Timber Truckcrs Form Association To "Share Highw avt"

Fred V. Holmes Named President

A new organization-the California Association of Timber Truckers-has been formed by a group of major timber .qompanies operating in Northern and Eastern California, dedicated to cooperating with the motoring public in a safe and equitable "share the highway" program, it was annoilnced recently.

The partlcipating companies operate both in the redrvood country along the State's North Coast and in the pine country of the Cascades and the Sierra. Other companies are expected to join.

l\{ember companies at present include Anlerican Forest Products Corp., San Francisco; Arcata Redwood Co., Arcata; Caldor Lumber Co., Diamond Springs; Hammond Lumber Co., Samoa; Holmes Eureka Lumber Co., Sau Francisco; Long-Bell Lumber Co., Weed; I\{ and I\f Wood Working Co., Eu4eka; I\{ichigan-California Lumber Co." Camino; Ralph L. Smith Lumber Co., Anderson; U. S. Ply-rvood Co., Bear 'Creek Division, Redding; Wetsel-Oviatt Lumber Co., Omo Ranch; \Villits Redwood Products Co., Willits; and Winton Lumber Co., Martell.

Association officers and directors are: president, Fred V. Holmes, president, Holmes Eureka Lumber Co.; vice presiident, A. B. Hood, vice prpsident and general manager, Ralph L. Smith Lumber Co.; treasurer, D. D. Fairbrother, American Forest Products Corp.; directors, A. T. Hildman, manager, Michigan-California Lumber Co.; Ralph G. DeMoisy, timber manager, M and M Wood Working Co.; and Russell H. EJls, president, Willits Redwood Products Co.

engaged in timber trucking in its relations rvith public agencies, local, State and Federal.

Mr. Holmes, Association president, in an explanatory statement, said:

"California has the largest remaining stand of virgin timber in the United States and its timber operations are growing every year. These timber operations involve trucking between rvoods and mills, some on public highn'ays.

"The highways in the forest areas, constructed'to the standards of a decade or two ago, are being called on to carry the traffic of a population which has.almost doubled and this increasing-timber traffic as well.

"It therefore seems to us only common sense and good neighborliness to get in and do our part in making travel on these highways as safe, efficient and pleasant as we can until more adequate highrvays are provided, rvhile still doing our job of getting out timber to meet the nation's lumber needs.

"This we shall do by policing ourselves, by cooperating with others, by emphasizing safety and driver courtesy and by other activities in keeping with the Association's announced purposes.

"The Association will welcome more members from the industry."

Farnsworth Announcc3

.i:,. William S. Pasc.oe of San Francisco, for the past 15 years NCW

,,t.'operations executive of the Redwosd Empire Association, has joined the nerv association as its secretary and general manager, with offices in the Balboa Buiiding, 593 Market Street, San Francisco.

The purposes of the organization, as set forth in its , articles of incorporation as a non-profit corporation, include: l-specifically and primarily to promote the safe and g.,smooth flow of traffic over the pgblic roads of California for all who may have occasion to travel thereon, and to that end

2-Develop and maintairr a program of safety education, particularly among the drivers, loaders, owners and others responsible for the safe loading and operation of timber trucks.

3-Cooperate rvith public authorities in their effort to improve highway safety and travel.

4-Cooperate with other organizations civic and private .and with individuals in appropriate efforts to improve highrvay safe.ty and travel.

S-Foster the development of safe and efficient qquipment used in trucking.

6--Foster the orderly development of the natural 16solrrces of California.

The Association also will act, on request, as the representative of that part of the lumber in'dustry rvhich is

San Francisco, February S.-Appointment of Byrne C. Manson as head of the trade promotion division of the California Redrvood Association was announced today by Philip T. Farnsworth, CRA general manager.

At the same time. Farnsworth announced that Willard E. Pratt would succeed Manson as head of the CRA tech- . ' nical division engaging in research activities.

During the time he was engaged in technical work, r. IUanson took part in many-of the eastern trade promotion activities. This, combined rvith his background in rescarch and technical studies, particularly qualifies l\Ianson for his new position' rT-:..o-.:r- :- ro?R . ' l\fanson rvas graduated from Stanford University in 1935 rvith a degree in mechanical engineering. He engaged in graduate study in forestry at the University of California and joined the CRA staff following the war. He became head of the technical division in 199.

Pratt joined the Association staff in l95O and has been engaged in industrial research and studies of exterior finishes for redwood. He rvas graduated from the University of Washington in 1938 and received his master's degree in forest products after the war. He was formerly associated with the Moore Dry Kiln Company, Container.Cor- i poration of America and the Cascades Plyrvood CoTp.