Southern California Retailers Hold Picnic at Pasadena

The Southern California retail lumber dealers' picnic at Brookside Park, Pasadena, Calif., Saturday afternoon, June 24,1933, brought out a large attendance. There were about 3OO present which included lumbermen, their families, friends and guests.

Following luncheon, the sports' events took place. The first event was the baseball game between the Retailers and the Wholesalers. Steve Hathaway, captain of the Retailers, assembled a fine aggregation of ball players who defeated the Wholesalers 17-2. Lloyd Cole was captain of the Wholesalers. Kenneth Smith umpired the game.

The Retailers defeated the Wholesalers in the tug of war contest. The Wholesalers got off to a good start and for a while it looked as though they were off to the races but after the Retailers settled down to business the tide turned and they were declared the winners. W. J. Anderson and V. B. Nygaard were the winners of the men's log sawing contest and were teamed against Art Penberthy and A. B. McKee.

Other events during the afternoon included: Horse Shoe Pitching; Baseball Throw (men) ; Baseball Throw (ladies) ; Ladies' Nail Driving Contest; Men's Nail Driving Contest; Fat Men's Race, 50 yards, 200 pounds and over; Fat Ladies' Race, 50 yards, 200 pounds and under; Pie Eating Contest for Boys, 16 years and under; Three-Legged Race for Men; Sack Race for Boys, 12 to 16 years; Sack Race for Girls, I2 to 16 years; Peanut Race for Boys, under 12 years; Peanut Race for Girls, under 12 yearc; Shoe Scramble for Boys, under 12 years, and Shoe Scramble for Girls, under 12 years.

Excellent prizes were awarded to the winners of the various events and were made possible by the following: California Door Company, California Hardware Co., California Moulding Co., California Redwood Assn., Celotex Co.. Consolidated Lumber Co., El Rey Roofing Co., W. P. Fuller & Co., "Gus" Hoover, lHoffman Hardware Co., Holmes-Eureka Lumber Co., Haley Bros. Sash & Door Co., Hammond Lumber Company, ,Ilipolito Screen Com-

Wholesale

Sash Anid Doon Assogiation

of Northern California

112 Market Street - San Francisco, Calif.

Metrill Robineon, Secretary-Mgr. - Phone GArfeld 5846 MEMBERS pany, J. W. Koehl & Son, Kerchkoff-Cuzner Mill & Lbr. Co., Libby-Owens-Ford Glass Co., C. E. Lloyd Sash & Door Co., Los Angeles Art Glass Co., D. D. McCallum Sash & Door Co., Masonite Corpi, Paraffine Companies, Inc., Patten-Blinn Lumber Co., Pioneer Paper Company, Shumacher Wall Board Corp., Sivon Manufacturing Co., Thompson Glass Company, Union Lumber Company, U. S. Gypsum Company, 'Weaver Henry Corp., Johns-Manville Sales Corp., Whiting-Mead Company and E. K. Wood Lumber Company.

F. S. Buclley Door Co.

Ice cream and coffee were furnished by the Los Angeles Cement Companies, and pies for the pie eating contest were supplied by the Blue Diamond Corp. Attractive hand made badges were presented by the Misses Skidmore, daughters of Grey Skidmore of the Skidmore & Bowers Lumber Co. of Downey.

George Riley, Fox-Woodsum Lumber Co., Pasadena, was chairman of the picnic program and was assisted by the followinC: J. C. Stark, Hammond Lumber Company, Pasadena i Joe Hill, Patten-Blinn Lumber Co., South Pasadena; Wm. T. Davies, Patten-Davies Lumber Co., Pasadena; Orville Higley, W. E. Cooper Lumber Co., Altadena; Don Philips, Lawrence-Philips Lumber Co., Los Angeles; Phil Curran, Curran Bros., Inc., Pomona; W. J. Anderson, Blue Diamond Corp., Los Angeles; C. Gilson. Kerckhoff-Cuzner Mill & Lumber Co.. Pasadena. and Emil Swanson, Eagle Rock Lumber Co., Eagle Rock. Kenneth Smith was the announcer.

The Prize Committee included: H. J. Nunneley, E. K. Wood Lumber Co., Los Angeles, Chairman; Ross Blanchard, Blanchard Lumber Co., North Hollywood; A. C. Penberthy, Tacoma Lumber Sales Agency, Los Angeles, and J. E. Martin, The California Lumber Merchant, Los Angeles.

The Arrangements Committee for the picnic included: Earl Johnson, Johnson Lumber Co., Pasadena, Chairman; Paul Hallingby, Hammond Lumber Company, Los Angeles; A. J. Stoner, Sawtelle Lumber Co., Sawtelle; Ross Blanchard, Blanchard Lumber Co., North Hollywood; Henry Adams, Henry Adams Lumber Co., Anaheim; Phil Curran, Curran Bros., Inc., Pomona; M. E. Downey, M. E. Downey Lumber Co., Long Beach; Roy Sandefur, Dill Lumber Co., Arlington, and Kenneth Smith, Lumber and Allied Products Institute, Los Angeles.