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Dubs, Ltd.-July 15, Monthly tournament, I)eacock Gap Golf CIub, San Rafael, Bob Kiigore host.

Lumber Merchants AssociationJuly 15, Board of Directors Meeting, Cabana Motor Inn, Palo Alto.

Western Wooden Box Assn.-July 20-21, Membership meeting, Hotel El Rancho, Sacramento, Calif.

Black Bart Hoo-Hoo Club 181-July 22, Annual Barbeque at Bill Moores, Ukiah.

San Diego Hoo-Hoo Club 3-July 31, Annual golf tournament. Bonita Valley Country CIub. Starting times from 6:30 a.m. No reselvations after Julv 15.

August

Rogue Valley Hoo-Hoo Club 94-August 5, Annual Invitational Tournament, Rogue Valley Country Club, Medford, Oregon.

Hoo-Hoo-Ette Club l-August 6, Annual summer party, 1 p.m. luncheon, Ports O'Call, Berth 76, Long Beach.

Dubs, Ltd.August 19, Silvelado Country Club, Napa, monthly Iournament.

Lumber Association of Southern California-August 19-20, Quarterly directors meeting, Ojai Valley Inn, Ojai, Calif.

September

California Redwood Association-September 12, Annual meeting, CRA office, San Francisco, Calif.

Society of American Foresters-September 12-15, 66th annual meeting. Theme: "Foresters and Resource Policy," University of Washington campus, Seattle.

Western Wood Products Association-September 14-16, Semi-annual meeting, Portland Hilton, Portland, Oregon.

Hoo-Hoo International-September 18-21, Annual meeting, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Red Cedar Shingle & Handsplit Shake Bureau-September 23, Annual meeting, Olympic Hotel, Seattle, Wash.

Western Retail Lumbermens AssociationSeptember 26-27, Western's annual all-industry marketing conference, business, golf and recreation, Gearhart, Oregon.

San Joaquin Hoo-Hoo Club 31September 30, Annual Valley Frolics, Fort Washington Country Club, bowling tournament at Blackstone Bowl. Fresno.

Moior Exponsion for IHPA

"A new nationwide association to be known as the Imported Hardwood Products Association, Inr'., is the result of the merger of the Imported Hardwood Plywood Association. the Timber Importers Association oI America and other prominent firms engaged in the importing of ALL types of hardwood products."

IHPA president" G. Arnold Smith. in makine this announcement, commented that thc formcr 'Plylvood' a-*sociation, wellestablished since 1956, was concerned onlr- rvith imports of plywood and veneer.

Imported hardwood plywoods. exotic hardwood veneers, hardwood plywood doors and hardwood lumber have long been a favorite with the American public. Users of imported hardwood products cor,er just about everything lrom salad bowls to fine furniture and wa]l paneling. Last year alone thc Unitcd States imported approrimately $200 million dollars worth of exotic hardwood products.

Smith" who will continue as president of the enlarged association. had outstanding praise lor Joe Durra, Boise Cascade Co., past prcsident of the {ormer association, and Randy Valensi of Rudolph Valensi Co.. past president of the TIAA, Joseph Stearns of Insular Lumber Co.. and Bob Storm. for the successful accomplishment of the merger.

Headquarters of the Imported Hardwood will be in the World Trade Center in San tive secretary of the former group, Chas. tinue in the same capacity.

Products Association

Francisco. The execuJ. Schmitt, will con-

With over 15 years experience inhardwood management and four years asgeneral manager of Angelus, Keith Swaner has a completebackgroundin domestic and foreign hardwoods, plywood and dimension. This in-depth training means that lumber retailers can put their confidencein yet another topechelon lumber man at Angelus. lf you have a problem, whynottry to stump him?

(Excuse the pun.)

'VE ALWAYS LIKED the words of an old man I used to know who seemed to make it his eternal business everywhere he went to do something for someone, keep others cheered up, and make other people huppy. Someone said to him one day-'6What return do you get for all that you do for others?" And, he answered grinningly-"I'm just working for a big funeral." * * i

There's no doubt about it, folks-happiness is sticky stuff, and you just can't help distribute it to others without having a lot of it stick to your own fingers.

DON'T tET IT WORRY YOU

Whenever I hear or read the opinion that human invention and the "machine age" has put millions of people out of work and created the present economic conditions, I feel that I have just met one more man with an atrophied brain.

'oMass production is ,h" """* of Jt ou, troubles," they would have us believe. But they fail to explain why it was that we had long and terrific depressions in this country before mass production beean.

BY JACK DIONNE

1882-1955

And, naturally follows the cry "there never will again be sufficient employment for everybody because of the machines." But whenever I hear that opinion I look {or the axe the fellow has to srind. There are alwavs axes to be sround when such false philosophies appear. *iE*

The motor car industry put buggy and wagon making on the bum; and employs a hundred men where those industries employedone. * * *

Gasoline and oil succeeded oats and hay for fuel for transportation and put more men where those industries employed one.

The spinning machine L,"""lu"o"rne hand spinning wheel. "The Old Spinning Wheel" is a mighty pretty ballad. But the spinning machine put hundreds of thousands of additional people to work. Itt+*

Hundreds of thousands of men all over this country are continually employed in the business of building and maintaining highways. And, back of every man who constructs a highway there is another man manufacturing, preparing, refining and delivering the materials for road work. So here's another armv. all from machines.