The California Lumber Merchant - January 1957

IICg,veclt Venditor"*

The Maestro at his K.yboard in"Winton's Martell Sawmill

T ooKINc rrre the maestro at the console of a " mighty ot1an, the trimmer in his lofty perch plays an important role in the production of quality \Winton lumber. Below his keyboard a moving belt carries boards which are to be trimmed by the battery of circular saws shown in the upper left inset.

The saws are spaced two feet apart, and are controlled by levers on his keyboard. The trimmer cuts off ends and cuts out bad places in the middle of boards when they occur. His skill, experience

and quick judgment is responsible for saving as much as possible of every board.

Skilled men like the trimmer, working with the most modern machines and methods, perform as a team all through the production process in converting huge trees into quality Winton lumber. It is the experience and personal interest in their product that makes \Tinton lumber what it is.

It will pay you to stock and sell \Winton lumber. Give your friendly lVintonman a call today.

SUGAR PINE WHITE DOUGTAS FIR ENGELMANN SPRUCE CEDAR REDWOOD HEMLOCK

THE CALIFOR}.IIA LUMBERMERCHANT

HowLumber Looks

The de_pressed lumber market showed booming signs of coming back to life as 1956 neared its end. For the first lime in manv rnonths, orders l'ere steadily above production for most speciei. Fir lumber orders climbed 16/o above output, western pini mill orders.w_e^re_ nearly, 20/o above production, ind' fir plywood orclers zoomed l0/o ahead of the mills' output. A nurnber bI- lumber mills had been shut down temporarilf in recent weeks as the soft market and poor weather discouraged production.

Orclers of 460 -ill, ,.porti,rg to the National Lumber Trade Barometer in the week ending Decenrber 15 were 11.6/o above pro- duction, while shipments were 3.SVo below and unfilled orders were 28/o.of stocks. Shipments were 8.6/o and orders 13J/o above the previous week ended Dec. 8 National production of lumber totaled_3,403,m0,000 board feet during October, estimated.the National Lumber Manufacturers Assn. Tl.ris was dVo ^bou. September but l/o below October 195.5. 'I'otal shipments in October were 1O/o above September but 7% below October 195.5. Orders durine October were 70/o above September but almost the same as thi 19.55 mon_th. During October, shipments antl orders were 7/o less tlran production. For the first 10 months of 1956, an estimated na- tional production of 32,020,000,000 b.f. of lumber was 37o below the similar 1955 period., Both shipments and new orders in the span were 3/o less than the 1955 output. Gross mill stocks on Oct. 31 were 9,497,000,000 b.f., up 3% from September's end and TlVo above the level of the 1955 date.

West Coast Lumbermen's Assn. reported orders of 124.151.176 fee-t we-re- l3.O/o above production of 109,828,683 at 170 reporiing

operating) in.the week ending Dec. 15. Shipments oT l-04,473,650 feet were 4.9/o und,er production . . . Reporting Douglas !5 region sawmill _production, orders and shipments for Novem6er, Harris E. Smlqh,_!VCLA, said the weekly average of lumber pro- cluction was,]72,,873,000 b.f. or 93.2/o ot the 1951-55 average; orders averaged 155,251,000 b.f., and shipments 164,715,000 b.f. The l1 months of 1956 cumulative production was 4@,000.00O b.f. below the similar 19-55 span. The industry's unfilled order'file at the end of November stood at 536,539,000 b.f., gross stocks 1,01b,601,000 b.f.

Western Pine Assn. reportea o.der. of 73,868,000 feet were 19.37o above production of 61,941,000 feet at 95 mills in the week endine Dec. 15. Orders were 23.5/o above shipments of 59,788,000 feel Orders were 74.1/o above the previous week endecl Dec. 8, the week

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Herb lleier Andy Jones

L. A. County I l -Monrhs Building Tops

Sqme 1955 Spon by $3O Millions

Building'permit valuations in Los Angeles county for 1956's first 11 months totaled $1,227,927,600, an increase of $30,646,200 over the same 1955 span, reported the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce on December 7. The Chamber's Research department compiled figures showing building permits totaled $99,786,600 in the county during November, of which $42,204,80A came from the city of Los Angeles, $26,526,4N in the unincorporated areas, and $31,055,400 in 40 county-wide cities.

The number of neu' dwelling units for November 1956 showed an increase of 51.3/o over the same 1955 month, while the total drvelling units for the year decreased 8/c under 1955 in the 1l-months span.

Construction of 45,515 single-dr,velling units in Los Angeles county in the first 11 months of 1956 \vas a 147% drop from the 53,374 of 1955's first 11 months. Construction of duplex and multiple du,elling units, horvever, was running 9.2/" ahead of 1955-22,638 compared to 20,731.

A larger numbers of cities experienced residential brrilding above the million dollar-figure during Novetnber tharr in preceding months. Glendale passed the million-dollar mark, as did Arcadia, El Monte, Pasadena, Pomona, West Covina, Torrance, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, and Lotrg Beach. The latter city topped all cities, exclucling Los Angeles, in home building rvith a figure of $4,047,5@.

Twelve county-wide cities ancl unincorporated areas also accounted for residential building-permit valuations in excess of $1,000,000 during November. These rvere Lancaster, Palmdale, Temple City, Puente, San Dimas, Bellflower, Dorvney, Norrvalk, South Whittier, Lennox-Lawndale, Lomita-Palos Verdes Hills and \\rest Hollyrvood. Of these, Lomita-Palos Verdes Hills ranked first with a figure of $4,t47 3m. '

FHA lncreoses lnteresi R.qte lo 5o/o

The following is a copy of FHA's press release, dated December 1, 1956, relative to the increase of FHA interest rate. This is one of the steps aimed at improving the mortgage money situation that the NRLDA has been urging the Administration to take for some months. The action is first step that has been taken to improve the mortgage money situation in 7957 :

A decisive step to help home buyers obtain mortgage financing was taken today 'i'vith the announcement that the interest rate on FHA-insured home mortgages would be raised to 5 percent. The announcement was made jointly by Albert M. Cole, Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, and Norman P. Mason, Commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration' The step will be effective Tuesday, December 4.

"The importance of this change is many fold," Mr. Cole said. "Primarily we are thinking in terms of people. People in America want to buy homes and this will assist them to get the financing they need. We cannot afford to let the vital housing portion of our economic life dwindle to a point that jeopardizes our productive capacity and threatens the jobs of many thousands of people throughout the country working in the home building industry."

And ROCKPOR,T Redwood Go., Too!

In the Philip T. Farnsworth bylincd article appearing in the December 1 issue, headed "C.R.A.-Good Citizen of the Redwood Region," the name of Rockport Redwoocl Company was omitted from the list of CRA men-rber mills in long- and good-standing, in the copy of Nlr. Farnsworth's talk released by the association. The MERCHANT lTerewith gladly corrects that unintencled oversight at the suggestion of the California Redu'ootl Association.

Mr. Mason emphasized that this step is an irnportant one because the builders and lenders are making plans for the year ahead. "For this reason," he said, "rve are acting immediately to help provide an adequate florv of savings into the home mortgage market."

Along rvith the one-half percent increase on home mortgages, Commissioner Mason announced that the rate on FHA multifamily mortgage loans u'ould be increased from 4 l/4 to 4f percent The rate for all ttrltan renern'-al and rehabilitation programs rvas increased to 5 percent.

The FHA Commissioner said the nen' rates can, upon the lender's request, be made effective on applications for m()rtgage insurarrce nolv in process at any point up to final endorsement for insurance. The rate on existing mortgages will not be afiected by the change.

ICC Gronfs Eostern' Western Roilroods Emergency Freight Rote lncreqse

The Interstate Commerce Commission on December 17 approved an emergency freight rate increase ol 7/o in Eastern territory, 5% in \Vestern territory, and 5/o interterritorially betu'een eastern, western and southern territories, u'ith certain "hold-downs" and exceptions. The railroads had requested a 7/o increase for both Tiastern and Western roads.

The "hold-downs" approved by the Commission include lumber 6 cents per 100 pounds, and millwork 7 cents per 100 pounds.

The Commission postponed the hearing on the {reight rate increase ol 7/o proposed by the southern territory railroads until January 7, 1957. The emergency increase of 7/o requested by the railroads is in adclition t<t the l|/a increase proposed and upon u'hich the hearings have not yet been held.

According to reliable sotlrces, the rterv rates w'ere to go into effect about Decen'iter 26, reporterl the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association.

Approve Sorqtogq School Plqns

Preliminary plans for an elementary school in Saratoga (Santa Clara County), California, will be prepared with an advance of $7800 approved by Commissioner John C. H.azeltine of the Community Facilities Administration. The net' school, to cost an estimated $466,200, is needed to serve a school district that has almost doubled in population in the last six years. Construction is expected to start early this year.

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CORE

ARTESIA FTUSH AIL.WOOD HOTLOW CORE DOOR

Another ADCO Producl SPECIFICATIONS

l. Suven Ply-oll-wood consiruclion

2. All core materiol thoroughly kiln dried

3. Ti-e proven lodder fype hollow core

4. Eighteen cross ribs in eoch core

5. rull 2" stiles ond roils

6. Ventiloted core

7. Lock blocks, fwo sides 4" x 21" including sfile

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FAC ES

9. Fo"" veneers in oll commercicl species

10. Beh sonded

DIMENSIONS

f l. Obroinobfe oll stock sizes to 1/O x 8/O

12. Obtoinoble in thicknesses 7/e" ond ll/t"

13. Speciol sizes ond fhicknesses ovoiloble on specific quotofions

14. Speciol deioils ovoiloble when required

| 5. ltt doors fully guorontced

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RECORD CONSTRUCTION tEVEtli TO CONTINUE IN T 957 Outlook for $5.4 Billion Totol

Outlays for neu' construction are expected to total unusually large demands of businesses, g()verllmental units, almost $461 billion in 1957, abott 5/o above the record and individual consumers in a record-lrreaking economv. volume of more than $44 billion evident for 1956, accord- The value of w'ork put in place in 7957 on private noning to outlook estimates prepared jointly by the I)epart- farm residential construction is likely to total not cluite ments of Commerce and Labor.

Some expansion is likely in the coming year in most major types of construction. except new private housing. Because of the housing decline, private construction activity as a r,r'hole is expected to sholv only a nominal increase over last year's level, reaching a total of $31.4 billion in 1957, bfi public construction outlays will probably rise to $15 billion.

The anticipated volume of new construction in 1957 is based on the assumption that the general level of economic activity will advance moderately, u'ith employment continuing at record levels, and personal income reaching a new high. It was assumed also tl-rat international developments lvill not significantly affect construction activity in continental United States during the coming year.

Construction costs are expected to continue to rise, but at a rate slightly lower than. in 1956. Building materials generally should be in adequaie supply, with no more than mir-ror spot shortages likely, because of extensive gains in plant capacity and record production levels. Mortgage funds, however, rvill probably continue to be relatively scarce, especially for long-term, low down-payment loans, reflecting rvidespreadrcompetition for credit to meet the

$141 billion, about 3 percent belorv 1956 volume. Anticipatecl increases in spending for additions and alter:ttions to older homes ancl for construction of rnotels and other nonhousekeeping residential units will not be sufhcient to offset the 5 percent decrease expected in outlays for nen' homebuilding.

The decline in expenditures for new private housing, however, will probably be less than the drop in housing starts, since the dollar volume figure will reflect higher construction costs and the continuing trend toward larger homes with more quality features.

Prospects are that about a million new private nonfarm drvelling'units rvill be started this year. This compares with an average annttal rate (seasonaily adjusted) of 1,100,000 for the first 10 months of 1956, and a 1955 total of 1,310,000. The still relatively high level of l-rousing starts predicted for 1957, despite continnation of present mortgage financing problems, results in part frorn sustained consumer demand for better housing, backed by rising incomes; a large volume of retirements (demolished, abandoned, or converted units) from the housing supply; and a steadily increasing and highly mobile population.

N{ost of the gain in private construction outlavs betrveen (Continued on Page 73)

Right ond lefi Hond Gote lotch, used where spcce for mounting is limited, such qs chicken coops, robbit hutches ond smoll doors.

Gote lotch is o norrow lotch for mounling on the edge of 2x4's.

(olifornio Ranch Type Mcilboxhommered finish, dull block.

Gsfe lotch No. 9 wos designed to be instolled in o cemenl block fence ot the time the fence is built. This gives o good solid onchoroge for the gole lofch.

A happy, peaceful, hopeful New Year to all our friends.

And a suggestion r or.**rl"oi if followed, might be of great worth, and bring cherished results.

This suggestion, if rollJ-.l aitigentty, persistently, continually, intelligently, and enthusiastically, would-in our opinion, bring great t.attT. * *

Something new and startling? Nothing of the sort.

Just an old, old story; :i";, mental, physical and financial investment.

That magnificent Carpenter of Nazareth made it His fundamental teaching.

The great Chinaman, Confucius, preached it all his life.

All truly great men *"".r"l.lte -isdom of it.

The simple formula is just this: DEVOTE THE NEXT YEAR TO MAKING PEOPLE LIKE YOU ! ***

There you are ! That's the entire prescription-bottled, labeled and wrapped for your use. '' All you've got to ao i"*"rrirc*the bottle frequently, and drink deeply.

The oftener you drink, the better it works. You couldn't take an overdose to save t."T OT.

Ponce de Leon roamed the world seeking the fountain of youth, and he had it right with him all the time and didn't know it.

The friendship, the good will, the trust, the love, the benevolent interest of the rest of your world is the great pot of gold at the rainbow: .1U..

Without it, business success is an empty urn, and gold turns to dross.

BY JACK DIONNE

But if those who know you like and approve of you, you have everything else included. ***

Be agreeable ! Be friendly ! Be smiling ! Be pleasant ! Be likeable ! Be understanding ! That's the New Year prescription. :k :1. ri

Smil,e at yourself when you're alone. That will make it easy for you to smile at an*. **-Y when you aren't.

Every child wants that kind of a father. Every woman wants that kind of a husband. Every employe wants that kind of an employer. Every employer wants that kind of an employe. :li t. r!

Every corporation wants that kind of a president. Every office wants that kind of an office holder.

Fact is, everyone tit e" i ,i."i rro"rre, kindly, agreeable, interesting people wherever al.t**o, whatever they do.

We like all our contacts to be that way, and we remember that sort of person when the otherwise valuable but not openly friendly and agreeable sort are forgotten. **1.

If you make the world like you it will mean a lot of things; that you have been not only friendly, but that you have been fair, honest and have manifested various other worthwhile characteristics that people admire and appreciate. ;r :1. :r

Make any other good resolutions you wish with regard to the next year, but make this one first, and if at the end of the year you can honestly say to yourself; "I have devoted the year to the job of making people like me," you should be able at the same time to point backward to a successful year in material ways.

For if your one uig 3ot*tt i, f.", i. to make people like you, your other jobs of all sorts might take care of themselves.

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WHAT IS BEH'ND

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A STRA'T FLUSH DOOR ?

For MAHOGANY or HARDBOARDThese Specificotions

2'/t4 l-L--rhe,widesr sfires of on Flush Doors mode here.

lZ X, End roils or Double End Roils ovoiloble.

2 Bock Bones %" wide dodoed 3Vs" oporl.lo corry horizonlol ribs ond odd Slobility fo the sliles, lhus minimizing worpoge.

I Ys" combined lock blocks ond sliles on I %" interior doors.

All 3/O exterior doors sre with double lock blocks so the combined lock block ond slif e measvre 6/5", This is stondord on oll doors ol no exfro ghorge.

2l Horizontol Ribs %" wide in Insulile or Lumber, whichever lhe cuslomer prefers.

AI.t ASH DOORS ARE BEI,T SANDED WITH 1/O.

All meosuremenls before trimming.

ZU"4 | t -the widest stites of otl ----Tl- Flush Doors mode here. lflffi | \-2y, End Roits or double end roils qvqilqble.

Verlicol Ribg in Lumber or Insulile, whichever lhe customer prefers. These ore spoced 31h" opoa.

%" Combined lock blocks ond Sliles in l%" inlerior doors,

All 3,/0 exlerior doors qre with double lock blocks so lhe conbined lock blocks qnd stifes meoswe 6)(6". This is stqndord on oll doors ol no exlro chorge.

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You Con't Do Business Ofr o Ncril Keg Anymore

Ralph Hagle and Jerry DeCou stood behind their new checkout counter, both grinning from ear to ear as they stared unbelievingly at the grand total figure on the cash register tape. The opening of Hagle-DeCou Lumber Company's new Atascadero shorvroom had been an unmistakable success from the beginning, but the final outcome left Partners Hagle and DeCouand even Ed Young of the Garehime Corporation, rvho planned and staged the event-a bit breathless.

The two-day commemorative event got underway on Friday, November 2, follorving months of hard rvork, a ferv gambles and a hard pre-opening advertising campaign. Nearly 3,000 people attended the Hagle-DeCou openingnot an outstanding fact in itself, until you take into consideration that this figure represents approximately 60/o of Atascadero's entire population ! And right here would be a good place to point out something Partners Hagle and DeCou discovered about radio advertising.

In addition to placing pre-grand opening advertising in both the local paper and the San Luis Obispo daily, Hagle and DeCou also contracted for 150 spot announcements over a radicl station located ir-r nearby Paso Robles. These announcements started on the Sunday preceding the open-

ing and the cost for the entire series was less than $80. By running a customer survey, as people entered the door to register for the grand opening, Hagle and DeCou found that slightly over 50/o were attending the opening because they had heard about it on their radio !

It would be unnecessary to point out that both Hagle and DeCou have long been arvare tl-rat you just can't do business off a nail keg anymore-not rvhen yott are dealing with today's modern merchandising-minded public. Horvever, lfagle and DeCou also knen' that it l-as going to take more than a fresh coat of paint on the oflice building, a few trays of do-dads and a tool display rack. to do the job right. So they started from scratch; they built a brand-nerv shorvroom and n'arehotlse and, s'hat's more' they brought in experts to shot'them horv it should be done.

But all along, in planning the nerv store, Partners Hagle and DeCou also kept in mind the community in which they do business. An area of modest inconte ancl single home starts, Atascadero ahvays has lteen a natural for home improvement and do-it-yottrself business.

Modern merchandising, yes, but at the sat.ne time, Hagle and DeCou were careful not to "get ahea<l of their community." They designed the l-re\\' store to appeal to the people they do business u'itl.r-not to NIr. and Mrs. American Consumer as a lvhole. In many cases, certain nationallv developed innovations in retail lumberyard merchandising seem to do more harm than good n'hen applied to a specific community.

The new store is sharp and modern looking-yet not too fancy and expensive looking. The ne\\' store operates on a semi-self-service basis-not completelv self-service because Hagle and DeCou don't rvant to lose contact lvith their customers; these people are friends, as u'ell as customers, and they expect a certain amount of personal attention.

Also contributing greatly to the success of the grar,d opening n'ere the twelve manufacturers and distributors rvho set up displays and demonstrations and rnanned thern throughout the two-day opening. Tool clemonstrations using the latest models of both po\\rer and hand tools n'ere

' SHARP, NEW SllOWnOOM wirh odioining drive-through wqrchouse. The

These Atoscodero Deolers ProYe--

ir behind qnd io tho right of lhe new

JERRY DeCOU, RATPH HAGTE ond Jerry DeCOUT Jr. tokc timc for o porc during tfir grond opening fe3livifie.. Anothar sprout, Deolcr Hog]c'r boy, will loin lhc fothcr.ron comrbinqtion in thc yord oftcr his Army hirch

FOR THAT EXTNA PROTECTIO]I

They're here again,,, WATERPROOT BAGS TOR WI]IIER USE!

From now until Spring all types of Calaveras Cement will be shipped in special waterproof bags whenever the customer requests.* This added protection will be yours at no extra cost. Ask for it if winter moisture presents problems for you.

CA1AUTRAS CETIilT CC).

315 Monfgomery Street Sqn Froncisco 4, €olifornio DOuglos 2-4224 (or qsk Operotor for ENterprise l-23151

OAKTAND-GLencourt l-740O SACRAI ENTO-Gllbert2-8991

CHICO-Flreside 2-1826 FRESNO-3-3277 SANTA ROSA-l-0217

IIODESTO-Lqmbert2-9031

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THEY CAME! THEY SAW! THEY PURCHASED!-Top le{t photo shows porl of crowd looking ond buying; top center: entron(e io showroom from drive-through worehouse, which is olso used for receipt ond disploy of noils, choin, rope, light {ixtures ond heovy plumbing items, while moin porl of 2-story worehouse is used for finished lumber sioroge; rop righr: modern,48-inch-high islonds give slore o spocious look, help solesmen see cuslomers ond reduce theft; center ponel, left: end disploys of impulse items ore recent innovotion in lumberyord merchondising-ploced ot one end of islqnd they qre highly successful; center; qitroctive tool disploy runs olmost full lenglh of bock woll in ncw trend of longer, lower disploys to hold qll reloted merchondise in onr side or seclion; center right: showroom corner disploys complete builders hqrdwore deportment efiectively, with pockoged items of ihe merchqndise on disploy in bins directly below. Photo ot right shows Ed Young, the Gorehime Corp. sfore disploy expert, ond Jerry DeCou (kneeling) pricing merchondise before grond opening.

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HAGIE-DeCOU IUMBER CO. cqrries on qveroge inventory of 750,0008M. In oddition lo porlners ond sons, other employes include Fronk Neftleton, Morvin Loewen, Horry Webb ond Joe Weecom, who hos been with portnership since it wos f orm ed. Top ponel shows (lefr) Stonley tool demonslrqlion qt opening; (center) old sioroge bins qnd showroom (white building ot reor); (right) new showroom ond porking. Second ponel: (left ond right) finish lumber qnd molding in drive. through worehouse; cenferi yord inventory. Third ponel: (lefr) hqrd-working Mrs. Jerry DeCou, Jr. ond Mrs. Rolph Hogle served refreshmenls; (center) offslreet porking oreo wqs full throughout the opening; (right) olmost 3,000 registered here. Fourlh ponel: sow demonslrotion, home-plonning dept. ond store

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Home Builders Hold Gost-lowering Srudy Conference in Woshington

Updating regulations on home building, thereby permitting more widespread use of the vast store of current technical construction knowledge developed in the past 10 years, could result in savings of millions of dollars in the building of modest-size homes, according to home builders who recently concluded a two-day cost-lorvering conference at the National Housing Center, Washington, D. C.

Sixty leading home builders, architects, engineers, and prefabricated home manufacturers attended the conference, which was sponsored by the National Housing Center and held under the direction of the National Association of Home Builders' Research Institute.

"A number of cost-savings techniques, some which can save up to $200 per house, were disclosed at this meeting," stated Alan Brockbapk, Salt Lake City builder and general chairman of the meeting. "However, unless they are accepted and used by such agencies as the Federal Housing Administration, Veterans Administration, and local cod.: and regulations authorities, these techniques and others rvill not be available to help effect economies for the home buyer."

Brockbank pointed out that some of the techniques discussed at the cost-savings conference, which attempted to show where construction costs in the 100O-1100 square foot home could be cut, might not appear to achieve great savings individually, but that added together they could represent substantial construction savings without sacrificing quality.

The builders listed the following techniques they have employed to reduce building costs:

1. A new techniclue rvhereby the foundation wall, instead of being buried deep in the ground, rests just below the surface of the ground. Indiana builders who have applied this method in thousands of homes during the past few years estimate that it can effect savings of as much as $125 per house.

2. Pouring basement floors and footings together in advance of pouring foundation r,valls. The builders agreed that a change to this system from the traditional threestage method of building the basement floors, walls, and foundations in separate steps would constitute important savings. One builder reported that, by using this technique

WHEW!

"At Bob Sullivan's lumberyard in San Diego the other morning, the seal was broken on a freight-car door and workmen prepared to unload a car of walnut lutnber," reported Neil Morgan in his "Crosstown" column in The San Diego Evening Tribune. "Back slid the cloor, and what was inside ? Four shiny new automobiles I The walnut lumber was on Southern Pacific Car 76000, and the car in Sullivan's yard was New York Central Car 76000. Sullivan arranged a swap with a Pasa<lena car dealer, who had his walnut. There was no great haggling; retail price of a carload of walnut is $15,000," the column item concluded.

in a 2,000-home project,'he was able to save $100 per house.

3. Greater use of large components, such as roof trusses and tilt-up rvalls instead of conventional piece-by-piece work. These methods will eventually help reduce building costs substantially, but, since their application is still relatively new, the full extent of their potential savings is not yet known.

4. Adoptiorl locally of provisions of the American Standard for Plumbing (A40.S) as a basic guide. The builders also felt that if prefabrication in the plumbing field could be accomplished further'savings would result.

5. Reduction of residential street widths. On a 60-{oot lot this rvould save $15-$24 per foot for each foot narror'ved in the street. Builders pointed out that this is also :r safety measure, since it reduces and slows traffic.

Other cost savings discussed were the possible use of asphalt curbs in residential streets and the application of new labor-saving devices in painting.

"The techniques discussed at this meeting har-e all been tested and used successfully in thousands of homes by experienced builders," declared Andrew Place, a builder of South Bend, Indiana, who served.as technical chairman of the conference. "This points up the need for federal and local regulatory groups in the home-building field to work even harder to keep current in the complicated and fastmoving developments in new knowledge, techniques, and materials in residential construction."

(Tett them you saze it in The California Lumber Merchant)

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(A man who told me this story wanted' to apoloqize f or such' a kid yarn. No apology nccessary. It's a mighty good' story.)

The Lone Ranger and Tonto were riding cross country when a whole tribe of Indians started chasing them. They rode for their lives, when suddenly they ran right into another great band of hostile Indians.

chasing them. Suddenly still a third band of Indians appeared ahead of them. "Where do we go now?" the Lone Ranger asked Tonto. "This wz!," he said, and they rode toward an opening in the hills. Suddenly still another great band of Indians appeared in that direction, and they found themselves completely surrounded by savages.

"What do we do now?" asked the Lone Ranger.

"Where do we go?" the Lone Ranger asked Tonto. "This And Tonto answered: "\Mhat do you mean 'We'-white way," said Tonto, and away they went, with both tribes man?"

CRA Seosoning Committee Meets

The regular bi-monthly meeting of the Redwood Seasoning Committee, of the California Redwood Association, at Brooktrails Lodge, Willits, November t7, heard reports from members on bulletins of the U.S. Forest Products Laboratory. Also discussed was the presentation for the 1957 annual meeting of Western Dry Kiln Clubs, in Oregon. Papers were presented by Gregory Lambert of Simpson Redwood Company, Korbel, on "How Wood Dries;" Doug-

las Shore of Arcata Redwood Company on "Properties of Wood Related to Drying," and Sam Brown of Simpson Redwood Company on "Drying Stresses in Lumber Seasoning."

During the luncheon, which was hosted by the Willits Redwood Products Company, the film, "Production Maintenance," was shown.

(Tell them you saw it in The California Lumber Merclt'ant)

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Forms for Reporting Federql ttUse Tox" on Trucks Now Avqiloble

The Internal Revenue Service form 22%) (October 1956) is now available in the District Director's office for reporting the new Federal Use Tax on trucks used at any time in July, August, September, October or November 1956.

The tax applies whether or not the vehicles were used before July 1956.

The return on Form 2290 may be filed at any time during January, but not later than January 31,1957.

Future returns will be due by the end of the month following the month a vehicle is first used in the tax year. For example, a return is due on or before January 3I, 1957,

lO,3l4 Wholesole lumber Firms

At the end of 1954, there were 10,314 firms in the continental U.S. engaged in buying and selling lumber and other construction materials in the wholesale market, according to the Department of Commerce's 1954 Census of Business just being released. Those firms had sales of $6.6 billion during that year. Firms primarily in wholesale lumber numbered 3774 in 1929, 3303 in 1939, 5576 in 1948 and nearly doubled to the 10,314 in 1954. The trade employed 727,740 people in mid-November 1954 at an annual payroll of $554 million. In addition to paid employes, 4984 active owners brought the total to 132,724, of which 17,179 were salesmen.

for vehicles which, during the tax year ending June 30, 1957, are first used in Decembet 1956. Future returns are to be filed on Form 2290 (Rev. Jan. 1957), copies of which may be obtained from the District Director's office early in January L957.

The tax applies to the use of highway motor vehicles having a taxable gross weight in excess of 26,000 pounds.

The following schedule will be used to determine the taxable weight of the individual trucks and buses, reported the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association :

CATEGORY

USE-TAX SCHEDUIE foxoble 91O33 weighr CATEGoRY

Single unirs (pounds)

A. 2-oxled truck equipped for use os o singlc unit with ocluol unlooded weighr of 13,0fl1 pounds or mor€ ..-- 27,OO0

D. 3 or rLqxled truck equipped for' usa os c single unil, wilh octuol unlocded weight of cl leort 13,(X)O poundr ond lesc thqn 15,000 pounds ......-.....-.-..-....-.....-..... 30,000

C. 3 or tLoxled truck equipped for used as o ringle with octuql unloaded wcighr of 16,00O pounds or more -....- 40,000

Combinotions

D. 2-oxled truck-trdclor wilh octuql unlooded weighr of ot lcqrt 5.5d) pounds qnd lcss thqn 7,06 pounds ......-.....-...-...-..-........ 30,000

E. 2-oxlcd lruck-lloclor with octuol unlooded weight of ct leost 7,0O0 poundr snd less rhon 9,5d) pounds --.--...-.---.--.-...-...--.-... 40,(nO

foxqble 9ro3s weight Combinqtions-Con, (pounds)

F, 2-qxled truck-trdctor with sctuql unloqded weight of 9,500 pounds or more ..-..- 50,000

G. 2-oxled truck with qctuol unlooded weighr of ot leq3t 9,000 pounds ond less rhon l2,0OO pounds ond equipped for use in combinolions 40,q)O

H. 2-qxled truck with qctuol unloodcd weight of 12,000 poundr or mo?G and equipped for use in combinotions --"--..--.--.--. .- 55,000

l. 3 or &oxled truck equipped for urc in combinotionr ----...-..-.,.-..- 6O,O(n

J. 3 or 4-oxled truck-troctor 60,00O

Bure:

K. Buses-toxoble gross weight is octuql unlooded weight of vehicle plus 150 poundr for eoch unit of seoting ccpccity provided for passengers ond driver.

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Deolers Get Answers lo All Their Gluestions or SCRLA Conference

(C'ontinued from the December 15 Issue)

A new experiment for the Palm Springs Conferences of the Southern California Retail Lumber Association was the "Hospitality Hour" staged between the closing of the first day's business and the annual dinner. For pleasant friendships, good fellowship, delightful refreshment and real Hospitality, this innovation proved hard to beat and the highest of praise must go to the past president hosts and their wives who sponsored it:

Wayne and Charlotte Mullin, Park and Mayme Arnold, Ralph and Helen Baker, Ben and Mildred Bartels, Tom and Catherine Fox, Lathrop and Marie Leishman, and Everett and Ida Parker.

The excellent prime rib dinner was served in the El Mirador Room 'of the Conference hotel at 7:45 p.m. The meal was enlivened with renewals of friendships among the far-flung Southern California retail lumbermen who are privileged to meet twice a year at their 4nnual Conventions. and Conferences.

President Wayne Mullin introduced the chairman of the evening, H. Park Arnold, vice-president and manager of the Fox-Woodsum Lumber Co., Glendale, and long an important SCRLA figure. In his inimitably warm and gracious manner, drnold set the stage for the main event every dealer had been awaiting-the testimonial to the beloved Paul Hallingby on the occasion of his recent retirement as vice-president and general manager of the Hammond Lumber Co., Southern division, Los Angeles.

But before he introduced the guest of honor, Arnold introduced the men who know Mr. Hallingby best-first, his co-worker, Cliff Gorce, personnel manager of this Hammond Lumber division.

"I speak for the employes of Hammond Lumber Co., I speak {or myself when I say what a distinct pleasure it has been to be associated with Paul Hallingby these many years'," Gorce began. And he told of the Hallingby history back to the San Francisco fire and his ancestry.

Paul Hallingby started to work in 1905 as a very young man in the office of Hammond Lumber Co. in San Francisco. A year or so later, following the great earthquake, he was transferred to the mill in Astoria, Ore., and in 19@ returned to San Francisco. In 1913 has was transferred to the Los Angeles ofifice, rvhere he remained until his retirement a few weeks ago. In 1918, Mr. Hallingby was made credit manag'er, and in 1921, sales manager. He

was named general manager of the Southern division in 1951 and held the position until his October resignation.

The ancestral home ofg$'aul Hallingby is Hallingby, Norway, close to Oslo. The home has been in the family since 1694, some 262 years. Paul was born in Iorva. He and his wife, Ethel, have a son and a daughter, and seven grandchildren-four boys and three girls.

Following this background talk by Cliff Gorce, Toastmaster Arnold introduced Lathrop Leishman, who spoke on Mr. Hallingby as a "cornpetitor." He told horv his father and Mr. Hallingby had spent many years rvorking for the welfare of the industry.

"Paul has had a part in making our industry strong," Lay declared. "FIe has done things which many of us have not taken the time, thought or energy to do."

He told how Hallingby, during the last war, went back to Washington and worked to establisl-r the prices that enabled the retail lumber industry to remain in business. Wayne Mullin had earlier said that Hallingby's lr'ar work "saved us millions of dollars."

"We have loved you as a competitor, and'we love you as a friend," Leishman concluded in his tribute to N{r. Hallingby.

Park Arnold next introduced Ralph Baker, another gentleman of the trade, who said, "Paul has done a great deal for both the SCRLA and the state-wide associatior, that preceded it, of which he served as president." Baker told how Mr. Hailingby had shown him kindness in getting him started and acquainted in the industry.

In the final summing-up before introducing F{onoree Hallingby himself, Park Arnold spoke on "Paul As a Friend," and then read a testimonial letter from E,verett Parker, Patten-Blinn Lumber Co., Mr. Hallingby's lor-rgtime friend, who had first been approached to master the ceremonies. The letter, addressed to Mr. Arnold, read :

"Dear Park:

"f am going to be out of the city all of next rveek and thus cannot attend the meeting at Palm Springs when the association honors Paul Hallingby, which he so richly deserves.

"I have known Paul over 35 years and have al.rvays had a great admiration for him. I have been in many meetings with him and know his fine ability and his faculty of being able to see through to the solution of difficult problems.

"I know the fine work Paul did for manv vears for the

SOCIAL ACIIVITIES dr the 7rh Annuql Polm Sp:ing Conference included rhe delightful "Hospitoliry Hour" (lefi) and the Dinner Doncc (righr), qr which President Woyne l,lullin ond rhe Hql Browns moy be glimpsed stcnding tolking in right foreground

H. PARK ARNOID (rtonding of mike in lefr photo) m.c.'eed the lestimoniol dinner to Poul Hollin$by wirh guests of honor cnd SCRLA officers or heqd toble.

Photo qt right shows the long receplion line which woited to personclly greet Mr. snd

California Retail Lumber Association, the predecessor of our own association, and then with the Los Angeles Allied Products Institute. He played a prominent part in our successful operation under the Codes in 1933 and 1934. He has been a strong backer of the Southern California Retail Lumber Association since its inception. During the last World War, his fine ability and personality rvas shown in his successful efforts with the Office of Price Administration, which was of immense value to every lumber company in Southern California. The association rvill greatly miss the strong influence and the fine judgment of one of the most popular lumbermen Southern California has ever had.

"f ary indeed sorry I cannot attend the Conference, and I want to thank yotr" Park, for all you have done for our association and lumbermen in Southern California.

"Sincerely yours, Everett Parker."

Following the reading of the letter, Mr. Arnold read a touching and familiar poem in tribute to the honor guest and then, just before introducing Mr. Hallingby personally, called him to the microphone, presented him the beautiful and colorful, framed scroll on parchment, and read aloud to the audience the inscription:

"In Grateful Appreciation to PALIL IIALLINGBY for his nxany years of outstand.ing leadership, faithful seraice and loyal deztotion to the Lumber Ind,ustry of California as Director and. Fresident of this Association, and to the Nation as a distingnished member of the National Advi,sory Committee to th.e Ofice of Price Administration dwring World War II, the Board of Directors of Southern California Retail Lumber Association., meeting in regular .ression, unaninr,ously elected, him President Emeri,tr.rs and Senior Director in recognition of his able and insfiring lead,ership. Confirmed. this 14th day of Noaem,ber 1956. (Signed) President Wayne F. Mullin,, Erecutizte Vice-President Orrie trA'. H qrni,lton."

With his own innate modesty and warmth of personality, Paul Hallingby graciously accepted his scroll and voiced his brief but sincere thanks:

"You've had to minimize the mistakes and enlarge on the little virtues, but I must say I like it," he said. "As we go along, we come to appreciate our friends. May I say the warmest gratitude I know, and God bless you all."

For several minutes following the honor ceremony, Paul and his good rvife Ethel Hallingby stood behind the head table of the dinner and greeted an almost never-ending

Mrs. Hollingby (sronding behind roble)

PAUI. HATLINGBY's HONOR CERE'IAONY by rhe Sourhern Coliforniq Retoil lumber A:sociolion is picrured ot the botlom of rhe pcge. In the left phofo cre Orrie lY. Hqnihon, SCRIA exccutive vicapresident; ftlr. Hollingby cccepting rhe hondsome scoll from Pqrk Arnold, ond Presidenr A/lullin.

Mrs. Hollingby (Ethel) wos photogrophed wirh her husbqnd (right) by The CAl,lFORNIA ]U'I/IBER MERCHANT CS ThEY grotefully odmire this signol honor to lhe vetercn retiring lumbermon by his industry

reception line rvhich rvished to shake their hands, and wish health and long happiness in his retirement to the veteran lumberman rvho served his company and his industry with distinction and gained the everlasting respect of his fellow lumbermen for his remarkable leadership in helping to develop a price formula consistent with the economic conditions of the industry and the nation during the war.

The dealers' Conference resumed Thursday morning, November 15, at 9:30 in the El Mirador Theatre following breakfast gatherings.

After thanking the hosts for the Hospitality Hour of the evening before, President Mullin introduced the chairman of the morning business sesgion, James H Nelson, secretary-treasurer of the Buena Park (California) Lumber Co. The rising young dealer had a stimulating panel for the Vital Costs and Accounting Workshop. He first introduced his moderator of the workshop, Homer H. Burnaby, executive vice-president of the Sun Lumber Co., Wilmington.

Most of the discussion rvas private to the association . membership, who gained a great many worthwhile benefits from their attendance, so only a few highlights can be made public here.

Moderator Burnaby's own remarks concerned the profit margin in relation to turnover, current conditions in the yards and similar matters. He first introduced Panelist

Ralph D. Russell, vice-president and assistant treasurer, Consolidated Lumber Co., Wilmington, to start the workshop. Dealer Russell talked on Credit Policy and told hou' to establish a realistic one.

The next panelist introduced was Charles F. Ward, controller of the Sun Lumber Co. yard at San Pedro, who talked at length on Operations Analysis in Retail Lumber. after which Burnaby called on the next member, C. Gilmore Ward, president of Ward & Harrington Lumber Co., Santa Ana, for a brief Cash Discount discussion. In the remaining time for the workshop panel, Members Ralph N. Baker, vice-president and general manager of Barr Lumber Co., Santa Ana, and John l). Sullivan, vice-president and manager of Western Lumber Company of San Diego, also got in some telling points on the topic at hand.

In the Question-and-Answer period that enlivened this session, as they did all the sessions, L. A. Beckstrom pointed out that their Arcadia yard gives 2/o discount to contractors only, Bill Cowling of San Diego's Dixie yard remarked that they have cluit the 2/o discount on all accounts under $50, Paul Fritchey declared that many industrial accounts do not even take 2/o at his Alhambra yard, and "Luy" Leishman told about the M&MA standard form to protest Unemployment Compensation on too much labor turnover.

An excellent buffet luncheon was again served on the

ROSTER OF DETEGATEIi TO THE 7TH ANNUAT RETAIT IUMBER DEALER,S CONFERENCE

El Mircrdor Hofel - Pqlm Springs,

Bob qnd Pot Alley, Formers Lumber & Supply Co., Downey

Berncrd cnd l/loxie Anowclt, Anowqlt lumber & Molcrialt Co., Tuiungo

Hql qnd Frcnces Anowoh, Anowoh lumber & Mqleriols Co., Tuiungo

Pcrk nnd ltoyme Arnold, Fox-Woodsum lumber Co., Glendale

Rolph ond Helen Baker, Borr Lumber Co., Sonlo Ano

Ed*ard ond lourc Bollcnlyne, Signol Lumber Co., lnc'. Long Becch

Wilbur qnd Joie Borr, Borr lumbcr Co., Sontc Ano

Ben ond frlildred Bqrtels, Peoples Lumber Co., Venlutc

Austin ond Nellie Botcheldcr, Rossmon lllill & lumber Co., Wilmington

L. A. ond Rolh Bcclillrom, Arcodio Lunber Co., Arcadio

Cqrvel ond Aileen Brown, Orbon lumbcr Co., Porodcnq

Hot ond Dorothy Brown, Woodheod Lunber Co., Los Angeles

Stonley ond Yvonne Brown, Ghondlcr lumber Co., Von Nuys

Norbert cnd Cloirc Bundrchuh, Brucc Bundschuh, Myille Avcnuc

lumber Co., ilonrovio

Homer ond Dorothy Burnoby, llis Soroh Burnoby, 5un Lumber Co.,

Son Pedro

Al & Wincno Chitdr, lumber & Buildcrr 3upply Co.' Solono Bcoch

Rex ond Arlene Clork, Sun lumbcr Co., Sqn Pcdro

Jock ond Elirho Cline, Peoplec Lumber Co., Vcnturo

Chorlcr and Horriel Coopcr, W. E' Cooper tumber Co., Los Angcler

Williom G. Cooper, W. E. Gooper Lumber Co., lot Angeles

Gcorgc ond Violet Cordrey, So. Golif. Rctoil lumbcr Asn., Lor Angclcr

Fronk Docpker, Alullin lumbcr €o., Norrh Hollywood

llerrill ond Pouline Edmirton, Werlern Lumber Co., Son Dicgo

Joc and lconc Fitzpotrick, Consolidorcd Lumbcr Co., Wilmingron

Erik Flsmcr, So. Colif. Rcloil lumbcr Acsn., lo: Angeler

lhomas ond Borbqro Fleming, Flcming & Highlowcr lumber Co., Los Angeles

ihomos and Cotherine Fox, John W. Fisher lumber Co., Sontq Monicq

Pqu[ ond Elvero Frilchcy, Polm Avenuc Lurnbcr Co., Alhqmbro

John ond Cothcrinc Gonohl, Ernert Gqnqhl lumber Co., Anoheim

Oscqr ond ldo Gibbs, Gibbs lumbcr Co., Anoheim

Dunqon ond Allene Gibson, Gibson Lumber Co,. Scn Bernordino

Cliftord !. Gorce, Hommond Lumbcr Co., lot Angeler

Poul and Erhel S. Hollingby, Hommond lumber Co., lor Angeles

Orrie qnd louise Homilton, 3o. Colif. Rctqil lumber Assn., Los Angelcr

fony ond Alorgorel Honsen, lAullin Lumber Co., Los Angeles

Fronk ond Juonito Horrington, Word & Horrington. lunrber Co., Sonto Anq

Glenn ond Cleono l{orris, Erncrt Gonohl lumber Co., loke Arrowhecd

,:stuort ond Kolhorino Horrir, lounsberry & Horrir, lor Angclcr

Stephen ond Edirhc Hcthowoy, Oceonside lumber Co., Oceqnside

Norton Hothqwoy, Occon:ida lumber Co., Occonridc

€.. W. ond Noro Hertcr, Ward & Horrington lumber Co., Sqnla Ano

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Golif. - November | 4-16, 1956

George ond Mory Hinklc, Con:olidqted Lumber Co., Wilmington

Wqlloce ond Dorothy Hull, Hull Bror. lumher Co., Conogo Pork

Woyne ond Donno Hull, Hull Bros, Lumber Co., Conogo Pork

Bob qnd Virginio Jomes, Mocco Lumber Co., Poromounl

Georgc cnd lcne Johnson, Notionol lumber Co., 'Nctionol City

Frode ond Hsrriet Kilrtofte, Rogsnqn lllill & tumber Co., Wilmington

Frederick cnd Alice Kronz, Golden 5tote Lumber Co., Sonto ltonico

Herschell ond Annobel Lorrick, Lumber & Buildars Supply Co., Solono Beoch

Corl ond iltorion loughlin, Mor Visto lumber Co., Los Angeles

Lothrop ond llorie Leishmon, Crown City Lumber & It/till Co., Pqsodenq

Corr qnd Ollie AlcCouley, Ontorio Lumber & Hqrdwore Co., Ontorio

Horry ond tno lllcGohey, Son Diego lumber Co,, Son Diego

Albcrt qnd Evelyn l/lcKee, Forcst Lumber Co., lo: Angeles

Kingrlon llcKec, lmperiol Volley Lumber Co., Brcwlay

Wiltiam ond lucilc llormion, Scn Gobriel Volley Lumbcr Co., San Gobricl

Arthur ond Potricio Milliken, Viney-Milliken lumber Co,, Covino

Russcll ond Merced Mullin, Burbsnk lumber Co., Burbonk

Woync ond Chortotte llullin, Mullin Lumbcr Co., Los Anqcler

Jomcr ond Mory Nclron, Buenq Pork lumber Co., Buena'Pork

W. V. ond llcrgorel O'Brien, Son Gobriel Voltey lunbcr Co', Son Gobriel

Gcorgc ond Fcye Rodccker, Willioms lumber Yord, Azuso

Al E. Rogcr. Hydc Po* lumbcr Co., lor Angeler

Rolph cnd Lelo Ru:rell, Con:olidotad lumber Co., Wilmingron

Hcrold ond lrobel Smirh, Smith-Trcvor Lumbcr Co., Son Diego

Poul ond Joonpc Snydcr, llullin lumber Co., Sfudio City

Golc ond Yvonnc Sfofiord, l/tullin Lumrbcr Co., 5qn Gqbric!

Elrie W. Sollivon, We3lcrn Lumber Co., Son Diego

John ond Elconor Sullivon, Wettern lumber Co,, Son Dicgo

Robcrt ond lorno 9utton, Airlinc lumbcr Co., San Diego

Dean ond Noro Swcrlz, l/lar Vislc Lumber Co., Los Angeler

Wolr ond Grcce foylor. Wolt Tcylor lumber Co.. Anoheim

lorry ond l/lory Vcn Ordcr, Bluc Stor lumbcr Co., Lynwood

Al ond Hildo Wohl, Consolidqtcd Lumber Co., Wilmington

Gilmorc ond Mildrcd Word, Word & Horringlon Lumber Co., Sonlo Ano

Chorles ond Berh Word, Sun lumber Co., 5qn Pedro

Howord ond Kothlcen Wellmcn, Western Lumber Co., Son Diego

Hugh ond Gcrtrudc Wilhoit, W. E. Cooper lumbcr Co., los Angeles

Jqck qnd llcuveno Adelstein, Sunlcnd lumbcr Co., Norvolk

Bill qnd leoh Crowell, Sovrhlond Lumber & Supply Co., Inglewood

Voughon Dovicr, Thompson Lumber Co.' lrd', Son Bernordino

Roy ond Ruth Engstrcnd, Wilmington lumbcr Co., los Angela:

Dovc and loscnory Hill, BuAank Lumbcr Co., Brirbqnk

Moycr cnd itildred Wcircl, Sunlond Lumbcr Go., El Monfe

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President Mullin started the last gathering by introducing the chairman of the afternoon session, Robert R. James, manager of the Macco Lumber Co., Paramount. Chairman James, in turn, introduced the dealer who was to lead the discussion in an entire Question-and-Answer p61urn"What, Why and How Do You Do? This was the inimitable Hal A. Bror,r'n, president of the Woodhead Lumber Co., Los Angeles, who would be equally at home on any platform, rvhether or not made of wood.

After starting his program by declaring a now wellknown "Reason for the SCRLA Conferences' success": "If we find a way to make a profit, we don't inind sharing it with our fellow lumbermen," Dealer Brown

kicked off a lively and never-laggrng Q-and-A period wh'ich covered abciut everything in the dealer's book.

The topics covered in this unique session ranged from one dealer's praise of the 2-way Panel Saw in his yard operation to Ben Bartels' telling how the Peoples Lumber Co. now gives contributions to the Community .Chest for Christmas instead of the former individual, big customer gifts. You can guess at the variety of subjects covered in between.

Erik Flamer was asked to interrupt the steady flow of interesting questions and just-as-interesting answers from these alert dealers, to tell of his progress as an SCRLA field man in the new grade-names stamping promotion. To both his longtime friends and those hearing him for the first time, Mr. Flamer was one of the undisputed stars

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The bottom photo showr Bob Jomcr {seofed) as choirmqn of thc Dircu::ion session, while Hal Brown, who conduclcd the Question-ond-Anrwer progrom, rlondr or rhe mike (righr). of this Conference. He knows his business and he makes you just as familiar with it.

All during the "What, Why and How Do You Do?"

Q-and-A Forum, Discussion Leader Hal Brown had been projecting slides on the big screen and getting his dealer audience off on fascinating business tangents. As stated before, much of the discussion was private membership information, but non-member and non-attending member alike may glean from these questions an idea of what vital content he missed in the members' answers from the audience floor before the sun went dourn all too soon on the discussion, the day and the Conference:

1. Have you found that some of your suppliers are. now your competitors; that what you regard as exclusively retail customers are now solicited and treated by the supplier on the same basis as they do you?

2. What means have you found for best disposing of shorts, weathered and fall-down stock i

3. How many use piece-pricing? Is it successful? Is there resistance to this manner of pricing?

4. Do you give cash discounts on (a) Counter sales, (b) on charge sales regardless of amount, and (c) how closely do you adhere to discount rate?

5. What technical advances and mechanical innovations have you come across to cut operating costs ? What new time- and cost-saving techniques do you use in your sales and administrative processes ?

6. Can Self-Service be successful in typical existing retail operations?

7. We are confronted by very substantial additional costs in wages and pensions.

A). What do you plan for your office, clerical and administrative force, and

B). How do you expect to meet this problem costwise?

8. What is the basis of your cartage charge? If not charged, how is it reconciled?

9. What are your business hours? Are you open (a) Saturdays, (b) Sundays, (c) nights?

10. Do you collect, store, give away or sell your rvood waste? How?

11. What have you found to be the best means of obtaining and developing efficient office and yard help?

12. What is your policy in disciplining salaried employes who take excessive time off for sick leave or for various reasons ?

13. What do you do to compensate those employes who are loyal and take little or no time off?

14. What have you done to broaden your product line ? Have you added-power tools, metal building materials, hardware, paint, steel casements, etc. ?

At this point the sun went down, the light in the projection machine went out, three or four dealers were stand(Continued on Page 57)

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Wc sincerely hope ihat the New Year will be a Happy end Prosperous one for you. The folks at Inland lumber will pot forrh every effort lo merif your continued confidence.

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A very practical poet by the name of Kipling wrote: "I keep six honest serving men, they taught me {l I knew; their names are What and Why and When, and How and Where and Who?"

There's a good tip for lumber merchants to use in their business. In these days of high labor costs, hustlers who work for nothing are much to be desired. And here Kipling suggests a good half dozen, whose names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Whb? On the pay-

Hoo-Hoo Gifis for LeRoy Boys

Lou Weidner, retired general superintendent for E. J. Stanton & Son, Inc., Los Angeles, was responsible for the distribution of 25 cornplete paint sets to the boys at the LeRoy Boys' Home in LaVerne. Weidner is the owner of Fleurette's, a modern artists' supply house in Temple City. The paint sets met with immediate acceptance by the boys and also developed some hidden talent.

Paul Rayburn, district sales manager for Pabco in Southern California, has been actively helping the committee for tl"re school workshop to secure various species of building materials for the new building, according to Larry Weiland. "He has been of great assistance to us in Hoo-Hoc.r Club 2 and his support has been greatly appreciated," Larry said.

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"WHAT building service can I render you?"

'WHY go without a home when you could have one?"

"WHEN can I meet you and your wife and show my plans, pictures, figures, etc?"

"HOW would you like figures and information on the modernizing of your old home?"

"WHERE can you invest your savings to better advantage than in a home or home improvement?"

"WHO do you know in your neighborhood who needs modern building service this season? I'd like to call on them."

Many other questions you will think of for using these "honest serving men" of Mr. Kipling's. They are not private to Kipling, you understand. They belong to any enterprising merchant who will figure ways to put them to work.

He says that "they taught me all I knew," which certainly recommends their use to all live-wires in business.

And they cost their employer nothing.

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San Francisco-The increasing interest in outdoor cooking and camping in the western states is expanding the charcoal industry. The U. S. Forest Service reports a growing number of inquiries as to types of kilns to be used, processing and related problems.

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Our deoler friends are the "Whoos.Hoo" oJ lumber merchonls-best in ihe business. They know, lheir frqde knows ond we know thoi Rockport Redwood is olwoys right-olwcys well up to grude. Dependoble quoliry. And notfiing surpqsses Rockport's Certified Dry Redwood Bevel Siding ond Finish. x

lounds Lumber Compony is cxclusive diridbvlot for Rockport Redwood and salcs agctrt lor olhsr leading Redwood mifls. Rouads also teptesenls producers ol top qvalily Dovglas Frr, Whttc Fir, Pondeross Plne and Sugar Pine.

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Program plans were completed late last month for the annual membership meeting of the Woodwork Institute of California. The event will be held at the Hotel Statler in Los Angeles on Friday, January 11. The Hartford Room of the new l-rotel will be WIC headquarters, and registration will be in the Wilshire Room starting at 8:00 a.m.

The business starts at 9:00 a.m. with a Panel Meeting continuing until 11:00 a.m. Topic of the panel will be ".Archite,ctural Woodwork in Your Future." Panel members are to be A. B. Gallion, dean of the College of Architecture, USC; I)r. C. Thomas Dean, chairman, Dept. of Vocation and Industrial Education, Long Beach State College, and Dr. Fred E. Dickinson, director of the Forest

Products Research Laboratory, Richmond. The topic will be approached from the viewpoint of "Design Trend," "Manpower Availability and Training" and "Materials Availability and Utilization." Panel members will rvelcome questions, announces Bernard -8. Barber, Jr., secretary of the Woodwork Institute of California.

Scheduled from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. rvill be a Cocktail and Social Hour, with lunch timed for L2:3O.

For the lunch and afternoon session, the speaker will be Dr. Dickinson, popular Californian who rvill talk on "Research: The Tree through tlie mill to the customer-even to rvood waste !" This will be followed by a talk from WIC President Byron K. Taylor on "An Appraisal of Where We've Been and Where We're Going."

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tn oddition TItte-7 ore octively engoged in the procurement ond dislribution of oll West Coost lumber products qnd mointoin buying offices in producing oreos to give the frode complete one-coll service.

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Ted Israel of Edwards Lumber & Mfg. Co. was elected a director of the S. F. Junior Chamber of Commerce Dec. 14. Ted was recently honored with "Key N{an of the Month" honors by the SFJC and has been active in Jaycee matters since 1950. The 1,0@-strong organization is headed by 15 directors and ofificers.

Martin Cooper and Peter Wilhelm last month moved the wholesale lumber operation of Wilfred T. Cooper Lumber Co. from Glendale to Long Beach.

Northern California dealers attendirrg the 1956 NRLDA Exposition in Chicago, Dec. 10-13, included Carl Travis, manager of Wilmars, Inc., San Jose; Herb Crawford, manager of Hillsdale Builders Supply Co., San Mateo, and George Adams, Noah Adams I-urnber Co., Walnut Grove. In addition, Jack Pomeroy of the LMANC and Joe Kirk, NRLDA director from Santa Maria, also put in an appearance.

Carl W. Watts, Oakland rvholesale lumber broker, visited mill connections in the Humboldt region in early December.

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NAHB Convention Jqnuory 20-24

A dramatic presentation of new trends, new rrrethods and new products will kick-off the 1957 home building season, January 2(124,in Chicago. This will be the National Association of Home Builders' 13th annual ConventionExposition and a full-house attendance of more than 30,000 is predicted. The facilities of three convention centers, the Conrad Hilton and Sherman hotels and the Chicago Coliseum, r,vill be used to accommodate a total of more than 775 exhibit spaces.

Several of the stand-out displays of new and improved products at the annual builder's shorv will be the result of' cooperative efforts among competitive manufacturers. The perimeter of the Coliseum exhibit hall will be lined with displays of power tools, grouped together for easy "comparison shopping." Exhibits of mechanized equipment -tractors, trailers, and self-propelled light construction equipment and attachments, will be grouped nearby.

Lumber and millwork-the backbone of the industry -will be displayed in the Sherman hotel. These displ,ays are being grouped througlr' the coordinated efforts of the Ponderosa Pine Woodwork Association and associated members and companies.

NAHB's famous "how-to-do-it circus." an odds-on favorite at NAHB conventions, will be held on the morning of the convention's closing day, Thursday, January 24. Simultaneous demonstrations will show the best application techniques for various products widely u.sed in the home building industry.

Convention program activities will run the gamut from

financing through community facilities; shop talks, panel discussions and addresses on such vitally important subjects as the financial outlook, taxes, management methods and merchandising. The sessions rvill bring together leading figures from business. government :rncl industry rvith NAHB leaders. Problems of the "l to 20" builder u'ill hc highlighted in special program features.

Many important steps have been taken to strearnline thc five-day meeting and insure greater convenience for the convention visitors. Attendance rvill be restricted to registered delegates only during the first tu,o days of the shou-. Exhibits rvill be open until l0 p.m. on opening Sunday. s,r that delegates who will be participzrting in meetings and program sessions during the latter part of the convention rvill have ample opportunity to tour the exposition areas. Free shuttle bus service rvill be pror.ided on an exter.rded schedule to move visitors between the three locations.

The annual NAHB convention is open to all persons connected with the home building industry-dealers, contractors, engineers, architects, mortgage men, tnanufacturers and others.

Convention headquarters are: National Association of Home Builders, 111 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago.l. Requests for hotel reservations must be accompanied by the advzrncc registration fee ($15 for men, $10 for rvomen). Name, address, business affiliation and date of arrival must be furnished for each person for rvhom a<lvance registration is requested.

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NBMDA Annuol Doubles Attendonce to Set New Record

A new record in attendance was established at the annual meeting of the National Building Material Distributors Assn. at the Sheraton hotel in Chicago, November 12 and 13. Almost doubling attendance of a year ago, building rnaterial wholesalers from 37 states and Canada, as well as representatives from 88 national manufacturing organizations, participated in the fifth annual, rvhose theme covered "What's Ahead in 1957."

The first day r,r'as open to all manufacturers and their representatives, the second day was tl-re business meeting for members of NBMDA. A total ol 448 persons gathered for this tvvo-day business meeting.

Follor,r'ing the call to order by C. A. Haag, president of NBMDA, he announced a 22ok increase in membership since the meeting a year ago and that the association coulcl look forrvard to a membership of 450-500 wholesale building material distributors u'ithin the next few years.

The general program brought together outstar,dir.rg executives in the fields of finance, government ilnrl busirress, highlighted by several talks includir-rg:

"The Outlook for Mortgage Money in 1957"

by

Robert H. Pease, V. P.-Draper & Kramer, Chicago.

"How the Government Looks at Housing in 1957"

by Herbert Studer, Federal Housing Administratiorr. Washington.

"Togetherness-The Future is Bright"

by

Art Hood, Editor, American Lumberman, Chicago.

"The General Construction Outlook in 1957"

by Walter E. Hoadley, Treasurer.

Armstrong Cork Co., Lancaster, Pa.

The afternoon program presented Harry Babcock, director, Bureau of Investigation, Federal Trade Commission. Washington, D. C., r'vho discussed "When May a Functional Discount Be Granted," and the Panel Discussion on "Sales Helps-Is the Wholesaler Doing an Effective Job ?"

NBMDA officers and directors elected for 1957 rvere E,ldon Reising, Evansville, Ind., president; T. J. Dougherty, Cincinnati, Ohio, vice-president, and D. N. Peterson, Philadelphia, re-elected treasurer. Directors elected for a term of two years included R. E. Freeman, So-Cal Building Materials Co., Los Angeles, Calif.

On the morning of the second day, three Product Round-

Table Panels rvere held on Lumber and Millwork Products' Roofing and Insulation Board Products, ancl Steel and Wire Products. Following these separate meetings, the entire group convened to hear rep()rts of the chairmen of the respective Panels. The afternoon session include<l "Sales Motivations and Incentives," "What's Nerv in Inventory Systems," and "Can The Dealer-Distributor Team Be Strengthened ?"

At the business meeting concluding activities. it rvas atrnounced that the national Spring meeting of NBMDA would be held in the Jung hotel in Neu' Orleans, NIal15.16-17,1957, reported S. M. Van Kirk, general manager.

NBl,tDA Wins Trqde Group Awqrd

A national ar.vard for "outstanding service to the public: and to the industry rvhich it represents" has been receivecl by the National Building Material Distributors Association. C. A. Haag, Springfield, Ill., NBl\{DA president, announced granting of the au'ard by the American Societv of Association E,xecutives. It rvas the first time any building material group had receivecl this ltonor, Haag sai<|.

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The NBMDA program on rvhich the award rn'as based consisted of a round table type conference of building material wholesalers and retailers in Chitago's Sheraton hotel early last year, Haag said. At the conference, a total of 17 wholesale distributors and l6 retail dealers, selected to represent a true cross-section of the trvo distribution levels from the standpoint of both volume and geographical location, participated in the discussion of major distribution problems, criticisms and complaints.

C)nce tl.re problems were aired, the participants were divided into groups, each group being given one phase or category of the problems and asked to prepare recommendations to the entire conference.

"We believe this open discussion of building material distribution problems cleared the air of many misunderstandings about the roles of the rvholesale distributor and the retailer and paved the way for establishing fair and reliable standards in distribution," Haag said. "We feel honored that the American Society of Association Executives by selecting our pro€Jram for its outstanding activities award, agrees with our association on the benefits to be derived by such conferences and the standards that can evolve from them."

The major reason for the effectiveness of the conference, Haag said, is that the very persons who are most affected by distribution standards or the lack of them-the wholesaler and the retailer-were given an opportunity to "air their gripes" and work out their

own. solution to the problems that confronted them.

NBMDA no\\' represents over 260 r'vholesale distributors of building materials in 37 states, employing ,rver 1100 salesmen and handling over 35,000 clrrloads of building materials, using over 7l mlllion s(lu:rre feet o{ rvarehottsespace, according to some recent stittistics released llv the NBMDA office.

Horbor, Celotex ond White Bros. Sponsor Boy Arecr Deqler Meeting

A big pre-Christmas dinner meeting for Bay Area lumber dealers was sponsored by Harbor Plyr,vood Corp. of California, The Celotex Corporation and White Brothers at the Claremont hotel in Berkeley, December 5, to acquaint the dealers rvith nerv products recently developed by Celotex and also the big 1957 national advertising campaign it soon rvill launch.

Over 175 attended the event to hear Gates Ferguson' director of advertising and sales promotion for Celotex, deliver his timely speech on "Horv t<t Make Your Entire Organization a Sales Organization." Also attending the meeting and representing Celotex were -fack Weaver, Paul F. Decker and several Celotex salesmen

Mal Hill, branch manager of Harbor Plyrvood Corp. at San Francisco, and several of his men, along with Don White, vice-president and general manager of White Brothers, and his salesmen \\,'ere also on hancl for the highly successful and informative meeting.

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It was Sioux country and snow was on the ground in big drifts soon after the last southward sweep of wild geese across the sky. The cold came down to 40 degrees weeks before the swivel gun was fired over Fort Mandan to hail the dawn of Christmas, 1804.

There were two slaves in the winter camp of 4O soldiers as Christmas came. One was a giant black man named York, owned by Captain William Clark. The qther slave was a little red girl of 17 or 18 years, the property of a Monsieur Charbonneau, who had won her in a stick game with his friends. the Gros Ventres Indians. The tribe had captured her five years earlier, in a battle with the Shoshones, on the headwaters of the Missouri.

The genial gambler and guide had brought three "wives" along when the captains hired him as an interpreter. The two Gros Veltres girls were sent home but the Shoshone slave, Sacajawea, was kept. The captains hoped that she might be of help on the crossing of the unknorvn continental divide-and this proved to be a good hope in 1805.

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D"ruirrg California dealers with a combined Annual Production of over 100,000,000 feet of Douglas fir INTERIOR and EXTERIOR ptywood Tbrougb qualifed' iobbers only.

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Dpecializing in TRUCK & TRAILER* delivery as well as Carload lots.

xAll Truck and Trailer sbipnents protected. by POLYETHYLENE cooering in ad.dition to tatpaalin,

The journals of the expedition tell that Christmas dawn was greeted by "small arms fire" and some shots from thc swivel gun and by the first raising of the American flag in tl.rat Missouri River region of Mr. Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase. Brandy was swigged by all hands, both before and after the ceremony, excluding the red slave but including the black one.

It was a "big medicine day" for the white people, the Mandans and Sioux were told, when the captains ordered the natives to stay away from the fort. Then tl-re "merrily disposed" men fell to dancing in squares, lvith tunes brought alive by a fiddle, a tambourine and a "sounden horn" or bugle. Solos were jigged and sashayed by the slave, York, an agile and skilled dancer for all of his lean, muscular bulk and weight. There were entertaining soloists among the white dancers, too. The athletic dances of the day made good play for them all.

The hunters had come in with loads of buffalo meat before the deep snows, then as Fort Mandan was completed the friendly Indians brought in gifts of food. -fhe Mandan wife of Chief She-he-ke had packed in a hundred pounds of fine frozen hump meat, bearing it easily beside her papoose. The Dakota winter provided efficient cold storage for all food supplies. So the Christmas Day feasting was as unrestrained as the dancing, despite the lack of feminine company.

There was no sad repining among the young men for the comforts and companionships of the homes left behind.

Ax, Rifle and Boat .

The start had been made on the mornir-rg of May 14, 1804, when the expedition's hunters crossed the Mississippi and rode up the Missouri's bank. The last boat had spread sail against the muddy current at four in the afternoon.

On Friday, November 2, axmen fell tb work on groves of cottonwood, ash and elm at the place that is today's

Soles Agenfs for DURABTE PTYWOOD CO. DURABTE FIR IU'YIBER & PTYWOOD CO.

Mandan, South Dakota. In three weeks two sets of structures, each set 54 by 14 feet, were in shape to provide shelter. Well before Christmas, puncheon floors, insulated 'ivith grass, lvere bearing bunks, tables and benches.

The food stocks rvere low by the first of February, but then the weather was kind and the prairie yielded good hunting, even if the meat was lean and tough. There was little in camp to cheer about until March 31, when the rains came and the ice broke.

Then the .rvay.west was taken again, with 2,000 miles of travel and toil to the next lvinter camp, rvith ax, rifle and boat. Sacajawea had won a place in the boats for herself and her seven-weeks-old Baptiste. And none was more loved by all hands than the giant of strength and laughter. black York, slave of Captain Clark.

Deqlers Win Mqrlire Prizes

Winners of $25 U. S. savings bonds in a Marlite dealer telephone cluiz include Clyde V. Pugh, Redlands Carpet & Linoleum, Redlands, Calif.; Rich Johnson, Bell Lumber Co., Yuma, Ariz., and Forrest Lundstrom, L. & W. Inc., Temple City, Calif. The prizes were won by 24 out ol 25 dealers, called by lot, for correctly repeating the words of the headline in a current Marlite ad in Better Homes & Gardens.

I-a Habra, Calif.-The planning commission approved a revised tract for a 46-unrt development in the Kenbo An_ nexation north of Whittier boulevard between Cypress ave_ nue and Fullerton road.

PTOTOPIAT h TC]J LICHTS OT THE YEAP II\ EEVIEIry

FIRSI SMOG-FREE DISPOSAt UNIT of its kind opproved by the [. A. County Air-Pollution Control Boqrd wqs this $35,000 burner instqlled ot the Artesio (Coliforniq) Door Compony during the yeor

OPERATION

HOME IMPROVEMENT proved ifself o force lo reckon with in ifs first yeor-" '56-the Yeqr to Fix," ond goes inio 1957 wirh o new lheme, "Better Your Living." Here the OHI execulive director, John R. Doscher, oddresses the Arizono deqlers ot their Flogstoff convenlion lost Spring, os fucson deqler [. P. Hermes looks on. Moriho Nowels spurred OHI in Tucson

ION G-BETI Lumber Co. sent this Douglos fir peeler log ocross lhe counlry lo U.5. Junior Chqmber of Commerce convenlion in Konsqs City in June. Its yield would hove been 92,000 sq. feet of rs" plywood

GRADE NAMES become the order of the doy on Morch l5 when lhe industry ofticiollY odopred West Coost Rule No15. In qs clever o bit of promotion os the trode hod seen rn ANY yeor, fhe West Coqsl Lu m b e rme n's Associqtion rounded up lhe four lovelies ol the left lo perpeluofe the new grode NAMES: Economy, Utility, Stondord ond Construclron L 750 UTIL% MIL

MILL 750 EcoilsT% M ILL 750 EsTAltD ,1,

ONE OF THE EIGGEST THINGS in the reroil lumber deoler field in Sourhern Coliforniq in 1955 wos th€ slort lost Fall of rhe Reroil lumber Troining Institufe, o cooperolive venture of the Southern Cclifornio Retoil lumber Associotion ond Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club 2. Acring for Hoo-Hoo wele Snork Jim Forgie (lefi, obove) and Jerry Wesrphol (righr), rhe lotier hoving been insrrumeniol in rtorting the eorlier, pqttern coulse in his Rivercide Hoo-Hoo club in Jonuory losl yeor. Here they fionk Dr. Close

ORRIE W. HAMII,TON (lefl) wirh Dr. WENDEI CIOSE, rhe insrructor of rhe Riverside classes, who voluobly consented qlso to coordinqte the SCRIA-HooHoo RLTI in los Angeles, which will rontinue unfil Spring in posadena on luesdoys ond Sonto Ano, fhursdoys. Above. Homilton addresses posqdeno clqss

sTlItED BY FlooD wATERS-This big sowmill ot Eureko-, Colifornid wds iu3t one of the mony in Northern Cotiforniq thdt woe forced to suspend operdtions in Jonuory 1956 ofier the floods of thot month ond December-1955 sent the rcmpaging Eel River Lver its bonks to isolote severol lowns. Ihe,,eooring iriventory,, in the yord is mute evidence of the wroth of the foods, which moved mounr;in;, destroyed troin trackoge ond truck.routes qnd ruined lumber

PIOTOPIAL }I ICHLICHTS OT

A DETEGATION OF IHE JAPANESE PIYWOOD EXPORIERS ASSOCIATION yisited Californio in September lo explore overy p$sibility of cooperotion with rhe locql lmported Hordwood Plywood Associstion. Visitors included Y. Ohtomo, M. lwokuro ond f. Kuniyoshi. ond their ho:ts on thair los Angeles stop included John Osgood. Seeichi Nobe, Jcck ond Normon Dovidson, Al Rogers, Ehsndler Holt ond Howqrd Wickershom-qll fo be sPofied in tha pix ohove

IHE IUIIABER INDUSIRY iAADE GOOD when it furnished "rtllss cAllFoRNlA OF 1956" from its own rqnks. She wos the stunning sscr€tary - receptioni3f ot the Sierrc - Nevqdq Pine Compony of Sseromenlo, qnd her nome is Joan Eeckett. Some lumbermen hove oll rhe luck!

THE BIG EVENT OF THE HOO-HOO YEAR, of coutse' wos the Internqtionol convention in Son Froncisco in September, which hit on oll'time ofteodonce record. Cstifornio's own Snark of the Universe, Dove Dovis. congrotuloler his succcsror, Konror City's Clifi Schorling (in robes, obove) os C. D, Lefiqstar ond John Egon look on. Fronting lhe convention city, below, ore Phil Forns' worth. Dovis ond Joon Word from the "Top o' the Mork"

IHE IUII'IBER MENCHANTS ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN CAtItORNtA wos in copoble hondr ogoin in 1956 wilh itl oficcrs re-elected ot the April onnuol in Polo Alto. Serving until thi: yeor's April convention in Yosemilc Nofionol Park ore (left ro righr): Homilton Knolt, Fresno, vice-president; Chos. Shepcrd. Sqctomonlo, pr.sident; Psst-Prerid€nl nuss Stavens, deoler delegcte to the NRIDA, ond l. E. Horton, South Son Frcncisco, lreqsurer. Jock Pomeroy, meonwhile, spent 1955 hitting on oll eighr os execulive v.-p. in S. F.

THE ARIZONA Retoil Lumber & Builder: Supply Arsociotion enioycd onother successful yeor in 1955 under lhcse oftcers elected at the Flogstoff onnuol in lt/loy. They ore (lefi ro right): Fronk Hqney, Phoenix, lreosurer; l/tike Medigovich, Coitortwood, presidenl; ilorvin Snirh, Yumo, vice-presidenl. ond Howord Beols, Phoenix, vice-presidcnt, Of course, the longtime executivc aecratcrymqnoger, Gus R. Michcels, wcs right in there pirching oll yecr long, loo

IHE FIRST IOS ANGEIES WHOTESAIER-RETAILER MEEIING, onother ioint cftort of the Southern Colifornio Retoil Lumber Associotion ond 1. A. Hoo-Hoo Club 2, wcs held ot lhe Amborsodor holal losl Jonuory 24 and lqid the groundwork for rimilorly successful future onnuol meetings, SCRIA President Woyne llullin presided over ll0 proininent lumbermen roprerenfing 54 leoding retoil yords cnd 3l wholesole firms to oir ond mutuolly solve eoch other's problems

PTOTCQIAL T1 ICIILICHTS OT rHE YEAP TI\ EEVIEW

Even The CAIIFORNIA IUIUBER IIiERCHANT csme in for honors during the yeor when Governor Knighl pre3ented it the hondsome plocque below ot o dinner honoring the stoie'3 Press.Rddio-Television focililies September I qt fhe Californiq Stqte Fqir. Your "Merchont" won its "fop Slory Aword" in the trcde journol 6eld

IHE INDUSIRY HONORED onc of ils beloved veterons lqst Foll when o host of friends ond former cmployes who now read likc o Who's Who in Coort Lumlber gothered ot rhe St. Froncir hotel in Scn Frcncisco to rqlule rhe 8orh birrhdoy of M. !, "Duke" Euphrot, "rhe grond old mon" of WendlingNc?hon Compcny (:ccond from right in the first row). Scd cnd sudden trogedy come q fcw weekl loler, however, when the lovely Mrs, (Groce Crow) Euphrot (third from right) met on untimely, occidentql deoth

IHREE.SCORE AND MORE DIAMOND ,l,lAICH CO. tetsil yqrd-3tore monog€rs gcthered ot the Chico, Colifornio, home of the firm's lumbe:yards to toast the retiring lrs E. Erink (fourth from lcft in front row) on his retiremenl or yord rupcrvisor cfter mony yeors with DAiC, But Brink lefi tha yords in good hcnd;

HIGHER AIMS OF the Inlernctional Goncotenoied Order of Hoo-Hoo were exemplified by los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club 2 wirh its dedicstion of o Woodworking Shop

Proiect for the leRoy Boys' Home ot lo Verne, Colif. Kids ore shown (lefr) or rhe November dedicotion; right: leRoy Hoynes ond Hoo-Hoo Roy Sfonion, Dee Essley

THE HOO-HOO CONCAIENAIION OF IHE YEAR wos Moy 9 when Block Bqrt Hoo-Hoo Club I8l wqs formed qi Ukiah, Cqlif., with o record clqss of SEVENTY-TWO (72) Kitfens (CLM, 6/15/56',. fhese hirherro unpublished pholos from the other side of rhe fence show some of the old Cqts frolicking cr the big event. Roughly lefr ro righr, ocross the board, o.nd top to bottom, you mqy recognize Hoo-Hoo Bell, Kilgore. Coonqn ond Witzel; Steve Yoeger (president of sponsoring Club 65) ond first President Jim Hennessy of l8l; Bonner ond Gqllogher; Christie qnd Pessner; Allenby; Lochrqn ond Sullivon, ond-everywhere-o lot of good fellows

A nerv merchandising unit, known as the "Weldrvood Adhesives Center," is being offered by United States Plywdbd Corporation to the retail trades, as a selling aid to its four Weldr,vood adhesives-Plastic I{esin Glue, Contact Cement, Presto-Set Glue and Waterproof llesorcinol Glue. With eyecatching appeal zrnd a po'n'erful stimu-

lant to on-the-spot buying action, the Adhesives Center has for its chief feature "A Glue for Every Purpose" and a master-mind use chart, which supplies general information on gluingthe character glue to be used for specific projects; setting time required ; whether clamping is necessary; its resistance to rvater; amount required for sufficient coverage and color. In addition, the chart tells rvhich types of glue are adaptable to specific bonding problems-plastic to rvoo<l or rubber t<r wood, for example.

Because of this feature, the Adhesives Center is a valuable time saver in any retail store, large or small. Constructed of plywood rvith metal legs, the Center stands 60 inches high, 36 inches wide and 17 inches deep and may be used either as a wall or island display piece. The colors are reproduced in the master-mind chart to identify each glue.

The Adhesives Center was available l>eginning November 1. Including display rack and a balanced stock of the four heavily advertised Weldwood :rdhesives, in the best selling sizes, it is :rvailable for $99.89. The retail valuc of the merchandise alone is $143.44.

Recent studies show that 8l/o ol California's 17.3 million acres of commercial forest land are of good or superior quality for growing lrees.

'Ssndolwood' lnlroduced

Forest Fiber Products Co. introduces the first perfected, light-colored, prefinished temperecl hardboard. Named Sandalwood, the light color is baked into the board to give a sealed rvashable surface. Sandalrvood has added durability, n'eather and scuff resistance.

The basis of Sandalwood is longfiber Douglas fir, processed and refined for uniformity. Certain additives are mixed rvith the refined fiber to providc the unusual rveather resistance and rvorkability characteristic of the basic

$HIPPER$ 0F oUIHTY LEST G0AST rUttlBER

MixedorStrqight Gqrs Roil or Truck-qnd-Troiler

DRY or GREEN R.ough or Surfcrced

Gluoliry Control of Lumber SeGrsoning

Wif h rhe Moore Moster Au f og rq p h ic Co n troller

This single compoct inslrumenl is truly lhe "mqsler-mind" of lhe Ifloore Cross-Circulqtion Kiln-it embodies in one cose lhese seporole four-point conlrols:

Automoticolly conlrols ond records lemperolrire ( | ) ot gteen end of kiln, ond (21 ot dry end of kiln, (3) qutomqticolly controls humidity, ond (4) outomqticqlly controls roof venlilolion, consewing steom qnd fuel.

INSTRUMENT REPAIRS

Inslrumenls thst ore not occurole cosf monsy lo operole. Send your in3lrumgnt3 to our ln3lrumenl loborolory for prompl repoiring snd recolibroting. All repoir work guaronleed.

let the i/loore iioslcr Recorder Controller toka ihe "guesr" out of lumbcr drying. Wrire rodoy,

board. Sandalwood's color is baked-in, p4rt of the l-rardboard itself. It is not a coating. Ordinary food oils, dirt, bleaches, ink, etc. can be wiped off easily rvithout showing any stains. Sandalwood can be used "as is." However, if one chcloses to paint Sandalwood, one color coat does it. Its mirror-smooth surface needs no sanding or undercoat. No primers and sealers are necessary. Paint flows on evenly and smoothly. Light colors cover the surface of Sandalwood with one coat.

Although Sandalwood' is a 'wood product with the characteristics of

wood for ease of sawing and nailing, the surface is much superior to a normal wood product, and is tough enough to take almost any type of wear. Sandahvood Forest Hardboard is ideal for floors, corlnter tops, desk tops, etc. There is great flexibility in the uses one can find for Sandafivood panels in sizes 4'x4' to 4'xl6'. It is engineered for exterior use, as u'ell as interior purpose. In l/8" thickness, a rvall 12 ft. long and 8 ft. high costs about $12.00 retail with no further finishing necessary.

New | 2-poge Plywood Gotolog Lisfs Grodes, Producfs, Applicotion Dqto

The Douglas Fir Plywbod Association announces a ne\\' l2-page trvo-part illustrated catalog tor 1957 that covers fir plywood grades, specialty products and application data in condensed tabular form for architects, builders, engineers, dealers and brrilding code officials.

The booklet for the first time includes three pages of strtrctural drawings that describe recommended fir plywoocl tuses for floor construction, 'ivall sheathing, roof sheathing and various soffit applications.

Information in the catalog covers essential data needed in the construction field: Type-use, recommendations, standard stock sizes of both E,xterior and Interior types of fir plywocld most commonly available, recommendations on plywood siding and paneling, engineering data for the best results rvith plywood for concrete forms, minimum FHA requiren.rents, fundamentals of finishing and detailed information on specialty products and their application.

The catalog is designed for maximum simplicity of use and quick-reference without sacrificing essential information.

Sample copies u'ill be supplied rn'ithout charge from Douglas Fir Plyrvood Association, Tacoma 2, Wash. (Quantity orders, for sales or educational use, are priced at $4.00 per hundred for the S-page general section and $2.00 per hundred for the 4-page specialty products section.)

tOS.CAt TUTIBER CO.

Mqnson Joins Simpson Redwood Go. In Srepped-up Producf Progrom

W. E. Lawson, vice-president and general manager o1' Simpson Redwood Co., has announced immediate plans for setting up a new product development. program. "This program," Lawson said, "is part of our long range plans for improvement of our present products and processes and giving concentrated attention to more complete utilization of our ra'iv materials."

Selected to head up the program, I-arvson stated, is Byrne C. Manson of Arcata, Calif., r,videly kno.ivn throughout the redrvood lumber industrv during the past 20 years for his technical research and promotional studies o{ redwood species. Manson graduated from Stanford University as a mechanical engineer in 1935 and, until 1941, devoted most of his tin-re to design, construction and operation of dry kilns. After four years in the service he was honorably discharged as Lieutenant-Colonel, and then joined the California Redwood Association as the association consultant on general drying problems and supervised research, technical and promotional programs. For the.past year he has been connected with the Arcata Redrvood Company as iesearch engineer.

County planners

home development

84O new dwellings Blvd., Westminster for a half mile.

have authorized plans lor a 240-acre in Westminster, Calif. i plans call for on a site bounded by Garden Grove Ave., running east of Bolsa Chica St.

sAllrA ilrontcA

P.O. Box 385

Mqnufoclurers

Stock ondDefqil Flush Doors

GRE$GEIIT

Wifh Microline Gore

For f ine usoodusork, clt,oose workable Sugar Pine

one of the dependqble woods from the Western Pine mills

A, true white pine. Light in color, uniform in texture, easy to work by hand or power tools. Ideal for interior and exterior trim, paneling, sash, doors, siding, pattern and cabinetwork. Aid it is careftilIy d,ried,, insuring lower maintenance cost, mole ,G.'. accurate sizing, improved *ooJworking qualitiis.

Write for rnnr illustrated book about Sugar Pine to: Wrsrunw Prnn AssocrlrIoN, Yeon Building, Portland 4, Ore.

Tlre Weslern pines

ldaho Whiie Pine

Ponderosa Pine

Sugar Pine

ond tlrese woods lrcm

lhe Western Pine mills

WHITE FIR INCENSE CEDAR

RED CEDAn DOUGLAS FtR ENGELMANN SPRUCE TODSEPOLE PINE LARCH

are mrraulocrvrcd to hlgh sto.dordt ol TOOAY'S \^/ESTERN PINE TREE.FARMING GUARANTEES LUMBER TOMORROW

seasoning, gradlng, meoturrcman]

lmoginotion

All religion, all art, all finance, all business, every ship at sea, every bridge than spans the gulf, and every discovery in the great world of science owes its origin, its inception, its first impulse to the exercise of that. strange gift, imagination-a power to make images.

-Dr. S. Parkes Cadman

Finesse

To the dismay of the entire staff of a smart restaurant, one customer sat down and deftly tied a napkin abdut his neck. There was a whispered confefence, in which the manager instructed the waiter, "Ffe must not have his feelings hurt, but try to make him understand somehow that that's not done h€re."

The waiter approached his customer with a gentle smile: "Shave, sir, or haircut?"

Unforgetting

Whep every breath of wind

Reminds me of some wh,ispered word you've said, And every branch that bends its head

To touch me is some fond embrace, f{ow can I put old memories aside

For lesser joys? Oh that I might

In some bewitching way inspire the gods

To put all things aright

For us aspace

And give us one eternal moment of respite.

-John R. Andrews

A Smqrt Answer

He was taking his examination for a driver's licrnse, and when the officer asked him:

"What would you do if you were driving at high speed and your brakes failed to work?"

He answered:

"Hit something cheap."

That wasn't the regular answer, but a mighty good substitute.

Pride'of Ancestry

It's lucky that the ancestors of a lot of folks came over in the Mayfower. The immigration laws are much stricter now.

Scrid Ghouncey M. Depew

"The sheet-anchor of the Ship of State is the common school. Teach, first and last, Americanism. Let no youth leave the school without being thoroughly grounded in the history, the principles, the incalculable blessings of American Libqrty. Let the boys be the trained soldiers of constitutional freedom, the girls the intelligent lovers of fr€e men."

lrelond

At last I went to Ireland'Twas raining cats and dogs: I found no music in the glens, Nor purple in the bogs. And as far as angels' laugh'ter in the smelly Liffy's tideWell, my Irish daddy said it, but the dear old humbug lied.

The Womqn First

A marriage had been arranged by Queen Victoria and the Czar of Russia for Princess Alix of Hesse and Alexander, heir-apparent to the throne of Russia. Only one last detail remained to be accomplished-a formal proposal of marriage by the young Russian prince and its acceptance by the young princess.

"My father, the Czar," said the Prince, scrupulously conforming to the cer€mony of proposal, "has commanded me to offer you my hand and heart."

"My grandmother, the Queen of England," replied the Princess, with equal conformity, "has commanded me to accept your hand." But then, being first a. woman and second a princess, she departed from the prescribed ritual to add, "Your heart I shall take myself."

And history proves that she did.

He Knows His Bqrs

The policeman's son was learning music:

. "How many beats are there to the bar in this piece of music, Dad?"

"Fancy asking a policeman a question like that," said the boy's mother. "If you asked your Dad how many bars there were to the beat, he might have been able to tell you."

Fqirh

You cannot have too great faith. You cannot believe too much. All the believing you can possibly do cannot encircle more than a fragment of the truth. The universe is filled with more wonders than we can imagine. There is more good in existence than we are able to use. It is our personal limitations, not the limitations of the supply that keeps us in poverty.

He Wos Busy, Too

Mose: "Does yo'wife take in washin'?"

Rastus: "Ah shud say not. Ah takes it in an' Ah' takes it out. All she does is stay home an' wash it."

Baccolqureqte

That marriage is a worthy institution

Is a fact I'm clearly conscious of, my pet; But let this be my Leap Year's contribution; I'm not ready for an institution yet !

RANDO'N WALL O PARGI.WAII O ETCHWALL

Shown Deporting Plsnt With Clifi ,McElroy, plqnt Owner, ond Doug ftlcloughlin, Atlqs ,Representotive

PRO,I,IPT

AT FOLLOWING WESTERN BRANCHES: i

PTYWOOD TACOMA Tqcoms, Wosh.

CAPITOL PTYWOOD Sqcromenlo, Cqlif.

PIYWOOD TUTSA

Tulss, Oklohomo

PTYWOOD HOUSTON Houston, Texos

(Cliff McElroyl (Doug Mcloughlin) Now Avoiloble AT ALt ATTAS PTYWOOD CORP. WAREHOUSES

AII DAVIDSON PTYWOOD & LU'NBER CO'YTPANY BRANCH WAREHOUSES: Sqlr lqke Gity, Utoh Los Angeles Sqn Froncisco qnd Sqn Diego

PTYWOOD TEXAS Son Antonior Tex.

READY FOR Bob THEEIGE

PTYWOO-6-I,OS ANGELE5 Los'Angeles, Colif.

T\TENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY

As reported in The California Lumber Merchant January 1, 1932

Signed "A Happy New Year" and appearing on Itage .5 of this issue is an advertisemeint addressed "To Retail Lumber I)istributors." Signed by Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co.. Hammond Lumber Co., Hobbs Wall & Company, Holmes Eureka Lumber Co., Humboldt Redwood Co., The I'acific Lumber Co. and Union l.umber Company, it stated : "The united'promotional t'ork of tl-re above mills is called the California Redrvood Association-an associa-

Jt't ){ot -,llonono Wuh Ut

when you need your lumber todoyl

EFFTCIENT tUftTBER CARGO HANDLING EXPERIENCED PERSONNEt

IAODERN EQUIPMENT & FACITITIES

FAST TRUCK LOADING ASSURED

STORAGE AREA OVER IO 'IIIIIION FEET

ADJACENT TO FREEWAYS FOR FAST TRANSPORT TO Att SOUTHIAND CITIES

Just o few reosons why you should CALL

IUMBER TERtnINAL, lNG.

CAIT GEONGE DE'BRIIZ

rHoNE tEtttNAt 3-5103 or Zcnith 35lO

Yord Addrcs 60l Sourh 5€.dd. Avanuo lermlnol ltlond, Colltornl.

,|lolllng Addtosr P. O. Bo: 25 lermlnol ldond, Colllornlo

tion rvhose objecfh'e is to u.ork with retail distribr.rtors tolvard better merchandising to mutual advantage."

Lumbermen filled and distributed more than 250 emptl' nail kegs with groceries for needy families upon a call from East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club 39 for volunteers.

"Kill D. E. Pression" was the theme of the Christmas party of the Central Club's annual, Decemller 19, 'rvhen rnore than 150 lumbermen and their ladies were entertained by Modesto dealers. The committee "l'as Warren S. Tillson, Bill Mashek, George Ground, Jim Gartin and Dick Ustick. Visitors rvere rvelcomed at the Stanislaus Lumber Co. by Jim Gartin and his counter-jumpers, u'ho were costumed as the "Modesto \\'rranglers" and stagecl a square dance.

The meeting of the California Lumbermen's Council at the Hotel Californian, Fresno, on December 5 rvas reported in this issue. Ben Maisler, president of the Fresno Lumbermen's Club, rvelcomed the visitors and George N. I-ey, Santa Cruz, presided. Harry A. Lake <lf Garden Grove. president of the Calif ornia Retail Lumbermen's Assn', reviewed association progress in the state and D. C. Essley, manager of the association, outlined the future plans.

Bert Bryan, president and general manager df the Strable Hardrvood Co., Oakland, has been appointed lloo-Hot, State Counselor by J. E. Martin, member of the Supreme 9. Mr. Bryan joined Strable in 1914. Edrvard Tietjen, of Sudden & Christenson, a 33-year veteran in the industry, rvas appointed Vicegerent Snark.

Tlre use of | 5/U' lath in the city of Los Angeles was prohibited after January l, 1932, by order of the Board of Building and Safety Commissioners. City ordinance provides for lfi-inch lath.

J. P. Weyerhaeuser, Jr., Lewiston, Idaho, was elected treasurer of Weyerhaettser Sales Co. at the annttal meeting in Spokane, Wash.

C. D. Tenvilliger, vice-president and general manager of the Clover Valley Lumber Co., Loyalton, Calif., is the

\THoLEsALE T I M B E R S roBB,NG

Dougfas Fir in sizes to 24" x 24"

Redwood in sizes to 12"x 12" - lengths to 24'

Pfaner capacity for surfacing up to24" x 24"

Remanufacturing facilities for resawing up to 34" x 34"

subject of a full-page writeqp and pen drawing in a Personality Profile in this issue.

R. A. Long was honored by 400 lumbermen at a party in Kansas City celebrating his 81st birthday. The HooHoo club there sponsored the dinner, at which greetings were received from President Herbert lloover.

Frank I\I. Wise lvas appointed manager of the PattenBlinn.Lumber Co. yard in Beverly Hills; Calif. He was formerly sales manager of the Patten-Davies Lumber Co. but had retired four years earlier after 16 years.

Garden Grove, Cultf., l"d Or""g" .ounty last year in acres subdivided into housing developments, with 75 tracts calling for 4588 homes'on ll77 acres. Anaheim was the runner-up, followed by Buena Park, Fullerton, Santa Ana.

OliverWogner Nqmed Yord Boss

Mervin Mento, part owner and sales.manager of pacific Hardwood Sales Co., Oakland, has named Oliver Wagner as yard superintendent. fn addition to having full charge over the yard operation, Wagner will also supervis6 the milling department. Wagner, who at one time several years ago worked for the firm, has recently been with White Brothers in Oakland. He has also had. many years of service with several eastern hardwood companies. Pacific Hardwood Sales Co., according to'Mento, will soon be starting construction of a new 100 MBM dry kiln to be located adjacent to the existing yard property.

t898 SINCE

lf we can't find it . we'll make it.

(Tcll them, you saw it i,n The California Lum,ber Merchant)

Hrn,rrrAN A. S,vtrH

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PERSONAL SERVICE ON HARD-TO.GET IIEMS TIIABERS IO FIFTY.FOOT TENGTHS

Representing Oceon View Lumber Co. - - Corgo

"Ore, Thirry -Five Yeors Experience Morketing Western Forest Producls"

Mople With Roddiscroft lumber Sqles

Pete Speek, Southern California manager for Roddiscraft, Inc., Lumber Sales Division, Arcadia, California' announces that Douglas Nfaple has joir,ed the stafi of tite u'holesale lurnber clistribution c()ncern. Doug is u'ell knorvrr in Southland lumber circles, having sPent o\-er six 1'ears u'ith E. K. Woocl Luttrlrer Company, n'here he learned thc business from vard ul), s() to speak. In 1950, rvhen hc joined the retail lurnber firm, he started as an ordermatr in the yarcl. For the past tu,o years he has lleen in the Long Beach branch of Fl. K. Wood, hanclling cottnter sales an<l the order clesk. I)oug is a tnember of I-c>s Angeles HooHoo Club 2 and prominent in civic and s<tcial' aff:rirs irr his l.rome tol'n of Manhattan ]leach, rvhere he and his

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TIAPLE BR.OS.. INC.

517 Wesl Putnqm Drive, Whinier, Colifornio

rvife, Gloria, and two children, Ted and Kristen, have lived for the past several years.

"We are going to expand our sales territory in Southern California and we intend to increase our staff from time to time by employing young men with a good lumber background," Pete Speek said when he announced the appointment of Maple. "Doug has a well-balanced education in sales at all levels and he will be calling on retail dealers at the level where he received most of his experience," Speek continued.

Anaheim, Calif.-City planners have approved a tract map of 43 lots on the south side of Orange avenue west of Iluclid avenue.

FRED C. HIILMES TUMBER C[l.

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SPECIATIZING IN REDWOOD . DOUGTAS FIR . WHITE FIR

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Fred Holmes / Corl Force Russ Shorp Box 987 P.O. Bor 55 Forl Brogg, Colif. Allqdeno, Cqlif. Phone:7681 RYqn 1-0O79

CALENDAR Of CO'NING EVENTS

Jonuory

SAN FITANCISCO HOO-HOO ('l,Llll 1)-"Industr-r' Night," January 8,1957

NORTHWEST HARDWOOD ASSOCIATION (3253 Commodore Way, Seattle 99, Wash.) Quarterly meeti.g, College of Forestry, IJniversitl'of Washington. Seattle-January 19.

NATIONAI- ASSOCIATION OF 1'I()\II.] I]UIL])ERS

Convention and Exposition, Conrad lJilton hotel, Chicago.-January 20-24, 1957

OAKLAND HOO-HOO CLUB 39-"Ilingo Nite," Fisherman's Pier, January 21.

SOUTH\VESTERN LUI\{BERMEN'S ASSOCIATION

(513 R. A. Long Bldg., Kansas City rr, Mo.) conventiorr, Municipal auditorium, Kansas City, Mo.-January 23-25, 1957

Februory

INTIIRMOUNTAiN LUMBER DEAl,lrlts ASSOCI.\TION (432 S. Main St., Salt Lake City', Utah) con\rention, Elko, Nevada-February 4-6, 1957

SAN FRANCISCO HOO-HOO CI-UII 9, February 12.

MOUNTAIN STATES LUMBER I)T'AI,ERS ASSOCI_

ATION (217 Colorado Natl. Bank Bldg., Denver J, Colo.) convention, Shirley-Savoy hotel, l)enver-Februuary 13-15, 1957

\\TESTERN RETAII. LUMBERN{EN'S ASSOCIATIO\ 6333 First Avenue, West, Seattle 99, \\rash.) convention. Davenport hotel, Spokane, Wash.-February 19-21, 1957

OAKLAND HOO-HOO CLUB 39-Rirthday lrartl', Fisherman's l)ier, Februarv 21.

Mqrch

MONTANA RETAIL I-UMBERMEN'S ASSOCIATION

P.O. Box 1384, I\{issoula, l\[ontana) Conr.ention. (l)ates ruot yet available.) Exhibits.

SAN FRANCISC() HOO-HOO CLUII 9. March 12.

OAKLAND HOO-IJOO CLUB 39, "St. Patrick's Nite." Fishermarr's Pier, March 18.

(Tell them you sazu it in The California Luntber Merchant)

HANS WAtt

bock from "lslqnd" Berlln West

1957

"lhis is our 38th year in business and lTih yesr st this locotion"

Pendleton Nomed NHLA Sec.-Mgr.

M. B. Pendleton, for the past six years assistant manager of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, was promoted to the position of acting secretary-manager at a special meeting of the Executive committee of the association in Chicago, l)ecember 3, to fill the post greviously held by J. L. Muller, r,r'ho resigned to enter private business. As assistant manager, Pendleton has been in charge of the public relations, membership, publications and special training courses provided by the association. Additionally, he played a major part in :irranging the big annual conventions of NHLA.

Because of his familiarity rvith the problems of the association and his long background in the lumber indus-

try, the choice of the committee was a natural one. Prior to joining the executive staff of the NHLA, Pendleton was president of the Lumber Buyers Publishing Co, Chicago, publisher of lumber and r,voodworking periodicals.

\\rith its headquarters in Chicago, the NHLA maintains a staff of over lO0 national inspectors stationed throughout the United States and Canada. Its mqmbership of over 1600 classifies it as the largest'organization of its kind in the lumber industry.

Buena Park, Calif., issued a record 3707 building permits at $38,846,843-nearly all for homes-in 1955, far above the 1954 figure of $8,800,000. A total of 3485 permits were issued during the year for home construction at $37,503,477.

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Ed Horris Joins Lumber Service Go.

Ed Harris (left), prominent San Fernando Valley retail lumberman, ;rnd formerly managing partner in the Reseda Lumber Company, becornes associated this rnonth with Lumber Service Co., announces Iraul Hollenbeck, president of the lumber yard service concern.

Iid Harris has been identified in lumber sales iu Southern California since 1945. He is well known at all levels of the industry, having been born and raised in Oregon, where his far-nily for many years operatecl a retail yard in Condon, and where his brother is presentlv conducting the business. Ed is a graduate of Oregon Statc School of Education in the big timber country, where all of his free tirne was spent in the logging encl of the business dttring school vacation.

Since corning to Southern California, Ilarris has been prorninent in civic and social affairs in the San Fernando Valley. He is a rlember of the Chamber of Commerce, Rotary ancl Iloar<l of Traffrc Cornmissioners for the citv of Los Angeles. In his new position with Lur.nber Service, he will be in charge c,f public relations, service sal.es, and will tler,elop a cornplete new system for Southern California retail lumber dealers cor'ering "house list prr-rblems" and consultaut contacts, Hollenbecli saicl in making the annottncetrrent of his appoit.ttttrent.

fuif tn Qd'u You May Forget

In addition to New Year's Day the month of January records many important events of historical importance. General Douglas MacArthur was born January 1880, F. D. Roosevelt, our 32nd president, in 1882 and this month back in 1909 the first radio telegraphy was used. And most important to the great State of Calif.ornia, gold was discovered lantiaty 24,1848. These are but a few of the names and dates to remember this New Year's Day of 1957 .. So-"Happy New Year"

SCR.LA Conference Sfimulqtes Deolers

(Continued from Page 24)

ing with answers on their lips, and the whole SCRLA 7th Annual Conference r,vas wishing it didn't have to end as Chairman Bob James thanked Hal Brown and adjourned the session, and President Wayne Mullin adjourned the business part of the Conference.

The Dinner and Dance, with music by the El Mirador Orchestra, was a notable ending to the second Conference day. This was under the capable chairmanship of Norbert Bundschuh, manag'er and purchasing agent of the Myrtle Avenue Lumber Co., Monrovia.

The third day was all for play-either shopping in Palm Springs or sunning and swimming in the El Mirador pool

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and grounds, or the golf tournament under the frne chairmanship of Norton Hathaway, assistant manager of the Oceanside (California) Lumber Co.

If any SCRLA dealers and their rvives miss the Sth Annual Palm Springs Conference in the Fall of 1957, it won't be because they failed to hear of the excellent accomplishments of the 7th Annual concluded November 16. Orrie W. Hamilton and his co-hard-workers. as usual, came up with another winner. It long since got to be an old SCRLA habit !

MWesfern Pine Supply Sets Derr in Volley

Jerry Griffin, Western Pine Supply Co. salesmanager, announces the addition of Larry Derr to the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valley territories. Derr (left) will be servicing lumber dealers throughout his territory with a full line of Western Pine Supply products, including lumber, plywood, mouldings, doors, windows, millwork, building specialties and the building rnaterials line of the Armstrong Cork Company.

Prior to his present position with Western Pine Supply Co., Derr was for sqveral years associated with his uncle, llomer M. Derr, at the J. NI. Derr Lumber Company, Elk Grove, California. Larry has been active in the International Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo for a number

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of years and currently is the president of Sacramento Hoo-Hoo Club 109. He will continue to reside in Elk Grove witli his wife and two children.

Roberts Elecred BCA President

Bob F. Roberts, San Bernardino builder, was elected president of the Building Contractors Association of California for 1957 at the convention at Hotel del Coronado recently. He immediately met rvith BCA staff members to launch new policies and objectives laid down by the 800 delegates. Other nerv officers are: Frank R. Yates, Whittier, first vice-president; Leo J. Volk, San Gabriel, second vice-president; Stuart Seymour, San Marino, secretary, and Warren I-. Hanby, Rosemead, treasurer.

Rolph Gordwell Wifh lindermon

Ralph Cardwell, formerly with Dant & Russell in Los Angeles, has joined the sales staff and been appointed an associate executive in the firm recently established in temporary quarters by James S. Linderman, pioneer wholesale lumber distributor in the Southern California area, where Cardwell is well known to the dealer trade in rvholesale lumber sales in this territory for several years.

The Linderman firm will maintain temporary offices at 9432 East Firestone Boulevard, Downey, until late in January, when it will move to new offices presently under construction in Bellflower. The phone number in the present location is TOpaz 1-7310.

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Horoce Wolfe Acquires Control of Morquort-Wolfe Lumber Compony

Horace Wolfe, president of Marquart-Wolfe Lumber Company, Los Angeles, announces the acquisition of the financial interests in the firm of Tom and Dick Marquart,

former executives in the rvholesale lumber venture. The name of the concern will remain as Marquart-Wolfe and business will be copducted in the same manner as in the past. In making this announcement, Wolfe said the Northern California office formerly maintained in Menlo Park has been discontinued and all business in the future wiil be conducted through the Southern California general offices at 1680 North Vine Street, Hollywood.

"Our policy of distributing wood products to dealers will remain the same as in the past, and there will be no change in personnel at the home ofifices," Mr. Wolfe saicl. His son, Sterling Wolfe, is also associated in the business.

John

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Poole to Heod Atkins,Kroll lumber Producfs Division

Continuing its expar.rsion policy irr the imported lumber products field, Atl<ins, Kroll & Co., pioneer San Francisco importers and exporters, has appointed John Poole (left) to head its lumber products division in Los Angeles, announced Charlie Schmitt, manager of the division in the S. F. headquarters.

CTEAN

Cleon, uniform slock from enclosed wqrehouses products thot build good will qs well os repeot soles!

FAST

Fost delivery from our own worehouses or direct from monufqqlurers. Regulor delivery schedules in northern Cqlifornio.

True quolity meons thot you will be well sotisfied with every order you ploce with Weslern Pine Supply Compony. from 1945-48. His earlier experience was in Washington, D.C. and New York City.

In addition to expanding its west coast lumber division offices, Atkins, Kroll & Co. also recently named R. W. Hager to head its lumber products division in NYC at 500 5th Ave. F{ager will include rnost of the eastern seaboard in his sales.

Sell Sonro Borborq S:te or $l5O,OOO

Santa Barbara, Calif.-Roy Eaton, Glendale, has bought 34 acres between Barker Pass and Eucalyptus Hill Roads for $150,000 after planning with the city to subdivide into 50 half- and one-acre building sites. Located in the foothills betrveen here and Montecito, the property has a pano'ramic view of the Pacific.

Deolers Show Widespreod Inleresr in Mechonicol Hondling

' Widespread interest on the part of retail lumber dealers in mechanical handling, unit loading, and the development of freight cars that will accommodate unit loads of building products was shown by replies to a questionnaire distributed by the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association through its federated associations. Replies received from 2481 yards in all sections of the country showed that nearly two-fifths of the dealers who answered the questionnaire now are operating either fork lift or straddle trucks or both.

fn addition, 16o/o of these dealers plan to purchase one or more lift trucks within the next year, and 34o/s expressed interest in obtaining consultation service on mechanical handling and yard layout problems. The questionnaire also revealed that 28/. of the dealers , replying now are operating yards planned to handle unit

loads, and that 62/o of the others can adapt their present yard facilities to unit loads.

Of the dealers operating fork lift trucks, B4/o operate one or two units and 57/o of the equipment reported in operation has a capacity of 6,000 pounds or less. Steel strapping is now used by 39/o of. the reporting dealers.

Other interesting facts developed by the questionnaire are the following:

27/o of those using outside storage use wrapped or protected lumber.

58/o have a private rail siding.

48/o can unload from both sides of a freight car.

30/o have a ramp or can bed high platform rvith which to get into a freight car.

perlaarrlp

Chet King of The Robert Dollar Co. wholesale division in San Francisco spent a'week in southern California on business last month.

Don Bufkin of the Hobbs \rArall Lumber Co. SoCal outpost, and Chuck Lember of D. C. E,ssley & Son, both prorninent Club 2 HooHoo, attended the big Willits Redrvood Products Co. Christmas party at Willits Dec. 14. They were joined in San Francisco by a group of NoCal lumbermen and converged on the Brook Trails Guest Ranch at Willits to celebrate the annual event sponsored by Hobbs Wall. Carl Gavotto of San Diego was among the many others seen at the gala party.

Pruden Frames, used with your present stock lumber, roofing, and building hardware, will give you a new 40 foot wide building, and a new market!

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Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nikkel (he runs the R. F. Nikkel Lumber Co. in Sacramento) attended the 1956 Olympiad in Australia on their vacation cruise through the Far East.

Bill Tobin, Long Beach rvholesaler, spent the pre-Holiday rveek in Oregon and northern California arranging early 1957 shipments from the mills he represents.

Elmer Frutchey and his son Jim, both of Los-Cal Lumber Co., Los Angeles, spent a recent week in northern California visiting two Tarter, Webster & Johnson mill installations"

Forrest W. Wilson, southern California supplier, attended the 40th annual meeting of the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau in Seattle last month and conferred with associates in the Pacific Northrvest.

Among the southern California dealers at the big NRLDA Exposition in Chicago last month were Tom Fox (an NRLDA director) of the John W. Fisher Lumber Co., Santa Monica, Frode Kilstofte of the Rossman Mill & Lumber Co., Wilmington, and Dean Votruba of the Chandler Lumber Co., Van Nuys. Of course, Orrie W. Hamilton, executive v.p. of the SCRLA, was there for the Exposition and sessions. too.

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lrl Mofhenyin USP Soles Promofion

Dick Brown, v,'ho heads the Sales Promotion department for United States Plyrvood Corporation, announces the appointment of Irl Matheny as western division sales promotion manager. Matheny's headquarters are in the Los Angeles division office, where he is responsible for sales promotion activities in the following 16 western division branches:

Culver City, Denver, Fresno, Glendale, Los Angeles, Oakland, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Ana, Santa Clara, Seattle, Spokane.

Matheny has been rvith the company six years, doing architect service and line sales in the Portland and San

Diego branches. The past year he has worked out of the Los Angeles office, doing builder promotion work for the L. A.., Culver City and Glendale branches.

Dick Brown points out that, with the opening of the sixth sales promotion division, the U.S. is now covered. This department has put men directly in the field so they can work more closely with individual lumber dealers. By doing this, the company will now have closer contact with merchandising activities of the lumber dealers.

Fullerton, Calif.-Globe Homes Construction Co. took out a $516,200 permit lor 43 dwellings here in the vicinity of the 1600 block of South Courtney avenue in the $12,000price range.

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Yole & Towne Opens Los Angeles lift Truck Soles, Service Brqnch

The Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company will construct a modern industrial lift truck sales and service branch in Los Angeles as the first step in a widespread western expansion plan. In announcing plans for the new

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branch, which is operating in temporary quarters pending completion of the new building, Paul R. Minich, Jr., Yale Materials Handling division general sales manager, predicted a l5O% increase in the demand for Yale products in California and the West during the next 10 years.

The new distribution plan he outlined was: establishment of a representative in San Diego; establishment of sub-branches in Fresno and Sacramento to be administered from the Yale branch in San Francisco; appointment of representatives for Irhoenix, Albuquerque and El Paso; appointment of a ne\v representative in Portland, Oregon, with a sub-office in Medford; establishment of a representative office in Yakima, and strengthening representation in Seattle, Spokane and Salt Lake City to include the setting up of a sub-office in Missoula, Montana.

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The new Los Angeles branch, initial step in the sales and service facility expansion prog'ram, will be built in an industrial park area at Olympic Boulevard and Gerhart Street in East Los Angeles. Minich likened the service facilities to be set up in Los Angeles and the west to programs established in the automotive industry distributor organization wherein equipment in operation can be given immediate maintenance care and certainly should not be out of action for more than 24 hours.

The territory to be covered by the new branch includes the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, fnyo, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo and a portion of southern Nevada. Until completion of the new building, the Yale trranch will be temporarily occupying sales offices at 6027 Whittier Blvd., 'Los Angele s 22, with service facilities at 2960 Leonis Blvd., Vernon.

San Leandro, Calif., Nov.

Yale lift truck manufacturing handling needs of industries Mountains, began here last today by Elmer F. Twyman,

17-Construction of a new plant, to serve the materials located west of the Rocky month, it was announced vice president of The Yale &

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Towne Manufacturing Company. Completion of Yale & Towne's west coast materials handling plant is expected to take place early in 1957. It will enable Yale & Tolvne to give more efficient factory and spare parts service to the fast growing Pacific Coast industries which are nor,v dependent upon the company's plants in Philadelphia and Chicago, he explained. The eight and one-half acre plot at Davis Street and Doolittle Drive, in Alameda County, has already been ,cleared and graded ready to begin rvork on the foundations. The factory will have more than 100,000 square feet of floor area. It will be constructed oi concrete walls with attractive brick facing and framed in steel.

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L.A. Building Posses 1955 Record

Dollar value of building construction in .Los Angeles for the first 11 months of 1956 exceeded the total for the entire record year'of 1955, reported G. E. Morris, city superintendent of building, last month. The 1l-month total of $447,201,025 compares with the 1955 l2-months total of $433,458,885, and

Morsholl Edwords, Supt.

an 1l-months total in 1955 of $401,143,015. The November (1956) total alone was$42,204,772. The month's total was the second highest November of record.

County Engineer John Lambie reported construction in.the unincorporated area of the county during November totaled $25,510,632-a 35/o increase over November 1955. Lomita and the San Fernando Valley were the November leaders in city and county building, with new home construction dominating.

Ccrl-Pocific Appoints Blockburn

Cal-Pacific Redwood Company of Arcata, California, has appointed Walter K. Blackburn (Ieft) to supervise the construction of its new remanufacturing plant at Arcata. Blackburn will continue as plant superintendent of the new mill. Construction of the remanufacturing plant was begun in 1955 and is operating now, with completion of full facilities expected during the spring of 1957. The total cost will exceed $500,000 and consists of Moore cross-circulation drv kilns. Stetson-Ross matcher, in addition to resaws and other equipment necessary for the complete finishing of redwood.

Walt Blackburn, 36, carhe to Cal-Pacific from Humboldt Dry Kilns, where for four years he was in the same capacity of construction foreman and general superintendent. Prior to that, he was plant superintendent at McCoy Planing Mill in Los Angeles and was, at one time, planing mill foreman for Wheeler & Reeder, also of Los Angeles.

The Cal-Pacific remanufacturing plant is located on Highyray 299, five miles east of Arcata, in conjunction with the general offices of the firm.

Adolfo Csmqrillo Resigns Peoples Presidency; NeYY Officers Elected

After serving as president of the Peoples Lumber Cornpany for more than 16 years, the resignation of Adolfo Camarillo was accepted with the deepest of regrets by other members of the board at their December mee\ing. Don Adolfo will retain his position as a board member. Mr. Camarillo was first elected as a member of the board on January 26, 1907, and has continuously served in that capacity. His experience and ability are invaluable to the company and the community.

A. J. Dingeman was elected the new president, C. A. Lind, 1st vice-president and L. D. Willis, 2nd vice-presidcnt. Other members of the board besides Mr. Camarillo are John C. Crump, secretary, H. H. E,astwood and E. M. Blanchard. Ben

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W. Bartels is general manager and treasurer.

The Peoples Lumber Company serves Ventura county, with the general office at Ventura, and branch yards at Oxnard, Santa Paula, Fillmore, Ojai, Moorpark, Santa Susana and Camarillo.

Ocrklcrnd Hoo-Hoo fo Hold 'BingoNite'

A repeat of last year's successful "Bingo Nite" is scheduled for the next meeting of the Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club at Fisherman's Pier, January 21. Club President Herb Farrell will preside and sponsors of the "Happy Hour" will be K-D Terminal, Inc., and The California Lumber Merchant. Al McCausland of the "Tern.rinal" and "Lumber Merchant" Cook will do the honors behind the.mahogany.

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IT'S THE FOLLO\(/THROUGH THAT MAKES THE DTFFEREN CE!

Sales Office at Anderson, California

BONITINGTON LT]DIBBB OO.

o Douglos Fir

o Pondeross ond Sugor Pine

YARDS

?/6ahoal,eDeaa*,6tctuo TO CATIFORNIA RETAIT

Moin Ofrice:

Phone YUkon 6-5721

505.6-7 Morris Plon Bldg.

717 Morket St., Son Froncisco 3

SCRTA Areo Deoler Meetings

The area groups of the Southern California Retail Lumber Association have had a busy meeting schedule in Deiember and face another this month.

The San Gabriel Valley Lumbermen's Group held a luncheon meeting at the Derby restaurant, Arcadia, December 4. The

ln Soufhern Californio: M.ALE & PARKINS

Phone EDgewood 2-7536 P.O. Box 373, Covino, Colif.

Shiqgles ond Loth

West Side Lumbermen's Group met fdr dinner at Brand's restaurant, Mar Vista, December 5. SCRLA President Wayne F. Mullin addressed the Southern California Lumber Seasoning Association at a dinner meeting in Swally's Key Club, Los Angeles, December 6. The Harbor Area Lumbermen's Group was to meet for dinner in the I-afayette hotel, Long Beach, December 10. The San Bernardino County Lumber Dealers held a dinner meeting at the Arrowhead Country Club, San Bernardino, December 12.

Coming up in January were these sessions scheduled earlier last month:

Retailers' luncheon meeting, Conference Room 4, Biltmore hotel, Los Angeles, January B; San Gabriel Valley Lumbermen's Group, luncheon meeting, the Westerner restaurant, Arcadia, January 14, and the West Side Lumbermen's Group, Brand's restaurant, Mar Vista, dinner meeting, January 16. The SCRLA dealers were also advised in Orrie Hamilton's bulletins of the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club 2 Christmas annlral at Riviera Country Club, December 21.

Internotionol Lumber & Plywood Go. Exponding Service' in South

Harry Perry (lef t), president of the International Lumber and Plywood Co., Inc., Inglewood, Calif ornia, &onounces the acquisition of full ownership of the lumber and plywood ,concern and a larger warehouse inventory f.or 1957.

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"Since I acquired sole ownership of the firm we have consistently added to our distributorship all lines to cover all phases of the

rvoodworking industry," said Perry. "We have built our clistribution to cover the furniture and trailer manufacturing industry, cabinet makers, flush door manufacturers and the retail lumber dealers," he continued.

International Lumber and Plywood Company presently carries in stock a complete line of imported hardwoods for immediate delivery, according to President Perry, and in the immediate future will expand its warehouse facilities to include additional hardwood items for the trade.

"We operate on a strictly rvholesale basis at the lowest possible prices, consistent with sound business ethics," Irerry said concerning the expansion of warehouse facilities and distribution in Southern California.

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Jim llocDonqld Dove loshley

35 N. Roymond Avenue

Posodenq l, Colifornio

TWi: Posqcqa 7224

RYon l-0614

L. W. tlclcDonqld Co.

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J. P. Weyerhqeuser, Jr. Dies in Tqcomo

John Philip Weyerhaeuser, Jr., died December 8 at Tacoma General Hospital in the Washington city after a sudden and severe intensification of leukemia. He was 57

years old. The prominent lumberman had served dent of Weyerhaeuser Timber Company since was executive vice-president from 1933 to 1947.

as presl1947 and

Born in Rock Island, Ill., January 18, 1899, he attended the Hill School in Pottstown. Pa.. and in 1920 received an A. B. degree at Yale University.

N{r. Weyerhaeuser started his career in the lumber industry in l92l u,'ith Edward Rutledge Timber Companv of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. In 1922 he became sales manager of that company. He became general manager of Clearrvater Timber Company in 1925 and held that position until 1931, when he became president of Potlatch Forests, Inc., Lerviston, Idaho. His appointment as executive vice-president of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company was made in 1933, followed by advancement to president in 1947.

Mr. Weyerhaeuser held many elective and honorary offices, including president of American Forest Products Industries, Inc. He served as a field artillery 2nd lieutenant during World War I. He was delegate to the Timber Committee, Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Geneva, in 1955. In the same year he received the Distinguished Service An'ard in Forestry from the American Forestry Association.

Surviving are his wife, Helen Walker \Veyerhaeuser; daughters, Mrs. J. J. Pascoe and Elizabeth Weyerhaeuser, all of Tacoma; sons, John Philip Weyerhaeuser III, St. Paul, Minnesota, and George H. Weyerhaettser, Ettgenc, Oregon; sister, Mrs. F. A. Titcomb, Tacoma; and brothcr, Frederick K. Weyerhaeuser, St. Paul, Minnesota.

F. K. Weyerhaeuser Elected President

Frederick K. Weyerhaeuser rvas elected president of thtr Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, December l l, in a special meeting of the company's board of directors in Tacoma. Simultaneously, Chas. H. Ingram, a Weyerhaeuser vicepresident and the company's general manager, rvas elected executive vice-president. Mr. \Areyerhaeuser retains his pct-

sition as chairman of the timber company's board of directors and presidency of the Weyerhaeuser Sales Company. He became Sales Company president in 1929 and board chairman in 1955. Ingram also retains the present duties as general manager which he assumed in 1936. Ing'ram was elected a vice-president in 1947.

Jo. H. Shepord

Funeral services were held at Oakland, December 14, for Jo. H. Shepard, who died at his Piedmont home on December 12. Mr. Shepard, who was general manager of Builders Emporium in El Cerrito, leaves his wife, Edna, a daughter, two grandchildren, two sisters, and a brother, Charles L. Shepard, of Sacramento.

Jo. Shefard, a native of Sacramento, had spent his entire

life in lumber. Prior to World \Mar I, he was affiliated with the Portland Lumber Company. Shortly after the war, he moved to Sacramento, where his father managed Friend & Terry Lumber Company. Mr. Shepard later became manager of this yard and then left to take over Martinez.Lumber Company, at that time owned by Santa Fe Lumber Company. When Mr. Shepard moved to Martinez, his.brother, Charles Shepard, took over management of the Friend & Terry yard. Jo. Shepard continued the management of Martinez Lumber Company until 1944, at which time he became associated with Builders Emporium, fnc..

Mr. Shepard was a member of both the Oakland and San Francisco Hoo-Hoo clubs and a member of the International Order.

FOR ililtITARY FOR IIIDUSTRIAIS FOR DEAIERS

Fronck OperotingMcriposq Yord

Walter T. Franck, who until recently was operating Home Lumber Co. in Chowchilla, has left the "flatlands" for the high country. He is norv living in Mariposa, California, where he purchased the Mother Lode Lumber Company, a retail yard carrying a full line of lumber, building

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materials and builder:, hardware. He is assisted in the operation of the business by his wife, Maire E. Franck.

New Dcllos Worehouse Glimqxes

HorborPlywood's | 956 Expcnsion

Climaxing a year of aggressive expansion in production, sales, service and advertising, Harbor Plywood Corporation opened a new warehouse in Dallas, Texas, December 1 to better serve the Southwest, announced President Martin N. Deggeller, Aberdeen, Wash. George E. Carnahan, who was in sales and administration at Harbor's Los Angeles warehouse, will manage the Dallas plant at 8600 Sovereign Row.

Last year's expanded sales and service program, with the emphasis on Harborite overlaid fir plywood, saw manv new distributors appointed in areas not served by Harbor's own warehouses. The field program included employment and training of a crew to promote Harborite throughout the country under the direction of Bill Grieleber, who joinecl Harbor last year after years of practical field experience with the Douglas Fir Plywood Assn.

Commenting on the 1956 advertising program, largest in the company history and one of the largest ever undertaken for an overlaid fir plywood, Harbor's Director of Sales H. W. Van Natta said, "Results have been most gratifying. Harborite sales are moving ahead in all sections of the country. Plans for 1957 are equally ambitious. The ferv remaining areas of the country without company-ownecl warehouses or independent distributors ll'ill be filled in. Advertising of Harborite will continue at a high level and we look enthusiastically toward the new year."

In the West, Harbor Plywood has warehouses in Aberdeen, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle, and the Denver distributor is Hallack & Howard Lumber Co.

The greatest rate of non-farm new home construction was in 1925 with 47 new homes built for every 1000 families. 1950 was second with 42 built per 1000 families.

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For these Nofionally adverfised producfs:

CETOTEX CORPORATION

Roofing - Insulntion

HEATITATORS

KAISER gHADE SCREEN

TENSION.TITE SCREENS

'IIASONITE CORPOR.ATION

Presdwood

NAILS - qll types

FOTDING DOORS

RICHKRAFT PAPER

SHEETROCK

wooD coNvERstoN Bolsom Wool

\^/OODLIFE-PAR,

Screen & Hqrdwqre Cloth

Wire - Slucco Netting - Poultry Netting - FencingWelded Fobric

building materials co. inc.

WHOLESAIE DISIRIIUIORS

l22O PRODUCE STREET, LOS ANGELES 21, CALIF. TRinity 53O4

PRO'IAPT DETIVERY IN tos ANGELES-ORANGE_RIVERSIDE AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES

Record Construction Seen in 1957

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1956 and 1957 is anticipated from increased constructiorr activity by the public utilities, and advances in all types of nerv nonresidential building except commercial building, r,vhich is expected to remain unchanged from last year's record level.

Outlays for commercial buildings rvill probably total $3.3 billion, with an increase for office buildings offsetting a decline in expenditures for new stores and other mercantile buildings. Demand for additional ofEce space is still high, as indicated by the continued lorv office-building' vacancy rate. On the other hand, declining contract al':rrcls

volume and the cornpletion of tnany ncu' shopping centers suggest that store-building demancl is begirrning to tapcr off.

An anticipated slight rise in farm construction, reversing a 4-year downtrend, is based chiefly on recent advances in farm income. Religious and private educational building, each of which achieved more construction put in place in 1956 than in any previous year, will likely expand still more in 1957.

Highway construction probably rvill reach a uew high ol $51 billion, or about 8/o above last year's level, principally because of the expanding program of Federal aid to highways. State toll-road constructior-r may decline

Somervhat. as u'ork on new and continuing projects rvill not compensate for major completions in 1956.

To provicle essential community services to new housir-rg developments and continually growing suburbs, record expenditures of nearly $2.9 billion for public school building appear likely in 1957.

Construction work at military bases is scheduted for

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another moderate advance in 1957, and will be at a post,rvar high. Outlays for public housing rvill shou' the first significant expansion since 1951, primarily because of the new Federal program o{ military (Capehart) l.rousing under Title VIII of the National Housing Act.

Western Pine Reseorch [ob' Exponds

A two-story addition to the Western Pine Association's research laboratory in Portland has just gone into service, increasing the lab's floor space for an increased volume of research and development worlr. This marks the third expansion move in the 33-year history of the lVestern Pine research department, grown from a staff of one man engaged in lumber seasoning studies, to a staff of 11 busy on a broad range of testing and development work.

Carl A. Rasmussen, director of research for the association, said the addition enables the lab to keep pace with lumber product and utilization research on behalf of 400 Western Pine member rnills in 12 western states.

Currently, the lab is engaged in a number of projects including a sheathing panel using lower grades with kraft overlays. Seasoning consultation also continues a major activity.

Osklond Hoo-Hoo Hos Sports Nite

The second regular meeting under the leadership of Herb Farrell, Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club 39 president, was staged at Fisherman:s Grotto, foot of Franklin Street in Oakland, November 19. The usual sponsored libations started flowing at 6:30 p.m. and dinner lvas served at 7:30.'

Following dinner, Don O'Brien, chairman for the evening, introduced a fascinating speaker from the world of sports in the person of Bob Brachman, who writes a sports column for the San Francisco Examiner. Brachman, who is an accomplished after-dinner speaker, covered a general line of sports, including a pre-game rundown on the Big Game.

"4 -4unJen, l* g*t Paapota"

(Tell thern lou sazu it in The California Lwnber Merchant)

Douglcls Fir Pine Redwood

G. C. PHIIUPS TUMBER COMPANY

Direct Shipmenf

Builders Schedule lmporlont Gonference ol Center Jqn. I O

"Builders' Intentions and the Home Building Outlook for 1957"-a comprehensive review of plans and problems of the home building industry for the coming year-will be l-reld January 10 at the National Housing Center, Washington, lvhen sorne 50 leading home builders, members of Congressional eommittees, private housing consultants, and top governrnent housing officials will attend the first major meeting on the Center's schedule for the new year, under the direction of the National Association of Home Builders.

"This r,r'ill be the second annual 'Outlook Meeting' at the Housing Center," said Chairman Thomas Coogan, "and rr'e believe that it lvill be of even greater significance than

last year's trail blazins conference vr.hich so accurately foretold the trends in homebuilding for 1956. The year 1956 rvitnessed a major setback in housing production. This was due to some extent to the ignoring of the builders' forecast of upcoming difficulties by housing officials and others. The plans revealed and the problems tackled at the January 10 outlook meeting rvill serve to point up again what may happen in 1957 under present economic conditions and policies."

Each builder who will participate has been supplied in advance with a detailed questionnaire concerning his and other future plans for building activity in his area. Questions include: amount of housing production for 1956 and expected production tor 1957; prices and general charac-

From The Mills of Dqncren lumber Compony Medford, Oregon

Mount Whitney Lumher Co., Inc.

frTANUFACTUR,ERS OF PONDEROSA PINE . SUGAR PINE. WHITE FIR, - INCENSE CEDAR

WholesoleLumber Distribution Yard

3O3O E. Woshington Blvd. Los Angeles 23, Gqlif. Phone ANgelus 8-Ol7l

teristics of home built; the same information for the builder's area; comparison of sales between 1954 and 1955 ; difficulties experienced in making sales in 1956; number of completed but unsold homes; credit and financing problems; availability of land; or'r'nership of land for building. purposes; trends in land prices.

Broyles Wholescrle Go. Moving to Scrnlq Bsrbqrq from Medford, Ore.

Santa Barbara, Calif.-Broyles Wholesale Company last month was in the process of moving its business frorn Medford, Oregon, to 823 Punta Gorda St. here. The warehouse and building materials business in Medford was solcl last July 1 to Lumber Products of Portland and Eugene, reports B. J. Broyles.

The firm is building a warehouse in Santa Barbara at the above address and expects completion about February 1, containing approximately 10,000 sq. ft. Broyles Wholesale will distribute hardwood lumber and flooring, doors, plywood, insulation boards, hardboards, insulation, cedar, redwood, pine and fir lumber, gypsum products, cedar shakes, asphalt roofing and various builders hardware in the Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo tri-county area. Straight cars, pool cars and LCL out of warehouse sales will be solicited by the California newcomer, points out Mr. Broyles.

S. F. Hoo-Hoo fo Meet qr Elks Club

Hugh Pessner, San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club president, announced a Club 9 meeting for the evening of January 8 at the Elks Club, 456 Post St., San Francisco. It rvill get underway at 6:39 p.m. with libationr oti the third floor. A private bar and banquet room rvill be provided for the exclusive use of Club 9. The meeting will be devoted to the lumber industry and there will be a t'ell-known industry speaker on hand for after-dinner activities.

Dubs to Meet Jcrn. | 8 or Golifornicr

Dubs, Ltd. President Gran Geisert, head of Peerless Lumber Company, Oakland, reports that accommodations have been firmed up with the California Golf Club in South Francisco for the 99th Dubs Tournament, to be played on Friday afternoon, January 18. Golf prizes rvill be awarded following the banquet that evening. Hosts for the day will be Russ Fryburg and Fred Ziese.

Arle Evie Heods TW&J Plywood Soles

Tarter, \\rebster ct Johnson, Inc. announces the appointment of Atle E,vje as manager of its new plyrvood sales division. The cornpany's green veneer plant, under construction at Hayfork. Trinity corlnty, California, rvill be in operation shortly after the first of the year.

Mr. Evje has been active in the plyu'ood industry on the \\rest Coast for many years. He began his career in the 'n'ood products business lvith St. Paul & Tacoma I-umber Company, n'orked subsequently for Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, Simpson Logging Con.rpany's Shelton plywood division and, in 1948, became manager of Rainier Plywood Company in Tacoma. Later he went as sales manager with N{enasha Plyrvood Companv at North Bend, Oregon. Prior

to joining Tarter, Webster & Johnson last year he lvas general manafaer of Multnomah Plywood Corporation in Portland.

In addition to handling the output of TW&J's green veneer plant, estimated in excess of 12 million feet annually, Evje will be active in the procurement of West Coast plyrvood for TW&J customers throughout the United States.

New Union Lumber Go. Sqfety Record

Fort Bragg, Calif.-Orman Oak, Union Lumber Company safety director', congratulated the sawmill employes of the coiopa.ty at a dinner here recently for having completed 360,000 man-hours of work without a disabling industrial iniurv.

Rcte-Position wcrnted $2.00 per column inch

All others, $3.00 per column inch

Closing dctes lor copy, Sth cnd 20th

WANTED_HELP

WANT ADS

Man for counter and yard sales. Must know lumber and building materials and be good at figuring lumber. Two or more years' experience in small yard. Also man or wornan to help figure inventory. Phone Mr. Rogers for apporntment.

HYDE PARK LUMBER COMPANY

Pleasant 8-9214 Los Angeles ORchard 7-3322

POSITION AVAILABLI,

Male between 20 and 30 years of age wanted for office work, to assist office manager in inventory and record department. Must -be good at typing and figures. Opportunity to learn order desk sales ind futuri-promotions on basis of capabilities. Call Mr. Dupray for interview.

EUREKA REDWOOD COMPANY

LUdlow 3-3339

AVAILABLE

Am tired of snow and cold. Lumber, millwork and Ply. exec. Age 48, with 25 yrs. exp, all phases, mostly management level. Prefer manage stock millwork and/or ply. jobber, either going or to-beestablished business. Know construction. Have National whsle. exp. Self employed past 8 yrs. Currently Pres. Millwork Mfg. Corp. Mid-West. Like L. A. area but will consider others. Honest, soiber and too conscientious. Best references at proper time'

Address Box C-2583, California Lumber Merchant

l0B West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif'

POSITION WANTED

Office man, capable, experienced. A bit on the older side, but has plenty of KNOW HOW for any inside job. Retail yard or wholeiale office. Order desk, estimator, telephone sales, etc. Do not drive, require place in' L.A. convenielrt to public transportation. Available now.

Address Box C-2576 California Lumber Merchant

lOB W. 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14' Calif.

ACTIVE ASSOCIATE WANTED

Well-established Wholesale Lumber and Plywood Mill representatives need additional capital and sales assistance. Investment of $20,000 should provide an income of over $15,000 the first year and double that thereafter.

SUMMIT LUMBER AND MILLWORK

RYan 1-9858

CALIFORNIA LUMBER YARDS FOR SALE

We have several Southern California lumber yards and two in the southern San Joaquin Valley. NOW is the Time to Buy!

TWOHY LUMBER CO.

7L4 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles 15, Rlchmond 9-8746

-The SEASON'S GREETINGS to You AllNEVADA RETAIL YARD FOR SALE

For salc at cost of inventory & equipment, approx. $35,(n0, a retail lumber yard and general building supplies. Located in one of the fastest-gbing areas in Nevada. Doing approx. $200'0m. Owner will carry lind ind buildings on ten-ycar contract or lease.

P. O. Box 661, Fallon, Nevada

LUMBER YARDS WANTED

Anywhere south of Fresno. Information given will be kept confidential.

HAYWARD LUMBER & INVESTMENT COMPANY

P.O. Box 1551 Los Angeles 53, California

WINFREB & TYNAN

Representing

DANT & RUSSELL, INC., Portland, Oregon

COAST PACIFIC LUMBER CO., Eureka, Calif.

BAY LUMBER COMPANY, Eureka, Calif.

Ncmcr ol Advcltirn in this Deportmcnl using c blind oddrcsc connot bt divulged. All inquiricr ond rcplicr rhould be addrcrrcd to key shown in thc odvcrfircmrnt

tU,NBER,YARD FOR SAIE

ln Solinos, Colif., o fosl-growing communily ond on excellent ploce lo live. Five lorge subdivisions ore now being developed wilh over 5O0 building sites. This yqrd is one of the lorgest in Sqlinos qnd in on excellent locolion on spur trock. Deluxe office ond store buildings. 397x262 ft. yord-oll fenced. For price qnd further informolion see:

JACK PRADER_REAITOR

8y2 We3t Gobilsn Slrcet Salinos, Colif. Phonc: HA 4 4821

FOR SALE

Lumber yard with re-manufacturing plant and with or without 60M Steam Dry Kiln. Remanufactirring plant has #408 Woods Matcher 6xl5 with Double Profile, BB Side Heads and several pattern Heads. 54" Resaw-tilting Feed Rolls. Self-Feed Ripsaw. Cut-Ofi Saw. Grinding & Filing equipment. #150 Hyster ForkJift. TERMS. Will sell or lease land.

1027 Terminal Way, San Carlos, Calif.; Phone: Lytell 3-7881

FOR SALE_USED MACHINERY

l-Orton 30" endless bed planer.

l-Yates-American A-20 ball-bearing 6xlS-inch Matcher, complete with motors, belts, switches, feeif table and blow pipe.

l-Gerlinger Fork Lift truck, 8 ton.

l-Hyster Fork Lift truck, 7f ton.

l-Ross Fork Lift truck, 7/z ton,

l-Hyster 54" carrier.

Above lift trucks and carrier completely reconditioned with good tires. Equipment may be seen at:

MacKAY MILL SERVICE

822-69th Avenue, Oakland 21, California; SWeetwood 8-9428

FOR SALE

l-z-H.P.440V Irvington jump saw, $l5O 1-5-H.P. 440V Eaglesfield cut-off swing saw, 9150. EUREKA REDWOOD COMPANY TOpaz 9-G)93

KILN STICKS FOR SALE

Two cars of 25/32 x lrA52" Hardwood for 6/ac each delivered in California, Oregon and Washington points.

GAIENNIE WHOLESALE LUMBER. INC.

P. O. Box 1774 Shreveport, Louisiana

ffi ..GIPO, LUMBER HANDLING

Labor available for Car Unloading, Sorting, Sticking. "Free" 1956 Printed Price List. Arrangernents made for Lift or Carrier Hauls from any public team tracks.

CRANE & CO. cA. 2-8143

5143 Alhambra Avenue Los Angelbs 32, CaliI.

Specializing in Mixed. Truck & Trailer Load.s of Lumber and Plyuood.

t$(/holesale Lumber Brokers

214 FRONT ST., SAN FRANCISCO 11

PHONE YU 6-'392 TELETYPE S.F. 648

JAMBS L. HALL OO.

Since l9l9

Stodium StockHeovy Conslruclion ltems (Poles, Piling, Timbers, Ties, et6.;-Specifted Lists PORT ORFORD CEDAR o DOUGLAS FIR o qnd other SOFTWOOD SPECIES

PHONE: SUtfer l-752O 1042 illrUi BUllDlNG, SAN FRANCISCO 4, CALIF. tWX S.F. 864

SAVE! FORK-IIFT BARGAINS SAVE!

Blg Dlscunls on New Surplus Porls lq AII ndket oad lri,odcls .l Forkt ltt

Uccd Good, Reconditioned or Rebuih & Gtd. 2,O0O-l5,0OO lb. cop.

Hyrler 150 15,000-lb, Copocilyr rebuili ond guorqntesd

Hysler 75 7,500.1b. Copocity; rccondilioned

Clqrk 6,000-lb. Copocily; r.buill ond guorqnl.€d

Clqrk 3.000 qnd 4,000-lb. Copocily; r.condiiionsd

Towmolor LT56 6,000-lb. Copqcily; rqbuilt qnd guorontccd

ROSS l9 Hf 6,OOO-lb. Gqp., rebuilt dnd guor. $2,950

Port5 for Cot€rplllarInlernotionolLe Tournequ

Lcroin - BuckeycEuclidNorfhwertetc.

TERMS AVAItABtE

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IIow Lumber Looks

. (Continued from Page 1) in which the pine market had started climbing back, with orders 2.9/o and 9.0/o above production and shipments, respectively.

Southern Pine Assn. reDortecl for 91 mills in the week endine Dec. 15: production, 18,598,000 feet; orders, 14,859,000 feet (20.10% below production); shipments, 17,189,000 feet. Only production was slightly above the 3-year average.

JOSDP}I

& S0NS,lNC. ESTABIISHED leo6

FOR SALE

Late model Lumber Carrier--excellent running condition. 66" Blocks, can take 56" Blocks. TERMS.

1027 Terminal Way, San Carlos, Calif.; Phone: Lytell 3-7881

BUY_SELL-REPAIR_SERVICE

Fork Lifts and Straddlc Trucks. Complete shop and field service. Portablc Welding, Special Fabrication, Steam Cleaning and Painting. Servicc Available 7 Days a Weck. All work guaranteed.

COMMERCIAL REPAIRS AND SERVICE

1115 North Alameda Street, Compton, Cdif. Phones: NEwmark L3269, NEvada 6-4805

FOR SALE_US.ED LIFT TRUCKS

Reconditioned late model 8-ton warranty.

BURNABY

6102 Sepulveda Blvd.

capacity Gerlinger; like new. 90-day and WILLIAMS

Van Nuys, Calif. STate 5-6561

Renfort on Simpson NoGol Soles Sfqff

Dave Davis, salesmanager of Simpson Redwood Company, announces the addition of Harold "Ifal" Renfort to Simpson Redwood's growing Northern California sales force. Renfort, rvho joined Simpson on November 15, will be working under J'ohn Driscoll, western regional sales supervisor. Renfort, rvho has been touring Simpson installations at Arcata, Korbel, Klamath and E,ureka in preparation for his new sales job in the San Francisco office, was formerly traveling the San Joaquin Valley for Trinity River Lumber Sales Company, of San Francisco.

Douglas Fir Plywood Assn. reported orders went l0/o ahead of production in the week encling Dec. 15, with orders at 118,50O,000 feet and production at 107,620,000 feet. The unfilled order fi1e was 329,232,000 feet. For the year to date, production was 5.6% and ord,ers 4.6/o ahead of 1955 but orders were 3.2/o below production for tlre year's first 50 weeks. The DFPA predicted a 50/o crt in production the final week of 1955, with 21 mills slated for closing the full week and others of the 116 in the industry down half-aweek. The closing reflected routine maintenance or a move to balance orders and production.

The National Retail Lumber Dealers Assn. teoorted total retail lumber stocks on October 3l were estimated 4.792,000,000 b.t., 2.1% less than Sept. 30 and 6.6% below the end of October 1955. Retail lurrrber sales durins October were 6.9Vo above Septernber l>ut 2.2/o below October 1955. Seven of the nine retail reqions showed increases in sales during the month, the largest (15.4%) increase in the Pacific resion.

Rose Adds Tom Abell to Superior Stqff

Tom Abell, until recently rvith the Simplot Lumber Co., has joined the sales staff of Superior Lumber Sales Co., reports Ken Rose, general salesmanager of the firm. Abell rvill be active in both buying and selling and will head,quarter in Superior's Sacramento offices. Abell rvas formerly salesmanager of Simplot Lumber and also had several years of experience tvith Cal-Ida Lumber Co. at Auburn.

perrtoaah

Bob Wright left his native Fresno and part- MARCII 0F DIffiES ner Bob Reid Dec. 20 bound for "fun in the sun" in Hawaii. He made the trip on the Lurline and will fly back sometime after the first.

Headman Gus Hoover and Bob Hoover of A. L. Hoover Co., San Marino, are spending early January in Scotia at the annual sales promotion meeting of The Pacific Lumber Company. They lvere joined on their northern trip by Carl Bahr, manager of the Chicago office for TPL, who came u'est for some California sunshine and, last but not least, to attend the sales huddle.

Earl Carlson and Art Williamson, Cords Lumber Co. stalrn'arts, sPent a December week calling on suppliers along the Red'n'ood HighwaY.

JANUARY 2-3I

The Bob Hogans of San Francisco appear bent on catching up u,ith the Brian Bonnington family. A daughter Harriet rvas born to the Hogans Nov. 26 and Bob enters another deduction as she joins two sisters and a brot her.

Paul Gaboury and George Harpole of Golden Gate Lumber Co. spent the first December week perusing producers in the Fort Bragg region.

Bill Braley, office manager for Roddiscraft in Arcadia, is spending January ,cruising off Mexico in a 48-foot schooner. With Acapulco as their destination, Bill's party plans lazy fishing in the sun. Nice work if you can get it.

Charlie Schmitt returned Dec.7 to his lumber division headquarters at Atkins, Kroll & Co. in San Francisco after two 'n,eeks on business in NYC, Chicago, Dallas and Fort Worth.

ADVERTISERS INDEX

In<. -........-..-..,-... * 8otk,J.Wi||ionGo'.....-.......--................*

Behr,Joeph&3onr,|n<.'.....'.....'...zc

Bcnnett 2-Wqy pqnel Sry ---....-. T, Freemqn & Co'. Stephen G. --................-...-. * llo'.qugllwolfe -lumber Co. ----.-.....-....-..--. * leton €mpony. ffre ..-.-.--.---...-..--., !li:r E Gites -iumber co. --....--..-.--..,,.-...... * Gqlleher Hordwood Go. ---..---...........-.....-.-,. ri Mqrlin B.os. cntr. & lbr. Prod' corp. .---..-. 4 E|ueD|mondcoiPorqtion*G;;;;;;;;.G;;;'G;;;;i........'......zoi|ortinPl1rood BohnhofLumberio......-..............-.......qld;:;;ii;;";E5upp|yCo....-..........-'....54Mq]tinezco.'l.w.................-.....-..........-..

Brom-E Go., Gloy -.-................--..-............29 Ciiill'"iirf. li'C"fn, ri.. ..............-..-...... a llcCloud lmber Co' -*"'-"'*-------"'--" * Bruthl'durt.iolLumberCo.........-...-....-....37ciliili.iJJl^i.LmbcrGo. cql Disf.ibuling co' ---......-........--...-.-,..-...-,. * G;;'i;;;;E* Sqler "'-""" """""""""' * iuddltlm lmbr co" 3eb --'l Gof-pcrrc rumber Gq -..*..-...-....r Hqrcy B'or. .........-......-...17 i:llff i.1nt.t:i:1..1..1..::::::: ..........J cq|.Poc|icladwood5o|es,|nc.........'...'...rrHo||.co''.{.'!9'l.......................-...............79

t Hollinqn ilq(kin Lumber Co. -...-,-.-...-....--.65 cofifomiq Door co. * r. a. ..-.1...1-.] i xori."tr r.uiier & plyrrood co. .-....-.....--12 Notl'-Ameri(qn whlre' Lmbr' Atrn' --'---"-*

Colwcrsr Cm.nr Cc -___._.-.*._

Gqlifornio lunber Sqler -. - -----.----........ :t Homond-Golif. ncdw;od Co. ...---.-,----,-..-.- 1 Neimon-Reed lumbar Co' "'-"""-- --- -- -------I4

Cqlifornis Ponel ond colif. sugqr & wert. Pine ag-;v .--..----...;6 Horrir, l"E-. r*Ui Co. I Newquirt' lmer W' """'-"""""""""""""52

Cqscode po.ific fumber Co. * Hclnr-Brown Lumber Co. -..-.......,-..-...-....-.69 Ottron Lunber Co. ----.----,....-....-..-...-----------. 'l

Ce<o Steef Produclr Corp. ---.-.----------------,-..33 Hcron Lmber Compony -:...---.--.....-......---,-_'l Oxford tumber Co., lex -,----,..........--....-.-..79

Celolex Co.poEtion, lhe ----..---.----....-.-----. '* lliggi-nr- lumber Co.' J. E. ' ..""""74 cenlrot voltey Box t Lumber c;:":........... i xiii-a !91rof. lnc. --....-......-.--.-----...-.......--.-ts Pocific cemenl & Aggresotet' lnc' -'--"--"' *

chickmougo Gedor co., r".. --.-..-....-.-..-.-.'i llogon wholerole !ldj. itorerioh c;. - t Pqcif,c Fore:t Products' Inc""" """-"""""'59

Chicoltou|dingco.....................................l.

ch.irtcnron Lumber co. .-....--.--.------.-----.-----53 Holmer Euiekq Lvmber co. * Pocific Lumber Deolers supply' In(' ---------'51 cfs, twber cmpony :-::::::::t Holmer Lumber co., Fred c. .-.'..-....---'.------53 Pociic wire Products co' "'-'-"""""""""""72 coq.r xitn compony ::::::,:A Homqtofe Gmponv - -... -..- -. ....'- * Pacific wood Produ'tt co' " ""'- - --'-"-"""' * Phillips Lunber Co., G. C. -.-...--.-..--.-...-....--75

Cooper Whole:ole lumb-er Co.-, w. E. -..--. ] Indurrriol lmber -.._.,.......... i phippi Co.. nr -. ' ----.-....yt CoorHeqd[unber&P|Ywood...................* CordrlumberCo'......---.'..-.'..'...--.44l.iiiii_iiu

Dont & Ru$ell, In<. .._.._.-....-...-----.-.---.,....58 Joner Mochinery Corp,, Fronk E. -..-.-.-....-.,-3I RiGii & Krure Lmber Co. --....-.-.-.---...--._--.... rt

Dqyid3on Div.-Arlor Plywood Corp. .--...--26 Jordqn Sqrh t Door Co., F. t. ..........-....-..56- Roberb Lunbsr Co., Frifz ..-....-.-...-.-......-...-77

Dollor Go., lhe Robert ---,.-......--.--.--.----,-.--46 xochton Plywood & Yeneel co., Inc. --,.-,-- t Roy Forerl Prodvct3 €o. ---.----". -74

Douglcs Fir Plywood A:rn. * L. A, Dry Kiln sto.oge, In<, --....--.-..-...--.-.-66 5qn Rofel Lumber Co. ---.------..--....------...----.56

BUYER'S GUIDE

tOS ANGETES

SASH_DOORS_MILLWONK_SCREENS PLYWOOD_BUILDING

Simmons Hcrdwood 6 Lb;. Co.......LOrcin 9-715

Slqnlon, E. I, 6 Son. ......ADcms {-9211

Tccomc Lumber Scles, Inc.. .MAdisou 6-6831

Tcrdy, Joe. .tr Udlow l-0778

Tarler, Webslsr d tohnson, Inc,...ANgelus 9-7231

Tropiccl 6 Western Lunber Co,... .LUdlow 3-2375

Twin Ciiy Lunber Co. .BRqdsbqw 2-7723

Twia Harbors Lumber Co. (C. P. Henry 6 Co.)...........Rlchnond 9-6524

Union Lumber Compcny ....TRinity 2282

Vollstedt Kerr Lumber Co.. ......BRcdshcw 2-0126

Mccf,iaery Corf.. Frdak E.. VAndikc 9132

F, L. Jordcu Scsh d Door Co......Plecsant 8-ttl68

Koehl, John W. 6 Son. ...ANgelus 9-8191

Mcple Broa. (Wbittier). ...OXIord 3-5060

Mcitin Plvwood Co.. .RAvmond 3-3661

Mason Sui:plieg, Iuc. ..ANgelug 9-0657

Nicotci D6dr Mlg., Co. (Lonitc) DAvenport 6-6442

Oreqon WqshinEton Plvwood Co. .....D4 6-644i1

Pnci-fic Lunber -DeqlerJ Supply Co.. ..ZEnith l156

Pccilic Wood Products Co.. .....Mtrdiroa 6-7585

Reqal Door Compc-" CUmharland l-G2tc

Roddiscrclt, Inc,, Plywood Div. ...LUdlow 2-8341

Scni-Top, Inc. .......... ....ADcms 3-5116

Securitf Pcint Mlg. Co......... ..ANqelus l-0359

So-Ccl Bldc. Mcterials. ..TBiuilv 530{

Southwest Flywood Corp. ORegon E'il(}Sr

Stolon & Son, E. J. ADe-" 4-!?!!

Steiner cnd Mcteer, Inc. OXIord 5-7218

Stewdrt, O. W. Ptvwood Co. IlNiveraitv l-2149

Strqit Door Mls, C-o. .CUnberlmd 3-5t188

Swestem. Porfcnd

Co.. ........YIIkon 2-Q200

H;ii c":; Jcnes L'. Sltter l'7520 Wendling-ilctbcn Co.... ... Sutier l-5363

MATEBIALS HANDLING

Hysler Company .Mlsgioa 8-0680

BAY AREA

LI,I,IBER

Bruce co., E. L. " fEllos !-QQ77 nlia-"iL-,i--rli Scles' Ecrle D. .ANdover l-7260

Cotiloitio Lunber Sqles. ...KEllos {-!004 Cci--pccitic fonUer Co...........Glenwoo-d {'52,|5 CJia" i-"-U.t Compcnv. olvmpic 9'!!?! i;ft "-ili-i"-lti ci,. ......Gleuwobd 4-1854 F"iit"i"t Lrimber Co. ..Glenwood 4'7334 -c;-;;;; c crcen Lunber Co'....KEuos {-6!Q! Golden Gcte Lumber Co.. .YEllowstoao {-fllq Ciiao"-t'ta"g"qth... .LOckhcvsn q-?!Zq dJsstin-Harains Lumber Co.. .IElloqgione l-8!!! Hiit e M;;i.",inc....... .trNdover !-!Q!! i.i.", fiU"* 4....... ..LAkehurEt 2-2751 f""o'I.rnler 6 Milt Co.. ..Ll,kehurgr 3.'5550

SAN FRANCISCO

CNESOTED LUMBEN_POLES-PILINGI_TIES

Scxter, I. H. d Co.. ......DUnkirk 8-9591

Wsrren Soulhweai, Inc.. ..NEvcdc 8-2983