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Hot Weather Reciprocity

The savage African tribe of Ubangi's have a habit of stretching the lips of their women around circular wooden disks until finally they become six or eight inches in size, sticking right out from their faces like two plates. You've seen their pictures in travel magazines.

The story goes the rounds that two Ubangi girls met one very hot day in the jungle. One of them stuck her face up close to that of the other, and rapidly repeated: "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers ! Now you fan me a while!"

EAST BAY CLUB MEETS SEPT. 16

The next meeting of East Bay Hoo Hoo Club No. 39 will be held at Hotel Leamington, Oakland, on Monday evening, September 16.

Officers to serve in the coming year u'ill be elected. There will be musical entertainment and a speaker on an interesting subject.

H. \^/. KOLL LUMBER COMPANY IN NEW LOCATION

H. W. Koll Lumber Company is now located in its new office and wareh,ouse at2124 Hyde Park Blvd., Los Angeles. It rvas formerly at 4831 Exposition Blvd. The company operates wholesale exclusively, handling Ponderosa Pine. Harvey W. Koll is manager.

Transferred to Northern California

Ray Van Ide, salesman for Hobbs Wall Lumber Co., who has worked out of the Los Angeles office for some time, has been tr,ansferred to Northern California, effective September 1. He will live in Stockton and will cover the San Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys.

Ray was well liked by the trade in Southern California and is looking forward to making many friends in his nelv territory.

CRONIN LUMBER COMPANY BUYS YARD AT TARZANA-WILL BUILD PLANT AT SEPULVEDA

Cronin Lumber Company, Van Nuys, has purchased the Tarzana Lumber Company, 6O43 Reseda Boulevard, Tarzana, from Mary E. Briggs, widow of the late Fred Briggs, who started the yard in 1938.

The company has purchased a l0o-foot frontage on Sepulveda Boulevard, Sepulveda, on which they intend to build a cornplete building service plant for this district.

The head office and distributing point for the above locations will be at their Van Nuys yard.

Back From Northwest

Charles Ditewig, West Oregon Lumber Company, Los Angeles, has been on a business and pleasure trip to the Northwest. He visited the company's mill operations in Portland, and called on olcl friends in Seattle and Everett. Wash. Mrs. Ditewig accompanied him.

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