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How Levi Left

Levi, a colored brother of the Baptist persuasion in religion, was steering a plow and following an old mule on his East Texas farm one April day, when a storm came up. Before Levi had a chance to seek shelter there came a flash of lightning and a great crash of thunder, and poor Levi was no more, the lightning bolt having apparently struck him dead center. So they had a funeral, and the good folks gathered in mass formation to pay their last respects to the

Pcrrlier Yard Sold

The yard of the Parlier Lumber Company, Parlier, Calif., rvas purchased recently by the Reedley Lurnber Company, Reedley, Calif., and will continue to be operated by them under its old name.

E. P. Ruth and R. H, Ruth are owners of the Reedley Lumber Company.

departed Levi, and they swayed and moaned in their own informal way, while the preacher spoke as follows:

"De takin' away of Levi wuz swift an' sudden. Did de Lawd low Levi to lingah long on a bed o'pain? He did not. Did de Lawd low Levi to suffah an'waste away? He did not. Den whut did de Lawd done erbout Levi? Peahs lak de Lawd jes' reched out He fingah an' teched a lecktricli button in he skies-an'He done SUMMARIZED LEVI."

Ollicers Elected

J. W. Rodgers

Lassen Lumber & of the company was elected president and treasurer of Box Co. at the recent annual rneeting San Francisco.

H. W. Bridgford was elected vice president and manager, and E. L. Smith, was elected secretary.

New Sources of Lumber

The May 1945 issue of the Reference Book of the Lumberrnen's National Red Book Service is just off the press. It is the 127th issue of the book. which is a semi-annual consolidation of that service's twice-a-week bulletin of changes in the lumber and woodworking industries.

Lumbermen's Credit Association Inc., Chicago 5, publishers of this service, advise that as compared with the issue of six months ago, there are dozens of newly listed sawmills, some of lvhich are brand new sour,ces of lumber. others are mills which have resumed.

For the past 69 years, the lumber industry and other industries marketing through retail lumber dealers or selling to wood working factories have used this service as one of their guides in credit and collection work. They have also found that as an aid in sales promotion and as a guide to sources of lumber and allied'products there is nothing as good.

Icrmes Wisnom Reopens Ycrd

James Wisnom, pioneer San Mateo retail lumberrlan, arlnounces the reopening of the yard of the Wisnom Lumber Company, 421 5th Avenue, San Mateo, Calif., about May 15.

Mr. Wisnom. who has a host of friends in all branches of the lumber industry, closed the yard in June, 1943. This business was established in 1903 ,and has therefore served the public in that area for more than 4O years.

The officers of the company are: James Wisnom, president; Al Miller, vice president; Howard Broln, secretarytreasurer.

It is interesting to recall that Mr. Wisnom has been a great traveler, having made a number of trips around the rvorld and to many parts of the world. He was on a world tour just before rvar broke out in Europe and returned to this country on one of the last ships to leave before hostilities started.

Coos Bcy Lumber Co. Announces Depcrtment Hecrds

Following the merger of Port Orford Cedar Co. .ivith Coos Bay Lumber Co., J. W. Forrester, general manager of Coos Bay Lumber Co., announced that E. R. Harrington u'ill be manager of the cedar division. Freeman Schultz t'ill continue as manager of the fir rlivisior-r, and Allen Smith will continue as logging superintendent.

Redwood Logging Conference

The central theme of this year's Redwood Logging Conference is "Maintaining the Redwood Region's Good Itecord in War-time Production." The conference will be held at Fort Bragg, Calif., on May 25-26, 1945.

The first day will be devoted to discussions of logging problems affecting log production and the new legislation affecting forest cutting and protection practices.

Because of travel restrictions, attendance from outside the Fort Bragg area will have to be limited.

The discussions will be held at the Community Club in Fort Bragg. The annual dinner will be in the Windsor Hotel the night of May 25. The field trip will be to the Union Lumber Company's Ten Mile River operation the next day, Saturday.

Terrible Twenty GolI ToUrnqment

The 227th Terrible Twenty golf tournament was held at the Bel Air Country Club, West Los Angeles, Thursday, April 12. Eddie Klassen and Bob Osgood staged the show. Nineteen members came out for the afternoon play.

Joe Tardy won the first prize, a $10.0O merchandise order, with a net 70. Sid Alling with a net 72 won the second prize, a $5.00 merchandise order. In the play-off for second prize carried over from the last tournament, Bob Mason won from Bob Osgood, and received a $5.00 merchandise order.

The May tollrnament will be held at the Los Angeles Countrv Club on May 25.

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