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Sqn Frqncisco ond Redwood Empire Hoo-Hoo to Tour Son Quentin

The San Francisco and Redwood Empire Hoo-Hoo clubs have combined forces for an unusual and interesting March program a tour of San Quentin Prison, set for Saturday evening, March 26. Over a year and a half in the making, the tour presents a rare opportunity for a once-in-a-lifetime glimpse into prison life at one of the nation's most famous corrective institutions.

The conducted tours are held only once a month and are limited to 100 persons, ladies cordially invited, according to Dave Davis, rvho arranged the tour with San Quentin officials.

Members of both clubs are urged to reserve their tickets early to avoid missing out on the long-awaited prog_ram' Only 40 tickets are available to the Redwood Empire HooHoo Club membership (contact Duane Bennett, Mead Clark Lumber Co.) and 60 ducats for San Francisco HooHoo Club 9 members (contact Dave Davis at Talbot Lumber Co., or Ben Ward at Ward & Knapp, San Francisco).

The meeting place will be at the main gate at 6:15 p.m. sharp. Late arrivals will be turned back because the tour is conducted (naturally) in a single group. Dinner in the prison's main dining hall is included and service will be by trustee inmates. Following dinner, the group will be entertained by some exceptionally fine talent.

' The price? $2.00 per ticket includes everything: the tour (including death row, the gas chambers, recreational and work shops, etc.), an excellent dinner show ! The date again is March 26, sharp, and the place is the main gate of and the all-inmate the time 6:15 p.m. San Quentin Prison.

Rolph Mcrnnion to Heqd Doly Ciry Firm

Daly City-Ralph Mannion, for the past two years with Gameiston-& Green Lumber Co. in San Francisco, has been named manager of Alpha Plywood Corp., 2295 Junipero Serra Blvd., in Daly City. Mannion, a plywood and hardwood vet from way back, spent many years with the J. E. Higgins Lumber Company organization and a few years baJk- became a distributoi in his own right as managing partner of Grey-Mannion Plywood Co. in San Francisco. Assisting Mannion on an outside sales post will be Oscar Galten.

Spring Meeting April 28-29

The Spring meeting of the Northern California Section of the Foresi- Producti Research Society will be held April 28 and 29 at the Sheraton-Palace hotel in San Francisco' "Aspects of Plywood Manufacture" will be the theme of the -meeting and the tentative program will include three sessions cdvering Manufacturing, Finishing Specification and lJses, and Marketing Aspects. In addition, a banquet is planned at the Sheraton-Palace for the evening of Ap;il 28.

Aborigine lumber Compony Opens Los Angeles Distribution Wqrehouse

Jim Rogers, general manager of Aborigine Lumber Co., Longview, Washington, announces the opening of sales offices and warehouse facilities at IO22 Santa Fe Ave., Los Angeles, for the purpose of servicing retail dealers and remanufacturing plants with KD Western Alder. Brooks Pendleton, veteran Northern California lumberman, has been placed in charge of the new operation.

"Although we have three production mills at Fort Bragg, California, all of the fir from this operation is distributed in the San Francisco Bay area. Our intention in the Southland market is sales and distribution of dimension Pacific Coast hardwoods and we carry adequate stocks for immediate delivery," said Pendleton.

Wesfern Pine Supply Go. Adds Bill Holihqn to Stqff

Emeryville-The addition of well-known redwoodman

Bill Holihan to the sales force of Western Pine Supply Co. is announced by WPSco head Phil McCoy. Holihan will take over the Coast Counties territory formerly serviced by Jerry Fernandez, who was recently elevated to salesmanager at the head office.

Holihan, who holds redwood his specialtl, was originally trained by the old Redwood Sales Company in San Francisco and later moved out into the Northern California territory for Holmes Eureka Lumber Co. When it was purchased by The Pacific Lumber Company in December 1958, he moved into the wholesale ohase of the business with Talbot Lumber Conrpany, covering the same territory he will again service for Western Pine Supply.

New Homes in Eost Bcy Areo

Fremont Village is a new $15 million subdivision now under construction in Fremont, East Bay, California. Tl.re community is to have 1,000 low-to-medium-priced l-romes built by Perma-Built lIomes, Inc. Eventually the developrr-rent will have its own schools, parks and recreational facilities. A SO-acre shopping center is planned for the adjoining property.

Tl-re homes rvill have three bedrooms, two-car garages and kitcl-rens with mahogany cabinet storage. Oak hardwood floors and conventional foundations are standard. Plastic-topped breakfast bars, dressing table vanities, cedar closet floors, fiberglass screenirrg, ceramic tile, aluminurn sliding glass doors and window casements, ceclar shingle sicling and brick facing are construction features.

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