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PACIFIC NORTHWEST CHAPTER Room 1, Unipn Station Port land, Oregon 97209
June 1981 Chapter Phone No . 226-6747 Number 241
PACIFIC NORTHWEST CHAPTER TIMETABLE
Friday June 19 The annual" picnic and steam train ride at" Washington Park. 5:00pm This popular event wil l be held at the pavilion at Washington Park which is located below the Washington Park station of the Zoo Railway. The Rail way's 4-4-0 steamer will be in operation for our exclusive use . Ride as often as you want . THIS IS A FAMILY EVENT and chil dren can bring their parents. If you did not sign up for a pot luck item please ca ll Room I or Cora Jackson at 774-3802 . In order to cover the cost of chartering"the train there will be a charge of $2 for individ uals and $5 for a family. The Chapter will provIde plenty of . ,"'-' hot dogs and soft drinks.
Fri ,Sat , Sun The Chapter 's private car Mt. Hood will be going on a trip to Sept. 5, 6, 7 Sa lt Lake City via Amtrak's Pioneer. Plenty of time in SLC to ride the Heeper Creeper Railroad and see the sights of the city. Spaces are limited and will be sold on a first-come basis. Price for a single wi ll be $200 while a double sharing a bed wil l be about $285. A flyer will be sent out later .
Friday Sept 18 The regular September meeting of the Chapter . A spectacular 7:30pm sound and slide show of the 4449s rebuilding and trip to Railfair "a l ong with the Rail fair itse lf wil l be presented. Due to the large numbers of "people expected the program may be held at a place other than the UP Cl ubhouse. Watch for more details in the September Trainmaster.
Sat, Sun Spend an electrifying weekend in Yakima . Freight operations Sept 26-27 of the Yakima Val ley Transportation Company will be covered on Saturday and a chartered streetcar ride over" the system wi 11 be held on Sunday. Chartered bus transportation wi ll be Included along with motel accommodations and the streetcar ride. Cost is $55 for a single sharing a double. Slightly higher for single occupancy. ..
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SUMMARY OF MINUTES - REGULAR MEETING, PACIFIC NORTHWEST CHAPTER, May 22, 1981
The meeting was called to order by Chapter President Ben Fredericks at 7:40 pm In the Union Pacific Clubhouse.
Pre's'ldent Be'n Fredericks presented a plaque to Southern Pacific public relations manager George Kraus in appreciation of his efforts which made possible'the 4449 excursions.
4449 Excursion Wrapup: Ed' Immel reported that the 4449 is back In the S.P. Brook lyn roundhouse. The locomotlve� failure In Klamath Falls was due to the cracking of two flues In the bottom of the boiler. The financial results of the excursions won't be known for several months due to a number of bills not yet received. Equip ment will be a serious problem for future, excursions If it Is available at a:tl.
Jim Whaley reported that the Installation of Officers banquet will be on Friday, Dec. 4 at the Airport Holiday Inn. The cost wi11 be about $12.00 a person for a buffet style dinner.
Terry Parker announced that a slide show of the 4449's 1981 operations will be pre sented at the Chapter's September meeting. Slides are needed from the Sacramento Rallfair, and from pacers and on train photos. The Chapter will need to borrow the slides for 2 or 3 months and will need permission duplicate them.
Ed Immel announced that the June meeting will be a potluck picnic at Washington Park. The Zoo Steam Train has been chartered for the evening. The picnic will be located in the A-frame building in Washington Park. There will be a charge of $2.00 per person and $5.00 per family to pay for chartering the train.
Ed Immel announced that the owner of the Union RR of Oregon has asked the Chapter ',,0 run an excursion on July 4th to celebrate the rebuilding of the railroad.
Ed also advis�� that a two day trip to Yakima is being planned for the last weekend In September or the first weekend In October. Travel to Yakima will be by bus. Saturday will be devoted to chasing freight operations and on Sunday the group will ride the trolley.
Ben Fredericks announced that the Chapter has purchased a brick for $15.00 In sup port of Pioneer Square park being constructed in downtown Portland.
Ben Fredericks announced that the Chapter board of directors has Instituted a policy of no smoking In Room I due to the flammable nature of the contents of the room.
Ben also announced that the Chapter board has decided not to continue with the publication of the S.P. Steam Locomotive calendar due to the market becoming too crowded with railroad calendars and the poor return the Chapter's investment. Sales of the 1981 calendar have been only fair.
Respectfully submitted,
Chuck Storz, Secretary •
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WASHINGTON HAPPENINGS
According to reports I hear, the Carter appointees and the new Reagan peopl.e are working smoothly to make the transi tion. You do not find the bitterness which has been present during the changeovers of other administrations. In many cases, the Carter people even seem happy to turn over the reins of goernmen t to the Reganites.
I dropped in on one of the departments where a Carter appointee was briefing a Regan lieutenant on wha t to expect. The Carter person said, "Now in this blue metal file cabinet are all the plans for improving mass transportation in the countryll.
"Good, I'll go through them this afternoon."
"They cover everything from buses, to subways, to railroads, to movable sidewalks . If it transports people - we've made a stuPy of it."
"Excellent, What are in in those six green cabinets over there?"
"The reasons why we can't build them. Let me sho., you how the system works."
"Let's say you were planning to build a 165 mile-per-hour train for the Northeast corridor of the United States. You would look up 'Super Train' in the blue cabinet. We have photos of Japanese trains, French tra i ns, German trains and Swiss trains, as well as plans for each of those systems."
"Now we go over to this green file cabinet and look up 'Super Train'. This photo shows you what would happen if you tried to go 165 miles an hour on an American track bed ."
The Reagan man said , "It looks like the train has crashed into a garbage dump somewhere in Philadelphia ."
"It 's actually Baltimore. Our engineers have figured out that, at 165 miles an hour, the Super Train would fly off the tracks in Philadelphia and land just about here in Maryland unless it smashed into a freight train first."
"How would I find an answer to the problem?"
"You go to this green fi Ie cabinet here and look up , Cost of laying new tracks for Super Train.�"
"Twelve billion dollars?!" the Reagan man exclaimed . "I guess we better forget about the Super Train. What other ideas are in the files?"
"We have an excellen t plan for busing. "
"Gov. Reagan is against busing. What about monorails? Gov . Reagan was very impressed with the monorail he saw at Disneyland ."
"I think the monorail folder is over here. Yes, here it is. A monorail, at present construction estimates, would cost $4 million a foot - without stairways for the stations. " Reprinted courtesty of Art Buchwald ..
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4449 RETURNS TO CALIFORNIA
After several months of hard I"ork, ex-SP 4449 was ready for her return to . California painted in Daylight colors. ,Jork started on the engine on February 3rd and by the first part of Apri 1 the engine vias ready for a test run to Eugene and back pulling a freight train in each direction. The restoration (really a five year inspection plus painting) was under the direction of Doyle McCormack and as usual the wOI'k vias thorough and excellent. Doyle was ably assisted by Chuck Lund, Dick Yager, �\ike Warren, Jim Gilmore along with many more too numet-QU5 to ment i on.
On April 25 and 26th the Pacific Northwes� Chapter sponsored a steam excursion from Portland to Sacramento using 44h9. Not only I-Ias the engine painted in Daylight colors but also the crew car #76 and the Chapter's private car Mt. Hood. (There was no tin� to letter the 76 and Ht. Hood nor to indicate who owned the cars. This brought about a gl'eat deal of detective work as railfans rcom.). tried to guess where the cars came The story of the trip to Sacramento will be retold many times and rather than add another rete 1 I ing the Trainmaster is reprinting two articles. The first one is from the Central Coast Chapter's newsletter and the other by Jerry Hilton who is VP Public Relations for NRHS.
After the engine had starred in the Railfair Pagent the locomotive continued onto Los Angeles where she was to take part in the city's BiCentennial cele brations. The engine went down the San Joaquin Valley line, staying overnight in Bakersfield, to Los Angeles and then returned by way of the Coast Line.
The reprinted articles look at the trip from the viewpoint of an "outsider" and does not really give any look at the events that went on behind the scenes. The small crisis' that occur such as the baker in Klamath Falls not having the breakfast rolls ready or the caterer in Redding thinking that the train was not coming until tomorrow and the box lunches were not started. (The food caught up with the train at Dunsmuir so the passenger did not starve).
Your editor remembers going back to the Mt. Hood just after departure from Oakland on May 16th. Outside the freeway was going insane with traff Ic trying to take pictures, the air was filled with TV station news helicopters, light planes flew at tree top level and thousands were at trackside to catch a glimpse of #4449 on her way back to Portland. Inside the lounge of the Ht. Hood the blinds were closed to shut out the sunlight, while the locomotive crew was eating and 11atching "�gs Bunny/Road Runner" cartoons on the TV!
The reprinted articles do not mention the northbound trip where the engine developed tVIO small leaks in t"'O flues "'hich reSUlted in water putting out the fire. This occured quite suddenly while the engine was taking on fuel at Klamath Falls after an excellent run from Oakland. The decision was made to bring the passengers back to Portland utilizing dIesel power since the repair work could not be done until the engine was cooled down enough so a welder could get into the srnokebox. The repairs wel'c made within t",O hours of the welding being started and by Monday afternoon, May 18, the engine was on her way to Eugene. The follo",ing day the locomotive pulled a freight train back into Port 1 and wi th no prob I ems. Accord i I1g to engi neer Doyle f1cCormack, the eng ine never ran better except for the bad fuel on the first day and the flue problem at Klamath Falls. Engine 4449 is now back in storage in Portland facing an uncertain operational future. The big problem is where to obtain the equipment necessary to run trip now that Amtrak has no more conventional steam cars. '"'
'" H::SI/ 1981 The Ferro€Qui'loloain! <:To '" 0- EXTRA ���g WEST BLACK BUTTE StlBlllVISION ious motels. A light rain be�nll as (Continuod Pro� Page JJ the last of the buses wC're being loaded, After be ng checked i nto With nIl the passengers on board i most h�aded dinner � thclr motel ' s fur the 4449 let loos� \10'1tb a low, mOlln r � I, f� and a good nigh s sleep. as w t the full blow on the \\'hislle and at t i h chAnge over to Savlng's i me 12:15 pm we slowly pull nW
A cbance to combine a WQQkl'ud QX hendin� for one common, destination, eagerly uwait "Extra 4449 West" E cut'sion to Eugene, Oregon wi th a ugene, and a meetin� with the 4449, wblch is due at 11 :02 wn, The word ride on Amtrak's " Super 11ner " equip The coach we are rldin� is one of quickly spreads thnt the trnin will ped "Const Slarl ight" ilnd a" e:<. tht!' Pullman bu1 lt "Superliner" cars, be about 10 minutes late. Ten min cursion train behind former SP GS-4 whi Ie a car ahead of ours is n for utes comes ane goes but stil l DO No. 4449 was too much an opp(,rtunit)' mer Santa Fe Hi-level which has been traJn. Tbe rnJlfnns spend 'their to pass up. H ence , fdday ni�hl . extensively rebuilt . The .seats lire time photographing the -. "Coast Star April 24th found us at the SP-Amtrnk equipped with pull-doll.'n trays like light" and no arriving "Willamette" Wl l eel San Jose depot 10lldp.d down th the: short distance Amf cars, but train from Portland. Sll:lcious three camerns, ten rolls or fIlm and "SlIpC'rliners" fenlure more A t all column of smoke and tbe ODe 6li1all ovt:rnighl bUK.,. ready lI.nd seaLS along wah lllrl{er windows, wail of 0. steam boat whisrle ann willJng to pnTticlpnte in the first Rest room facilities are located on ex: ounces �be approach at the 4419. At of two Cent a th.:: lo�er lend. • r l CO'lsl Chujlter �;':CUI' 11:35 11m tbe trn.ln comes to II. hal t 1w.Jl- sions behind No. 4449. After assjsting Gordon Zimmermnn at the Eugene depot amongst a sea V! Amtrak's "COIlst Starlight" Tollfd anrl Don Y.ehl collet:t tickets fronl « ' of humanity. A pumper truck tram into San Jose rq�ht on the ad"'ert I� those in th£:' CE:-ntral Coast �roup We the Southern Paclfic's Fire Depo.Tt \ 12 ed beh ind two EYD f·tOPH'EO, fol'1nwt!d adjourn to the l ounp;c: caT. ThIs ment is on hand to replenish the by a low- levd baKgage car, a hi� h two-le\' el car features a small piall') 4449's water supply. « level coacb orm, hlgh-le\,.d bar on the lower level , n ex: d six ..-hile full Tbe 4449 is a splendid dlsp1ay I- coac hes, Il bigh- Iev(- l loun,.:e and loun�e is located on the upper le\'e1 of Daylight orange and red, just dJning cllr and two sleep�l's hr!n�ing lIo'hich featur(:-s �lass along the 101lo'('r like sbe appeared 1n tbe early w.J up the rear. Toof line. :z:: 1950's. Foll owing the 4449, the twe v car tr in rnll�d out It is midnight when we I- Our l e n ufter tool car (hDJ.:�lI.ge car) and prival,e or San Jose on time at 7:08 pm and pUU5f:! in Orland for pn.ssen�ers so "'Ie car Idount Hood, both owned by the to retire to our e t tu a t ch what beaded up the nluin lillF.' Sunlil s a c Pacific Northwe6t Chapter, NRHS were the tower I Clara where illl'U us over slef.:p we can, also painted in accurate Dayl ir.ht onto the single truck Uul ford 1 in.", The sun begi ns to peek o'l.' er the colors, but were unlettered, Buth We rnllde a leisurely trip up the east horizon at Dorris, just be· lou,' thf.: tbese ,cars were for the use 01 the side of tbe bay as the sun slowly Oregon border. The day breaks wi t h trip committee. descended in tbe west. overcast skies as we wend our way an Next on the trnin was SP baggage a . Everything seemud to be going toward Klamath F lls car 295, po.inled in silv�r Bnd r ed, a we along smoothly as w� rounded a CUTV� LenvinR Klam th Falls on time: wJth doors barred for the use or Dear Elmhurst wben bang "'ient the nil' are shortly windin� alont: upper Kla photographers and tupe recordi ng. and tbe train ground to n hal t, A math Lnke and we begin th£:' climb to The next five cOors were from the ten minute delay resulted ns someone Cfltlcade Summi t. A short stat ion Dick Reynolds fleet of equipment, in one of the slee pi ng cars pul 1�d Slop o.t Chemult inter rupts our pro painted in green And lIme green and a tbe emergency brake. gress. If we w nt brenk fast in the lettered "Sierra Western." These Witb the air pum�ed up we whistle diner it looks like it will be n cars were No. SID, the "Tuolumne" and off &nd coetinue through the indus long wait, 60 we settle for a eg� No. 511. the "Btanlslaus". hath chllir trial �re� of Oakland to 16th Street ham and cheese on n muffin and coff cars; No. 507, the "Shasta" a lounge stattoD. ee from the snnck bur in the lower and No. 156 "Lake Pepin," a diner Witb almost a full load of pass level of the loun�e car. followed by Dot named No. 568, a 00 engers, we pull out of Oakland a After breakfast we adjourn to '" chair car. little over 10 mioutes late �t 9 : 03 the loun�e car to view the sp�ctacu These cars were tollo_ed by Am pm. Stops are made at RIchmond and lnr scener y as we descend from the trak chnir cars Nos. 5665, 5674 And "" It looks like the "Cin'ut Ok l ahoma mad dash from the Trans B:..y T�rml n::.l Land Ruzh" with a c a al cade of air dO\l,'n the Bay!>hore to Sail Juse was v ... e � 00 "' planes . helicopters , automohiles . , arri\'iflj'; hom('<- at am . '" madf.' 1 :51) .II -0 r:I :-t CJ ...... , -:::J 04.>':::: June 1981 THE TRA I NMASTER Page 9 ' We. . .a� .�x::.eq�l1:t du}" as f�T south as Eugcne:." ,but the weather started to deteriorate as we , hi(lp ' got into the mountains . Flrst we "r3n inw rain, "then came snow!h'eathcr was not to be the pri ' mary concern ho',,; cvcr I that turnea out to be ruel. Tht! engl.n!! was running much smokier than ] had ever seen i t run before , and 500n they sL.arted hnving trouble ,as the}' hi t the stiffer &rades . The engine could not };eep enougl, steam pres sure to run the air pumps as fast as needed and it develope.d that the 4449 had rece ived a bad load of fuel oil from the suppl ier in Port Ian!=! . The oi l JUS,! could not burn hot enough. Obvi ously thi s was t.he fault of the Ayatollah" lComeni! Help ""'as at hand holo' cve1', in tht: fann of two tunnel motors which were to assist t;he 4449 from Oak Ridge 'to Cascade Summi t, Tr. t: helpers were brought farther dOl-.ll the hill to iDeet us. JIIld things ran better from then on , Plans had been mad e 'to take off both helpers after the Sllm.'l.1 t. but it was decided to run one of them ill l the 100'<>)' to Klam:itll ralls, howcn:! t�)(,y· The next 'morning when we gOt tp t.he depo� fOT OUT 7 am dep"'':''turc there were st ill prob lems, it became apparent from the �adlo tr.3t the cilgin!.' \oia� sti ll 50melo'hat disassembled, ilnd ..... e did not get Wldcr way until short l)' after 9, The \wather was not being good to us eit her . It alternately �'a'i raining or sno\o'ing , or bot h. A photo run by had b£:en pl anned .....ith Mt . Shasta in the background , Wet ran this because of lhe weather, Bowever, when we: got , to a remot � siding named Andesite· to mee t a frei ght, the sun suddenly brokt< out , Trip Chairman Ed Immel looked at the long Sheering curve , t.he fresh snow on the ground and said tlThi!. is it!tI And we had the:most beaut iful photo runby 1 have evel seen , tX lJla o '·Butte was 8 water s:top , And ' here Dave and J nbnndoned the train for a whi l e to chase :,·with a fD end af his fTo":, , Siln ,Diego, who just happened to be an ex racing car driver. We rode ",with Al 80 mi les t.o RE'dd jng, and got some ex.:t: l1enr shdts at very scenic locations , and a meet with a frei ght near Dunsmuir. However we wodd not reccommend such a chase faT 1Iny one wi'th heart troubl e, There h.ad been a lot of cars following the train 'the el1rire trip, but south of Redding the crowd really gO! thi d -. and fo l lo�'c d all t he way LO S:lcralIlcr.lo. even after darx . ?adfil.: Northwest did a fine job of I mus t say that both the Southern Pacific and Chapte thf? : of th mu eum a T memorable trip . SP hold a be lt r" Jc}:le cast for th7 penln!!. : � r.:aUng this t uly � y I'Southern alutes Radfan acrame to showing the PC .P, Huntington" and sa ing PaClil7 � in S n of us on boar 1n addltlOn they had 7 mag , Sacrumento 1981" which was dlstributeJ to those d. c, and a �ac . sheet on th: 4449, And th Y tine pnnt ed up on the history of the SP, 4449, et t : rn.n troubl e wah provi de needed helper 5ervlce .. hen we lntO did �\'{; rything they could to the , hel T part , the mea l thought thl! bad il, The Chapter did a fine j.:lb of or�:lni:ln� t serVlce I o a as lunch and an aft t'rnoon !Onadi. each day and h'en- partic:Jlarily wel l we were scrveu bre kf t , f Sunday 's lunch bdd, to �:!' a first in the anals of fan the:'c was plcnty of cof ee avai.lable. cl':' 1 Du� 1t ver� g:ood , nnd a l the �ea l s trips: a Chinese bo.'( lunch! he Ro l l Lim:te W.:lS : (l Egg , 31: the �RIlS Toront o ...onve ntlon...... ere ... err amp le, quite a compari son to th� bo;\ luncr. :sen'cd .. on the fl�tJands, and rlln ahea� of Our helper was cut off at Teilema , we no lange:- nc(�det! he lng cammut�r 5h. We rolled lotO us to get back LO S.:w Fr�ncisco in ':line for r,Le �!C:1J,1.�· mor-i � be.::n a gre�lt triP, Dave & J checked Sacramento abClut 8:30pm , we ll after ;chedulc, but it had , 501H'.:' gOt 3. qUl ..::k supper md: wcnt . into. the Hul iday Inn a :ou le of bluclI.!i from the Jepot , then p Oakland. -train a.s port on of it .",as going all the to bad� on the a l war " !1 a once in El life-time Photo,.wise ; All in at! the tri p \\'as memorable exp.criencc:, opportunity. t ere n o dance to get photos of j :,: i ,- "'e' .i1.d qui te well. thotlgh 1 was, very .d isappointed that h Wtl: � , the a lso waS 'in& Jo"''O such a plume ot coal :mo e tnat man'( o� ,the �-6-6,-4 in the lcaJ, it la:-: a lot .or ..',' nd whlch hlndered photos uf it arc parti al ly obscured.; In Wyom ing too, there was � "';1S mply .spectacular. anll I ...ls h 1 co ld have used , sound movi es , The 44�9 in Daylight colo,rs si � Though everyone knoloo's I a m jl Grea� No rthern fan, I Culox for; ,the ..:.over CIt this publlcatilln. , �s fa vori te , one Wi ll fwd a set of have lOl)g confessed that the Dayllght �ceme my and U,dboa Da:>l,ight .:urs 1n my mode l c�tll.:cuon, JFH :.1 ' .. June 1981 THE TRA I NMASTER page 10 SL IDE PROTECTORS AND SL IDE DAMAGE In the Novembe r, 1980 issue of The Trainmaster an article titled "The Sl ide Ki l l"ers ...•And How to Arrest Them" was printed . The article was original ly publ ished in the NMRA Bul letin. The Chapter rece ived and herewith presents a sta tement on the ma tter from the NMRA Publ i.cations Department: "The Publications Depa rtmen t has been contacted by lega l counsel for 20th Century � Plastics, Inc. of Los Angeles, Cal ifornia, concerning statements made by Mr. Howard - . in the captioned article. 20th Century Plastics is rTghtful ly concerned about the impact on its business reputation of the author 's statement that the vinyl plastic s"l ide storage pages it ma nufactures are hazardous to the sl ides they are intended to protect. "As a result of the article, 20th Century Plastics has had its vinyl plastic slide storage pages subjected to testing by an independent laboratory . The laboratory reported that the 20th Century Plastics sl ide storage pages do not contribute to the degradat ion of sl ides stored in them. : "As Mr. Howa rd was reporting his personal experience with vinyl plastic sl ide stor age pages , wh ich were admi ttedly not stored under the mos t idea l conditions , it is unfair to single out the sl ide storage pages as be ing at faul t in this case. It was not his intention to disparage the product of any manufacturer, but rather to report his experience . Therefore , the sta tement made by Mr. Howard with respect to the effects of any brand name product on sl ides is hereby ret racted and a ful l apol ogy is extended to 20th Century Plastics, inc. , and the others named for any harm that may have been done ." EDITORIAL COMfllENT: From information on slide storage pages publ i shed elsewhere it appears that cond itions of storage can comb ine with some plas"t ic slide pages to caUSe damage . Low temperatures andlOw humiditY--30to40% relative humidity are the best cond itions for the storage of slides . Film should be kept away from any 'plastic' wh ich has ch lorine in its formula, such as vinyl ch loride. PVC plastic may be dangerous in that, In the presence of heat, mo isture may cause it to re i ease hydrocholric acid wh ich may attack fi lm. Many sl ide storage pages are made of po lyethyl ene wh ich is safe to use. The bes t tests for potential ly harmful holders are a strong 'plastk' smell and the apparance of "wetness" in the empty pockets. Be sure that your sl ide storage pages are safe for your slides before serious damage has a chance to occur. AMTRAK 'S PLANS FOR THE FUTURE According the the "\'a ll Stree t Journa l" for May 29, Amtrak is plann ing a diver sification program that wi II generate enough revenue to el iminate the need for capital funding by the government after 1985 . However, Congress would have to keep the system runn ing un til then . Amoung the ven tures be ing cons i dered are commercial ly developing some of Amt rak's real estate, offer ing rai l-ca r renovation services and training car-shop workers for other ra ilroads . They would also form a group that would invest in and use a fiber-optics commun ications system along the North east co rridor. Al though the diverse ventures wou ld be aimed at covering capital cos ts , Amtrak also plans to trim its operating deficits by cutting its labor ex penses , eliminating routes with the heav iest operating losses , and ra ising fares . (from NRHS Public Relations Express) ... " to PAC InC- NORTHWEST" CHAPTER NATIONAL RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (An Oregon Non-Profit Corporation) Room 1, Union Station , 800 NW 6th Ave . Portland , OR 97209 (503) 226-6747 1981 CHAPTER OFFICERS President Director-at-Large BEN FREDERICKS (503) 256-4503 RANDLE ("PETE") DORLAND (503) 659-1274 16531 N E Hoyt Street 14884 S E River Road Portland , OR 97230 Portland , OR 97222 Vice President . 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