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Gordon Knott

president of the [umber Merchqnls Associotion of Norlhern Colifornio

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.SSING into the era of Phase IV tends c cast a cloud of confusion over those rs in the lumber industrv.

{t least the Cost of Living Council recognized the problem the small businessman has in attemptirrg to comply with the voluminous reports and administration and has, therefore, expmpted a large number of indepen- 'lents.

Even with the exemption given to many firms and the exemption of lumber and plywood the confusion arises from those items not exempt as specified in the Standard Industry Code. Many of the wood and wood related items in our mix are not exempl fromcontrols.

The association staffhas reviewed the proposed Phase IV regulations as issued by the Cost of Living Council and has extracted all of those sections pertinent to the lumber industry. Hearings were held on the proposed regulations and a number of changes were recommended by our national association.

By the time this article appears in The Merchant Magazine, all LMA members, retail and wholesale, should have a copy of Phase IV Guide which is our operating bible until the next Phase comes along. Included in the guide are appendices that specify which items are and are not under control.

Regardless of the size of the business we operate, the Cost of Living Council will be looking over our shoulder as they specify that every firm must submit a report either quarterly or annually depending on the size of their business.

Hobbs Wall does more than offer you lumber from a the phone cedar,

And we take of those mill best buy rn mills. We take to best sources of fir, pine, moit everything in redwood* odd regularly to check the output

Who Ranks Where In Sawmill Production

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Potlatch Forests dropped from fourth place last year to fifth place this year. Two new units in Idaho added 57 million feet. Some decreases were shown in units in Arkansas and Idaho as well as the absence of any production in Deer Park, Wash.

Pack River Co. of Spokane, Wash., remained at the same place in the standings for both l97l and t972.

St. Regis Paper barely nosed out Edward Hines Lumber Co. for seventh place. An increase ofeleven million feet at Klickitat. Wash.. did it for the firm.

Edward Hines Lumber Co. remained at the same place in the standings both years. Increases were registered at units in Oregon, Idaho, and Arkansas.

Simpson Timber Co. moved into ninth place this year. Domestic production was unchanged from the previous year, but an increase of nearly twenty million feet at its Canadian operation gave it the nod over Masonite. The Canadian operation represents about thirty percent of Simpson's production.

Masonite Corp. rounded out the list as number ten. Production in the West was up five million feet while Southern production registered a gain of twenty million feet.

Caletti to Head AITC

Richard C. Cale'tti, president of Standard Structures, Inc., has been named president of the American Institute of Timber Construction. He succeeds Wallace J. Turner.

AITC is a technical trade association of companies associated with the manufacture or installation of structural glued laminated timber for building components or building systems. Headquarters are in Englewood, Colo.

Caletti heads Standard Structures, Inc., a laminating firm in Santa Rosa, Ca. He has been with them since 1953.

New Philips Branch Office

Tom Philips has been named to head a new branch office in Corona Del Mar, Cu., that has been established by Philips Lumber Sales, which has its main office in Thousand Oaks.

The new office serves the Oranse County, San Diego. Te*us and Arizona markets.

Beginning in the lumber business in 1947 with the old Alliance Lumber Co. of Pasadena, he shortly went to work for Lawrence Philips Lumber Co., where he remained until 1960 when he left to operate his own firm building apartments and low cost housing. One year ago he returned to the industry working for lnland Lumber Co., Colton, Ca., and most recently was employed by Eel River Sales.

He is a brother of Don Philips, Jr. who heads up the main office and one of a number of the Philips family active in the lumber business.

PO0ISIDE oartv-ers included (l-r) Don Michaelson. Louis Loos'elv. Harold Henrieriono. Top- iloht: Jack Davies. Paul Stern and Dave Jones. Lower mnlOon Suhdstrom, Fred Scaife, Rick Curb and (backqround) Russ McDonnel. Lowet tight: Doug McDougal, Art Atkinson, Cordes Langley and Jack Powell

A Really Big "Shew"

It's gotta be some party when you can draw people from more than 500 miles away and from two states and the renown Black Bart Hoo-Hoo Club annual B-B-Q in Ukiah, Ca., is just such a blast. They converged on Jack Frank's home (formerly the late Bill Moores and the late Bill Crawford's home) from Los Angeles to Portland and points in between. North Pacific Lumber in Portland sent four'odelegates" to the event.

Program chairmen were Joe Wheeler and Bill Smith who made good use of the Olympic-sized Pool for a party setting. Others PlaYed golf and many just, uh, slaked their thirst, shall we saY.

O'Kelley Elected Club Chief

Ed O'Kelley of Wisconsin-California Forest Products in Redding, Ca., has been elected the new president of the Shasta-Cascade Hoo-Hoo club for iszz-q.

Other officers named were Bill Harrison, Novoply div., Champion International, lst vp.; Larry Whittaker, Western Woods, Inc., 2nd vp.; Don Lincoln, Redding Pallet & Reel Mfg. Co., sec.; Bob Reagan, North Valley Lumber Sales, treas.; and chairman of the board, Dave Shaller, also of North Valley.

Guiding the group on the board are Jerry Arndt, Harry Bleile, Brad Broyles, Bill Enderson, Glen Forney, Wayne Murphy, Earl Nordvedt, Don Porter and Morris Walker.

Directors-at-large are Earl Brandeberry, Roy Dunbar, Kelly Galley, Al Kerper and Carl Thomsen.

With that slate, it should be a good year!