TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY

As repo*ed in The California Lumber Merchant May 1, 1928 of San Francisco, rvas held at April 13. Dinner rvas served in ning. Over 5O attended. the Presidio Golf Club on the Clubhouse in the ese-

A joint meeting of the San Joaquin, Sacramento and Central California Clubs was held at lMerced on April 1-1. A business meeting rvas held in the El Capitan Hotcl, F. Dean Prescott, \'alley Lumber Co., presiding. Yosemite Portland Cement Corporation were hosts to the large gathering.

Philip J. F"y, president of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, presented a handsomely carved Redrvood plaque bearing tl're emblem of the City of San Francisco to Captain Walther of the neu' motor liner San Francisco s'hen the ship n'as in port on her maiden voyage.

On the evening of April L2, the sales department of the Riverside Portland Cement Co. were hosts to the Orange Countv retail lumber dealers at a dinner party at the Los Angeles Athletic Club.

The llodesto lumbermen \\'ere hosts to the Stockton Hoo-Hoo Club at the regular monthlv meeting on l\farch 26. Vicegerent Snark R. L. Ustick and J. U. Gartin, Stanislaus Lumber Co., arranged for the program and entertainment.

The Orange lJelt Lumbermen's Club held a golf tournarnent and dinner meeting at the Red Hill Country Club, Upland. on April 14. Follorving the dinner, Dee Esslel, Vicegerent Snark of the Orange Belt District assisted by the members of the Nine, staged a concatenation; three Kittens s'ere initiated.

This issue carried an illustrated article of the Chas. C. Club Adams Lumber Co. at San Bernardino.

A S.lerman's Bibliography

Washington, D.C.-The National Lumber N[anufacturers Association has announced the prrblication of a bibliography of lumber industry literature for use o{ lumber salesmen. Leo V. Bodine. executive vice president, National Lumbei Manufactnrers Association, states that the neu'booklet, "Lumber-Knorv It To Sell It" rvas prepared under the direction of the NLMA Special Committee on Sales Training ancl is intended as a helpful information source and sales tool for lumber salesmen interested in sharpening and improving their selling abilities.

The sales bibliography runs 18 pages in length and is indexed to cover appropriate phases of industry operations. Information given includes titles, authors, publishers, and prices where applicable. Copies of the bibliography at 25 cents apiece are available from the National Lumber 1\{anufacturers Association, 1319 Eighteenth Street, N. W., \\'rashington 6, D.C.

Hoo-Hoo-Ettes Meeting

The regular meeting of Hoo-Hoo-E,ttes Club No. 1 rvas held on Monday evening, April 13, 1953, at Martha's, formerly Carl's, at Vernon and Crenshar,v Blvds.

This 'n,as a closed meeting for nomination of officers.

The next meeting will be May 11, but the place l.ras not been determined. members rvill be notified in amole time.

Dick Bcrrtell Specrker ct Ocklcnd Hoo-Hoo Meeting

. Dick Bartell, the famous baseball player and coach was the speaker at Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39, Oakland, April l3 at the Claremont Hotel, Berkeley. Dick comes from Alameda'ivhere many of the Bay Region lumbermen are located, including Al Kelley, fresident o{ the Club. Credit for lining up a good speaker like Dick should go to Joe Pepetone, chairman of the evening, and to George Dunn rvho met hirn on a golf course.

Dick Bartell, r'r'ho graduated from an Alameda High School in 192(t, reminisced about his days as a player for tl.re l'ittsburgh Pirates, the Phillies, New York Giants and the World Series games in which he participated. After his playing career he told of his years as manager for the Sacramento team and later the Detroit Tigers. All present enjoyed the talk.

Ralph Hill, Hill Lumber and Hardu'are Co., had as his guest Bill Laws, radio and television com. mentator. Bill is the son of Brick Larvs, ou'ner of the Oakland baseball team.