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New Hoo-Hoo Supreme Nine Elected Masonite to Increase Plant Facilities

Secretary B. F. Springer of the International Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo, Milwaukee, Wis., has anonunced the members of the Supreme Nine for the year 1945-46 elected at the time of the Hoo-Hoo All-Out Annual, September 10. The new Supreme Nine includes the following: Snark of the lJniverse, Don S. Montgomery, Milwaukee, Wis.; Senior Hoo-Hoo, Hal R. Dixon, Spokane, Wash.; Junior Hoo-Hoo, Joe C. L. Evans, Buffalo, N. Y.; Scrivenoter, George V. Frederickson, Baltimore ,Md.; Bojum, Lewis Godard, San Francisco, Calif.; Jabberwock, Chas. W. Goodrum, Kansas City, Mo.; Custocatian, Ray E. Saberson, St. Paul, Minn.; Arcanoper, M. J. McDonald, Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada; Gurdon, H. C. Berckes. New Orleans, La.

Wholesqle Ycrd Association Reelects Olficers

Officers of the National Wholesale Lumber Distributing Yard Association rvere reelectecl at the annual meeting held in Chicago on September 18. They are: D. Carlysle Maclea, Baltimore, president; Fred G. Christmann, St. Louis, and Frank J. Connolly, Los Angeles, vice presidents, and J. Jackson Kidd, Baltimore, secretary-treasurer.

Among the directors reelected were J. E. Higgins, San Francisco, LeRoy H. Stanton, Los Angeles, and Dallas Donnan, Seattle.

Malcolm MacDonald, of the lumber division, OPA, Washington, D. C., was present and spoke before the members on the regulations affecting distribution yards.

Chicago, Oct. 3-To meet the increased postwar demand for Masonite products, the board of directors of the Masonite Corporation today approved an expenditure of over a million dollars for expanding the facilities of its plant at Laurel, Miss., according to M. P. McCullough, president.

"When complete, the additional facilities will increase production of Masonite Presdrvoods by more than 30 per cent," Mr. NfcCullough stated. "Capacity will also be greatly enlarged for tempering the Presdwoods."

The board of directors prepared for the financing of this addition more than a year ago, when the sale o1 62,00O shares of Masonite common stock was authorized and the proceeds placed in escrow for this one purpose.

Hammond Lumber Compcrny Buys Hecldsburg Ycrrd

The Hammond Lumber Company, San Francisco, announces the purchase of the Healdsburg Lttmber Company from the owner, Len Gilbert, effective October 1.

The new manager of the Healdsburg yard is James E. Clarke, formerly manager of the St. Helena yard.

Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Meeting Oct. 16

Dr. Richard Vollrath, renowned scientist and head of the Physics Department at the University of Southern California, will be the speaker at the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club meeting, Tuesday noon, October 16, at the University Club, 614 South Hope Street, Los Angeles. His subject will be "The Atomic Bomb."