PSF New Wholesale Firm

PFS Inc. is a new Sacramento, Ca., wholesale lumber products firm founded by Don and Wes Crane, president and v.p., respectively, with Robert Bonner, sec.-treasurer and El Louise Muth, office manager.

Don Crane is also president of Feather River Moulding Co., Oroville, and part owner of Crane Mills. Wes Crane is also a part owner of Crane Mills and is now in charge of their woods and logging operation.

Bob Bonner, with nearly 4 decades in lumber sales, has been with DG Shelter Products for the past 16 years, in charge of California sales, cedar purchases and government contracts. El Louise Muth has been in the lumber business for the past 16 years and is experienced in accounting, trucking, and buying and selling of lumber products. Both Bob and El Louise will be active in buying and selling. PSF's principal market will be t&t business in California, fuizona and Nevada.

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(Continued from page zt ) dealers, wholesalers and manufacturers, with wood association staffs, to develop basic housing packages for merchandising through dealer channels. The housing packages would include: (l) information on available federal and local mortgage assistance, (2) cost saving basic house plans, with the latest energy saving features, and (3) precut house framing produced by the mill or dealer-fabricator.

Eliot H. Jenkins, a v.p. of International Paper Co., Eugene, Ore., was elected president for 1975-76, succeeding M.C. Colvin, Holly Hill, S.C.

SAN FRANCI9CO Hoo-Hoo Club 9 recently honored 4 "sterling old timers," each of whom has over 50 years membership in the club. They were presented with a certificate ol award of honorary life membership. Honored were Jerry Bonnington (club no. 31055); C.C. "Sti" Stibich, R.J. "Bob" Gehring and Dave Davis, who was away on a trip.

(1) Jerry Bonnington, Bob Gehring, Gordon Saunders, "Sti" Stibich, Brian Bonnington. (2) Long Ellis, Verlon McKinney. (3) Dave Mensing, George Thompson, Bud Robey.

Plywood Producers Meet

At the Hardwood Plywood Manufacturers Assn. spring meeting in San Diego, possible new markets for l/8" to l/6" oak, beech or hickory veneer in Com-ply were discussed. Com-ply is a combination wood stud utilizing wood composition board centers and thick veneer as nailing and gluing surfaces on each side of the wood composition board.

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IN TRANSIT T & T oT CARLOADS Sugar Pine - Ponderosa Pine White Fir - Incense Cedar of shops and better grades

Convention chairman Jim Stough served as moderator for a supply panel discussion of present and future availability of various veneers, adhesives, extenders, and machinery for the hardwood plywood industry.

The consensus was that because of general business conditions, the supply of certain materials is somewhat better than it was a year or two years ago; however, there is still a shortage of certain grades of certain species of veneer.

It was also stated that while the demand for wood products is down, the price of logs has remained high. It was emphasized that where companies are relying on long term contracts with the U.S. Forest Service. the cost of products today reflects the price paid for logs a year and half or two years past.

There has been an escalation of stumpage costs through such contracts and it is anticipated that future costs will be higher because of this raw rnaterial cost trend.

PREFINISHED MOULDINGS

CUT STOCK FURNITURE PARTS PICTURE FRAME MOULDINGS

FIPMA is cooperating with the Western Hardwood Plywood Producers in conducting a market study for hardwood plywood stock panels.

It will urge the appropriate trade association groups to produce Sftow How pamphlets on the installation of flush doors and on the installation of kitchen cabinets for the Home Center Institute of the National Retail Hardware Assn. These HCI pamphlets are made available to various home improvement centers as an aid to the do-it-yourselfer in installing products marketed through these stores.