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dock knocked out by a typhoon and helped in the preliminarv survey of. 17 miles of logging railroad. The establishing of standards for the grading of hardrvood rvas also part of his job. Hos'ever, after six months of travel through the Orient he came home.

John R. Freeman

John R. Freeman, ansrvering to Johnny rvherever men have to do rvith Redrvood, is a scientist in training and a fisherrnan at heart. It is hard to knon- l'hich comes first in the telllng, but there is, no question that he rvas born in Sacramento in 1902. He attended the Unir-ersitv of California, wliere he received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1927, but before he li-'oked for a job after graduating, he went on a three months' fishing trip in }lontana and Canada.

Fishing interests paralleled his scientific interests, but he did not ncglect the latter After rvorking in the lumber industry for a rvhile, he returned to college. and in 1932 u,as granted a scholarship and technical assistantship in teaching at the graduate school of Forestry, Universitv of California. A{ter advanced study he obtained a l\Iaster's Degree in u'ood technology and econornics, and t'as later elected to the Forestry llonor Society. Sigma Pi. It rvas after this that he l;egan his rvork l'ith the California Redrvood Association in 1933.

Just a year later found him gaining experience as a lumber salesman for one of the Association mills, u.hich rvas follou'ed by his entry into the farming field. He began the development of 160 acres in the lorver end of Santa Clara Valley, raising nalnuts, grapes. prunes and pears.

He returned to the Californi:r Redn'ood Association in 1947 as a field representative, and l.ras spent.the last feu. years in doing promotional rvork throughout the United States. He is norv a member of tlr€ Association's Tree Farm Committee.

Johnny's first job after graduating frorn college \\,as converting an old coal r-ard into a lumber r-ard in San Francisco. A load of Philippine hardn.ood arrived. and he found himself in the lumber business irr a big rvay.

His next move \rras to be transferred to the company's lumber mill sixty-five miles north of Zaml>oaga, IlIindanao, Philippine Islands. He had the ;ob of repairing 2000 feet of

Johnny Freeman is an authoritv on Redrvood. He has talked to a s'orld of people on the subject and is rvell knorvn throughout the country. If you \iere on an automobile trip n'ith him up through the Redrvood country, and examined the trunk of his car, regardless of rvhat his errand might be, you rvould find a complete fishing outfit. If the steelhead rvere running on the Eel, vou nright find yourself held up, or rvaiting over, until he had done a little fishing. And rrhile traveling through this Redrvood land vou rrould find that Johnnv had a unique lntelligence service. Every motel, restauranl, service station has its tipsters on where the fish are hiding, and this is c.nlv for those rvho belong to the fraternity.

No one knorvs more about the rvoods than John R. Freeman. lle has a real love for trees. Looking over his ranch rvith him. Johnnv n'ill point to this or that tree, and almost affectionetely give its story, its age, production and characteristics. His business is that of a scientist and an educator of the industry in the latest methods in conservation and producticn, but his hobbies are fishing and the care of. his ranch. In his farming rvhich is a rveek-end occupation. he is ably assisted by his u'ife, Bert, rvhom he married in 1932, knorvn before the event as I\Iyrtle Borvman.

He is e- member of San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club No. 9, Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39. Dubs Ltd., and plays golf rvith a big handicap.

San Joaquin Hoo-Hoo Club

Meeting lanuary 24

The San Joaquin Hoo-Hoo Club rvill start the Nes' Year activities lvith a Ladies Night at the Elks Club, Fresno, on Saturdal' evening, January 21. "Doc" Snead and Ham Knott are arranging the program for the evening. Dinner will be served at 8:09 p.m.. there rvill be an entertainment, and music for dancing l.ill be furnished by Lou l\fonte and his orcliestra. Door prizes rvill be arvarded during the evening.

Reservations can be made b1' rvriting or telephoning Bud Barber, P O. Ilox 627. Fresno, Calif.. phone 2-71U.

Holiday Curtailment Not Heavy

The sau'mill curtailment of production among the California san'rnills \\'as not hear'1- during the holida.r's. It is estimated that the Fir mills lost no more than 3oft of their normal production during the ts'o holiday s-eeks of Christmas and Neu' \'ears, t'hile ihe major Redrrood mills lost a little less than that amount.

Horvever there rvill be considerable curtailment of production throughout Northern California from norv on, due to rvinter logging conditions. Onlv mills rrith log decks can do any amount of cutting.

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