Red Cedar Shingle Bureau Annuaf Meeting

According to llureau Secretary-Manager W. W. W<lodlrridge, thc industry's llroductive capacity has been gr<lwing steaclily since thb end of World War II and currently is :rt a ratc of approximirtely 7 million s(luares annually. Factors rvhich are reslx)nsible for tlre increased cedar shingle <lcnran<|, Woorlllridge state<!, include a record of storm and rvirrrl resistance cstablished tlrroughout the Midclle West, :lc(:cl)tance for multi-unit housiug tlevelopments by numerous largc lluilders, and a trerrrendous increase in thc use of shingles an<l processed shakes for si<lcrvall construction.

"A Mountqin ol Mcil" wcr thc cpt dotcription ol tr hugc pilc ol inquirior which nqdc up crn imprcreivc dirplcy crt the 33rd cnnual mccling oI tho Red Ccdor Shingle Burecu in Seciile on Deccmbcr 9. Ovcr 50.000 writton requertr lor lilerolurc on cedqr rhinglcr wrre in thc pilc, nort ol thcn bcing inquirier on thc Certigncdc Ntrtioncl Honc, publicirod aqtionqlly by the Burccu during l9{0. Shown excuniniqg thc "nountain" qre, lett to right, C. B. Swcet, preridcnt ol the Naiioncl Rettril Lumber Dealcrr Ariocicrtion,' W. C. BLIL mcn- cging director ol the Wertern Retqil Lumbermenl Artociqtioa; W. W. Woodbridge, Burecu aecroiqry-tncncger; cnd Virgil G. petergon, Bureou tteqrurer.

Iteports of constantly increasing demand for Certigrade red cedar shingles zrccr>r.npanied lly steplred-u1l production highlighted tlre 33rd annual meeting of the Red Ceclar Shingle Bureau, held in Seattle on I)ecember 9.

Shingle producers from Washington, Oregon and Ilritish Columbia attended the convention and were given optimistic acounts of enlarged and exllanded markets for cedar shingles as u'ell as augmentecl production which promises to establish a new post-war record during 1949.

Forest Service Hcs New Assistcnt Grczing Chiel

San Francisco, January 4-Appointment of Walter W. Wetzel as assistant chief of range management in the California region of the U. S. Forest Service u,as announcecl today by Regional Forester Perry A. Thompson. NIr. Wetzel rvill report for duty January 10, as successor to Avon Denham, recently pronroted to the division of range management at the Washington, D. C. headquarters of the Forest Service.

N{r. Wetzel enters his nelv job in the regional Forest Service oflrce in San Francisco with over 20 years of onthe-ground experience in ranching and range and livestock management. He will serve as assistant to C. A. Joy, assistant regional forester in charge of range managcment on the eighteen national forests of the California Region.

Spc:tkcrs :rt the convention included I\{. 1.. Clcrnent, dircct()r of Southerrr lluil<ling Code Congress, llirminghanr. Al:r., ('. ll. Srveet, prcsident of National ltetail Lumber l)e:rlcrs Association, Longvierv, Washington, l,l. L. Connor, prcsirlent of Stained Slringle & Shake Association, Seattle, I)avid I{. I)ean, \t'estern manager of The Country (icntlcnrcn, Sarr lirancisco, W. C. Ilell" marraging dierctor of \\rcstcrrr ltetail Lurrrbermcns Association, Seattlc, and ('ly<lc li. l'ooser, Scattle, representing National-Anrcrican Wholesale Lumllermens Association.

IJureau I'rcsi<lent D. It. Scott, Treasurer Virgil (i. I'etcrson arrd Comnrittee Chairmen l,aul I{. Smith, Charles I)l:rnt ln<l R. l[. Farringt()n l)resente(l reports at the meeting.

()f llarticular interest rvas ltlant's <lisclosurc that the I',urcau's meurbershil) roster increase<l lly 17 mills and 63 nrachirres during 1949, anrJ that the organization's membership, whose shingles are identified by the rvell-known Certigrade label, currently totals ll2 mills rvith 617 machines.

Scott rvas re-elected president of the Bureau for 1950, and Vice I'rcsident W. H. Mclallen also u'as returned to olficc. Othcr trustees elected for 1950 were: f)ale Craft, N. A. Iinglish, It. H. Farrington, Keith G. Fiskon, N. C. Janrison, J. A. MacKenzie, It. D. I\tackie, Charles Plant, Frccl A Iloles, C. C. Rose, I'aul R. Smith, FI. V. Whittall, I'larl S. Wasser ancl R. A. Wilde.

Kciser Gypsum Announces Promotions

John V. Pooler, superintendent of Kaiser Gypsum's Long Beach plant, has been promoted to manager of operations of all the company's plants and cluarries. These include the facilities at Long Beach, Redwood City and San Marcos Island, Baja California. In addition, he will supervise shipping and construction activities of the organization from his office in tl.re Kaiser Building at Oakland, California.

At the same time, it was announced by General Manager Claude Harper, that John O. Lewis, formerly superintendent of the Redwood City plant, would assume the duty of supervising production of the company's Long Beach plant, where the bulk of Kaiser Gypsum's products are manufactured. Ernie Shaper was named superintendent of the recently acquired Redwood City plant.