Sacramento Hoo-Hoo-Ettes Hold Concat

Eight tender Kittenettes, including Queen of the Forest Carol Blom of Sacramento, \\rere initiated by Sacramento Hoo-Hoo-E,tte Clubs in an evening concatenation at the Sacramento Inn, June 15. X,Iarcille Day, membership chairman, lvas responsible for such a good group of kittens, and

Audrey NIcDowell, initiation chairman, saw to it that they were initiated irr, the right spirit. Opal Slater, president o{ Sacramento Hoo-Hoo-Ette Club 5, officiated and Chick Cecchettini, past president of Sacramento HooHoo Club 109, had the pleasure of presiding as Visiting Officer.

The Kittens were: Sagel Cook,

Norco Distributing Co.; Bea Sheaffer, Norco Distributing Co.; Verna Dodge, NIcKuen Moulding; Kay Johnson, Norco Distributing; Loretta Garrett, Georgia-Pacific Corp.; Tamara Thomason, Norco Distributing; Nlargaret Garner, Thunderbird Lumber Co.; and Carol Blom, Queen of the Forest from 14cDonald Lumber Sales.

New Generol fllanoger For Wqrd & Horrington

l^rty Henderson has been ap- pginted to the newly created post of of assistant general manag'er foi Ward + Harrington Lumber tompany in Santa Ana, California. This unnoutt..ment comes from Gil Ward, president of .that^ Orange County building materrals hrfn.

"f t's more than coincidence." said Mr. Ward, ''that our greatest growth came since Larry ioined our firm after 2I years with 'anbther lumber retail chain. He began in 1956 as manager of our yard in Santa Ana. In aboui two years, rve had him as our sales managef."

Frank Harrington, vice president and general manager of Ward & Har- rington, continued, "Since Larcy joined us six years ago, we've added two more sizable operations, our new 15 acre home improvement center and lumber yard in Garden Grove and our new fence division. All seven of our retail yards in Orange County have been modernized and remodeled for self servic_e shopping. It is a basic part ot our polrcy to encourage all our 250 employees to develop their own managerial abilities while they strive to speed the growth of our iompany in this rapidly grorving area.

"To ensure an increased flow of traffic_in our yards, we inaugurated a heavy schedule of newspaper advertising. Iir our ads, we always emphasize promotional items that -will aitract *i,oe, r, well as husbands who are do-it-yourselfers. Our greater retail activity justifies adding more manpower ro our local sales staffs. This enables us to serve our contractor customers even faster.

"Despite the new importance on merchandise promotions in our seven retail yard, and stores, the lion's share of our volume.still comes from tract builders and contractors served chieflv throug! our huge ^Warington facility rn Uarden Grove. Our normal inventory is more than l0 million feet of lurnber and ll million feet of ply- wood. Such trackside stocks enable us to offer immediate delivery throughout Southern California on even the largest orders. Our contractor customers also enjoy the added convenience and time saving of picking up small fill in orders from any of our seven retail yards.

"To benefit fully from Larry Henderson's broad experience in the rapidly changing building materials field," Mr. Ward added, "we had him on our board of directors these past three years. He also serves as treasurer of Ward & lfarrington. Now with his added re. spbnsibilities as assistant general manager for both our wholesale and retail operations, we know he will continue to help us grow."

Despite his heavy business schedule, Lany Henderson takes an active part in Orange County civic and community affairs. He is a member of the Urban Renewal Council in ,Anaheim. He is also past exalted ruler for the Elks, a director of the Lions Club and vice president of the Boys Club in that city. He is a board member for the Orco Cooperative Warehouse Association. Recently he was appointed to the national advisory board of that trade association. Last month he was also appointed a director for the Lumber Association of Southern California. He is a member of the Governor's Industrial Safety Conference, Forest Products Division, for the state of California.