T\TENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY

Ar rcportGd in Thc Cclifornie Lumbd Mcrchant January 15, 1925

Gray's Harbor, Washington, held a celebration on January 8 of the shipping of its billionth foot of lumber in 1924. Of this total a little over half went to California, shipped in 468 vessels.

A total of. 412 coastwise lurnber vessels stopped for lurnber at C<ros llay, Oregon, during the year 1924.

The E. K. Woocl Lumber Cornpany has just conrpteted its splcndi<l new office building at their 48th Street plant in Los Angeles. Frank Curran is general manager and Al Privett is assistant general manager.

Thc Lurnber S:rlesrnan's Club of San Francisco has conductetl an essay writing contest on the subject "Sttggestions for inrproving retail sales of lumber in San Francisco." E. 'S. I3rush, Loop l-urnber Con-rpany, got first prize, and Richard C. Jones of the Van Arsdale-Harris Lurnber Company got secon<l prize.

Gordon Iillis, forester, wood tree farm for the is supervising the starting of a Re<lMendocino Lunrber Conrpany near

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Mendocino County, California. Five hundred in the first planting.

All of the Hoo-Hoo Clubs in California held special nreetings in the last several weeks. holiday carrying fleet of

The Iluchanan Lumber Company is a new wholesale lumber concern in San Francisco, representing Dant & Russell, of Portland. The firm is composed of C. R. Iluchanan, W. S. llussell, Irl. C. Graves, and R. C. Turner.

Purchasc of the steamer Point Arena for lumber purposes gives the Hart-Wood I-urnber Company .a eight lunrber carriers serving California ports.

Ho<-r-Hoo Club No. 9 held a big Christmas party on Decenrber 24 in the Palace Hotel in San Francisco with President Rod Hendrickson in charge.

Charles L. Miller, president of the Pacific Door & Sash Cornpany, Los Angeles, was married on December 30 at the Mission Inn, Itiverside, to Miss Mitzi Maul, of Los Angeles.

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Chiccgo Hcs Hoo-Hoo Club

Chicago's first Hoo-Hoo Club was organized on Tuesday, Nor.entber 22. Previous to this meeting Chicagoans were on a chapter level but norv stand on an equal basis ivith all clubs throughout the nation. The large attendance at this inaugural meeting indicated that the nelvly formeC club u.ill be an active one.

R. R. Clegg, 47881, vicegerent snark and district sales manager of American Lumber & Treating Co., was master of ceremonies and presented the nominating committee's slate of offrcers for the 1949-50 season. The officers, unanimously elected, are: President, H. F. Hasbrook, Chicagc & Riverdale Lbr. Co.; lst Vice President, E. W. Hamrnerschmidt, Hammerschmidt Lumber & Fuel Company; 2nd Vice President, T. L. Riordan, Harris Bros. Co. ; SecretaryTreasurer, H. P. Pool, Weyerhaeuser Sales Co.

Two members of the Supreme Nine, Ben Springer, fnternational secretary, and Ed Fischer, Milwaukee, Supreme Bojum and director of Jurisdiction No. 2, addressed the Chicago members. Ben Springer explained the traditions and historv of Hoo-Hoo. Ed Fischer gave suggestions on horv to keep activity high. Secretary Springer then installed the new officers and vicegerent snark Clegg presented the gavel to newly elected President Hasbrook.

Roy Hills in Southern Ccrl.

Roy Hills. of San Francisco, one of the orvners of \\rendling-Nathan Company, spent a .iveek in Los Angeles recentl-v, accompanied by Mrs. Hills. He found time to see tl.re Rose Parade, the Rose Bowl game, and quite a fe'iv horse races.