BONNINGTON TUMBER co.

Wbolesa le Distri bu to t" TO CALIFORNIA RETAIL YARDS

430 40th StreelOAKLAND

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PHONE: Olympic 8-2881

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FRANK PARAMINO

(Continued, lrom Page 32) pneumonia and it was touch and go for several weeks.

Later in the year, and fully recovered, Frank took a job with National Lumber & Box Co. at Hoquiam, Washington, and traveled through the Midwest for three years selling ,berry boxes and crates. Transportation being what it was in those days, he would sometimes be gone for eleven months at a time.

In 1909, Frank returned to San Francisco and joined the old Sudden & Christenson Company, leaving that firm to join

The Robert Dollar Company in 1914.

In the latter part of 1916, he went into partnership with Oliver J. Olson and after two years decided to strike out on his own, hence the birth of Paramino Lumber Company.

As his company grew, Frank acquired two steam schooners-the Dorothy Wintermote and the Lake Frances-and soon after [re opened branch offices in Los Angeles and Tacoma, Washington. The Dorothy Wintermote, incidentally, was the subject of a front page feature story in the San Francisco Examiner on September 21, 1938, when she struck a rock off Point Arena in dense fog and sank in 24A feet of water. About the same time, Frank sold his interest in the Lake Frances to the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. and a search oI rec' ords failed to turn up her fate.

Today, 48 years later, Paramino Lumber is still a leader in West Coast wholesaling. Frank is still at his desk daily, and branch offices have been opened in Orange and Portland. John "Shorty" Weaver runs the Orange office and Bob O'Neill mans the Portland buying office while Jack Ferri, Mike Jason and John Lawrentz round out 'the team in San Francisco.

And as if all the longevity records set

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FEMUAIY, 1966 forth in this article weren't enough, Frank and Ruth Paramino will celebrate their 54th wedding anniversary this year in their beautiful old Piedmont home which they bought over 50 years ago!

Although Frank has understandably cut down on his outside activities in recent years, he is still a gardener of considerable repute and he maintains an active voice in the afrairs of the Piedmont Community Church. Reaching way back to the early I900'q Frank served as president of the San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club, and until recently he was an active member of the Elks Club.

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Besides his lifelong oohobby" of working, our self-made subject dearly enjoys frequent visits from his two daughters, Mrs. Jim Pierce of Palo Alto and Mrs. Mike Jason of Walnut Creek and. of course. his eight lively grandchildren who think grandpa is really someting too.

Simpson's Two Million Doors

Simpson Timber Company door plants produced a record 2 million doors last year, enough to decorate at least one doorway in every new home built in America during the past 12 months.

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Bostitch Headquorterc in [.A.

Bostitch-Los Angeles, Inc., has moved to larger facilities at 6636 East 26 Street, Commerce, from its former location at 5140 Via Corona. In addition. to being metro. politan Los Angeles sales and service headquarters {or Bostitch staplers, wire stitchers, and nailers, the new location serves ag regional warehouse and billing center for all branches in California. Arizona and Nevada.

Both the Los Angeles and the San Francisco office are now under the management of M. L. McGuinn.

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GllssltlEl AltVEnnSlilSPocition Wanted 92.00 per line, minimum $4.50. All oher $3.00 per line, minimum S.(X). Two lines of address (your address or our box number) count as one line. Closing date for copy is 20th.

Ctassified Advertisements

Names of Advertisers in this Departmatt using a 8or Number cannot be released. All replies should bo aG dressed to box shown in the ad c,/o Calitornia Lumbct Merchant, 412 W. Sixth St., Los Angeles, Calif. 90014.

POS]TION WANTED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

WHOLESALE LUMBERMAN-I8 years experience So. Calif. Age 46. References available on reouest. Write Box 226.

Help Wanted

SHIPPING CLERK with Los Angeles area experience wanted by hardwood distribution yard. Replies confidential. Write Box 224.

RETAIL CASH & CARRY in San Gabriel Valley hiring managels & asst. managers in lumber, piumbing, paint & hardware depts. Write Box 223.

IIARDWOOD SALESMAN with est. clientele wanted by So. Calif. hardwood distribution yard. Better than average guarantee. Medical & Iife insur'. program, bonus plan. Exlnt. oppor:. for willing worker. Replies confidential. Write Box 22?.

EQUIPA/IENT FOR SALE

FOR SALE: Two 18' Roller-bed Lumber Trailer:s. 1948, 1955 Utility, 6" brakes. $1500 each. Inland Lumber Co., Rialto, Calif. Call Gary Thomson (714) 877-2001.

FOR LEASE: Wholesale Distribution Yard approximately 65'000 sq. ft. Room for \rk million ft. storage with 1% million shed space and planing mill. Centrally located in Los Angeles area u'ith S.P. spur. Will consider all or partial lease with office space available. Write Box 216.

WANT TO BUY: Small retail lumber yard or plyu'ood business. Prefer Greater Los Angeles area. Write Box 225' f'OR LEASE OR SALE: Well-estab. business. Hardware & plumbing stock closed out. Steel supply operating. Facilities suitable for lumbel supply. Large trade area with extensive expansion expected. No inventory or equipment problem. Ou'ner retiring. Very desirable community in Southeast Arizona. Don Pace Hardware, Satrord, Arizona 85546.

FOR SALE: Redwood porch and step manufacturing business. Established 4 years. Buy equipment and inventory only. SeIIer u'ill repurchase finished products. Sales in excess of $125,000 annually. Terms to suit qualified buyers. Write Box 228.

COMPLETE BLDG. MATERIAL YARD in one of the fastestgrowing aleas in So. Calif.: cool, clear, smog-free, freeway-free Yucca Valley. Contact Lou Holland, Western Hills Estates, Yucca Valley, P.O. Drawer 820, Phone (?14) 365-3161.

LUMBER YARD FOR SALE in Compton, Calif. Well-est. do-ityourself trade. Adjacent to shopping center. Moderrr, fully paved yard. Call Roy Peterson, NEwmark 1-1196.

1-Hyster Fork Lift

2-Clark Fork Lifts .....QN 20 - cY 150 l-Clark Fork Lift -CFY 200 May be seen at MacKay Mill gervice, Inc., 822 - 69th Avenue, Oakland, California. Phone 415-638-9428

LUMBER ROLLER, l4', 5' I beams. Write 13311 Gilbert St., Garden Glove, Calif., or call 530-5783. Make offer.

Lumber For Sale

WE CAN PRODUCE applox. 600-800,000 ft. cottonwood lumber in summel of '66 if olders can be developed. Solicit spec. for' sizes, grades, quantities, price. Log will produce primarily exlnt. frame grade for upholstered furniture, with almost I5/20/o of $1 Common & Better developing for cut-stock from shop portion of log. Call or write "Mike" Michel, Michel Lumber Co., P.O. Box 555, Lake Oswego, Ore., phone (503) 636-4569.

Services Offered

JOHNNY TTIE LUMBER LOAD SIGN PRINTER

Specializing in paper danger flags, sideJoad signs, job cards, etc. John Weiler's Printing, 14417 Hawtlorne Blvd., Lawndale, Calif. Phone ( 213 ) 67 6-7522 or 67 6-2293.

Consultant

HAVE EXPERIENCE _ WILL TRAVEL

Lumber, hardware or "store-front" counselor. 45 years in the business. Gross-net profit troubles? Call Harry Stewart, (415) 837-4102, P.O. Box 623, Danville, Calif. 94526.