Hoo-Hoo Golden Jubilee Anniversary

Don S. Montgomery, secretary of the Wisconsin Retail Lumbermen's Association, was elected Snark of the Universe to succeed George W. Dulany, Jr., of the Eclipse Lumber Co., Clinton, Iowa, at the Golden Jubilee convention of the Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo held at Hot Springs National Park, Ark., October 8-10.

Other members named to the Supreme Nine were: Senior Hoo-Hoo, Hal R. Dixon, Spokane, Wash.; Junior Hoo-Hoo, Martin J. McDonald, Port Arthur, Ont., Canada; Scrivenoter, Phillips A. Hayward, Chevy Chase, Md.;

Murray B. Mcleod, Little Rock, Ark., state comptroller. The response was made by Mel M. Riner of Kansas City, a former Snark of the lJni'i'erse, in the absence of Julius S. Seidel who was unable to be present due to illness. Snark Dulany addressed the convention reviewing the history of Hoo-Hoo, after which reports of the officers of the Hoo-Hoo Corporation, which includes S. L. Boyd, president, T. 1\{. Partridge, treasurer, and W. M. Wattson, secretary, were given by Mr. Wattson. In the evening the convention delegates met with the Arkansas Asso-

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Bojum, H. Mortin Jones, Buffalo, N. Y.; Jabberwock, Kenneth Smith, San Francisco; Custocation, R. E. Saberson, St. Paul, Minn.; Arcanoper, Chas. R. Black, Corning, Ark.; Gurdon, F. Lisle Peters, Lake Charles, La.

The fiftieth anniversary of the Order which was held in the Arlington Hotel was called to order Wednesday afternoon by Snark of the lJniverse George W. Dulany, Jr. Governor Homer M. Atkins of Arkansas was unable to be present and the address of welcome was presented by

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ciation of Retail Lumber Dealers for a dinner meeting. A pilgrimage to Gurdon, Arkansas, birthplace of the Order, was made on October 9. Chase G. Stephens, secretary of the Gurdon Board of Trade, delivered the address of welcome to which Snark Dulany responded. Arthur A. Hood read the Code of Ethics of Hoo-Hoo during a brief talk, and Chas. R. Black of Corning, Ark., read a poem fitting to the occasion. The party rvas then taken to a demonstration plot of the Gurdon Lumber Company which has been operated on a sustained yield basis for some time, and there a lunch which was prepared by the Parent-Teachers' Association of Gurdon, was served. Then followed a concatenation held in the High School Gymnasium, Gurdon, at which seven kittens were initiated.

Two addresses featured the Friday morning session"lfoo-Iloo: Tell Lumber's Story to the Public," by C. C. Sheppard, Clarks, La., Chairman, Southern Pine Emergency Defense Committee, and "Tomorrow's Career Men in the Lumber fndustry," by Arthur A. Hood, Johns-Manville, New York City.

At the Friday luncheon, Miss Dorothy Atwood Yarnell, Little Rock Junior College, Little Rock, Ark., told how her grandmother, Mrs. Mary Anne Smith, then president of the Smithton Lumber Co. at Smithton, Arkansas, had been made a member of Hoo-Hoo, only woman to become a member of the Order.

At the Friday afternoon business session, there were reports of the Committees-Nominations, Resolutions, Administration, Legislation and Good of the Order; election of officers and directors; embalming of the Snark of the Universe; and Hoo-Hoo reminiscences by former Supreme Snarks of the Universe.

The Golden Jubilee banquet was held in the Ball Room of the Arlington Hotel. E. E. 'Woods, secrrtary of the Southwestern Lumbermen's Association, acting as master of ceremonies, J. Carthell Robbins, Stuttgart, Ark., past president of the Arkansas Lumber Dealers Association, was the speaker.

John F. Judd, No. 94, of. Longview, Texas, one of the first members of Hoo-Hoo and who has attended more Hoo-Hoo conventions than any other member, was present and made a brief talk.

East Bay Club Hears Harry B. Smith

An attendance of 90 turned out to hear a talk by Harry B. Smith, noted sports authority, of the San Francisco Chronicle, at the regular dinner meeting of East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39, held at Hotel Leamington, Oakland, October n.

A Hawaiian orchestra and authentic hula dancing provided further entertainment.

President Lewis A. Godard presided. The program was in charge of Wm. Chatham, Jr.

Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Meet

The Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club held a luncheon meeting at the Mona Lisa Cafe, Thursday, October 23. Vicegerent Snark J. E. Martin presided.

The annual election of officers will be held at the November meeting. W. B. Wickersham, Pope & Talbot, Inc., Lumber Division; Roy Stanton, E. J. Stanton & Son; Fred Golding, Anglo California Lumber Co., and Hervey Bowles, Long-Bell Lumber Co., were appointed to serve on the nominating committee.

East Bay Club to Hear FBI Chief

N. J. L. (Nat) Pieper, special agent in charge of the San Francisco office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, will be the speaker of the evening at the next dinner meeting of the East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 to be held at Hotel Leamington, Oakland, on Monday evening, November 24.

Sacramento Hoo-Hoo Club

Sacramento Hoo-Hoo Club No. 109 held its regular dinner meeting on Wednesday evening, October 15.

W. Henry Gilbert, president of the club, presided. The principal entertainment item was the showing of a Redwood "talkie" picture.

East Bay Christmas Party Dec. 19

The annual Christmas party of the East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 will be held in the Hotel Leamington Bowl, Oakland, on Friday evening December 19.

George Clayberg, Boorman Lumber Co., Oakland, has been appointed chairman of the committee in charge of the party.

National Lumber Manufacturcrs Annual Meeting November 10-14

Washington, October ll-The L94l annual meetings of the stockholders, subscribers and directors of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, American Forest Products Industries, Inc., and the Timber Engineering Company will be held in ttie Blackstone Hotel, Chicago, during the second full week in November and will occupy a period from November 10 through November 14.

These meetings assume unusual importance this year. War-time conditions which face the forest products industries have given rise to a variety of complicated and difficult problems. It is probable that the most important business facing this series of meetings will be the adjustment of collective industry activities to circumstances which indicate that during 1942 more than 70 per cent of all construction activities will be on behalf of the Government, compared with 45 per cent lor 1941.

The first three days of the week-November 10, 11 and l?-will be devoted to business meetings of the Forest Conservation, Standardization, Public Information, Trade Promotion, and Nominations and Recommendations committees.

The general open meeting of the Board of Directors of NLMA will be on Thursday, November 13. The annual business meetings of the stockholders and directors of NLMA and subscribers and directors of AFPI are scheduled for Friday, November 14.

In detail, meeting arrangements are as follows:

Monday, November lO-Committee on Forest Conservation -10 A.M. Manufacturers Standardization Committee10 A.M.

Tuesday, Nov. ll-Committee on Forest Conservation, Manufacturers Standardization Committee, Committee on Public Information (AFPI) 10 A.M.

Wednesday, Nov. 12Committee on Trade Promotion, 10 A.M. Committee on Nominations and Recommendations (NLMA) 10 A.M. Timber Engineering Company, Stockholders and Directors, 2 P.M.

Thursday, Nov. l3-General Open Meeting, Board of Directors, Trade Promotion Committee, 10 A.M. Committee on Nominations and Recommendations (AFPI) 8 A.M.

Friday, Nov. l,f-Stockholders and Directors (NLMA) annual business meeting. Subscribers and Directors (AFPI) Annual Business Meeting.

The General Meeting of the National Board of Directors on November 13, will be open to all committees and to interested manufacturers and distributors of lumber and timber products, and will consider "Lumber Industry Problems Arising out of National Defense," including SUPPLY, PRIORITIES, TAXATION, TARIFF and SHIPPING problems of these industries.

On Thursday evening the Board of Directors will entertain the guests of the Association at dinner. No other evening meetings contemplated.

The Advisory Committee of Managers of the affiliated Associations will meet during the week.

It is expected that the Forest Products Laboratory Subcommitee of the National Committee on Trade Promotion will confer with officials of the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison. Wisconsin. on November 14 and 15.

56 USO Buildinss for California

Washington, Oct. 23.--The War Department announced today that the Quartermaster General's office had awarded contracts in the last week for fifty-six additional USO recreational buildings.

California cities where the buildings will be erected and the amount of the contract for each were:

Chula Vista, $41,190; Inglewood, $64,809; King City, $4O,7O3; La Jolla, $41,190; Monterey, $62,000; Paso Robles, $77,827; Richmond, $41,24O; San Luis Obispo, $68,127; San Miguel, $85,130; San Rafael, $44,85; Sausalito, $13,819; Taft, $41,993; Vallejo, $6,244; Victorville, $39,685; Lancaster, $36,971.

Joins Office of Price Administration Lumbar Staff

Henry J. Eckstein, owner of Foresta Factors, of New York, has joined the staff of the lumber and building materials section of the Office of Price Administration as a business specialist in lumber, Dr. J. K. Galbraith, director of operations, has announced.

Mr. Eckstein will work full time on his new duties, while his organization continues the business of Foresta Factors.