Coming in October . . ANNUAL HARDWOOD SPECIAL ISSUE

The October issue of The Merchant Magazine will be a special Issue devoted to hardwood. We'll have stories, features, articles, plus merchandising and sales ideas . . . all devoted to hard' wood as it applies to you, our retail and wholesale readers. You'll enjoy reading this valuable issue . . and profit from it, too.

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RETIREMEIIT toasts: lll Greg Lambert, Jim Ramsey. l2lCliff Smoot, Paf Young. l3l Leo Hulett, Peter Kepon, Betty Foster. California Redwood Association's promoti0n committee members past and present h0n0red

L-P Opens Waferwood Plant

Louisiana-Pacific Corp. has begun production at its new Waferwood plant in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, the firm's first facility in Canada.

With an annual capacity of 260 million sq. ft. of the APA rated structural panels, the plant will target the majority of its production for the western U.S.

Lambert, who is retiring as market development manager at Simpson Timber Co., and Young, who is taking early retirement f rom her job as CRA promotion manager, at a dinner.

Production at L-P's third western Waferwood plant has been labeled "Dawson Creek Gold."

Lulay Reelected WCLIB Head

Ralph M. Lulay has been reelected president of the West Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau board of directors for 1987-88. He is quality control supervisor at Frank Lumber Co., Inc., Mill City, Or.

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RE0W000 WH0S WH|} gathered recently for a massive retirement party for Simpson Timber's Greg Lambert, concluding a decades long career in redwood. The June 4 dinner was held in Eureka, Ca., at the historic Eureka Inn. lll Marv Kav & Greo Lambert. l2l Betty Foster, Gieg Lambertl l3l Jack Razzeto, Gil Sissons, Rod Timm. l4l Hank Sandstrom, Jim Ramsey, Doris Force. l5l Claudia Jennings, Pete Kepon, Pat Young. l6f Tom Ingham, Barbara Kepon, Ted Gilbert. l7l Mike & Carol Roach. l8l Marty & Cheri 0lhiser, Bob Reid. l9l Cliff Smoot, Mike Parti. Keith Lanning. {l0l Dick Mills, Bob McFarland, Dave Getz. llll Ron & Mel Lewman. [l2l Jean Rae & John Gaskin, Joe Bowman. llSl Bob Park, Mike Parli, Rich Saconi, Warren Lewis. {l4l Ted & Rosie Gilbert, Pete Kepon, Tim Moxey. llSl Don Kelleher, Shel Sussman, Gordy Martin. ll6l Cheri 0lhiser, Mark Loflund. llTl Bonnie Bertain, Vern Myers, Haley Bertain.

Ralph Wallen, Boise Cascade, Healdsburg, Ca., was re-elected as vice president, and Jack R. Gates, 3-G Lumber Co., Philomath, Or,, was re-elected as secretary/treasurer. Newly elected to the board this year were Harlart Friesen, Friesen Lumber Co., St. Helens, Or.; Bill Davis, TreeSource Inc., Portland; Jim Schmidt, Diamond-B Lumber Co., Philomath, Or.; and Mike Young, Eugene F-. Burrill Lumber.

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G-P Sells "Skunk Train"

Georgia-Pacific has sold its colorful "Skunk Train" tourist railroad for an undisclosed amount in the wake of unsuccessful efforts to reduce service along its 40-mile Northern Calfornia route.

The 102-year-old California Western Railway, owned since 1973 by G-P, was sold to Mendocino Coast Railway, a subsidiary of Kyle Railways, San Francisco, Ca., to "strengthen our Northern California operations by selling assets that do not relate to our core building products business," said G-P v.p. Dewey L. Mobley.

The line carries about 70,000 passengers annually through the redwoods between Willits and Fort Bragg, although 800/o of them travel during the summer. Residents and rail fans protested when the railway attempted earlier to reduce service during the winter months.

New Hoo-Hoo-Ette Board

Norma Delegardelle, Mullin Lumber Co., Burbank, Ca., was installed as president of the National Hoo-Hoo-Ette organization at their annual convention in San Francisco, Ca.

Other officers include Doris Hassmann, Boise Cascade, Medford, Or., lst vice president; Kay Lazenby, Weyerhaeuser Co., Hayward, Ca., 2nd vice president; Yolanda Waters, Performance Coatings, Ukiah, Ca., secretary; Loretta Morissey, ScottCaudill Lumber, City of Industry, Ca., statistical secretary; Marian Lucasr Consolidated Lumber/Mountain Valley Moulding Div., Doris,

Ca., treasurer; Dorothy MacKenzie, retired, Cathy Miller, Tutt Forest Products, Eugene, Or., and Rosa Blake, Blake's Carbide Service, Roseburg, Or., are directors.

Adoption of the Project Learning Tree as a national Hoo-Hoo-Ette project was a major item of consideration during the meeting. Betty Jones, Foster Lumber Yards, Vallejo, Ca., presented information on the grassroots volunteer program administered nationally by the American Forest Institute. Final consideration of the project, which involves working in conjunction with local school districts and state agencies, will be made after the August board meeting presentation by Janall Renoud of the American Forest Council.

Gary Smith, executive vice president of the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California, was a featured speaker, emphasizing the need for sharing information through better communication.

Roberta Schroeder. California Sugar & Western Pine Agency, San Mateo. Ca.. was honored as Lumberwoman of the Year.

Domtar Sells Vegas Plant

The former Genstar Gypsum facility in Las Vegas, Nv., has been sold by Domtar Gypsum, Los Angeles, Ca., to James Hardie Industries, an Australian manufacturing and trading group with U.S. headquarters in Mission Viejo, Ca.

Although Domtar may retain its other former Genstar holdings, the Department of Justice ordered it to sellthe Las Vegas gypsum wallboard factory and mine since Domtar is considered too dominant in the West Coast. said Bill Butterss, president, James Hardie Industries (USA) Inc.

Hardie Industries has also bought Northwest Gypsum, Seattle. Wa., from Sauder Industries of Canada and will build its own fiber cement product manufacturing facility in Fontana, Ca.

NewTreated Millwork Standard

The industry standard for non-pressure treating of wood millwork (including mouldings, doors, windows and frames) has been revised by the Wood Moulding & Millwork Producers Association.

The new standard, WM 6-87, applies to non-pressure water-repellant preservative treating systems for wood millwork products used in exterior applications.

Introduced in response to the constant development of new, alternate treating systems, the standard provides base performance levels to which all systems must comply. A copy of WM 6-87 is available for $20.

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