125 Hoo-Hoos Anend Doy of Golf clnd Dinner At Lokewood Club; Nominqte 1954-55 Officers

There rvere 125 in attendar.rce and 61 registered for golf at the final Hoo-Hoo season event, held June 18 at Lakewood Country Club. North Long Beach, California. The golfing began at l0 a.m. and dinner l'as served at 7:09 p.m. The meeting \r,as arranged by John Lipani, Snark; Jim Forgie, secretar).-treasurer. and Harvey Koll, golf chairman.

In a short meeting held before dinner, Los Angeles HooHoo Club 2 placed in nomination its proposals for olficers for tl.re 1954-55 fiscal year. This is tantamount t<-r election at the next regular Hoo-Hoo meeting, r,r'hich is scheduled for September 10 at Inglewood (Calif.) Country Club. The nominations \\'ere approved b1' the directors and advisory committee in the closed meeting.

Nominations for Officers

These members rvere nominated for the follou,ing oflices : Jerry Essley, Snark; Bill Marmion, first vice-president; Boris Kutner, second vice-president; L. M. Har- ringer, third vice-president; Jfm Forgie, secretarytreasurer, and Ole May, assistant secretary-treasurer.

These members \,vere nominated to serve on the follorving committees:

Concatenation : Don Gow, chairman; J. Fritchey, L. Hemmings and Phil Kelty, assistants. Membership: John Osgood, chairman; Larry Weiland, J. C. Behringer and Baker Lee, assistants. Reinstatements : Ferd Haas. Golf : Harvey Koll, vice-president; Ronald Hoene, chairman; Ernie Thomas, Tom Fleming and Jerry Clough, assistants. Entertainment : Chuck Lember, chairman; Butch Harringer and Boris Kutner, assistants. Ticket : Freeman Campbell, chairman. Sergeant-at-arms: Joe Petrash. Advisory: Paul Orban, Roy Stanton, Dee E,ssley and Ole May.

Directors Nominated

These members n'ere nominated at 1954-55 directors: J. W. Fitzpatrick, Don Bufkin, O. W. Steu'art, tsob Osgood, E..U. Martin, George Clough and G. J. Lipani.

An excellent dinner u'as served, afteril'hich retail and rvholesale members introduced themselves from their places at table, and guests and visitors were introduced by John Lipani from the head table. Cynthia Mullens rvas the hostess for the Lakewood Country Club.

Special entertainment u'as provided by Roger Haas, 19year old son of Ferd Haas and a student at Pasadena City College. The youth played a group of three piano solos with unmistakable artistry and satisfied the meeting with several encores follow-ing tremendous applause. He has appeared on the Paul Whiteman TV sho.iv. Another entertainer was Ruthie Suvalle, from the Walter Trask Agency, u'ho delightcd the Hoo-Hoos with their requested numbers on her accordion during the dinner. Richard "Bud" Nelson of the Buena Park (Calif.) Lumber Company was signaled out for attention as a recent bridegroom.

Winners in Golf Games

The follou'ing Hoo-Hoos \vere winners in the golf play:

Lorv Gross: Tom Fleming, with a 71, u'ho rvon the Davidson cup. First Flight: first lovr,' net, Bud Nelson, the George Ream cup; second lou' net, Fred Calhoun and Jack Bergerson, the California Lumber Merchant cup. Second Flight: first lorv net, Don Go.n', the Weyerhaeuser cup; second low net, Ted Lee, the Stanton cup. Third Flight: first lovu net, Arnold Rodstad, the Bohnhofi cup. The guest prize. rvent to James Harris and the retailer prize to Ed Davidson; this u'as the Atlas Lr.rmber Co. tropl.ry, which the .w'inner keeps permanently when won three times. The blind bogie rvas split by Steve Hathaway, John Lipani and Harry \\rhite. A special prize for faithful attendance was an'arded to I)on Golv, and the dub prize went to Leigh McWilliams with his snappy 123.

Phoenix Yords on 5-Doy Week

Seven lumberyards in Phoenix, Ariz., announced in June that they will be closed on Saturdays for an indefinite period. Gus Michaels, executive secretary of the Arizona Retail Lumber and Builders Supply A,ssociation, said the current sheet metal strike, which slowed down buiding activity, was a contributing factor.

Yards going on the five-day week include Foxworth-McCalla, Halstead, llamman-McFarland, O'Malley, Ray, Reed, and Valley lumber companies.

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Fourth lumber Yqrd Fire in Month Spreods Feqr in Winslow, Ariz.

Winslow, Ariz.-The fourth lumberyard fire in four weeks put a scare in the business district here. The latest fire destroyed the retail store and yard of the Olds Brothers Lumber Company in the heart of Winslow. Insurance companies and the city government agreed to a thorough investigation into the possibilities of arson in the series of conflagrations.

The Olds yard fire began soon after daylight June 17. The fire departrnent was on hand within a few minutes but already the interior of the store, as well as the yard, was in flames. The heavy adobe walls of the Olds building were credited vr.'ith containing the fire to the lumberyard.

Monsonto Shufs Down Colifornio Phenol Plqnf Accounl Strike

San Francisco-Monsanto Chemical Company has stopped production of phenol at its nearby Avon plant because of shutciowns by plywood manufacturers involved in the Pacific Northw'est lurnber strike. Phenol is a prime component in both interior and exterior plywood adhesive. Monsanto reported to the [4/all Stre et Iournal that 45 workers were laid off.

Standarcl Oil of California reported the strike has had a "disastrous effect" on phenol sales to plywood rrakers who ordinarily take 60 to 65/o of its Richmond, Calif., phenol plant's production. Monsanto and Standard operate the only two phenol plants on the Pacific coast.

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The American Chain & Cable Company has announced the opening of its third warehouse and office on the west coast at Portland, Ore. Earlier in the year the company occupied new warehouse facilities in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Honly, Jr., Elected

St. Louis-The election of Mrilliam W. Hanly, Jr., as vice-president of Wood-Treating Chemicals Company was announced by R. M. Morriss. Jr., president. Hanly will continue as manager of sales to the wood preserving industry, Morriss said, but will in addition supervise the company's overall promotion of Penta for wood preservation. The company is national sales agent for Monsanto Chemical Company's Penta to the wood preserving industry.

Wood Users fo Seek Answers of TECO School

Wirh rhe completion of the newest qnd most modern wqllboqrd plonl in the Wesi, Blue Diqmond is in o position to mqke prompt shipments of gypsum wollboord of rhe uniform high quolity which hos chqroclerized Blue Diomond products for 39 yeors.

Washington, D.C.-Each enrollee in TECO's 21st course in gluing and wood utilization, to be held August 9-13 at the Timber Engineerins Company laboratory, has been invited to bring with him questions on specific problems, or subjects of particular interest to his firm, for answers during the intensive five-day course, according to C. A. Rishell, director of research for the wood industries' service organization and affiliate of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association.

Answers to production problerns in gluing, laminating, seasoning, treating, machining, finishing, quality control, and other wood utilization processes, will be provided by TECr)'s experienced chemists, technologists and engineers, during lectures, demonstrations and enrollee participation sessions.

Enrollment in the August 9-13 class has been limited to 15 men, in order that maximum time may be given to each enrollee's problems, or subjects of interest, in class sessions or individual conference.

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nailing flange o Sanded satin smooth o Cost compares favorably with painted or papered plaster walls. o Neatly wrapped 8' long bundles -random lengths end matched for continuous application. llrink said he believed the community would remain wellserved, as Schab is well and favorably known throughout the area. Schab assumed charge of the Chico yard July 1. K. L. Brow-nell is superintendent of retail yards, California Lumber Division, The Diamond Match Company, Chico.

Chico, Calif .-Clarence A. Grey, local rranager of the Diamond Match Company's retail yard here, retired June 30 under the company's pension system in effect sine 1916. He was succeeded by Charles Schab, of Durham, who has been with the company since November, 1918.

Clarence Grey spent his entire life in the retail lumber and building materials business. He started with the Central Lumber Company of Kansas and later worked for the Noll-\Arelty Lumber Co., Kansas City, Mo. He was manager and auditor from 1899 to 1914. From 1914-1926, Grey managecl retail yards for the Sterling Lumber and Investment Co., Denver.

I. E. Brink, general manager of Diamond yards and stores, employed Grey in 1926 to work in the Vacaville, Calif., yard; he trairsferred him to Corning as manager in 7928. In 1930, he was transferred to Chico to manage the retail yard and remained there 24 years. Under the Diamond pension, Clarence Grey will now enjoy in retirement his hobbies of baseball, hunting, fishing and gardening.

Charles Schab, who comes to Chico from Durham, was transferred from Yuba City to Durham as manager in 1922, in his fourth year with Diamond Match Company. During his 32 years with the line yard concern, he has been active in lodge and club activity. He is a Past F-xalted Ruler, Elks, Chico Lodge 423, and Past Grand Master, Durham Lodge 311, IOOF, and Past Deputy Grand Master, District 16, IOOF; a menrber of Alta Rebekah Lodge 273, and a Hoo-Hoo.

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Georgio-Pocific Completes Big Timber Deol in Norrhwest

New York City-Georgia-Pacific Plywoocl Company completed on June 30 the purchase of valuable old-growth timber stands in Oregon, adjacent to one of its other large timber operations, in a deal involving more than $12,000,000, it was announced here by Owen R. Cheatham, Georgia-Pacific president. Georgia-Pacific acquired all the stock of Inman-Poulsen Lumber Company, Western Logging Company and Saginaw Timber Company, all of Portland, and what is known as the Grand Rapids Timber Tract.

In the $12,000,000 transaction, the liquidation of current assets from the acquired companies returned approximately $6,000,000 to Georgia-Pacific. "This gave us the timber, plus timberlands, roads and logging equipment, at a price of about $16 per thousand board feet of old-growth timber," the president pointed out, "as compared with similar timber selling in the open market from $25 to $50 per thousand feet."

This new purchase, coupled with the timber the company has in the area, will give Georgia-Pacific an almost unlimited supply of raw material from which to make veneer to feed its other plywood plants in the Northwest, in addition to the large lumber and plyw-ood plants at Toledo, Ore.

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Everett Coleman, of the Orange County pany, Santa Ana, spent three weeks in June finest vacation I ever had." he reports.

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Ralph Baker, prominent lumberman of Santa Ana, and a group of friends spent part of the month of June aboard his yacht ZOA-3 cruising ofi the coast of Southern California and Catalina Island.

"Porky" Bufkin and family of Cloverdale, Calif., spent the first ten days of July visiting in Southern California with the Don Bufkin clan of Alhambra. Porky is with the Rockport Redwood Company's remanufacturing plant and Don is sales representative for Hobbs Wall Lumber Company. Redwood is their business from the tree to the consumer, so they say.

Charlie Schumacher, head of Schumacher and Jayka, wholesale lumber distributors, San Gabriel, Calif., spent the last of June visiting Oregon and Northern California mills.

Art R. Lund and Bob Halvorsen of Coast Paciflc Lumber Co.; W. L. Lawrence, vice-president and general manager of Dant & Russell Sales Co., Portland, and A. W. Neth and Seth Butler, Dant & Russell Sales Co., Los Angeles and San Francisco, respectively, spent the week of July 6 in Eureka attending a business meeting.

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Horace Wolfe, president of Marquart-Wolfe, Los Ange1es wholesale lumber distributors, is back on the job after a major operation in June at Hollywood Presbyterian hosoital.

Ray Wiig of Southern California Lumber Sales, Monrovia, spent several days early in July in Central California. He visited the company mills of Ivory Pine, Dinuba, Calif.

Art Bennett, manager of the San sell Sales Co. plywood department, Tex of Northern California, spent visiting plywood mills in Northern

Francisco Dant & Rusand Ernie Bacon, Firthe last u'eek of N'Iay California.

Ray Nortvedt. better known as "Pinky" to his hardwood lumber customers for many.years, is now on the staff of -f,ohn Anson Ford, Board of Supervisors chairman, Los Angeles county. Nortvedt serves'as a field deputy.

George Butcher, former owner of the Alpine (Calif.) Lumber Co., has been appointed to handle Imperial and San Diego counties representing the Rajah Lumber Company, Los Angeles. He has been prominent in Southern California lumber circles for many years. According to Phil Kelty, Butcher will handle both direct and LCL shipments for Raiah.

W. "Woody" Toal, forrner sales manager of Western Hardwood Lumber Co., Los Angeles, l-ras joined H. D. Cowan & Company, Inc., Los Angeles.