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Direct Shiptnents

cent decision to open plywood rates July 1, and warned of repetition of the 1953-58 rate wars if the Conference isn't supported.

Eric Wagner of Del Valle, Kahman & Co., rebutted that the IHPA had alreadv wired the Conference to consider the efiects of the open .ate, while Bob Reid of Zeil & Co., and Hans Rainer of East Asiatic Company criticized the Conference's failure to consult importers fully.

All agreed, however, on the need for stability in rates.

The balance of the meeting was equally fast-moving. S. Oshima of Mitsui & Co., exporters, and S. Hamaguchi of Toyo Plywood Co., manufacturers, answered the importers' searching questions about the present distress in the Japanese plywood market. The honorable gentlemen said that the compromise of differences in their association by democratic process was slow, Discussions were stopped an hour late by Prebident Charlie Schmitt.

Persislent

"My, how you've changed. You used to have thick, black hair and now you're bald. You used to have a florid complexion, and now you're pale. You used to be chunky, and now you're skinny. I'm really surprised at your change, Mr. Jones."

"But I'm not Mr. Jones."

"Heavens ! You mean to say you've changed your name, too?"

The Instruclor Sqid:

"I will hold this rivet in the correct position, point in place, head straight out. When I nod my head, you hit it as hard as you can with your hammer." He did. Then she did. Then he went to the hospital.

The Mosl Beoutiful Will

Many years ago a lawyer nambd Charles Lounsbury, poor and insane, died in the Cook County Asylum in Illinois. After he was gone, it was found that he had left behind a will, one of the most remarkable in human history. Here is the way it read:

"I, Charles Lounsbury, being of sound mind and disposing memory, do hereby make and publish this my last will and testament in order, as justly as may be, to distribute my interest in the world among succeeding men. That part of my interest which is known in law and recognized in the sheepbound volumes as my property, being inconsiderable and of no account, I make no disposal of in this, my will.

"My right to live being but a life estate is not at my disposal, but, these things excepted, all else in the world I now proceed to devise and bequeath:

"I give to good fathers and mothers in trust for their children, all good little words of praise and encouragement, and all queer.pet names and endearments, and I charge said parents to use them justly and generously, as the needs of their children may require.

"I leave to children exclusively, but only for the term of their childhood, all and every, the fowers of the field and the blossoms of the woods with the right to play among them freely, according to the customs of children, warning them at the same time against thistles and thorns. And I devise to children the banks of the brooks, and the golden sands beneath the waters thereof, and the odor of the willows that dip therein, and the white clouds that foat high over the giant trees. And I leave the children the long, long days to be merry in, in a thousand ways, and the night and the moon and the train of the Milky Way to wonder at, but subject, nevertheless, to the rights hereinafter given to lovers.

"I devise to boys jointly all the useful'fields and commons where ball may be played, all pleasant waters where one may swim; all snow-capped hills where one may coast' and all streams and ponds where one may fish, or where, when grim Winter comes on, one may skate; to have and to hold the same for the period of their boyhood. And all meadows with the clover blossoms and butterflies thereof ; the woods and their appurtenances, the squirrels and the birds, and echoes of their strange noises, and all the distant places which may be visited, together with the advefitures there found. And I give to said boys each his own place at the fireside at night, with all pictures that may be seen in the burning wood, to enjoy without let or hindrance, and without any incumbrance or care.

"To lovers I devise their imaginary world, with whatever they may need, such as the stars in the sky, the red roses by the wall, the bloom.of the hawthorne, the sweet strains of music, and aught else by which they may desire to prove to each other the last lingering beauty of their love.

"To young men jointly I bequeath and devise all boisterous and inspiring sports of rivalry, and I give to them the disdain of weakness, and undaunted confidence in their own strength, though they are rude. And I give to them the power to make lasting friendships, and of possessive companions, and to them exclusively I give all merry songs and brave choruses, to sing with lusty voices.

"And to those who are no longer children, or youths, or lovers, I leave memory, and I bequeath to them the volumes of the poets Burns and Shakespeare and all other poets-if indeed there be others-fully and without tithes or diminution.

"To our loved ones with snowy crowns I bequeath the happiness of old age, the love and gratitude of their children, until they fall asleep."

No Need to WorrY

"Brethern and sistren, when de las' day comes, dere will be weepin' and gnashin' of teeth."

"Oh, Lawdy."

"sister Mandy, what ails You?"

"I ain't got no teeth,"

Said the parson: "Teeth will be furnished."

PCWHDA Plons 1960 Annuol ot Sqnto Borborq Biltmore With Record Turnout Due for One of Best Progroms

The 36th annual convention of the Pacific Coast Wholesale Hardwood Distributors Association will be held at the Santa Barbara Biltmore, beginning June 29 and ending, following the gala dinner dance, during the small hours of July 2, according to E. I\{. "Milt" Taenzer, president of the wholesale hardwood group.

"The way reservations are being received, one of the largest turnouts in the history of the association will be on hand for the big conclave," Mr. Taenzer said. "We anticipate that well over 200 lumber folks and their families will spend this long weekend in Santa Barbara, which could carry through the 4th of July should they wish to stay that long," he continued.

A fine program of business and social events have-been planned f6. ihe three-day convention, it was said. Beinard Bock, president of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, Chicago, will be principal speaker at the "kick-ofi" banquet on the evening of June 29th. Mr. Bock is a prominent hardwood lumberman from Montreal, Canada, and will address the group on the importance of business associations in lumber as well as all industry.

He will have with him M. B. Pendleton, secretary-

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manager of the national association, who will answer _any questions members have in regard to association activities at the national level. On July 1, E. H. Ficket, internationally known architect of Los Angeles, will give an informal talk to the membership regarding the future uses of hardwoods in modern building.

Included in the three-day program is a golf tournament, Iune 30. at La Cumbre Countrv Club in Santa Barbara, *tti.tt will be preceded by lunlheon before the athletes take to the field for the l8-hole sports event.

And then the big show is scheduled for the afternoon of July 1, when Commodore Fred Smales will officiate as Admiral of the Regatta when the ladies, children and kids at heart will participate in the water festival. Other sports

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