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los Angeles Club 2 Will Hold Big Foll Concqlenqtion October 24

Harr1. Boand, Snark of l-os Angeles Hoo-Hoo Cllub 2. announces the big fall Crirrcatenation rif neu' Kittens n.ill take place on the evening of ()ctober 24 at llrclger Young auditoriurn on \\rashington lloulevarcl, just u'est of the Harbor freeu.ay. Harl Crockett and George Clorrgh are co-chairmen for this meeting and l-rave arranged m:rny ne\\' tricks for the Kittens to learn before they shall be admittecl tlrrough the lrortals of Hoo-Hoo-lanrl.

.l)inner u.ill be sen'ed promptly at 7:U) p.m. irr or<ler to get dorvn to tl-re business at hand, Snark lloancl <leclared. Cocktail hour s'ill start at 6:09 p.m., he added.

All "l3lackcats" are urged br. officers of the clnlt to turn out for this annual event. Ser-eral years ago it u'as decicled to holcl one initiation each veeir and this is it.

If you have any friends in the lumber industry who

Reodin', Writin' ond Renovotion

School boards, r,r'orriecl about sirencling $20,000 to $50,000 for nerv classrooms, mav reacl this and \veep: A u'ood schoolhonse that cost $1,fir.5 to build 8O vears ag'o still looks attractive and is still giving good service in Wocidside, San Xlateo Countl', Calif. It's been given A ne\\: coitt of red |aint rvith u'hite trim this sLlmmer and school officials sav it u'ill be useful for many years to come. ()ther buildirrgs have been erectecl on the school site in more recrent years bnt teachers say thev like the comfortable f eelir-rg of roominess in the old brrildinq. The little red schoolhouse u,as first divided intci tri'r, classrooms. I-ater tlrc partition \\'as removed and it became an auditorinm. Non- it has lteen restored to the two-room layout. Modern plunrbing and heating u'ere added :rlong the n'ay, since such things rvere invented long after the school u'as built. Beczruse it has simplicitv rif li-c arrd structrlre and no ornate frills. the -little u.c,od-sicled structure still "looks goorl" in company rvith the modern buildings :rroun<1 it.

The National l,unrlrer N{anufacturers'\ssociatior.r cites the enrh.rring service of tl-re S0-year-old school as an example of the aclvantages of n'ood construction in today's school brrilding J)r()grams.

are prospec.tive members, call John Osgood, DUnkirk 2-8278, and arrange for an application, as he is the membership chairman.

The usual fine cuisine u'ill lle serr,ed at :r nrinimum costso come on out and greet the neu' menrlrers-it is YOUR. club, you knou'.

CREA Conclove This Month

Plans are comDletecl for tl.re 53rd annrral converrtion of the California Real Estate Assn.. to be helcl in l-os Anqeles at the lliltmore hotel, Oct.6-10, reports l)an I-. I)uggan. president of the I-. -{. Realty Board, convention hosts. Speakers expected to appear include J:rmes Q. clul'ont. \\'ilnringt<in. I)el.; Eugene I'. Conser, executive vice-president of the Natl. Assn. of Ileal Estate Boards; Tonr Collins, Kansas City jorrrnalist and philosopheri James C--. I)ou'ns, ,|r., Chicago, presiclerrt of Iieal lfstate ILesearch Corp., and Herbert l-. Breed, C'itJrA general counsel. An attendance of ,1.000 is expected to exceecl tl.re recorcl 3,6@ attendance at the 19.55 lrnrruul.

Morrison Leoves VHn CP

Pacific

Fred B. Nlorrison. national executive secretar\. of the \roluntary Flome Nfortgage Creclit l)rogram, has-resigned to become executive assistant to the mortgage lice-president of the Nletropolitan Life Insurance Company, October .1.

Modern school buildings of wood mean . '.

better schools for yorrr comnrunity, better business for yorr!

More and more cornmunities are building safe, efficient, handsome schools of wood-at a substantial tax dollar saving. Encourage this trend in your school district. Explain to your neighbors the current and long-range economies of wood construction . the wide desigrt choice for present and future requirementt , 4" safety-engineered features ofmodern one-story wood school buildings the rel?rxing familiarity of wood surroundings that helps students adapt easily, learn more quickly. It's your business-as a citizen and as a lumber retailer-to be srre wood is considered for the planned school buildings in your district!

Today'3 better gchools are bullt wlth

West Goast Lumber

Dougl'as Flr

\ /e8t Coaat Hemlock

\Neatern Red Cedar Sltka Spruce

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The incrcosed use of wood in rchool conslruclion it being pronoled lhrough full poge odverfisenenls in orchifecturol, school ond consumer publicotions by fhe Wesl Coosl lumbermen's Associolion. For full informolion of lie.in possibililies ond for supplemenlory locql pronolion, send for lhe free promofioncl kit to: Wesl Coosl Lumbernen's Associolion, l4l0 S. W. Morrison Street, Porllond 5. Orcgon.

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