San Joaquin Hoo-Hoo Sponsors Lumber-Jacs

The Lumbermen's Joint Action Committee sponsored by San Joaquin Hoo-Hoo Club 31 (Lumber-Jacs of Fresno) held a wood promotion meeting the evening of IVIarch 13, at Cedar LJnes in Fresno, rvith more than 120 architects and interested persons attending. Hamilton Knott, Ygqemlte Lumber Company, Fresno, M.C.'d the dinner meeting and did his usual sterling job of getting things started properly. ' tn" fread table included the NLMA group of William Penoyar, Dean Presi=emoh, John Fies, Rod Buchan and Wayne Gardner, in addition to Knott, Bernie Barber and Lumber-Jac of Fresno chairman Jim Duart. Of the 124 who attended the dinner and Wood Clinic, over one-half were architects, engineers and school board or citY officials.

Two films were s'hown by NLMA stressing the use of wood in public buildingl-particularly s c h o o I s-and on comparative fire tests on rvood and steel beams. Other subjects covered included "Building Codes and Fire Safety" and "School Building Costs."

An- inlaid hardwood picture of a sawmill was given away as a door prize (these boys really stressed wood all the way) and was won by Walter Wagner, an architect of the firm of Walter Wagner and Partners, Fresno.

San Joaquin lloo-Hoo Club 31 recently set up Lumber-Jacs of Fresno (Lurnbermen's Joint Action Committee) and appointed Jim l)uart, Tarter, Webster & Johnson, as chairman. The purposes of this committee are to promote the greater use of wood; to serve as a watchdog on building codes to make certain no action is taken detrimental to the industrv: to serve as a rvood information center by disseminating merchandising aids designed to help sell lumber and wood products.

Hoo-Hoo-Ette No.6 Elects New Ofiicers

San Fernando Valley Hoo-Hoo-Ette Club No. 6 installed 1962 officers. with Anne Murray officiating, at their January meeting in the Northridge home of outgoing president Moncia Martin.

Ready to carry out their respective duties are: Donna Lee Dean, presiclent; Miriam Alpin, 1st vice president;

Jessie Culbertson, 2nd vice president; Betty Shoener, 3rd vice president; Clara Lavine, secretary; Monica Martin, treasurer; Lois Jones, membership chairman; Betty lJsher, initiation chairman and Agnes Mclntyre, publicity chairman.

The February meeting was scheduled for St. Valentine's day at the Sky Room of Lockheed Air Terminal, Burbank. It was a no-host dinner meeting beginnirrg at 6:29 p.m.

Country lumber Opens its Doors qt Sheridon (Coliforniq)

Two former Diamond National men, John Montero and Ron Johnson, opened their own operation at Sheridan, California, last month. The new business is known as Country Lumber Company and the mailing address is P. O. Box 123, Sheridan. Both men have had considerable experience in lumber and building materials merchandising, Montero formerly managing Diamond National's yard at Lincoln, and Johnson r,r'ith Diamond National's Roseville operation.

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