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By Jack Dionne

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Childish Prayers

The little girl was visiting for the first time in a home where grace was said by the entire family in unison at the beginning of dinner. The littlegirl looked with openeyed interest while the family prayed "give us this day our daily bread," but did not join in. When prayer was ended the lady of the house said, "Edith, why didn't pray for your daily bread?" "I don't need to," Edith; "we buy our bread."

the her her night. So, when the congregation knelt in unison bowed their heads, she asked: "Mama, what are they doing?" "Hush, dear," said the mother; "they're going to say their prayers." "What !" exclaimed the little one; "rryith their clothes on?"

And then another little girl who attended Episcopal for the first time. Up to that tfune with praying was her little prayer beside

S. F. Firm Supplies Springboards lmports of Vcn eers and Plywoods for Olympic Games Events

Springboards to be useci in the diving events at the Olympi,c Games at Los Angeles were supplied by Van ArsdaleHarris Lumber Co., San Francisco, and have already been installed. The boards are equipped with the new adjustable fulcrum for springboards invented by Ernie Brandsten, head coach of the American Olympic diving team, and distributed by Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber Co. The device is described by Hugh Handley, sales manager of the company, as a most important forward step in standardizing fan,cy diving competitions. The new devi,ce adjusts the amount of spring a diver desires in a board, and the diver adiusts it by turn- ing a wheel with his foot.

"Our springboards are used in every State in the lJnion", said Mr. Handley recently to a representative of this paper, "and our export business includes shipments to England, France, Germany, Holland, Belgium, South Africa, Japan, India, China, Mexico and other foreign countries."

E. A. GOODRICH VISITS SAN FRANCISCO

E. A. Goodrich, IJnion Lumber Company, Los Angeles, was a recent visitor at thc. company's San Francisco office where he spent a few days on business.

Show Gains

Imports of veneer into the United States for the first quarter of 1932 amounted to 2,34O,315 square feet or an increase of approximately I,767,000 square feet over the total imports for the same period 1931, states the Lumber Division of the Department of Commerce.

Australia and Russia were the largest shippers in the 1932 first quarter, supplying approximately 1,155,000 and 577,W square feet respectively or 75 per cent of the total veneer imports for the quarter. France ranked third with nearly 12 per cent while Japan, United Kingdom, Canada, and Germany made up the balance. For the first quarter 1931, Japan and the United Kingdom were the principal shippers of veneer to the United States; shipping over 87 per cent of the total imports of this commodity during that period.

Plywood imports for the first quarter ol 1932 amounted to 458,306 square feet or a gain of. 439,463 square feet over the total imports for the same period 1931. Of the total imports during the first quarter of. 1932 Russia supplied nearly 92 per cent, while for the same period 1931 Cihada and Belgium were the chief shippers, supplying over 76 per cent of the total plywood imports for the first quarter last year.

Lawrence-Philips Appointed Sales Agents

The Lawrence-Philips Lumber Co. of Los Angeles have been appointed the exclusive sales agents for Southern California for Schafer Brothers Lumber & Shingle Company, of Montesano, Wash. The Schafer Brothers Lumber & Shingle Co. operate mills at lVlontesano and Aberdeen, Wash. They are also agents for the Schafer Bros. Steamship Co., who operate the S.S. Hubert Schafer in the California lumber service. The Larvrence-Philips Lumber Co. have headquarters in the Petroleum Securities Bldg.; their telephone number is PRospect OZn.

Building-Loan League Holds Annual Meeting

J. Lester Miller, San Jose, was elected president of the California Building-Loan League for the ensuing year at its twenty-seventh annual convention held at the Mission Inn, Riverside, Calif., May 5 to 7 inclusive. Other officers elected were: Sanford M. Anderson, Inglewood, first vicepresident; Harold A. Noble, Stockton, second vice-president; Robert S. Odell, San Francisco, third vice-president; Fremont Wood, San Francisco, treasurer; Harold B. Starkey, San Diego, and George Campbell, San Jose, directors. Neill Davis, Los Angeles, rvas re-elected secretary.

Oakland was chosen as the convention citv for next vear. The delegates were guests at the Ramona Pigeant at Hemet on Saturday afternoon, May 7, and in the evening Lieut.Gov. Frank Merriam was the principal speaker at the banquet held at the Mission Inn, at rvhich C. H. Wade, of Los Angeles, retiring president, u'as toastmaster.

Signs'to be Posted in Mountain Err

Ilaygrounds

Over 2,600 metal-enameled distance and direction signs will be posted by Forest rangers in the national forests of California this summer, according to report by Regional Forester S. B. Shorv, ,chief of the California Region, U. S. Forest Service. Sign posting is an annual duty of the rangers, due to the construction of new roads and trails for the use of travelers and campers and for the administration of the national forests. In the past ten years the U. S. Forest Service has posted approiimately 20,000 metal signs for the convenience of local settlers and visitors in the national forests of California and southwestern Nevada.

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