C00S lfEAll LUMBER and PtYWO0ll G0MPAI|Y

Socromento Hoo-Hoo Welcomes 29 New Members in Merry Moy Concotencrfion

Twenty-nine Kittens and one reinstatement took the Hoo-Hoo oath on May 26 in a well-attended Concat sponsored by Sacramento Hoo-Hoo Club 109. More than 125 Central Valley "Cats" and out-of-town visitors attended the evening clambake, which was held at the Sacramento State Fair Grounds. In addition to the giant Concat, the Hoo-Hoo day also included a golf tournament headed by Russ Tracy, Tracy Lumber Company-retired.

Visiting Officer for the Concat was LeRoy Stanton, Sr., Rameses '43, and head of E. J. Stanton & Son, Inc., of Los Angeles. Backing up Stanton on the Degree Team were:

Snark, Jack Berry, president of the Sacramento Club, Jack S. Berry Wholesale Lumber; Custocatian, Bill Benson, formerly Sierra Mill & Lumber;Bojum, Erwin Bjerke, Berco Sliding Door Co.; Junior Hoo-Hoo, Larry Derr, Derr Lumber Co.; Gurdon, Ray Burdg, Noah Adams Lumber Co.; Jabberwock, John McBride, Vacaville Lumber Co.; Scrivenoter, Helmer llauge, Lumber Dealers Materials Co.; Arcanoper, Ted Wassard, Winton Lumber Sales Co.; Senior Hoo-Hoo, Mitch Landis, Noah Adams Lumber Co.

Highlight of the Concat was a bit called the "Tournament of the Mannequins," in which two teams of three Kittens each bent their backs to the task of undressing, and then re-dressing, two fully clothed department store mannequins. Besides learning a few new tricks of the trade, the two teams also received an interesting lesson in female anatomy following the complete collapse of both ftannequins and the interchanging of spare parts and clothing.

Lumber Grcrde Morkings, Allowcrble Stresses in Gity of Los Angeles

Pursuant to the action of the Board of Building and Safety Commissioners at the meeting of June 4, the following Grading markings of the West Coast Lumberman's Association are approved for the stress grades indicated in Table 25A titled "stress Grades and Working Stress," in Section 91.25 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code:

Species Douglas Fir

Rule f 15 Grade Mark 25A Stress Grade

Dense Select Strttct 1800 f-1300c

Select Structural 1600 f-1200c

Construction 1200 f-1100c

Standard 900 f- 900c

Construction 1200 f.

West Coast Hemlock Standard 900 f

Where the design does not require graded lumber, ungraded lumber or lumber stamped with a commercial designation which has not been approved may be used for construction purposes, provided the Building Inspector finds it to be the equivalent of 900 f stressgrade.

This matter was discus,sed and considered at a public hearing on April 16, 1956, and has been submitted to the Code Changes Committee.-W. B. QUINLAN, Secretary BOARD OF BUILDING AND SAFETY COMMISSIONERS.