,4 Dependah/e Source

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ln oddition to our own t2 sowmills, TGiT ore octivelY engoged in the procurement ond

| omo RANCH. '4\ distribution of oll West ToYoN..wEsrporNT Coost lumber products wttsEYvtL[E o wnrre.rrNe\ ond mointoin buying orxxunsro$f, '.a. offices in producing e *f1i%t" -RK \\\\ oreoi to sive the trode 4 -t t FRESNo complete one-cqll ( bqlonced service.

Kyncy, Whelqn on Boqrd of Whiring-Meqd Builders Mqrr

_ San l)iego.-_fohn \\I. Iivncy and Chester Whelan have been electecl to ihe'lrcard of clirectors of \\thiting-Ilead Builrlers' \Iarket as adclitional nrenrbers, it r,l'as aruronnced bv the retail yard. Kyncy heacls the nrerchandising and purchasing clepartments, in which he has norked II vears. \\'helan rejoinecl Whiting-Nlead, 'rvith rvhiclr lre rr.as associated from 1927-37, after lreing presirlent of tlie Centurv Lumber Co. He heacls the financing arrrl coniractor's sales clel)artrl1el1t of the yarcl.

Refoil lumber Buyers, Inc. Mortgoges the Equipmenf

Legal notice has lleen publishecl in The Los Angeles lorrrnal tliat Retail Lurrrber Buyers, Iuc., ar.rd Lunrber Associates, Inc., nrortgagors, 8230 Beverly I31vd., Los Angeles. and 7221 ll. F-ir_estone I31vd., l)owney, iritenrl to mortgage to John A. liurll;ach, l,Ionrovia. and lack Beutel, Los Angeles, r.nortgagees, all fixttrres ancl ecluipment of the above businesses, and that an executed ntortgage of tlie sanre u'ould be delivered ,lannary 10, i958. The papers were s_igned by ()eorge Callas, president,-arid Richarrl C. Merrill, secretary-treisurer. of the defrrnct firrrrs vllriclr started -last r.ear.

Lodder Monfh in April

The Anrerican I-aclcler Institute is again holcling its National Laclder Xlorrth in April anrl, as usual, offers pronrotional aicls for dealers rvho enter its prize-wirrrring lvinclo',v display colltest. Itequests- to L. C. Vatling, chiirriran, 66fi North Lrke Sl.rore l)rive, Chicago 11, Ill., ivill lrring Ladcler l(its including a sailple streamer, electro or r.nat for local aclvertising, etc.

Keusder Heods Young Builders

Walter \\'. Kerrsrler, Ir., u-as elected nresiderrt of tl-re Yorrng Buiiders Institute, ..lu.otional arnr of the Horne Builclers Jnstitute, I-os r\ngeles, and irrstailed at the recent dinner concluctecl ltv George \f. Pardee, president of the parent HBI.

(Tell tltenr, you saw it in The Calif ornia Lum.ber Merch.ant)

Brodshqw Predicts Better DoYs

Tohn Q. Public is likely to upset the busincss forecasters' uppl. .nit in 1958, boc,siing lumber and housing -to higher lev?ls than rnost econontists expect, preclictecl Roch Bradsl'rau'. oublisher of Crorv's Lurr'rber Digest, in a talk to tl-re Urnpqua chaptcr, Society of Anltrican Fr.,iestcrs, at Carl's Haven, Ilosebu.g, Ore. Ilridshan' saicl Congress "laici an egg,. 11ci a rotten ,r,'r.'ot that, in its last l.rousing legislation," antl r'r'ill bt allxiotts tcl rerleem itsclf irr an election year.

"\\Ie coulcl st'c thc money spigot turned rvicle open :rgain " l'ublic highu'ay building u'ill b. stepped up, and the defense buclget "'itt be boostecl sl'rarplv, said the sp.eaker, who- also deciircd that "Sputnikitis" is potcrrtially very irnportant.-Braclshaw r.rrgcd tl.rai reinventorics of public timber be speeded u1r so that iire in<lustry ancl people u'ill knorv the rcal extcnt of the basic ."rn,r...: on ufiich Northlvest busincss ancl jobs depcncl so largcly. He said nt\v surveys made so far indicate thit rve cor.rltl-'ber movittg frotrt an econollly of scarcitf in oltr basic resourcc to one of plentl' and, if the one of the 'rtost important atrtl tl\'uarllic happen to the Northwest. latter is truc, it is things that coukl

Welsh Plywood Plqns Additionql Disfribution in Coqsf Areqs

Men'rlihis. Tenn.-\\'elsh T'1r's'orlc1. rvhich is notv massor,,,rlucing prefinished Dlvu-ood here l'ith a process that elirninatei grain raise orr-fir plyu'ocid for in-terior paneling, has done extensive experimentation on prefinishing fit pJl'rr'r.rocl ancl says it has devised a satisfactory,method for han<lling this grain raise in its regular llroduction line.

The Ply\\'eTsh prefinisl-recl plyr.vood paneling is.distributed on tire 'n-est cirast lty Harbor I'lyr'voocl Co1P., Los Angeles, San Francisco anci Seattle, and by M. Trumbo Co', 'f'rrrtlancl. Sales Nlartager T. J. \\'elsh says the conlirany is plirnning on estlLltlisiring additi<lnal distribution in the imrnediate future irt the area.