th eir age or to pay the m inim um of 5 %, w hen lower. W hen it is understood th at the S tate w ill m atch th e em ployees contribu- tion, it seems wise,, to gèi; a,s‘> m uch P règ o » from th e Act as possible and only be done by electing to pay the largest a m o u n t p erm issible.