Twin Harbors

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PALO A[TO, CALIF.

Pociftc Hondwood Gets Soles Nod

Pacific Hardwood Sales Co. has been appointed western agents for Resources International Inc., a Minneapolis-based firm with major operations in tropical hardwoods in Colom,bia, South America, aceording to Fred R. Branch, president of Pacific Hardwood.

At the Pacific Hardwood Sales Co. office in Oakland, Calif., to conclude recent negotiations, assisting Branch, was Mary Pagonis, secretary-treasurer. Representing the Minneapolis cornpany were Kenneth Demos, president, Peter Callott, a director, and Jean Lovetang, director of public reIations.

A shipment of virola and sajo of a million board feet had just arrived at the time of the June meeting. Shipped from the west coast Colombian port of Tumaco, via the M/S ElS, it was one of the largest $hipments of tropical hardwoods ever received at the Port of Oakland.

Resources International, Inc. holds ninety-nine year leases on a stand of 70O,000 acres of tropical hardwood in southwestern Colombia plus an additional 50,000 acres further to the south. Under current production, two million feet will be sent to the U.S. monthly with this figure increasing as the months move ahead.

Virola and sajo are extensively used for

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Myrtle Point, Brookings, and White City. Green Alder is shipped to the White City plant where it is dried and planed. White City also maintains a manufacturing plant where frame and turning squares are produced.

A sash gang is currently being installed at the Myrtle Point mill. This will substantially increase the 4/4 and 5/4 alder. Current production runs up to l4/4 with high quality controls are maintained throughout the operation.

mouldings, furniture, furniture parts, kitchen cabinets, mobile homes and ship building. Competitively priced, these woods have excellent rvorkability.

Because of Demos' close ties to Colombia, President Richard Nixon has invited him to participate in a White House reception this summer for the Colombian president.

Alder Mfg., lirc. Exponds Interests

George Kersey, president and owner of Plywood Los Angeles, recently sold his alder interests in Oregon to Alder Mfg., Inc., which purchased Plywood L.A.'s facilities and also acquired the Collier Lumber Co. mill at Myrtle Point, Oregon.

This gives Alder Mfg., Inc., 3 sawmills:

Alder Mfg., Inc., is owned by I[m. C. Ulett, Stan Sherwood and Dick Nyberg. White City is the operating headquarters.

G&R Adds New Equipment

"We have added a second timber sizer and other equipment, so that we now have the most complete custom milling fa' cilities in northern California," comments Fred Gummerson of Cloverdale's G & R Lumber Co.

o'Our motto: owe like them big'," Gum' merson notes, adding ooon timbers we S4S, P.E.T., angle cut, bevel cut, or what have you. We resaw and cut fence stock, and have a large matcher with profiles."

They also have a dry kiln, large air drying facilities, dry storage and truck' ins.

Mills at Myrtle Brookings and White ,

(also some maple, ash, oak and douglas fir)