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Standard isn t your typical milltown. It's not even on most maps. Some folk probablywouldn t call it a town at all.

But we like to think of it as a wonderful mix of the very best of both the old and the new.

We ve got a zip code, but no post office. Cattle grze on ourproperty, right alongside our state-of-the-art hardwood plyrrood facility. And the people who work here would iust as soon spend a weekend fishing or panning for gold on the Tlolumne as theywould driving the 150 miles west to see the pro team play in San ['rancisco. After all,weve got the Curtis CreekMustangs. Righthere in Srandnd.

You see, there's a special brand ofpride in ttris small California town thatwe doubtyou'll find anluhere else in the country. Mainly, becausewe likewtatwe do.

We think that you'll sense that the moment you begin working wittr our people and our product.

"I think our quality is ttre best in the business. Even if wewere to charge more forourproduct, I don t thinkwe d lose but a customer or two. And I bet they'd be back before too long.

"We just have more pride, take more care, prepare our wood better, stand by our rules. Evenntere you can't see it. Because we know that wtren the end-user cuts open thatwood for cabinets orwhateve! there better not be any holes in it.

Armando Fregoso, Quality Control, l! years

Harmon Golns Sr., 63. founder of Goins Lumber Co.. Bells. Tx., died June 20. 1989. in Denison. Tx., after a lengthy illness.

Born in Skiatook, Ok., Mr. Goins began his lumber career in 1949 at Collins Pine Lumber Co., Chester, Ca. In 1959, he joined International Paper Co., Tulsa, Ok., and later moved to Lingo Leeper Lumber Co., Denison. He worked his way up to manager and officer of the chain. He opened his own company in 1966. He retired in 1985, serving as consultant as his sons carried on the business,

He was a past director of the Lumbermens Association of Texas.

Mr. Goins is survived by his widow, Myrtie, his mother. two sons, two daughters, two brothers, four sisters, and nine grandchildren.

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National Credit Managers Association, served as VBMA's representative on the Virginia Joint Senate/House Mechanic's Lien Subcommittee and was instrumental in writing the existing law.

M id-America Lumbermens Association Arkansas members are encouraged to join a planned Arkansas Young Lumbermens Organization, similar to groups active in MLA's other four states. The more informal organizations have no by-laws or dues.

Arkansas retailers are also urged to check the fine print on treated wood warranties, which often state that commercial structures are not covered. Dealers may get into trouble with commercial builder customers who assume they have coverage.

Fibreboard Acquires Arrowood

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N.C., offHighway 501. The 168,000 square foot facility is currently rated at 70 million board feet annually. lt consists ofthree separate but interrelated lines: OSB production, LVL production, and a lumber assembly line. This facility will employ approximately 190 people on a 24-hour, 3shift basis.

Fibreboard Technologies Corp.

George Henry "Htfry" West Jr., owner and operator of George H. West Lumber Co., Atlanta, Ga., died after a heart attack July 25, 1989, in Atlanta. He was 61.

A native of Winston-Salem, N.C., he was awarded numerous medals by the Air Force for flying over 100 missions during the Korean War. He was discharged in 1953, and joined his father's lumber firm in Detroit, Mi. He moved to Atlanta in 1959 and founded his own company in I 960.

Mr. West is survived by his widow Alliener two sons and one daughter.

Hubert A. "Junior" Almand Jr., president and co-owner of Booker & Co., Tampa, Fl., died following cardiac arrest June 26, 1989, in Tampa. He was 67.

Born in Fosters, Oh., he joined the company 48 years ago, eventually sharing ownership with Jim Walter and Jack Almand. He had served as a director for the Florida Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association and a director and treasurer for the National Building Material Distributors Association.

Mr. Almand is survived by his widow. Evelyn, two sons, four daughters and l2 grandchildren, his five purchased the assets of Arrowood Technologies in the late spring after the plant had been idle for over a year. Changes and improvements are being made prior to start-up.

Wlllls "Blll" Allen, 63, president of Powell-McClellan Lumber Co. lnc.. Norfolk, Va., died July 20, 1989, in Norfolk.

After a long career with RCA, he took over the lumber firm founded by and inherited from his father-inlaw.

Mr. Allen is survived by widow, Jean, two daughters, sisters and a brother.

Tom M. Matthews. 74. founder of Tom Matthews Lumberman, Corpus Christi, Tx., died July 21, 1989, in Corpus Christi following a lengthy illness.

The larger logs are separated and trimmed into blocks that go to the lathe for veneer production. The smaller logs go to the waferizers for OSB production. Round-up from the lathe and broken veneer can be fed back to the waferizers to eliminate waste and help keep costs down. Wood fibers used to feed the plant come from plentiful and mostly privately controlled non-commercial hardwood forests. Unlike the problems related to supplying wide width, long length dimension lumber from western softwood forests, and the issues revolving around the cutting of old growth forests, Arrowood utilizes hardwood species that comprise 700/o of our nation's timber resource.

Computers Aid Advertising

Some retailers are able to bring advertising in house while others find that they can do more with less staff by utilizing computers.

In-house staff size is down at Home Depot, Inc., Atlanta, Ga., says Dick Hammill, vice president of marketing and advertising. He attributes the smaller staff to computer technology.

A native of Athens, Tx., he began his SO-year lumber career in 1937 at Maurice Angley Lumber Co., Houston, Tx. ln 1947, he opened his own firm, retiring three years ago.

Mr. Matthews is survived by his widow, Cornelia, a daughter, a son and a grandson.

"My father was fond of saying that you will have to change many things over the years in the lumber business, " recalls Joseph M. Galvin, President and CEO of Horstmeier Lumber Company, wholesale warehouse distributors, Baltimore, MD, "but never change your insurance coverage from the Pennsylvania Lumbermens. "

Joseph Galvin leads the current crop of five Galvins in the family business established by his father. John T. Galvin purchased the Horstmeier Lumber Company in 1904 and selected the PLM for his insurance coverage. Although it was less than l0 years old at the time, PLM had already established a reputation for specialized coverages, reasonable pricing and outstanding performance at the time of a loss.

True to his father's maxim, many things have changed at Horstmeier Lumber Company in the last 84 years. The company has taken on many new product lines, it has increased its volume of business immensely, it has taken on new customers. new management and it has even moved to a new location.

Amidst all this growth and change, two factors have remained unchanged: the Galvins still run the show at Horstmeier Lumber Company and PLM still provides the coverage.