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Hoo- Hoo Club 39 Lighfs Birthday Candles

Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club 39 staged its 37th Annual Rirthday Party on Wednesday, February 21, at the Claremont Hotel in Berkeley, and although there were a few familiar faces missing, the rest of the cast was great and the show a hit. Mulford Lumber's Bob Bieleck chairmanned the active afiair which held forth a little something for everyone -including a Twist Contest (handily won by Lew Godard) ' Although attendance rvas ofi somewhat from previo-us years, nearly 100 lumberrnen and their gals turned out for the fracas which u'as held in the Claremont's newly decorated Empire Room. Official starting time was 7:39 p.m., cocktails followed by an excellent steak dinner and dancing to Deuton's "Bay Swingers" stretching the clock to 2:N a.m. & btr.

Besides chairman Bieleck, other backs deserving of a pat include those of John Lowe, California Pacific Sales Corp.; Oakland wholesaleman Earle Bender; TW&J's Dick Craft, Castro Valley dealer Ralph Boshion; Oakland wholesaler Jim Hendrick; Vic Roth of Triangle Lumber; Hobbs Wall's Bill Johnson; Jim Doherty, El Cerrito T.umber; Jack Koepl, Peerless Lumber; Bruce and Tom Jacobsen, Sun Valley Lumber Co., Lafayette.

Th6 next big production on Oakland's slate of activities will be the club's Annual Reveille, May 18 the date, and the Castlern'ood Country Club the place. See you there !

Johnson. Middle: Hill I'umbe/s Rclph ond Por Hill, Ann nnd Poul Word of Arcoto Redwood. Righl: Bufi Coonon wilh hubby's new Porlner' Eill Johnson qnd wife Polti. Middle, Lefi: llleqnwhile, bock ql the mohogony, wholesolerc Eorte Bender ond Fred Poyne enioy q book. Secondr Bqck to the heolth food stcnd ogoin we find Bricn qnd l/irc. Bonnington plocing their orders.

L. A. Home Show Opens Sqle of Spoce to Exhibirors

Completion of the floor plan for the 17th Annual Los Angeles Home Show at the Sports Arena has been announced by William Satterwhite, assistant manag'er, thus launching the sale of space to manufactu:'ers and exhibitors for the 1962 show which will be held June 21 through July 1.

Satterwhite, in charge of sales, predicted an increase this year "in the neighborhood of 1l percent" over the highest previous allotment of space. Satterwhite predicated his .estimate on advance reservations from' manufacturers throughout the nation.

Space can be purchased by contacting Satterwhite at prexy Fronk ond his bride worming up for o big nite oheod. Itliddle: And here we hove c couple of pcst presidenfs offices of the Home Show, 6399 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles 48, OL 3-8624 or OI- 3-8610.

Lu Greens, Mrs.

IHPA Welcomes Vqnpori Inlernqtionql, Inc. trs Member

The Imported Hardrvood Plywood Association r,t'elcomed Vanport International, Inc., World Trade Center, San Francisco, into its growing membership last month. Vancouver Plywood Company, Vancouver, Washington, has closed out its plywood import activities and as a subsidiary corporation, on January 8, opened its ner,vly formed corporation in the World Trade Center, Vanport International, f nc., with John Vanguard as executive vicepresident.

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