A Personal Stat'ernent froln a Ner,rr Company

Dear Friends:

Effbctive January 2, 1980, I have established my own business, "stewart Hardwood Lumber Company." This has been a long time coming. But, maybe, appropriate in starting with the beginning of a new decade.

I would like to relate my appreciation to the many who have supported me during the last 24 years in the lumber business, both customers and suppliers alike.

My primary goal is toremain in personal contact and to emphasize service, quality and competitive prices. I do not believe personal attention can be emphasized too strongly.

I also intend to diversify the product line I have been supporting.

Once again I thank each and every one of you, and ask that you please direct your inq[uiries, r€q[uirements and offbrings to me as you have in the past.

Thank you.

Sincerely yours,

San Diego LWPA Elects

Donald W. Olson, general manager and president of La Mesa Lumber, La Mesa. Ca.. is rrresident of the San Diego Luniber and Wood Products Association for the second time, according to Ralph L. Ullum, executive director. He previously headed the group in 1965.

James C. Gilchriest. H.C. Snrith Lumber Co., is v.p. and Gordon T. Frost. Sr.. Frost Hardwood Lunrber Co., is treasurer. Thonras P. Burke. Critique Corp., George M. Hart, San Diego Cabinets; John L. Maxwell, La Mesa Planing Mill, Inc., and Frank Youngnran, Georgia Pqcific Corp., are new nrenrbers of the board of directors with three year terms.

Others comprising the board are G.O. "Bud" Baker, pres.. Baker Hardwood Lumber Co., William S. Cowling ll, pres., Dixieline Lunber Co., a Weyerhaeuser company, O.J. Evenson, v.p. American Mill and Manufacturing, Inc., Henry

Garnjobst, Jr., pres., Helix Wholesale Co.. Inc.. Herschell G. Larrick, Jr., pres., Solana Lumber Co., Vincent E. Mullen, v.p., Valley Cabinet Shop, and Robert E. Walters, pres., Ed Walters & sons, Inc.

Larger Hq. for Koppers-

Western Wood Products Division of Koppers Co., Inc.. Pittsburg, Pa., has nroved to larger adnrinistrative headquarters in West Sacramento. Ca.

Coming less than a year after the initial opening of the Western division, the nrove, according to Jantes R. Batchelder, v.p. and general manager, is due to the steadily increasing West Coast denrand for pressure treated wood products for industrial. comnrercial and residential application.

Koppers' major treating facilities are located in Denver, Co.. Oroville and Ontario, Ca. Lumber and pole procurement offices are in Portland. Or.. and Denver with sales officers in Denver and Burlingame and Wilmington, Ca. Also within the division is the wholly-owned Koppers subsidiary. Honolulu Wood Treating Co., Ltd., with treating and sales facilities on OaLiu. Maui and Hawaii islands.

Hire Retirees Part-Time

Retirees from your company or competing companies ntake good temporary or part-tinre help.

With the income ceiling for Social Security raised to $4,500 per year, nrore retired workers are able to return to work on a part-linte basis.

Advantages for you as an en1ployer include no benefit costs, and utilization of previous training plus the respect most older workers have for craftsnranship.

R00FlNG AlRl-ltT by helicopter delivered 500,000 lbs. of aluminum Zip-Rib roo{ing from Kaiser Aluminum for re-roofing almost 0ne million sq. ft. at Boeing Aircraft, Rent0n, Wa. The largest installation project ol its kind t0 date, the project used roofing in panel lengths ranging trom 42'to 65' in length. The helicopter was able t0 place the material n0 more than 20'away from where it was nsta led.

Disputed Account Collection Tips

Caution is necessary when a check is received from a customer who is disputine the amount owed on an account.

Sometimes they will i*ue a check for the lesser amount and mark it "paid in full." If you deposit it, the account is considered paid in tull and you will not be able to collect the balance. If you return the check hoping to collect the entire amount, you may end up with nothing.

Suggestions from Dodge Construction News for handling this problem include: o Write the words "without prejudice and under protest" next to the words "paid in full" to indicate that the amount is not acceptable. o Make a photocopy of the tiont and back of the check for your records. a Write a letter to the customer requesting the balance due. Keep a copy for your files. o Deposit the check in your bank account with the "witl-iout prejudice and under protest" notation to indicate the unacceptable amount.

. Take the check to the debtor's bank and have it certified to guarantee payment. The endorsement must carry the words "'without prejudice and under protest" before it is certified to indicate that the amount is not acceptable.

Plus Features of Redwood

AII redwood lumber grades offer low-maintenance, long-lasting beauty because redwood resists checking, warping, splitting. shrinking and swelling better than most other woods.