Hoo-Hoo Reports Record Yeir

With the announcement by International Secretary B. F. Springer that Hoo-Hoo has doubled its membership and that the number of clubs has more than doubled in less than two years, Supreme Nine officials will report at the 57th Annual Convention that the Order is in thriving condition.

"Of even greater importance than this encouraging growth is the fact that Hoo-Hoo has worth-while objectives and a definite program which meet the needs of the times," says R. E. Saberson, Snark of the Universe, rvhose term expires at the forthcoming Convention, to be held at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, September 6-9. "If Hoo-Hoo will accept its serious responsibilities and put to r,vork in the lumber industry the concepts found in its Code of Ethics, there is no reason why its grorvth should not continue at an even more rapid rate."

With 6,000 members norv listed in the Black Cat roster and clubs {unctioning in 50 cities, preliminary organization work was started in at least another 50 areas during the past year.

Organization 'rvork has been carried on aggressively in Texas, Florida, Washington, Orqgon and California. In Texas, Vicegerent Lynn Boyd has i5 clubs and 1,000 members as his goal, rvith clubs already establisl-red at Amarillo, Wichita Falls, Fort Worth, San Antonio, Corpus Christi and Houston. John Dolcater, Vicegerent for Florida, holds the record for the largest number of nen' members and reinstatements'in one year rvith Concats at Tampa and Jacksonville. A. J. Daley, Tacoma, Vicegerent for Wash- ington; Ed Hoener, Portland, Vicegerent for Oregon; and Carl C. Crow, Portland, Supreme. Custocatian, have put the Pacific Northwest solidly on the Hoo-Hoo map with clubs at Tacoma-Olympia, Everett-Bellingham, Yakima, Longview, Portland, Lebanon-Sweet Home, Eugene and Medford. LeRoy H. Stanton, Supreme Junior Hoo-Hoo, has reactivated or established clubs in California at San Bernardino, Fresno, Santa Ana, Nevada City, and at Phoenix, Artzona; Salt Lake City, Utah; Albuquerque, Nerv Mexico, also in his jurisdiction.

Other recently organized clubs include Denver, Colorado; Tulsa-Oklahoma City; Duluth and St. Cloud, Minnesota. Three Association Secretaries were instrumental in helping Hoo-Hoo to get under way again in the SouthTed Lemmons, Mississippi; E. M. Garner, the Carolinas; Harris Mitchell, Virginia-with Concats at Biloxi, Charleston and Roanoke.

It has been Snark Saberson's idea that Hoo-l{oo can best function in much the same manner as Service Clubs (Rotary, Kiwanis, etc.), By meeting together regularly, the different groups not only become better acquainted but more familiar rvith each other's problems. He has consistently advocated the need in the lumber 'industry for cooperation, loyalty, better understanding and a wider application of the principles of the Golden Rule featured prominently in the Hoo-Hoo Code of Ethics. Under his regime a short dignified induction ceremony has largely supplanted' the traditional ritualistic initiation, although the latter still is available for clubs equipped with trained degree teams and the facilities to put it on properly.

Delegates n,ill elect members of the Supreme Nine for the coming year at the Los Angeles Convention. The nominating comtrittee is made up of one member from each of the nine jurisdictions, which meet in advance and decide upon their choice. The Snark has announced he will follorv the recommer.rdations in appointing the nominating committee rvhich in turn rvill select its chairman.

Extensive plans are being made by Los Angeles HooHoo to entertain the visiting delegates and advance reservations indicate a large attendance.