Calilornia Lumber Production

Exceeded All Previous Records in 1951

Berkeley, California, Jan.7-Lumber production of nearly 5 billion board feet in 1951 set a new record for California and Nevada, Stephen N. Wyckoff, Director of the California Forest and Range Experiment Station, LI. S. Forest Service announced today. California sawmills cut 99.5 per cent of the total, or 4.8 billion board feet.

The 1951 cut is 14 per cent greater than production in 1950, the previous high year. Also, the record cut of 1951 is almost double the production of 1946, only five years earlier.

Preliminary lumber production statistics reported by Director Wyckoff are in Forest Survey Release No. 17, "I-umber Production in California and Nevada, l95l." This report was compiled from a survey conducted jointly by the Bureau of the Census of the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Forest Service of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. The Census Bureau rvill issue the final statistics.

The redwood counties, rvith 392 sarvmills, accounted for 42 per cent of total production and the remaining counties, with 409 sarvmills, produced the other 58 per cent. The 801

Openr \(/estern Distr:ct Office ln San Francisco

The Wood Conversion Company, St. Paul, Minnesota, a Weyerhaeuser affiliate, has opened a rrew sales office in San Francisco to better serve the western states, according to M. S. Wolf, general sales manager.

J. 1{. Godley, Sr..Western District lfanager, heads the new office located in the Monadnock Building.

The decision to serve the West irom San Francisco follorvs expansit.rn of the Company's Western territorv sales organization in recenr years, according to Mr. \\rolf . In turn the companv's building and industrial products' sales have kept pace with the area's grorvth. Westrvard population shifts and the increase of new industries since \\rorld War II have created markets prompting the location of the nerv office in San Francisco to serve this area better.

The Wood Conversion Company's family of soft insulation and board products have been on the market over 30 years. Adapting itself easily to the wide range of climatic conditions is Balsam-Wool insulation which performs the dual function of keeping homes warmer in winter months and cooler in the warm weather.

Nu-Wood board does double duty too in both old and sawmills active in l95l are a reduction from the peak of 984 mills (971in California, 13 in Nevada) operating in 1948.

Humboldt County rvas easilv the leading producer in the State with Mendocino second. The six top counties (all those cutting more than 200 million board feet) were: l95l produetion new buildings as decorative interior finish and structural insulation. Tufflex Siding Underliner and Sill Sealer round out the \\rood Conversion Companv's complete line of building products, rvhich are sold exclusively through lumber dealers.

(in thousand bd. ft.)

Details of the lumber sun'ey contained in the survey release include tables shorving lumber production by species, by mill-size class and by counties for both the Pine and Redrvood regions. Copies are available upon request to the Director, California Forest and Range Experiment Station, P. O. Box 245, Berkeley l, California.

Present indications are that 1952 production of lumber rvill be slightly less than that for 1951.

Tufflex, a cellulose fiber felt representing another product line manufactured by the \\'ood Conversion Company, has readily found a place in some of the top industries in the West. Tufflex is used as a protective packaging for aircraft parts and as cushioning material in bedding, chrome Cinette furniture and juvenile padded furniture.

Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club

Dinner Dance Feb. 20

February 20, 1953 rvill be the big night of the year for Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo members, their wives and guests. The occasion will be the annual Cinner dance in the beautiful Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.

The social hour rvill start the evening's festivities at 7 fi9 p.m. and dinner rvill be served at 8:09 p.m. Strolling troubadours will provide music f.rom 7:00 p.m. to 9 p.m., and a six-piece orchestra *'ill furnish music for dancing from 9:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. Nine door prizes r*'ill be awarded to the ladies holding the lucky numbers. George Clough, Rob Osgood. Sterling Nolfe and Jim Forgie are arrangine for the entertainment program.

Reservations must be made in advance and checks should be mailed to Ole May. lll3 Venice Blvd.. Los Angeles 1.5; his telephone number is DUnkirk 2-7942.

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