REID and WRIGHT INC. 6

(8OOt 358-eO3O l7o7l822-1724

P.O. Box 4299

Arcata, California 95521

{8081 395-7e1r

#8 Lumahai St. Honolulu, Hawaii 96825

(3031443-4388

1140 Pearl St. Suite 210

Boulder, Colorado 80302

Gordon Saunders Retires

A surprise Party at San Francisco's venerable Bardelli's restaurant recently brought together family, fishing and hunting partners and members of the Lamon Lumber to celebrate his retirement.

Saunders completes a 29 Year career in lumber, the last 27 with Lamon Lumber Co., where he had been a partner for ?A Years in the San Francisco wholesale firm.

Gifts included a rare 30" PurPle Clear t ake Coachman fly (thought to be extinct), a "solid" gold alarm clock and many good wishes for his retirement of remodeling their Clear Lake, Ca., retirement home, hunting, fishing and traveling.

Annual Hardware Meeting

The California Retail Hardware Association held its 32nd Annual Western States Hardware Show and SOth annual convention Jan.25'26, and report that both annual events were an enormous success. Exhibitors are reporting "the best show in five years" with "quality buyers and good sales."

The show and convention moved this year from San Francisco to the MCM Grand Hotel in Reno.

The program included an industry reception, the MGM Grand's extravaganza "Hello, HollYwood, Hello!" and the celebration of the association's 8fth annual convention with breakfast and the election of the l98l-82 officers. Rick Iambert, executive v.p. of the National Retail Hardware Association, was the convention speaker. Outgoing president Richard Morris, Morris Hardware, Weaverville, Ca., delivered the annual address. Over a thousand attended the convention progxams and over two thousand buyers and employees attended the 32nd annual show.

Frank Simms, owner of Simms Hardware, Sacramento, Ca., was elected CRHA President for l98l-82. Simms has been a member for over 55 years and attributes much of his success in the industrY to his association and it's Participating members. Simms Hardware has one of the nation's largest factory warranty gun shoPs and gun part departrnents serving the United States and foreign countries.

Dismal Lumber Year

The Western lumber industry operated at 75.5s/o of its practical operating capacity during 1980, according to the Western Wood Products Association.

In 1979, the industrY operated at 92.40/o of capacity.

"Anyone who was connected with the Western lumber industrY would just as soon forget 1980," noted WWPA Economics Director Fred Reseburg.

The lowest capacity months for 1980 came in April and May, when the industry operated at 60.7 and 61.24/o of capacity. December's performance was the third lowest, at 6$.3s/0, compared to 79.Ss/o in December, 1979.

(Because it requires time for development, the industry's capacity performance is reported the second month after the period covered.)

"Because of the low-demand situation, many mills closed for a longer time during the holidays," Reseburg said. "Some stopped operating around Thanksgiving and did not open until after the first week in 1981. Others adjusted operations down, but to a lesser degree," he said.

The Western lumber industry's practical operating capacity for any given month is based on the highest actual production reached in that month during the last five calendar years, including the current month. The yearly practical operating capacity is based on the sum of the highest monthly totals reached in the past five calendar years.

The report covers lumber production normally totaling about 18 billion board feet of lumber manufactured annually in the 12 Western states. That is about 6090 of the U.S. softwood lumber output.

Housing Units Oll25o/o

Marking the worst period since 1975, construction of new housing units in 1980 slumped2is/o from the year before, reports the F. W. Dodge Div., McGraw-Hill Information Systems Co.

A total of 1,328,016 new housing units were started, against 1,79,637 in 1979.

"After a precipitous decline in the first half of 1980, a housing recovery began in the third quarter which carried into the fourth quarter, despite rapidly escalating mortgage rates," said George A. Christie, v.p. and chief economist for F. W. Dodge. The number of new housing units rose to 374,913 in the final quarter of 1980, a l0%o gain over the 360,284 units in the yeal-earlier period.

"In an inflation-plagued economy, the Federal Reserve is promising to pursue a much more restrictive monetary policy this year than in past housing recoveries," he observed. "Home buyers will continue having to adjust to high levels of mortgage rates and erratic availability of mortgage credit. These conditions will continue to stifle the housing market through most of 1981, limiting the year's improvement in residential building to less than l09o over 1980's depressed total of housing starts," stated Christie.

Once again Houston led the nation in new housing units, with a total of 36,804 for the year. Among the ten most active standard metropolitan statistical areas in 1980 were: Los Angeles/Long Beach, 33,792 units; Dallas, 33,538 units; Phoenix, 28,957 units; West Palm Beach/Boca Raton, 25,139 units; Tampa, 24,231 wtits; Atlanta, 22,545 units; Miami, 20,543 units; Riverside/San [ernardino, 17,452 units; and Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood, 17,31 I units.

MARY's RIVER LUMBER CO.

Specialists in Western Red Cedar

Channel sdg. or 1x12 S1S2E

(Clear Tight Knot I Standard I Btr.)

Rough and Surfaced Dimension

Fencing and Shakes

Rail or truck shipments

North Hwy 99W 45151 N.E. Elliott, Corvallis, Or. 97330 (s031 7s2-02L8 . (503) 7s24722

FRANK CLEMMONS o BOB AVERY

In the final quarter of 1980, these were the top ten housing areas: Houston, 10,841 units; Los Angeles/Long Beach, 10,032 units; Dallas, 9,658 units; Phoenix, 8,432 units; Tampa,7,U3 units; West Palm Beach/Boca Raton, 7,223 units; Atlanta, 6,453 units; Washington, 5,557 units; Miami, 5,075 units; and Seattle/Everett, Wash., 4,963 units. -

Redwood Home Center

(Continued from page 15) supplies and fixtures, cabinets, paint and stain, sand and gravel, cement, brick blocks and a whole range of rental equipment from lawnmowers and rototillers to tractors and bulldozers.

"We like to consider ourselves an old-fashioned home center," explained Sullwold. The new building has helped with increased space for displays and more efficient organization of lines carried. In addition to aiding customers in finding what they need, the organization, Sullwold maintains, makes both him and his employees more aware of product lines and available stock.

The store, designed by Kruger

Need Clear All Heart Hot Tub Stock?

That's iust one of the items we specialize in . . . from rough K.D. to pattern staves, chime joist, seat and cover material. We maintain an inventory of a million feet or more of redwood kiln dried uppers and kiln dried shop at our distribution yard, located on Humboldt Bay, between Arcata (three miles south) and Eurekl, Ca., on Hwy. lO1.

Rail or T&T shipment.

Call Jerry Guin with your inquiries.

Brzcrrt International

P.O. Drawer 4779 | Arcata, California 95521 PHONE: 707-822-3548

Bensen & Ziemer Architects, Santa Barbara, Ca., and built by Joseph H. McDonald of Carpinteria, cost approximately $300,000. "We literally built a barn, with all the extras," Sullwold said. "Now people in town say it would make a good looking house or a restaurant." Whatever the townspeople say, one thing is certain: the structure makes a beautiful and functional new home, for Carpinteria Valley Lumber Co.

Rustic Redwood

(Continued from page 50) old growth stands since 1869 and thus has a principal reputation as a source for upper grade redwood products. And we will continue to have uppers for many years. Also, we now have thousands of acres of young or mature redwood. Manufacturing our Rustic Redwood with the same precision and quality control that has characterized our more-than 100 years reputation, we are now being recognized as a source for top quality young growth products through our Palco Rustic Redwood."

Better Plywood Markets Seen

An updated market demand projection anticipates that the U.S. economy will recover in 1981, but at a rate slower than expected last year.

Robert G. Anderson, American Plywood Association director of market research and economic services. has predicted that structural panel demand nationwide will be about 18.6 billion square feet this yeiu, up 9Vo from 1980.

"Housing can be expected to limp along at a level of from one million to l.l5 million starts in the first quarter of 1981, picking up to only a 1.3 level in the stcond quarter and then gradually reaching a 1.75 million rate by the end of the year," he said. "We estimate total housing starts in l98l at about 1.4 million units."

Among factors supporting a gradually improving panel product outlook this year are the steady continued progress of the domestrc industrial and home repair and rlmodell{tg markets, .as well as the expected further growth of European markets.

Plywood's additions and alterations market increased 16%o in 1980 from 1979, with room for further srowth this year.

Analyzing the prospects for a housing recovery, Anderson said another upward movement in interest rates is likely to peak in March before dropping to an I I to l2%o prime rate by midyear. He anticipated that a start in reducing government expenditures, "the principal cause of inflation," should be apparent before the end of the first quarter.

Million $ Interest

Paying a sales contest winner one day's interest on a million dollars is an effective promotion. At 187o. the cost is $493.15.