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Old Timers Will Frolic ot Fresno

The Old Timers' Annual Frolic of the Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo will be staged again this year at Fresno, California, the 1952 meeting havipg turned out to be a great success. It will take place in that city on Friday, September 25. The following announcement of the affair tells the story :

"Step right up, folks, and learn all about the Greatest Extravaganza of our time. Just like Barnum & Bailey combined with Ringling Brothers to bring America the best in circuses, so we combine our 6th Annual Frolic and Old Timers' Night to bring Hoo-Hoo the very finest in entertainment and fellowship.

"This way, gents, for the gigantic program: Date: Friday, September 25, 1953: Place: Californian Hotel, Fresno, California. Program: Golf, 12:09; Old Time Concat, 5:D; Cocktails, 6:8; Dinner, 7:D; entertainment, 8:59. Step right up and get your tickets for Hoo-Hoo's 'Greatest Show On Earth.' Mail reservations to Bud Barber, Rerservation Chairman, P.O. Box 627, Fresno. Phone : 2-7134,"

Ed Martin of THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT went up there last year and was so pleased to find that there were other Hoo-Hoos older than himself, that he plans to go again this month.

Housing Storts Decline In July

Housing starts, totaling 96,000 in July, declined by 7 percent (7,000 units) from June, according to preliminary estimates of the U.S. Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics. Although the decrease was widespread geographically, it was about the amount that might be expected for this time of year.

Privately owned dwellings were down from June by 5 percent to. 95,6O0 starts-5,500 under JuJy 1952, but more than in any other July except the record high of 1950' The 400 public housing units put under construction in July 1953 represented the lowest monthly volume since March 1948, when 100 were started. The June 1953 figure was 2,&O and that for July a year ago was 1,5@.

During the first 7 months of this year, 674,500 new permanent nonfarm dwelling units were begun, slightly more than the 668,400 units for the comparable months of last year. Private housing in 1953 was 22,9N units above the 1952 total, while public housing was lagging by 16,800 units when the first 7 months are compared. Altogether, new private dwellings started thus far in 1953 totaled &5,7W units and public housing, 28,800 units. '

Early reports to the Bureau during July from buildingpermit officials reveal that activity declined from June in varying degrees in all sections of the country except the Pacifi,c States. In that region, volume remained about the same.