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Dick Lloyd of the Ed Fountain Lumber Co., Los Angeles, attended the American Institute of Timber Construction meetings last month in Chandler, Ariz., and soaked up some relaxation in the sun countrv.

Insular Lumber Company's Joe Stearn, Philadelphia, spent a J nuary week viiiting davis Hardwood Comirany in San Francisco, a long-standins representative of th-e large Philippine mahogany pro{rc6r.

Frank Wright, former inspecfor for the National Hardwood Lumber Assn., who has been retired the past few years, is recovering from an operation in Torranie Memorial hospital agd would be cheered to hear from his former friends in the industry by your cdrds or letters to 213 South Camino Real, Redondo Beach, Calif.

Hugh Pessner, chief cook and-at West Coast Timber Products Agency, spent a January week away from Market street calling on northern California suppliers.

Louis J. Weidner, for many years prominent in the southern California wholesale lumber industrv. and Winifred K. Becket of El Monte were married Ianulrv 17 at the Wedding Bells chapel in San Diego. Lou is #ell known to the industry in both California and Arizona and now owns and operates Fleurette's, -a. picture frame, moulding and artist's supply house in Temlite City. The new Mrs. Weidner is a

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For Better Seryice g,nd lnsured Quolity look fo l_erry Mashek, Hill & Morton headman, spent the week of January 20 in Portland on business.

Nebraska native and the couple (shown above after their wedding) will depart in April aboard the Matsonia for a belated honeymoon in Honolulu.

Marvin Herrmann of the M. Herrmann Company, San ligSo, is serving as commodore of the San Diego Yacht Club this year. He and Mrs. H. (June) flew to Acapulco February, I to attend the finish of the San Diego to Acapulco yacht race and also planned to visit Mexito City during their siesta from business.

-Pat Cardin, California Plywood Co. exec., has the bugs all ironed out of his Kaiser Darwin-Special, a real jewel of a dragster-sportscar. Won his seventh straight trophy, he did, and left the field swallowing his exhauit at the Lodi dlag strip, January 19. Pat's beautiful D-S is a full-load job that. originally belonged to Edgar Kaiser before its c6nverslon.

Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Anderson, Twin Harbors Lumber Company, left early this year for an extended world cruise. According to their itinerary, the couple should be in lali, fndonesia, about this time, having just spent a few weeks in Africa big-game hunting.

Dave Annan, United States salesmanager for MacMillan and Bloedel, Ltd., and Bill Robertson of British Columbia Forest Products, both of Vancouver, were Los Angeles visitors last month and, together with Forrest Wilson, southern California representative of the two firms, spent ten days on a Spring sales survey of the local market-and' called on many retail yards over the state.

Mr. and Mri. Howird Libbey (he's president of Arcata Bedwood Co.) spent a January journey vacationing at Camelback Inn near Phoenix. Arizona.

Long-Bell Using Steom-Both

For Plyurood Peeler Logs Agoin

A Turkish bath for plywood peeler logs is a unique feature of the International Paper Company's Long-Bell Division plant at Vaughn, Oregon. The 24-hour steam-room treatment makes the huge Douglas 6r logs peel into higher-grade veneer and also dry faster than those turned cold on giant razor-sharp lathes.

Tests with both hot and cold logs have proved that steaming gets more veneer out of each log, keeps knots so'ft and makes lathe knives last longer.

When peeler logs are brought in from the pond and debarked they are placed in ten huge steam rooms. Each is 12 feet wide, ten feet high, and 60 feet long. When 17,000 board feet of logs are in a vat, a steel-reinforced plywood door is locked in place. A mixture of steam and water at 1800 Fahrenheit and a pressure of 30 pounds to the square inch is turned on, and the logs are left in the Turkiih bath for a day. lfhen the steam and water are turned off, and while the vat is still closed the logs are cooled for two hours to let their sap harden.

Clouds of steam rise from a hot log as it is turned rapidly on the lathe, and vapor trails are le,ft as sheets of veneer roll forward to the clippers and dryers.

Atthough little used, steaming of logs is an old process. It has been known to the S2-year-old plywood industry since it started, but was discontinued by most manufacturers about 3O years ago. Interest in the method is growing again, however.

L. A. Lundquist, manager of plywood development for International Paper's Long-Bell Division in Longview, Wash., had the steam room process installed in the Vaughn plant when it was built 20 months ago.