SHAKES ARE OPE]I .AIR DRIED

fhe wise builder knows thot llqture dries best o o .

There reallr, isn't uruc]r of ir trick to dn'ing a pre-stirinccl ceclar shakeit votl ilre s'illilrg to takc the tinre and go to thc troultle of clring the jolt riglit. Dozelrs of e'rperirnclrts hrn'e been triecl in un t'{Iort to ffncl a "r1uick" s'av to ckr the job. Hot lights, hot air. trncl hot ideirs of it dozen kincls hirve been triecl. \\'e irt Colonial Ceclal Courpanv hrrve sturlit'd rrll of the slxrrt-cut strg{estiorrs. an<l u'e'r'e founcl thirt nothirig beats good old mother nirture for clrving shakt' sttirr.

So u'e jtrst use rrrother nilture.

\\/e trrke thc time to "htrnq Fititc Shrrkcs out to clrr"' in the goocl old frt'sli air. Takes tr lot <lf <l<ling. ir lot of storing. a lot of rr'aitirrg: ltrrt it assrrres rrs tlrirt \\'c :rre giving Fititc Shirkcs the bcst staiu c'clverirgc irr tht' ltrrsiuess. LIar c vorr cornparecl Fititc Sliakes u'itli thc rest?

BV lacA Siaaac

Age not guaranteed---Some I have told lor 20 ycaru---Sornc Les.

\Vhere His Teeth Went

The famous stuttering wit, Joe Frisco, is an inveterate horse player. In fact most of the stories he tells, and are told on him, are about the races.

Joe approached one of his prosperous Hollywood friends and asked for the loan of a hundred dollars. He said he was having a new plate made by his dentist, and had to have the hundred to get the teeth. The friend handed him the hundred

Woodwork Institute of California

Holds Annual Meeting

Robert Hogcrn

At the second annual meeting of the Woodwork Institute of California, Robert Hogan of Hogan Lumber Company, Oakland, was elected president. The event took place last February 25 in San Francisco. There were 36 members in attendance from all parts of the State. The by-laws were amended to increase the directorship from 10 to 15 members. Bob Hogan in addressing the meeting said that its first objective should be to increase the membership, for only through a large group can they have the influence and financial strength.. He appointed Hollis T. Jones of Western Door and Sash, chairman of a membership committee to work out a program.

Mr. Hogan discussed the growing use of metals in the manufacture of windows and other building units, as a competitor for the wooden millwork products. He said that in 1951 forty per cent of all homes built used a.certain amount of steel or aluminum, and that architects frequently specifv metal for windows, kitchens, and other rooms. He said the future of the industry called for more research and more and more effort to hold the line for wooden millwork. and that their first step in that direction is the publication of a Manual of Millwork, which cost $15,000, and which has been distributed to architects and builders in general in this territory.

Sherman S. Karns, chief engineer of Hollenbeck-Bush Planing Mill Co., Fresno; George E. Lefler, chief draftsman, Pacific Manufacturing Co., San Jose; A. M. Smith, production manager, Union Milling Co., Stockton and Erick A. Ahlbom, chief estimator, Sierra Mill and Lumber Co., Sacramento, are members of the technical committee of the Institute who were responsible for the manual. It includes plans and designs of millwork products to meet the demands of architects and builders as u'ell as the public. Requests for the Manual are coming into the offices of the secretary of the Institute in encouragiug numbers according to Russel Bjorn, managing director of the organization.

Three days later Joe was back asking for help to get his new plate from the dentist. The friend remindcd h'!. that he had loaned him a hundred dollars to get that platc with, and wanted to know wliat went with the hundrcd.

"To t-t-tell you the truth," said Joe, "I w-w-went out to Santa Anita y-y-yesterday, and my t-t-teeth ran s-s-sirth in the s-s-seventh race."

Officers elected at tlre meeting besides Robert Hogan as presiddnt, are: J. L. Pierce, lst vice president, Pacific Manufacturing Co.; Rex Sporleder, 2nd vice president, HollenbeckBush Planing Mill Co.; James Moore, treasurer, I-ong-Bell Lumber Co. Other directors elected are: Ernie F. Atkinson, Clinton Mill & Manufacturing Co.; Arthur Bernhauer, Fresno Planing Mill Co.; Stanley Gustafson, Sierra Mill & Lumber Go. ; Hollis Jones, Western Door and Sash Co.; Jack Little, Union Planing l\{ill Co.; Seth Potter, Stockton Box Co.; Larue J. Woodson, San Francisco; Tom Work, The Work - N'Iill and Cabinet Co. Inc.

Snarlc Geiger Attends Mecting Of Sacramento Hoo-Hoo Club

Sacramento Hoo-Hoo Club No. 109 was visited by the Snark of the Universe, G. H. Geiger at the regular dinner meeting February 18. \ o o

The meeting was called to order by Club President W. W. Blattner at 6:59. Snark Geiger spoke of the aims and future plans of Hoo-Hoo. The Program Chairman, At Baltus, presented N{r. Hess of the Sacramento County Building Inspectors, u'ho gave an interesting talk and showed slides of the recent earthquake in Kern County and its effects on buildings.

Visiting lumbermen who attended the meeting were Al Bell of Hobbs Wall Lumber Co., San Francisco; Ervin F. Bartel, Deputy State Snark, of Burney, California; Bob Middleton, president of Shasta Cascade Hoo-Hoo Club No. 133; and T. E. Newell of Grand Rapids, Michigan.