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F.rom top to bottom - throughout the TW&J organizationour people live by our policy of over 40 years standing - pron'r.pt, courteouso efficient seruice.

Ten large saw mills, augmented by an extensive wholesale distributing organization. You are assured a dependable supply of West Coast lumber and lumber products in a wide choice of sizes and grades.

White Fir, Douglas Fir, Incense Cedar, Sugar Pine, Ponderosa Pine; also Pine doors, K.D. sash, Pine and Fir mouldings, Pine plywood.

Appointed Vice President In Charge o[ Salct

"In 1923, Sherman Bishop of the third generation entered the services of Union I.umber Company. He first u'orked for the company at Fort Bragg, s'here he became innoculated in the primarl' manufacture of Redwood by s'ork in the mills. Then he joined the sates force at San Francisco. His next move was to Chicago rvhere he handled llids'estern sales for the company. In 1938 he became district manager for Congoleum Nairn, manufacturers of floor covering. In 1942 he assumed the post of merchandising manager for Croslev Corporation, manufacturers of radios and refrigerators. In 1948, he joined the staft of the California Redrvood Association as executive vice president and general manager.

"l\{r. Bishop has done a splendid job in his f6rmer capacity, as general manager of the California Redrvood Association. Its program of sales promotion, research, public relations and conservation rvith emphasis on the certifying of tree farms in the Redrvood region has been under his able direction.

"This Association program has been so rvell developed that his successor s'ill find a sound-going organization under. his charge."

The appointment of Sherman A. Bishop as vice president in charge of sales was announced today by President Otis R. Johnson of Union Lumber Company. In accepting a vice presidency of Union Lumber Company I\Ir. Bishop retires from his position as executive vice president and general manager of the California Redrvood Association rvhich he has held for the past four years. He replaces William R. Morris, u'hc has resigned from the company after many years of service and who has held this position for the past five years. l\[r. I\forris has not announced his plans for the future.

In announcing the appointment President Johnson said, "We are very happy to make this announcement about I\[r. Bishop, rvho returns to a comDany rvith tvhich he rvas formerly associated for many years, and rvho is intimately acquainted u'ith both our operating and sales problems.

"FIe comes from a pioneer lledrvood family, his grandfather having been associated rvith one of the earliest operations in California, Dolbeer & Carson in Humboldt County. His father, Sherman A. Bishop, Sr., carried on the family tradition in Mendocino County.

"Sherman -A,. Bishop is also executive lice president of the Redrvood Region Conservation Council and rvill remain as a director at large for this rapidly grorving forest conservation organization."

San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club

Christmar Party

The Christmas party of San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club No. 9 rvas one of the ouistanding social events of the year. Some 200 guests Nere present including members of the Club and their rvives. The fifty children, boys and girls from the Harold Meyer'.; San Francisco Boys' Home had the time of their lives. Joe Pepetone as Santa Claus gave each one a present, and the trained dogs rvith their clever antics entertained and pleased them mightily.

Bovard Shibley's hard rvork as chairman resulted in a highly successful event. He rvas assisted by Ralph Mannion, Ernie Bacon, Jack Kaefer, Hac Collins, Bob Strable, Fred Ziese, Jack Pomerov and Jack Butler. The party took place in the Rose Room of the Palace Hotel, at noon December 18.

All-\(/ood Truck Body Expected To Return Lumber to Vehicle Market

Washington-The return of lumber to one of its largest markets of the yesteryears is visualized by lumber industry leaders who viewed-casually at first, then intently-the new all-wood army truck body displayed, for the first time, during the annual meeting of National Lumber Manufacturers Association here on November 11-14.

Designed and constructed by laboratory personnel of Timber Engineering Company, in cooperation with Army Ordnance and Corps of Engineers officials, the new truck body is a project of the hardwood industry's research program at the Teco laboratory.

An innovation in military vehicle manufacture, the construction of the new truck body employs the latest developments in wood technology, including those being applied successfully in the Navy's minesweepers and other modern shipbuilding programs.

A far cry from the old boxlike wood truck bodies of World War II, the new all-wood body is much stronger, yet lighter in weight. The basic design factors providing maximum strength are the one-piece, U-shaped, bent laminated frame members made of tough black gum veneer, These frame members extend down one side, across under the bottom, and up the other side-an idea borrowed from the time-tested method of building ship frames.

The side and floor panels are made of edge-glued solid red oak planks, with those on the sides being glued permanentlv to the frames, making a one-piece truss of the entire structure. The floor panels are made in four sections for ease of assembly and quick replacement.

To avert possibility of buckling, the floor panels are attached to the frames with expansion bolts working through elliptical holes. This compensates any lateral movement, and the panels can be removed easily and quickly without damage to frames or panels. Being extremely rigid, the floor will not dent or buckle between frames as a result of constant heavy loading.

All wood parts of the truck body have been thoroughly impregnated to provide complete protection from fungus attack and decay. Furthermore, they have been treated w'ith a dimensional stabilizing chemical to minimize shrinking and swelling.

The adhesive, used in larninating the frame members and edge-gluing the solid lumber parts for sides and floor, is 100 per cent waterproof. This will prevent delamination, even in exposure to humid tropical conditions or complete imrnersion in water. The wood, the protective treatments and the adhesive will withstand extremes in temperature.

Designated as Type III, this is the first of the three all-u,ood prototype truck bodies, each of a different design, being built at the industry-owned Teco laboratory. The continuous laminated frame members are being used as a basic strength factor in all three body types.

Type I incorporates an aircraft engineering principle known as "stressed skin" construction, meaning it will have red oak plywood securely glued over both sides of the rigid, laminated frame members. This results in a single unit that develops exceptional strength per pound of weight.

Type II will be similar to Type I, except the "stressed skin" of plywood will cover the truck's floor only, leaving the frames exposed on the side panels as in Type III, just completed.

Upon completion, Types I and II also will be mounted on 2f-ton,6x6 dual wheel, M45 truck chassis supplied by Army Ordnance. They r+'ill be put on exhibit at the Pentagon, early in 1953, then tested at the Army's Aberdeen, Maryland, proving grounds, for design selection.

"These all-wood truck bodies," declared C. A. Rishell, Teco's Director of Research, "are offered by the hardwood lumber industry as an industrial research product for national preparedness. They are designed for mass production with the facilities of the furniture and woodworking industries of America-a vast production potential upon which the nation can rely in any emergency.

"The design and construction of these new wood bodies were made possible by the great advancements in wood technology over the past few years. We have superb waterproof glues in ample quantity. In addition, we have gained valuable knowledge in the bending, pressure treating, stabilizing, and scientific testing of wood.

"Even more important to the truck body program," Mr. Rishell pointed out, "is that we have developed methods, in the course of our extensive work for the Bureau of Ships, for gluing pressure treated wood, and we can even steam bend this laminated and treated wood when desirable.

"By combining chemistry with rvood technology, the prosaic lumber pile has become raw material for a new era of progressive n'ood utilization.

"Although designed and built primarily for the military," Mr. Rishell concluded, "there is no reason why manufacturers cannot put all-wood truck bodies into production now for commercial use. If produced in quantities permitting modern assembly line methods, the available data indicate a cost within the practical limits acceptable to the military and industry, and economicallv competitive rvith metal.

"There being plenty of lumber, as usual, and rvith ample supplies coming on, a manufacturer of these modern r*-ood truck bodies shpuld have no rvorries about a scarcity of materials."

Western Pine Prints New Edition ol Grcr.ling Rules

A complete ns11' printing of Western Pine association Standard Grading Rules lvas announced today by the association.

Ilffective Jannarv I, 1953, ilre nerv printing incorporates into the main bodl' all supplemental rules adopted by the gronp since October 1, 19.19.

The nen' edition also contains nelv rules for grading Engelmann Spruce and Select grades of Lodgepole Pine adopted at the association's September meeting in Portland. Ileasuring 3lx6f", the book has 147 pages. A marginal index provides eas'r. reference to rules ior each species of \\-estern Pines and Associirted \Yoods.

Copies are available at 25 cents each from \\'estern Pine association. Yeon Building. Portland 4, Oregon.

G. N. (Jerry) Dodge oi G. N. Dodge vada Citv. rvith IIrs. Dodge, left last the N.A.]I. in Nes' York and after France, Ss'itzerland and Spain.

Lumber Co. of NeDecember to attend that to visit Italv.