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Jack Millikan, Lane-Stanton-Vance, City of Industry, Ca., and his wife, Gerry, are on a vacation in England, Scotland and Wales.

Kelly Roberts is new to the sales staff of Philips Lumber Sales, Inc., according to Wes Caudill, sales mgr. of the Redding, Ca., office. She will be handling laminated beams, custom timbers, and other lumber items.

Merna "Barney" Lunak, Product Sales Co., Orange, Ca., recently returned from a three-island Hawaiian vacation.

John Wydick has been promoted to mgr. of the Georgia-Pacific warehouse. Reno. Nv., from Sacramento, Ca., lumber sales mgr.

Larry Lindsey is now managing the Flintkote Supply warehouse in Reno, Nv.

Les L. Hagen, sr. v.p., The Wickes Corp., is now gen. mgr. of Wickes Forest Industries Div. reporting to Clark A. Johnson, exec. v.p., according to E. L. McNeely, chairman.

Elmo A. DiSalvo as the new v.p. of western operations for the Hollinee Corp. is the new pres. of, Leatherback Industries and Ceetile. Hollister. Ca

John Reisbeck, former sales correspondent, western regional sales mgr. and western field sales mgr., is now v.p. and director of mktg., Presway Inc., Wisconsin Rapids, Wi., according to William Thomas, Jr., pres.

George R. Griswold, Dant & Russell, Portland, Or., is the new pres. of the West Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau, replacing Ray Swanson, Swanson Brothers, Noti, Or.; Richard Cornish, Mt. Fir Lumber Co., Salem, Or., is v.p.; H.H. "Bud" Moore, C & D Lumber, Riddle, Or., sec/treas.; Dale Woodside, M & R Timber, Inc., Port Angeles, Wa.; Roger Shortridge, Crown Zellerbach, Portland, Or., Floyd Hambleton, Hambleton Bros. Lumber, Washougal, Wa.; Robert Jensen, Far West Fir Sales, Woodburn, Or.; Bill Sporre, Publishers Paper Co., Portland, Or.t Tom Murdoch, Cone Lumber Co., Goshen, Or.: Ira Lowe. Rosboro Lumber Co., Springfield, Or.; Gifford Powell, Clark & Powell Lumber Co., Junction City, Or.; and John Krauss, Rough & Ready Lumber, Cave Junction, Or., new to the board of directors.

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October,1980

THE IHPA'S ROLE

(Continued Jrom page 13) specifications for imported hardwood plywood. Devblopment of grading standards for lauan doorskins with the Taiwan Plywood Manufacturers and Exporters Association and work with New York officials on the flamespread law which refers to non-fire rated plywood paneling as "highly flamable" also are current. . As the watchdog of the industry. the association is active asainst hampering government regulations. It has been active in the Mobile Home Life Safety Task force working to prevent restriction of plywood paneling in mobile homes; monitored the threat of regulation of plywood panelTg by the Consumer Products Safety Commission, and protested the proposed DOE restriction on the use of pleasure boats, an important consumer of imported hardwood products.

Other association sponsored services include maintaining a placement bureau, and organizing regional meetings as well as an annual convention for members. The l98l convention will be at the Boca Raton Hotel & Club, West Palm Beach, Fl., Feb.25-28.1981.

OregonTopLumber Mfgr.

Tbe 12 Western states produced 20.025 billion board feet of lumber valued at approximately $6.138 billion (wholesale) during 1979, according to the Western Wood Products Association.

In 1978, the region produced 20.780 billion board feet valued at $5.816 billion.

Oregon was once again the single larges! l-uryb9{:P.roducine state in the West. manufacturing, 7.312 billion board-feet of lumber worth approximately $2.234 billion. In 1978, the state produCed 7.416 billion board feet that had an estimated wholesale value of $2'008 billion.

California placed second, producing 4.639 billion board feet of lumber, valued at $l.6ll billion compared to 4.853 billion board feet worth approximately $1.564 billion in 1978.

Washington ranked third in the Western lu,mbe-r producins states with 3.841 billion board feet of softwood lumbe-r valued at $1.083 billion. That compares with 1978 when Washington produced 4.150 billion board feet with an estimated wholesale value of $l'055 billion.

ln 1979, Oregon also led the nation in lumb-er production volume. It-was followed by California, Washington and Idaho. National ranking for other Western states cannot be established until production figures for Eastern states are released by the U. S. Bureau of Census later this year.

4,639 (-4.4%)

3,814 l-7.4%l

1,s93 (-2.0%)

Total 1979 Lumber Production of the 337 (_3.7%l Western States and 227 l-7.0%l

1,257 (+0.1%1

1s8 F2.0%l

170 (-10.1%)

Percentage Comparison of Production from 1978 to 1979 (Volumes shown in millions of bd. ft.)

97 (-25.0%) odr: reTesrATrsrcar.yEARBo0K0F THE IVESTEBIII LUMBER lltl0USTRY

54 (-5.3%)

Copyrighl 1980- lY6t.tn lVood Prodlcti A$ocirlaon

TOP LuMBER-producing state in the West was 0regon, manu.facturino 7.312 billion board feet during 1979. While it led all other slates, 0regon's lumber product-ion declined by 1j%. The onlv state thaf produced more lumber in 1979 than it did in 1978 wis Montana,'up 0.1olo. None of the states shown in the graph above changed positions from the 1978 rankings.

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EXTET{SIVE USE ol redwood characterizes this Sun/Tronic solar home designed as an ideal house for the 1980s .by the Copoer Developfient Association Inc. Architectural grade redwooO ls used'for both interior and exterior detailing. The natural insulator oualities of redwood plus natural beauty and 0remium performdnce are reasons given for using it in applibations ranoino from an outside deck to a wine room and hot tub. The home i-s ldcated in Stamford, Ct.

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