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This is the time ol yecrr when it is iusf nclurcl lor people to wcnt to relcx, enioy the bclmy suromer w6ather cnd loal. Ingtecd moet ol us ore on the "firini5 liae" lor the usucrl eight or ten bours ecch dcy trying to funish lbe needs oI our custonere-who in turn are trying to trocute the mqtericls denanded by their palrons.

We could reicx <rnd enioy cn interesting book, spend c lew dcyr ct c good becch resort or play c lew holeg oI goll- but not ue-'ure cre crcrmming every eflorl into the problem ot securiag lhe moteriqls needed by our conglituentg They are lhe noel importcnt people to u8, or lor thct nqtier, to oay busineae.

It would be fine to iqLe q nice loag trip through the Redwood aounky, relc clong cr mountcin streo cnd fish lor cr lew dat buf cgcin, not lor usbecaure we hoven't lorgotten our rerlronsibility to our mille, custorners qnd,ol course, ourrelves. . .

Well-it ir nice to drecm-qnd I cn encourcrged by the lcct thct each evening when we crrive hone we cqn look out over lhe broqd Pacific cnd reali:e how right thct guy was when he rcid "Go We;i."

On Two Industry Advisory Committees

Announcement has just been made by Michael V. DiSalle, director of the Oflrce of Price Stabilization, of the appointment of H. J. Lilleston, vice president, Pabco Products Inc., San Francisco, as a member of the Industry Advisory Committee on price regulations afiecting the Gypsum Industry.

Lilleston was also made a member of the advisory comrnittee on Hard Surface Floor Coverings in an earlier announcement.

Las Vegas Hoo-Hoo Club Elects Officers

The Las Vegas Hoo-Hoo Club held a dinner meeting at Las Vegas, Nevada, the evening of July 2. Among the guests present were Joe Tardy and Bill Stewart, Jr. of Los Angeles.

After dinner there was a business session with President Lloyd Holberg presiding. The Nominating Committee, headed by Bill Williams, recommended the following to serve as Club officers for the coming year: President, Ed Von Tobel Jr.; Vice President, Bob Foote; Secretary-Treasurer, Harold Hawkins, and Tail Tu'ister, Charlie Guy. They were unanimously elected.

Joe Tardy gave an interesting talk on "The Purpose and Aim of Hoo-Hoo."

The next meeting, ladies' night, will be held on August 18. The group will meet at the Home Lumber Company for refreshments at 6:45 p.m. and later will take in the El Centro-Las Vegas baseball game. Bill Williams and Charlie Guy are in charge of the arrangements for the meeting.

Pessner-Haselton

Miss Luella Haselt6n became the bride of Hubert O. (Hugh) Pessner at St. Michaels Lutheran Church, Berkeley, June 20.

Miss Haselton, rvho was graduated from Alabama Polytechnic fnstitute, Auburn, Ala., was a stewardess for six years on the TWA and American Air Lines, and was later with the California State Automobile Association. San Francisco.

Mr. Pessner is manager of the West Coast Timber Proclucts Agency, San Francisco.

The couple spent their honeymoon at Carmel, Calif., and are making their home at 2174 McKinley Avenue, Berkeley.

Brookings, Oregron, Plant To Be in Production Jan. I

The new Brookings Plywood Corp. plant at Brookings, Oregon, will be in production about the first of January, 1952, it is expected. It is planned to have a production of 4,000,000 square feet a month on a 3f" basis. This concern will manufacture mainly fir plywood to start with, but later will use myrtle and other Oregon hardwoods.

Earle D. Bender, Oakland wholesaler, made a trip to Oregon, Washington and Northern California in the first half of lulv.

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