New Resident Monoger for Million Dollor Exponsion Holmes Eureko Lumber Compony Ar Flogsroff

Flagstafi, Arizona, Dec. 30, 1953-,4' million dollar expansion of lumbering operations in the Flagstaff area was announced here today.

Southwest Lumber Mills, Inc., states that it rvill construct a new planing mill, box factory, and dry kiln adjacent to its big sawmill located here.

It also announced that it has purchased the local sawrnill plant of the Arizona Lumber & Timber Company, formerly operated by the Saginaw & Manistee Lumber Company. The purchase price was announced as "about one million dollars."

Freeman Schultz, vice president and general manager of the Southwest Flagstaff branch, said that when the new units are completed about 400 persons will work a 48 hour r,l'eek the entire year around. In the past weather conditions have caused considerable fluctuations in the operating schedule.

The new dry kilns will enable the operation of the plant to be continuous even in wpt weather.

The big Southwest milling plant which has been closed for repairs, started up again on January 4th, with sufficient logs piled up to keep the mill in operation until logging starts again in the early spring.

Fred Holmes, presider.rt of Holmes Eureka Lumber Company, recently announced that effective January 1, 1954, Alf Westberg succeeded Alfred Quarnheim, who retired as Eureka manager of the Holmes Eureka mill. Mr. Quarnheim had been with the Holmes Eureka firm since 1920, starting at that time as head of the production and shipping departments.

N{r. Westberg has been associated with the redwood industry for more than twenty-five years and in 1947 organized California Fabricators, of which he has been general manager. All of his friends wish him success in his new position, for which he is well qualified.

Bob Adoms Heqds Sqcromento Hoo-Hoo

The officers who will serve the Sacramento Hoo-Hoo Club No. 109 during the coming year are Robert Adams, president; Al Baltus, vice president; C. D. LeMaster, secretary and treasurer; Larry Derr, Jack Berry, and Dick Markee, with the officers, make up the board of directors.

Mr. Adams succeeded W. W. Blattner as president.

Southwest Lumber Mills Inc., also operates sawmills at N{cNary, Overgaard, and Snowflake, Arizona, ancl cuts about 120 million feet a year.

6,20(J Foreslers Employed in Privote, Industry Jobs

A new review of foresters' employment shows 6,200 foresters in private employ in the United States. The trend of increasing employment of foresters in private industry, begun shortly after World War II, continues at a high level.

A joint analysis of the forestry situation by the Society of American Foresters and the American Forest Products Industries, Inc., reveals the following estimated distribution of foresters in the various classes of employment:

Federal, all agencies, 4,800; state, all agencies, 1,500; county and municipal, 2OO; education, including extension and institutional research, 700; private, including industrial, 6,200, and unclassified, including allied fields, 1,600; total 15,000.

Over 41 percent of all the professional foresters are estimated to be privately employed. This category includes about 5,000 employed by industries, 1,200 self-employed, consultar.rts, lxanagers of non-industriallv-ou.ned woodlands, and association foresters.