Hardwood plywood

Seattle, Washington was the site for the 1977 Fall meeting of the Hardwood Plywood Manufacturers Association.

The prefinish industry, with Gail Overgard of States Veneer, Eugene, Or., as chairman, heard a report from Roger Benvenuti, HPMA Technical Committee, on a joint program with the National Particleboard Association to measure formaldehyde odor in plants.

Carl Hastings spoke on the activities of the Mobile Home Life Safety Task Force, a joint committee set up by HPMA, NFPA and IHPA. As part of their effort to preserve responsible consumer choice in the purchase of mobile homes. the Task Force is working for the inclusion of forest industry executives on HUD's Nationd Mobile Home Advisory Council.

Paul Kay of Weyerhaeuser, and Jack DePledge, Champion International, have been nominated by the Task Force.

Intumescent low smoke vinyl films for reducing the flamespread of plywood and other substrates were highlighted in a talk by John Stahl of B. F. Goodrich. He said a Class B intumescent vinyl ltlm would cost 25% 35% more than a vinyl film presently used.

The HPMA Stock Panel Division and its chairman, Henry Dotter of Roseburg Lumber Co., Coquille, Or., hosted a presentation by Dr. Robert L. Youngs, director of the Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wi., who spoke on "Hardwood ResearchA Bigger Role for An Old Friend."

Prof. Robert N. Katz, University of California, addressed ways to reduce the possibility of law suits; advising review of quality control and product assurance procedures, reevaluation of manufacturers' instructions to sales personnel, customers, and suppliers, and improving records retention. He urged industry to work for a chanse in present laws.

Harvey M. Carroll Heads RIS

Harvey M. Carroll Jr., v.p.-gen. manager, Schmidbauer Lumber Inc., Eureka, Ca., has been elected president of the Redwood Inspection Service. He succeeds James R. Perry, Simpson Timber Co.

Elected v.p. was Warren Flinchpaugh, Pacific Lumber Co.; Peter 'Johnson, Jr., was re-elected gen. manager-secretary; and Helen McDonald, treasurer.

As the redwood industry's lumber inspection and supervising arm, the RIS establishes uniform redwood lumber grades according to Department of Commerce standards.

Mercy Killing Of Old Trees

"How would you like to be eaten alive by bugs? Support mercy killing of old trees! A noble giant of the forest, ruler of his domain for several hundred years deserves a more honorable death than to be eaten alive by insects!

"And you sawmills can go a step further and give these proud trees a dignified memorial service by selling the clear lumber to us. We will make mouldings and door jambs from the lumber which willbe sent to the Deep South where they love to apply a natural finish rather than hide the beauty of the grain with (ugh) paint.

"Really now, does a 300 year old tree deserve to be converted to plywood and be covered by a rug and walked on? Or be covered with vinyl and be put on a wall, made to look like ash or fruity pecan?

"We will treat your trees with the reverence and respect that they deserve. "

Feather River Co.

douglas fir, hem-fir, ponderosa pine sugar pine, western red cedar and incense cedar plus a wide range of industrial items in those species.

cedar, hem-fir and douglas fir studs in all grades, 6' to 8'.

truck and trailer & carloads

Performance

SERIES of regional meetings in West is annual North American Wholesale Lumber Assn. ritual; one pictured was in Los Angeles. "Bud" Knight, ntl. pres., spoke on wholesalers function in marketplace and how to improve it. Western mgr. "Pete" Niebling predicted more f ights on R R rate hikes; prospects for '78; h0w to show freight costs on invoices; the annual meeting in May, Palm Springs, Ca.; and the threat of product liability to wholesalers.

Motivator "Bud" Hogberg's speech rounded out program. (l) Pete Niebling, Tom Lapinsky, Ken Thompson. (2) Bob Fishbaugh, Ted Russell. (3) Bill Sullivan, Bob Golding, Bill Hanen. (4) Steve Coontz, Murray Marsh, Ted Gilbert. (5) George 0tto, Norm Wendell. (6) Bob Wells, John and Jim Newquist, Marty Temple. (7) John Weston, Dale McCormick, Sterling Wolfe, Jim Rossman. (8) Clint Rygel, Steve Gwaltney,

ITed Pollard. (9) Bill Buettner, Miles Butterfield, Pete Speek. (10) Al Cohn, Frank lvanovich. (11)Tim Gaffney, Blaine Smith. (12) Bill Baugh, Frank McLean,Jim Barnes, Jerry McGuire. (13) Jim Frodsham, Ted Mathews, Don Walker. (14) Harry Selling, Bill Connor, Denny Gilchrist. (15) Sterling Wolfe, Jr., Ed Evans. (16) Ed Fountain, Jr., Ted Mathews, Dennis Richardson. (17) Tom Lonzo, Pat Reagan.