TWIN HARBORS IUMBER GOMPANY

Aberdeen, Woshington

Mqnufqcturers qnd Distributors of west coosr Forest products

525 Boqrd of Trode BldE.

5O3 professionol Bldg.

PORTTAND 4, OREGON EUREKA, CATIFORNIA

Phone ATwoter 4142 phone 4142

Co lif ornio Represenlolives sAN FRANCTSCO tl ros ANGETES t5

Frsnk J. O'Connor C. p. Henry & Co. GArfield l-5644 pRospecr 6524

Now You Con Buy

REDWOOD PIYW00D from Pccilic Coost Aggregoles, Inc.

Mqde from the oldest of woods, REDWOOD PLYWOOD ir ereferred by builders for itr lux. ury qppoarqnce, super strength, qnd lsbor-roving service. Reo& ily odoproble to hundrads of indoor ond ouldoor user, REDWOOD PTYWOOD combines oll the beauty and exlreme duro. bilily of redwood wifh the con. venience. extro rigidity ond im proved workabiliry of plywood. Eorily worked wirh ordinory hond or power tool3t Won't split, ond it'r lighr-weighr.

FOR HOI/iES fhe worm, rich coloring mokcr inside or outtide wolb morc livoble ond qttractiye.

FOR INDUSIRY . , Soves weighr ond fobricotion co3f3. Its high insulo. tion quolity increorcr eft<iency of tonks, vots, cooling towen. FOR FARIIS . . . An all-purpore building mqloricl. perfect for portoble rlruclule3.

FERN TRUCKING COMPANY

Ofiers Combined Service Of:

Trucking Ccrr Unlocrding

Pool Ccr Distribution

Sorting

Sticking lor Air Drying

Storing oI Any Qucntity ol Forest Products

Ten Hecvy Duty Trucks cmd Trcrilers

Fourleen 3-Axle AJI Purpose Arry Lumber Trucks

Seven 16,000 lb. UIt Trucks

Twenty-Seven Acres Paved Lcurd crt Two Locations

Served by L A. Iunction Rcrilrocrd

Shed Spcrce lor Two Million Bocrd Feet

Spur Trcrck to Accomsrodcte Thirty Rcrilrocrd Cars

Bcrclced by Twenty-two yecrs ol Experience in Hcrndling Lumber curd Forest Products

This Compcny Is Owned curd Opercted by FERN-ando I. Negrri 4550 Mcrywood Ave., Los Angeles ll JEflerson 7261

Stub Production of Ncw Wood and Merblc Mrilitc Prttcmr

Marsh dealers rvill be supplied with a complete packaged program to assist them in their sales of the wood and marble patterns.

The patterns adapt themselves to a wide range of interior treatments. The woods, for example, lend themselves to walls in dens, reception, conference and waiting roollls, libraries, offices, stores, bars, dining rooms, play rooms and other interiors where the beauty of wood paneling is desired.

The marble patterns are being used for entrances, corrid<lrs, lobbies, stairways, theatre foyers, offices, stores, barber shops, beauty salons, mortuaries and interiors in churcltes and public buildings.

Literature on the new Marlite wood an<l marble patterns may be obtained direct from Marsh Wall Products, Inc., Dover, Ohio. Marsh is a subsidiary of Masonitc Corporation.

Pacific Northwest Waterborne Lumber Shipments in November Set Record

Marsh Wall I)roducts, Inc., manufacturers of rvellknown Marlite plastic-finished wall and ceiling patrels, has started production of l0 new rvood antl marllle Marlite patterns. I'lant facilities have been enlarged so that'"1\{arsh dealers will have adequate supplies of all Marlite patterns'

Five of the nerv Marlite patterns faithfully rcprodltce the beautiful grain and finish of selected fine 'tvood-qttartered prima vera (harervood gray or natttral), plain lv;rlnut, rift oak and striped mahogany. Wood pattern panel sizes are 48" x77'and 48" x 9d'with the grain in the direction of tl're second dimensions.

The new marble patterns, authentic reprocluctions of rare imported marbles, are rose de Brignoles, Jaune Bcnou, black and gold, Skyros and Verdi anticlue. The large, convenient panels come in 32rt vQ$" and 96" x48" sizes, with grains running in 1n he direction of the second dimensions.

Marsh is producing mouldings in alumintim alloy, presdwood and plastic to go with the nerv panels.

Seattle-Pacific Northwest waterborne shipments to other U. S. ports set a record during Novembcr, according to Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau figures. Domestic slripments for November totaled 210,761,346 board feet, compared with 168,690,837 for October, rvhich had been a record for recent years.

British Columbia shipped 58,7()0,743 board feet to U'S. ports during November, of which 58,234,161 rvent to the Atlantic Coast and the remainder to California.

November exports totaled 55,840,758 board feet as compared with 83,316,415 for the previous month.

The Bureau's report covers ports in Puget Sound, GraysWillapa Harbor, Columbia River and the Oregc-'rl Coast, and British Columbia.

Pacific Northrvest exports for the first 11 months of 1949 rvere 896,441,312 board feet, as compared rvith 954,456,0t13 for the same period in 1948.

Buys Ycrrd

The Mulcahy I-umber Company of Tttcson, Ariz', has purchased the Keating Lumber Company there, and took possession on January 3.

Stanlcy'Moorc of Lor Angclcr Promotcd by Fir-Tcx

Stanley Moore, of l,os Angeles, is best knorvn as the Fir-Tex and Coralitc rnan of Southcrn Californiit. llc is manager of their big :rrrrl constantly growing llusiness and factory in l-os Angeles, and hrs salcs activities also extend castrvtr<l tltrough'I'exas, Ariz<lna, Nerv Mexico, and Oklahoma.

A fcw days ago hc rvas notified of tu'o prom<lti<lns arvarded him l,y l.-ir-Tcx. Mr. Franklin T. (iriliith, president of the liir-'fex Insul;rting Corrrpany, <lf St. llelcus, ()regon, notified hinr that he hrr<l lleen honored lly election to a 1ll:rcc on the lloar<l of clirectors of that organization. This c()nrpanv is thc manufacturing cn<l of l.'ir-'l'cx. The othcr'llrtlrn<ltion was announced by Thomas W. l)ant. of l)ortland, Oregon, prcsi<lent of I)ant & I{usscll, Inc., rvhich concern handles the exclusive sales <lf Fir-Tex Insulating lirards. The ann()uncement says that Mr. Moorc lvas app<linted Southwest s:rlcs rrranager for thc lrir-Tcx dcpartment of Dant & Rtrssell.

Sirrce the genial ancl popular I\[r. ]\{oore is bcing slrowt't

Appointed District Mcrncrger

C. W. Hancock has just been appointed Northern District manager for The Paraffine Companies, Inc. and, located at the companv's offices in Ttortland, Oregon, rvill supervise sales of I'abco Building Materials in the Northwest. This announcement rvas nrade this clate by I-. K. Bishol>, sales manager of I'abco's Iluilding N{aterials Division.

Hancock joined Paraffine in 1939 and during the last ten years has been active in the sale of Pabco roofings, asbestos-cement products and allied building materials in the Western states.

Hoo-Hoo Club Dinner Dcnce

Irr Fresno Jqnucrry 2l

San Joacluin Hoo-Hoo Club No. 3l rvill hold a dinner dance and guest night on Saturday evening, January 21, at Pine I-ake I-odge, Fresno.

\\rillard LaFranchi, Pacific Forest Products, Inc., Fresno is president of the Club, and Bernard B. Barber, Jr. is secretary-treastlrer.

Wholescrle Business Moved

To Scrn Frcrncisco such confidence and consideration by his business associates, a brief revierv nf his business history and activities is timely. lle has been with Fir-Tex for nineteen years. I'rcviously hc had been associated rvith the Union Trust Company, at Walla Walla, Washington, and later manager of tlre Sccurity 'l'rust Company, at Spokane. Fir-Tex sent hirrr to Southcrn California in 1934 as Southern California nllnirgcr. 1'hc present l,os Angeles warehousc w:ls lluilt in 1940, rvith 2.5,000 s(luare fcet under cover. Since then two a<l<litions havc bcen lluilt, giving them to<lay 50,000 scluare fcct of lloor space in the highly modern plant. llis ncu'honors u'ill grcatly please his army of friends in thc lurrrllcr in<lustry. Iiriends coure to hinr natttrally, ltec:rusc hc is csscntially a friendly guy. Combining a notervorthy llolicy of fair trade practice together with sales :rl>ilit1', a finc sensc of hunror, an<l many scholarly inclinati<lrrs, hc is a man rvorth knowing, and a frientl worth having. Fir-'l'cx has done itself prott<l in officially recognizing thc rvorth of its Southcrn California amltassador of better busincss. Thc LUN{Blilt MItItCHANT likes thc fellorv, antl congrltulates him.

J. J. Fitzpatrick Lumber Co. has moved from Oakland to Room 922, 690 Market Street, San Francisco 4. E. P. Sawyer is manager.

Nirrc ycars ago they created thc Coralite Company, makirrg I\tr. Nlrxrrc president, and llegan tlte nranttfacturc of their three famous co:rted products, Coralite, Handityle, ancl Coralether. Inrprovements t() this department of the lrusincss havc been continual, and thc Cortlite facttlry torllry is onc of thc most rrro<lern arttl cfficicnt in thc cntire irr<lustry. Stanlcy l\krrlrc is a mcmller of I-ltlo-FItlo, of I-umlrcrnlcn's Itost, Anrcrican Legion, antl of thc Indtrstrial (lltrb of l,os Arrgcles.

Apprecicrtes Christmqs GiIt

I)ce l,)ssley has receive<l a nice letter fronr l-eRoy R. I Iayncs, strPerintendent of Lel{ov l}o1'c' Home at La Vcrnc, Calif., thanking the Los Angeles FIoo-Hoo Clulr for thcir Christmas gift. The Club presented the school u'ith a check for $175 which will be used to purchase a 16 m.m. soun(l p:ojector.

ln his lctter N[r. Haynes says: "Each of the boys, staff rncmbers, and the board of directors join me in thanking 1'ou for making it possible for us to get this long desired gift, and rve rvish you a very happy and successful year in 1950."

Viceregent Sncrrks Appointed

H. N{. Schaur, Jr., South San Francisco, I)eputy State Snark for Northern California, announces the appointment of the following Vicegerent Snarks:

N[. B. Nelson, I-{ales & Symons, Inc., Sonora, Calif., Central California district.

Ray E. Burdg, Noah Adams Lumber Co., Clarksburg, Calif., Sacramento district.

Dubs, Ltd., Plcry crt Orindcr

Jcrnuary 20

Dubs, Ltd., rvill have their first 1950 golf tournament at Orinda Country Club, Orinda, Calif., on Friday, January 20. 1,. J. (Larry) Or'ven rvill be chairman of the day.