THE CALIF'ORI\IA LT]MBER MERCHAI\T

Jack Dionne, Publisher

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LOS ANGELES 14, CALIFORNIA, OCTOBER 15, 1958

IALENI]AN t]F I[]MING EVENTS

October

East Side Lumbermen's Group, SCRLA, Dinncr rneeting, \\-est \\-ind Rcstaur.ant, 6:30 p'rrr., 93-11 Il. [iire slone Rll'tl.: Clrairr-nen: Bill \-an \1atre. \\'. Stcrvart Ilrrsscll: Oct. 16.

Dubs, Ltd. tournament ancl barrquet, Orinda Countrl' Club, Oct' 17' Host: Brian Bonnington'

San Diego Hoo-Hoo Club 3 annu:rl (iolf 'l'oLlrtrantctrt :rli(l -\\\'ards I)innei 11:00 a.rn. anci 6:00 p.nr., Sirrginu Hills C.ountrl' Clulr (laclics inVitecl); Itcsclvations: N'[:rrk ]lal<lu'in, (iil Iirecsc. \Vcs 'l'holrzrs i Oct. 19.

Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club 39 clinner rneeting, f laremotrt hcitel' llcrkcley, Oct. 20.

San Fernando Valley Lumbermen's Group, SCRLA' I)ittttcr rrrccling, 6:30 p.nr., \'al1e1' Colonial Htiuse, +810 \. \Vlrits.ett Avc, Nortlr Hollywoocl; ()ct. 21.

West Side Lumbermen's Group, SCRLA, Dinner trtcctitrg, (r:30 p'rrr', Snritlr's Steak Hortsc, U26 Fl. \Iar.rcliester Blvc1., Irrglewoo<l: I't'ograrr cltairtnlrn: \\rilliant J. 13cuchel : ()ct.22

Terrible Twerrty Tournament, If onterey, Calif ., Oct. 23-21'

Building Material Dealers Credit Assn. (Los Angeles), El \{irador hotcl, I'alnr Springs, Oct. 24-25.

American Forestry Assn. 83rd Annual Meeting, Pioneer hotel, 'I'ucson, Ariz., Oct. 27-30.

San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club 9 dinncr- rtreetittg, Leopard cafe, Oct. 28.

November

Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club 2 (lrilf tortrttatttcnt' l)inrl,er ancl Cottcatetration, Ingleu'oorl (-outttrl' Cluir; Nov. 7.

National Building Material Distributors Assn. 7th Annual Convcntion, Sheraton hotel, Chicago,, 111., Nov. 9-12.

National Lumber Manufacturers Association atttrrt:Ll tttcetitl g, Shorcharn hotel, Washington, D.C.; Nov. 10-13.

Southern California Retail Lumber Assn. 9th annual liall Conference, El Mirador hotel, Palm Springs, Nor'. 13-15.

Phyllis Krum. o hosiess to the Hoo-Hoo convenlion dt Los Vegos, welcomes Millon Whitins to lhe evenl ond lhe prerident of Koibob tumber Co. vows lhere's nothing like ihot there in Flogstoft, Ariz, [e Kutch, solesmonoger of the lumber compony, olreody go? his bodge. Koibob mode quite o dromolic entronce lo the 67th Internotionol when compony trucks orrived \lilh four troctor-troiler loods of lumber. The pictoriol re- porting of ihe Convention story slorls on Poge 4 r ' We all need praise. Let's give praise whenever and wherever it is deserved. Let's do our back-patting today, generously but intelligently, for "I cannot read my tombr:" stone when I'm dead."

I would rather be a builder Of castles made of air, To be rebuilded every day And dwell in fancy there, With everything to make me gladThe doors all closed to gloom, The sunshine of tomorrow Shining into every room, Than ever keep within the walls Of sad things, past and now; .i For tho my castles do not last, 4 ,', I build them anyhow.

Oscar Wilde wrote: If a friend of mine gave a feast and ' did not invite me to it, I should not mind a bit. But if a ;:,," friend of mine had a sorrow and refused to allow me to , share it, I should feel it most bitterty. If he shut the doors i. of his house of mourning against me, I would move back again and again and again and beg to be admitted, so that .I might share in what I was entitled to share. If he thought ; me unworthy, unfit to weep with him, I should feel it as :i the most poignant humiliation; as the most terrible mode i'i, in which disgrace could be inflicted on me.

Often you meet men loaded with personal ego, who remind you that the Lord made man out of mud and was not too careful in selecting the grade of mud used; creatures of chance who ride like drifwood on the crest of a wave which they, themselves, have not the brains to comprehend. ***

Socrates said that every man should marry. "If you get a good wife, she will make you happy. If you get a bad wife, she will make you a philosopher," said the pot-bellied

Athenian loafer of bygone days. {. rN. * ' , There are two kinds of discontent in this world: the discontent that works, and the discontent that wrings its . hands. The first gets what it wants and the second loses : what it has. There's no cure for the first but success; and there's no cure at all for the second.-Gordon Graham.

Now let's talk about unbeautiful men. If you realize that the mug that stared back at you this morning when you ii, were removing the whiskers is not a movie-star type of beauty; if you know it to be a fact that you are no competitor for Gregory Peck or Cary Grant, take heart and read up on your American history. You will probably take some

BY JACK DIONNE

satisfaction in discovering or realizing that most of the mighty nien who made this nation great were sadly lacking in pretty features. George Washington was a pock-marked, rugged-faced citizen. That mighty man Thomas Jefferson was unquestionably homely in featurewas carrot-haired, had one shoulder lower than the other, and was said to have the skinniest legs in official Virginia. Ben Franklin had a face that would have made him a total loss in any beauty contest. Henry Clay, the great Kentuckian, was just naturally plain in looks, and Daniel Webster co.uld have done better haunting a house than trying to win a beauty contest. And if you simply called Abe Lincoln homely, you were flattering him. The sadness of the ages was in his countenance. But there was no beauty. So just thumb your nose at your refection in the mirror, for, Sir, if it says that you are a plain lookeror worseit means that you have one of the important elements possessed by many great men. * !N. *

Thackeray said: The world is a mirror that gives back to every man the refection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn look sourly back at you. Laugh at it, and with it, and it is a jolly, kind companion. **

There is an old baseball legend to the effect that once, long ago, a pitcher, just for a gag, threw Babe Ruth a ripe tomato. ft rained ketchup for three days.

It will be noticed that we frequently quote from Ben Franklin; possibly moie frequently than from any other American. The reason is, of course, that Ben said and wrote more quotable things than anyone else. Illustrating his philosophies regarding thrift in everything, even in prayer, is this one: His father invariably said grace at some length before each family meal. One day in early winter, Ben was helping his old man carry a side of beef in to their winter storehouse, and he asked his father why he didn't say grace over the whole carcass right then, and save a lot of time later on. ,l. ,. !ts

Ben was of the same school of thought as the little boy in the class that was just learning the alphabet. The teacher asked him what letter came after "A," and the kid said, "All of 'em." * {r :r.

Not long ago we told in this column about a fellow who said that maybe money isn't everything but it is three lengths ahead of whatever is running second. flere's another: "Some people think money will buy anything, but they are wrong. Money won't buy the finer things of life, those things that the heart most desires. Money won't buy happiness. It won't buy friendship. It won't buy love. It won't buy affection.-You understand, I am tal'ling about CONFEDERATE money."

" Babe, that there's phat I call a SOUND FOANDATION / " observed Paul Bunyan as he delicately lifted up the old house with his pinkie. The Blue Ox grunted. "See them mudsills, girders an' posts? Been settin' there 25 years in the damp an' dark, supportin' 50,000 pounds o' house-an' not a trace o' rot or termites anywhere. Sound as the day they was cut...Babe, sure as you're true blue, that's BAXCO Pressure Treated Foundation Lumberg."

BAXCO pressure treated FOUNDATION LUMBER

* Wlut eise, Paul ? For the past 21 years

BAXCO pressure treated Foundation Lumber has been safeguarding thousands of rJ7estern homes against termites and wood-rot. Pressure treatment locks in the chemical protection for keeps. And when you figure, Paul, that just one repair bill, caused by rot or termites, can run into hundreds of dollars-well, why take a chance ? Especially since BAXCO Pressure Treated Foundation Lurnber adds so little to the total building cost-just a few dollars.

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