Two Athletes Came Up From The South

Bv C C. Crow

Reprinted from Crow's Pocific Coost Lumber Digest

This weird account of an incident in the peregrination of two of California's most outstanding lumbermen stands upon the sound foundation that even a business man gets tired and must have a letdown from the daily grind of keeping the wheels of commerce moving.

Now down in l,os Angeles there are two gentlemen who for the past ten years have always been found in the front ranks of every battle which the lumber industry has had to fight to retain its place in the picture. These capable warriors are George Lounsberry, of the firm of I-ounsberry & Harris which has been in the retail business there since 1905, and Kenneth Smith the popular Secretary-Manager of the Lumber and Allied Products Institute in the same city for the past eleven years.

George, whose head of grey hair has earned him the nickname of "Old Silver Top," has held every office in the L. A. P. I. from president on down, this year being treasurer and of even greater importance Chairman of the Industrial Relations Committee. It was on this nerve wracking work that he and Kenneth Smith spent many weeks toiling day and night in connection with the recent labor trouble which had the movement of lumber in the I.os Angeles district at a standstill for a long period.

Be that as it may, George and Ken needed a rest after the trouble was settled so they climbed into George's car and started for the Northwest.

So it happened that one day, when the editor of Crow's Pacific Coast Lumber Digest was busily engaged in the arduous task of keeping up the standard of the world's fountain of lumber market and production information, the telephone rang and Tom Dant of the pioneer firmrof Dant & Russell announced that Mr. George I ounsberry and Mr. Ken Smith were in town and he had invited them to a game of golf that afternoon at Waverly Country Club and would ye editor join the foursome.

Now ye editor, having unsuspectingly had his horns sawed off once by a Californian named Jack Dionne in a similar surprise, was a bit wary but was assured by Tom that the two visitors were subnormal golfers and accepted the invitation.

Finally we reach the real meat of the story. The two Californians dressed a snappy game. Each carried a classy leather bag of latest design so filled with clubs that the greens keeper forced their double caddy to wear snow shoes so as to keep from leaving deep tracks in the fairways.

Now ye editor, as is true of all editors, is a modest person and it was with some embarrassment that he shot the first ball and suffered the humiliation of seeing it take a graceful curve to the right and land far beyond the confines of the property on which the game was being played. Next followed Tom Dant, whose towering frame and well developed muscles brought forth only a puny hook which sought cover in lush rough where it remains to this day. Ken Smith with a menacing determination perched his new ball upon a lovely colored tee and, squinting eyes looking far down the fairway as if selecting a place where his shot would land, made a mighty lunge with all of his 220 pounds and the ball limped off twelve feet from where it had rested, like the pretended flight of a tame rabbit. Next into the arena alongside the prostrate form of his brother gladiator stepped Old Silver Top, whose mop of white hair was extenuating evidence to justify his short backswing and he emerged with considerable glory for his ball, the only one of the four resting in the fairway, was a full fifty yards from the starting point. The total distance of the first four drives measured exactly eighty-seven yards and from there on each man went about his work grimly. The final approaches to the first green found each of the four coming from a different quarter on the compass.

At the end of the first nine it was clear that this was no ordinary job of accounting so Tom Dant went into the office and borrowed an adding machine and got a boy to push it along on a wheel barrow.

On the seventeenth Ken's ball landed in a trap. After a whispered conversation with his caddy and the assumption of a very professional air he drew back and took a huslcy smack only to find himself standing in a deluge of sand. Suddenly it dawned upon him that he could not see the ball whereupon he lost no time in clamping his hands over his head and the sphere again landed in the trap about four feet directly behind him.

The game started at 1:30 P. M. At 5:45 the weary quartet approached the 18th green and the adding machine operator announced the appalling totals. Mount Hood's snow covered peak was blushing pink at the sun's goodnight kiss as the foursome silently. tnudged into the clubhouse. Around the corner one of the caddies was heard to say to the other: "Are do's two guys from Hollywood?" "Sure dey are, don't you rekinize dem fellers?" "Dat big fat mug wid de brown pants and de steam caliope laugh is Man Mountain Dean and de udder old guy wid the grey hair is George M. Cohan." To which the boy responded, "Gee, f'hope dey is better rasselers and acters dan dey is golf players."

Campaign to Stimulatc Homa Building in East Bay Area Getg Good Start

(Continued from Page 21) materials, paint, hardware, roofing and numerous other products-while the customer is interested in buying the finished product-the home. Therefore the task of stimulating home ownership was recognized as the logical job for the entire building industry-not for any single concern. The Better Housing Bureau has thus been established to represent the interests and welfare of the entire building industry.

To start the job of educating the public to the fact that most families can afford to own their own home, the Better Housing Bureau selected {he Sunday Development Section of a local newspaper as its first advertising medium. Cooperation from this paper has been liberally offered. Advertising consists of a series of straightforward messages showing conclusively that home ownership is within the financial reach of most East Bay families. Each advertisement is signed by the Better Housing Bureau and the public is invited to call or write for additional information.

Response to this invitation has been splendid. Scores of letters have bee,n received from persons interested in building and wishing preliminary guidance. To care for such inquiries, the committee has set up a centrally located office in dorvntown Oakland, where persons can inspect specimen floor plans and elevations of locally-built homes, can obtain literature to help them decide the type of home they wish and can discuss their problems with capable, interested persons without fear that they are obligating themselves.

In service to the building industries the job of the Bureau is threefold. It must qualify inquiries, eliminating worthless "leads" that will result in nothing but wasted time. It must answer preliminary questions. And it must start the prospect on the way to home buildings, buying or modernizing.

In addition to the Federal Housing Administration, splendid cooperation has been secured from manufacturers, associations and other factors concerned with the stimulating of building in the East Bay area. It is hoped that the successful development of this program will serve as .a pattern for similar activities in other territories. Individuals or groups interested in this activity are invited to write to.the Better Housing Bureau, 1924 Brcadway, Oakland, for further information.

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