Sqn Frqncisco Hoo-Hoo R.oundup Brings Out One Of Lorgest Crowds for Annuql Event in Yeqrs

Friday night, October 1, u'as THtr NIGHT at the Sir Francis Drake hotel in San Francisco, rvhen 230 Bay area and out-of-town lumbermen congregated forrvhat rvas. one of the biggest San Francisco Hoo-FIoo Roundups in several years. President Bob Bonner attriltuted the large turnout to several factors, namely excellent publicity 'ir.ork by Bill l\{cCubbin's committee, the setting of a later Roundup date so as not to coincide rt'ith vacations, and the good 'ivork of the Roundup ticket committee.

The Roundup day started off u'ith a golf tournament at the California Golf and Countrl' Club, in South San Francisco, the big, big catch of the tournament being the perpetual trophy, nresented each year to the lor'v net 'ivinner of the Roundup tournament.

\trrinner of the Roundup trophy this year rvas Russ G. Fryburg with a s'core of 94-30-64 net. First lorv net went to Ev Lervis (107-39-68\ and second low net u'as Ituss Roepke (83-15-68). Lorv gross winnerr,vas Charles H. Noble rn'ith an 80, and second lorv gross was tied :rt 81 betu'een Fred Ziese and Del Travis. In the Guest Flight division, first low net went to Dick Saunders (104-39-65 )and second lou' net to Charles Larson (892l-68). Low gross in that clivision u'as Roy Mattock (.90) and second lorv gross r'vas copped by Chet Dennis lvith an 84.

The evening got underu'ay at 6 p.*. with cocktails in the Empire room of the Sir Francis Drake hotel. A prime rib dinner follolved the "social hour" and Bob Bontr<.r made his welcorne acldress to the record attendance. President Bonner paid tribute to the manv concerns r,vhose donations made possible tl-re big Roundup evening ar.rd he also thankcd his Roundup committeemen for their hard work on the event.

Bovard Shibley was "Roundup boss" and general chairman of the annual affair; his assistant 'rvas Hugh Pessner. Other cornmittees included Banquet, Fred $uckley' ; Publicity and Program, "Wild Bill" McCubbin arrd "Merchant" Cook ; Reception, Paul Overend; Finance, Jim Moore ; Ticket Sales, Bob Hood; Entertainment, llcl "Windy" Dreessen, and Golf, Bert Hasselberg.

The RounduD shou' followed, rvith Harvey Braemer as rnastel of ceremonies. The tu'o hits of the shorv u,ere a little, rvistful banjo player vuith the handle of Ken Ca':cl and (of course) Barbara Yung, rvho u'as billed as the "Oriental Dagmar."

After the shou', the crorvd adjourned to other nearbl' points of interest .ll''ith the f eeling that the trip to the 1954 Roundup really had been .w'orthlvhi.le, and President Bonner heaved a sigh of relief at the successful termination of a club year under the Bonner "regime."

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Neorly 3OO Block Cots Stroy to Fresno for lorgesr Volley Frolic

San Francisco-Close to 300 Black Cats strayed over to potions" and was ably assisted by fertile-minded Bill Mc- the Hacienda motel at Fresno, Friday night, September Cubbin. George Clough from Los Angeles, and a mem- 24, to make up about the largest Valley Frolic turnout in ber of the Supreme Nine, was visiting"offi."r. the club's history' accorcing to Bucl Barber, Jr., secretary- Following are the new members to Hoo-Hoo and Fres- treasurer of the San Joaquin Hoo-Hoo club 31. The no Club 31: Robert L. Lewis, Bill Kesler, Robert L. De- "place of battle" for this year's Frolic was said to be the largest and finest motel-hotel layout this side of Las

Vegas.

In addition to the huge turnout of San Joaquin Valley members and guests, over 20 San Francisco Bay area lumbermen were in attendance and the Southland was well represented in person by "Dee" Essley, Leroy Stanton, Jr. and George Clough.

A golf tournament was held Friday afternoon and the evening's festivities got under\,vay with a ,,Social Hour', at 6:09 p.m. Shortly afterward, eight new kittens rvere enlightened as to the land of Hoo-Hoo in a Concat pre_ sided over by the following officers : Herb Schaur, Jr., Snark; Al Kelly, Senior Hoo-Hoo; Don Wilson, Ju.,io, Hoo-Hoo; Jack Pomeroy, Bojum; Art post, Scrivenoter; T-,ionel Stott, -|abberrvock; Earl Carlson, Custocatian: Hugh Pessner, Arcanoper, and Max Cook, Gurcion. Dorr lVilson, Junior Hoo-Hoo, administered the ..pranks ancl

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McGubbin fokes Over Club 39 Presidency From Bob Hogon

The night of September 20 at Fisherman's pier in Oakland marked the ,completion of another successful year for Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club 39, and the beginning of a new club year under the new president-ol' ,,Wild Bill,, Mr:Cubbin. The results of the election were as follows:

President, Bill McCubbin; vice-president, Joe pepetone; secretary-treasurer, Ev Lewis; and sergeant-at-arms, Bcb Meyers. The following were elected to the board of directors: Jerry Mashek, Hollis Jones, Ralph Hill, John pearson and Herb Farrell.

The club presented outgoing President Bob Hogan with a beautiful shotgun and incoming President Bill McCubbin ;rlso had a little present for Hogan-the club,s ,,perpetual trophy," which was presented with great flourish to McCubbin last year by Bill Chatham.

Bill McCubbin is by no means a newcomer to the Oakland club, having been actively engaged in club work since 1946. His first job rvas the editing of the .,Meow," the club's paper. After four years of publicity work on the "Meow," he u'ent on the board of directors and also serve<l as vice-president under Lu Green and Bob Hogan.

Third-Generofion Nelsons Celebrote

(Continued from Page 10) play recently secured from Fir-Tex of Southern California.

Both Bud and Jim Nelson grew up in the Buena Park lumberyard, which originally began across the street from the present site but has always been in the approximate location it is today as it grew with Buena Park in Southern California. The two brothers' respected position among the lumber fraternitv can be better appreciated if a little of the family's lumber history is told at this point.

The Buena Park Lumber Company was started in October 1904 by their grandfather, Arni Nelson, who was born on a farm near Reykjavik, Iceland. The lumberyard actually grew out of a beanfield, for the funds to start the lumber business came from Arni Nelson's cleaning and selling of black-eyed beans. The old Icelander ran the yard till 1922. He built the original hardware department and was active to the last in the store.

Arni's son, Richard G. Nelson, was born in Buena Park and also "grew up" with the business. He took over the operation of the yard about 1922 and managed it till his untimely death las'- year. So it lvas natural that his sons, the Bud and Jim Nelsons of the yard's 50th anniversary this month, also born in Buena Park, 'were raised in the business, too. They r,vorked at the lumber and hardware departments during all their school years.

There will probably be fourth-generation Nelsons in the Buena Park Lumber Company also. Jim is married and has a son two years old. And the Southern California lumber fraternity is so anxious to get the other handsome Nelson, Bud, "married off," too, that it was erroneousiv announced at a recent Club 2 Hoo-Hoo meeting that he had taken the plunge.

Jim, the secretary-treasurer Nelson of today, did a little "back-sliding" along the way. Believing he wanted to be(:ome a doctor, he took a pre-Med course at Pomona college and was on his way to becoming a very fine doctor. Brrt he came back to the retail lumberyard business when his dad took sick in 1950 after Jim's graduation.

"I'm not sorry I didn't go on with medicine," says Jim honestly.

Jim Nelson served in the Navy during the war and Bud was in the army after he attended Brigham Young university at Provo, Utah. Bud, who is only recently out of the rrmy, is just a year younger than Jim and both are still very young men to be operating a company as responsibie as theirs. They are active in Hoo-Hoo and enthusiastic ;rbout every new building material.

They conduct the lumberyard business with keen an'1 youthful eyes, looking to latest methods to continue the business successfully and please their customers, some of whom have been trading with the yard for 50 years. They ztdvertise in their community newspaper once a week.

"Our drop-in business is picking up considerably with the new developments around Buena Park," said Jim Nelson. And he explained what materials they are now selling for the $14,000 homes going up around their trade area today that had formerly been in the $75@-900O price range, as he toted up another bill-of-sale.

L. A. Hoo-Hoo Enterloinment Set For Hqciends Club November 5

Jerry Essley, Snark of Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club 2, announced plans have been completed for a "bang-up" meeting of the fraternal organization November 5 at Hacienda Country Club in La Habra.

Scheduled for this meeting is a full golf tournament, starting at 10:39 a.m., and dinner and entertainment. with the awarding of tournament prizes posted fot 7:39 p.m-

"We are going to follotv a policy of booking first-run vaudeville acts direct from the big night club circuits, and the entertainment committee is presently preparing a program that will open the winter season with good clean fun and frolic for all cats. The new officers of our club have promised to keep abreast of current activity of other clubs throughout the west and we are going to build an interest in our programs and furnish the verv best entertainment available," declared President Essley.

Reservations for the big November 5 meeting may be obtained by phoning DUnkirk 2-7942. Hacienda is one of the finest country clubs enjoyed by Hoo-Hoo and a good turnout is expected, Essley continued'

Club Tn'o's big Christmas party will be held December 10 this year, at Oakmont Country Club. The Concatenation of new Kittens will be held at this event, and there will be free cocktails for all attending the initiation.

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