Hoo-Hoo News

G. \7. "Chris" Sechrist New Secretary San Diego Hoo-Hoo Concatenation Of Club No. 39

The San Diego Hoo-Hoo held a successful dinner party and concatenation in the Marine Room of the San Diego Hotel, Friday evening, January 28. There was a large attendance, and about 100 sat dorvn to dinner. President Carl B. Gavotto presided at the meeting.

G. W. "Chris" Sechrist u'as recently appointed secretarytreasurer of Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39, Oakland, to replace James B. (Jim) Overcast, rvho resigned because of additional duties at Strable Hardrvood Company since the retirement of B. E. (Bert) Bryan as general manager of the firm.

All club communications in the future should be addressed to G. W. Sechrist. c/o Loop Lumber & Mill Co., P.O. Box 317, Alameda, Calif. Chris has been associatecl witlr Loop Lumber & Mill Co. since 1929. He comes to the job as secretary rvith some excellent experience, having served capably in this job u'hile Jim rvas away' lor 2f years in the U. S. Army.

Chris has been a director of Club No. 39 for the past tn'o years. lle is married, has tu'o chilclren, zurcl is active in the Elks Lodge in Alameda.

Jim Overcast is the only past president of Club No. 39 rvho has also served as secretary. He rvas president of the Club in 1939, and lvas elected secretary-treasurer \n 1941 lvhen Carl R. 1\{oore resigned after 13 years of service and was made the Club's first Honorary l-ife Member. Jim is a member of Lake Merritt Post 3'19, American I-egion; a member of the board of directors, First Christian Church of Oakland; past president of the Executives' Association of Oakland, a member of Oakland Junior Chamber of Commerce.

The files of The California Lumber Merchant record the interesting fact that Jim Overcast is a vet&an of 33 years experience in the hardrvood business. He is 43 years old, was born in Greenville, Alabama, and made his start as a water boy at the age of 10 with the Richard P. Baer Hardwood Company at Magazine Point, near Mobile, Alabama, where his father, James Harry Overcast, was superinten-

Corl B. Gavotlo in the league at the present to have trvelve teams.

Harry frion, of the Dixie Lumber & Supply Co., reported on the doings of the l,umbermen's Borvling League. He said tl'rere were eight teams, represerrting lumbcr companies, time ancl next year thev hope

The April meeting rvill be a dinner party ar-rd Ben Seynlour, Bay Lumber & Supply Co., Coronada, u'ill head the committee of arrangements.

Eight Kittens rvere initiated, and there u'as otre rcinstatement. The Kittens were :

\V. Perry Acuff, Western Lumber Company San Diego

Aubert Durnell, Fir-Tex of So. California ancl

Dant & Russell Sales Co. San Diego

Nihl F. Hamilton, Jr., American I'rod., Inc. San Diego

Dean E. Graven, Whiting-Mead Co. San Diego

Richard R. Rogers, Whiting-Mead Co. San Diego

Arthur D. Hemphill, American Products, Inc. .San Diego

James E. Easterly, San Diego Lumber Co. San Diego

Wilfred L. I\{cCormick, Gla.sson Mill & Lbr. Co. San Diego

Iteinstatement :

P. Benjamin Anderson, P. D. Starr Llrr. Co. San Diego der-rt of the large lum,ber yards. He worked there Saturdays and summer vacations until he finished school. In 1924 he became a southern hardwood lumber inspector, and tn 1928 he started to rvork for the Strable Hardwood Company. He filled various positions in the firm, ancl r,r,as ma<le sales manager in 1932.

The Nine in charge of the initiation incltrdccl: Snark. Carl B. Gavotto; Senior Hoo-Hoo, Syd Smith ; Junior HooHoo, Ild Glasson ; Scrivenoter, Hugh McConnell; I3ojum, Michael N[. Gartner; Jabberwock, Herschell G. Larrick, Jr. ; Custocatian, Robert J. Creelman ; Arcanoper, Lysle D. Seibert; Gurdon, I-aymon H. Lightfoot. Ed N{artir-r read thc Code of E,thics.

Fern Trucking Company

Clffers Gomblned Service Of:

Stair

Trucking

Ccr Unlocrding

Pool Ccrr Distribution

Sorting

Sticking for Air Drying

Storing oI Any Qucmtity ol Forest Products

Ten Hecrvy Duty Trucks curd Trcilers

Fourteen 3-Axle AII Purpose Anny Lumber Trucks

Seven 16,000 lb. Litt Trucks

Twenty-Seven Acres Pcved Lcurd crt Two Ioccrtions

Served by L A. Junction Rcrilrocd

Shed Spcrce for Two Million Bocrd Feet

Spur Trcck to Accomnodcrte Thirty Rcilrocrd C,crs

Bccked by Twenty-hno yecrs ol Experience in Hcrndling Lumber cmd Forest Products

This Compcrny Is Owaed cord Opercrted by FERN-cmdo J. Negrri

4550 Mcywood Ave.,Ios Angeles lI

IEffeison 726I

Arcata Redwood Company Starts Expansion Program

Arcata Redwood Company, Arcata, Calif., is laying plans for an extensive operating i)rogranr, according to the annourlcement of President Horvard A. Libbey.

The company recently acquired 25 acres of land between Arcata and Eureka, alongside the Northr,vestern Pacific Railroad. Work has been going on there preparatory to black-topping a 10-acre piece. A 1200-foot spur track is to be installed soon.

According to company olficials, it is planned to put in a yard for air-drying lumber, u'hich rvill later be supplemented by dry kilns, a modern planing mill and dry shed. An of;flce, lunch room for employes, a small power plant, and other buildings will follorv.

Mr. Libbey states this is a lorrg range program and probably will not be completed for from two to three years.

Arcata Lumber Salcs Co. of San Francisco is sales agent for the Arcata Redwood Co., and J. J. Rea of Los Angeles is Southern California representative for Arcata Lumller Sales Co.

Phone Number Chcnged

The telephone number of R. W. lumber dealers, Los Angeles, has son 9-2173.

New Company tVill Remanufacture And Kiln Dry Redwood

Announcement is made of the organization of King Redr,vood, Inc. The company was formed for the purpose of remanufacturing and kiln drying California redwood. The mill is at Elk Creek, Humboldt County, Calif., and the remanufacturing and kiln drying will be done in modern steam dry kilns at 1405 Water Street, Long Beach. The lumber will be on sticks for from 60 to 180 days be{ore being put into the kilns.

The president of the compally is lohn E. Tsarnas. lvho has been operating in the Redwood Empire since 1907, and rvho operates a sawmill at Elk Creek, near Myers Flats. The remanufacturing, drying, and sales are in charge of the vice president of the company, Erik Flamer of Long Beach. Tlre headquarters are at 224-226 F. & M. Building, 320 Pine Avenue, Long Beach 12. The telephone isI.B 6-5237. Teletype is LB 88-029.

Dalton & Co., rvholesale been cl.ranged to MAdi-