Blue Diomond Personnel Chonges

Blue Diamond Corporation announces three new sales assignments in the wholesale division.

William L. Seitz, will be Blue Diamond's major projects

James J. Enright will service the San Gabriel Valley, downtown Los Angeles and northern Orange coullty territory.

E,nright, a newcolner to the Blue Diamond sales staff, has hacl an extensive background in the building material and construction fielcl in the Midwest. He formerly was with the contact man. In this newly-created position, Seitz will call on the principles of major construction projects. He will continue to represent Blue Diamond in Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.

Seitz is a veteran of 22 years in the Southern California building material industry. He has been with Blue Diamond for three years.

Buy Retoil Yqrd

Bob Nunnally, \{. }[. Lahana, Jr., arrd hzrve purchased the (lalifornia Lttmlrer Co., bello, Calif. They u'ill operate the llrrsir.rcss of California l-unrber Clorporation.

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New Hyster Lift Truck Cotolog Avqiloble

Now available is a nerv eight-page illustrated catalog on the Hyster YT-40 Lift Truck. The YT-40 is a 4000-pound capacity model featuring trttnnion-mounted steering and pneumatic tires. It is an all-purpose, inside-outsicle truck. Complete description, specifications and actual on-the-jolr photos are included in the catalog. Copies may be had {ree from any Hyster dealer, or bv u.riting Hvster Company, NZ N. 8,. Clackamas St.. Portland 8. Oregon. for Form 1284.

Celotex Corporation in Cleveland, Ohio and Kentucky.

Jqmes Ohio, and U.S. Gypsum in

James \\rarren has been assigned to Blue Diamond's new northern California district offrce in Daly City, where he is working with District Manager Williarn E. Chichester.

Warren, a two-year man with lJlue Diamoncl, formerly w'orked out of the company's main office in Los Angeles.

R.eturns from South Americo

Gene Peterson, of Los Angeles, formerly on the Ralph E' Barto Lumber Company staff, returned last rnonth from Venezuela, South America, follorving an eighteen month tour of duty with the Bechtel Corporation' as general contractor on the Iron Mountain development {or the United States Steel Corporation.

Join Glick Brolhers

Trvo rvell knorvn Southern Caliiorr"ria l-ltmber salesnlen have joined the sales staff of Glick Brothers' Lumber Company. Los Angeles. John Lay, prominent in the rvoodrvorking industry for many years, has been appointed general sales manager and Ed Reeves, \'eteran salesman in the Los Angeles area, has l;een assigned a sales territory with the firm.

S-T-B-ft,-f-C-If Yoar Profit lDollurs

The re-rooftng Seoson is here ond you lumber deqlers will be getting colls for rooftng items of oll description, mqny of which you will nol hqve in stock - - Don'l miss this exlro business, drow on our complele slocks for your fill-in's, both in ospholt roofings ond wood shingles ond shokes. Remember too thqt we ore corlood shippers.

Wilfred T. Cooper Retires

For tl-re last fifty years Wilfred T. Cooper has been selling lumber ancl r.naking friends in California, ancl he has now retired from active service with the wholesale lumber concern that bears his name, the \\rilf red T. Cooper Lumber Company, of Glendale, and will take it easy from now. blessed by the friendship and good will of an army of the lurnber fraternity. With X'Irs. Cooper he plans to do some traveling.

both of whom time. N[artin dale, Oregon.

His firr.n is not quitting, however, but is being continued under the management of two worthy youngsters, Martin Cooper, Wilf red's nephew, and Peter M. Wilhelm, have been associated with the company for some Cooper forrnerly operated a sawmill at GlenPeter \\-ilhelm was connected with the Cooper-

West Coost Wood Preserving Co. Now Producer of "Wolmqnized" Lumber

West Coast \\rood Preserving Co. of Seattle is nou' a producer of "\\''olmanized" lumber, chemically alloyed to resist rot and insects, in accordance 'rvitl.r a contract signed by that firm and the American Lumber & Treating Co., nation-rvide wood-preserving organization and manufactrlrers of "\Volman" salts preservative.

The move is designed to increase "Wolmanized" lumber production and clistribution facilities in the Pacific Northurest, Ralph F. Dreitzler, vice president and general manager of West Coast \Vood Preserving Co. announced. Until West Coast's entrv, pressure-treated "Wolmanized"' material rvas serr,ed entirely in that area by American Lumber & Treating Co.'s plants at Everett, Washington and \\rauna, Oregon.

The Seattle companv's facilities u'ill add approximately ten million board feet to the national production capacity, Dreitzler stated. This output primarily will be channeled to the l'acific Northu'est construction industry and to the export trade. he added.

Lumber Companf iu Southern California for vears past, and rvill continue to do so.

Wilfred T. Cooper started in the lumber business in 1903 r,r'ith the J. R. Hanify Company, in San Francisco, moved to Los Angeles in 1908 to represent Hanify, and remained in their ernploy until 1923 when he formed the wholesale concern that bears his name.

Fiber Producls 9tock Distributed

The board of directors of Weyerhaeuser Timber Companv today declared a year-end dividend of $1.00 a share payable on December 7 to shareholders of record November 30. The board also authorized the distribution to its shareholders of 621,000 shares of stock of F-iber Products, Inc. a rvholly owned subsidiary. This represents the entire outstanding stock of Fiber Products, Inc. The Fiber stock u'ill be distributed to Weyerhaeuser shareholders of record Nover.nber 3O on a basis of one share of Fiber for each 10 shares of \\teyehaeuser Timber Company.

Fiber I'roducts, Inc., is a ner'vly organized corporation to t'hich \\reyerhaeuser Timber Company has transferred its 51.6c/c interest in Wood Conversion Company. The net effect of this oistribution will be the transfer of a controllrng interest in the Woocl Conversion Company to the \\teverhaeuser shareholders and conseouent divorcement cif the tl'o companies.

\\''ood Conversion Company manufactures and selis principally insulating and other fiber products under the trade names Balsam-Wool. Nu-\Vood and Tufflex.