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A stranger arrived in Atlanta one morning, saw the smouldering ruins of a great cotton compress fire, a block square, that had burned the night before. Numerous streams of water still played on the smoking rubbish, and idly curious people lined the sidewalks to watch. The stranger stared at the mighty wreckage and then casually remarked to the Georgia "Cracker" who stood next to

Redwood Empire Hoo-Hoo Club Holds Dinner Dqnce

Harry Merlo, Rockport Redwood Company, San Francisco, announced recently that the Redwood Empire HooHoo Installation Dinner Dance held at the Santa Rosa Golf and Country Club, January 23, was really a gala event. This was the first event held rvith the new president, .[oe Schafer, Colombo Lumber Co., Sebastopol, at the reins of the Club, and Joe went all out for the occasion in hiring a 7-piece orchestra for dinner music and dancing.

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"Big fire, wasn't it?"

The fellow spat a powerful stream of tobacco juice into the gutter, and it seemed to the stranger that there was a strong undercurrent of satisfaction in his voice as he answered:

"Yep ! They done sold it to the damn Yankees !"

Swindells Announces New Plywood Co.

William Swindells is president of the newly organized Western Veneer and Plywood Company, at Lebanon, Oregon; C. H. Wheeler is vice president; A. R. Morgans is secretary-treasurer; and Harolcl Jones is general manager.

This new company has purchased the Western Veneer Corrpany of Lebanon, a manufacturer of veneers ancl plywood, and the Mar-Linn Timber Corporation of E,ugene, Oregon. \Arestern Veneer began making veneers in 1948, and plywood a year later. It makes about four million feet of plyrvood a month.

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Beton Compony

Mr. B. M. Beton recently announced.that Charlie Schmitt had been put in charge of Beton Company's lumber and plywood departments. The Beton firm is located at 597 Howard St., San Francisco, and is a prime importer of all types of hardwood plywood and lumber from the Far East.

Charlie Schmitt is well knorvn in Northern California lumber circles and is a past president of the San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club No. 9. He began his lumber career many years ago in the Charles R. McCormick mills and later worked in the San Francisco sales office of the McCormick firm. Following that employ, he was with U. S. Plywood Corp., San Francisco, for 16 years. Following a hitch in the service during World War II, Charlie operated the Edgewood Lumber Company, San Francisco, for 4 years, and prior to his present position, was with Twin-City Lumber Company in their San Francisco office.

Charlie has complete management of the Beton Company lumber and plywood division, with a sales territory covering jobbers throughout the entire United States.

Going Awoy Porty for Jock Butler

Twenty-two Sah Francisco lumbermen got together January 11, and threw an impromptu going away party for Jack Butler, who rvas transferred to the Dant & Russell headquarters at Portland, January 15, 1954. The group congregated at Solari's and took Jack by complete surprise-his dad, Seth Butler, doing a great job of straight man for the event-Jack not guessing what was in store for him until he got to Solari's. Following a ferv cordials and a good lunch, Jack was presented a going-away present by the group-a two suiter suitcase, one to match a bag given him earlier by Seth. Bob Bonner, Hedlund Lumber Sales, Inc., made the presentation.

Besides Jaik, Seth and Bob Bonner, the following were present at the luncheon: Chuck Magnuson, Henry Winfree and Pat Tynan, Dant & Russell Sales Co.; Norm Cords ancl Bill McCubbin, Cords Lumber Co.; Wendell Paquette and John Prim, Lumber Sales Co.; Ralph Mannion ancl Art Grey, Davidson Plywoocl and Lumber Co.; Bob Hood and Mike Coonan, Tarter, Webster & Johnson; Jack Pomeroy and Don Wilson, Lumber Merchants Assn. of Northern California; Paul Overend, CRA; Max Cook, California l-umber NIerchant; Hugh Pessner, West Coast Timber Products Agency; Jim Hall, Jr., James L. Hall Co.; Herb Schaur, South City I-umber & Supply Co.; Paul McCusker, Douglas Fir Lurnber Co.; and Fred Ziese, Gamerston & Green Lumber Company.

Pat Tynan, formerly at the Dant & Russell office in Portland, rvill filI in for Jack at the Dant & Russell Sales Co. otfrce in San Francisco.

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