Ten Years Ago Today

From the Files of The California Lumber Merchant, Decem6er 15, 1999

The first annual meeting of the Philippine Xfahogany Association was held in New York City on December 2. Included in the directors elected were Walter G. Scrim and Roy Barto of Los Angeles. Mr. Scrim is president of the Association.

The name of the Stege Lumber & Hardwood Company, Berkeley, was changed to the Hill Lumber & Hardrvare Company. A. P. Hill is manager.

George Burnett, Burnett Lumber Company, Tulare, returned from a trip to Nerv York and other Eastern points.

The McCloud theater at McCloud, Calif., installed the latest equipment in RCA photophones and the "talkies" are attracting large crowds. The McCloud theater is one of the finest in Northern California and was built by the McCloud River Lumber Companv as a recreational feature for their employees.

Installation of the Douglas fir borvsprit in "Old Ironsides" lvas a feature of Navy Day ceremonies at the Navy Yard in Boston. The bowsprit r'vas fashioned from four of the timbers donated to the Navy by the West Coast lumber industry. It is 61 feet long and 32 inches in diameter.

E. G. (Dave) Davis was appointed sales representative f'or the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co. to cover the territory ftom San Francisco to Monterey, and Marin, Napa and Sonoma counties. Dave has been with the company for seven years, and prior to his appointment was connected with their rail department in the San Francisco office.

H. H. Spaulding, Hemet, was elected president of the Citrus Belt Hoo-Hoo Club. Other officers elected were C' E. Peterson, Riverside, vice-president and A. R. Mills, San Bernardino, secretary-treasurer. Fred Chapin, San Bernardino, was recommended for vicegerent snark.

A silver cup was awarded to Tuolumne County at the California State Fair held in Sacramento for the most attractive display of a county product, which rvas the exhibit of the Pickering Lumber Company's lumber products.

Directors of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association and district secretaries of the Northern district met at the Hotel Californian, Fresno, Saturclav, December" 7. The San Joaquin Valley Lumbermen's Club rn'as host to the directors and secretaries at ltrncheon. !ilewy