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and th en m oved to w h at igrfcailed S ta r
Valley, W yoming. As t-here was no
high school in th e d istrict .at th a t tim e,
Mr. M oser w as forced to com plete his
ed u catio n -th e h a rd w ay by ^ ^ s s p o n -
dence school. His diplom a from the
B row n School, S alt L ake City, U tah,
w as earn ed afte r his m arriage. In 1917,
Mr. M oser m oved to L aG rande. He
w orkecf as a b o ilerm aker for the ra il-
shops and a m oulder a t the L a-
G rande Iro n W^ ^ before becoming
aystate highw ay em ployee. He adm its
th a t flo w e rfl and- gardening a re his
hobbies. He and his wife, Zella, have
a son, A. Lee MosOr.
His son D avid is a WW II veteran,
h a v in g 'b e e n a fla t top fig h ter pilot.
Mac now follows sports from th e
sidelines *Ayith his wife, L ueetta, b u t
in the: past he w as a sem i-pro base­
ball pitcher.
Jam es R. B anks
The sixth d istrict of OSEA is re p ­
resen ted by L. A. "JMcCroskie ,;of'C or-
vallis who has been, w ith S IA p ^ fo r
26 years. Mac, as they all call him ,
has belonged to |||S E A for four years
and was presid en t of the A lbany chap­
ter. His ^ ^ ^ ^ B t i t l e w ith SI AC is
field ex am in er an d his w ork covers
Lincoln and B enton counties. Mr. M c-
Croskie was b orn in P o rtlan d and a t­
tended S c h o o l th ere. In I addition he
has tak en various extension and cor­
respondence courses and has, as he
says, enough college credits to get
requests for contributions to the alum ­
ni association.
A veteran; of WWI, he is a m em ­
ber of C orvallis Legion P ost No. 1,
of w hich he is vice-com m ander, and
a m em ber of the F o rty et Eight, Voi-
tu re 727, of w hich ihe is. C hef de G are.
Jam es R. B anks is one of .’t he young­
est officers in the p resen t board of di-
rectors. Now state civil service director
for the OSEA at present, he has be-
organization for two
and a h alf years and has served aslsg
as p resident of C apitol ch ap ter 19.
Ks^f(|S3£iting from th e U niversity of
Oregon in 1947, Mr. B anks now holds
th e position of assistant to th é ' direc-
tor, traffic safety division, secretary
A nother WW Il& yèteran, h e w as in
th e arm y four years w ith two years
of service in th e South Pacific. B e­
longs to th e A m erican Legion an d is
a m em ber of the O rganized R eserve
Corps. He fishes and h u n ts b u t con-
s i t f ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ S ^ ^ g l ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ S t a t o r w hen
it comes to the m ore m u scu lar sports.
Hè and his wife, M axine,' h av e a th ree
year old boy, Neil.
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A lthough not a long-tim e m em ber
ofBlb s E A . G ordon S hattuck, p u b lié
re la trnnsj director of OSEA has been
active in his tw o years of m em ber­
ship. L ast year he w as p resid en t of
Oregon ch ap ter 22, and la te r a dele-