August Henry (Augy) Rauch was born in Echo, Oregon, on August 9, 1919; grew up on his family's farm; and graduated from Pine City High School, in Echo. Rauch attended Oregon Agricultural College from September 1937 through December 1941 and received a BS degree in Forestry, majoring in Wood Products, in June 1942. He completed a senior forestry paper, Pres-to-log Production, in 1941. Rauch worked at the U.S. Plywood Corporation plant in Lebanon, Oregon, in the 1960s and 1970s.
From left to right: "Slats" Gill, Red Rocha, Norm Carey, Alex Peterson, Erland Anderson, Cliff Crandall, Doug Martin, Don Samuels, Dan Torrey, Lew Beck, Frank Roelandt, Morrie Silver, and Stan Commons. Photo was used in the 1947 Beaver Yearbook, page 248.
Donald Goman Jefferys was born in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1918, the son of Thomas and Winifred Goman Jefferys. His family moved to Albany, Oregon in 1929. Donald Goman Jefferys attended Oregon State College from fall term of 1937 through fall 1940. From 1937-1939, Jefferys studied in the School of Music, and in September 1939, he transferred to the School of Education. Jefferys married Meridee Brown in 1942. After college, he worked with his family's turkey farm until 1950 and farmed until 1953. In 1953, he began a 30-year career as a clerk with the Southern Pacific Railroad. Jefferys died in 2009.