SUPPORT MERCY KILLING OF OLD TREES

against further wilderness preservation.

"ln light of President Carter's intense concern about the energy crisis," he asked, "why in heaven's name has his Administration set a tone that automatically accepts environmental views while discouraging the utilization of our renewable resources?"

New officers elected are: chairman of the board of trustees, Ward K. Hoseid, Great Southern Plywood Co., Cedar Springs, Ga.; president, Frank V. Langfitt, Jr., Georgia-Pa- cific Corp., Portland, Or.; and v.p. Don Deardorff, Fourply, Inc., Grants Pass, Or.

Trustees elected to the board were: Victor Durham, Hardel Mutual Plywood Corp., Olympia, Wa.; and Matthew R. Pratt, American Forest Products Corporation, San Francisco.

Reelected to the board were John Martinson, Publishers Forest Products Co., of Wa., Anacortes, Wa.; Marvin Coats, Willamette Industries, Inc., Albany, Or.; and Neal McCloud, Delta Industries, Inc., Jackson, Ms.

Appointed or reappointed to fill board vacancies were John Anderson, (iold Rey Forest Products, Beaverton, Or.; John Connors, Simpson Timber Co., Seattle, Wa.; Ralph De Moisy, Fibrcboard Corp., San Francisco; Robert llood, International Paper Co., Longview, Wa.; Clyde Kalahan, Weyer- haeuser Co., Tacoma, Wa.; C. Ray Kelley, Champion International Corp., Stamford, Cn.; Peter Koehler, Champion International Corp., Stamford, Cn.; Peter Koehler, Evans Products Co., Portland, Or.; Lyle McDonald, Linnton Plywood Association, Portland; John Schick. Louisiana-Paci- fic Corp., Portland; C. B. Stevens, Kirby Lumber Corp., Silsbee, Tx.; and Carl Wiley, Boise Cascade Corp., Boise, Id.

THREE Northern California Hoo-Hoo clubs held their 4th annual Tri-City Meeting earlier this year at Willows, Ca., drawing nearly 100. The Sacramento, Shasta-Cascade and Feather River clubs donated raffle proceeds to Mercy Hospital in the name of the late Joseph Derrah, Past Pres. of Shasta Cascade. (1) Mike Webster, Jim Forbes, Virgil Mastelotto, Glen Forney. (21 Tom 0reebeck, Wendel Norquest, John Hunt, Larry Lewis, Jim Murk. (3) Jim Jones, Dave Jones. Cecil Jones. (4) Dick Fledderman and Al Kerper, who, among other things, is a contributing editor of The Merchant Maga' zine. (5) Dick Dunbar, Roy Dunbar, who m.c.'d the event. (6) Tom Williams, Jim Forbes, Dave Rixs. (7) Fred Passmore, Hap Richie, John Crane, Dean Derryberry. (8) John Kossick, Loren Forrester, Nees Lindley, Mike Schmidt.

"How would you like to be eaten alive by bugs? Support mercy killing of old trees! A noble giant of the forest, ruler of his domain for several hundred years deserves a more honorable death than to be eaten alive by insects!

"And you sawmills can go a step further and give these proud trees a dignified memorial service by selling the clear lumber to us. We will make mouldings and door jambs from the lumber which willbe sent to the Deep South where they love to apply a natural finish rather than hide the beauty of the grain with (ugh) paint.

"Really now, does a 300 year old tree deserve to be converted to plywood and be covered by a rug and walked on? Or be covered with vinyl and be put on a wall, made to look like ash or fruity pecan?

"We will treat your trees with the reverence and respect that they deserve. "

Feather Co.

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DOUGLAS FIR

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The 13 Western states continue to absorb the lion's share of redwood lumber produced. One state, California, often accounts for very nearly half ofall the redwood shipped. Readers should note that the final totals for the year 1976 are somewhat higher than indicated in the accompanying chart as the figures shown for that year are for the first eleven months only.

Shipments shown are for California Redwood Association member mills, which represent the bulk of redwood production.

Last year, 369.97 million bd. ft. of redwood lumber was shipped from CRA member mills to California alone. This was 49.7% of the total of all United States shipments. Redwood shipped to Western states from CRA mills was 440.14 million bd. ft., 59.2% of total shipments, down from 60.2% in 1975.

Total production and shipment figures on redwoodplywood are not available. But the CRA estimates that the