This company says thanks to its friends in a big way

A MAJOR social event of the past year 'fa was the seventh annual Al Thrasher Lumber Company Christmas dinner dance, in Ukiah. Glif.

Al Thrasher, the host, noted that this is his way to say "Merry Christmas" to employees, business associates and friends.

Highlight of the affair was the performance of "Sing Out Ukiah," the community's boy and girl singing groupr seventy-five young songsters, following which they were presented a gift of $1200 to carry on their fine work.

Eight hundred fifty guests were served dinner. A cocktail party preceded the banquet at the House of Garner. And the following Sunday, guests were served breakfast, also at the House of Garner. This was followed by a tour oI the plant at Calpella.

Seated at the head table at the banquet were Mr. and Mrs. Al Thrasher, Mr. and and Mrs. BarneY Fetzer, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Elmer. Mr. and Mrs' Bill

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Flying and bussing in customers and friends bY the hundreds, Al Thrasher again used a mammoth party as his firm's way of saying thanks.

King, Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Ingram, Mr. and Mrs. John Harper, Ed Greiner, assistant to the president of Masonite Corporation, (Harper is general manager of Ukiah's Masonite Corp. plant) ; Ernest Anderson, attorney, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Parman and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Prinele.

Decorations in the giant hall were light' ed candles, red and green ornaments' Christmas greenery and a central piece, the huge Chrisimas tree fully decked with fes' tive ornaments.

Introductions were made bY host Al Thrasher and his associates Tim Wood and Betty Foster. These included emp!9y9T, directors, machinery users, public officialsr loggers, community friends, press, -whole' ,uIJt. uttd many key people in the lumber industry.

Thrasher spoke of the progress made during the year by his company. Research and Jevelopment work has brouglrt new machinery and techniques which have am' plified thi company's productivity' Cutting pro"".."t improved by these new develop' ments, pateni applied for, have aroused in' terest from many parts of this country and Canada.

Guests were welcomed from Portland, Eugene, Los Angeles and Chicago' Sp-ecial ".iit *u. giv"n to Ruth Wood (wi{e of .ales manager Tim Wood) who arranged for four bu-ses to bring guests from Palo, Alto, Calif. Los Angeles guests were picked up at the San Francisco airport. Courtesy cars shuttled guests from motels, arranged for bv their host, to the various events' Ev"ry detail for the comfort and enjoy-' ,n"r,i of the large group was anticipated and fulfilled admirablY.

In his introductory remarks, Thrasher noted that the company had shippeil 539 carloads and 5,277 truck loads of lumber during the year, a total o{ 83,863,002 feet of lumber produced and shipped out.