T. M. COBB COMPANY HONORS A TRUE BLUE GUY -- 1..s.;

fT WAS A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING "POP'9" PRAISES-ond there the clon is gothered in the top left photo with their excellent host, "Ty" Cobb; from left to right: Mrs. Florence Miller, T. M. Cobb, Froncis G. "Pop" Honson himself, Mrs. Froncis (Lotlie) Honson, Normon Miller ond Ruih Hanson. Florence ond Ruth arc "Pop's" doughters, ond Grqndson Normon, who hos been working oround the Wesf Coqsi Screen Co. during his school yeors. will sforl in steody there this summer. Ihe lodies come to meet "Pop's" business ossocioles ond left before ihe "fireworks" storted. The top righl phoio shows o portion of the crowd qt lhe conviviql cocktoil hour before lhe elegont dinner. The group in second left pholo is onother port of rhe heod toble, with Mr. Honson right "in fhe niddle;" second right photo shows guests ol one of lhree such long dining robles in the holl. Third left photo reveols the long line woiting to shoke "Pop's" hond ofter dinner, ond lhe third right scene Pictures "Pop" Hqnson qnd his grondson in close-up ogoinsi his fovorite bcckground.

The scene iust olongside here ut the left shows T. M. Cobb (in foreground) with hie son Ray preporing fo record greetings from oll the guests on lhe hondsome Webcor lope recorder gifr they gove Mr. Honson; lhol's Rupert Holey woiting for the signol lo speok his piece

Ihese hqndsome whire bodges, with ribbons of red ond blue, and nomes on identificolion cords, were given eoch guest ot porly

Thc "1irst alrnua1" .l )()l) llzrr-rson l)av \\-as ce lebrate<l at the Jonathlrl Clrrlr in Los Angeles on I'Iarclr 22. This unprecerlentcrl tribute to olc of tlrc S,,rrlhland lrtrilrlirrg irr(lustr\-'s lnost 1)cl()\'cd figurcs, l-rancis (i. I I:rr-rsor-r, \\'as the inspiratiorr ()f the 'f. .N{. Cobb Cotrrparry, an,,1ircr onc r,l llrc great niuiles irr ort r irr,lttstr-y, [[nc1 its o\\'11cr,'l-. \I. "Ty" Colrb hin-rscli, \vas thc genial. gcncr()11 s and sp:rrkling host.

When thc cocl<tail hour, the excellcnt prime rilr clinner, '1'1' Cobb's cloqtlellt t()irstlnastership :Llr(l al1the sincerelr'-r'oicctl trilxrtes from thc floor \\:crc over and the vetc(ilr o\\'ncr of the \\r-est Co:ist Screerr C--o. uras callcrl on to stancl and talic his honcstlv-earnecl l)o\\', all " I'o11" Hansr.,n coul(l do \\I:ts stand, looli huntbly irn(1 \rcrv gratcfrrllv :it his thror.rg of fricrr<ls in the lrarrcluct r0onr, an(1 take his seat again.

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Highfighrs of T. M. "Ty" Cobb's Remqrks:

"Good evening to you all. I'm happy that you \\'ere able to joirr us in hon,oring our mutual friend, 'Pop' l{anson especially our out-of-town guests who have irnprcssed Mr. llanson as greatly as you have me in making the great effort necessary to be here tonight to help us make his Darrty a success.

" Tl.rere are a few facts concerning our good fl iend's career that should at least be known to his'intirnate friends:

"Frorn a young ex-sailor ellgaged in helping popularize that new contraption-the telephonc, to an enterprising -iorrng fellow deciding to become the BEST peach farmer in I,f ichigan, to a nlan <lctermined to get into a business rvhcrc cverl' cla1. was pay day all of us here wlio use his line pro<lucts know only too well how he has succccdecl.

"He heaclecl for California rvith his u'ife and two <larrgl.rtcrs, arriving in Los Angeles in the carll'20s... with lris rlcsile for easy living and every-day-payda,v, hc naturall-v enterccl the nrillwork m:rnufacturing busirrcss-starting the tnanuf:rcture of lvood window screens. Travcling about in qucst ()f or(lers, all he coultl see was a front cloor an<I, he reasoned, u.h1' not acld the convenience of a rear door?

"He set about to renrcd,u- the situation and 1'ou all knor",'thc results-the Hollywoocl line of conrbil;1f1611 d661s-the st:tn<larrl of the industr-r. for thc past 2.; 1.'ears, and \\'e hope for many years to come Wc 'w'ho were sellillg this young colnl);ily small quantities of rnaLerials soon f ound ourselves rush ing around to fill orders of one million or ntore feet of lumber ancl plywood. Evidently Mr. Hanson dicln't havc rnuch faith in the inclustry's abilitl' to keep his colnpall-v in rnatcrials, for :rt about this time he felt ca'lled upon to journel' to Oregon ancl 1>urchase a sawmill.

"'l'her e are lnany and var-\ ing stories conccrning this vcllture. The one I like best is that he made a deal u'ith the big bo1's: Wcycrhaeuser, I-ong-Bcll, ancl Tarter, Wcbster & Johnson- to get out of the sau'nrill business if they would stay out of the cornbination door busincss. This agreerncnt, I believe, still stancl s.

"The California Bank lnoverl from across the strcet from our place antl built a fine new bank rnuch nearer to trIr. Hanscnleaving just a few blocks Lretwcen for his futulc exl,ansion. My gootl friend Mr. Wilson of the U.S. National Rank advised me tl.rat since our mutual friend o1>ened his account with their bank their deposits have zoomecl from 30 to over 100 rnillion dollars alld they have opened some 15 brancl.res-nrany of them, I think, for his convenience.

"You are all, I am sure, familiar with the tracl,enrark on all 'Pop Har.rson' products-the large green tree whiclt many of l.ou thought to be an evergreen. I say to you, tl.rat is NOT an evergreen trec; that's 'Pop' llanson's nroney tree anrl long may it stancl-it coulcln't happen to a nicer guy.

"'Pop' Hansorr, I salute you!"

"Popts" Porry-Guesf list

Horold FORD, Americon Forest Producls, Son Froncisco; Bob HOGAN, Tom HOGAN, Hogon Wholesole Building Mqteridls, Ooklond; Joe JAHRAUS. loguno Beoch Lumber Co., loguno Beoch; DON McCAUGHEY, Arizono Millwork Co,, Phoenix; Phil McCOY. Western Pine Supply Co,, Emeryville; Seih POITER. Stockton Box Co.. Stockton; Poul STAKE, Builders ft/lorkel, Son Diego; Jim SUFFOLK, Southweslern Gloss & Millwork, Phoenix; Phil TO[f, Montgomery, Wqrd & Co,, Ooklcnd; Melvin WllSON, U. S. Notionol Bonk. Son Diego; Orrin WRIGHT, formerly Wesi Coost Screen Co.

Jimmie BARNETT, T. M. Cobb Compony; Herb BAUER, Seors, Roebuck & Co.; Bill BOttES, Pqcific Wire Products; Jock BOSWORTH, D. D. McCollum; Hervey BOWLES, Long-Bell Lumber Co., Intl. Poper Division; Moury CLAYION, John W. Koehl & Son; Roy COBB, Chuck CORWIN, T, M. Cobb Compony; Owen DOSSEN; Morrin DOSSEN, Ed Dossen & Son; Jock DYER, T. M. Cobb Compony; Glen FOGEIMAN, Colifornio Door Co. of L, A.; Lauren FOSTER, Jomeson Lumber Co.; John FREEMAN. Cleor Fir Soles Co.; Bill GEORGEOFF. T. M. Cobb Compony; Herschell B. GREEN, dltorney-ot-low; Broce GURNEE, Generol Plywood Corp.; Froncis HAIEY, Rupert HAI,EY, Holey Bros,; George W. HAIM, insuronce; Horold HAMILION, John W. Koehl & Son; Jock HARTWEIL, H. H. HERKENHOFF, Colifornio Bonk; Jock HODGE, Volley Sosh & Door; Jimmie HUGHES, Hughes lumber & Mill; Rolph JONES, West Coqst Screen Co.; Frqnk JORDAN, Merle JORDAN, Jordon Sosh & Door; Horry LlBBY, John W. Koehl & Son; Poul MacGREGOR, E. F. Hutton & Co.; O, A. MAUIE, C. M. Millwork; N. R. McGREW, Ccliforniq Bcnk; Normon Mll[ER, West Coost Screen Co.; John OSGOOD, Roberl S. Osgood Lumber & Veneers; Mojor OVERBECK, T. M. Cobb Compony; Reed PORTER, The Colifornio Lumber Merchonf; Kenneth PRICE, Jordon Sosh & Door; Dick REPATH, Arnold Engineering Co.; Poul REVERT, [os Angeles; Vern RUSH. Hugh SATTERIEE, T. M. Cobb Compony; Pres. SHERRARD, W. P. Fuller Co.; Lee SIAGHT, T. M. Cobb Compony; Arlo SQUlRES, North Hollywood; Dqvid STEINMETZ lll,Stondord Lumber Co.; Vic W. TAYIOR, Seors Roebuck & Co.; Fred