Alberta Ruth Brey, Lumberwoman, Columnist and Live Civic Worlcer

The other day in a specially written column of ,.The Evening Recorder," Porterville, California, daily newspaper, we found quotations from Vagabond Editorials of THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT. And the columnist said the stuff was written by ..My good friend Jack Dionne." So we inquired very promptly, and what did we find? That the columnist is Miss Alberta Ruth Brey, of Porterville, one of the owners and operators of the BreyWright Lumber Company, of that city.

It seems that the people of Porterville, recognizing Miss Brey's invaluable qualities, elected her a Director of their phamber of Commerce this year. And then the Board of -Directors in their turn elected her Advertising Chairman ,for the year, her job being to publicize Porterville and ;vicinity. The local daily newspaper then offered Miss Brey .,the entire use of a front page column once a week to be ,used in her job of boosting Porterville. So that,s how jLUMBER MERCHANT editorials got into the column.

At the head of the column is the signature ,.By C. of C. Commentator."

So that is a mighty big job Miss Brey has taken upon her shoulders in addition to her regular business of advertising and selling building materials in the most progressive of fashions. Everything that is interesting about porterville and vicinity are boosted in this column. That requires a whole lot of research work, and getting together the necessary facts and figures to fill the column. Already, by means of this well written department of the daily paper, the people of that territory have been made aware of more good things about themselves and their particular part of the state, than they ever were before. The newspaper staff furnishes Miss Brey all the cooperation possible, and between them a new and interesting service is being furnished by that Chamber of Commerce. Miss Brey, a charming and lovely woman, has long been known in Porterville as one of its very most progressive and valuable citizens, and now she is giving further proof of her merit.

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