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P.O. Box 727, Healdsburg, Ca. 95448 707-433-3313 FAX 707-437-2913
Nu Forest Products is a full line lumber distribution yard that, unlike many, has a wide range of milling equipment that enables us to handle all your specialized needs. We take particular pride in the fact that our highly skilled millmen can grind the knives and run any pattern your customer requires.
Doug Fir fimberc lfiP/o FOHC
8 to 34 RGH, S4S Resawn C-BTRDFKDgS Vertical and Flat Grain Pine
KILN DRIED TUMBER
CAH S4S 1x9 through 9x19
Aye Grade S4S '1x9 through 9x19
Beveled Siding Patterns
T&G Patterns
ROUGH CONSTRUCTION HEART TIMBERS
4x4 through 6x19
S4S CONSTRUCTION HEART TIMBERS
4x4 through 6x6
ROUGH CLEAR TIMBERS
3x3 through 12x19
ROUGH CTEAR & CAH REDWOOD
1x9 through 9x12
C.J. Wholesale Redwood Lumber Co. 1179 W. Washington Ave., Escondido, CA 92025 (61e) 741-5881
Doug Fir Dimension 22'to32',2x14 Sel Struct DF KD S4S 2x4 - 2x\2to24'
Hem-Fir and SPF Fascia Selects. Commons. Sel Do< 1x4 to 2xl2 Western Red Cedar Redwood KI) Clears. Stk. Timbers Clr Hrt, Clr, B & Rustic Grades Redwood Green
Clr Hrt, Con Hrt, Fencing, Decking, Lath, Pickets
Wholesalers' 100th Annual
North American Wholesale Lumber Association will follow its established tradition of quality education at the 100th annual meeting, May 17-20 in Colorado Springs, Co.
Focusing on "Adding Value in the 21st Century," a panel of manufacturing and retail experts will explore value added services provided by lumber
Legend has it that NAWLA was born as the result of two New York City wholesalers meeting on a Boston-bound train in the early 1890s and discovering they shared a common goal-the collection of past due invoices from the same customerc. From this chance meeting, it is said, the concept of information sharing, notjust in collections, but in all aspects of the wholesale function, grew.
However, the organized history of lumber wholesaling began May 22,l893,when the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers Association was wholesalers. Walter Kellogg, president, Kellogg Lumber Co., Denver, Co.; Jon Reed, vice president, sales and marketing, P&M Cedar Products, Inc., Stockton, Ca.; Dan Smith, manager, sales and marketing, wood products, Stone Consolidated Inc., Montreal, Canada, and Doug Grover, director, marketing, Lumbermen's Buildine Centers and
NAWLA Began On A Train
established in New York City.
From the beginning the organization promoted financial integrity and high ethical standards among its members. It was committed to strengthening wholesaling services: contracts, credit, collecting, arbitrations and general trade information.
ln 1923. NWLDA became the National American Wholesale Lumber Association, after merging with the American Wholesale Lumber Association and adopting their expertise in traffic and transportation.
ln 1972 the current name. North
Spenard Builder's Supply, Olympia, Wa., will serve on the panel. Steven V. Snavely, president, Snavely Forest Products, Baltimore, Md., will moderate.
Four management seminars will address current business practices and future industry trends.
American Wholesale Lumber Association, was chosen to identify with members from both the U.S. and Canada.
Since the 1920s NAWLA has operated as anindustry clearing house for information, services and education.
A complete history of the association, now based in Rolling Meadows, Il., is being completed by J. Ward Allen, 1959-60 president and first recipient of NAWLA's John J. Mulrooney Memorial Award in 1980. The book will be published in 1993.
