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By Matt Moulder

A.D. Adkins? A.D. is our featured retiree this month, even though he doesn't qualify by the usual criterion of havinq been absent from the lumber scene foi a time. A.D. retired from his salei manager position at Wetsel Oviatt Lumber Co. June 30. Our reason for giving A.D. special treatment is his admirable work record.

How many people work for the same outfit for 37 years? Not many in this day and age. This is loyalty. With people in all walks of life retiring in their early 60s complaining of "burn out," it is refreshing to see someone like A.D. go all the way to age 73 before throwing in the towel. He would probably still be working if it weren't for a bad back.

Lumber Association of Southern California is asking its members to think about store displays, envelope stuffers, employee meetings, open houses for the community and anything else that will create an awareness in their customers and the voting public of the seriousness of Prop. 130 passing in California and the need to offer a better solution for the forests through Prop. 138. Prop. 138 is supported by Californians for New Foresty, a group formed from the Timber Association of California to create an awareness in the public for the need ofProp. 138 and the drawbacks of Prop. 130 which would reduce harvesting by 68%.

They recommend that National Forest Products Week, Oct.2l-27, just prior to the California election is an ideal time for the industry to make an all out effort to appear before service clubs and civic groups to tell its story.

The association has responded to calls from members relative to the appearance of horn tail wasps, long horned beetles, powder post beetles, mildew and mold on lumber, checked beams, and occasionally lumber that is borderline grade. Since the association staff is familiar with these, they recommend dealers calling to utilize their services. They talk to contractors, visit jobsites, talk to homeownersJ write letters, provide material from technical publications to substantiate their position and do whatever is necessary.

In his 34 years al sales manager at Wetsel Oviatt, A.D. missed only two WWPA annual meetings and one of those was due to health problems. For an older person, one who knows what an appealing place San Francisco used to be, it must be a real chore to go to "the city" for this meetingnow that aliens from outer soace have taken over the town.

We went to A.D.'s retirement partv with over 200 well-wishers and learned that A.D. is going to take life easy at his home near Plymouth, Ca. His biggest goal is to get his health back and a second back operation was scheduled to achieve this end. As of this writing the success of the surgery was not known.

Speaking of the WWPA annual meeting, we know another lumberman who has a record in connection therewith that is hard to match. Several years ago our good friend Jerry McCuire of Cal Forest Lumber Co. went to San Francisco with his wife to attend the WWPA meeting. They stopped by the St. Francis Hotel on Monday and didn't see a person they knew. This was not deemed to be totally out of the ordinary, but when they stopped in on Tuesday and ran into the same situation they really began to wonder. They went to the front desk in an attempt to shed some light upon this curious situation and learned that the WWPA meeting was scheduled for the following week. lerry's trip to SF was one week ea-rly! | hope you will forgive us, lerry, for mentioning your personal blooper, but it's too good to pass up. Did you see the logging feature on the Donahue t.v. show recently? lt could be likened to watching a football game between the Chicago Bears and Columbia University. The line up for the "contest": five radical preservationists plus Donahue, which makes six, against one representative of the lumber industry. The Audubon Society and friends scored seven touchdowns and made all of their extra points. At one point the Earth First! contingent was called for spiking. The ciowd expressed disapproval of the spiking, as well as freguent unsportsmanlike conduct. No score was "logged" by the industry spokesmana "clear cut" victory for the preservationists. Our thanks to Donahue for matching the teams up so evenly6 to 1.

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