Hoo-Hoo Club 3l Sporks Fire-Preyention Proiect

Last fall, lvhen San Joaquin Hoo-Hoo Club 31's nerv board of directors held their first meeting, it was at a time immediately following the very severe forest fire just east of Fresno in the Sierra Mountains. The tremendous loss to the forest and timber supply was very vividly impressed on all of the directors' minds, and particularly impressed was the incoming president, Wally Kennedy.

The board felt that the local Hoo-Hoo club should in some way do their bit in the program to prevent forest fires, Consequently, a Public Affairs committee was appointed to look into this project and see what could be devcloped rrs a club activity to assist in the prevention of forest fires. The committee was composed of Jim Duart, Larry Canrron, Louis Frame, C. E. Macdonald and Bud Barber.

The committee finally decided that one method of attacking the proirlem rn'ould be to have some very attractive signs made and installed along the major highrvays from the the sign. Workmon qt Honor Comp moking one of lhe signs (rop cenler). Jim Duort, Bud Borber, Wolly Kennedy, Deone Bennelt ond Wayne Hubbord (top right). For left phoro in botlom pcnel shows Club 3l delegotion walching preporolion of one of ihe signs ot the Honor Gomp; from left: Duort, Hubbord, Borber, Kennedy ond Proieci 5upervisor John Clork, while linql photo shows President Kennedy rhonking Supervisor Clork, who personolly supervised moking of rhe signs for the club. Top cooperolion wqs secured from Depury Srore Forester Cecil E. Metcalf, Comp Supt. Lt. Phelps, Fire Prevention Ofiicer Deone Bennelt, "Keep Colifornio Green" Sec.-Mgr. Woyne Hubbord, qnd others in the Colifornio Division of Forestry.

San Joacluin Valley into the Sierra Forest regior-rs. C. E. Macdonald designed the signs ancl Louis Frame :trr:rnged r.vith the California Department of Corrections and the California Division of Forestrv to have the sigr-rs prepared at the Mira Monte Honor Carnp.

Jim Duart ar-rd \Vall)' Kennedy each secured clonations of clear cedar lumber from the mills in the vicinitr and had the material deliverecl to the honor camp just south of Dunlap, California.

Negotiations are no\v in progress rvith the U. S. Forestry Service to obtain proper locations for these signs and, as soon as rveather pern.ritted, members of the local clulr pla,rned to spend a ferv l'eekends installing these signs at the locations selected. This instail:rtion r'r.ill bring to reaiization the plans and hard r,r,ork of the Public Affairs conrmittee and, they hope, call attention of the public to the need to "Protect Our Forests-Your Future Homes."