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David Grojean is the new gen. mgr. and Glenn A. Ilart the new sales mgr. of Oregon Pacific's Portland-based warehouse div. Grojean succeeds Dean Trumbo who remains an O-P director.

Bob Henkel has been promoted to mgr. of Mr. Plywood Store, Portland, Bob Kordisch, store president has .announced, He replaces Robert Engler who moves to Bellevue, Wash.

Robert S. Everitt, president of Everitt Lumber Co.. was chosen "Boss of the Year" by the local Ft. Collins, Colo., chapter of the American Business Women's Assn.

Jim Johnson has moved from Diamond-National's Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, plant to their Chico, Calif., plant to become sales mgr.

Leo and Marc Seidner of Summit Lumber Co., Long Beach, have returned from an African business trip to their Liberian facility.

Bill Acker, Payette Lakes Lumber Co., Cascade, Idaho, had a recent attempted break-in; apparently nothing was taken.

M. D. Knorr, Seattle, Wash., has oe'en named to Armstrong Corkts advisory commitf,ee.

Les Passmore, who owned and operated Central Valley Box and Lumber, is now retired in Baker, Ore. Son Fred Passmore is a partner in Forest Products Marketing in Oroville, Calif.

Jim Sharp, Washington, D.C. counsel of the Imported Hardwood Products Assn., and his family spent New Years at the Rose Bowl game in Pasadena.

Al Kerper, Paul Bunyan Lumber Co., Anderson, Calif., thanksgiving'd with his daughter and three grandchildren.

Charlie Mclaughlin has been promoted from the yard to the office staff at Stahl Lumber Co., Los Angeles. IIarriet Grant has also joined the office staff.

Vince Cunningham is finishing a successful first six months in softwood sales for AFPC's Tarter, Webster & Johnson div., Cerritos, Calif.

Conley R. Grimme is Kaiser Cement and Gypsum's new director of Purchases, Ron Hohnsbeen' vp' and corP. controller, made the announcement.

Raymond C. Reeder was recently saluted by his local paper for the contributions his El Centro Lumber Co. have made to the small U.S. -Mexican border to*'n.

Dennis Nelson, Summit Lumber Co.,. Sacramento, Calif., has returned from 10 days at the home ofrce in Long Beach.

Carl K. Edwards, Armstrong Cork's floor div. man in Denver won his firm's outstanding market reP award for last year.

Steve Paquette, Jamb Dandy Lumber Co., Whittier, Calif., has been promoted to plant foreman.

Wayne Gardner, Lumber Assn. of Southern Calif. exec. vp., flYs to Atlanta the 28th of this mo. for an American Lumber: Standards Committee meeting.

Frank Billings has moved his Billings Pacific Inc. out of the big citY to Box J, Sonoma, Calif.

Ray Yan fde, mgr. of the mobile housing lumber sales div. at Reliable Lumber, Rosemead, Calif., since last Aug., sees a big future for this mushrooming area of the business.

Pat Richmond, El Sereno Lumber Co., Los Angeles, pushed advice to d-i-y customers along with sales during the holidays, got good results, too.

Gregg Miles, mgr. of the Ft. Bragg Lumber Co. in the No. Calif coast town of the same name, had a successful 4th anniversary sale during the holidays.

George T. Johnson is the neiw mgr. of personnel for Boise Cascade's timber and bldg. mtls. group.

George O. Pope is NFPA's new building code district mgr. for the southwestern United States.

Larry Owen, Simeone-Williams Lumber, and his wife vacationed recently in Spain.

Jim Duart and Seth Potter, AFPC's Tarter, Webster & Johnson div., business tripped around Washington and Oregon in late fall. Jim is based in Fresno, Calif., Seth in Cerritos.

LeRoy Stanton, Sr., celebrated his 80th birthday with friends and family, including Lloyd Webb, an ex-Stantonite now with Lane Lumber, Los Angeles, and Tom llaverfield, now retired. Stanton also celebrated with a Caribbean cruise.

Pete Diggs of Stahl Lumber, Los Angeles, has been put in charge of a new firm, Western Mill and Lumber Co.

Don Samuelson, Governor of Idaho, says that annual loss of timber to insects and disease, would furnish enough lumber to build ZYz milhon low cost homes a year.

Gordon Litster has joined Weslock Co., replacing Ifarry Korse, who has left the company.

Juanita Durham, wife of Leon Durham, Treated Pole Builders, Inc., recently ' took part in a big Ontario, Calif., horse show.

Frl More and Nick Ello are both back after making separate trips to many parts of the U.S. for Formica.

Bill Grieve, BMD president, picked up $500 in Masonite stock for his Stockton firm after they won a Masonite wholesaler competition.

George Ilaythorn is now part-time inspector for the National Hardwood Lumber Assn. for the San Francisco district.

Dave Cutler, The Merchant Magazine's editor, and his wife Marti, got away after Christmas for a month's tround South America tour.

John H. Boeche is the new secretary of Kaiser Cement & Gypsum Corp. He succeeds William Marks, who continues as a vp. and director.

Bob Reed, Neiman-Reed Lumber City, says they have had good business at their new Thousand Oaks store.

\Mally Swanson, Boand-Daly Lumber Co., Downey, Calif., recently gave away his daughter Patti in marriage to Chris Santrizo.

Gordon Frost, San Diego, has begun a 3 year term as director with the National Hardwood Lumber Assn. as J. W. Sullivarl also San Diego, is retiring as a director.

Bill Wright has joined the inside sales gtaff of Rain Jet Sprinkler, Burbank, Calif.

Sherri Lang is now on the ofrce and sales staff of Donner Mfg. Co., San Fernando, Calif.

Bill Hanen, Al Peirce Lumber Co., manager, is back at his Long Beach, Calif., desk after a .San Diego business trip.

Bill Howe and Robin MacKay, trotlatch Forest Products, Compton, Calif., have both made recent trips to the Pacific Northwest.

Eric Gregg is the new Sacramento, Calif., tenitory mgr. for Certain-teed.

Dale E. Ogle has been named vp. and asst. to Monford .4,. Orlofi, Evans Products chairman of the board.

David Ai, City Mill Co., left his Honolulu for a recent trip to the mainland.

Gene Burnett, Pacific Madison Lumber Co., has finished a sucqessful season racing his quarter horses at Los Alamitos.

Bill Dugal, Beam Industries, Industry, Calif., made a recent sales safari to Salt Lake City.

Frank Ruggieri, San Antonio Rigid Pole Construction Co. spent the holidays at their Williams facility in northern Calif.

SecretaryManager

tf\HE association's two year building mar terials merchandising and management course which commenced with the fall term at Phoenix College now has eight students enrolled. This, of course, does not meet our goal. It happened because we were unable to advertise the course to high school graduates entering college as fully as we wanted due to late approval of the course. The spring and fall semesters should show a marked increase in enrollment since we are fully acquainting high school counselors and industrial arts instructors with the course.

Included in the curriculum is the building materials course. It will be offered as a night class commencing in the spring semester starting Feb. 3 and running for 16 sessions every Tuesday through May 26. The course carries a 3 hour credit toward graduation at a cost of $17.00 enrollment. Each session runs from 7-9:30 p.m.

Outline Of Subjects To Be Covered

0rientation

Plywood

Lumber

Trusses

Redwood lumber

Mouldings

Paneling-accessories

Glue laminated beams

Hardboard

Paint & stains

Roofing

Nails-fasteners

Insulation

Gypsum products

Lominoted Beoms to be Stocked

Builders soon will be able to obtain immediate delivery of glued laminated tim. ber bearns from local buildig material outlets, announces Leroy C. McCormick of Simpson Timber Co.

2 Hours

2 Hours

2 Hours

Marketed under the name "Stock-Lam," the beams are manufactured bv Timber Structures, Inc. at their Portland, O."gott plant in section sizes ranging from !Yq" * e' to 5"x 18". Exterior type glues are used in laminating the beams so that ,they are suitable for either interior or exterior applications. All beams are of architectural appearance grade and are individually wrapped in water-resistant paper for protection in transit and storage. Beams reached the material distributor outlets in 60-foot lengths.

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2 Hours

Doors-windows-special millwork 2 Hours

Ceiling tile I Hour

Hardwood lumber & plywood I Hour

The course is designed to give thestudent a thorough knowledge of products ofiered in the oourse, how best to sell them and install them.

We expect many employees now in tlle industry to take advantage of the course since it is an evening hour and will not interfere with their daytime employment.

Money ond the lumber Industry

DEAL ESTATE and finance and their l\ vital relationship to the lumber indus, try formed the topics of a recent meeting of San Francisco Hoo Hoo CIub f9. Pre sided over by President Ted Little, tho gathering took place at the posh lforld Trade CIub in tJre landmark Ferry Building. ,Chairman Peter Murphy, manager of lumber sales for American Forest Products Corp., introduced the principal speaker, Jack C. Tjeerdsme, assistant to the exec. vp. of the Crocker-Citizens National Bank

R. V. PETERSE]I cxecutive secretary

A ND TO ALL, a happy and ProsPer'6' ous New Year!!

And to help ensure that prosperity in a season when the normal winter construc' tion slump has been accentuated by lack of mortgage money and hiCh interest rates, smart dealers have been aggressively promoting sales in the product replacement and home improvement mar' kets.

These dealers have been re-appraising their markets and learning many things: the number of homes in the area. the number of potential customers for home improvement or remodeling materials and accessories. They have developed great ingenuity for exposing customer's latent interests and desires for basement or attic improvements, for expanding storage facilities, for painting, paneling, puttering.

Long accustomed to ofiering their customers helpful suggestions and directions, these dealers are expanding their promo' tional efiorts to interest these customersby mail, by radio, TVo newspaper, and by personal contacts. Of necessity, the promotions are seasonal in nature, with "winterizing" the home having been the theme of recent fall months advertising. Interior improvements, remodeling and redecorating are the logical promotional avenue for the cold months. Many dealers have seen the wisdom and are learning the profitability of expanding their product lines to encompass home furnishings and accessories. These dealers are not without purpose and direction as they bridge the interval before the arrival of the forecast building O:o*.

Our congratulations and best wishes to Gary Harding, Home Lumber Co., Whitefish, and his bride, Erin. Back on the job after a European honeymoon, Gary says his feet are on the ground, as are those of his wife, a former stewardess for United Airlines.

New Hqrdwood lumbermen's Club

Under the presidency of Ken Tinkler, Stahl Lumber Co., the Los Angeles Hardwood Lumberman's Club has been formed, to "help promote the use of hardwood," Tinkler noted, addingn "this is a club of managerial and executive personnel and should not be considered an association."

Other officers are Bob King, vp., Jerry Lapin, treasurer, both of Mercury Hard- and Bob Sherrat, secretary. The club has 20 members.

Wins Apprentice Progrom Awqrd

Wha a remorlrable collection ol ca.reers a,re contained in the list ol initiates at this Hoo-IIoo meeting heLd, nearly a half-century ago. Our thnnks to C. C. Stibich ol the Lamon Lumber Co., one ol the kittens present th,at night, lor seniling us this story, which first appeareil shortly atter the eaent in the old, Ameriran Lwnbe.rrnan Magazine.--Edinr.

Hoo-Hoo Concot-Jdn. 27, l92l

The first concatenation of Hoo-Hoo held in the San Francisco Bav District this year was gotten up by M. L. Euphrat, the new Vicegerent, with the idea of entertaining the visitors to the conventions of the American Wood Preservers Association and the National Association of Railroad Tie Producers. There was a gettogether dinner at the San Francisco Commercial Club at 6:30 p.m., attended by a large number of locaf and visiting FiooHoo.

The officers for the concatenation were: vice-gerent, M. L. Euphratl senior HooHoo, R. C. Parker; junior Hoo-Hoo, R. A. Hiscox (acting for F. J. O'Conner) ; Bojum, Charles R. Rose; Jabberwock, Hewitt Davenport; Gurdon, Walter P. Madill; Arcanopener, W. H. Woods; Custocatian, O. H. Johnson; Scrivenoter. J. Walter Kelly.

The following were initiated: Harry Benjamin Gamerston, of J. R. Hanify Co.; Donald R. Phillips, J. R. Hanify Co.; William David Dunning, Little River Redwood Co.; Henry F. Faull, Hammond Lumber Co.; Edward John King, with J. M. Huddart; Henry Martin Hink, Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co.; Garry Eaton Bennett, Hill & Morton; John Lawrence ConIon, Charles Nelson Co.; John Augustus Nelson, Sudden & Christenson; Allan Lloyd Moses, E. A. Howard & Co.

M. A. Richley, Charles R. McCormick & Co.; William Amasa Huddard, with J. M. Huddart; Fred W. Brose, Charles R. McCormick & Co.; Waldemar Harold Hamm, MacDonald & Harrington; Alfred Robert McCullough, McCullough Lumber Co.; Elmer Francis Sprague, J. R. Hanify Co.; Frank Bartlett Macomber, Macomber Savidge Lumber Co.; Chauncey Clinton Stibich, with Frederic S. Palmer.

Edward Lee Blatter, Teicheira Lumber Co., Vallejo; William Wade Morrison, Pittsburgh & Shawmut Railroad Co., Kittanning, Pa.; Edward Colombo, ColomboFuller Lumber Co., Santa Rosa; Enoch William Holmberg, Coos B"y Lumber Co.; Oakland; Axel Rantala Holmberg, Coos Bay Lumber Co., Oakland; Charles John Roberts, Coast Case Goods Co., Berkeley; Ensley Wilburn Peery, Hartman & Peery, Boulder Creek; Smith Davis Hicks, The Rodd Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.

Super eold Meets Good Old Wood

In the age ol ApoIIns, LEM moilules, apogees anil perigees, wood continues to be oital to manhinil. This article, by the National-Ameri'can Wh,olesale Assn., d,eals with one ol the more exotic uses that wooil is being put to today. The story is a simple one: scientist has problem; scientist calls NAWLA wholesaler; uholesale'r checks witlt, Forest Produ,cts Laboratory th,en suggests the use ol uood'; scizntist uses uood; problem solued.

Mike McKay of the metalurgy department, Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland, Ohio, is working towards his Ph.D.

thesis in the behavior of metals near absolute zero (outer space environment). Part of his work was the rupturing of metal specimens in a bath of liquid nitrogen. His problem developed in finding a container that would hold liquid nitrogen and, at the same time, withstand the stock caused by the rupture of the test specimens.

Many metals were tried. (Metals conducted heat too readily; plastic turned brittle.) Teflon was finally tried. He machined a receptacle out of a solid block of this substance at great cost, only to have it fracture the first time he tried to use it.

In frustration, he contacted Dave Rush of the Hilton & Rush div.. Webb Lumber Co., Inc., in Cleveland, and inquired as to the behavior of wood at extremely low temperatures.

Rush, a longtime wholesaler of wood products and an engineer himself, in turn, queried the Forest Products Laboratory. He was advised that it might work, al. though there was no data available at such temperatures. Dry wood gains strengt} and improves as an insulator as temperature is lowered.

Subsequently, the Rush firm provided the metalurgist with several blocks of clear heart redwood 6x6's. McKay machined the first block very quickly and easily and has been using the redwood as a container for the nitrogen ever since. He reports that a lotof noise (snap, crackle and popping) is generated when the nitrogen is poured into the wood, but it works every time.

Whether used as a commodity or for an exotic use, wood can many times be utilized in place of newer, inorganic products. Knowledge of the capabilities of rvood can usually be gained by inquiry to a NAWLA wholesaler.

Turning Around fhe lmoge

A picture o{ the {orest industry sharply varying from the image held by many urban Americans was sketched before the recent 60th Western Forestry Conference in Spokane.

Rather than "spoilers" or even 'oplunderers," the industry in modern times should be knows as oogrowers" and even "conservers," declared E. J. Hodges, president of the American Forest Institute.

"All the public seems to know about us is that we 'leave holes in the sky and barren earth below'," Hodges said. "The fact of regrowth has not been offered to the public mind in terms they care about or even notice."

The mineral industries extract, but the forest industry replaces, he said, adding that it replaces not only with a better crop of trees but with better wildlife habitat.

"Steel mills and chemical industries stain the water they use, but our forests protcct the watershed and regenerate pure, clean streams," noted Hodges. "Billboard industries create ugliness, the forest industry crt'ates beauty.

Koppers Wins Record Order

Koppers Company. Inc., has been named by Utah Power & Light as a supplier of laminaled wood crossarms and crossbraces for a 368-mile long, 345-kv transmission line. More than 2600 all-wood towers are involved.

The Koppers order, in excess of $2.5 million, is believed to be the largest ever grantcrl for all-wood structurcs by an electric power firm Burnett Bartley, vp. and gen. mgr. of the Koppers forest products div.. announced.

The line will extend from Salt Lake City to the Four Corners al'ea n('ar Farnrington, New Mexico. Total cost o{ the line will be aboul $26.5 rnilliorr.