Hilo Hottie's Howoii Show to Spork Big L. A. Hoo-Hoo

Chrisrmqs Porty ot Ookmont

Jim Forgie, acting Snark of Los Ar.rgeles Hoo-Hoo Clttb 2, has booked the complete Hilo Hattie show for the annual Christmas party entertainment scheduled to be held Friday, December 9, at Oakmont Country Club in Glendale.

The full day of fun and sports will get underway with golfers teeing off at 9:39 a.m. for the tournament competition, and will continue to start foursomes until as late as 1:59 p.m. Awards will be made immediately following tl-re banquet before the evening entertainment program gets underway.

"In line with the present day Hawaiian trend our committee believes the South Sea program will be well received by lumbermen, their friends and guests," said Forgie. "During the cocktail hour we will be entertained by a troupe of Hawaiian singers who will continue through the dinner hour with soft music. Following the awarding of the various prizes for golf and Christmas, we have scheduled a full South Seas vaudeville show, which will continue on to Las Vegas for an eight-week run immediately following our performance. We feel that all Hoo-Hoo will want to see the preview of this big show," Forgie declared.

In view of the big crowd expected it will be necessary to rlake reservations early by phoning Freeman Carnpbell-Western Mill & Lumber-ANselus 2-4148.

IT ISN'T YOUR, TOWN, IT'S YOU!

By W.T. Denniston

(Nearly 40 years ago, W. T. Denniston was qssociated with Iach Dionne as assistant edito,r of The GULF COAST LUMBERMAN, and he z.cryote for this jourrutl a poem, that was d,esti.ned to become immortal. Since it wos ftrst printed in The GCL, it has been printed, and copied, literally thowsands of times by chambers of commerce throughout the entire United States. I{eaer copyrighted, its author zuas soon lost in the shuffi,e, and, seldom, if eaer, zaas Denniston's name attached when it 'raas used. Here is the original poem, just as Denni,ston zwote it for The GULF COAST LUMBERMAN.)

If you want to live in the kind of a town, Like the kind of a town you like, You needn't slip your clothes in a grip, And start on a long, long hike; Foryou'll only find what you've left behind, There's nothing that's really new, It's a knock at yourself when you knock your town, For it isn't your town-it's YOU.

Real towns are not made by men afraid That somebody else gets ahead; When everyone works and nobody shirks, You can raise a town from the dead: And so, while you make your personal stake, If your neighbor should make one, too, Then your town will be what you want it to b€, For it isn't your feqTn-if's YOU.

PICTORIAI PROOF of the speed ond eose in corclruction of Gibson Lumber Compony's fir3l lu-Re-Co house is furnished by poge of photo. on oPP:l: Jos. c

Construction starled dt 8:00 o.m. ond lop photo shows progress of 3-mon crew only one hour loter. Second photo ot l:0O p.m, shows the work midwoy cnd third photo wos three hours lqter. The gobles were closed in ond roof sheothing completed when crew left work ot 5:(X) p.m., only nine hours ofler stdrting construction!

THE SECOND MO'RNING (phoros dr left), following the erecfion of the lu-Re-Co house lhe doy before (photos on opposite pqge), corpeniers begon shingling ond finishing interior (top lefi);2-co.r gorqge ond breezewoy will be sdded where pickup is porked. Door unit (top righr) wcs qlso assembled in [uRe-Co iig ond owoits recdy-hung door instollqtion. H-type Ponel (left center) proves eosily odoptoblc for window units ond offer: good noiling 3uilace for "Il-ll" siding panels; 2x4 cross brocing hcre exceeds FHA 16" minimum requiremenl. Plumbing wqs installed (righl cenler) prior to pouring the slob. vents were pul in {irsf doy; fioor.to.ceiling window pcnelr were o:semblcd in lu-Re-Co lig ond ore reody for window unit. lu-Re-Co window ponels (lower left) con be con3tructed in rhe iig lo 3uit qny window raquirement. Don Wilson of the Lumber Merchonts Asrociotion of Northern Cclifornio (lower right) holds o completed lu-Ra-Co 4'x8'ponel wifh Texture l-ll siding ottcched; panels were obo poinred by yord help prior to insfollotion-only equipment neoded (outside of lu-Re-Co iig) wor o 5-HP rable sow ond o combinqtion drill.

Gibson Lumber Compqny tokes the first step

Merced Deoler Builds Firsl Lu-Re-Co Home in Stclte

An enterprising Vlercedmerchantrecently became the firstlumber dealer in California, it is believed, to enter a completely new phase in building the recently developed Lu-Re-Co panel style of home construction. As always, most people are a bit hesitant to try their luck with someining new and different. Llowever,_Jack_Gibson, owner of Gibson Lumber Company in Merced,took a deep bieath the morning of October 17, and gave his contractor the "go-ahead" on ihe firstLu-Re-Co home to be constructed in Noithern California . . . qndprobably the entire state. The results provedto be somewhat amazrngto anyone familiar with the standard practice of home construction.

Gibson chose a Lu-Re-Co plan knorvn as \\/P ft14, for his first model home-a trvo-bedroom, 1,150-sq. ft. affair with an attached two-car garage. The home was built or1 a slab which had been poured the previous week.

From this slab that Monday morning, a three-man crew took exactly t hours (27 man-hours) to put up Gibson's model home to the stage that it was ready for shingling and interior finishing ! And Gibson firmly believes that he can cut that time considerably as he becomes more familiar with the working details of Lu-ReCo construction.

Shortly after receiving his Lu-Re-Co kit from the Lumber Dealers Research Council, Washington, D. C., Gibson decided tl-rat the best u'ay to sell this nerv idea would be to construct a model home just as the big tract builders do to sell their homes. Because he wanted to construct this "pilot horne" exactly according to Lu-Re-Co specifications, Gibson rvent directly to his local Savings & Loan Bank and received an ample construction loan for the project. In this first case, Gibsor-r found that FHA would require some minor changes in the WP #14 plan before granting a construction loan.

His next step required careful scrutiny of the plans along with his contractor; they both found the plans carefully detailed and accurate in every respect.

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