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south of Gervais, afcross the road from
th e C heekerbpard, Tavern, on w hat is
know n as B rew ery Hill. This^/house
w as once the
er
the tow n of
W aconda, w hich moved from th e old
stageroad to G ervais at th e timp jm at
th e ra ilro ad was- b,uilt. You m ay be
able to spot sim ilar ranch h o tts e g H I
less freq u en ted roads, and you B ill
find th a t often th ey are the. back wing
of soine m uch m ore pretentious stru c
ture.
M any ■ of us who build our own.
hom es sta rt w ith expansible designs,
and we d ream of the day v/hen we
m ay hav e a m ansion
m ansion 'style of architecture was
developed on th e east coast. R ectan
g u lar in'- shapiMEvith central door and
porch, side pedim ents to tf£e’’ roof, and
cen ter halls dividing th e floors, such
a house, becam e the symbol of ele
gance and culture ju st before t O
R evolution and the tradition lasted
th rough th e m idfehntury. M any states
and areas have produced their own
styles, and m any of those styles were
ev en tu ally b u ilt in Oregon. Our fin
est exam ple, the M cLoughlin house in
Oregon City, w ill be dedicated as a
N ational M o n u m ent‘ .this A ugust/ It
w as designed in th e p a t B h - f a n ^
m ansions developed by the Loy^BH^
who" w e n t 'to n g m a d a , and w ith“’ its
hipped roof it has itsW ounterparts in
O ntario la n d
Jo h p
M cLoughlin m erits a ljfflS place in
th e hearts of Oregonians, for as chief
factor of the H udson’s Bay Company
at F o rt V ancouver he befriended
m any an im m igrant. W hen the com
pany dispensed w ith his services he
chose to stay in the Oregon country
and become an A m erican citizen,
throwiffgyiW m ^ lot w ith th e new te r
ritory, and dying our w e ^ g ^ ^ ^ ^ s
zen. If you h av en ’^ B ^ e d his//home
w hich is a m ajor shrine, it should be
first am ong th e houses th a t you will
w an t to see. The house is furnished
w ith m a ™ of t h
e b
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State Employees
Give Blood
Sponsored by the OSEA, the P o rt
land Regional Red Cross B loodm obile
visited the statehouse on A ugust -8.
A total of 112 people volunteered to
donate b l W B ^ ^ B ^ ^ i n a ^ K « |^ ^ j
w ere obtained. I
L. R. W hite, blood donor chairm an
f o M B M P n i M H of M arion county
was in charge of th e re cru itm en t of
donors and m ade arran g em en ts for
t .b M B f o f the hearing room in the
basem ent of the capitol building. Mr.
W hite issued 1500 letters urging the
trib u ted by the local ch ap ter p resi
dents to state em ployes in th e ir divi
sions. The total of v o lu n teer donors
represented only one-one hundred
and fiftieth of possible donors.
Since the Red Cross has been asked
by S ecretary of D efense Louis Jo h n -
son to again assum e the responsibility
f.or providing blood and blood de
rivatives for the arm ed forces, a
stepped-up program is necessary.
One-one hun d red a n d p frf^gch B a
w orking p o pulation w ill not pro vide
enough blood for w ounded m en in
Korea or even for the seriously ill
people in the M arion county hospitals
who receive the Red Cross blood
CSEA Health Plan
services to dependent m em bers of the
C SEA -(^|sgp|ffiSp h ea lth plan. D ur
ing the m onth of Ju n e, CPS an-
th at fam ily m em bers m ay
now obtain m edical service benefits
while hospitalized at a very sm all ad
ditional cost. M edical service to de-
pendents w hile they are hospitalized
B r c j g H S u e S H P age 21)
OSEA PROTECTS YOU AN D YOUR CIVIL
SERVICE RIGHTS