Manuf*rurers "f A"rhry Rednnod,

a keen awareness that the industry has to move aggressively forward, that this will require the deviation from many traditional practices, but that the industry has the potential power to determine its own growth and destiny.

Featured speaker at Thursday's luncheon was George Cline Smith, one of the Nation's leading economists in housing and related fields, whose interesting and pertinent address is published elsewhere in this issue.

For lirt of Atlendonce ot Polm Springs Maeting of Econornlc Council of Lumber lndusfry, See Poges 74-75.

Timber Operulor's Permil Revoked

DeWitt Nelson, Director of the Department of Conservation, revoked the Timber Operator's Permit of the Riffie Logging Company, Weaverville, Trinity County, California. Effective date of the revocation was February 1, 1963.

Revocation of the permit entitling the firm to conduct timber operations in California was the result of violations of forest practice rules for the Coast Range Pine and Fir Forest District.

State Forester Francis H. Raymond charged the Riffie Logging Company with failure and refusal to leave required seed trees for reforestation; to minimize soil erosion; to fell snags; and to lop slash as required by the applicable forest practice rules. Felling snags is a forest fire prevention measure. Lopping slash is the cutting of branches from the logging residue left in the woods. This practice is for the reduction of fire hazard and the elimination of favorable habitat for destructive forest insects.

Deputy Attorney General Robert H. Connett represented State Forester Raymond in bringing charges against the logging com'. pany for law violations in Trinity County. State Hearing Officer Coleman E. Stewart represented Director Nelson.

wHo's wHo IN THE INDUSIRY

It was more than 40 years ago when pioneer lumberman Forrest W. Wilson arved in Los Angeles to follow his career in the wood products industry. He had begun his basic training in San Francisco, but then decided he would rather make his home in Southern California,

It was also four decades ago last September 9th when Forrest became a member of the Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo, along with such prominent southland lumber executives as Roy Stanton, Sr., and Dee Essley, In the same year of 1922 he became a Mason, following this work through to the Shrine. He has been a leader in fraternal and civic affairs throughout his lifetime.

Forrest has covered the seven Western states in the distribution of Western building products. For the past several years he has been the sales representative for

MacMillan, Bloedell & Powell, Ltd., of Vancouver, B.C. His firm is the exelusive distributor for B. C. Forest Products in the Western states, and Forrest travels the southwest territory selling dealers and remanufacturers at the wholesale level. Forrest lVilson resides in the beautiful Villa Mesa district in Pasadena with his wife, Margaret. Son Ronald is presently with the U. S. Air Force in France, and daughter Dianne is raising her family in Southern California.

Beautiful grain of wood is made by different growth rates of softwoods in spring and summer. Slower summer growth makes a dark annual ring which is generally more narrow than the fast growing and lighter colored spring wood.

Leo Hulett, salesmanager of WiUits Redwood Products, packed his snowshoes and long underwear on January 14 for a three to four weeks sales trip through the Midwest and East Coast.

Kermit Noble, Bay Area representative for Hedlund Lumber Sales Co. of Sacramento, moved his offices to Pleasanton on January 2. His new mailing address is P.O. Box 255, Pleasanton, and the new phone to call for that Ifedlund lumber is 846-589?.

Bob Reid, manager of Ziel & Company's imported hardwood plywood division, is