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Log of the Snqrk - April | 956

Snark of the Universe and Simpson ltedu'ood Comp:rn1. s:rles manager, I)ave Davis, is again startirrpJ a lrusy month of cor-ering Hoo-Hoo fttnctions throughout the cotlntry. The Snitrk, u'ho has several more months to go before he u'ill get a u'ell-deserved rest, lras already loggcd 23,706 rliles in the line of Hoo-Hoo dutl'.

Snark Davis's ctlrrent appointn.renis are as follou's :

April 13--Ioint meeting at Fairfield, California, bet\\'een Sacramento Hoo-Hoo Club 109 and Redu'ood Empire Hoo-Hoo Club 65.

April 17-San Antonio. Texas-Texas Retail Lttmlter Dealers Convention.

April 19-I-. -\. Hoo-Hoo Club 2-n()()n-qottthern Califon-ria Retail Lumber 1)ealers Conventi<ln.

April 20-San I)iego Hoo-Hoo Lilub 3-evenirtg.

April 24-I'alo,\lto, California-l-N{ANC convention.

April 27-Yisalia. Calif., San Joacluin Hoo-Hoo Clttlr 31 (', rncatenatiott.

Son Joqquin Hoo-Hoo Hos lqdies Night

\\'ell over 10O lumlrermcn :rtrcl their ladies u'cre on haucl for the Sau Joacltrin Hoo-tloo Clult's [Jth Annrral I-zrdies Night at Fresno's Sunnyside Cotttttrv Club, March 3. The hall n-as beautifullv clecoratecl ir.t :i circtts theme. The affair startecl pronrptll. at'7:29 u'ith a 59-mir-rute cocktail periocl, follou'ed by a delicious prime rib rlinner rvith all the trimmings. Dancing \\'as to the music t.rf F'i:rnk ISailey and his orchestra and the entertainment 1)rograln r,as further highlighted by the music an<l u-it <if the Andrini Bros., direct from an engagement at l-as Vegas.

The door prize l'as l'on by I'resirlerrt Wally Iiennecly and the seconcl prize u'ent to Nfrs. N[aria l-oForti. A 17pouncl ham raffle prize u':rs u'on by Bob \\rright.

On Friday,.\pril 13. San -Joacluit.t FI oo-Hoo C.lulr 31 u'ill holcl zt C.oncltt at the Johnsotr hotel irr Visalia. Iivenirrg actir,ities n'ill start Prontptlv at 6:29 u'ith a cocktail hour' I{ay Noble, \Iisalia l,umber ComPany. lrrrcl I}ob lteid, Reid & \\rriglit. are co-ch:rirtrten fttr the evenirlg. Arlyone rvith a Kitten for the initiatiorr should cont:tct Noblc <>r Reid in :rdv:rnce of the nrecting.

Redwood Empire Hoo-Hoo Meets qt Rqncho Rqfoel

Itedrl,ood Empire lloo-Hoo Club 65 hel<1 its atrnttal jurrket to Nlarin county at the Rancho Rafael in Igr-racio, March 9. The meeting featured the highlights of the San Francisco 49'er's 1955 season (also some "lorv-lites" in that season). Bert \\rheeler. Larkspur f-umlter Company, and N{ack Giles, Drakes Ray Lumber Companv. arranged the excellent program. The next meeting of the club rvill be jointly rvith Sacramento Hoo-Hoo C--lub 109 at Dicl<'s L'lace on Highu'ays ,10-99 near Fairfield. Friday, .{pril 13.

Club 39 Birrhdoy Annuol Smqsh Success

Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club 39 again scored a smash success with its annual dinner clance and birthday party for past presidents of the club. ()ver 160 people attencled the gala occasiou February 2l at the Claremont hotel in }3erkeley. Ralph Hill, general chairman of the party, and his sidekick, Hollis Jones, were congratulated on their fine job of taking care of the hotel arrangements, which included a private room for the party (the hotel's neu' L'Florizon room), an excellent roast beef dinner, and some real gone foot-stompin' to the Dubonnet Trio.

The traditional cake-cutting ceremony honoring past presiclents of the Oakland club was presided over by Past President Tom Hogan. It u''as later decided that the huge birthday cake would make a real hit with the kids at the Children's hospital of Oakland, so tl.re club donated the cake to tl'rat institution.

In addition to Tom Hogan, the following past presiclents took their bows before the crowd: Lee Le llreton, Norm Corrls (the oldest "living" past president there), Tour Jacobsen, Sr., Rob Hogan, Al Kelley, Iid LaFranchi, Ilv Lewis ancl I-u Green.

'Ilesides Ralph Hill and Hollis Jones, the Oaklancl club extends a special vote of thanks to Joe Pepetone, presi<lent of the club, and llill Johnson, ticket chairman, for their hard work to insure the success of the party.

Hoo-Hoo-Eftes Heqr Ferd Hqcrs

Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo-Ette Club No. 1 met Nlarch 12 at the Carolina Pines restaurant at 6:29 p.m. {or the mor-rthly meeting. The speaker \vas Ferd J. Hass of E. J. Stanton & Son, I-os Angeles, and his talk, "The \\rhy of Dimension," proved very interesting to the rvomen members of the lumber industry. The enlightenment which Nlr. Haas gave on this subject shou'ed that the educational seminar pianned by the club u'ill be rvelcome to many; that program, incidentally, is 's'ell under \vay. As a special treat, Program Chairman Alma Christian had asked the Nlonrovia High School choir to sing ancl their sever:il selections, clirected b1' Chet Ullum, rvere excellently receivecl.

The April meeting of the l{oo-Hoo-littes, to be held thc 9th at Rodger Young atlditoritlm, rvill be the first Conca,tenation for 1956. The next three morrthly meetings l'ill all be held at the auditoriunr. Sallye lJissell of \\reyerhaeuser, membership chairnran of the club, has been very successful in interesting more \\.omen rvithin the inclustry in the Hoo-Hoo-Ettes; there rvere 18 prospective Kittens u'elcomed at the Nlarch meeting.

Ooklqnd Hoo-Hoo Glub Reno-Bound

One of the most unusual programs in Hoo-Hoo history is now being arranged by Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club 39. The program u'ill consist of cocktails, dinner and a "Nite on tl-re To\\,n." But the tou'n 'n'on't be Oakland; no sir ! The tolvn u'ill be Reno, Nevada, no less !

Bob NIeyer, Home Lumber & Supply Co., and E,r. Leu'is, Gamerston & Green Lumber Co., have completed arrangements for the u''hole trip, which will include air transportation to and from Rer.ro via the club's own chartered plane,