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Two American soldiers on short leave in England were tramping over the hills of a lovely English countryside. They came to an old inn late in the afternoon, and the sign over the door read: "George and the Dragon." They knocked and a vinegar-faced w.oman answered the

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door. One of the soldiers asked, "Could we get a room for the night?"

Old Vinegar-Face snapped "NO !" and slammed the door in their faces.

After a short conference, the two Americans again. The same sour woman came to the door. soldier asked:

"Could we speak to George this time?"

Troubleshooting Course Mqrch 16-2o Ar UC Forest Products lob

An intensive one-week course entitled Troubleshooting in the Woodwork and Wood Furniture Industries will be held this year March 16 through 20 at the University of California Forest Products Laboratory in Richmond. According to Director Fred Il. Dickinson, the course is designed for plant management personnel including production supervisors, foremen, and quality control men.

Aim of the practical instruction 'is to help woodworking plants save time and money through reduction in the costly reworking or rejecting of manufactured parts. In lectures, dernonstrations, and laboratory sessions the course covers such topics as machining, finishing, gluing, lumber uses, and wood properties as related to use. Analysis of a wide variety of product defects is an important feature of the instruction.

The teaching staff for the course will include personnel at the laboratory and a visitor, Dr. Norman Franz of the University of Ntichigan, who will cover wood machining and wood finishing. Enrollment in the course is limited to 20 persons, and applications will be accepted in the order received. A course fee of $100 per person is charged to cover costs of instruction. Application forms and additional information may be obtained by writing to the Department o{ Conferences and Special Activities. Universitv Extension. Universitv of California. Berkelev 4. n ri, LallIornla.

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New Address for Beckstrom

John Beckstrom, chairman of the Associate Members Advisory Committee of the National Plywood Distributors Assn., has moved his Beckstrom & Co. to 1010 Doyle St. (P.O. Box 247), Menlo Park, Calif.

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Scrla Workshop Adds More Dealers

In addition to the listing published on Page 2 of the Februarv I issue. ihe Southern California Retaii Lumber Association added nine more dealers to the enrollment before the start of its Top Management Workshop, which Arthur A. Hood conducted at the Surf Rider Inn, Santa Monica, Feb. 9-13. The retailers were: Richard Anawalt. Anawalt Lumber Co., Los Angeles; Oscar Gibbs, Gibbs Lumber Co., Anaheim; Leon G. Gillaspie, Richard E. Hawthorne, Northridge Lumber Co.; Robert Harris, Lounsberry & lfarris, Los Angeles; John H. Milliken, Viney-Milliken Lumber Co., Covina; Bob Rodecker, Williams Lumber Yard, Azusa; John Suverkrup, John Suverkrup Lumber Co., San Bernardino, and Walt Tay- lor, Walt Tavlor Lumber Co., Anaheim.'

Olympic Stain Sales Manager

_ Appointment of George C. Oistad (above) as general sales manager of Olympic Stained Products Company, Seattle, Wash.. is announced by Philip W. Bailey, president. Oistad ioined [he^co-pany in 1958'as sales promo- tion manager. Widely expe- rienced in sales and sales management, Oistad had been in specialty sales before joining Olympic, which manufactures and distributes nationally pre-stained shakes. shingles and. siding and a complete line of Olympic stains.

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Americcrn Foresl Producfs Corp. Elects Crordner, Eddie ro Boqrd

Vernon C. Gardner and Charles Park Eddie have been 'elected to the board of directors of the American Forest Products Corporation. Both men have a long and successful background of production experience and executive management with the corporation.

' Vern Gardner, who is general manag'er of two AFPC subsidiaries-General Box Distributors in Fresno and Harbor Box & Lumber Company in Los Angeles-started with the organization 36 years ago. At the age of 13 he got a job sweeping out the office at Stockton after school for 15 cents an hour. When he was a little older he worked summer vacations in the Stockton box factory nailing boxes, warehousing and driving truck. By the time Gardlner graduated from Oregon State in 1932 he was already a veteran in box production. During the years that followed he made steady

And Some Cool Protils SELI WINDETER BUITT TANKS

YOU HAVE HEARD qboul "lhe cool wqler from the wooden buckel." ll's true. Wood keeps woler cooler in summer ond helps prevenl freezing in winter. Redwood tqnks lqst longer.

So when you sell Redwood lonks, you mqke q nice profit ond sotisfy your cuslomer. Wrile now for price list qnd literoture.

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progress with the organization. At,various times he was -ui"g.r of box warehouses in the Central California fruit and vEgetable growing areas and managed a _cornpany sawmill and logging opelation in the Mother l-ode -country. From that poiitio" lie progressed to managership of a larger operation near Portola that encompassed a lox tactory' pianing mill, sawmill and logglng operation. Mr. Gardner was transferred to Fresno in 1947 to take over the operation of General Box Distributors, one of the largest factories serving the agricultural trade in southern San,Joaquin Valley. H-e becJme a vice-president and general manager of that organi zation. In 1958 he was also named a -vice-president an? general manager of American Forest's big Southern Califoinia box factoiy, Harbor Box & Lumber Company at Los Angeles.

Charles-Park Eddie, who holds an AB degree from Stanford and an LLD degree from University of California Boalt Hall School of Law, served in the Navy during World War II in naval intelligence and Pacific naval operatio.ns on Saipan and Tinian Islands. At the time of his separation at wai's end he held the rank of lieutenant commander. Mr. Eddie joined American Forest Products as an assistant in the legal department in 1946. Later he entered the retail lumbei distribution division of the corporation and became general manager of all company retail yards. With headluarters at C[ase Lumber Company at San Jose, this also ettt"il.d managership of the Chaie lumber remanufactu-ring plant. When Ameriian Forest established a wholesale lumber distribution yard and rtmanufacturing plant at Newark, California, in 1950, Mr. Eddie was put in charge as general manager. This operation marked the com-pany's entry into the riarketing and remanufacture of redwood which has become a po6nt factor in the success of the southern Alameda County operation. At the beginning of 1958 Mr. Eddie was appoinied'assistant to Charles T.Gray, president of Ameriiin Forest Products Corporation, and moved to the San Francisco headquarters office.

With the election^of Mr. Gardner and Mr. Eddie and reelection of nine previous directors, American Forest Products has increased its directorship to 11.