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SOUTHER]I CAIIFOR]IIA 1UMBER SA1ES
Twenty-Five lods from Ooklond Boys Club Hosfed qt Christmqs Porty
Oakland Hoo-lToo Club 39, 'n,ith I)resiclent Chris Sechrist at the helm. stargecl its annual Christmas party for ZS young boys from the f)akland Boy's Club on Decernber 16, at And1"s Fisherman's Pier, located in Oakland's Jack London Sqnerre.
More than 60 lumbermen attended the er.ent and enjoyed pre-Cl-rristmas dinner libations suppliecl by l3onnington Lumber Co., J. H. Baxter & Co., Roddiscraft, Inc., and Zenith n{ill & Lumber Co.
As soon as the guests of honor lvere seated, dinner was served and the Club 'lr.ent into actior-r. Santa Claus Pearson (ciealer John I'earson, that is) did his bit rvhile Club 39 Veepee Jerry Mashek, general chairman of the party, explained that this year the club had decicled to donate several oieces of u'o<,tln'orkirtg etluipment to the l3oy's Club shop, rvith the idea that not only the boys selected to come to the partv but tl're u.hole club n'ill benefit. Witi that, the presentation of tu,cr 3" portable electric hand sanders and two t/4" portable electric drills was made to representatives of the Club.
Follorving dinner, the Oakland club brought the party to a successful close with an excellent children's entertainment program and grorlp singing led by the man rvith the gifted tonsils, Ex-President Joe Pepetc-rne.
Oakland. Calif.Construction will start this year on a new Lot'ell High School at 13th and Myrtle Sts. to replace the building razed aller the 1955 earthquake. llids rvere to be opened Jan.7 and construction u,ill take about l8 months, rvith $1,(182,000 budgeted.
Jcnoory 15, l9tt8
Fronk Minord Retires; Pierce Yords Reformed Under Sneod
Fresno, Calif.-The C. S. Pierce Lu,m,ber Co.. as such. and its president, Frank F. Minard, both "retired" from the lumber business after 55 years, it was announced earlier this month. After January-2, a new business is being conducted under the na'me Pierce Lumber Company, wit[ J. C. "Doc" Snead as president and general manager. The announcement to the trade was signed by both Mr. Minard and Mr. Snead.
Foirhurst in Own SoCol Offices
Effective January 1, all sales of Fairhurst Lumber in Southern California will be handled through its own sales office at 824 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, with Mike Walsh selling the-fir, and Ross Lashley-handling the redwood sales, both from a MAdison 6-9134 phone number. In its announcement of the change, Fairhurst said, "After seven years of ewcellent association with Los Angeles Lumber, Inc., we wish to thank you for your splendicl support and cooperation and will appreciate your continued patronage.,,
Next tMA Round Tclble Jqn. 24
San Francisco.-The third Round Table of the Lumber Merchants Assn. of Northern California will be held Tanuary 24 in the Windsor room of the Sir Francis Drake hbtel here, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with.a group luncheon fro,m noon to 1:30. Twenty dealer members (none within 30 miles of each other) will discuss current retail matters.
Van Nuys,-Construction has started on the $518.996 Bassett Street Elementary school for September i958'occupancy _by 800 students; it replaces ihe Hayvenhurst school to be demolished in the Van Nuys Airport expansion.
