Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 Has Become an Institution

With almost 17 years of continuous activity behind it and with every indication of a useful and prosperous future, Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 of Oakland is one of the most important lumbermen's clubs in the country.

Organized at a luncheon in Oakland on February 18, 1925, with an attendance of 49, its meetings have been well attended ever since that time. For the first few years luncheon meetings were held, but it was found later that dinner meetings brought out larger attendances and gave more time for hearing worth while speakers and for carrying on the various activities of the organization.

One of the big factors in the success of the Club is the 'interest taken by the past presidents, who have been ex officio members of the board of directors since 1931.

Past presidents who are active as advisory members of the board include the following: Clem Fraser, H. Sewall Morton, Bert Bryan, Ray B. Cox, Larue Woodson, C. I. Gilbert, G. F. Bonnington, Miland R. Grant, Henry M. Hink, S. C. Forsey and Tom Branson.

The Club has done much charitable work throughout the years, and its Good Fellowship Christmas Fund, created 11 years ago, has assisted many lumbermen who were in need from one cause or another during that period. This Fund has never failed to attain its quota.

The annual Reveille of Northern and Central California lumbermen, sponsored by the Club, inaugurated in 1933, has become a great get-together meeting f,or men in all branches of the lumber industry. The annual golf tournament is held in connection with the Reveille.

Another popular annual afiair is the Club's Christmas party, to be held this year at Hotel Leamington, Oakland, on Friday evening, December 19.

The present officers of the Club are Lewis A. Godard, president; George Clayberg, vice-president, and Jas. B. Overcast, secretary-treasurer.

It is fitting that mention should be made here of Carl R. Moore, who served the organization as secretary-treasurer for 14 years, resigning a few months ago to take a position out of town. In accep'ting his resignation the directors made Carl the Club's only life member.

Last year's paid up membership was just over 100. The membership committee is out this year to raise the total to 125. All lumbermen are welcomed at the meetings.

Club No. 39 has done and will continue to do a good job in fostering better acquaintanceship among lumbermen.

Masonite Corp. \(lill Hava Christmas Party

The Masonite Corporation has issued a cordial invitation to the lumber and building material trades to attend a Christmas Party, Wednesday, December 24, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at their new offices and display rooms, 3926 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles. W. P. Frambes, Western Manager, and his staff will welcome the visitors.

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Third Edition of Catalog of Lumber Publications Ready

Washington, November L7'---The third edition of Lumber Literature, a catalog of all publications available through the Federated Associations of lumber manufacturers which compose the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, is ready for distribution.

This 4x9 inch catalog, illustrates, describes or lists over 200 different books, booklets and folders about lumber, covering topics such as-light and heavy construction, boats, caskets, export information, fences, forestry, furniture, grading rules, motor courts, pattern making, ready-prepared advertising, species data, trailer construction, veneers and wood handicraft.

Copies of Lumber Literature can be obtained, free of charge, from the National Lumber Manufacturers Associaciation, 1337 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, D. C.

Low-Rcnt Housing Contract Approyed

Approval of a $542,800 contract with the E. C. Nesser Co. for,construction of a slum-clearance project at 88th St. and Avalon Blvd., Los Angeles, was announced by the United States Housing Authority in Washington.

Mr. Nesser said that the work on the project, providing for the construction of. 164 low-rent dwelling units, probably will begin within the next week and a half. It will be finished within six months, he stated.

Families of workers employed in near-by airplane factories and shipyards will benefit by the project, Mr. Nesser said.

Gain in Los Angeles Building

Los Angeles answered the need for more houses during the first 11 months of this year to such an extent that building permit totals climbed $13,500,000 over what they were for a like period last year.

This was revealed by the city Building and Safety Department, which reported 41,026 permits, valued at $81,916,470, have been issued since Jan. 1.

During November there were 2855 permits f.or $6,557,326 worth of building, a major increase over the $5,264,72I total of November,l94O,

Enlarge Yard And Add Equipment

Wholesale Lumber Distributors, Inc., Oakland, recently enlarged their yard by taking over adjoining space. They have added to their equipment a new Ross Carrier, making a fleet of four of these carriers. They also operate a Ross Lift-Truck.

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Good Fellowghip Christmas Fund

More than half this year's quota of East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club's Good Fellowship Christmas fund has already been subscribed, according to Fund Chairman Jas. McNab.

There is no limit on the number of "Shares of Happiness" that may be purchased by any firm or individual, .he says, and reminds that the disbursement committee's activities are limited only by the total annual subscriptions.

Shares are available at $1.50 each. Checks should be made payable to Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 and mailed to the Fund Committee Chairman, Jas. McNab, c/o E. K. Wood Lumbei Co.- 2lll Frederick Street. Oakland. Calif.

Al Nolan Back On Job

Al Nolan, \Mestern sales manager of The Pacific Lumber Company, returned to his office December 4 following his recovery from an automobile accident in which he received a broken collar bone. The accident occurred on November 9 and Al considers himself fortunate to have escaped without more serious injuries. His wife and daughter, who were riding with him, were not seriously hurt.

Appointed Yard Manager

Geo. J. Hilton, Jr., formerly in the Los Angeles office of the San Pedro Lumber Co., ha,s been appointed manager of their Whittier yard. He succeeds Tom Burnett who has been transferred to the Los Angeles office.

How Lumber Lookt

(Continued from Page 4) vember 8, X) mills reporting, gave orders as 71,318,000 feet, shipments 75,713,000 feet, and production 7O104,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 263.743.000 feet.

The Southern Pine Association for the week ended November D, lO7 mills reporting, gave orders as 25,456,000 feet, shipments D,Wp00 feet, and production 28,289,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 108,806.000 feet.

Lumber cargo receipts at Los Angeles Harbor for the week ended December 6 totaled 13,762,W feet as compared with 16,174,000 feet the previous week.

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Proposed Price Ceiling on Southern

Hardwoods Discuss€d at Meeting

Several hundred hardwood lumber manufacturers of the Southern states met with Peter Stone in the Roosevelt Hotel, in New Orleans, Friday, December 6th, and spent the day discussing the proposal of the Of6ce of Price Administration to fix a ceiling on Southern hard'r,vood products. After listening to the opinions of the mill men for five hours, Mr. Stone took the matter under consideration. There seemed little doubt in the minds of the'lumbermen present that some sort of ceiling will be fixed in the very near future. A lumber committee composed of one manufacturer from each of the Southern hardwood producing states will probably be called on by Mr. Stone for another meeting, to work out details.

Lumber Strike at San Diego Ends

The strike at the San Diego lumber yards called December 1 by the A.F.L. millmen and truck drivers ended December 8 and more than 1300 men returned to work. Lumber handlers were given a lGcent-an-hour increase and skilled mechanics an 8-cent-an-hour raise. The workers had asked for an increase of. l7l cents.

Newr Flashes

Paul Revert, manager of The Red River Lumber Company's Los Angeles warehouse, was a recent business visitor to Las Vegas, Nevada.

Larue Woodson, Wheeler Osgood Sales Corp., San Francisco, returned December 13 from a visit to the Southern California territory.

G. R. Bleecker, manager of Westfir Lumber Co., Westfir, Ore., was in San Francisco recently on his way home from an Eastern business trip.

L. A. Morrison, San Francisco, California representative of Eastern & Western Lumber Co., has returned from a business trip to Arizona.

The 604ton wooden lumber schooner Willapa, bound from Marshfield, Oregon, to San Francisco, foundered off Port Orford, Oregon, December 3. She was carrying a cargo of more than 1,000,000'feet of lumber.

All of the crew ol 24 were rescued by the Coast Guard station at Port Orford.