New locale brightens club's annual outing

'II/TOVING from a high to a low desert J-Yl locale for this year's family outing, Los Angeles Hoo.Hoo Club 2 weekended at the Shadow Mountain Country Club in Palm Deserl Calif. A good move.

Not changed was the successful routine t?S'ir.; F*st of door prizes for all the gals, golf, tennis, flight: Don Stobaugh; 2nd flight: Don swimming and good times for all and a Bailey; 3rd flight: Wayre Gardner. welcome blast of hot desert sun. Taking home the hardware irr the Retailer Ken Kenoffel of Arkay Lumber women's division were Tine McGuire, low Co., Burbank, Calif., won low gross in gross; Vicky Barnes, low netl runner up, the men's golf; Bill Fox won low net. First Dolores Coleman.

66f F YO|J CAYT find it at Big Pines. r then nobody's got it!"

Enviable reputation for a lumber yard to have? You bet it is. But that's the reputation that Big Pines Lumber Co. enioys in Medford, Oregon. And it's one they have had to earn. But earned it thev have. as they have strived to be foremost in ,nerchandising and promotion in this picturesque town of 30,000 people situated near the world-famed Rogue River.

The history of Big Pines Lumber goes back to l90B when present owner Burt Thierolf's father started the business wirh two other men. In later years, old-time names, like W. E. W'endling of Wendling-Nathan Lumber Co., were linked intimately with the business. In I9IB, Burt's {ather became sole owner of the business.

From 1908 to 1916. Rig Pines had been a chain of yards encompassing outlying towns like Cold Hill, Eagle Point and Talent. By the time of World War I, truck ownership had become widespread and it became fashionable for the farmer to come to the "big city," so Big Pines closed down it-. smaller yards and concentrated all its efiorts in Medford.

Present management notes a similarity between conditions frorn lglB-1932 and conditions now. Big Pines still has notes in their files from those years "when ten percent was very common." Common practirc was lor the promissory noies to have the rate of interest filled in by the printero and ten percent was the usual ! But owner lJurt Thierolf recalls his dad's