New Pfize Home Will be \Vell Filled Hoo-Hoo 1947 Convention

Keen interest in the forthioming convention of the Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo is being manifested throughout the lumber industry. The 25 clubs of Hoo-Hoo are now selecting their delegates. This 56th convention-l947 annual-will be held at Spokane, Washington, September 9 and 10.

Spokane Hoo-Hoo are making preparations for a royal welcome to Hoo-Hoo. Hal R. Dixon, M248, Spokane, who is Supreme Senior Hoo-Hoo, is responsible for the invitation to Spokane. fn cooperation with officers and members of the Spokane Hob-Hoo Club No. 16, he has worked out a nice blending of Hoo-Hoo business, educational and social programs. The general convention chairman is Grant Dixon, Jr., 16469.

Winner of the Celotex Cemesto House in the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund slogan contest is Mrs. Rudolph Kvetan of Mont Clare, Pa., wife of a young war veteran and mother of three small children. Her slogan "Arrest Cancer-'Wanted for Murder !" was selected from more than 236,0N as being the best entered in the contest conducted by the Damon Runyon Memorial Fund for Cancer Research. Both the contest and the Celotex house have received a great amount of public attention through press, radio and newsreels during the past several weeks.

The six room Pre-Engineered Cemesto House will be erected, completely furnished and equipped, on a plot of ground to be selected by the winner.

The prize-winning family of five now lives in a rented walk-up apartment with rented furniture, so the new house and its furnishings will be appreciatively received by the Kvetans.

Mr. Kvetan is a veteran of World War II and is now employed at Valley Forge Hospital near Mont Clare, Pa.

The formal two-day session will be devoted primarily to the business of Hoo-Hoo, but panel discussions of vital interest to the lumber industry will highlight the program. Members attending are invited to plan to be in Spokane on September 8 on which day a pre-convention informal program is scheduled. Post convention trips to Coulee Dam and the Lewiston Weyerhaeuser plant are planned for September 11.

Early reports to National Secretary, B. F. Springer, 34265 indicate a large attendance from every Jurisdiction and from all parts of the country. Hoo-Hoo Clubs of the Pacific States report that in addition to accredited delegates, they will have large groups of members in attendance.

Hoo-Hoo Day, September 9, will be observed by all local Hoo-Hoo Clubs with meetings at which programs, concats and elections will be scheduled for those not attending the convention, thus assuring 100 per cent participation in the Hoo-Hoo 1947 annual.

July Construction Well Above 1946

Washington, August 4.-New construction in July,1947, totaled $1,139,000,000, representing gains of B per cent over the preceding month and 16 per cent over July, 1946, according to an estimate by the Commerce Department.

The Department estimated that $6,487,000,000 of new construction was put in place during the first seven months of the year, compared with $4,806,000,000 in the corresponding months of.1946.

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