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Parson Simpkin Sequoia Memorial Dedicated
(Continued from Page 13) appreciation of the honor done to their father by this memorial.
Dr. Tully C. Knoles in his address said he considered it a privilege to pay a tribute to this man who had had such an influence on the Hoo Hoo Order 'and on the industry he represented. He concluded by reading Douglas Malloch's poem "The Parson's Creed."
Tom Gardner, secretary of the Central California Lumbermen's Club, Stockton, who was the originator of the idea of the memorial tree, was then asked by the chairmal to unveil the bronze plaque, which was set in a laqgre boulder placed close to the base of the tree.
The inscription on the plaque is as follows:
Io the Memory of ..PARSON'' PETER A. SIMPKIN
Supreme ChaPlain
Concatenated Order of Hoo Hoo
The Fraternal Order of Lumbermen
He Knew and Loved the Forest And Was a Friend to Man
Dedicated
October 11, 1931
1866-1930
The tree is 280 feet high, and 18 feet in diameter five {eet above the base. The Calaveras Grove of Big Trees is approximately 80 miles from Stockton, over a splendid highway.
Many Hoo Hoo notables were in attendance, and in addition io those already mentioned these included the following: H. S. Morton, Oakland, late Supreme Jjrbberwock; Bert Fryan, Oakland, Vicegerent Snark of the Golden Gate District; Ray B. Cox, Berkeley, past president, East Bay Hoo Hoo Clirb; Larue Woodson, San Francisco, president, East Bay Hoo Hoo Club; Geo. W. Robinson, Viceg_erent Snark, Stockton District, and Robert S. Grant, former Vicegerent Snark, Golden Gate District.
Change Of Office
The Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co. announces the removal of their Los Angeles office to 305 Union Insurance Building. Their telephone number will be the sameVAndike 8792.
IDo You Know That
Redwood Piling is now specified on many State, County' and other jobs?
BECAUSE it is lowet in price than othet Pilng' lasting qualities consideted. ft is a California product.
We sell it to lumber yards at prices which enable them to meet competition.
