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September L6-19

Don't Forget!

Tilo Trethewey Elected President Of Son Froncisco Hoo-Hoo-Ettes

San Francisco Hoo-Hoo-Ette Club 3 held its monthly dinner meeting at the Bellevue hotel June 12. This 'ivas the last meeting before the summer adjournment and was an evening of much activity. After clir-rner three new members were concatenated. The kittens u'ere Grace Bosrvorth, Conservation division of the California Redu,'ood Association; Bunny Bidwell, Drakes Bay Lumber Co., and Martha Greenfeld of Lamon Lumber Co. All came through the initiation pranks with flying colors. Mr. Jno. Saner, Jr., of Santa Fe Lumber, Inc., representecl San Francisco HooHoo Club 9 and participated in the Concatenation cer-emony.

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los Angeles Hoo-Hoo-Ettes to Hold Gcrrden PortY August

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Los Angeles lloo-Hoo-Ette Club No. I nual garden party Saturday, August 18, Bessie Stewart (C. P. Henry Co.) at 6320 will hold its anat the home of Pala Ave., Bell.

The following officers for the 1956-57 term were elected and will be installed at the first Club No. 1 meeting of the new term, which will be held September 10 at Man Jen Low's restaurant, 475 Gin Ling Way, in New Chinatown, in the cafe's new banquet room. New officers are:

President-Marguerite Dixon, Allied Veneer Co.

1st Vice-President-Ida Cunner, Marquart-Wolfe Lumber Co.

2nd Vice-President-Gertrude Armstrong, D. E. E,ssley & Son.

3rd Vice-President-Dorothy Hagerman, PattenBlinn Lumber Co.

Secretary-Kay Poe, Mullin Lumber Company'

Treasurer-Mary Sheldon, E. J. Stanton & Son' Initiation chairman-Sallye Bissell, Weyerhaeuser Sales Co.

Membership-Barbara Speth, Georgia-Pacific Corp.

Publicity-Mildred Evans, Lindsay Lumber Co.

Parlimentarian-Mabel Staser, H. M. Nelson Co.

The lumberwomen initiated nine Kittens at the recent June meeting and Concatenation in the Rodger Young auditorium. The new members are Cora Brunsell, Golden Rule Lumber Co.; Mina Scher, Jamison Lumber Co.; Elva Jones and Beverly Haskins, U. S. Plywood Co.; Mary Jean Kolsky, Roddiscraft, Inc. ; Jeanette Forselius, E. J. Stanton and Son : Hazel Moore and Dorothy Simons, Simons Hardwood Lumber Co., and Emogene Thomas

Officers for the comingl year were also installed at the meeting. The new officers are: President, Tilo Tretheu'ey, Santa Fe Lumber, Inc.; First Vice-President, Doris Belber, Hobbs Wall Lumber Co.; Second Vice-President, Minnie Wicklund, Union Lumber C.o.; Third Vice-President, Ray I)olsen, Trvin City Lumber Co. ; Secretary, Ella Curto; Treasurer, Ida Horst, Hobbs Wall I-umlter Co.; Initiation chairman, Ethel Yizzard, Hobbs Wall Lumber Co.; Publicity chairman, Janet Johnston, The Robert Dollar Co., and Membership, Winnifred Mentzer, James L. Hall Co.

Past President l-ucy l.ipe, Pacific Lumber Co., was presented with a gold medallion bracelet appropriately engraved. She also received a warm vote of applause for her excellent work as president the past year. The next meeting rvill be held September 11 at the Bellevue hotel.-Janet Johnston, Publicity chairman.

Club l l7 Sees Hysfer Film

Riverside County Hoo-Hoo Club 117 held a meeting JvIy 2O at Soboba Hot Springs. Russ McCoy of the McCoy l,umber Co. yards made the arrangements. Steaks rvere the main course for the dinner at 7 :59 p.m. It was the last meeting in the 1955-56 term and Club 117's September meeting rvill elect the 1956-57 slate of officers. Riverside Hoo-Hoo has made great strides since its reactivation in 1948 and each member can be prottd of the part he has played in it. Bert Holdren is the current Snark of the club.

The highlight of the JuJy 2A meeting was the showing of "Operation Profit," the net. 43-minute, l6mm sound and color filnl produced by the Hyster Company as a pultlic service to the retail lumber industry. The film describes today's most modern handling methods for retail and rvholesale yards and is dedicated to the retailers rvho are responsible for the movement of 270 billion pounds of lumber, lumber products and building materials annually. The movie shou's how modern materials handling methods can mean increased volume, lolver handling costs and higher net profits. Club II7 members and their guests were thoroughly absorbed in the Hyster film and found it well worthrvhile rvatching.

(Telt them you saw it in The Californi'a Lwmber Merchant)

Jcrmboree sf Sqntq Cruz

Fenner Angell, chairman of this year's annual Coast Counties Hoo-Hoo Club 114 Jamboree, reports that he has received a record number of reservations for the club's 1956 Jamboree, to be held in Santa Cruz, Augu st Ll-12.

Registration will begin at 1l:00 a.m., Saturday, August 11, followed by a golf tournament at 2:00 p.m. The evening's festivities will begin at 6:30 with a cocktail party in the Cedar room of the Pasa Tiempo Country Club. Dinner is scheduled for B:30 and there will be dancing ,til ? Sunday's program will include breakfast at the inn, golf, and a picnic scheduled for 2:30 that afternoon.

The price for the entire weekend ? Just $25 per couple (plus g2 a night for each child, in addition to their meals). Reservations may be obtained by contacting Fenner Angell, P.O. Box 97, Soquel, California.

Redwood Empire "9" Brings in

Redwood Empire Hoo-Hoo Club 65, headed l>y President Steve Yaeger, held its 1956 Concat at the Santa Rosa hotel, May 18. Nearly 75 'members and guests attended tlre annual affair, spearheaded by President Yaeger, Duane Bennett and Harry Merlo, Deputy Snark for Northern California and a past president of the Redwood E,mpire club. The Concat evening began rvith libations at 6:29, follorved by the Concat at 7:29. President Yaeger reports that the Kittens emerged from their ordeal with flying colors and rvere able to do justice to an excellent roast beef dinner follorving the initiation.

The Redrvood Empire Hoo-Hoo finished off their Spring program in fine style, rvith a better-than-ever Forest Lake Weekend.at Forest Lake Resort, June 9 and 10. The club will convene again with a Fall program shortly after the big Hoo-Hoo convention, September 16 to 19,