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News From the Chapters
SALEM CHAPTER No. 1
At the January, 1951, m eeting the
following officdg | were duly installed
for the coming year: PresidenH V. G.
O’Neil; Vice-President, Floyd Query;
Jr. Past President, C. W. Tandy; Fin
ancial Secretary,: Lowell Shinn; Treas
urer , Cecil L. Hobbs, and Correspond
ing Secretary, Deloras Davis.
The m a o in e s and books brought
to the December Christmas party
were taken to the Chemawa Indian
school. Zelma Sweeney, chairman of
the entertainm ent»m m ittee‘l§dvised
that the children ^df the school were
most appreciative of the gift.
The general policy of cash dona-
tions by the Chapter:‘to organizations
such as Red Cross, Community ChestS
et cetera, wasArought up for discus-
sion and it was decided H R on re
cord as not favoring cash donations to
any eleemosynary organizations. Var
ious phases of the 1951 legislative
session were discussed by Floyd
Query, with emphasis,placed on sucH
legislation as affects state employees.
A t ’the February meeting the Chap
ter was thanked by M r.;F. C. Gast,
MarioiWounty chairman of the Easter
Seal campaign, ,fqr its cooperation in
assisting to address envelopes for dis
tribution to the general public. Again,
a review of legislative bills as affect
ing state employees was brought be
fore the group and considerable dis
cussion centered around this over-all
subject. Entertainment, for the even
ing was furnished by Salem high stu
dents, Salem high string quartette;
with humorous reading given by John
Bone and vocal selections by Alice
Waters.
ChapterZPresident Virgil O’Neil in
troduced several new thoughts into
Chapter operations for the current
year, which should stimulate attend
ance' and membership in OSEA. The
following chapter m em bershave been
appointed to serve ag\ committeemen
by President O’Neil for 1951: Mem
bership and Grievance, Floyd Query,
fghairman; Entertainment, Ruth Raw
lins, chairman; Public R elatioiS J. A1
Head, chairman; RuleOand Regula-
tions;|E. A. Pease, chairman; Refresh
ment, Alice Schmidt,. chairman; ® ivil
Service Advisor", Gene Huntley,* jand
ReW em eSA dvisor. Carl Hobson.
BEND CHAPTER No. 3
Members of OSEA, Bend Chapter
Nd,; 3, held “a whirl-away meeting to
start 1951 off with a bang! T h ^ ie w
for ’51 were installed and
started their directorship with gusto.
Mrs. A. C. Lubcke, Haines,; Alaska,
lectured on Alaska and British Col-
umbia, illustrating her talk with pic-
Duri®, ,the winter months^rbrrrr—
ChapteMmembers in'outlying districts
are hard pressed to attend meetings,
but our February 13th meeting was1
highlighted, by the presence of several
hardier souls — congrats, all! As en-
tertainment, Park Supervisor Wei-
precht showed a pictorial travelog of
Our March 13th meeting had as
special attraction’a pot luck dinner.
¡-Mountains of delicious food rapidly
became molehills — with sighs of con
tentment from all. Local talent (and
I doigmean talent) .was the .“order of
the evening. George W, I Ross, with
h O son , Garry,1 duetted through two
softgs (Swell voice, Garry) — Steel
guitar solo by capable Herb Ricks —
Sweet Adeline sung as it should; be
sung by C. G. Springer — an im-
fewjjftpwjfeading in Norwegian dialect
bwjtlrs. J. F. Weisser titled “My First
Bridge Party” — as a rousing climax,
hill-billy Specialist Bilk Simpson, sing
ing and playing on his Spanish guitar.
Interested; in raising pedigree cats?
We have a member (Cal Massee) who