Visiting Club Helpr Los Angeles Starf Season

Wally Lingo took over the gavel from Ben Gardiner as Snark of lns Angeles Club 2 and N{ike Walsh assumed the post of exchequer from Phil Kelty at the "kickoff" golf tournament and banquet Friday, September 27th, at Inglewood Country CIub. In spite of 110 degree temperature the opening affair was a huge success.

It was truly Arizona weather that sreeted the seven members of Salt River Vailey Hoo-Hoo cluh fr32, who returned the home and home visit made by twenty members of the Los Angeles club last spring when they walked off with three awards in Phoenix as this series of events started.

Making up the ooArizona Desert Cats" team were Chuck and Wally Pensinger, Leo Myers, Jim Lewis, Earl Heldt, John Mueller and Paul Caviness. They did well in the tournament, walking ofi with two trophies and pockets full of golf balls, as new golf chairman Ben Gardiner worked to make the meet pleasant {or t}em.

Lee Kramer made it an outstanding evening for outgoing Snark Ben Gardiner when he presented Ben with a pictorial history of his activities during his complete tenure in office. Lee had the beautiful volume engraved in gold and secured material from his own photos and stories that appeared throughout the year in The California Lumber Merchant. Truly a fine presentation by Lee and one Ben will lons remember.

John Sattler, prominent golf pro of southern California, was the speaker of the evening. Joe Petrash introduced John, who did his best to teach the Cats how to successfully play gol{. His talk was well recei'r'ed by duffers and hackers alike.

In the home and home competition with the Phoenix group the Los Angeles club was represented by Ernie Matthes, Norm Vendell, Ken Kenoffel, Ed Difani, Joe Petrash, Don Johnson and Wally Lingo. These club members also acted as special hosts to the visitors who stayed over in Los Aneeles to attend the USC-Oklahoma football game and the finale at Dodger Stadium with Philadelphia. Then came the World Series

This is how the regular "heat wave" players made out as they played for the last time at Inglewood Country Club. Low Gross, John Mueller, from Phoenix, with a 73. Low net, Wally B. Smith, with a 62. He also won the trophy for the 3rd flite. In the First Flite Don Gow placed lst and Norm Wendell 2nd. Second Flite saw Eddie Difani lst and Leo Myers of Phoenix 2nd. The best hacker was none other than good old Flarry Shedrick. It was the final event before the clubhouse is removed for a new apartment lashup.

Wally promised to do his best to furnish a good schedule of events and fine entertainment durine the 1963-64 season. Headed by Ben Gaidi.te., the outgoing ofcers will assist the new regime in adjusting to the many duties prevailing in the operation of the largest Hoo-Hoo CIub in the Universe. Snark Wally is seeking members who are willing to help in this activity.

IGarehime Corporation, San Francisco, engineers of the two-day sale, pointing to the big double spread which appeared in the Vallejo papers. Note signs along wall of dry shed above Ed. At right are the proud owners, Betty and Jim Jones. Under Betty and Jim is a Georgia-Pacific rig with interior paneling and fir plywood coming in. These truckload specials really went big. And on the bottom leII, a iazz band yetl There's Jim taking five as he listens to the boys play.