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pany. Brorvn moved back to the United States in 1923 and went into the redwood Iumber business when he became a{filiated with hi-" uncle, Perc-r' J. Brorvn" who operated a redrvood mill in Humboit Countv in northern Calilornia.

overseas markets. He spent two years in Austrnlia promoting California redwood lumber. Sales volume in that period went to about 30,000,000 fcet annually in the Anzac area. Brown then moved to Nen' York and served as District Sales N'Ianager thcre for l'he Pacific Lumber Company.

Tn 1931, PALCO's program of complete rrtilization of the redwood tree began with prorlu<:tion of bark by-products. IJrow n moverl to the headquarters offir:e in San Iirantisco to manage thc markct devt'loprnt.nt anrl sulcs of a r.aried line of fibers. and in more t'cent years chemicals. protluced from redwood bark.

X'Iiracle Redrvood lJark. a new bark fiber' rvhich is gaining increasing use throughout the country in a dual role-as a so{t. prol.er:tir.e cushion under slides and play apparatus at school,. and playgrounds, and also as a colorful and der:orative ground cover in landscaping. It also is becomins impoltant in orchid culture.

Brou n erper'ls to do a lt'rtair; amoutrl of traveling, inc,ludirrg a trip to Hons Kong with lVlrs. IJrown where they were married in 1919. as 'n'ell as to Australia to r,isit rvith old fricnd-.

NPDA Regionol Conference in Vegos

He ioined The Pacific Lumber Companv in L926, and a," his first assignment took an extended trip through Central and South Arnelica to develop redn'ood lumber sales- primarily for industrial uses. liollowins this. he serr.ed for several years on loan to the Redrvood Flxport Compan'1.. representing the major redwoorl prodrrce'rs, to help the industry to develop

By-products developed since then include PALCO's redwood bark fibers {or home and cold storage insulation, for oil filters, battery separators, specialty papers. moldetl products, and fibers for preventins circulation losses during oil well drilling. Chemicals extracted fronr the bark are rvidely used as a disper-sing agent during oil drilling operations, and by manufacturers of carbon black and boiler water compounds. In the earlv 30's. IIALCO commenced the produc[ion o{ Pres-to-Logs. a }rriquetted fuel, from redwood sawdust. and later installed one of the first wood chipping units in the redrvood region to furnish wood substance to the manufacturers of roofing. llrown's mosl re{.enl interest has l,een

The National Plywood Distributors A,*sociation has announced its twenty-fir'st annual series oI regional conferences for 1963.

The conlerence will be held throushout the East tluring the month of Januarl . in Chicago, Atlanta and Washington. The Western Regional Conference will take place February 14th and 15th at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas.

Some of the interesting topics {or discussion will be: Profit Bottlenecks; Salvasing Ohsolcte Int entories; Time \lanagement; Training Salesmen; Truck Scheduling; Expense Control and a myriad of otht'r informative talks by expt-.rts.

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Jqck Kromer Helps LA Hoo-Hoo Swing the Rqcket qt Annuql Christmqs Meet

Tennis stars Jack Kramer. Vic Braden and some gift-giving in the best Christmas spirit rounded out 1962 for L.A. Hoo-Hoo Club f2 at their December l4th Inglewood Country Club meeting.,

The club had donated $750 to LeRoy's Home {or Boys for Christmas earlier only to learn that the boy's TV set had been stolen just at the start of the Christmas season. A collection, through Harvey Koll's efiorts, was taken and almost $90 was raised that night to replaoe the set. The Hoo-Hoo club made up the difference so that a new set could be bought for the boys.

Following a day of golf at the club the