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' The policeman, strolling along his beat one night, came upon a good-lookiirg but very drunk young man in eveging , clothes who was down on his knees searching laboriously for 'something in the gutter, just under a street lamp.

"Friend, if you'll tell me what you're looking for, maybe ' I can help you find it," said the cop.

The drunk was not enthusiastic or thankful.

"f'm looking for my watsch, thash what,",he said.

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Charlie backed away and took a long look at the prewar (World War I, that is) architecture again.

"Might just be off-beat enough to be a drawing card in its own right," he mused.

That decided it. He negotiated a lease for the property and moved in with all of the merchandising ideas he could summon from his impressive background and years of experience in the softwood and hardwood lumber business.

"Well, show me where you lost your watch," said the officer.

"f losht it over there," said the drunk-pointing down the street.

"But," said the mystified officer, "if you lost it over there, why don't you look for it over there?"

"Because, you poor sap," replied the drunk, "the light's much better over here."

MR. DEA:,LEN,: For YOU in 1959Biggesr slocks this sideof The Rockies lo drow on qs nedd o Hardwoods Softwoods Plywoods Marlite Masonite Upson Canec o 255 SECOND STREET Ooklond 7, Colifornio srnIB[[ I.UilBEN G || M PIIIY i Telephonc collcct FOR BUIIDING NEEDS _ STRABIE TEADS 0ur 53 Years' Experience Gounts for YOU in Better Service with distinction during WWII as a Navy lieutenant in the South Pacific ca ign. He began his lumber career in 1936 )outn raclnc campargn. .trle Degan nrs lurr when he joined the White family in the operation of the oioneer wholesale hardwood distributine and merchandisine pioneer distributing merchandising firm of White Brothers.

During his 22 years with the firm, Charlie served in various managerial capacities in addition to becoming an expert on the kiln drying of hardwoods. He was vice-president of the firm and in charge of WYBRO's kilns and large Oakland yard when he resigned to start the "Depot."

In addition to his long association with lumber, Charlie has been an active joiner and leader in his community. He is a member of the East Oakland Rotary Club (having served as president during 1952-53), a member of the Elks, a director of the Encinal Yacht Club, a past president of the Pacific Coast Hardwood Distributors Assn. (1955), a member of the Northern California Dry Kiln Club, a member of the Boy Scouts executive board, and a senior warden of Christ .Episcopal church in Alameda.

Charlie and hip wife, Maude, have two sons and two daughters-one son in the Navy and one daughter who has just made him a grandfather for the first time. And between times, when he's not busy with his various civic and busirTess affiliations and the "Depot" (open seven days a week), Charlie grows prizewinning orchids as a hobby.

Welcome aboard. Mr. New Retailer ! \Me're certain that you'll go far (and on time, too !) without ever leaving the "station.tt

University of Redlands, at Redlands, Calif., received CFApof a $400,000 loan to build a dormitory for 96 students. Ofhoped construction could be completed by August 1959. Manager Charles .O. Pierpoint; Project No. 4-CH.r61 (D).