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WHOI.ESAI.E A.I[D IOBBING

LUISBER - If,IILWORK SASH and D00RS

Since 1888

OFFICE, MIII. YARD AND DOCKS

2nd & Alice Sts., Ocklcmd

Glencourt 6861

Reunion at Poet Laureate's Home

April 29 and 30 were selected by a group of Northern California lumbermen, their wives and friends, as the date for the annual pilgrimage (known as the "Spring Round-up") to the home of Adeline Merriam Conner, situated on North San Juan Ridge in Nevada County. Mrs. Conner is the Poet I-aureate of the lumber industry.

Saturday evening, a party of twenty-six gathered in Nevada City at the National Hotel, a hostelry teeming with relics and still reflecting, to some extent, the atmosphere of the early gold rush days. A delicious dinner was served, with Mrs. Conner as honored guest, who, with her husband, Fred Conner, a former prominent lumberman, had come from their home thirteen miles higher in the Sierra Nevada Mountains for the occasion.

After dinner, all congregated in the spacious old-fashioned "parlor," where, under the leadership of Frank Trower, a pleasant two hours were spent in reviewing early California history, particularly that of Nevada County, which is rich in the lore of mining days. At this meeting, a huge birthday cake was presented to Mr. Fred Conner, commemorating the anniversary of his birth. The cake disappeared rapidly, each and all wishing Fred many more happy birthdays.

Early Sunday morning, a delightful ride through the mountains brought the party to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Conner, where an "Open Air Picnic" lunch was served, under "The Cedars." There are twelve Cedars of Lebanon in the grove, planted in the 1860's and named for the Twelve Apostles.

After lunch an informal gathering was held under the trees, where, again led by Frank Trower, those present contributed with story or song to make the occasion one long to be remembered by all present. Miss Betty Trower's recitatiort of poems by Douglas Malloch and others, and J. B' (lim) Overcast's description of his experience in an overcroWded

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