The Oregon state employee., April 01, 1951, Page 15, Image 15

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T rail Led N orth. A th ird book in th e
s e r ie S A laska Silver, l§j to be published
by M acm illan i n , October. H er h u s­
band, A rch M cKeown, has done some
ex cellen t photography to illu stra te th e
books.
Jo Evalin Lundy, whose husband,
H érb ert F., his asso çi® 0 |ed ito r of ‘the;
O regonian, has h ad a ¿popular juvenile,
T id ew ater Valley, published and n u m ­
erous m agazine stories. She has an ­
other^ \ ch ildren’s book scheduled for
publication in the fall.
I P ro b ab ly because w riting is th e ir
'■trUb, jo u rn alists are high bn th e
of book and m agazine w riters^ Neu-.
berger b egan as aslsports w riter. A l­
tho u g h H olbrook has never been on the
p ayroll of th e Q re lsn ia n , he has con­
trib u te d p â t u r e articles, editorials : and
'columns. ^Oiœ^on’s Poet L aureate, Ben
H u r Lahhpman, is associate editor of
the O re g o n ia n . The O r egon Jo u rn a l’s
D ean Collins has had several books
^lâbiOihed.
E velyn Sibley Lam pm an, E ducation­
al Dj ^ ctd h for K'GW, has h ad a num -
b er of books p u b lis^^^Ma W g ^ B ^ i th rè é
years. In fact, so m arïyï th a t she* has
used tw o pseudonym s — L ynn B ron-
son and J a n e W oodfin; the la tte r was
used for h e r book of radio experiences,
Of M ikes an d M en, recently published,
w hich bids fa ir to becom ing a
m ile r.
E rn e |||H a y c o x of P ortland, -who died
in 1950, has p ro bably been the n a tio n ’s
know n W e s té r r ï W ||| author since
Z ane Grey. A nother nationally know n
w riter,
October,
1950, is W illiam Rush, author of pop­
u lar i u v e n i a ^ M M g f f Red Fox of
th e K inapoo and Duff, the Story of a
B ear.
A w ^ B iw g to th e ch ild ren ’s cu rren t
and avid in terest in horse stories have
^ ¿n tw o authors w ho
story
w ritin g an avocation : P er lll Crowell,
A rt D irector for an advertising agency
in P o rtlan d , and E leanor /B row n, lib ­
ra ria n of th e D eschutes C ounty L ib-
g^ipy.'*--'
A larg e n u m b er of th e O regonians
w ho w rite as a hobby use?;tiië; m edium
of verse. M any others h av é becom e
“au th o rs” th ro u g h a n in tere st in the
h isto ry of th e ir com m unity, and a need
Ifn record, th e ir findings. Teachers and
m inisters, p erh ap s because they m ust
e a rly learn to express them selves,
m ake up a good-sized group of authors
by avocation.
R eflecting th e constant flow of new
people into th e region, only o n e-fo u rth
of th e w riters h av e given O regon as
th e ir b irth place. A good p o rtio n ’ of
them are n ativ e tp th e M idwest. Less
th an a dozen indicate th a t bo th th eir
p aren ts w ere born in this'-’s tatê. I
W e at th e S ta te L ib ra ry feel th a t
this survey- has been p artic u la rly v a l­
uable to us, not only for the- b iograph­
ical i n f o r m a t i o n and photographs
w hich are now available for re feren ce
here, b u t • also becausp a n u m b er of
unknow n publications about Oregon
c o m m u n ia s 'h a v e been brought to
light.
One of our m ost difficult jobs in
carrying out the p ro ject has been com­
piling a list of people w ho W r ite and
locating th eir cu rren t addresses. M any,
m any envelopes h av e been re tu rn e d to
us, m arked “U nclaim ed, “U n k n o w n /’
“MoWd, L eft no address,” and “D e-
B a s e d .”
H ave you w ritte n poetry, featu re
article'^Wor stories’ w hich have been
publj®æ|B? If so, and you h av e n o t yet
filled out th e questionnaire, please
w rite th é ï p r egon S tate L ib ra ry for a
form .
A re Y o u a C o u rte o u s D riv e r?
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hind the w heel of a gtate car, they
S tate car drivers w ould do w ell to
follow these rulriskM
1. AlwaEys give the proper, fu ll-arm
sigrial.
2. Keep w ithin th e posted speed
lim i'S H
I >3^D on’t b e ^ r o a d h o g .
4. N ever pass unless you are sure
you h av e sufficient clearance.
R em em ber, the seal on th e side of
the car does not give . you im m u n ity
w here traffic.v io latio n s are concerned^
and an accident in a state c a r can d en t
your head ju s t as easily as any other,
th e division cautioned. A traffic m is-
cue by a state car is alw ays noticed
and rem em bered by o th er drivers, th e
safety m en concluded.