N $r The Land of Oz has Heart

By Muriel Schmalberg Ullman

worked for Pacific Lumber Co. in San Francisco.

In l95l when Oz got out of the Korean War. he worked with Christian Lumber Co. in San Francisco for 12 years, as lumber handler. lumber clerk and yard foreman.

A man of roots, Oz stayed with lumber, stayed in the Bay Area, and worked 6 years with Indian Valley Lumber Co. in Corta Madera. Ca. (the company no longer exists).

This October Oz marks his l2th anniversary as manager of Interbay Lumber Co. It was started in 1959.

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says Oz Grimes, manager of Interbay Lumber Co., down by the water in Sausalito, across the bay from San Francisco, Ca.

"I'm a local product," says Oz, born 47 years ago in Oakland, Ca. He is a full, cheery, animated, lefthanded Leo, with bright blue eyes, reddish hair and beard, and a green stone earring in one ear. He looks a lot younger than 47 and it is hard to believe he is a grandfather.

Oz comes from a long line of lumber people. Both mother and father, California - born as well.

We talk in the office and it is very neat. There is a Greenpeace poster on the wall for the protection of Harp Seals, and a No Nukes sign in the window.

"My wife and I are heavy into the human potential movement." says Oz as his wife of 22 years, Beth, enters the office. Beth is the company bookkeeper, a post she has held for three years. They are E.S.T. graduates as are their three children, and are also involved with self hypnosis, T.A. (Transactional Analysis)and T.M. (Transcendent al Meditation). Oz feels his "life iust turned aroLrnd" as a result of these involvements.

Oz bursts with enthusiasms: on this day he is a very jolly fellow. "The biggest thing in my life in the last three weeks is, I joined Marathons. In three weeks I'm standing straighter. I love it! I love it!"

The phone rings, sometimes it's for Oz, sometimes it isn't. Marge, the secretary who shares the oflice with Oz continues her work.

"I'm into The Hunger Project too," says Oz, continuing on the subject of positivism and the

Story at a Glance

An unusual lumberyard mgr. enthusiastic for human potentaal.. . quality yard and service... wins praise from locals.

human potential movement. On the 14th day of each month the family fasts, sends the unused food money for that day to The Hunger Project. The project hopes to end starvation in the world within 20 years.

We tour the yards and the sheds. Interbay Lumber is an orderly place. There are no cluttered corners and uncared for areas. There is a feeling of order and space all around the yard, indoors and outdoors.

The kiln dried lumber is in the sheds neatly lined up, and framing lumber and green lumber, is outdoors.

"I have a quality yard," says Oz without hesitation. "Quality and service make up Interbay. My people are nice too."

"We are a redwood, Douglas fir

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