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About The Oregon state employee. (Salem, Oregon.) 1944-195? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1951)
6 or approxim ately 2,878 employees. A year ago over 40% of th e employees w ere conditional. Exam inations, how ever have been, g iven for only 50% of th e 590 classifications. T h $ e are- less th an 100 em ployees in each o fith e unexam ined classes. If the Comniis- sion’s budget req u est for th e 1951-53 b ien n iu m ® approved the C om m i^^M w ill expand its exam ination program and attem p t to adm inister the remain-, der of the exam inations during' th a t period. application and m ail it | | § | | th e OSEA office.-1 IM PORTANT—H ave you changed your m arital or deperidfnp s W M since applying for insU 'ran^?-tB e sure and notify I h ead q u arters office of any change. F ailu re to do so m ay cause your i w f a s e to b ^ ^ ^ M e l l ^ at a tim e w hen you need it most. H ead- q u arters has no w ay of know ing about these^chan^esl unless! y out re p o rt them . Insurance Drags The state em ployees are again o r ganizing a “S tate Em ployees C horus.” The tentative plans for the group in- clude a perform ance a & b ^ M N ight,” H a n d e d Mor this spring for OSEA m em bers, and a fu ll-n ig h t program , either this fall or early w inter. The OSEA, th ro u g h its R ecreation Com mittee, is supporting the group, and it is hoped; th a t th e chorus can be c o n tin u w ^ ^ ^ m '-'p e rm a n e n t basis to bring enjoym ent to both m eramers afflqj th e public. A ny state em ployee w ho is in te re st ed in singing is in v ited to join the C h o iw o rn T n ^ e l m eetings have been held, and notices of f u t « ^ ^ ee||||fs f will b e |p ^ ® |l ^ S b u |B ||W boards an d sent to OSEA ch ap ter presidents. A nyone i n t e r S e d .’ViSSj additional in- form ation m ay contact G len Savage, Industrial A ccident Com mission, ext. 527; Mrs. Enola E ngelhorn, Tax Comm., ext. 2 6 7 ;,or M rs. F aye Mc C lanahan, V ocational Educalrq'n, ext. W . The new insurance program w a ( tak en over in N ovem ber 1, 1950 by C alifornia-W esterh S ta® ' Life In su r ance Com pany of Sacram ento. In the change-over some 750 of the 800 m em bers covered under- West Coast sw itched over to th e new p p r a m . W ith the assistance' of representatives furnished by th e B m p a S 20 chapters qualified by A pril 1st. The claim s, Mbaid for this period am ount to $20,500. The recipients wenbs beneficiaries of theMpflovsing deceased m em bers. R. A. H ejshm an n M i 7; A. L. Rice No. 36; Ja m e ^ H . Hov^ekNo. 20; Vine A. Buchholz No. 34; M ildred S challeJ (dependent) No. 56; C harles D. Morse No. 20; Florence T ucker (dependent) No. 30; James® J. B anistner No. 30; C yril Suing No. 20. The claim experience has been ex ceptionally high^hbw .eyer, it was ex trem ely fortunat§ this low-cost in su r ance was available to thes.e m em bers and th eir families. It is dificult to understand, in view, of the above facts, the lack of interest in this program on the -¿¡part of so m any m em bers. M aintaining th is tlib - eral p lan is en tirely up to the m em ber ship. A t p resent less th an 50% of m em bers eligible are participating. B p you carry this,?;low-cost protection on yourself and fam ily? W ith the assistance of the In su ra'iB j company, letters and applications aYe being m ailed to all m em bers not npw insured, we ask th a t you fill out an Chorus Organized OSEA Pins We have ju st been inform ed bypthe m an u factu rer th a t the bronze OSEA pins are no longer availble because of F ederal restrictions, b u t fu tu re orders of sterling or gold can be o WO k | | at increased costs plus fe d eral tax. Due to the foresight in ordering, the h e a d a u a rte r^ ^ ^ ■'stg| has a fair supply of th e bronze pins available at the original price of 75c. Y our chap- ter secretaries m ay h av e some on hand or can order a d ( ^ ^ ^ a l ^ ^ ^ > l i ^ | while7 they are available.
