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R. A. (Bob) Cole

Harry H. White of Harry H. White Lumber Co., L.os Angeles, returned recently from a business trip to Vancouver, B. C., Seattle, Eugene, and Medford. He was gone l0 days and traveled by air.

E. H. (Ernie) Bacon, manager of Fir-Tex of Northern California, San Francisco, and his wife vacationed recently at Angora Lake in the High Sierra. Following this they visited Reno and Fresno.

J. H. Kirk, president of the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California, recently attended a committee meeting of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association in Washington, D. C.

E. G. Gallagher, manager of the San Francisco warehouse of Associated Plywood Mills, Inc., returned early in August from a business trip to Reno, Nevada, and Sacramento Vallev ooints.

Mrs. Arvilla Belasco of Edgewood Lumber Co., San Francisco, and her husband, Ray Belasco vacationed for three weeks at Dinsmore's Ranch, near Bridgeville, Humboldt County, where they enjoyed the fishing,

R. A. (Bob) Cole, who became sales manager of Eckstrom Plywood & Door Co., Los Angeles, a few months ago, is one of the best known men in the business, with a large acquaintance in the trade. He started in the plywood and door business with the Wheeler Osgood Company in Los Angeles in 1923. In 1932 he became a partner in the firm of MacDougall & Cole, Los Angeles, in the plywood, sash and door business. In 1938 he went into business for himself under the name of Cole Door & Plywood Co., with office and warehouse at Slauson and Central Avenues. Los Angeles. He remained there until 1944, when he sold out the buisness.

In 1944 Mr. Cole went to Mexico City as Comptroller of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, and spent several years in that position, which he found very interesting. The Institute studies the Indian languages for use in the linguistic departments of American Universities.

In speaking of his recent appointment Bob said: "It feels very good to get back into this business in wl,ich I spent so many years of my business career, and I am very happy vvith my connection with Eckstrom Plywood & Door Co."

Bob was born in Denver. Colorado. He and Mrs. Cole live in Laguna Beach, Calif. They have two married sons, t,,-rth Baptist ministers in Southern California.

Bob's hobby is painting in oils. He had a booth for the last two years at the Laguna Beach Festival of Arts, and has been highly commended for the excellence of his work.

Celebrcrtes 80th Birthday

Charles R. McCormick, Sr., McCormick Lumber & Supply Co., San Francisco, recently spent 10 days in Portland, Oregon, where he visited his son, Charles R. McCormick, Jr., president of McCormick-Baxter Creosoting Co. While in Portland he celebrated his Soth birthdav.

Paul Euphrat oI the Portland office of Wendling-Nathan Co. was a recent visitor at the company's San Francisco office. where he conferred with executives.

Jim Carpenter is a new buyer for Dennis Lumber Company, San Francisco and Los Angeles. He makes his headquarters at Grants Pass. Bob Crosby is a new salesman, r,vorking- out of the San Francisco office. Peter Speek is now selling for this concern out of the Los Angeles ofifice. He was forme'rlv with E. K. Wood Lumber Co., Los Angeles, and with'Pope & Talbot, Inc. at the Oakridge, Oregon, mill. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan Forestry School.

George Otto, well known Los Angeles lumber salesman, has joined the sales staff of C. P. Henry & Co., Los Angeles.

Ed Fountain, Ed Fountain Lumber Co., Los Angeles, and Mrs. Fountain, left for New York on August 8 and sailed for England on August 11. They will buy an automobile there and will tour the European countries. They will be gone about three months.

Howard M. Hobbs is now associated with Lou Holland, manager of the Lumber Division of Roddis California, Inc., Los Angeles. He has been connected with the building industry in California for many years.

Bill Litchfield, Mrs. Litchfield.

Litchfield Lumber Co., Los are on a trip to Alaska. Angeles, and president of Fir-Tex Insulating his wife were recent San Franspent a few days in Carmel be-

Glenn W. Cheney, vice Board Co., Portland, and cisco visitors. They also fore returning north.

Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Open New Year With A Bans Septemb er 14

If you can believe Ole May, and there are many who say they do, then Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club No. Two is going to start the nerv lloo-Hoo year with a crash and a bang on September 14.

Mr. May, Harl Crockett, and Boris Kutner, as well as outgoing Snark, Orval Stewart and incoming Snark Fitz Fitzpatrick, make up the arrangement committee that is making the plans for the meeting and they believe it will be the biggest of its kind in Southern California history.

The affair will be staged at the Inglewood Country Club, in Inglervood. The program starts with golf, the first balls to be shot at 10:39 A.M. The next event is a spectacular clinner and program that starts at 6:59 P.M. Extraordinary entertainment will be provided for two continuous hours, frcm 6:29 to 8:29 by a group of Hawaiian musicians and dancers who are reported to be the finest of their craft. This entertainment is to be provided by courtesy of the Llnited Air Lines. It will be followed by a display of beautiIul colored movies of the Hawaiian Islands. also bv United Air Lines.

The Hawaiian movie rvill be shown and introduced by Captain Dick Borvman, who will be celebrating his 25tli anniversary as a flyer. He will explain the pictures, and also relate some of his flying experiences.

The serious business of the evening will be the installation of the new Snark who was elected last spring, Mr. Fitz Fitzpatrick, vvho succeeds the outgoing Orval Stewart. This rvill be a big event all the way through and all members are urged to come and join in the fun.

Sawmill Operating Confer ence

The second annual Sawmill Operating Conference will be held on September 24 and 25 in the Multnomah Hotel in Portland, Oregon. There will be no dues, registration fees, or charge of any kind in connection with the conference of which L. A. Nelson is general chairman.

Frcrnk Connolly Receives ]cpcrnese Ccrptcin

Frank J. Connolly, president of the Western Hardrvood Lumber Company, of Los Angeles, represented the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce at a recent ceremonial.

The first of a fleet of new Japanese ships to be placed in trans-Pacific coast trading, arrived in Los Angeles harltor on August 4. It is a 9500 ton, 450 foot steamer, the Helen Maru. The captain, Okutaro Tange, brought with him presents for several Californians including Oscar Trippet, president of the L. A. Chamber of Commerce. In the absence of Mr. Trippet, N{r. Connolly, as chairman of the Chamber's World Trade Committee, met the captain, and accepted the gift.

For which good service, Frank got his picture in the PaPefs,

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Frisco's Chickens

Lou Cohen, of Hollywood, California, top business man in Jimmy Durante's various drganizations and enterprises, has known the stammering comedian Joe Frisco well for many years, and loves to tell Frisco stories. The other day he unloaded the following one on me, making a swell ad. dition to my Frisco collection.

This was in the old days in Hollywood when horse parlors were running more or less openly in the movie capital. Frisco put over a parlay that brought him in a roll of cash, and he immediately invited a group of close friends to have dinner with him at his apartment that night. In addition to being a star comedian, Joe is quite a famous cook. He handed each of the group some money with instructions to buy and bring to the party various items needed for the dinner, and took for himself the job of bringing a lot of chickens, which were to be the main item in the feast. And he told the gang to meet him at Hollywood and Vine streets at three o'clock that afternoon.

Stan Rose, of the Exeter Lumber Sales, Longview, Wash. was a San Francisco business visitor early in August.

At three they were all there loaded down with bundles of food and drink. All but Frisco. Half an hour passed, and when he failed to show up, they went looking for him in the horse race betting parlors. And, sure enough, they soon found him. As they entered the place, the man at the loud speaker was calling a race in customary fashion, giving the names of the horses and their positions as they ran. One of the gang grabbed Frisco, and snapped at him: "Joe, where the hell are the chickens?"

And Joe calmly replied:

"Quiet ! They're r-r-running in the stretch r-r-right now t"