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Hoo-Hoo Gonvenfion Proised

While an avalanche of praise continues to roll in on San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club 9 for its management of the recent International Convention of the Concatenated Order, more tangible expressions in the form of the following letters are also circulating.

Ole May of The CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT received the following word from past Snark of the lJniverse John Egan:

' Dear Ole:

The San Francisco convention was certainly topswasn't it? I think a new standard has been set in Hoo-Hoo conventions, and Hob-Hoo convention committees in the future.may well be concerned.

Cordially yours,

John B. Egan Director, Sales

Training

Wood Conversion Company Saint Paul 1. Minnesota

Made available to The MERCHANT was a carbon copy of the following letter:

Mr. Alfred D. Bell, 1r.,45756

President, San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club No. 9 405 Montgomery Street

San Francisco. California

Dear Al:

On behalf of the Los Angeles club, we extend our most sincere congratulations on an excellent convention. Everyone that we talked to during the meeting was most enthusiastic about the seemingly effortless manner in which all of the events were handled.

Your San Francisco club could not have been more hospitable and you and your committee have set an example for the other clubs which will be having the International convention.

Fraternally .yours,

J. H. Forgie, President.

Los Angeles }loo-Ifoo Club No. 2

Pqrtoaall

Bob Mathis returned to Oakland headquarters of Mathis Hardwood Sales in mid-November after a 6week business trip through east and midwest.

Don White, vice president and general manager of White Brothers, Oakland, has returned from the National Hardwood Lumber Assn. annual in Chicago, where he was re- ..; elected to the board of managers (CLM, tl/lS/SG). AJSp_,.t{ attending the convcntion was C. R. "Bob" Taenzer, prd;I{." dent of American Hardwood Co., Los Angeles. ,,.,.:

Rolf Stolesen returned to Durable Plywood Sales Co. i$ Menlo Park, where he is salesmanager, Nov. 11 after a 2-week business trip through southern California.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Windeler attended the Fall meeting of the National Wood Tank Institute in Chicago, Oct. 19-20. Also at the semi-annual were Mr. and Mrs. William ffeger, retired salesmanager of George Windeler Co., Ltd.," and Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Inman of Inman Tank Pipe & Crossarm Co.

Lou Holland, wholesale sales manager of Neiman-Reed