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City, Calif. joined with Robin McGlohan o{ Jabrazinho, which is also on the Island of Maraio. McGlohan had discovered the rich stand of timber in his years of flying over the area as an inter-continental airline pilot. He started a small mill a few years ago.

The mill has now been expanded to produce 25.000 bf. in each of two daily shifts. William Peepe moved his family to Jabazinho early this spring. With him w_ent two mill wrights from Crescent City, Marvin Crank and Jose Nunes. McNamaia and Peepe are half owners of the firm and are full owners of McNamara and Peepe Lumber Co. Officers of the new firm are Robin McGlohan, president, William Peepe, vp. and general manager, who with Thomas McNamara and the Brazilian members of the firm, are directors.

Another mill has been shipped to the Savanah, Georgia docks of Geoigia-pacific where it is being held for the suecessful completion of the first phase. Then it will be shipped to Jabrazinho and with its eight foot band saw mill step up production to a 75,000 bf., two shift capacity.

. Main_species being cut now is andiropba which is finding high acceptar,"" u^orrg furniture manu{acturers in the UniteJ States.

Georgia-Pacific Corp. operates a veneer plant a hundred miles up the Amazon and will takc the mill's output F. O. B. the Jabrazinho docks.

Co-operation of the Brazilian people, directors, officials and workers has been ex_ cellent and prospects according to McNamara are very good.

Pan Asiotic lo New Quorters

Pan fuiatic Trading Co. has moved to a new and larger office and warehouse at 2735 East llth St. in Los Angeles.

Seiichi Nobe, owner and president, said the new $200,000 facilities contain approximately 20,000 sq. ft.; 10,000 for parking while 8.000 and 2.000 will be used for warehousing and office space respectively. Working with Nobe is his wife Yone, iecretary and treasurer, Ted Arai, vp., Alven Takahashi, Clarence Arima and George Matsui.

Old Friends Meet Agoin

When Lloyd Vebb of Vance Lumber Co., Los Angeles and G. W. Burnett of Burnett Lumber Sales, Marysville, Calif., met at the recent Shasta Lumbermen's fifth annual golI tournament it was a warrn reunion as many years had passed since they were last together.

Interestingly enough, their fathers worked together at the Madera Sugar Pine Co., Madera, Calif. William Webb was yard superintendent and A. P. Burnett, grader.

The current generation started at that firm, later worked together in Los Angeles for the E. J. Stanton & Son Lumber Co. They were with Stanton for eighteen years, when Burnett left to go to Marysville. Webb remained until 1964 when he went with Vance.

Down-home country style fun

and their bosses to get together. A bufiet dinner with all the beet you could drink was featured. Door prizes were awarded along with prizes to winners of a new game called "People Bingo."

CAttlNG T0 the "Great Spirit" of raffle ticket sellers is (1) Mary Williams, Blanchard Lumber, and her leopard. 0) 0llen E. Peck, Mrs. Furness and 0scar Furness, president, Nordahl Mfg. Co. (3) Sterling Wolfe, Jr. and Trudy Smith, both of Marquart.Wolfe.

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Nearly fivc hundred lumbermert and other industry men were present at Redding, Calif., when Shasta-Cas' cade Hoo-Hoo Club president .Al Kerpel introduced Virgil \'Iastelotto, who in turn presented the man they had picked as Lurnberman of the Year, Ray Crane.

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In addition to industry activities, Ray is a dirt'ctor of the Corning Chamber oI Commerce; a past member of Corning School Board; president of the Corning Little League organization for four years and for three 1'ears chairman of the Corning Babe Ruth Raseball Association.

The joint industry mc'eting was thc "kick ofi" for the National Forest Products Week. October 20-26.

California Governor Ronald Reagan is-.tted an official proclamation making Oct. 20-26 Forest Products Week. ticing in rvith national ohsen,ance of the industry.

A & M Building Supply Sold

An Orcgon-controlled organization. Glenn-King Enterpri-.cs, has entered thc building supply pir:turc in the greater Portland area with the purchase of A&NI Building Supply Co.

The purchase was announced by Glenn Yost. prcsidcnt of Glenn-King, a diversificd company with holdings in the electronics and real estate fields.

Joining Yost. a native of Medford and a University of Oregon graduatt', at the erer:utive level of Glenn-King. are Kingsley T. (Bud) Wall. as vice president; Francis l. Smith as sccretarv, Frederick Weber as treasurer and R. S. (Pat) Hufiman as director of salt's and markcting. All are Portland residents.

A&NI manufactures a broad line of wood building products, prchung wood doors, closct doors and such. The firm also manu' factures its own aluminum rvindows and doors In i1-s plant at 5820 NE Columbia Blvd.

A&M is a division of Clenn-King. sr:rving as thc parent firm's contractor-supply outlet.

Koibqb Consolidqfes lts Holdings

A. Milton Whiting. pre.sident of Kaibab Industries, {ormt'rly Kaibab Lumber Co. says the {ollorving firms will consolidatc under the new namc of Kaihab Indu."tries:

Kaibab Lumber Co. of Arizona; Kaibab Lumber Co. of Colorado; Kaibab Westcrn Slope of Colorado; Eagle Machine and Supply Co. of Colorado; Kaibab-Cro{ts Industries of Utah; Kaibab Apartments, El Centro, Calif. and Whiting Servictr Stations. These divisions will have over 1.000 emploves in a four-state area.

1968 sales are expected to reach $19 million'

Shqsto-C,oscode Picks Kerper

Featured speaker at the first meeting of Shasta-Cascade Hoo-Hoo CIub I33 was attorney Michael T. Hennessy, secretary of Siskiyou County Lumbermen's Assn.

Hennessy spoke on the exploding rate of logs being exported to Japan from Forest Service lands, its efiect on prices and mill closures, and his efforts to obtain adoption of the Morse Amendment, since passed into law.

Elected president for 1968 by ShastaCascade Hoo-Hoo 133 was Al Kerper, Paul Bunyan Lumber Co.; vp., Bill Berry, Kimberly-Clark; 2nd vp., John Dimeling, Diamond-National; secretarv-treasurer. Bob McKean, MeKean Lumber Co.; anj Snark Brad Broyles, Broyles l-umber Co. _ lirectors are: Lee Deering, Hexberg Lurfiber; Joe Derrah, Dee Lumber, BruI Broyles. Broyles Lumber; Roy Dunbar, North Valley Lumber; Virgil Mastelotto, TW&J, and LeRoy Reddy, Lassen Lumber. Directors-at-large are E. C. Brandeberry. Lorenz Lumber; Harry Bleile, KimberlyClark; Don Chapman and Bob Goldswoithy, U.S. Plywood.

Hirsch Lumber Moves

The Hirsch Lumber Co., Inc.. has moved its Van Nuys office to Santa Monica, Calif. New address is lB04 l4th St., Santa Monica.

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