QUITE A RAI{GE.... WIIH HOBBS WAtt tD |lilARII[\l Remembers REDWOOD

(Ed,i,tor's Note: This was the last Column receiaed from longtime Lumber Merchant Editor Ecldie Martin belore he zaas hospi,taliaed with the illness trom whiclt he died last month. When Ed "lawghed' at the boss's iokes," it was because he loved them, as this column shows. We present it now becau,se zue think Eddie would have zuanted, to "leeue you laughing." )

Heard one of the top comedians tell a story on television a few weeks ago that brought back memories. It was the story of Munro. It is one of Jack Dionne's favorite Negro stories that I heard him tell to California lumber groups over thirty years ago. Thought some of the lumber folks would like tb refresh their memories and hear the story of Munro again, so here it is as it appears in Jack Dionne's book, "Cullud" Fun, a compilation of his best Negro stories: vIn all sizes and all grades, Hobbs Wall has been supplying the best buys in redwood to wholesalers and retailers for over 93 years, shipping everywhere in the nation.

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"Munro was an old Mississippi 'Uncle' who lived in the country, and went to Memphis on an excursion for his first visit to the big city. Everything filled the kindly old darky with wonderment. He had just enough money for his round trip ticket, had a'snack' of food in his pocket that the 'old 'oman' had fixed for him, so he was just able to walk about and see the amazing city sights. He had never seen a streetcar before, and they made a tremendous hit with him. He deeply regretted that he had not the rrroney to ride on one.

"He was walking slowly around in the little park that forms sort of a center piece in the business district of Memphis, when he heard somethin$ clink against his toe. He looked down and saw that his foot was touching a lost purse. Watching craftily until he was sure no one was looking, he picked up the purse and stuck it into his pocket, then slipped down an alley and into a corner and opened the purse. He almost shouted for joy. There was two dollars and eight-five cents in the purse. He put the money into his pocket, dropped the purse into an ash can, and headed straight for a streetcar, got on, and sat down to enjoy to the fullest this wonderful sensation.

"It so happened that the streetcar line on which he was riding crosses a succession of streets named after the ear,ly Presitents of the United States, and the conductor on the rear of the car called the streets as they went along. And when Munro got back to the country with his gang around, he told what happened as follows:

"De man on de back o' dat streetcah mus' know eve'body ' in Memphis. Yessuh. He mus' a' knowed 'em, becuz he called dey names when it cum time fo' dem t'git off. Fust l-re sticks his haid in de do' and calls-'Washin'ton !' an' sho nuff, Mistuh Washin'ton gits up and gits off de cah' Den he sticks his haid in an' calls-'Jeffe'son !' And Mis Jeffe'son and huh lil boy gits up and gits off. And Ah sez t' mahse'f, dat man cain't put me off de cah, cuz ain't nobudy in dis city whut knows mah name is Munro, so dey couldn't tell him, an' Ah'se going t' ride jes' as fah as Ah kin ! An' den dat man sticks his haid in de do' and calls'Jackson !' An' Mistuh Jackson, he gits up and gits off de cah. An' Ah sez to mahse'f agin, Ah'se glad he don' know rnah narne so he cain't put me off, an' jes' as ah said hit, dat man sticks his haid in de do' and hollahs 'Munro !' An Ah says, 'Yessuh, Ah'se Munro, all right, but Ah don'1111'g'51nn' howyou foun'hitout.' But Ah gils off de cah, and hit goes off an' leaves me. An Ah'm standin'on de cawnuh won'erin' what's Ah'm goin' t' do nex when a big automobile wid two dressed up white genemen in hit pulls up, and dey look 'round, and den one of dem white genemen say t' me, he say-'Boy, is dis Munro?' An' Ah say, 'Yessuh, djs is Munro.' An' he say t' me,'Ah'm lookin' fo' TWO EIGHTYFIVE,' an' Ah retches fo' mah pocket, an' says, 'My Gawd ! Dese white folks sho' is smaht'." -Ed Martin.

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Horgrove Joins Sisqlkrafi

The American Sisalkraft Corporation announces that Charles M. Hargrave has been appointed to the staff of the Los Angeles sales office handling Sisalkraft papefs and plastics in Southern California. Hargrave (left) joins Sisalkraft after four vears' experience in the retail lu-mber field with Fisher Lumber Co. of Santa Monica. A graduate of Michigan State with a degree in Forestry, Hargrave spent two years in the Army in the Counter Intelligence Corps. He lives in Pacific Palisades. At present, he will work with lumber and building-material dealers, contractors, architects, and industrial firms who handle American Sisalkraft's products in Los Angeles and Orange counties, reports P. C. Pendleton, Ass't. Mgr.,'Western Division.

Celotex Promofes Morris

M. M. Morris has been named general line Merchandising manager for The Celotex Corpor'ation, announces Marvin Greenwood, vice-president and director of merchandising. "We anticipate increased building activity this year. We have greatly expanded our production capacities. So it is important that we add to the merchandising support we give our 16 distiict sales offices and their lumber dealer customers," said Greenwood. He pointed out that C'elotex has embarked upon the largest advertising program in its history.

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Mr. and Mrs. William Gerritt Cooper, better known as young Bill Cooper of the W. E. Cooper Lumber Co. retail yard in Los Angeles, parented their third child and second daughter, Kelley Winnett Cooper, April 23, in Good Samaritan hospital. The baby was taken home April 30 to join her sister Lea, 2f, and brother Cameron Scott Cooper, lf The dealer's wife was Glenn Winnett Candy, daughter of the Walter W. Candys of the Bullock's department stores, and Bill is the son of Mrs. Charles Cooper of Flintridge and the late lumberman Charlie Cooper. The children's greatgrandfather is P. G. Winnett.

Fforace Wolfe, president of Marquart-Wolfe Lumber Co., Hollywood, and Mrs. W. departed May 8 by air for Honolulu and side trips to Hilo, Hawaii, and the isles of Maui and Kauai. They will return to the Mainland early in June. Aloha. there !

Ross Beall, salesmanager of Tahoe Forest Products Co., Sacramento, spent the last two April weeks calling on Midwest accounts.

LMANC President Hamilton Knott, Association Manager Jack Pomeroy and Santa Maria Dealer Joe Kirk, flew to Washington, D.C. the first of May for the Spring meeting of the directors of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Assn., of which the LMA is a federated association.

Lou Weidner and his wife Winnie sailed aboard the Lurline, April 23, for that belated, 3-week honeymoon in the Hawaiian Islands.

Ted Roy of Roy Forest Products Co., Van Nuys, spent a recent time in Flureka as the guest of Whitney Olson. He was accompanied by Don Philips, Jr., as they visited mills in the Eureka ancl l(lamath areas.

J. E. Higgins, Jr., president of the J. E. Higgins Lumber Co., and IVIrs. Higgins are relaxing in the Barbados area on an extensive vacation. The Bay Area couple, who have spent all Winter in the West Indies, will return home during mid-June.

Mayme Sue Peter, "girl Friday" to Joe Terrell, headman at Lerrett Lumber Co., Los Angeles, is back on the job after major surgery at a Huntington Park hospital.

Ruthy and Bill Grieve (he's head of BMD in Stockton) returned home the end of April on the Matsonia after a few weeks' sheer pleasure in }Ia.ivaii.

Orrie W. Hamilton, executive vice-president of the Southern California Retail Lumber Assn., and his wife are currently in the east, where he attended the Spring directors meeting May 5-7 of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Assn., of which the SCRLA is a federated association.

Congratulations to "Zook" ( Western l)oor & Sash) Todd and wife Lollie on the arrival, Nlarch 27, of a 7-pound, l3-ounce baby girl, named "Lockey" in honor of her great-great-grandmother.

Dan Hilton, assistant to Bill Smith at Smith-Robbins Lumber Corp., Los Angeles, and his rvife Barbara have returned from a sawmill survey trip in northern California u'hich included a little skiing at Squaw Valley. They stayed overnight in Red Blufi rvith Mr. and Mrs. Larry Ross, who is the big lumber trucker and hauler in the area.