"Planning attexpansion? Call San Antonio!"

SAYS FRANK RUGGIERI, President. San Antonio Construction Co.

"San Antonio designs and constructs better buildings for the lumber industry. This new mill building (photo above) which we recently completed to house re-manufacturing facilities at Huff Lumber Co., Santa Fe Springs, Calif., is a good example of the versatility of our pole buildings. Huff has also ordered several of our storage warehouses for dry stock.

"Regardless of your requirements, call us fr.rst. Or ask the man who owns one. He'll tell you that San Antonio offers the complete construction package, at a price that's hard to beat. Call me for details!"

Pioneer of pole construction, Son Antonio experience ond know-how builds long-losting rigid pole buildings for every use. Give us o coll! Our stoff of engineers will be hoppy to help you design lhe building thqt best suits your porliculor needs.

y' All buildings engineered and designed by licensed engineers

J Insuraoce rates considerably less-yet full coverage y' All poles cemented to a depth of six feet y' Never needs painting-won't rub off on clothes y' No odor y' Safe against earthquake, wind and weather hazards

J Designs meet all building code requirements

NORTHERN DIVISION

Hwy. 99 W. One mile south of Williqms, Cqlifornio P.O. Box 837

Areq Cede 916/473-5381

ANY MEN WITH the priceless gift of words have turned their pens to the depicting of the sacrament of Friendship; but all other words fall into unseen background comparison with the inspired declaration of the Carpenter:

BY JACK DIONNE

continually {or some opportunity to serve and help and boost and assist in any possible *uy. .* r* *

The man who has that concept of friendship never lacks friends. How could he? I know of no better method of keeping wonderfully alive than by working at your friendships.

-n

..GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS". (Verse 13. Chapter 15, of the Book of John). *

Many of His most inspiring declarations are to be found in two or more of the Gospels. But only John, the writer who spoke little of parables but seemed to concentrate on quoting beautiful words and phrases of the Maste.; *t""r* us this priceless thing.

Vhat is friendship? To me it means understanding, loyalty and helpfulness. Friendshi,p is not a passive thing-or should not be. It should be an active intent and purpose to do something for that other fellow. I know men who have been blessed by the trust of men-who absolutely amaze me by their high concept of the duties and responsibilities of a friend. A friend, to such men as I mention, is one whom you keep ever in your thoughts and seek

Talk about an ideal pledge for all of us: "I pledge myself for the next year to be a better friend to all my friends than I have ever been before". Take your friendships seriously. Be a useful, helpful, understanding friend-but, above all else, be an active {riend, and keep your friendships well practiced up.

Friendliness, tolerance, fellowship, interest in others, a determination to be joyful and keep those you contact cheered up-these are the things that will make you truly alive and h"ppy; and the finest of these is friendship.

This last colum.n ol his Vagabond Editori.als was written by lack Dionne shortly belore his death. A lull tribute to him appears on pages six and seaen ol this issue.-Editor.

L.A. Club Storfs Strong in'66

Fifty golfers stroked in the new year at Candlewood Country Club in the first L.A. Hoo-Hoo golf tournament oI 1966. Due to an excellent program being announced earlier, all the golfers and a few more members and guests 'brought total attendance to 57 for the dinner meeting.

Bob Knoop, second baseman of the California Angels and Tom Lasorda, scout for the Los Angeles Dodgers gave excellent talks about their respective organizations and colorful anecdotes on their own careers as well as some others on the teams.

Golf prize winners were: low gross, 7I, Ralph Irwin I low net, 65, Mike Bivins; low guest, Don Knox of Modern Materials.

First flight winners were: first low net. Don Gow, 70 and second low'net, "Bud" Nelson, 71.

Second flight, first low net, Bill Doherty, 70 and second low net, Clarence Bohnhofi, 7I.

Third flight, first low net, Pat Regan, 74 and second low net, Walt Smith, 77. The Hacker was won by Bob Norgen with I00 plus.

Another record of $orts was established with 4l advance reservations being made for dinner. Jerry McGuire won the transistor radio. Draw was from those names on the advance list.

Naturally there was a raffie, with 17 prizes being awarded to the winners. So that the prizes won't have to be shared with anyone, no names will be given of the winners. The prizes were fifths of booze.

There were a number of guests at the meeting, many who will be coming into the club at the next concat. Among the guests were Dave Horgrave, Al Porter, Don Knox, Teenas De Jong, Stu Russell, Joe Frabut, Frank Salmon and Chuck Lember.

Al Kelley lo Eugene

Al Kelley, a warm and solid fixture in northern California's lumber fraternity for scores of years, announced last month the moving o{ his Alameda offices to 1080 Patterson Street, Eugene, Oregon, where he hopes to better serve his California customers as well as his Oregon suppliers.

Although Al plans to make frequent trips into the Bay Area and the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys where he's been wholesaling for so many years, the Bay Area industry couldn't help but feel that they had sufiered a real loss-and that Eugene had gained a real lumberman.

Al has be.en a leader in the aftairs of Hoo-Hoo and is a past president of Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club 39. He will continue to represent Medford Corporation in the area as he has done for the past 20 years.

Vqn De Nor Prpmotes Dovis

Dave Davis has been named vice-president and director of the Van De Nor Lumber Co., Richard B. Norriso the firm's secretary-treasurer has announced.

Davis has been in redwood sales for fortythree years and for the past three years has been handling sales for Van De Nor Lumber Sales, Inc., which headquarters in Eureka. H6 will continue in this capacity.

Van De Nor Lumber Co., cuts approximately 20,000 M feet annually of old growth redwood at their Arcata sawmill. The kilns and refinishing plant are at their headquarters in Eureka.

Van De Nor was established in 1945 and William G. Norris is president. I

Hunt qnd Evqns Sell Fibreboqrd Stock

Hunt Foods & Industries, Inc., has sold its more than 250,000 shares of Fibreboard Paper Products Corp. and Evans Products Co. has disposed of its 219,339-share Fibreboard holdings, the companies said.

Hunt Foods' holdine. valued at more than $8.6 million. and Evans' holding valuei at more than $7.5 million, were sold to private investors for cash, spokesmen said.

Hunt Foods' shares represented about I3/o and Evans' shares about l2/o of Fibreboardos oustanding shares. The disposal by Hunt apparently ends that company's attempt to take over Fibreboard and effect a merger of it with Evans.

In Los Angeles, a spokesman for Hunt said "it was an advantageous sale," undertaken because the company'ofelt the sale to be constructive and in the interest of all Fibreboard stockholders."

In Portland, Ore., a spokesman for Evans declined to disclose why it sold its Fibreboard stock.

In San Francisco, George W. Burgess, Fibreboard presidento said that Hunt and Evans had sold their stock to a "number of Texas investors who acquired the holdings for investment purposes.t'

"No S<rle'n on Am. Fqctors

Georgia-Pacific Corp. has lost out on its bid to buy one of Hawaii's largest firms because its offer was too low.

Harold C. Eichelberger, president of American Factors Ltd., one of Hawaii's 'oBig Five'2 companies, indicated to stockholders that Georgia-Pacific's recent ofier to buy out the company at the market value of $32 per share apparently was not in tothe interests of all of you as stockholders."

The Georgia-Pacific offer would have amounted to .56 per cent of a share of its $57 stock for each share of Amfac stock.

Firm Chonges Nome

Old-timers, in the San Dieguito area are getting accustomed to a new name for one of the areaos oldest business firms.

Herschel Larrick, president of Solana Lumber & Builders Supply, has announced that the pioneer building materials firm will be called Solana Lumber Company.

The name change was brought atbout in an effort to simplify identification of the company.

"It seemed fitting and proper," Larrick said, 'oto devise a shorter, more streamlined name to go along with the many changes we have efiected in our merchandising picture."

Wood ReseErcher Retires

Dr. Roy L. Baechler, research chemist whose career at the U.S. Forest Products Laboratory has been stamped by some of the most important developments in wood preservation of the last 30 years has retired.

Discoverer of the toxic properties of chlorinated phenolq Dr. Baechler helped launch a new family of wood preservatives that today rivals creosote in use and surpasses it in versatility. Among millwork manufacturers, builders and designers, as well as the wood preservation industry, pentachlorophenol has become virtually a household word.

Dr. Baechler has also become widely known for the double difiusion process of treating wood with preservatives, which he devised in the ,1940's. This simple difiusion process enables farmers and others to treat green wood with water-soluble chemicals that, once in the wood" react with each other to become insoluble, hence cannot be leached out by water.

TFHIRTY BOYS AND girls from the San Franr cisco Boy's Club uere again gucsts of San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club 9 at tht' <:luli's traditional Christmas Party.

Although the format remained much the same a-* in previous years, thc scr:ne of tht' partv was switched from the St. l'rancis Hotel to tht' l'airmont Hotel. Tht' party also shattered a thrt't'-1ear attt'ndanr:e rttord, thanks to the diligent effort-s of tit'kt't chairmen Bill (lartt'r and Ray Rvan and tht'ir ti<'kt't "pushers."

'Ihe usual rect'ption wa-. held in the Fairmont's F-ounttrin lloom where the adults relaxed with their frit'nds lx'[ore tht'y joined the L.xcited loungsters who wt'rt' enioying Christrnas tlinner in the adjoining Crystal lloonr.

Followirrg lun<:ht'on" Clulr 9 put on a hal{ hour