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o 204 East 32nd Street

Los Angeles 11, California

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Come ond see the newest ond most modern lumber ond building moteriols worehouse West of The Rockiesfilled with the finest imported ond domestic hordwoods ond softwoods in lumber, plywood ond flooring, ond Nome Brond building moteriols.

STRABIE I.UMBER

Since 1905

Compaiiy

New Address - 255 SECOND STREET

(3 Blocks Eost of Jock London Squore) Ooklond 7, Colifornio

Phone: TEmplebor 2-5584

S. N. Matzley, manager of The Beton Company's in-rported plywood and lurnber division, has reappointed Mathis Hardwood Sales as national sales agents, ancl the Mathis firm, headed b)' the rvell-known hardwoocl lumberman, Bob lfathis (left), has taken office space in the Beton Building at 579 Howard St., San Francisco, in a move to better coordinate activitics I'vith the oionecr S:rn Francisco import house. Nlathis llardu,oocl Sales formerlv rnaintaint.rl offic,,s nt 610 16th 5i. in Oaklancl.

Mathis, who forrlcrly traveled various territories for E. L. Bruce Co., Oaklancl, originally established his firm at the Oakland address in February 1954. He was subsequently joined bv John Jenswold, at which time the business u'as incorporated ancl the name changed to Mathis-Jensu,old Harclu'oods, Inc. During August of last year, Jensu,'old left the business to take a position in N'Ianila, P.I., rn'ith another large San Francisco imoort house.

Hoo-Hoo-Ettes Plon 1957-58 Seqson

Officers ancl chairmen, plus appointive committee members of Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo-Ette Club No. 1, planned a delightful summer party at the home of the nerv president, \{rs. Ida Cunner, in Van Nuys, July 14th, for "Fun in the Sun," at rvhich time plans for the coming year were outlined. From their enthusiasm it promises to be a year full

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1034 Wilshtue Blvd. Los Angeles 17, Ccrlilornia Phone MAdison 6-6711 of activity for this group of I-os Angeles lumber lvomen. The first social affair n-ill be the annual summer Carnival, u'hich rvill be enjoyed at the spacious home of X{r. and N{rs. Max i{ill in Pasadena, Mr. Hill being one of the employers of Past President Nfabel Staser.

Sttmmer r.acations are being enjoyed by many of the HooIloo-Ettes, members going to various "far-away" places to enjoy that anticipated annual leave. Violet Neal and her family l'il1 drive to Nlexico City; Bessie Stewart, husband Carl and guests from Minneapolis rvill revieu' the beauties of I-ake Tahoe; N{arguerite \Ic\\rhorter, making her third trip to Europe, r,vill hire a car doing country side of the continent, including Denmark, Scotland, Ireland and England in her itinerarv; 13ernardine Riddle flies to Honolulu, and Xtlary Sheldon and her father sail via Matsonia to the same place.

Wcge Hike Hirs Socol Retoil Yqrds

Southern California retail lumberyards having union agreements in the Los Angeles area felt the pinch of the automatic wage increase of 10 cents an hour for hourly employes effective July 1. The present increase stems from the two-year agreement entered into one year ago, which provicled:

10 cents per hour wage increase effective July 1, 1956; payment of 10 cents per hour or $17.30 maximum for hourly employes to a retirement trust fund effective May l, 1957, and, another 10 cents an hour effective this July l-rnaking 30 cents an hour more now than the rate paid one vear ago.

Orrie \\'. Harnilton planned lo inclu<le-an arilcle in an early Southern California Retail Lumber Assn. weel<ly bulletin on the effect the increases are having on the economy of the local lumber industry, and rvhether his dealer members can pay thg extra labor costs rvithout increasing their own selling prices or if they'll have to reprice under the higher costs.