Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo-Ette Club No. I Celebrotes 5th

Hoo-Hoo-Ette Club No. 1 of Los Angeles held its fifth aunrral Bosses Night, February i0, at tl're Rodger Yor-rng auditorium. The Gay Nineties u'as the theme <if tl-re evening, with clerby hats ancl high collars for all the Bosses. In keeping rvith the Gay Nineties. Peggy Mattola and her Prograrn comnrittee arranged for the Haywire Orchestra fronr San Gabriel. alorrg with a liarbersliop L)trartet, tlre N{emorvlaners.

Refresl-rmer"rts before dinner rvere servecl in the Black Cat

Saioon. Table Decoratiolrs were green trees (symbol of the Irrnrber indrrstry-; on rerl-clreckere<l tableclotlisj farrs for tlte laclies and pipes for the men.

Guest speaker for the evening u'as C. D. "Lee" LeN,Iaster, Seer <if the House of Ancier.rts, who ma(le a special trip from Sacramento to tell about the start of Hoo-Hoo.

I{onored guests for the evening rvere }Iarvey Koll, member of the Supreme Nine, with I{rs. Kol1, ancl Harolcl Co1e, Srrark of L. A. Hoo-Hoo Cltb 2.

Door prizes for the men guests were donated by Harbor Box & Lumber Co., Weyerhaeuser Lumber Sales, Marquart-Wolfe Co., Bus McNeil, Tarter, Webster & Johnson,

R. E. Flowerree, Jr., succeeds H. Stuart Daniels, who becomes chairman of the board, as president of GeorgiaPacific Paper Co., a subsidiary of Georgia-Pacific Corp. Mr. Flowerree will continue as vice-president in charge of manufacturing of Georgia-Pacific Corp., announces President Robert B. Pamplin.

California's southern Alameda County can one of the fastest-growing areas in the nation. sons lived in the area-Livermore. llavward. ark and environs-in 1940. Unofficial'figures with the gain. And add more qualify as 65,165 perNiles, Newshow that more than 65,000 now live in Hayward alone, other cities showing a commensurate population the new cities of Fremont and Union Citv will than 50.000.

Fred Gellert, Standard Building Co., was elected president of Associated Home Builders, Inc., of San Francisco for 1960. Other officers elected were H. C. Billings, Jr., vice-president, Alvin Hayman, Jr., secretary, and John Novak, treasurer. Richard E. Doyle continues as executive vice-president.

Contra Costa County now has 457,043 residents, according to county development association figures. The boost represents a gain of 6/o over 1958 and an increase of 159,059 since the 1950 census. Showing the biggest gains are Richmond, Walnut Creek, Lafayette, Orinda, Alamo and Moraga.

W. L. Davis, Kennedy Ellsworth, Wm. Wallace Mein, Jr., Noel J. Redmond and H. J. Robertson have been elected vice-presidents of The Flintkote Co. All are operating heads of Flintkote divisions. Mr. Mein is president of Calaveras Cement Division, acquired in 1959. Mr. Redmond, a Flint-

Wm. Wqllqcel{ein. Jr. (rightl kote director, is president of Blue Diamond Division, also acquired in 1959.

A pre-dawn fire, Feb. 13, destroyed a plywood storage shed at a lumber company at 25422 Narbonne Ave., Lomita, Calif., causing $24,000 damage. The blaze was controlled by six county fire companies.

Warren Driver was elected president of the Southern California chapter, Associated General Contractors, at the board's January meeting. Also elected were John L. Connolly, R. A. Bartley of Warren Southwest, Inc., and Dolph Lowe, all vice-presidents, and J. W. Bernard, tieasurer. '

Raymond E. Baker, vice-president of Weyerhaeuser Tim,ber Co., Tacoma, will join Southwest Forest Industries in Phoenix, April 1, as vice-president in charge of the new pulp and paper mill division, announces J. B. Edens. Baker was with \Meyerhaeuser 12 years in executive capacities.

Seaboard Machinery Company, Los Angeles, has been ?ppointed Southern California sales representative for Hamilton mechanical and hvdraulic oresses which include steam platen presses for plywood, particle board and plastics production. The Seaboard sales territory includes all California counties south of, and including, San Luis Obispo, Kern and San Bernardino.