Old Timers Nite and Concat Fete the "Oldesf" Old Timer

It was a full day for 100 Los Angeles I{oo-Hoo meml.rers, friends and guests when they converged for the annual "Old Timt'rs" celelrration. golf tournament and an cr.ening of entertainment arranged by the master oI such occasions, Lee Kramer.

Itoss W. Blanchard was the suest o{ Itottor as tlre oldest lonlinuous meml,er of the lumber lraternity in the Los Angeles district. He has been associated with HooHoo, International Concatenated Order of l,umbermen, for 50 years. Dee Essley was runner.up with a 45-year record.

The "billing" given this extra special rvent by Snark Wally Lingo, and his vicepresident Phil Keltl-. was Ross Blanchard iiite.

But it also turned out to be Bill Rau Duy. Bill came down from Ventura County' where he represents Sun Lumber (People's Division) and gave the home tcwn boys a lesson in the ancient game of ilolf. He shot a gross 69 to walk off with the Low Cross. [,ow Net and First Flieht prizes {or his full day c,[ fun and frolic.

In first flight Bud Nelson placed second and the winners of the second flight were Bill Doherty and Harold Cole. Guest winner of the day's event was Ed O'Conner, of the Long Beach Citv Building and Sa{et1- Commission. Golf Chairman Ben Gardiner passed out the prizes to the hackers and duffers. The soortsmen then moved on to the iglh hole rally. concatenation and evening {estivities.

Five kittens were inducted into the fraternal order b1. Snark Wally Lingo and The Hoo-Hoo Nine with Dee Essley officiating as visiting officer for Old Timers Night.

They were plsd Jones, Custom Milling; Stanley Cochran, Wholesale Lumber Sales; Lynn Layton, Simpson Timber; Perley Fisher, Simpson Timber and Ralph Irwin, Chase-Irwin Lumber Co. Preparation and (Continued on Page 86)