State Association Directors and District Secretaries Meet at Fresno

Directors of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association and district secretaries of the Northern District met at the Hotel Californian, Fresno, Saturday, December 7.

A breakfast meeting was held by the directors at 8 a. m., district secretaries r,r'ho attended this meeting being guests of the association.

The San Joaquin Valley Lumbermen's Club was host to both directors and secretaries at luncheon, there being, however, no meeting of the club.

President Harry A. Lake presided at both meetings, the principal business being discussion of plans for the association's activities in 1930.

C. D. LeMaster, Sacramento Valley Lumbermen's Club, presided at both sessions of the secretaries' meeting, at which it was decided to form a Northern Secretaries' Association. Mr. LeMaster was appointed secretary of the new association.

The following directors were present: Elmer Ellis, Palo Alto Lumber Co., Palo Alto; Earl Johnson, Johnson Lumber Co., Pasadena; Chas. P. Curran, Curran Bros., Pomona; J. Frank Wright. Brey-Wright Lumber Co., Porterville; Paul Hallingby, Hammond Lumber Co., Los Angeles; A. L. Hubbard, Hubbard & Carmi,chael Bros., San Jose; C. W. Pinkerton, Whittier Lumber Co., Whittier; Jo H. Shepard, Friend & Terry Lumber Co., Sacramento; E. T.

ARTHUR B. GRISWOLD RECOVERS FROM PNEUMONIA ATTACK

Arthur B. Griswold, manager of the San Francisco office of the C. D. Johnson Lumber Company, is norv well on the way to recovery from an attack of bronchial pneumonia which has kep.t him away from the office since November 23.

Mr. Griswold lvas taken to the hospital November 29. and was for a time a pretty sick man, but was able to be removed to his home December 6.

Fred Yost Back From Nebraska

Fred Yost of the Yost-Linn Lumber Company, Los Angeles, returned the first part of the month from a three weeks' business trip to Nebraska. I

Robie, Auburn Lumber Co., Auburn; H. A. Lake, Garden Grove Lumber Co., Garden Grove; F. Dean Prescott, Valley Lumber Co., Fresno; Elmore King, King Lumber Co., Bakersfield; A. E. Fickling, Fickling Lnmber Co., Long Beach"; M. A. Harris, Van Arsdale-Ifarris Lumber Co., San Francisco, and Ralph Duncan, Merced l.umber Co., Merced.

Also present were: Dee C. Essley, manager, and Paul Overend, San Francisco, Northern field representative of the association; Max E. Cook, California Redrvood Association, San Francisco; Fred V. Holmes, Holmes-Eureka Lumber Co., San Francisco; O. A. Baker, Merced Lu,mber Co., Merced; T. A. Work, Jr., The Work Lumber Co., Monterey; R. O. Deacon, Deacon Lumber Co., Lemoore, and Z. T. Thorning, Gray-Thorning Lumber Co., Redwood City.

Secretaries who attended were M. D. Bishop, Coast Counties Lumbermen's Association, \Matsonville; Elmer Steffenson, Orange County Lumbermen's Club, Santa Ana; F. J. Waterman, Hanford-Lemoore District; E. H. Galpin, Peninsula Lumbermen's Club, Palo Alto; Ed Larson, San Jose Lumbermen's Club. San Jose; A. M. Stoodlel', Santa Cruz; R. P. Davison, Salinas Lumbermen's Club; C. D. LeMaster, Northern Counties Lumbermen's Club; S. J. Hauge, Sacramento Lumbermen's Credit Association, and Fred A. Witmer, Monterey.

W. P. FRAMBES ON EASTERN TRIP

W. P. Frambes, Fletcher & Frambes, Los Angeles, has returned from business trip to Chicago rvhgre he .conferred rvith officials of the Masonite Corporation. He also visited the company's operations at Laurel, Miss. Fletcher & Frambes are distributors of Masonite in Southern California, Arizona and Western Texas. Before returning to Los Angeles, Mr. Frambes visited at Atlanta, Georgia, and Phoenix, Arizona.

\v. D. MARTIN WILL SPEND WINTER IN CALIFORNIA

W. D. Martin, sales manager for the Stange Lumber Co., Merrill. Wisconsin, has arrived in California and will spend the winter at Santa Monica. The Stange Lumber Co. are hardwood manufacturers.