This story was published in the Sept. 19, 1961, edition of the Lewiston Tribune.
Walter Mallory, lumber production analyst for Potlatch Forests, Inc., was elected president last night of the Hoo Hoo Club, made up of area lumbermen. He succeeds Dean Brown and will serve one year. The club began its fall activities with a dinner meeting at the Bollinger Hotel. Others elected were LeRoy Olson, first vice president; Tony Wald, second vice president, and Robert Olin, re-elected secretary and treasurer. Directors are Harold Uglem, Gunder Kjosness, Brown, Frank J. Rima of Pullman and Ted Riceci.
Brown was named general chairman for Forest Products Week, Oct. 15-21, sponsored by the International Order of Hoo Hoo clubs.
Named to committees for the week were Orville Dixon, treasurer; Ray Muirhead, advertising and publicity; Brown, street decorations; Clifford Bentgson, merchant’s and window displays; Ferol Burkett, realty board participation; Olin, speakers’ bureau, and Olson, special events.
