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Oregon Pocific Buys M. Trumbo

Oregon Pacific Industries, a major lumber and plywood wholesaler, has acquired NL Trumbo Co., a building materials distributor in the Northwest. Price o{ the sale was not availahle.

Darrell Robinson and f,es Hagen, Oregon Pacific principals. said combined annual sales of the merged companies were $40 million.

I)ean Trumbo, president o{ the {amily owned company, will remain as an Oregon Pacilic executive. The Salem and Eugene. Oregon, plants were involved in the merger. but Trumbo l{edford was not.

Oregon Pacific is a two-year-old corporation, made up of people formerly with Oregon Pacifrc Forest Products, originally owned by Jack Saltzman who sold it to his employees. Saltzman is on the board of the new corporation.

Lumber Wholesoler Directory

The 1968-69 Distribution Directory of the National-American Wholesale Lumber Association is now available.

Included are geographic marketing information, listing 292 independent wholesale wood products firms and 50 associatt: member manufacturing firms.

Three sections (1) list each member firm alphabetically, includ' ing city and state of their headquarters; (2) identifies firms that actively sell in each of 10 geographic regions; (3) provides detailed information on principals, communications media, species and products handled, branch offices and cross reference to the geographic section.

NAWLA offices are 180 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y. ]0016, and 92I Yeon Building, Portland, Oregon 97204.

Shqsto Golf Go Upcoming

One of the major social events of the industry in northern California, the annual Shasta Lumbermen's Golf Tournament is scheduled for the Riverview Golf and Country Club, Redding, Calif., Sept. 27.

Last year the tourney drew nearly 200 lumber and railroad men from the entire Pacific Coast and as far away as Wisconsin. For information on the fifth annual, write Shasta Lumbermen's Golf Tournament, Box 2251, Redding, Calif. 96001.

ldqho Yqrd Rqzed

Madison Lumber Co., Moscow, Idaho, was destroyed by fire July 24. Gallup Yards, Inc., adjacent to it, fortunately, was not af' fected. Both yards are owned by Morris Bohman of Troy Lumber, Lewiston, Idaho.

Manager Bob Lightfield says they have continued business at the Gallup location.

First call Hobbs Wall for wholesale Redwood and Redwood split products, Douglas Fir and White Fir, Ponderosa and Sugar Pine, Hemlock and Cedar lumber. Depend on us to follow through with the right grades at the right prices !

Corlow Exponds Focilities

Carlow Company of Los Angeles has expanded by purchasing additional property on East 59th Street for more office and warehouse use.

According to president Jack Carlow, "Ii/e have also expanded our Pacoima jobbing operation to include glazing and a showroom. W'e are the only large door jobbing operation to serve the Bakersfield, Ventura, San Fernando Valley and Santa Barbara Areas." The Pacoima facility, 20,000 sq. {t., is at the hub of the Golden State and San Diego Freeways and shortly will have access to the Simi Valley and Foothill Freeways. Carlow also maintains a plant in Colton.

New Plywood lmporfer

Glo-Wood Industries, Los Angeles, is a recently formed corporation specializing in plywood importing.

Headed by Leonard Oliver, the company will develop new product ideas so distributors can have more profitable plywood products. Glo-Wood has close connections with foreign manufacturers who maintain large inventories ready for shipment to the U.S.A. W-est Coast inventories are ready to ship inland.

Assisting Oliver in the initial stages of operation is Louis Massing. Prior to Oliver's heading Glo-Wood, he was with Evans Products.

Rqdio Spofs Promote Wood

A thirteen-week series of hard-hitting radio commercials promoting wood is currently being aired in Los Angeles by the Wood Information Bureau of Southern California.

The industry-promoting spots are designed to stimulate interest in home ownership and improvement and the variety and versatility of wood's uses.

WIB has been actively and successfully promoting wood and wood products to the general public since its inception several years ago.

The bureau also ,acts as an information distribution center for people who want information on wood and wood products.

Stqhl's Bill Beols Retires

With the singing of 'oFor He's A Jolly Good Fellow" the entire staff of Stahl Lumber Co., Los Angeles, saluted Dennis "Bill" Beals the company's first retired employee.

Highlight was a poem written and read by Ken Tinckler paying tribute to Bill's many years of service, A color tv set and fishing outfit was presented to Bill.

Beals was born in Des Moines. Iowa. and arrived in California in 1936. For the past several years he was a lumber grader at Stahl. Beals is married, father of five and the grandfather of 16.