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M0RE THAN 140 golfers attended the big inivitational, but chairman Elmer Lewis (1) (le'ft) together with a fine assist from Reola Jamison and Lila Schiffner kept everything running smoothly. Bear River's DeWitt Smith and Bob Plunkett register their scores. Nifty Gay (2) looking over just part of the big trophy selection. Nifty went home to Stockton with closest to the pin trophy. (3) Nikkel's Bob Bonner and Jack Ruble, Jacobsen-Ruble Lumber, Eugene. (4) North Vallev's Paul Phelos and Bill Leonard of Em- prise Lumber. (5) Ward Dobbins of Blue Canyon Lumber and Brooks-Dodge's Bob Turner. (6) Smitty, Jack Jamison. B. Shaffenbach and Jack Foss. (7) Frank (San Antonio Pole) Ruggieri, Bob Richards and Jack McKenzie. (8) Len Richert and Joe Lausmann. (9) Reno's Tony Denio. (10) Larry Owens of SimeoneWilliams, Herb Dodini, Maury Pontius of Bear River. (11) Charley Reynolds, Jim Scogin and Jim Johnson. ('12) Bill N-ovak - of Brunswick and Frank Reed. (13) Guy Spence of Cal'Era Lumber, Brooks-Dodge's Elmer

Lewis, and Martin Spitzen of Tahoe City Lumber Co. (14) Ed Tattersall and Lawrence Painter. (15) Walt and Fred Spiller, Harry Fayter and Martin Howard of Bear River. (16) Bob Ahrens of Diarnond National, Sterling lVentink and Duane Duff. (11) Andy Siller, Fred Passmore. (18) North Valley Lumber's Roy Dunbar and Bob Nikkel, head of R. F. Nikkel Lumber Co. (19) Tom Arvin and Cal-lda's John de Montanya. The meet drew golfers from as tar away as Los Angeles and 0reson lor the invitational.