Commitfee Discusses Christmas Plans

Many festive holiday plans werg conceived during the Hoo-Hoo No. 2 Steering Committee Meeting in Rodger Young Auditorium on November 20. The big item on the evening's agenda was the annual Christmas Party to be held December 15th at the California Country Club.

President Joe Petrash announced that the last phase of the 54-hole golf tourney would precede the Christmas festivities and that Don Gow would distribute the tourney prizes after the Christmas dinner. It was also stated that the entertainment for this big event will be arranged and coordinated by Lee Kramer and Larry Weiland. te Kramer told the Ste;ring Committee members that the entertainment would consist of an exciting girlie show and some vaudeville acts. Joe Petrash then thanked Lee Kramer for the great iob accomplished on the second mailing io. the -Knollwood Country Club meeting.

Kenny Kenofel again volunteered, military style, to be the official greeter at the Christmas party. Ele was commended by fellow steerers for the exceptional job he did as official greeter at Knollwood.

Doug Maple and Lee Kramer "voltln- teered" to continue their investigation on whether or not it would be practical to organize a bowling tourney *to a9company every golf tourney. Lee ts also.- checking the possibilities of organizing an excursion to Las Veg_1s, via airplane, on May 17, 1962. He stated that there would have to be at least 40 members in attendance to fill a twin-engine plane.

The Steering Committee voted unanirnously to switch the forthcoming Guest Night from February to APril 20th, 1962 at Lakewood Country Club.

Prexv loe Petrash then thanked the 18 members of the Steering Committee for being present and stated that he hoped all .25 would turn out for the 11ext meetrng.

Obituqries

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Lumber Company, which was established in Firebaugh during 1947.

Besides George R. and Jqe H. Fischer, he is survived by another son, Vincent, of Firebaugh; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Jane Hansen, I\{aples, Idaho; and Mrs. Jean Cooper of Livermore, California; and two sisters, Jeanette Fischer of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, and Elsie Fischer of Merrill, Wisconsin.

Americsn l{crdworc Reporfs Incrcor

The Arherican Hardware Corporation has reported a four per cent increase in sales and a 19 per cent increase in consolidated net income for the nine months ended September 30, 1961.

Consolidated net income for The American Hardware Conporation and its wholly-owned subsidiaries was $1,755,00O, equal to $1.68 per shate, compared with $1,473,000 of $1.41 per share during the same period in 196O according to David Muirhead, president.

Sales for the first nine months of this year were $34,310,000, compared with sales of $32,922,000 in the first nine months of 1960.

Increased net income was attributed to higher sales and a greater volume of production resulting from the sustained improved rate of incoming orders. Net income from the company's investments have also incr.eased, Muirhead said.

Incoming orders for the first nine months of this year were seven per cent higher than for the same period a year ago. The unfilled backlog of orders on September 30, 196l iwas 72 per cent higher than at the same date. last year.

Although there is some evidence of intensified 'price competition incoming orders remain fuvorable for most of the company's major product lines, Muirhead said. This combined with the high level of building construction, indicates that satisfactory' results from operations may be anticipated for the last quarter of the year.

The American Hardware Corporation is one of the nation's oldest and largest manu-' facturers of locks and other builderi' hard. ware for residential, commercial and institutional use.