JAMES L. HALL CO,

PHONE: SUtter l-752O lO42 ttnlltS BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO 4, CAtlF. TWX S.F. 864

STADIUI, BIEACHER ond OUIDOOR SEAIING, HEAVY CONSTRUCTION l ATER|ALS, POIE5, TIES, PALLETS, PO3IS, PlllNO

PORI ORFORD CEOAR (Whit. Codor or lowron Cypror)-AIASKA (Yellow) CEDAR-DOUGLAS FIR rEO CEOAR-REDWOOD (Splir & Sown)-SlTKA SPTUCE-WESIERN HETIALOCK-5UGAR PINE-PONDEROSA PINE

OSTTING PERSONNEl_ the payroli irrcreasecl. With the n.rodcst Ostling no\\' eml)loys more than 50 peoPle schedule. J)uring the hrst days in ltusiness, put u'oul<l prol)al)lv reach 40 cloors per day. start of livc. on a t\\'o-shift a norlllal outBut nou', u'ith a plant that is engir-reered for volume, this firnr procluces over 25,000 doors each month and expects to pass the half nrillion mark in 1955.

Psnel of phoros below shows C. E. "Chqrlie" Stroit, vice.president in chorge of soles; Mrr. Doris Oslling, qnd Dick Ostling. Photos or righr show the three in front of the ofiice ond, righr photo. Doug Foshempour, production superintendent, on rhe lefi, wirh Dick Osrling.

I)ick Ostling c.rme to Southem California 27 years ago from the state of \\Iashir-rgton and, realizing the great possibilities, he became identified u'ith r-;irious bnsiness ventrrres befclre settling "on something rl.ithin the building field," as he explains it. llelieving that qrlality and price go hancl in hand. he determined to n.rarket the best door that could l;e manufacturecl at zr price all builders could afford.

I)oris, his rvife, has aln,ays been his right-hand manager ctf ollice and ger-reral accounting. She is the secretary-treasurer of the firm and supervises all departments 'n'ith the exception of sales ar.rd production.

C. E. "Charlie" Strait, r'ice-president in charge of sales, has hacl a u'ide experience lvithin the rvoodu'orking industry. He started his business career in the Philippirre Islar-rds, rvhere he managed various business concerns follorving \\rorld War II. He is a pioneer in the importing and ex-