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Nearly 250 Northern California lumbermen attended the 1Oth Annual Valley Frolic. sponsored by San Joaquin Valley Hoo-Hoo Cltib 31 and Kirn County Hoo-Hoo Club 180 on Septenrbcr 13. As in years past, tl-re setting for tl.re big event-Cllub 31's a.ns\\'er to Oakland's Reveille and San Francisco's l{ounduo-u'zrs at the Fresno Hacienda. The golf tottrnament, under the direction of Nlarion Snead, rvas pl:ryecl tin Fresno's Fort \\'ashington course. Charley Dart of K-Y I-umber Companv was head man srlprenre anrl general chairman oI the high11- successful event.

Walking an'ay u,ith the Jurisdiction 6 I'}erpetrral 'Iean.r Trophy rvas the Oakland Hoo-Hoo Clul> 39 teanr, composed of llriarr l)ronnington, Italph Lamon and Harrl'Hoo<1. [-ou'Gross u'inner of the tournament \\-as Ilriarr llorrrringtor-r u'ith an 80 scorecard. Just one stroke beliind u'ns secondplace u'inner Ralph Lamon. First-to-third lou' nets u'ent to Jack Crane, Bert Goebel and Knox Nlarshall in tl.rat order. San Francisco's Cl.rarlie Scholrer co1>ped first pl:rcc in tl.re Blind Bogey department and Clulr 31 l)resident Craig Gaffnev placed second. Special :ru'arcls for the longest clrir-e ar-rd for the tee sl-rot closest to the lrin u'ere both l'on by Dick Holt.

The l.-rolic evening began n'ith a u,ell-attended Concat in the Hacienda N{anana Room. Visiting officer \\'as no other than Jurisdiction 6's Bob Gallagher. Neu' Nlexico Timber Co., u'ho clrove al1 the r,vay in frorn Albuquerclrre to be or.r hancl for the event. In addition, he even brought a Kitten u'ith him in the person of Paul Webber, also of Nel' Mexico Timber Co.

Other Kittens included Hugo ltath, T.W.&J.; V:iughn I)ipes, BXII); -\lford Scott, The l)iamond Match L-o.; H:rrold I3erry, Lundgren Door & Plvu'ood; Harry McCall, Santa Fe I-umber, Inc. ; George Hiatt, General IJox Distributors, and Kenneth ]3uck, LXIA.

An excellent six-act sl.rou' heacllined bv N'l C P;rul l)esmond brought the highly successful 10tir Annrr:rl Valley Frolic to a roaring close anrid tril>utes to l'resiclent Craig Gaffney, Ch.arley I)art and the follon'ing hard u'orking commlttee chalrmen:

Reservations, Bernie l.l:rrlter, Jr. : Finance, lld Schlotthauer, E,lmer Rau, Walter Peterson :rnd Lorris Frame; Concat, Bob Reid; Golf, N{arion Snead; Ticket Sales, I-ouis Frame ancl Don Walker, and I'rrblicitv, C. E. "NIac" Macdonald.

Pholos ocross the poge ot left show (left) the "old cqts" howling ot the Concol ond the gentlemqn in the blozer moy be identiffed qs one Al Bell, while photo ot righr is of the Kittens, of whom the LMANC's Kenneth Euck moy be idenrified ot for right.

The Center shot is of the Degree Teom: Visiting Oficer, Bob Gollogher; Senior Hoo-Hoo, Joe Aimor; Junior Hoo-Hoo, Wolly Kennedy; Boium, Allon Smith; Scrivenoter, Homilton Knott; Snork, Bob Reid; Jobberwock, W. O. Twining; Arconoper, A. H, Mockechnie; Custocotio n, Jock Pomeroy; Gurdon, Duke Nelson

AT THE VAtl'EY FROII€: l. Supreme Gurdon Gollogher ond Generql Chqirmon Chorley Dqrt.2.Sonto Mqriq Deqler Joe Kirk, rhe TMANC's Jock Pomeroy qnd Club 3l's qnd the WIC's Bernie Bqrber, Jr. 3. President Croig Goffney, Normqn Fqvors qnd Hoo-Hoo Mon of the Yeqr Chet Hqrshner.4. Eorl Corlson, Norm Cords qnd Deolers E' E. Schlotihquer, Elmer Rou ond Chorley Dort. 5. Bonnington lumber's Croig Goftney is the incoming president. 6. Bob Reid, Bernie Borber, Jr., (unidenrified) ond Jock Crqne.7. Gurdon Gollogher (ome cleon from Albuquerque on big Hoo-Hoo business (hod q swell rime, too!).8. Deqler Tom Hogon, Glenn Butler ond The Lumber Merchqnf's own (ond only) Mox Cook.9. Rolph Lomon (left) occepfing rhe Jurisdiction 6 Teom Trophy from Bob Gollogher, with Chcrley Dort ot the mike. 10. (Unidenrified Hoo-Hoo), Deqler Don Wilson (cenfer) ond NoCol Stote DePuty Snork Jock Berry. ll. The visiting New Mexico ond Arizono delegofion: Hoo-Hoo Webber (teft) and Justis (center), both from Albuquerque, ond Pete VqnVorhis (right) from Phoenix. 12. Elmer Rou (left) Presenls the portroit of the Mqn of the Yeor to the M-o-t-Y, Chef Chet Hqrshner. 13. Wolly Kennedy (qr mike) Presenls token of oppreciotion lo Gurdon Gollogher for coming over 1200 miles io ottend the Frolic, os Pqst President Joe Aimor (right) qwoirs his cue; Wolly olso hqnded Gollogher 500 boxes of roisins to be disrribured ol lhe recent Hoo-Hoo Internqtionol convention in Atlontc in efiort lo secure the notionol convention for Fresno, Cofif., in 1971. 14. Sonto Fe Lumber's Jno. Soner, Jr', Deoler Kermon Crow ond Bob Roymer in the usuol order

We ore sofes representofives lor these oufsfonding mills:

Moc-Young Lumber Co.

Hulbert & Muffly Co., Inc.

Americon Timber Corporolion

Mqthews lumber Co.

Plumos Pine Co.

Sond Creek Lumber Co.

Twin City Moulding Co.