East B.y Club Has Big Crowd lor First Meeting of Year

More than 100 lumbermen, one of the largest gatherings at a regular meeting in the club's history, attended the opening dinner meeting of the year of East Bay Hoo Hoo Club, held at the Athens Athletic Club, Oakland, Monday evening, January 6.

Jack Dionne, publisher of The California Lumber Merchant, was the speaker of the evening. IIe was introduced by Earle E. Johnson, chairman of the entertainment committee.

President Gordon D. Pierce presided, and in the course of his remarks commended the fine work of Miland R. Grant and his committee for their handling of the Christmas grocery keg distribution, which broke all former records with a total of 457 kegs.

Henry M. Hink made the report for the committee, giving in detail the amount of food purchased by the lumbermen for distribution to the needy families of the East Bay. Adjutant Earl M. Williams of the Salvation Army expressed his appreciation of the generosity of the lumbermen.

Sewall Morton conducted an old-fashioned roll call, and srn'elled the club's coffers to some extent with fines. The door prize of $15 was won by Clem Fraser. Music was provided by the Patricia Maddern Trio. The attendance was as follorvs: Henry Meyer, Oakland Lumber Co., Oakland; Frank Teakle, E. K. Wood Lumber Co., Oakland; Chas. Haagenson, Oakland Lumber Co., Oakland; Geo. T. Gerken, Sunset Lumber Co., Oakland; Paul M. P. Merner, Merner Lumber Co., Palo Alto; Z. H. Mauvais, Sunset Lumber Co., Oakland; Homer B. Maris and J. D. Maris, Maris Plywood Co., San Francisco; A. V. Lucas, Castro Valley Lumber Co., Castro Valley; Ed F. Larson, Hill & Morton, Inc., Oakland; Chas. S. Lamb, Chas. Lamb Lumber Co., Emeryville; J. Ross Kinney, Zenith Mill & Lumber Co., Oakland; Earle E,. Johnson, Eureka Lumber & Mill Co., Oakland; A. B. Johnson, Jr., A. B. Johnson Lumber Co., San Francisco; R. A. Hiscox, Berkeley; Henry M. Hink, Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co., San Francisco; R. E. Hills, Wendling-Nathan Co., San Francisco; Judge George W. Hickman, Albany; J. J. Helm, Sunset Lumber Co., Oakland; Lloyd Harris, Elliott Bay Sales Co., Oakland; H. M. Gunton, MacDonald & Harrington, San Francisco; Robt. S. Grant, National Mill & Lumber Co., San Francisco; M. R. Grant, Western Door & Sash Co., Oakland; George W. Gorman, San Francisco; Lewis A. Godard, Hobbs, Wall & Co., San Francisco; Prof. Emanuel Fritz, IJniversity of California; John Freeman, llolmes Eureka Lumber Co., San Francisco; Garnet Fraser, Detroit Graphite Co., Decoto; Clem Fraser, Loop Lumber & Mill Co., Alameda; S. C. Forsey, Eureka Mill & Lumber Co., Oakland; Edwin D. Fletcher, Oakland; M. L. "Duke" Euphrat, Wendling-Nathan Co., San Francisco; F. W. Elliott, Schafer Bros. Lumber & Shingle Co., San Fran- cisco; F. A. Egnell, Hammond Lumber Co., San Francisco; Earl R. Davis, East Bay Lumbermen's Institute, Oakland; Ray B. Cox, Peerless Built-in-Fixture Co., Berkeley; D. Normen Cords, Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., San Francisco; C. Fred Cooper, C. F. Cooper Woodworking Co., Oakland; Max E. Cook, The Pacific Lumber Co., San Francisco; Edward Coleman, Boorman Lumber Co., Oakland; Wm. Chatham, Jr., Loop Lumber & Mill Co.; M. B. Carter, Hogan Lumber Co., Oakland; R. J. Bryson, Hammond Lumber Co., San Francisco; T. T. Branson, Melrose Lumber & Supply Co., Oakland; C. S. Brace, Stockton Lumber Co., Stockton; M. L. Booth, Hobbs, Wall & Co., San Francisco; Jack P. Boorman, Boorman Lumber Co., Oakland; B. J. Boorman, Boorman Lumber Co., Oakland; G. F. "Jerry" Bonnington, Wendling-Nathan Co., San Francisco; W. T. Black, The California Lumber Merchant, San Francisco; Chas. G. Bird and Donald G. Bird, Stockton Lumber Co., Stockton; H. C. Berry, Oakland Lumber Co., Oakland; Charles M. Barker, B. F. Sturtevant Co., Berkeley; E. E. Abrahamson, Hammond Lumber Co., San Francisco; Chris i\{. Wininger. Pyramid Lumber Sales Co., Oakland; R. O. Wilson, R. O. Wilson Lumber Co., San Francisco; Arthur Williamson and Kenneth J. Shipp, California Builders Supply Co., Oakland; Larue Woodson, Wheeler Osgood Sales Corp., San Francisco; C. J. Sheehan, Sheehan-Ballard Planing Mill Co., Berkeley; Adj. Earl M. Williams, Salvation Army, Oakland; Glenn B. \Marner, Nicolai Door Sales Co., San Francisco; Brooks Walker, The Red River Lumber Co., San Francisco; H. F. Vincent, E. K. Wood Lumber Co., San Francisco; Frank W. Trower, Trower Lumber Co., San Francisco; G. C. Troth, Oakland; C. S. Tripler, Oakland; "Tom" Tomlinson, Paramino Lumber Co., San Francisco; W. Tilden, Tilden Lumber Co., Berkeley; A. F. Tavlor, Castro Valley Lumber Co., Castro Valley; Taylor Sublett, J. E. Higgins Lumber Co., San Francisco; C. I. Speer, Zenith Mill & Lumber Co., Oakland; Reginald Smith. Smith Lumber Co., Oakland; J. A. Smilie, Oakland; Jos. W. Simpkin, Oakland; Gordon D. Pierce, Boorman Lumber Co., Oakland; F. K. Peil, Hammond Lumber Co., San Francisco; B. Schwartz, Oakland; Lloyd Turner, Oakland; C. I. Gillen, Oakland; F. Paramino, Paramino Lumber Co., San Francisco; Jas. B. Overcast, Strable Hardwood Co., Oakland; W. H. Nigh, Shevlin Pine Sales Co., San Francisco; J. M. McTaggart, Eureka Mill & Lumber Co., Oakland; Geo. W. Brown, Oakland; P. T. Burns, Vallejo; H. Servall Morton, Hill & Morton, Inc., Oakland; Carl R. Moore, Moore Mill & Lumber Co., San Francisco; Nels Quist, Quist Bros. & Co., Hayward; Arthur A. Hiscox, Berkeley; Magnus }Iansen, Oakland; W. A. Farrar, Oakland; Frank F. Fee, E. K. Wood Lumber Co., Oakland; G. W. Sechrist, Loop Lumber & Mill Co., Alameda; A. R. Golden, HilI Lumber & Hardware Co., Albany; Ed Galpin, Merner Lumber Co., San Jose; Geo. Clayberg, Oakland.