llawaiian Conferenee

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ROSTER OF DEIEGATES TO THE TUMBERMEN's 1957 HAWAIIAN CONFERENCE OF THE SOUTHERN CATIFORNIA RETAIT TUMBER ASSOCIATION

Februory 25 - Mqrch 3, 1957; Honolulu, T.H.

Corol Ann ond Bernord ANAWAIT, Jr., Anowolt lumber & Moteriols Co., Tuiungo

Fronces qnd Hol ANAWAIT, Anqwolt [umber & Mqteriols Co., Tuiungo

Cleo ond Doyle W. BADER, Ed Founloin lumber Co., los Angeles

Helen qnd Rolph N. BAKER, Borr Lumber Co., Sqnto Anq

Joie ond Wilbur BARR, Bqrr Lumber Co., Sonlc Ano

Fred BERRY, Pioneer-Flintkoie Co., Los Angeles

Shirley ond R. W. "Bus" 8[ANCHARD, Blqnchqrd lumber Co., North Hollywood

Dorothy ond Gorden E. BOGUE, Bogue & Moikson lumber Co., Downey fon qnd Pqul S. COtl,lER, Norlheostern Retqil Lumbermen's Assn., Rochester, N. Y.

Corole ond Jqmes W. COOPER, W. E. Cooper Wholesqle Lumber Co., los Angeles

Overq ond Chorles E. DARNEtl,, Boyd-Dornell Lumber Co., Riverside

Corole ond Jimmy ECKARDI, Wrightson Lumber Co., Norfh Hollywood

Alice EIIAND. Ontqrio lumber & Hordwqre Co.. Ontcrio

Mrs. ond Leslie EVERITT, Inil. Pqper Co. - Long-Bell Division, Konsos City, Mo.

Cotherine ond Thomqs J. FOX, John W. Fisher Lumber Co., Sqntq Monico

Vero ond Poul B. FRITCHEY, Pqlm Avenue Lumber Co., Alhombro

Louise ond Orrie W. HAMIITON, Southern Coliforniq Retoil lumber Assn., Ios Angeles

Morgorer ond A. G. HANSEN. Mullin Lumber Co., Los Angeles

Joqn qnd Glenn HARTER, Wrightson Lumber Co., Norrh Hollywood

Edithe ond Steve HATHAWAY, Oceonside Lumber Co., Oceqnside

Evelyn ond Beri HOIDREN, Riqlto Lumber Co., Riolro

Dorothy cnd Wqllqce HUtl,, Hull Bros. Lumber Co.. Conogo Pork

Donnq ond Woyne HU[[, Hull Bros. Lumber Co., Los Angeles

Hqrriet ond Frode B. KIISTOFTE, Rossmon Mill & Lumber Co., Wilmingron

Ollie qnd Corr E. McCAULEY, Ontorio Lumber & Hqrdwqre Co., Ontorio

Helen ond H. P. McDERMOTT, Wisconsin Retqil lumbermen's Assn., Milwoukee

Mrs. ond Mr. McGUIRE, Intl. Poper Co. - Long-Bell Division, los Angeles

Horry McKERRACKER, United Air Lines, los Angeles

Mqbelle ond E. Sydney MERCER, Peoples lumber Co., Oioi

Jonet ond lrvin MORHAR, McKoy Lumber Co., Von Nuys

Normq qnd Robert MORHAR, McKoy Lumber Co., Von Nuys

Lois ond Robert F. MORSE, Morse Lumber Yord, El Monre

Dione ond Terry MULl,lN, Torzono Lumber Co., Torzono

Chqrlofie ond Woyne F. Mul,tlN, Mullin Lumber Co., Los Angeles

Reed PORTER, The Coliforniq Lumber Merchoni, los Angeles

Lelq ond Rolph D. RU55ELl,, Consolidoted lumber Co., Wilmington

Georgie qnd W. Stewqrr RUssEtL, Russell Lumber Co., Whifiier

Beffy ond J. Srork SOWERS, lnlond Lumber Co., Bloomington

Morion ond Northrop SWANSON, Eogle Rock lumber Co., los Angeles

E. F. THOMPSON, Pioneer-Flintkote Co.. los Angeles

Mildred ond Gilmore WARD, Word & Horrington Lumber Co.. Sonto Ano

Virginio ond O. P. WARREN, Bogue & Moikson lumber Co,, Downey

Lorqine ond Srerling H. WOIFE, Morquort-Wolfe Lumber Co,, Hollywood

One of the very best things about being in the lun.rber business in Southern California is that business can also be a pleasure there. Exhibit A: the recent Lumbermen's Hau'aiian Conference for Active (retail) and Associate (wholesale) members of the Southern California I{etaii Lumber Association. The Verclict: the lumbermen rvho made the Conference tour not onlY learned a lot of things they didn't already knorv about their businesses but they had the unparalleled opportunity to learn them in one of the most beau- tiful places on earth and amid clime and scenery brand new to many of the Conference.

From the eventful start of the trip at Los Angeles International Airport at 10:30 p.m. the night of February 22, through the actual Conference days tr-eb. 25-27, to the encl of the adcled official sight-seeing tours on March 2, it was a trip and experience to remet.uber as 1or-rg as a tree grows or a ctlstomer does-it-himself Lucky indeed were those lumbermen who were able

THE NIGHT OF THE Fl.lGHT-(roP left) Orrie Hqmilton qnd Ccrr McCouley rolk over the irip os they cwoit deporture. (Center) Mrs. Mercer. Chorlie qnd Overo Dornell, Poul Fritchey, Fronces Anowoh, Vero Fritchey. Louise Homilton ot ploneside. (right) Chqrles Wolfe. his porenls lhe Sferling Wolfes, Mrs. ond Horoce Wolfe ond ldo Cunner with the guitor she brought from ihe MorquorlWolfe ofiice to do the bon voyoge bir up right, qnd see loroine ond Srerling ofi. (lower lefi) Bus Blonchord, olmosl on the Plone, Sterling Wolfe, Corole ond Jim Cooper, North Swanson, Evelyn Holdren ond Stork 9owers boording. (Center) Doyle qnd Cleo Boder, ond Horriet ond Frode Kilstofte look like they're going to the Rirz bur they're Honolulu-boun4 roo. (Righr) Poul Fritchey, Chorlie Dornell woving lo the woiting CLM, likewise Mrs. Fritchey, Dione qnd Terry Mulfin ore on their woy to cornbine their extra \\,eek of anntlal vacation lvith the oflicial Conferencr: week in the Territory of Hawaii.

Of course, the SCRLA presidellt, Wayne F. Nfullin, and the executive vice-president, Orrie W. Hamilton, little knerv nhen they set the dates for the Harvaiian Conference that the elements weren't exactly cooi)erating at that time. F-ebruary 22 was the weekend of the wicked r'veather that brerved up a mid-Pacific storm ancl caused heaclu,inds in aerial travel that were severe enough to rate front-page headlines in newspapers all over the world. And the weekend of March 9, when the last of the stragglers were packing for Southern California, brought tidal waves to two of the Hawaiian islands. But that period inbetween the elements was practically from Paradise.

The main group of lumbermen got away from Los Angeles only 30 minutes late as the first word of the crazy, mixed-up weather was beginning to reach the meteorologists of United Air Lines who control the trans-Pacihc flghts. They were told they would go to Honolulu by way of San Francisco to take on extra gasoline to fight the vicious headwinds. The normally short I-. A.-S. F. flight took a little longer than usual and the plane was on the ground trvo hours there to refuel. The trip across the Pacific Ocean to Honolulu was rough, to put it gently, but the main Conference party took it all in good-natured stride with the airline's excellent food, comfort and hospitality. The arrival was accomplished on the island of Oahu, at Honolulu Airport, at 1 :30 p.m., instead of the scheduled 6:30 a.m., just seven honrs late on an ordinarily S-hour flight across. At that. the Conference members were luckier than many other plane passengers rvhose ships lvere either far later arriving or some rvhose planes were turned back to the mainland.

Four couples of the Conference group had undertaken the Hawaiian trip a few days earlier by Matson Line ship. They told a more harrou'ing tale of rough seas and four-foot waves for two days out but, at that, the big boat was oniy some hours late in docking and they praised the food, hospitality and comforts of the waterborne travel.

And there were even a couple of hardship cases account of the weather.

The CALIFORNIA LUMBER MtrR.CHANT'S man was packed and rarin' to go join the Conference on Sunday morning, Feb. 24, when a last-minute call to the airline disclosed the aforementioned mid-Pacific weather. He sat by the telephone lor 24 hours waiting to see if UAL would schedule a Monday morning departure of the DC-68. It did, we took off two hours late, also routed by way of San Francisco to refuel for the grueling rn'eather hazards, and were just ready to take off from The City when rvho should board the plane but the president of the association and leader of the Conference; Wayne Mullin had been grounded in San Francisco from the previous Saturday morning until this Monday noon, and "boarded" by the airline at the Sheraton-Palace hotel there.

The MERCHANT offered the President its seat so he might get the Conference going in Honolulu (not that Orrie Hamilton hadn't already seen to that there, of course) but Mr. Mullin had been practically assnred he'cl get out of San Francisco in a couDle of hours by the following Honolulu flight; his wife Charlotte, meanrvhile, a longtime devotee of the idyllic Islands life, had got discouraged by it all and turned back to Los Angeles.

To conclude the take-off troubles, The Merchant arrived only one sightseeing and one business day late, and the President gained another hour aloft as the weather further relaxed and tailed our plane in by one hour despite a two-hour-later take-off.

Following their arrival on Saturday afternoon, the main group settled in their rooms, cottages or ianais at the brand-new Hawaiian Village of the Henry Kaiser-Fritz Burns pro jects norv building on Waikiki Beach (incidentally, that dome-shaped, all-aluminum wonder recently featured in national magazine and neNspaper ads on the Village grounds held its first public performance the day after the lumbermen's arrival). f t r,vasn't long after that till the hardier lumbermen and wives rvere riding the waves or lolling on the sands like they'cl been at Waikiki all their lives.

The first sight-seeing tour of the Conference rvas held Sund:ry, r,vhen the party took off in limousines through the residential districts oI Honolulu to the lush, tropical Nuuanu Valley, visiting the Buddhist temple and old Royal Mausoleum with its tabu sticks standing before the tombs of the late, great kings and queens of the Ha- waiian Islands. The lumber folks continued to the famed Nuuanu Pali at the edge of a sheer 1200-foot cliff for a breath-taker of a look at the valley; then down the hillside, through groves of papaya and banana and the little coastline towns . . past white sandy beach after sandy beach . .mile after mile of bougainvillea, bird of paradise, woodrose and yellow poinciana. They visited the Mormon temple grounds at Laie, passed miles of fields of sugar cane and pineapple and returned to the hotel via a route over the heights from which Pearl Harbor could be seen.

Sunday evening's entertainment was a genuine Luau, including roast suckling pig, at Don the Beachcomber's, and our lumbermen were the last group to dine in the old place as it closed forever next day to be removed to the new International Market Place now a-building in Honolulu. The dealers sat on the floor, at low tables, and ate with their fingers the delicious native foods while enjoying a superb native show.

The first business session on Monday, Feb. 25, awaited the arrival of the four dealers and their wives who were arriving on the Lurline: Gilmore Ward, Wilbur Barr, Ralph Baker and Stephen Hathaway. They were met by a welcoming party of the earlier arriving lumbermen while Registration was proceeding at the Hawaiian Village, and the business started after a luncheon of the first of many meals on the famed Island fish, Mahimahi.

The business session was called to order by Ed Shuman. Shuman Hardwood Lumber Co., Honolulu, president of the Honolulu Hoo-Hoo. He made a warm and gracious lvelcome that made the Southern Californians feel they weren't so far from home at all.

The official introduction and welcome of the SCRLA's Hawaiian Conference was given by the Hon. Farrint L. Turner, Secretary of the Territory of Hawaii. And our lumbermen knerv they'd arrived with the cordiality extended by this important official.

The first speech of the Conference opened the eyes of the California dealers to problems in lumber distribution and handling that few of them in the comparative order and regularity of their own retail yards even supposed existed. This was "Wholesale Lumber Supply and Distribution Problems in a Geographically Closed Area," and the speaker who made our retailers firmly appreciate their own comforts with orderly distribution was James Lovell, vice-president and manager of the Lumber division, Lewers & Cooke, Ltd., Honolulu.

An expert rvho accompanied the group over from the mainland talked next. Ife was Paul S. Collier, the longtime executive vice-president of the old Northeastern Retail Lumber Association. Rochester. New York. The well-

BOB 1AWDER (recognizoble by his BUSINES! shid onong the deqlers) gives our boys some Howsiiqn focts obout Americon Foctors, Ltd., of which he is monager of lhe lumber depcrtmenl in Honolulu. teoning on rhe lumber pile in a worehouse full of fhem, you should be oble lo pick our (lefr ond oround) Frode Kilstofte, Jim Cooper, Orrie Homilton, Wolly Hull, North Swonson. Bus Blonchord, Les Everitt, lom Fox, 9yd Mercer, Corr llcGouley, Bolb Morse, Woyne Mullin, fer.ry Mullin, Ralph Russell, Gil Wcrd ond Buz Anowolr. THE SCENE AT THE RIGHI shows the lour in AF mill informed association manager gave much sage advice and counsel from his years of experience under the topic, "Keys to Profits."

The main topic on the first afternoon's business program was a talk and panel on "Home Financing in Hawaii." It was opened by Alex Castro, president of the Alex Castro Agencies, Ltd., Honolulu. Then Robert T. Carson, director of the Honolulu insuring office of the Federal Housing Administration, gave a talk on the work of that office in one of the busiest boom towns in the world today and moderated a Question-and-Answer period that followed, in which our own dealers had many a question to ask about the mortgage, financing, supply and other problems there.

Monday evening was spent in the pursuit of pleasure, with the groups satisfying their various appetites for food, fun and fancy, mainly along the picturesque sites of Waikiki Beach.

But Tuesday morning the Conference got down to business again with the eagerly awaited and locally guided

April l, 1957 tours of the Honolulu lumberyards. This was an event not to be missed and alone would have made the whole trip to the Hawaiian Conference worthwhile. The Honolulu Hoo-Hoo generously furnished the free transportation for the conducted tours of the local lumber operations, beginning with lumber unloading activities at the docks and followed through to hauling, sorting, stacking, kiln-drying and milling and retail store operations at the dealer's yard.

The tciur began at the enormous yard of the Honolulu plant of Lewers & Cooke, Ltd., a firm whose gro."vth parallels the grorvth of the Territory, starting in 1852 'ivith lumber as its only stock-in-trade. Following its founcling by Christopher Lewers, it branched into the many lines of merchandise needed for construction in the Islands and rn'as incorporated in 1901 after the annexation of T.H. to the U.S. The firm has yards today also in Lihue on Kauai and in Hilo on Han'aii. as \vell as a Seattle buying office.

This great lumber yard covers 8.6 acres and has 200,00O sq. ft. in buildings. The office section is so widespread in the firm's vast operation that even its departments have departments. F. P. Lowery is president and manager of the company, r,vhose main departments are Lumber division-James W. Lovell, division manager, and Thomas V. Prentice, sales assistant (it was Mr. Prentice rvho was our friendly and well-informed guide on the yard tour) ; Plumbing division ; Structural division, rvith a separate Construction Materials department and Architectural Metals department and Glass and Allied Metals department; Hardware division, with Tool and General Hardrvare department, Paint department, Floor and Wall Covering department, and Machinery and Electrical department. Then there are the Service and Repair departments.

When we tell you that each of these divisions, and each of the departments, has one or two or more men heading it, you glean an idea of the vastness of this lumberyard operation. And when you know that each department of each division handles from one to two-dozen items, you see why it took us more thrn an hour just to scratch the surface of a tour of the u,arehouses of Leu'ers & Cooke alone. The items are all neatly arranged in storage, lvith hundreds of employes at desks and in packing and loading, etc. The firm has 39 outside salesmen assigned to rvholesale and dealer accounts for continuous, personal contact. Their calls may range from plantations to Territorial government. Inter-Island communication is by direct teletype. The salesmen also call on the island of Maui once a month and the other islands at regular intervals, and Ler,vers & Cooke sells to Guam, Wake, Nf idway, Kwajalein, Johnston Island and the other Pacific Trust Territories.

The firm advertises in English, Japanese, Chinese and Filipino through another department of its operations; it uses every media from window display to TV and is the admitted do-ityourself headquarters of Honolulu. Its Home-Building department is an added promotion service and runs from planning to helping find a contractor. The Merchandising department helps select the right building materials and customers can get an estimate from costs to financing. Men are even assigned to tract developers.

Lewers & Cooke does business on the open-account basis and shipments of materials to it are generally shipped in the same domestic crating used for rail shipment in the continental U.S. Tts mainland suppliers include The Pacific Lumber Company, Blue Diamond Corporation, Long-Bell Lumber Co., Weyerhaeuser Sales Co., U.S. Plyrvood Corp., etc.

A tour of American Factors, Ltd. follorved, with the genial Bob Lawder as our host. This is another gigantic enterprise in the Hawaiian Islands, .lvith yards in many sites. It is also an enormously profitable company with its orvn and also unique system of selling. merchandising and supplying. It has fer,r'er departmentalized activities than the other company but seemed to have larger supplies of strictly lumber as the SCRLA dealers toured room after room, and yard area after yard area, of one or another specie. Ameri- can Factors also has its own excellent small mill in the huge, sprawling yard (illustrated on Page 40).

One of the peculiar things the SoCal lumbermen noted on their tour of the Island retail yards, in contrast to the wholesale yards, was that the retail yards had ev,erything but lumber. Hawaiian dealers explained that it is much easier just to let American Factors, Lewers & Cooke, or perhaps some other supplier handle the inventory, and get quick delivery of the big item as needed while their yards and stores simply stock the smaller, packaged building materials.

A late lunch followed the tour of the many interesting Honolulu yards and the Conference members relaxed later that afternoon with the much-awaited Pearl Harbor cruise. About 30 persons in the official party who took this splendid trip will be forever grateful for the fierce Americanism it engendered in their minds and hearts. Captained by an excellent native skipper named Tommy, we sailed the smooth waters off Oahu and arrived at the vvorld-famed Pearl Harbor, where we were carefully scrutinized (and cameras taken away) by U.S. Navy personnel after entering the narrow, dredged channel.

The lumbermen were filled with both deep sorrow and intense pride as our boat slowly navigated the inner waters to this graveyard of once-proud, now-sunken, United States fighting ships. As the Diesel yacht Kaimanu sailed quietly over the shallowly submerged remains of our ships, over which the American flag still proudly flies, Captain Tommy-himself a veteran of the infamous December 7 ratd, called out the brave, historic names forever enshrined in memory.

The Pearl Harbor installation is a bustling, active place today and no one planning a trip to the Islands should dare miss this magnificent cruise.

Tuesday evening was the occasion of the official Lumbermen's Banquet and it was staged in the sumptuous surroundings of the famed Royal Hawaiian hotel on Waikiki. The ornate old palace hosted almost the full roster of the Conference delegates at some ten tables, and the excellent menu topped by Vibo Farm Rock Cornish Hen was matched by some very highquality native entertainment. The SCRLA lumbermen and their ladies, dressed in their best, wined, dined and then danced under the stars in the paved patio beside the ocean's waves till a late hour.

Never long away from it, the Conference got back down to business the mo.rning of Wednesday, Feb. 27, following another balmy breakfast in the excellent Ale Ale Kai dining room of the Hawaiian Village hotel. Wayne Mullin, late but by now fully established in Hawaii as president of the association and commander of the Conference, called the second of the group business sessions to order in the Tapa Room, whereas the first had been held in the Long House.

After a brief introductory greeting to the assembled lumbermen on what a fine thing this Hawaiian Conference was turning out to be, President Mullin called for self-introductions by the retailers and wholesalers in meeting and then introduced the first speaker of the session.

Ralph D. Russell, vice-president and assistant treasurer of Consolidated Lumber Co., Wilmington, talked on "llome Financing and Related Subjects Pertinent to California." Mr. Russell covered his subject tl-roroughly on how and when to get the money, how to check with lending institutions to see if the loan is set up to the contractor or to the yard direct; from the bank or from a savings/loan. He said his firm's terms are 2/o on the 10th. He told of the Builder's Control Service which Consolidated set up in 1937.

President Mullin got some goodnatured introdu,ctions from some latearrivals and next introduced his nephew, Terry Mullin of the Tarzana (Calif.) Lumber Co. and the Terry Lumber Co., Northridge, to talk on "Merchandising." The capable yotlng vice-president of the Tarzana yard noted that the market seems to be going "direct" in ever-increasing quantity and bypassing the dealer, but he said that if the boom ever bursts, they're going to need the dealer. He said a homeowner can be switched from buying a new TV set to paneling his den by proper merchandising but it needs a definite plan: put yourself in the customer's place-lvhat do YOU see when you come into your yard the first time after an absence? Young Mullin said orderliness in a yard makes the cuslomer knor'v you're efficient (the Tarzana yard assigns one man to one shed each day). He asked the dealers if their displays were well-lighted, if they are attractive? And he pointed up his firm belief in employee meetings to bring out new and better merchandising ideas.

The ininritable Frode Kilstofte, rvho could parlay a lumberyard into a na- tional monument, was the next speaker introduced. Under the title, "Sharing Profits with Employes," the president of the Rossman Mill & Lumber Co., Wilmington, mixed some rare humor rvith very eloquent wisdom in making his points and winning his audience. This retail lineyard's employee profitsharing plan has been detailed in two earlier stories on these pages.

James W. Cooper, secretary-treasurer of the W. E. Cooper Wholesale Lumber Co., Los Angeles, spoke next; his topic: "What Can Wholesalers Do Besides Sell Lumber?" "Any discord between dealer and rvholesaler is caused by lack of confidence on the part of each," Cooper declared. "Dealers resent the time a rvholesaleman may take. and if he's busy the salesman should get the hell out of his store. And the dealer doesn't like the 'looseness' a wholesaler may adhere to on promised delivery time-the retail yard depends on prompt delivery. he said. And he advocated a definite buying policy by dealers: their hours, knowledge of what items they do and do not stock, purchase orders, dealer confirmations, etc. Then he said the rvholesalers should firm these orders, grades, and have knowledge of their mills' ability to supply.

"On the other side," Cooper continued. "wholesalers dislike the 'auction attitude' of many dealers. But thcre are cures to all these oroblems."

"Let's assume we're all in the same boat," the speaker said, "each needs the other for eventual success: mill to wholesaler to dealer or contractor.

-(Photos by lames Kinard, Carec Plant, Pioneer Division, The Flintkote Compony; Hilo, Hazuaii) IHE CONFERENCE PARTY qrrives in Hilo in two ploneloods. The top photo shows the first plone, which made a smooth trip, but rhe plone in lhe lower photo wouldn't quite toke ofi from Honolulu, pur bock in for four new spork ptugs while the group got o free breokfost on the oirline (how lucky con you ger? oh yeoh!) but orrived on hour or so loler. All were mel by representotives of the Ploneer-Flintkote Compcny. Howsii's beouly queen ond her courl, qnd loccl government ofiiciols most pfeosontly with fhe usuol kisses ond leis ond eccorted to the Nqniloo hotel for a 2-day stoy. To poinl out o few highlighrs in theso two photos-fop pholo: one Hilo becury holds the bonner on rhe lefi ond illiss Aloho-Howcii of 1955, Jeon' efte Mokqio, holds ir on the right with on armlood of fresh-oower leis. Thqt's Glenn Hs]|er second from the left, who worn't in the group photo on Page 37, qnd 8us Blonchq.rd toking pictures ot the for right, who wos. (And if you see o dude who's still oll dolled up, including Homburg, thot's Frode Kilslofte.) BOTIOI PHOTO Highlights: there's the lwo beouty queens closer up (ond holding rhe bonner in reverse order from above)i Woyne Mullin ot for left, then Kenneth Wong of the Canec plont reseorch doportment, then Glenn Knighr of The Flinrkoie Compony. Orrie Homilton (who stondr squcrely behind the "from" in rhe bonner) still looks slrictly from Howqii as he gers his shore of rhe leis left

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ones thot didn't get owoy!) deolers by Jlonette Mokoio, "Miss Aloho" herself. The willing pupils (once they got thot ol' swing) were (from left to righr in rop photo) Sydney Mercer, Slewort Russell. Bus Blonchord. Bob Morhor, Chorlie Dornell ond iqul Collier; rhe firsr rhree fellows behind them ore the nofive "orchestro" (ond the third fellow is our excellent driverguide, Jimmy Murphy). Ar the posr ot the right, not knowing quite whot lo moke of ir oll, is Frode Kilstofte; oPPeoring to [" hotaing hi. no.u ibut reolly not) is Bob Morse, seofed; while Tom Fox, qt the veryfor righr, must bewonderingwhor this olt is goi; to do to the price of lumber. In the two lower photos. Stew Russell ond Bus Blonchord ore reolly getting fhe hong of it now, while Syd Mercer (left in

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He sces AI-L the yar<ls-he can Pass orr tips to the clealer, orr hanclling and storing nrethods, shipping and packir-rg tips arrd tlte 1ike," Cc.roper concluded in his forthright and intelligent talk.

C. Gilrnore Ward, president of the \\'ard & Harringtotr Lltmber Co., Sarrta.\na, \\'as next. to sPeak on "'fhe Otrtlook for Home lluilding in 1957." Ntr. \\''ard explained ins and otlts of I.'NNIA and other government finar.rcing and saicl, "Apparently the government still fears inflation." lle told of capital gair.rs setups. pro{it-sharing plan investments. etc., n'hich he saicl some tax attornevs believe thc Internal Itevenue lltlreau u'ill look f:rvora'ltlv on.

The speaker lrclielecl l'e mztv gct back to the exterrsive tract bttilclirlg ir.r Sr.ruthern California some dav that n'e hai'e irad the last feu' \'ear* al1(l (1etailed some nrethocl by r"'hich er-en snrall ,-ards har-e lreen able to ncllt their builders. contractors ancl investors get linancing through mortgage lronds, S/I-, etc.

"As far as 1957 is concerned," Gil Ward concluded, "it is apt to be the same as last year with some pickup possible in the last quarter, but I doubt that tracts will boom before th,e second quarter of 1958. We face economies all along the Ilne.

1'residcnt N[u11in ofhciallv introducecl the i isiting associatioll executir-es, H arrv N'f cl)erntott aud Paul Collier, to the deleg:rtes. :tftcr u'hich Bob l-zrn'der of Americlrrt Factors commcrrtcrl on financirrg. collections, etc., in lIonolulu in lirrc n'ith manv of thc nrorning's talks. He \vas a\riclly questioned by the dcalers. Frode Ki1stoftc u-as callecl lrack :Lnd cluestionecl, lLs n'c11, on 1-ris cotnpiit-ty's profit-sharing plrLrr irr the Questit.rn-Ansu'er period that follorvecl the talks.

Then some dealers, notably the progressive "Bus" Blanchard, got the session going hot-and-heavy a few minutes while he plied Stark Sowers, Sterling Wolfe, Jim Cooper and the 'other wholesalers present with questions on shipments of grade-stamped ,lumber, quantities of certain grades, etc. Orrie Hamilton had to terminate the session by promising "Bus" and others that they could continue their wholesaler inquisition at the next regular monthly meeting at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. And that's what makes the Southern California Retail

Lumber Association the cooperative, well - informed and smooth - working body that it is. Even in far-off Hawaii !

Luncheon with several of the brilliant Honolulu lumbermen after the final business session was followed by a fas,cinating tour around another side of the island of Oahu. With the fabulous driver, Richard, for a guide, the Conference delegates toured to Mount Tantalus with its awe-inspiring panorama of Honolulu from Diamond Head to Pearl Harbor. Stops were rnade at the national militarv cemeterv in the extinct Punchbowl volcano, the Waikiki Aquarium, the old Robert Louis Stevenson house and other scenic highlights among verdant foliage and startling tree growths. A dinner at the Ishi Tea Gardens Japanese restaurant for most of the group that evening concluded a very busy day.

Lest the reader begin to believe about here that the SCRLA Lumbermen's Hawaiian Conference was ALL business, let it be stated here that, with the official business sessions just concluded, the inter - Island sightseeing planning departments as a free service trips began the next day, altho still more omcial retail lumberyard visits and a well-organized tour of the Canec plant of the Pioneer-Flintkote Co. at Hilo, on the biggest island, Hawaii, were still to be included.

A retail yard toured by the SCRLA Conference delegates in Honolulu was the City Mill Co., Ltd., Hawaii's largest retail yard, the "One-Stop Building Supply Center." Not much of a coineon name but what a "store !" Located near the downtown sector, the huge trade-marked pineapple of one of the Dole processing plants at the yard's rear looks as if it might be part of it.

From a lumber and rice mill on Honolulu's waterfront in 1899, City Mill Company's growth today is a testament to its founder, C. K. Ai (pronounced Ah-Ee) who at 93 today is the yard's president; his son David Ai vice-president. This venerable schoolmate of Sun Yat Sen went to the Islands at 14 from China and his career in'Honolulu retail lumber was so respected that when he capitalized at $60,000, the people came to HIM with funds. The yard's early days survived an epidemic of bubonic plague and escaped the condemnation by burning afterwards, but strong tradewinds carried the fires to the yard's site anyway, and the best equipment in the city was destroyed by this calamity in the reign of King Kalakaua.

The stockholders urged Ai to start anew and, to save their investments and the jobs o.f his employes, this ancient made good a second time. The firm has weathered the plague of 1900, the panic of lW7, another fire in 1919 and the depression of the 30s. Always believing in the best, Ai bought a fivemasted schooner to bring his yard the top-quality redwood, Douglas fir and cedar from the Northwest to build the finest homes in Hawaii. In 1950, this present, spacious $200,000 retail yard and store were opened. on 8l acres. The building is dedicated to James I. Dowsett, Ai's early employer and benefactor.

The City Mill Co. has air-conditioned offices and floor space of 30,000 sq. ft. to display its thousands of items for sale for home construction. It has one of the largest and finest Home- under Ray Sakagawa, registered archi. .-;r tect and member of the AIA. City M;U ',1 Co. will do about 400 houses in 1957, de.clares Forest Fiber Products Co. of Forest Grove, Ore., whose Forest hardboard is one of the leading mate- ' rials sold by the Honolulu yard. Ten draftsmen alone are employed on the .:1 yard's staff.

The august C. K. Ai at 93 is pos- :sessed of peace, serenity and amazing. vitality. Through faith, he says, he has never worried. This retail lumbermani. was named Father of the Year by the, Honolulu Chamber of Commerce rer cently. Besides his v.-p. son David ac", tive in the yard, Ai's daughter Esther Chong is secretary of the corporatiop, ,'r and manager of the lumber depart-':l ment. Other executives of the retail yard are Robert Taira, administrative'., asst. to the vice-president; Allen Shimizu, comptroller ; Ross Werkheiser; sales manager; Ralph Ault, head of the structural materials dept., and Kelvih Lau, in ,charge of wall and floor coverings.

Don't ask us why, but it may be noted in passing that a tour of this yard revealed that in the Hawaiian Islands the roof is put on a new home before the walls are put in place.

The jaunt to the principal city of Hilo on the big islancl of Hawaii started early Thursday morning, Feb. 8. Two of the planes of Harvaiian Airlines, rvhich are nolv the inter-Islands "jitneys" since the boats quit regular service, were necessary to carry members of the Lumbermen's Conference making the trip. After depositing baggage at the picturesque Naniloa hotel follon'ing the short, smooth flight, the delegates split into tr,vo groups-one taking the business tour of the Canec plant and the other the sugar mill before lunch, reversing the order that afternoon-

Tou'ard the end of the lgth Century, leaders of the Hau,aiian sngar industry began to give considerable thought to using lly-products of the industry. particularly the fibrous bag'asse renraining nfter juice l.as extracted from the cane an<l used only as fuel in the sugar mill boilers. When a paper mill rvas built at Olaa in lglZ to manufacture mulch paper for use in the pineapple fields, more interest was aroused and for ten years experiments were made to use bagasse on a rvider scale.

The results showed that the Hawaiian bagasse was ideally suited for making a high-grade structural insulation board and, within a short time, Hawaiian Cane Products, Ltd., rvas organized and ground broken for the modern factory site.

This Canec plant is a tremendous installation and E. F. Thompson, manager of building materials, Pioneer division, The Flintkote Company, Los Angeles, had flown over from the mainland to join the Conference for the day's tour of the plant at Hilo. The Canec factory, composed of steel and concrete buildings rvith its own power plant, conveyor equipn,er.rt arrd procclis machinery of latest design, was completed early in 1932 and'ivent into prodtrction exactly 25 years ago this month. The trade name of "Canec" was selected for the product and is now widely known over most of the world.

The war record of Canec products is well known, when B5lo of the output went directly to projects in Hawaii, Alaska, Panama, Pacific coast and advance bases. In 1948, at the peak of the post-war building boom, The Flintkote Company acquired Hawaiian Cane Products and pushed the products with contractors rvho faced materials shortages. The FlintkoteCanec insulation boards found wide favor and drywall construction has been highly approved ever since in a variety of construction jobs.

The Canec plant, Pioneer division, Thc Flintkote Company, located at Waiakea in Hilo, is strategically situated to receive supplies of raw material. Part of the bagasse is supplied by blower system from the nearbv sugar mill and the balance hauled by truck from other mills on the island. The finished products are trucked to the Hilo docks two miles distant for world-wide shipment.

The Flintkote-Canec line is available from extensive warehouse stocks maintained by leading distributors on the west coast today. The Hawaiian plant's acoustical tile, Ceil-Dek, Form-

SCENES AROUND HILO show: (top left) port of fhe Conferenc€ group qf one of the mony orchid "forms" in Hilo on rhe big islond of Hcwoii, "the Orchid lsle." (Iop righr) Ihe MERCHANT promised Srerling Wolfe b tqke his picture on the besch ot Wqikiki bur never got oround to it, so tried to moke it up io him wirh rhis rhot of o fost dip in Hilo Boy. but it come out looking like "the old rwimming hole" insteod. (Lower righr) Ollie ond Corr McCouley ond her sister, Alice Eilqnd from fexos, were osked by lhe comeromon to register sodness ot hoving lo lcve Hilo bul they'll never win ony Acodemy Awords; onywoy. iust look at lhe size of thot 9or9eou3 orchid on Mrs. Eilcnd, iust picked in the bockyord. (Lower righr) Some fruckloods of bogosse leqve for ihe Cqnec plont ofter lhe sugor hor been exlrocted al the sugor mill shown here

NOW THERE'S A I.IKETY-IOOKING bunch of deolers ot the Conec cocktoil poriy (surely not tolking business!). From left to right: Cdrr McCouley, Steve Hothowoy, Bus Blonchord, Doyle Boder. The group rop right is (1. ro r.) Ed Thompson, Pioneer-Flintkote Co,, los Angeles; Woyne Mullin, SCRIA; George Holl, Conec-Flintkore; Fred Berry, Pioneer-Flintkote, L.A.; Robert Fujimoto of the Howoii Ploning Mill retoil yord, Hilo, qnd Bob Kittrell, mqnqger of the Conec plont ond our most geniol host for the cocktoil porty.

In the boftom left photo. Morgorel Honsen gets in the swing ond decides to kiss ihe donor herself when she receives rhe troditionol lei, while Husbond Tony Honsen to lhe right wonders whot brought oll this on. The photogropher back there is the excellent Jim Kinord, Conec plont superiniendent, who mode muny of the pholos on these poges ond is the ploni's non-officiol public relotions mon. Scene ot the right wqs the Hulo entertoinmenl when group got bqck to the Noniloc loter thot nighl lroar<l, l)ecotone, insulating tile, insulating l)1ank, insulating sheathing, lxrilding b<,,ard, roof instllation. Thriftex n,allboard, backer board and cant strip are in use :Lll over for economicai in terior clecoratin g, remodeling and ne\\' l)uilding.

A rlelightfrrl lrrnchcon hostecl lry officials of the Canec lrlant antl I'ioneerFlintkote \\'as hel(l at a charnling lakeside place called thc l-ani. 'l'he foocl \\-as hne and Jeanette \[:tkaio, the Ha\\-aiian beautr- q11ecn, taught a class ()f clealers the intricacies of tl.re Hula dance, u'hile drivers of the limoltsine tours made up the native orchestra (illustrated on Page 45).

-\f ter lunch, the party that tor.rrctl the Canec plant in the t.nortring \\'cnt on a grli(led tour of the largest sugar rrrill. srr$ the vari,)lls stilges in thc ntlnllfirctrlrc of srrgar arrci hanclling of the lr:rg;Lsse ()n its \\'av to the Carrec plant for rlanufactLlrc intr) builtiing materials.

The rcm:rirring tirre in the alternoon \\'as use(l for lovelv sccltic tortrs rtf one oi marrv orcltirl lltrtns on t{ztu'aii -"1hg orchi(l islan<1," sottte of thc city, the Queen l-ilirrokalani l'lLrl<, \'icws of tos'ering l{attrra lica volclrrro,:t gentline hist,,ric Hltrvltiilttt villlrgt' lrrrd the f arnorts R:rnvan ] )rivc 1c:rtlittg t<r thc Nanilon hotel. Itoonts at the hotel hacl lre err :rssigncrl by late :r[tern()on and solnc of tltc lrrnrbcrnten s\\.am in cluiet Hilo llav, r,l,hile others rested r1p from the milcs o[ n'alking incurred in thc day's lltiuruf:rctrlring tours, ltilotccl by the capablc dri vcr-guirle -J in-rr.r.rrXIurphy.

Again thiit er-ening, as trt lunch anrl in the Canec plant, the I-rrnrlrernren's Conference \\'as the gucsts of thc gcnerous I)ioneer-l-lintkote CornPanv at il c()ml)letel)' charlning c()cktail l)artv hclcl in thc island's Yacht Clulr on a rock\' ()ccan promintory. Therc rvas s()nlething' to ltlease the particular apJ)ctitc ()f :nlv grlest, and the entire (.onfcrcncc :rgree(1 th:Lt the endless \-arietv <>[ rlcliciorrs Irors cl'ocrrvres had never ],t't'tt t'rltr:rllc,l irr tlrcir r'\lrcpjgl11's.

Tl-rc lrnrver 'lrrurlrcrmen 11n(1erto()k a rcg111:rr tlinncr u1)()11 rctrlrn to the Ntrnilou for thc nigl'rt :rnrl ther-r "shooli it clou'n" u,ith sonrc inte usc .r11(liellcc 1)articipation in a full-sclLlc l{ull entertainment in the hotcl's iru(lit()riunr.

N[iss NI:rl<aio anrl tu'o othcr <1:rrrccrs, and tl-rrcc FIau'aiiar-r singcrs, 1rr-ovi<lc11 it gooLl shol\'. The cr-rtirc Clonl'crcncc partv at Hilo l'as happr- to turn in c:Lrlv, 1rr11ed to sleep ltr. n'lr-e. lrrclLliing outsicle on the hotel's lteninsnlar si tc.

F'rida1', llarch 1, <1rru'nccl as :rnother dav of ecluc;ition. I rtrrne<1i:Ltcly af ter breakfast, thc Corrfererrce gro111) set out in about ser-en limousines lrir leadirrg sights lrrorrnrl thc cit-v ('nroute 1() the famous Volcano Housc on tlre rim of Kilauea Cr:rter in Hau,aii National T'ark, aclministered bv the F-<trest Serr.ice of the U. S. Department oi thc In terior.

In lrrr<1 :iround Hi1o, the tour sau, the n'r;Lgniliccr.rt Itainbou- Fa11s, relics of thc ol<1 roval kingdolns, ne\\. coLlnty ar1(1'lcrrit()rial bLrildings. a l-ood-carr'irrg shop, :r guiclerl tour through the largest orchicl intlr.rstrr- and then thror.tg'h Iieauu (()laa), I{urtistou.n, N{ountain Yicu' antl Glcr-ru'ootl, :ind througl.r the Gi:ir.rt Trcc Fern Forest to the \,'olcarto I lousc in the nzttional J)ark for lunchcon at thc :Lrlmir:rble hostelry rrrn b1' o1<1 " Llnclc (ieorge" Lvctrrgus. a lticturesclue charlrcter from the Spanish-Americ:rr-r Wlrr, :rrr11 nr:trraged bv Nicholas T,vcurgus.

'\ lecture b1. the rzinger guides in the l)arl< mrlseum follor,r'ed lrrnchecln, u'ith color morries of the last eruPtion of NlrLunir l-oa in 1950, n-hen lar-a flou'ecl Ior 23 days ancl reached the sea in less th:rn three hours at 5.8 miles an hortr, callsiug' the ocean's \\'aters to boil sevcral rniles out. Hal.aii's manr. r-olca- noes may lie dormant from a ferv months to nine years; most eruptions are confined within the craters and usually give fair warning with a measurable tilt upward of the surface of the mountain affected and a series of earthquakes. Scientists can nearly always accurately predict them.

The cars toured the Kilauea Crater highway to Halemaumau, Keanakakoi, Laumanu, Puhimau and Kilauea-Iki craters past the firepits, sulphur banks and steam vents to the Thurston Lava Tube channeled almost down to l{ilo by the last lava flow. With lighted torches the party walked and crar,vled almost a block through the tube, and was told park rangers have explored it on hands and knees for 13 miles.

Arriving back in Hilo, the Lumbermen's Conference was deposited by the capable driver-guide, Francis Stillman, and the other guides at the Har,vaii

Planing Mill, Ltd., for a look at this booming modern retail yard. It is rnteresting to note that Hilo's downtown buildings are all rebuilt on one sicie of the street following the last great tidal wave that hit the Hawaiian Islands in 1946 and. in Hilo. washed thousands of humans and buildings into tl-re sea. The seaward side of the street was rebuilt with parking areas and-alas !parking meters even there.

So this Hilo retail yard offers an unsurpassed view of Hilo Bay and the island sweeping upward to Mauna Loa. Amid this scenic splendor, PresidentManager Robert M. Fujimoto oversees a modern, well-stocked store, ample yard storage of materials but-aga.in-no lumber; that is supplied immediatelv upon order from the wholesale rrard of one of the big Iirms.

It was good to spend the evening quietly at dinner and relaxation in the Naniloa hotel before the final clay of the Conference tours.

E,arly the morning of Saturday, March 2, the lumbermen and their ladies packed, breakfasted and boarded the little HAL plane at Hilo Airport for the "commuter" flight to N{aui, second largest island of the Flarvaiian group. Skimming over the great dormant crater of Haleakala Volcano, the plane set down at the Kahului Airport and we were assigned driver-guides for the day and driven to the county seat of Wailuku, with picnic lunches picked up at the Maui Palms hotel.

There followed a tour of the Yosemite Valley of Maui, with an exceedingly healthy walk through the Iao nothing wos rebuih on the oceqn side of Hilo's downtown streers following fhe 1946 tidsl wqve.) lower left shows Tony Honsen out in the ycrd's worehouse with on employee, while the group in the store ot lower righr is Srewort Russell, Moncger Fujimoto, Mrs, ond Syd Mercer ond Chqrlie Dornell

AT THE HllO RETAII YARD, the Hqwqii Ploning Mill, lrd., c lour of rhe yold showed mony innovolions in retcil operotions. Group qt lefi ir (lefr ro righf) Tom Fox, Orrie Homilton, Tony Honsen, Robcd M. Fuiimoto, the preridentmqnoger of rhe yord; Wcyne Mullin, Sydney Mercer, 9tewort Russell ond Rolph Russell. Center left phofo shows Mrs. Homilton, Gilmore qnd Mildred Wcrd odmiring some of the ycrd's disploys, while center right shows Morgoret Honsen qnd Cotherine Fox discovering qn item olso fo be found in the yordr qt home in Los Angeles ond Sonfo Ilionicc, respecfively. (And will you look through the windows ol the oceonside locolion of ihis hqndsome yord! . .

CAUGHT W|rH

IHE GOODS ol the big Hulo enlertoinmenl in the Noniloo hotel were lhe group here (from left to righr): -+ Ed Thompson of the PioneerFlintkore co., loc Angeles; Woyne Mullin, Jeonelte Mqkaio, "Mirs Aloho Hcwoii of 1955," who :lorred in lhe show; ond (kneeling ond qt fol righr), H. P. McDermotl ond Poul Collier, the two Yi3iting ossociolion moncgels

Valley almost up to its famed "Needle," and the leisurely drive through the "Riviera of Hawaii" along the tranquil ocean to Lahaina, the ancient w-haling center and former capital of the Territory, where grows the world's second largest banyan tree, and where the early missionaries and lusty whalers made history.

And on a short distance, past acres of sugar cane and fields of pineapple plantations, to the private Fleming Beach, whose white sands, green grass, gently swaying cocoanut and palm trees surely make it the world's best beach. At least so it seemed to the weary Lumbermen's Conference after a week of business meetings, tours of Iumberyards and manufacturing plants and mills.

And there, after the jampacked boxes of the picnic lunches were opened and devoured, most of the Lumbermen's Conference was more than willing to swim, loll on the beach and take photographs for several ecstatic hours, and forego the scheduled tour of Hamakuapoko and its ruined

The afternoon passed all toq swiftly, with after - luncheon refreshment of fresh pineapples expertly carved by the driver-guides, papayas, pineapple juice and Grenache Rose, and even some armloads of cocoanuts personally gathered by Vice - President Orrie Hamilton but broker-r open by the guides.

And so, just like in the travelogs, we bade goodbye to the ancient islands of the legendary, late great King Kamehameha II, the lush and lovely island of Maui in particular, boarded another plane and almost jetted back to Honolulu in a few minutes. Back to the Hawaiian Village hotel headquarters of this terrific SCRLA Lumbermen's Hawaiian Conference, and a regret{ul look at the time tables to ascertain the next day's departures for the mainland and the local lumberyards.

Downtown Chinese dinners or l1ear-

IHE WHEE]5 GET TOGETHER (from left fo right): Orrie Hsmilron, execulivc vice-president of the SCRIA; Roberl Kiitrell, monoger of tha Conec plcnl; Woyne Mullin, president of rhe SCRIA; ond Ed Thompson, los Angeles execulive of the PioneerFlintkote Co.

The men were oftciolly phorogrcphed ot lhe Noniloq holel to signcl the big orrivol for the visir ro Hilo by Waikiki Beach luaus or a Catamaran ride over the ocean occupied groups the last night in Honolulu; and the last day, Sunday, March 3, for the official conference was spent in packing, swimming at Waikiki, or finally getting off those postcards to the folks back home.

The big United Air Lines plane, with the majority of the Conference group aboard, left Honolulu Airport sharply at 8 p.m. after the lumbermen went easily through the U. S. Customs inspection. After some thoughtful Stark Sowers hospitality to the plane passengers and the airline's turkey dinner, the night flight went smoothly and the first California smog was sighted off the Santa Cruz Islands about 7 a.m. The lumbermen landed at Los Angeles International Airport soon thereafter.

The lumbermen who lingered for an extra, vacation, week in the Hawaiian Islands were able to see the old Kona coast of the island of Hawaii, the "garden island" of Kauai, the very recent tidal wave and other sights that the entire Conference was unfortunately unable to see in its limited time.

But all who went sarv enough to last a lifetime of happy memory and are eager to get back again for another such week of sightseeing and stimulating business meetings and friendly lumberyard tours. In fact, those local Hau'aiian lumbermen who joined the dealers, wholesalers and ladies from the States on the SCRLA's official Conference guest list said this was the first lumber dealers' meeting ever held in Harvaii and rvere very anxious to have the California group return next year or sooner.

SCRLA Executive Vice - President Hamilton ancl President Mullin u.ere deluged with compliments, very sincere ones, on the lrehavior and general attitude of their lumbermen's group. These expressions came entirely un- solicited from the people in Honolulu, Hilo and every place visited with u'hom the Conference had any dealir-rgs. The compliments were also echoed by the drivers of all the tours.

"It makes us proud to be in the same industry with such a fine group," would be a fair summary of the generally voiced appreciation of the feeling the SCRLA lumbermen left over there.

The outstandingly successful tour arrangements were made by Orrie Hamilton, with Carl X. Kufferath, secretary of the Honolulu Hoo-Hoo club, and with Harry McKerracker of United Air Lines in Los Angeles. They went without a hitch, it appeared, but if there were any, no one knew it. In appreciation for his marvelous handling of the Conference, the lumbermen presented Mr. Hamilton and his good r'r.ife Louise with a large and handsome salad bowl set of the Monkey Pod (rare tree) rvood and a 3-section appetizer tray of Milo wood, on their return from Kauai. The gifts lvere in the shape of large leaves and were signed, by 19 couples and two solo guests, "In Appreciation for our trip to Hawaii."

Countless are the thanks due all who had a hand in planning this event.

lloha oe!

IHE TOUR AND PICNIC ON IHE ISIAND OF l/lAUt wcre one of the greor highlighrs of the whole Conferenco. fop left shows the orrivsl ,ql the oirport, with rhe lodie3 ot the left (from rhe left) Cqrole Eckordt, Corol Ann Ancwalr, Fronces Anqwqlt ond loroine Wolfe. The cenlcr left scene shows Stewqrt Russell going down to the seo in rlips on rhe white scnd beoch, qnd rhe c€nter right rhot shows fivc of lhe tour drivert, who olro doubled in strings qnd sliced pineopples and crocked cocoonuts; lhey ore, second from lefi, ond on: Populi (olso cclled "Ctozy"), Koni the funny mcn, Alikc ond the gantlemonly Lili, The group dt the lower left is iusf ploin feeling GOOD qfter the most olegont picnic boxes, cnd the group lower right is iust ploin wondering if they ever wonl lo go bock fo tho Stdtes. Don'l know how thot ol' houn' dog got inro rhis lost phorogroph, but will you dig rhor deolcr honging on lhe polm iree ot the for right? Did you oyGr seo o hoppier, lozierlooking deolor in your life. But weren't we qll?