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Leave it to the leader to come up with the pre-hung door industry s f irst automatic. magazrne-fed. stop-lamb stitcher.

NOFFIEtD S Modet 34OO has a single operator capacity of up to fourleen completed stopljamb operattons per minute. Stitching ts done f rom the bachstde. usrr-g twelve toe-naired T-nails at six locations along the length of the stop. Allows assembly of soft pine wood products as well as hardwoods. There s no longer any neeo to putty and linrsh surlace nail marks!

The Model 3400 features the same neavy-duty, high-quality workmanship which has made NORFIELD the teading supptter to the pre-hung door manuf acturing industry. Call us. Let us show you how our new Vode 34OO can help you increase your efficiency.

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DO YOU REMEMBER?

Mr. Hay's self pity (see The Merchant, July, p.50) over "the real tough job of selling redwood" brought crocodile tears to my eyes, and also started my mind to wander over 40 years-plus of this great business.

I'll put it this way, I remember when Jack Dionne ran "The Merchant", do you? When Lloyd Cole had a young salesman named Fritz Hawn at Hammond Redwood. When George Clough ran the show for Bert McKee at San Pedro and Jim Chase was his right hand man. Al Privett was in charge at E.K. Wood, and "Rex" Clarke was the leader at Consolidated Lumber, and 8,000 to 10.000 feet was a truck and trailer load for Patten Blinn. W. B. Wickersham had a salesman named Bill Shorse at Pope & Talbot and "Charlie" Henry ran the Twin Harbors' office. Wendell Brown sold for McDonald & Harrington, too.

Remember that yard center of Beverly Hills? number OXford 6l9l Sun Lumber Co.

in the very Its phoneand name

Owen Dalton had a yard on Western Ave. around the corner from Wayne Mullinsr yard. Not long ago Lowell Kolb & Chuck Nelson stopped by the house and we talked over these and many other old times.

"Pappy" McCartys phone number when you needed a truck was San Pedro 36. -'Fitz" sold timbers, etc., for San Pedro Lumber.

Gus Hoover had a young salesman named Bob Leischman and Bob Hoover was a "grader" in Hollywood as well as going to Stanford with brother Dick.

When Ty Cobb was a salesman for Red River Lumber Co. before starting out on his own and Ray Hill was Don Philips' right hand after Ted Lawrence passed on. And Ed Fountain had a partner in the wholesale business named Stu Smith.

How about the time Abe Jackson and Ray Shannon swapped jobs for Union Lumber? "Sandy" MacDonald and Joe Hall ran the show at Owens Parks for the Melins.

Bill HanJn sold for John Rudbach and Jim Hudson. Did you know Harry H. White was a shortstop and played for (I believe) Cleveland for a short time? Harold Frodsham was a building contractor and lived in Manhattan Beach.

How many remember Art Kaiser and Bill Knight, two great guys of the past. "Friday" Freeland long before there was a Far West and who was the man at Huff Lumber? Why George himself, of course. Also Howard Page was sales manager for Coos Bay Lumber Co., and George Reave had a plywood distribution yard in down town L.A. Al Bell and Lou Godard kept things going at HobbsWall and Fred Holmes at HolmesEureka, and Ed Bauer and Carl Porter left Bohnhoff to start Atlas Lumber Co. Max Barnette was getting a start at E. K. Wood on the order desk, and George Geary sold pine for them.

Who will ever forget the man with the trip hammer mind and bushy eye brows. Ralph Baker of Hayward and Barr fame. Or Pop Henderson at Woodhead on Pico Blvd., The Alley

Bros. from Santa Monica or the Stoner family of West L.A.

Remember when Park Arnold had a roofing company behind Bentley Lumber on Los Feliz Blvd. and "Slim" Hightower was "Super" at Fox Woodsum. And Kerckoff Cuzner built their new yard on Highland near Sunset Blvd.

I also remember when Roy Pitcher and Curt McFadden started Associated Lumber with $10,000 borrowed money, for I was there.

Sincerely,

Bob Sutton Fallbrook Lumber Co. 801 S. Main Fallbrook, Ca.92028

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EXCEPIIONAL opportunity for experienced lumber traders. Excellent commission plan plus liberal fringe benefits. Get in on the ground floor with a first rate company. Deluxe working conditions in Newport Beach. Ca. Call Ken Gagne, Delta -Forest Products, (714) 5404841.

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TO INITIATE AND EXPAND California wholesaling-expand Eastern wholesalingcreate Forest hoducts Import/Export Department. Long established Sacramento gompany with excellent financial strength. Please send resume c/o The Merchant Magazine, Box 282. .'AN EeUAL Op- PORTUMTY EMPLOYER''

SALES MANAGEMENT TYPE. Minimum two years experience in the building supplies industry to sell computer systems to that industry. Computer backgtound an asset, but not required. For further information, contact Mr. George McMurtry, Vista Computer Co., a Div, of Randall Data Systems, 365 Maple Ave., Torrance, Ca. 90503. Phone L2l3) 320-3880.

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Inland Lumber Company is expanding its sales department..We want to add two inside sales'peoplelto rsell aggresively on the telephone. Lumber experience is desirable but not essential. Position offers salary and company benefits witl well-established wholesale lumber firm. Write Iriland Lumber Co.. P.O. Box 190. Grand Terrace, Colton, Ca. 92324, Attn: Bob Fishbaugh. WANTED

EXPERIENCED LLIMBERMEN. Positions available inside and outside. Salary commensurate witl experience. Excellent benefits. Contact Donald Brown, Terry Building Centets, 18551 Oxnard, T arzana, Ca. 91356. (2r3) 34s-2223.

EXPERIENCED LLffBER buyer seeks position buying for your firm. Excellent experience in all West Coast softwood species. Pine, Redwood, Douglas Fir, Cedar, Hem/ Fir. Write Box 281 c/o The Merchant Magazine.

3x4 AND WIDER and 4x4 and wider twisted and weathered Douglas Fir S4S, Call Wm. Hunter, Hunter Woodworks, (213) 77s 2s44 or (211) 83s-s671.

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For Lease

BRACUT INTERNATIONAL. which remodelled its retail stote into a 10 room office. which it now occupies. offers its former offices for lease. 5 iooms, 2-baths, fully carpeted. Curly redwood, various pine paneling. Acreage available for yard space. Carloading and truck loading facilities available. Ideal for Northem California buying office. If interested, call or write: Denny Hess, P.O. Drawer 4779, Atcata, Ca. 95521 or (707) 822-3648,

Gerlinger Lumber Carriers

CARRJERS for sale. Available for inspection at Fort Bragg, Ca., $1500 each. 1965 Serial # 640005, 1964 # 640003,1964 Serial # 650003. (7O7) 9644377.

CABINET SHOP, specializing in Medical Furniture. Training period if desired. One or two person operation as is. Includes custom 5 room antique brick house and 8 acres with small pond. Fastest growing area of East Texas, due to Lignite development. Located 25 miles south of Tyler. $65,000.00.