Quality Contfol Starts at a Very Early Stase at Pacific Southeast Forest Products Whatever happened tb. . .?

By Matt Moulder

Whatever happened to Lorenz

Lumber Co.?

The Lorenz family started in the lumber business in Bonanza, Or.,a small town just east of Klamath Falls, in -l 921 with the founding of Long Pine Lumber Co. A second mill was started a few years later in Sprague River, Or., followed by a part ownership in a mill in Spalding, ldaho. In the mid 1950s, the family patriarch, C.C. Lorenz, entered into a cutting contract on a large tract of timber located near Burney, Ca., owned by R.C. Watt and the Lamb estate. In 1957 a sawmill was constructed near Burney to process this timber.

ln 1962 the mill was sold to Clear Fir Sales Co., later to be bought out b)r Fibreboard Corp. Clenn l. Lorenz stayed on as plant manager andwas later made vice oresident of the Forest Products Crouo which included mills at Truckee, Crants Pass, and Cloverdale, Ca. In 1978 iouisiana Pacific came on the scene and Clenn was appointed Sonora Division Manager with responsibility for mills in Inyokern, Keystone, Standard, Truckee, Burney, and their MDF olant in Rocklin. Ca. In 1982 the Sierra Division and the Sonora Division were merged and Clenn was placed in charge of the new entity which oversaw the activities of all of the California manufacturing plants except those along Highway 101

C.C. Lorenz passed away in 1970 and Clenn's brother, Wes, died in 1989, makins Clenn the last of the "lumber Lorenzs." ln 1984 Clenn retired from the luirber biz and in1987 moved from his home of 25 years, Redding, Ca., to Rancho Murieta, Ca., iust outside Sacramento, where he was introduced to a new kind of frustration called golf. Clenn is now a dedicated golfer, taking time off occasionally to check-out the family ranch in Klamath Falls.

In 1989 operations at the Lorenz mill at Burney were discontinued. The mill has since been dismantled, another victim of the "Owls vs. Jobs" controversy that has plagued the lumber industry these past several years.

Owl Droppings

The following is a letter to the editor that was printed by the Oroville, Ca., Mercury Register Feb. 14,1978.

Editor: In contrast to the daily depressing diet of headlines featuring sanctimonious drivel from our president, Korean payoffs to Congress and other governmental atrocities, Stanley Fortier emerges as a breath of fresh air and a hero of our time. "Using a forklift to dump an air pollution control officer and his pickup truck into an illegally burning fire" has got to be a classic. They will undoubtedly "sock it to you," Stanley, but there for a few short moments the feeling must have been one of sheer ecstasy.

Pacific

SOUTHEAST

Forest Products

P.O. Box 819, Diamond Springs, Ca. 9561 9

Larry White

The writer of thiiletter, who shall remain anonymous, had extensive day to day dealings with the U.S. Forest Service, as well as various state and county regulatory agencies. Perhaps some of you can relate to the vicarious thrill that this man obviously got from reading about the forklift incident. bt 8's

Curt Crane $161 626-4221

Manufacturers: Ponderosa & Sugar Pine Mouldings and Cutstock

Located in the Heart qf &ig Timber Country

Jim Hemphill has been named southern region gen. mgr. for Weyerhaeuser Co., according to v.p. David srill.

Steven Moore has formed Moore Research Center, Eugene, Or.

Marie Hanson, western lumber div., Willamette Industries, Albany, Or., has retired after more than 15 years with the firm. Rita Poe has been transferred from plywood sales to replace her in stud and lumber sales.

Al Uskoski is the new gen. mgr. and Marty McGinnis sales mgr. at GluLam Technologies, Magna, Ut.

Ronald R. Feiner has been appointed senior v.p.-operations at VSI Hardware Industries, Los Angeles, Ca., succeeding Bob DeSchepper.

Stan Pion, Pacific Mill & Lumber Co., Los Angeles, Ca., has retired. Steve West succeeds him as mgr. Lovey Mdarthy is now office mgr.

John Mullin, Mullin Lumber Co., Los Angeles, Ca., and his wife, Louisa, are vacationing this month on a scuba diving tour off Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

Carl Rise, Best Moulding Corp., Albuquerque, N.M., received the Warren C. Jimerson Award of Excellence lrom the Wood Moulding & Millwork Producers Association.

Barbara Ferguson has been promoted to mgr. o[ technical services for Rain Bird. Glendora. Ca. Debra Wolf is now mktg. and product coordinator.

Rick Slocum is the new senior structural engineer at Vistawall Architectural Products, Modesto, Ca.

Bob Handegaard is the new sales supervisor at Georgia-Pacific, Fort Bragg, Ca. Paul Jorgenson has been promoted to sales supervisor for Martell and Foresthill, Ca. Wayne Murphy replaces him in lumber sales.

Ron Hoppe, v.p.-mktg., Sierra Pacific Industries, Redding, Ca., is now devoting full time to the development and mktg. of SPI's window program. The sales dept. is now headed by three sales mgrs.: Terry Kuehl, dimension lumber & commodity items; Rich Stolz, industrials & distribution center products, and Mark Westlake, millwork, reports pres. A.A. "Red" Emmerson.

Charlie Lutz, Simpson Timber Co., Shelton, Wa., has retired after 23 years with the co.

Jim Hildahl is new to Westwood Forest Products, Everett, Wa.

Denis Deeth is now merchandise mgr.lumber & building materials for Home Builders Outlet, Cameron Park, Ca.

John Gilbert is new to sales at Tree Products Enterprises, Lake Oswego, Or.

Charlie Munson, Gang-Nail Truss Co., Visalia, Ca., and William Eber, Dolan Building Materials, Sacramento, Ca., are now on the board of the Wood Truss Council of America. Mike Bugbee, Simpson Strong-Tie Co., San Leandro, Ca., is an associate board member.

Paul Trueb has retired as sales mgr. at Blue Lake Forest Products, Arcata. Ca., after 35 years in the industry. Bruce Taylor and Richard Anderson are now handling sales.

Carol Elfstrom has joined HomeClub Inc., Fullerton, Ca., as public relations director, heading the new inhouse p.r. dept. Larry Raymundo is new to Hq. as an audio/visual specialist.

Mike Owen has resigned as managing director of the California Pacific Southwest Hardware Association.

Gene Anderson is now in charge of shipping at Bracut International, Arcata, Ca., according to Red Anderson.

Claudia Jennings, Redwood Forest Products, Ukiah, Ca., is back home alter a Baja, Mexico, vacation.

Todd Hamar, Galleher Hardwood, Santa Fe Springs, Ca., is serving as a panelist for a prefinished and floating floor seminar at the National Wood Flooring Association's May 8-ll annual convention.

Enita Nordeck, Unity Forest Products, Yuba City, Ca., took a three-day tour of 14th Air Division, Strategic Air Command bases (McConnell Air Force Base, Ks.; Minot Air Force Base, N.D., and March Air Force Base, Ca.) at the invitation of brigadier general L.A. Mitchell.

Neil Keefer has retired as mgr. of Hayward Lumber, Pacific Grove, Ca., after 40 years with the company. Kent Murtland is now branch mgr.

William M. Shields has joined Weyerhaeuser Co., Tacoma, Wa., as exec. v.p., wood products.

Marvin W. Coats has been promoted to exec. v.p., building materials group, at Willamette Industries, Portland, Or.

Don Nelson, Brand S Corp., Corvallis, Or., is back from a business trip to Texas.

Bob Dickinson, sales, North Santiam Veneer Inc. and Northwest Wood Products, Mill City, Or., has retired after 40 years in the business.

Dave Rix, Yuba River Moulding & Millwork. Inc., Yuba City, Ca., has been elected pres. of the Wood Moulding & Millwork Producers Association. Ric Morrison, Sun Forest Products, Live Oak, Ca., is now v.p.; Frank DeMott, Best Moulding Corp., Albuquerque, N.M., 2nd v.p.; Ed Sturza, Ponderosa Mouldings, Redmond, Or., treas., and Bob Weiglein, Fibreboard Box & Millwork Corp., Fresno, Ca., immediate past pres.

Bruce Cook is new to Big Horn Materials, lnc., Frisco, Co.

Dale and Marilyn Stinton, lormer owners of Ackley Building Center, Brush, Co., have retired.

David Runyan is now gen. mgr. at Babbitt Home Center, Flagstaff, Az.

Brook Robison is the new mgr. at Aspen BMC West, Aspen, Co., with Roger Wulf taking on responsibility for both Aspen and Glenwood Springs, Co., and former operations mgr. Marc Patton becoming asst. mgr.

Crr,or"rs tell us that the consistent quality of the products we make is what keeps them coming back. For more than 40 years they have relied on sequoia Forest Industries to ensure the lengths and widths are as ordered with no hassles about grade. Our precision cutting standards are the highest in the industry. And our Fresno location means fast, over-night deliveries to ma1or California markets. Job site deliveries when requested.

George H. Weyerhaeuser, c.e.o., Weyerhaeuser Co., Tacoma, Wa., plans to retire in July. Pres. John W. Creighton Jr. will succeed him.

Ken Prescott has joined Sequoia Supply, Fairfield. Ca.. as an inside sales specialist for Peachtree Windows & Doors.

Scott Schroeder is now v.p.-mlg. for Stimson Lumber Co., Portland, Or., according to pres. Dan M. Dutton. Steve Schmitt is v.p.-mktg.; Daniel J. Sweeney, corporate director of human resources, and Tom Herman, v.p., Rellim Redwood Co. Pete Reyneke is now responsible for all domestic lumber sales for Stimson, and Brian Jones, panel products sales, has been relocated to Stimson Trading, Portland.

Billie Larson has retired after 20 years with the American Plywood Association. Tacoma. Wa.

Bard Brown has been named mgr. of Cotter-True Value's regional lumber buying office in Portland, Or. Traders include Patty Kruger, Dick Lewis and Kelly Miller.

Kay Sedeeya has been assigned to head up the new Mexican products group at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., report owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

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S"qroiumanufactures Ponderosa and Sugar pine in 5/4 and 6/4, White fi 2x4 and 2x6, and long-lasting Incense cedar. We are the largest producer of pallets in the stateover 6,000 each day. We even make decorative bark and forest humus. A broad range of quality productsthat's today's Sequoia Forest Industries.

Personals

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Phil Heim, Product Sales Co., Orange. Ca., is back from a Cabo San Lucas vacation.

Dave Miller is the new yard and mill superintendent for Anfinson Lumber Sales, Fontana, Ca., according to Creighton Anfinson.

Lawrence C. Hart, chairman, pres. and c.e.o., Fibreboard Corp., Concord, Ca., has resigned, but will stay on until a successor is found. James F. Miller has been appointed to the board of directors.

Barry Stagner has joined Anfinson Lumber Sales, Fontana, Ca., as an outside salesman.

Scott Maitland has joined Precision Lumber Co. as gen. mgr. of its The Dalles, Or., and Yuba City, Ca., manulacturing facilities.

Dave Bickler, asst. mgr., Alpine Lumber Co., Granby, Co., and his wife, Diane, are enjoying their first child, Zane Clark, born Feb. 23, 1991, at 6 lb., 12 oz.

Ron Gilmore has joined HomeClub, Inc., Fullerton, Ca., as v.p.-mktg.

Paul Herrfeldt has been named gen. mgr. of Homeowners Lumber Co., Inc.. Petaluma. Ca.

Michigan-Cal Mill Burns

An early Easter morning blaze struck Michigan-California Lumber Co., Camino, Ca., destroying a huge section of the 1O2-year-old mill.

Fifty firefighters responded at l:20 a.m. March 3l to combat the fire which began in the older front end of the mill. An official investigation could not determine the cause. said general manager Pete Himmel.

Damages were in the millions of dollars and production will be down from three to more than six months, he said. A large production volume in various stages of inventory was unharmed, allowing the company to continue fi lling orders.

Palco Pays Pension Shortfall

Pacific Lumber Co. retirees whose pensions are threatened by the collapse of Executive Life Insurance Co. have been assured that the company will make up the loss for May and June.

Maxxam president John Seidl

TIMBER SIZER PRE-FABRICATION

Timbers

From cutting a wedge to pre-fab'd crane pads or mine shafts. Angle cut, cross cut, drilling, dapping-tVe'll do them all to customer specification.

said in a letter to employeeS, "We are doing everything we can to make certain that your interests are protected. The company will not let you suffer any financial hardship as a result of Executive Life's problems." Palco is owned by Maxxam.

More than 530 Palco retirees depend on retirement benefits while another 700 retirees and workers are at least partially affected, the company said.

Hardwood Plywood Pn*rtlons

Ten major trends are forecast for the hardwood plywood industry in the 1990s by the Hardwood Plywood Manufactu rers Association.

o Environmental issues will be the decade's single most important factor affecting the industry.

o The number of firms producing prefinished wall panels will decline in the next three years.

. North American consumption of wall paneling will decrease within the next three years.

o The number of cut-to-size and stock panel manufacturers will likely decline during the next few years.

o Demand for cut-to-size and stock panel manufactured products will continue to be stable during the next few years.

o Competition from substitute products will intensify.

o Sliced veneer exports will rise.

o Log exports will continue.

r Total veneer production should increase slightly, although the number of veneer companies will decline.

o Concern for tropical deforestation will affect imported core stock and platform availability.