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Los Angeles Committee Organizes for '62 Nafional Forest Products Week

The Los Angeles Committee for National Forest Products Week held its first meeting of the 1962 year, March 14, at the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Building.

National Forest Proclucts Week this year will be observed October 2l-27.

First order of business was the election of new officers for the current year's wood promotion. Prominent lumberman Dee Essley, D. C. Essley and Son, Los Angeles, accepted the head spot, replacing the retiring Wayne Mullin, Mullin Lumber Company, Los Angeles, who with co-chairman Jim Forgie did such an outstanding job in 1961. Jim, of the Robert S. Osgood firm, Los Angeles, agreed to continue as co-chairman this year.

Elected to the important post of treasurer was Leonard Crofoot, Davidson-Western Plywood, Los Angeles. George Scrim of the Philippine Mahogany Association, South Pasadena, continues as secretary.

Discussion o.n plans for '62 was opened by Dee Essley, who pointed out the fine material that Hoo-Hoo rvas putting out in support of wood promotion. Hoo-Hoo will again be solidly behind the project. He also called attention to the great job that the Vancouver Hoo-Hoo Club did last year. union interest and support be awakened to the importance of wood promotion. i\fany suggestions were made for "The Week's" promotion, some of a very ambitious nature, but it was concluded that the program would best succeed, at least presently, if kept on a local level. It was suggested that union representatives be invited to sit in on the committee meetings, that

Suggestion was also made that greater retailer interest be solicited-in order that the message of wood prornotion be brought directly to the pub- lic-to the retailers' point-of-purchase counters.

A motion was made and approved that a luncheon meeting spearheading the "Week" again be held at the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Build!ng; suitable date, preferably Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, to be deterrnined by the availability of accomrnodations.

Among those present, in addition to the afore-mentioned officers. were: E,lmer F. Osterman, Harold Cole. Tohn Anderson, Fred Comstock, Frank- Daluiso, Ole May and Don Dick.

Dee Essley announced that, from the tentative suggestions brought forth by the discussion, he would draw up a tentative program which he would submit at the committee's next meeting, April 11.

Hoo-Hoo-Elte No. I Meets

Julie's Restaurant located near the University of Southern California on Flower Street in Los Angeles was the rendezvous spot for members of HooHoo-Ette Club No. 1 at their April 9, 1962 meeting.

L.A. Hoo-Hoo Dinner Dance t