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tem, which still is followed only by this pioneer in the fir plywood field.

Quality-Control supervisors are not stationed permanently in a single mill, on the theory that familiarity with a single operation or the personnel of a single mill could interfere with the impersonal nature of the testing operation.

DI'PA supervisors make frequent unscheduled calls on every shift of the mills to which they are assigned. In addition, Association headquarters in Tacoma makes irregular changes in assignments about once every six weeks, so that neither the mills nor the supervisors know from day to day who will be responsible for specific mills.

During his call, the supervisor carefully checks each manufacturing step and makes a report to the mill and to one of three DFPA quality-control laboratories. In addition, the supervisor selects test panels on a scientifically randomized basis at a number of locations in tlle mill, including the warehouse, to sample production carried out during his absence. These samples are tested in centrally located laboratories, not in a corner of a mill.

Mqnufocturer Sees Upturn Lote in'61

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JAMES J. UPSON

Presldent, The Upson Compa,ny

Like many other manufacturers of building materials, The Upson Co. felt that 1960 was going to be a banner year. Business, as a matter of fact, has been good but far below expectations.

During the first half of 1960, the Upson plant operated at full capacity. Ilowever, since mid-summer, our manufacturing proglam has been cut back considerably as a result of the slowdown in lesidential construction. Dollar sales will be off somewhat from the high level of 1959. Earnings also will be affected but not nearly as much as those of some other manufacturers in our industry.

With the introduction this Fall of some new products to the mobile home, manufactured home and conventional home-building industry, Upson management feels confident in continued progress and improvement in business during 1961.

Along with many economists, we feel that the building industry should have a gradual rise starting in 1961 to new peaks by 1964 and 1965.

Business may start out slowly for the first quarter or first half of the new year, but we also are of the opinion that there will be a gradual increase in activity during the second half of the year which will bring us to a level above that of 1960.

long-Bell Lumbermen Live lr Up in Weed

Weed, California-Office headquarters space for International Paper Company's northern California lumber and plSrwood operations in Weed has been enlarged with the recent completion of a modern new six-room addition.

The smart all-wood structure houses Weed Branch foresters, the logging superintendent, a teletype unit, and will provide a

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Distribution Yord: 7257 Eost Telegroph Rood, los Angeles 22 large drawing and mapping room for the company's engineers and foresters, a conference room, and a cofree area. Rich natural wood paneling of knotty Ponderosa pine, Western red cedar, birch, knotty Idaho white pine, and Douglas flr highlight the ofrce's striking interior.

The approximately 2300-square-foot ofrce addition also features acoustical-tiled ceilings, fluorescent lighting, asphalt tile floors, and the latest in fire protection sprinkler systems. The building contractor was Earl Cummins of Yreka.

tlemories Mingle With Col-Pcrciftc Orders in 5.F. Lqndmcrk Where Billings, Miller Work

Ted Deacy of Cal-Pacific Redwood Company, with mills and main offices in Arcata, took pleasure in announcing the association of Hugo Miller with the Cal-Pacific sales sta^ff last month. Miller, who Joined Cal-Pacific on December 1, will be working with Frank Billings in the company's San Francisco sales office, located in The City's picturesque Columbus Tower building at Kearny and Columbus.

Constructed by turn-of-the-century political boss Abe Ruef as headquarters for his activities, no expense was spared in its construction: marble for the hallways was brought clear from Italy, the outer walls were glazed, white tile over steel frame, and thick concrete between floors guaranteed soundproofing as well as structural strength. From his penthouse under the copper-sheathed dome, Abe Ruef could survey the rowdy Barbary Coast, heart of "his" City.

In the Sentinel basement was Caesar's Grill, one of San F'rancisco's noted restaurants, fashioned after Maxim's in Paris. With the advent of Prohibition, Caesar's was closed and the basement prospered as a high-class speakeasy. Ruef's secret passages extending into other buildings under Columbus avenue and Kearny street must have been very useful at that time.

Through the following two decades, the Sentinel Building housed a never-ending flow of artists and writers. tr'or years, the exotic Chinese dancer, Jadine Wong, held court in her gold and greenlacquered showplace on the fifth floor; at one time, a number of rooms were occupied by "professional" ladies. Finally, on Novem-