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About The OSEA news. (Salem, Oregon) 1970-1981 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1970)
Chapter News District One C O LUM BIA CHAPTER 34 members w ill vote on the following slate of candidates for chapter offices: Sam Conrad and Lee Potfer, president; Doris St. Clair and Bob Neihart, vice-president; V irg in ia Shepherd, Eugene W ilcox and Rheta Nelson, se cre ta ry-tre a su re r. Those candidates were nominated and presented to chapter members at the May 6 meeting. The new officers w ill be in stalled at the chapter's June 10 meeting at the Portland Elks Club. OR-GA-CO CHAPTER 51 President Robert H. Stein resigned from office at the May 1 meeting. He was replaced by Robert C. Sayre, who moved up from vice-president. Pat Waldbillig, chairman of the C onstitution and By-Laws Committee, reported that the committee is working on a new draft of the chapter's con stitution and by-laws. Chapter members voted to contribute $25 to OSEA's scholarship fund in memory of the late Avey Meyers. CONSOLIDATED CHAPTER 61 President V irg in ia Parkinson invited Mrs. Thelma Fowler, Eugene attorney, to speak at the chapter's May 21 meeting. Mrs. Fowler was chairm an of a com m ittee appointed by Labor Com missioner Norman O. Nilsen last fall to study the problem of preventing d is crim in a tio n against women in employment practices. Chapter 61 sub mitted a resolution to OSEA's 1968 General Council calling for sex d iscrim in a tio n in em ployment practices to be made unlawful. It was approved by the council, d rafted into legislation by OSE A and passed into law by the 1969 Legislature. Mrs. Fowler told the chapter that the committee found sex discrimination to be a common complaint in Oregon. The chapter's next meeting w ill not be held until Aug. 20. TUALATY CHAPTER 66 members heard a discussion of the problem s facing Washington County residents from Richard McKinney, a H illsboro Argus newspaper man, at the chapter's May 22 meeting. A question and an swer period followed his talk. JACKSON PARK CHAPTER 90, located at the University of Oregon M edical School in Porflartd, has begun publishing a monthly newsletter called "T h e E p ita p h ." Vice- President Lee Morrone is the editor; reporters are listed as "a ll members of Chapter 90." Any member of the chapter may submit a news story, feature article, cartoon or want ad. District Two SALEM CHAPTER 1 President James Kinns briefed chapter members on the status of the m id-biennium sa la ry ad justment fund for state em ployes at the chapter's April meeting. His talk was followed by a report from chapter member Phil Oakley, who outlined plans made by the Oregon Public Employe R etirem ent Conference to improve retirement benefits paid to public employes. After the business portion of the m eeting, a film e ntitled "P o rtra its of the Oregon Coast" was shown. COMPENSATION CHAPTER 20 President Clyde Huskey invited Norma Paulus, a Salem a tto rn e y, to speak at the chapter's April 14 meeting. In the prim ary election she won the Republican nomination to Position No. 4, Marion County, in the Oregon House of Representatives. Her opponent in the general election w ill be Salem Democrat Mike Dye. Mrs. Paulus said voters should look fo r honesty and in telligence in voting fo r a legislative candidate. Huskey appointed Douglas Farmer and George Dow to rewrite the ch ap ter's by-law s, and ap pointed John Taylor to head the ch ap ter's Resolutions Com mittee. OREGON CHAPTER 22 postponed its regular business at its April meeting to hear a talk on the water pollution problems faced by Oregonians. The speaker was Joseph A. Jensen of the Department of Environmental Quality. He was introduced by President Joe Doerfler. PUTNAM-STEPHENS-CHAP- TER 23 members heard a discussion on drug abuse by Robert Linn, chaplain at the Oregon State C orrectional Special $9.00 rate for state employees w ith an OSEA membership card! MARION MOTOR HOTEL 200 Commercial Street SE Salem, Oregon Telephone: 363-4123 f t June, 1970 The OSEA News Page 6 Institution, at the April 14 meeting in Salem. He said 49 per cent of the inmates at OSCI had used drugs one or more times, and termed 23 per cent of them habitual users. Education on the danger of drugs is one of the methods being used to combat the use of drugs by young persons, he said. VAFA CHAPTER 69's guest speaker at its April 30 meeting was Secretary of State Clay Myers. He discussed the six b a llo t measures th a t were voted on in the prim ary elec tion. Chapter member George Day announced th a t the chapter w ill award a $100 student g ra n t to the son, daughter, or spouse of a chapter member. District Three CRATER LAKE CHAPTER 16 at its last meeting, voted to contribute $25 to the a s s o c i a t io n 's 1970-71 scholarship fund. District Five LA GRANDE CHAPTER 4 members discussed the status of the state employe m id biennium salary adjustment fund at the April 14 meeting held in the Highway Division office in La Grande. OSEA's new, three-month membership campaign, in which $500 in prize money w ill be awarded to members and the new mem bers they enroll, was also discussed. Chapter members voted to add $2.50 per month to the door prize until it is won. JOHN DAY CHAPTER 13 was visited by D is tric t Five Director Donald Kelley and Assistant Director Bob An drews at its April 14 meeting. Chapter members discussed the possibility of splitting the chapter into two or' three d if ferent chapters to be located in John Day and Ontario. No action was taken on the matter. BAKER CHAPTER 37's newly elected officers were installed in office by D is tric t Five Director Donald Kelley at the May 12 meeting. They are: Dan Eskow, pre sid e nt; J. Wayne Jones, vice-president; and Betty Dahlen, secretary- tre a su re r. Bob Andrews, assistant director of District Five, gave chapter members a detailed explanation of state employe retirement benefits under the PERS. Tom Roper and Rich Seufert, represen tatives of Sacajawea Chapter 73 in La Grande, attended the meeting as guests. SACAJAWEA CHAPTER 73 has elected the following of ficers for 1970-71: Rich Seufert, pre sid e nt; Stan Ludviksen, vice-pre sid en t; and Pat Peterson, secretary-treasurer. Ed Patterson, Helen Becker and Bill Cooper, all candidates fo r the Oregon House of Representatives, were invited to the May 5 meeting to meet chapter members. Each gave a short ta lk about his background and intentions if elected to the Legislature. District Six NEWPORT CHAPTER 11 elected Max Ruff as its new president. He replaces Ray Rudi, who moved from Newport to Tillamook following a promotion. The chapter sponsored a dinner for its members May 2 at the VFW Hall in Waldport. A swiss steak dinner was catered by the VFW's Women's Auxilliary. "The M errym akers" provided dance music after the dinner, Over 70 members and guests attended. CORVALLIS CHAPTER 29 has elected its new chapter officers for the coming year. They are: Ken Stueve, president; Dick Roscoe, vice-president; Fern Borde, secretary; Bob Newton, tre a s u re r; Joan Owens, membership secretary; and Lenore A itken, assistant secretary. They were installed in office May 26 at an in stallation dinner in. Corvallis. OSEA Vice-President Floyd Baxter was guest speaker at the dinner. EULANE CHAPTER 40elected its new officers for 1970-71 at its AAay 15 meeting in Eugene. Those elected are: John M ichaud, p re sid e nt; Fred Butscher, vice-president; and Kathy G ravelle, secretary- treasurer. Margarete Kerber, chairm an of the chapter's N o m in a tin g C o m m itte e , thanked George D arland, outgoing president, for his year of service to the chapter. She presented him with a past- president's pin. Darland in stalled the new officers. District Seven THE DALLES CHAPTER 9 President Lloyd McGlin, at the May 1 meeting, announced that the chapter's annual fam ily picnic w ill be held July 18 at the picnic grounds in Dufur. It w ill begin at noon. The chapter w ill fu rn ish refreshm ents and tickets to the swimming pool. Paul Blackburne is chairman of the Recreation Committee for the picnic. OREGON TRAIL CHAPTER 35 raised $48 for its treasury May 18 by holding a White Elephant Sale at Columbia Park Hospital and T ra in in g Center. M rs. William Malone, the wife of a Columbia Park Hospital physician, acted as auctioneer. The chapter's annual fam ily picnic w ill be held late this month. The date and place have not yet been set. District Eight ASTORIA CHAPTER 8 President Ray Karpen invited Resolutions Due Aug. 5 The deadline for submitting resolutions to OSEA's 1970 General Council has been moved ahead one m onth, according to staff member C. D. Johansen. He said they m ust be received at headquarters by Aug. 5. The resolution deadline is usually the firs t week in September. It has been moved up this year due to the fact that the 1970 General Council w ill be held one month earlier than usual. Dates of the convention are Oct. 15-16-17. OSEA staff member C. D. Johansen to speak at the May 7 m eeting. He discussed Oregon's m erit system rules, especially those governing, grievances and the payment of overtime. Dan Elliott has been appointed as the chapter's group representative fo r employes of the Parks Division in Astoria. District Nine EVERGREEN CHAPTER 28 President Jeanette Simpson appointed the follow ing m embers to the chapter's Nominating Committee at the May 5 meeting: Virgil Wilson, c h a irm a n ; Charles Panger, Harold Eskelsen and Myrtle Jarvis. Mrs. Simpson also appointed Walter Schmidt as chairman of the Picnic Com m itte e . He said the c h a p te r's annual fam ily picnic w ill be held Aug. 7 at Bush Pasture Park in Salem. FAIRVIEW CHAPTER 57, at its May 12 meeting, voted to contribute $125 to the Fairview Hospital and Training Center camp fund. The money w ill be used to send Fairview residents to summer camp at Silver Creek Falls State Park. CHERRY CHAPTER 67's new officers for the coming year were installed May 11 by Cecil A. Barnes, J r., assistant director of District Nine. They are: Gayle Woitte, president; Jean Logan, vice-president; and Viola Spenst, secretary- tre a su re r. Four fo rm e r chapter presidents who at tended the meeting were given past-president's pins. 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