GEORGE CTOUGH A N D LUMBER

This week we extead greetings io the Southern Calilornic Retqil Lumber Agsociction Members who cre holding their annual couclqve ai the Ambcrssador Hotel. It will qlso be our ple<rsure to be in ctlendcncemeetingf new lolks cnd visiting with old lriends ,

We look lorward ecch yecrr to this swell convenlion qs it <rIlords us the opporiunity of getting together sociclly with our rncny customers in the lumber industry-olso; to gcin considercble knowledge ol current world ollqirs cs they cre pcssed on by well informed spedkers. Orrie Hcrmilton hce been mosl successlul in obtoining the finest enterlcinment lor all meetings, cnd qccording lo cdvcnce notices, this yecr will be better thqn ever belore,

II you, too, wqnt to meet your Iriends, cover the trend ol present economic evenls, be splendidly entertcined by outstcnding talent and in genercl hcve a swell time-just mcke sure your reservctions cre maCe lor this event.

We shcll be seein' you cnd promise not to lqlk loo much qbout the fine quclity ol lun:ber we peddle. We'll lei you decide that when you plcce your order withus...Adiosl

Terrible Twenty GoU Tourncment

The 31Oth Terrible Trventy golf tournament

$'as held at the Annandale Country Club, Pasadena, or1 Tuesday afternoon, March 18, with Harold Alling acting as host.

Bob Osgood turned in a net score of 69 ano won first prize. Ed Klassen and Harold Hamilton we re tied for second price, each having a net 7l score.

I n the match play, Frank King beat George Gartz in the first flight, and Dewitt Clark won out over Dee Essley in the second flight. The finals in Ma1' r,vill be Doug Disney vs. Frank King in the first flight, and George Gartz vs. DeWitt Clark in the second flight.

Los Angeles

Biulding Permits

Los Angeles building permits issued during the month of Nlarch totaled $21,.133,354 as compared u'ith $25,-186.53-l in \[arch. 1951, according to G. E. I\'Iorris, superintendent of building. 4,506 permits were issued in March this year as against 4,625 ;termits in March last year.

1,848 building units r,verc compieted in NIarch this ]'ear.

Hyster Compcrny Exhibit

The Hvster Companv lvill have another otltstanding exhibit at the Southern California Retail Lumber Association's annual meeting to be held at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, on April 15, 16 and 17. The Hyster Company will be represented at their booth by \\r. H. Kilkenny, Harold T. Berg, Warren D. Burman, Victor Hunt and James Oliver.

Hoo - Hoo Club No. 31 Holds Concat At Tulare, Initiates Nine Kittens

Nine Kittens were initiated into the Order of Hoo-Hoo at a Concat held by Club 31, March 14, at the Hotel Tulare in Tulare, Calif. Members of the Nine who condttcted the Concat rvere :

Robert F. Reid, Snark; Dave Davis, Senior Hoo-Hoo; Lewis A. Godard, Junior Hoo-Hoo; Bob Wright, Bojum; Arthur G. Post, Scrivenoter; Bill Bright, Jabberwock; Verne Harn'kins, Custocatian; Ray Noble, Arcanoper; Keith Munger, Gurdon.

The Visiting Officer part was handled by the Supreme lloo-Hoo, Carl B. Gavotto. Among the other out of torvn visitors rvere Dave Davis and Lervis Godard, both former members of the Supreme Nine. Earle Johnson, Jr. of Watsonville, President of the Coast Counties Hoo-Hoo Club, also u'as present.

The follolving Kittens rvere initiated: Harold A. Fuerst, Herbert Sholin, John William Wright, Glen H. Barber, Houston L. Crabb, Luther Brooks Hollingsworth, Arthur Krehbiel, \\''. A. Trvining, Robert T. Bothwell. James Clifton was reinstated.

A total of 56 persons attended the dinner. The chairman of the evening, Bob Reid, presented the secretary of the club, Bernie Barber, Jr., rvith a very nice piece of luggage ::s :r tolien of appreciation for his past service rvith the club.