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SP Adds Wide Door Curs

Southern Pacific will soon have I,000 more modern, wide-door freight cars. The cars are being converted at the rate of nine a day.

Franklin E. Kriebel of Southern Pacific expects them to be used primarily for forestooTheproducts.

lO-foot-wide doors on both sides facilitate fork-lift loading and unloading. An interior length of 40 ft. and an ability to handle loads with a minimum of bracing or dunnage enhances their usefulness," he explained,

Porticlebosrders OK: Promotion

At its semiannual meeting in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the National Particleboard Association voted to join tlle newly formed Wood Promotion Council and will participate in efforts to promote national forest products. NPA's members account for a major share of this nation's particleboard production.

New Brooks Lumber Store

Brooks Lumber Co., Woodburn, Ore., has completed a 100 x I50 ft. business building. Parking facilities on both sides and plenty of display space are features. The building is on the corner of Highway 99E and Rockdale St. N. E. at Brooks.

S PART of the matriculation exams in English, the entering students were asked to write a brief definition of their concept of a self-made man, One young lady wrote as follows: "A self-made man is like a self-made cigarette--a lot of Bull wrapped in transparent cover." *

The English class of Chubbtown school had to write an essay on "The Most Useful Animal." Peter Cheek's essay read as follows:

"The most useful animal there is is the chicken, {or you can catch them with the least trouble on the darkest night, anil they can be eat both before they are born and after they are dead."

"This is a sad case," ,url or, iorro.,"n"rrrrrg sentence on a man for stealing, 'oYou, who remained honest the major part of your life, have tarnished your name and dishonored your family, all for the sake of three miserable dollars."

"Please, your honor," said the defendant, t'was it my fault I only got three dollars?"

Teacher-"Johnny, no***u"nit. nii. ti*", six times two?"

Johnny (answering instantly)-"One hundred eight"'

Teacher-"That's excellent."

Johnny-'oExcellent, Hell ! That's perfect."

BY JACKDIONNE

r882-1966

Barnum said there was "A sucker born every minute." That explains why the second hand auto market never seems to reach the point of saturation.

An idle workman *itn l' ir,;I."d li.ud .u-" into the doctor's office.

"Hello, Sam. Got cut again I see."

"Yes, sir. I got carved up with a razor."

"Why don't you keep out of bad company, and you won't get hurt so often?" asked the doctor.

'ol'd like to," replied Sam, "but I can't get enough money together to buy a divorce."

Easy Enough

It's easy to grin

When you're making a win

And wear a smile on your phiz.

But the guy that's worthwhile

Is the one that can smile

When the other guy's getting his.

"I'll never play with that crab again," declared the beligerent mernber of the country club, o'he's the meanest guy in the club."

"Tut, tut," spoke up the President, "you forget yourself."

Boise Cqscqde Buys Union LumberCo.

Boise Cascade Corp. has said it plans to acquire the venerable Union Lumber Co. for an exchange of stock involving about $55.3 million.

The merger is subject to the approval of both Union and Boise Cascade stockholders. Meetings will be held in December, approval is expected from both groups.

The move is seen as yet another consolidation in a string of mergers and buy outs that have drastically reduced the number of industry firms.

Under the terms of the agreement of merger, each share of Union's common stock, $10 par value, will be exchanged for approximately 2.3 shares of Boise Cascade's common stock, $2.50 par value.

RCA Plons to Buy St. Regis

Radio Corp. of America and St. Regis Paper Co. have announced an agreement in principle for the merger of RCA and St. Regis.

The agreement is subject to approval by the boards of directors and definitive arrangements will be submitted to the shareholders at a later date.

The transaction would involve an exchange of shares valued at more than $630 million.

Upon final approval, St. Regis will become a wholly owned subsidiary of RCA and will function as a separate entity.

S.F. Club Elects New Officers

Arthur Wall and Ted Little have been elected president and vice president of San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club f9. They are from Arcata Redwood and J. H. Baxter, respectively. Other officers are Ray Ryan, J. E. Higgins, treasurer and Dave Mackin of Hallinan Mackin Lumber Co., secretary.

Directors for the new club year are Ed Brush, E. S. Brush & Sons; Knute Weidman, Knute Weidman Lumber Sales; Rick Pratt, W-eyerhaeuser Co.: Max Cook, Crow's Digest and Reg Ricci, Ricci and Kruse Lumber Co. All are from San Francisco except Knute Weidman who is from Palo Alto.

The new officers said a special emphasis will be made to increirse Club Nine's membership.

Moyfield to Heod Blqck Bort Club

Elected president of Black Bart Hoo-Hoo Club IBI for the coming year is Joe Mayfield, Mendo Mill and Lumber.

Other new officers are Everett Johnson, lst vp., Pacific Wood Preserving; Duke Douthit, 2nd vp, Al Thrasher Lumber; Cordes Langley, secretary, Redwood Coast.

Directors are: Art Bond, Art Bond Lumber; Bob Jenson, Jenson's Truck Stop; Roy Sjolund, Royal Wood Products; Floyd Holstin, Cutter Wood Products; Louie Loosley, Diamond National; Ed Hamson, Hamson Lumber Co.; Bill Smith, Georgia-Pacific; Don Michaelson, American International Forest Products, and Del Cole, Rounds Lumber Co.

Southern Pine Reioins NFPA

Southern Pine Association has returned to membership in the National Forest Products Association as a result of board action at meetings in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

SPA returns to the nation's principal lumber and wood products federation on a voluntary dues basis for a one-year period when SPA will consider reaffiliation on the regular dues basis for the production of its member companies. The return of SPA brings NFPA federation membership to 19 regional, species, and product associations, the highest in the national organization's 66-year history.

Lumbermon slorts own NovY

The recently acquired steamship Mlchael is operated by Stephen G. Freeman & Co. of Newport Beach, Calif. Built in Norway in 1950, she is 293 ft. overall, Bureau Veritas classed, and hauls 2.5 million bf. of lumber, or 3000 tons of general cargo. Full-and-down she steams at a good 11.5 knots.

The MichaeJ, of Panamanian registry, may load in the United States and discharge foreign, or load foreign discharg' ing in the United States, or ply foreign to foreign. "True, we cannot operate in t}e coastwise U. S. lumber haul." said Stephen Freeman. "Specifically, we can't pick-up in Oregon and discharge in southern California. But we can pick-up in British Columbia and discharge at Los Angeles, San Diego, Hawaii, or any U.S. port. And of course we can pick-up in the U.S. or B.C. and go anywhere in the rvorld."

The ship operates as a common carrier (and is also available for charter). Of particular interest to foreign shipping cargo mills, wholesalers, and importer/ exporters is that the Michael is a nonconference vessel,

Freeman himself is a Merchant Marine Master. Asked if he would sail the Michael, "Only occasionally, very occasionally," he said. "She has passenger accomodations for four," he continued, t'It would have something to do with who's occupy. ing them."

Becoming serious, he advised that the passenger quarters would be available to the shippers. "W'e'll toss in a free voyage," he said, o'which was a nice custom a few centuries ago."

New Hqrdwood Ply Progrom

Clear Fir Sales Co. of Springfield, Oregon has a new hardwood plywood program, according to James Berwick, general manager.

This is being done at Pickering Lumber Co. at Standard, Calif. John Lowe is general manager and Ike Vrooman, superintendent at the plant.

Mature California wood is being used as core with imported birch from Canada.

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