Bay Area Group Forms To Promote Cause of Wood

I n ecuon program promoting the use A of lumber and wood products in the San Francisco Bay region became a reality when the Bay Area Wood Council was formed at an organizational meeting at the Clift Hotel in San Francisco on Jan' uary 8. Bay Area counties included in the new Wood Council are San Francisco, Marin, San Mateo, Alameda, Contra Costa and Santa Clara.

The formation of the Bay Area Wood Council was greeted by local lumbermen and trade officials who noted that attempts to promote the cause of wood had previously been carried on in a "hit and miss" method, each county contributing to the cause, but working independently and in many cases with a voice too small to be heard.

The Council will be governed by an 18man board of directors. three men each from the following industry groups: manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, millwork manufacturers, plywood distributors and trade associations. Board members will be chosen so all 6 Bay Counties will have appropriate representation.

Al Bell, of Hobbs Wall Lumber Com' pany, was elected president of the newly formed non-profit organization, and Bud Hubbard, Hubbard & Johnson Lumber Co., was named vice-president. Jack Ford, Tarter, Webster & Johnson, Inc., will serve as treasurer, and Neal Pinson, National Lumber Manufacturers Assn., will be secretary of the council.

Other members of the l8'man board include: Stan Murphy, The Pacific Lum' ber Company, and Pierson Plummer, Union Lumber Company, representing the manufacturers; Vic Roth, Triangle Lumber Co., and Knute Weidman, representing the wholesale industry; and Bob Gehring, Service Lumber Company, and John Pearson, Pearson Lumber Co., in the retail group.

Members in the millwork category will be Arne Pederson, Pederson & Arnold Planing Mill; Charlie di Cristina, J. di Cristina & Son; and Al Weikert, Pacific Mill & Fixture Co.

The plywood members include Mike Berni, U. S. Plywood Corp.; John En(Continued on Page 90)