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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
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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
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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.