We Only Missed By Two

One of the great old kid stories is about Mrs. Cohen who was boasting to several of her neighbors about what a wonderful arithmetic scholar her little boy Ikey was. She said, "just to gif you an idea, Ikey, how much is nine plus three?" Ikey replied without hesitation: "Fifteen." "See," said the proud mother "he only missed it by one."

That's the way this journal was recently when we talked editorially about trees, those that shed their leaves in the fall and grow them again in the spring, and those that are evergreen. We right upped and said that the coniferous species of trees w€ar their green the year around.

We got straightened out in a hurry. ft seems that there are two coniferous species whose leaves turn yellow and fall off in the Fall. One of them, so the books say, is the

Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club Golf Tournament and Christmas Party

The Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club held a golf tournament and the annual Christmas Party at the Oakmont Country Club, Glendale, on Friday, December 12.

92 golfers took part in the tournament and Jim Forgie, chairman of the golf committee, presented the prizes. The winners were:

Low Gross, Davidson Plywood & Lumber Co. trophy, Hervey Bowles, Long-Bell Lumber Co.

First Flight-first prize, George E. Ream trophy, Fred Calhoun; second prize, The California Lumber Merchant trophy, Russ Bond, American Hardwood Co.

Second Flight-first prize, Weyerhaeuser Sales Company trophy, f S. Brown, Industrial Lumber Co.; second prize, Roy Stanton trophy, Helmer Hoel, Claremont Lumber Co.

Third Flight-first prize,. Atlas Lumber Co. trophy, Roland Hoene, Davis Lumber Co.; second prize, Bohnhoff Lumber Co. trophy, George Ream, Western Hardwood Lumber Co.

The guest prize was won by Bill Bradley, U. S. Plywood Corp., and the Dubs prize v/ent to Tom Philips, LawrencePhilips Lumber Co. They received trophies donated by the Club. Henry Pasek, Dudley-Thomas Lumber Co., won the blind bogey prize.

President Don Bufkin presided over the after dinner festivities. Winners of the door prizes were Ray Smith, Bob Hoover, Fred Calhoun, Sterling Wolfe., Tom Fox, Jack Maddison, Max Gill, Brace Gurnee, Fred Hartung, John Jewett and Don Lee.

$250 was collected and will be presented to the LeRol"s Boys Home at LaVerne.

In behalf of the'Club, Dee Essley presented Harvey Koll of the Golf Committee with a plaque which carried the following inscription: "Los Angetes Hoo-Hoo Club No. 2In recognition and appreciation-Harvey W. Koll-long and selfless service has contributed in such great measure to the success of Hoo-Hoo." lfarvey rvas given a standing round of applause and a Big Nine.

The entertainment program was tops and was enjoyed by the large crowd. George Clough introduced George