Parson Simpkin Reunion to be Held October 9

The eighth annual reunion of lumbermen at the "Parson" Peter A. Simpkin Sequoia Memorial in Calaveras State Park will be held on Sunday, October 9 at 2:00 P.M. according to Bert B. Bryan, general chairman, recently appointed by the Parson Simpkin Memorial Association and East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39. The latter is sponsoring the gathering this year.

Professor Woodbridge Metcalf, Extension Forester for the Agricultural Extension Service of the University of California will be the speaker of the day and Lon A. Starr will be the guest soloist at the Sunday meeting.

A dinner will be held at the Big Trees Hotel, Big Trees, California, at 6:30 P.M. on Saturday evening. This will be followed by a gathering at a campfire with commu,nity singing and entertainment.

All Northern California lumbermen. their rvives, families and friends are cordially invited. Reservations should be made direct to Chas. G. Bird, Stockton Lumber Company, El Dorado and Jackson Streets, Stockton. (The cost is $4.0O per person-which includes room, di.nner Saturday evening and breakfast and lunch Sunday.) Those coming on Sunday morning may bring lunch since splendid picnic accommodations are furnished free.

Central Valley Hoo-Ifoo Club No. 62 of Stockton is planning a large representation according to R. L. Ustick, president.

This annual tribute to the memory of Hoolfoo's late Supreme Chaplain is an i.ndication that lumberrnen remember the Parson's efforts to hel,p the lumber industry by promoting its spirit of fellowship, friendship and cooperation.

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