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Stockton Meeting and Concatenation Draw Large Attendance
There was a large attendance at the joint meeting of the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California and the Hoo-Hoo Clubs o{ Northern California, held at Hotel Stockton, Stockton, October 4 and 5.
enoter, Carl R. Moore, Oakland; Bojum, E. S. McBride, Davis Lumber Co., Davis; Jabberwock, Harvey Isenhower, Holmes Eureka Lumber Co., Sacramento; Custocatian, Charles Brace, Stockton Lumber Co., Stockton; Arcanoper, Charles Moorehead, Moorehead Lumber Co., Escalon; Gurdon, Pete Brewer, Redwood Manufacturers Qo., Pittsburg.
toastmaster. The program was Armand Girard, NBC baritone.
More than 150 were present at the stag banquet and floor show on Friday evening. Ray Clotfelter, .W. R. Spalding Lumber Co., Visalia, president of the Association, acted as chairman and Dick Wilson of Willard Lumber Co., Fresno, was an excellent one, featuring
Dick Wilson did a fine job as toastmaster.
The directors of the Association held a breakfast meeting on Saturday morning.
Ray Clotfelter presided at the business meeting on Saturday morning and B. B. Barber, Fresno, acted as chairman.
Dr. Fdwin Libfried, noted educator, addressed the gathering on "Where Business and Psychology Meet."
C. A. Gummere of Los Angeles gave an interesting talk on "Modern Methods in Merchandising."
The business program rvas followed by a luncheon.
Hoo-Hoo Concatenation
A Hoo-Hoo Concatenation was held on Saturday afternoon at which 11 Kittens were initiated' Eight former members of the Order were reinstated. The Nine in charge of the Concat $'as as follows: Vicegerent Snark, B. E. Bryan, Strable Hardwood Co., Oakland; Senior HooIfoo, C. D. LeMaster, Sacramento; Junior IIoo-I{oo, Lewis
A. Godard, Hobbs Wall Lumber Co., San Francisco; Scriv-
The Kittens were the following: James T. Horton, Jr., Valley Lumber & Supply Co., Stockton; Donald G. Bird, Stockton Lumber Co., Stockton; W. E. Davis, Pope & Talbot, Inc., San Francisco; Thos. R. Fuller, Manteca Lumber & Supply Co., Manteca; Fred L. Horr, Horr Lumber Co., Redding; Robt. G. Pratt, Commission T-umber Salesman, Stockton; W. H. Roberts, McCloud Lumber Co., McCloud; Cecil A. Smith, Redding Lumber Co., Redding; Stewart M. Snyder, Redlvood Manufacturers Co', Pittsburg; Wm. H. Ultch, Santa Fe Lumber Co., Stockton; Raymond Van lde, Hobbs Wall Lumber Co., San Francisco.
Those reinstated were D. W. Blair, Ruse-Blair Lumber Co., Stockton; Geo. C. Burnett, Burnett Lumber Co., Tulare; Ray Clotfelter, W. R. Spalding Lumber Co., Visalia; Robert B. Gartin, Home Lumber Co., Turlock; Louis R. Giottonini, Sr., Valley Lumber & Supply Co., Stockton; S. J. Hauge, Lumber Association Secretary, Santa Rosa; Geo. W. Robinson, Campbell-Conro Lumber Co., Lodi; O. D. Ruse, Ruse-Blair Lumber Co., Stockton.
Chas. G. Bird, Stockton Lumber Co., Stockton, was in charge of arrangements for the Concatenation.
Charles L. Shepard, Friend & Terry Lumber Co., Sacramento, was toastmaster at the banquet on Saturday evening, which was attended by the lumbermen and their ladies. Tully Knoles, president of the College of Pacific, was the speaker of the evening, taking as his subject, "The United States and the Far East." Tom Jones, president of Hoo-Hoo Club No. 62, Stockton, and Tom Branson, Oakland, president of East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club No' 39 spoke briefly.
The Sacramento Club quartet, composed of Mitch Landis, John McBride, Willard Neilsen and Bill Tice, sang several numbers, and Joe Bobba played the accordion.
