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Dealer Training Schools

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Paul Orban Elected President Of Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club

Paul Orban, Orban Lumber Company, was elected vicegerent snark of the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo district and presiclent of the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club at the annual meeting of the club helcl Friday evening, September 26, at the Brentrvood Country Club, Santa Monica. Bill Ream, George E. Ream Company, Los Angeles, rvas elected vice president, and Earl Galbraith, T. M. Cobb Co., Los Angeles, was re-elected secretarytreasuref.

The Hoo-l-loo Ninc for the coming ycar rvill inclucle Paul Orbarr. Ilill

Iteam, Earl Galbraith, Huntlv \\tark, Ho'rvarcl Cttrrarr, Ed l\Iartin, George Pike, J. W. Fitzpatrick, and Bob Osgood.

The follorving committees rvere appointed: Arrangen1gn15-l)4ul Orban, Bill Reanr ancl Earl Galbraith ; Concatenations-Huntly Wark and Hou,arcl Curran; I'ublicity-Roy Stantorl, Ole Nfay and Ed Martin; Entertainment-George Clough and Dee Essley; Golf-l3ill Ream, George Pike and Orval Ste'rvart; Programs-Bob C)sgood and Les Steffensen; Membersl-rip-Paul Orban, Bill Ream and J. \\/. Fitzpatrick.

Sixty played in the golf tournament in the afternoon, and 150 sat dou'n to clinner at 7:00 p.m. in the clubhouse. During clinner Dee Essley led the grouP in sirrging rvith Dorothy Borchers as acc()lnPanist on tl-re accordion.

Itresident l3ob Osgoocl presidecl at the busiuess sessiclu. Dee Essley, chairman of the Nomination Committee, announced the recommendations of the Committee for tl.re various offices for the coming year, and all u'ere tlnaninrously electecl. Ole May made a report on the Hoo-Hoo annual nTecting held at Spokane, Wash.

Retiring l'resident lltilt Osgoocl u'as given a big round of applause for the hne job he did during the past year.

He thanked the members for their attendance at the various Club activities, also the members of the committees for their .cooperation and fine r,vork.

President-elect Paul Orban plans to ntake 1947-48 an active Hoo-Hoo vear, and he and his committees are arranging for some interesting activities, including luncheor, meetings, golf tournaments and concats. A membership drive is already unclerrvay to increase the Club roster.

Winners in the golf tournament and other contests ,rvere arvarded merchandise orclers. Harrv Koll made the rrresentations.

Dry Kiln Used Almost Exclusively For Hardwoods

The nen' Nfoore dry kiln at White Brothers' 500 High Street, Oakland yard, completed in July, is norv handling its seventh charge. Its 40,000 ft. capacity is being rrsed almost exclusively for drying hardu,oods, including oak, maple, and some Central American woods.

L-r charge of operation is Ed Follett, yard superintenclcnt, rvho is very rvell pleasecl rvith the results being obtainc<l u'ith this N{oore cross-circulation kilr-r, u'hicl.r isof the latest type. A gas-fired steam boiler is usecl, itncl all erluipment is automatic.

Mr. Follett attended the tn'o n'eeks' cotlrse in kiln rlrying given in San Francisco by the Forest Products Laboratory from July 21 to August 1. The instrttction rvork at the class lr,as hanclled by three men from tl.re government I-aboratory, ancl the course was arranged by the Forest Utilization Service Unit of tl-re California Forest arrd ltange Experiment Station at Berkeley. FIe sai<l the course u'as very valuable to all those who attended.

Bcck From Alqskq Trip

Byron Cannon, of the Cutler-Orosi l-umber Co., Cutler, Calif., and his son Byron, Jr., have returned from a vacation trip to Alaska. On a lO-day cruise on the rvest side of Admiralty Island, Southeastern Alaska, they hunted bear, ancl on the Sth day Byron shot a 900-1b. brol'n bear (santc as the Kodiak bear) using a 30-6 Remington rifle at 50 yards. The pelt rvill make a rug about eight feet square. On the 9th day his son killed a 7.50-1b. silver tip bear. This pelt, u'ith fur like silver fox, rvill make a 7-f.ortt s(lrlare rug. The other members of the party tvere l\[rs. Cannon ancl a friend, N{iss \{argery Dear-r of Pocatello, Idaho. They rvere gone 30 davs.