BONNINGTON LUMBER CO.

Wholesqle distributors of DOUGTAS FIR - R,EDWOOD - PONDEROSA ond SUGAR PINE

Oftices and olher lumber producfs

505-6-7 Morris Pton Btdg. ro cAL'FoRNtA RETAIL YARDS Eugene' Oregon' Office

Arl Bergstrom

717 Market 5t.,5on Froncisco 3

P.O. Box l02l Phone YUkon 65721

How Lumber looks

(Continued from Page 2) shipments 15,156,000 feet, and orders 16,040,000 feet (4.16% above production). In the week ended December 4, 108 mills reported production 18,695,000 feet, shipments 17,638,000 feet, and orders 16,905,000 feet.

Harris E. Smith, secretary of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, released figures for the first 1l months of 1954 shor,ving Douglas fir industry production of 8,573,336,000 b.f., compared to 9,558,685,000 b.f. in the first 11 months of 1953; orders were 8,688,194,000 feet, and shipments 8,758,241 ,N0 feet. The weekly average of west coast lumber production in November was 202,193,CO0 b.f. ; orders averaged 785,749,000 b.f.; shipments 194,446,000 b.f. The industry's unfilled order file stood at 679,579,000 b.f. at the end of November; gross stocks at 888,492,000 b.f.

The Douglas Fir Plyrvooi Association preclicted production would hit a new high in 1954, about 4.9/o above the record of 1953, despite the 12-week strike last summer. 1954 production was estimated at 3,850,000,000 square feet. Orders totaled 3,845,000,000 square feet for the first

49 weeks of to date. and forecast for square feet.

Eugene, Oregon

1954, or 7.3/o above production for the year 13.5% above the same period in 1953. The 1955 was a potential output of 4,200,0@,000

Lowrence-Philips lumber Co. Hits 25

On December 29, l9D, two young lumbermen of Los Angeles joined forces to create a new wholesale lumber concern bearing their own names. The Lawrence-Philips Lumber Company was the firm, and the two men were Ted Lawrence and Don Philips. They had for years been sales representatives in Los Angeles for the Hart-Wood Lumber Company, of San Francis,co, and when that concern closed out in Southern California on January 1, 1930, the two young men succeeded to the good will and business of their employer, and also took over their offices in the Petroleum Securities Building.

Ted Lawrence, one of the most popular personalities in lumber history in the Southland, died in 1941, and Don Philips continued the business, with offices now located at 420 N. Camden Drive in Beverly Hills. His three sons, Don, Tom and Lawrence, are all partners in the business r,r,'ith their father, the latter now being in the U. S. Army. frene Lawler Engleken, well knou'n to the lumber fraternity as just "Irene Lawler," was honored at Christmas time with a luncheon given by the firm. She worked for Ted Lawrence before Lawrence-Philips was organized and now has been 25 years with the company, and is one of the most popular personalities in the Philips group.

FHA Applicotions Record

Washington-The demand for FHA home financing in November more than doubled November 1953 and set a new record for the month, the Federal Housing Administration reported. As in October, nearly half of the applications were for the purchase of older houses-25,850 for used dwellings and 26,850 for new.