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MAIN OFFICE: (Mock Giles)

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DISTRIBUTION Y,ARD: (Art Bond)

Highwqy l0l . Cloverdqle, Colifornio . Phone TWinbrook 4-2312

hwington to Distribute Kilns

Irvington Machine Works, Portland, Oregon, has assumed dealership of the complete line of dry-kiln equipment and prefabricated kiln buildings manufactured by Standard Dry Kiln Co., Indianapolis, Indiana, kiln manufacturers since 1887. In addition, Irvington will manufacture certain kiln parts and will warehouse replacement parts.

Irvington's decision to handle the Standard Dry Kiln line was largely influenced by the success of a Standard installation of prefabricated kilns at the MacMillan & Bloedel plant, \/ancouver, B. C.

New Custom Monufncturing Plont Opened in Los Angeles by Lebonite

Starting operations February 16 in the Los Angeles Central Manufacturing District, Lebanite Products Co., a subsidiary of Cascades Plywood Corporation, Portland, Oregon, will serve manufacturing and industrial firms in the Greater Los Angeles area with a board rnaterial components custom manufacturing service.

"The opening of the Lebanite Products plant will solve many production problems for industrial users of the service in Los Angeles," says C. W. Fox, president, Cascades Plywood Corporation. "The plant will provide 14,000 square feet of materials warehousing space and 16,000 square feet of operating space. The use of pre-cut component parts by manufacturing and industrial firms eliminates their problems of materials inventory, specialized equipn.rent investment, and waste materials disposal."

Equipped with suction-type dust removal system and modern woodworking machines, the plant will produce component parts fabricated from Lebanite hardboard and Lebanex panel, products of Cascades Plywood Corporation, and from other board materials specified bv the customer. A complete array of equipment permits operations of sawing and bandsawing, edge-shaping, drilling, boring, routing, dadoing, mortise and tenon joints, die-punching, and perforating, to customers' specifications.

The new, earthquake-proof building housing the Lebanite Products Co. plant is constructed of tilt-up concrete walls with solid, plywood sheathing roof. There are no windows in the building. This is the first inverted truss-type building erected in Los Angeles, with 75-foot span, supported by only four interior posts. The construction of the building entitles the company to one of the lowest fire-insurance rates in the city.

Located on a Santa Fe rail spur, the yard area of the plant is black-topped and completely fenced. Construction of the loading dock required 300 yards of fill.

The new plant is staffed by Lowell Dunham, Jr., manager; Harlan Faccou, superintendent, and Caryl Knudsen, general secretary.

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Jim (Twin Harbors Lumber Co.) Rossman and his Alice motored to Florida (traitors!) early this nronth for a 3-week vacation.

"Producers" Virginia and Arthur Froehle, Somerville Plywood Corp., cleverly announced a "new product" to their friends this month on a postcard size strip of veneer. The specie is female, the brand is Pamela Ann Froehle, the size is heavyweight (asso. weight: 81 lbs., 12 oz.) and the delivery date was Jan. 25.

Bill Brauning, head of Associated Retlwood Mills, returned to Arcata Feb. 9 fronr a 2-week 'business survey in Texas, the midwest and east. John Dtiscoll, who recently joined ARM, held down the fort during his absence.

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Bovard (Union Lumber) Shibley and his Pat had a real close one last month when a large slide narrowly missed their Ross (Marin county) home. "Shib" and Pat may lose two neighbors, though, because it didn't nriss them.

Jim Linderman and family returned to Balboa Bay from a vacation with friends and relatives in Dallas and the Lone Star state. Cal-Pacific Redwood's Frank Billings made a 2-week business trip to Denver, Albuquerc1ue, El Paso and Oklahoma City.

Mrs. and Roy Stanton return this month to his lumber tbusiness and their social activities in the Southland following an extended cruise around South Arnerica since last November.

"Fitz" Fitzpatrick, manager of the wholesale division of Consolidated Lumber Co., Wilmington, returned early this month fronr covering Arizona for his firm.

Bo,b Nikkel, head of R. F. Nikkel Lumber Co., left Sacramento and business behind for three January weeks so he and Phyllis could absorb a little Hawaiian climate.

Earle Bleile of Parr-Thomas Lun.rber Co., spent the last week of January on business in Eugene, Ore.

Don }Ianauer, nlanager of Fidler's i{anufacturing Co., Inglewood, and the Mrs. enjoyed their trip to Honolulu last month at the expense of Art Linkletter. Don combined business and pleasure on his "all-expense" tour and Mrs. Hanauer secured a golden tanRounds Lumber Sales Chief Harry Merlo and his wife Sheila (that gorgeous "cover girl") took the last week of January off for

Woody Fritz (above), resident buyer for American Products Corp., San Diego, is making another "good buy" from his elevenyear old Maurine, recently name<1 "Miss Cooky" for the Southern California Girl Scouts annual cookie sale running Feb.7-23. She was selected from a host of aspirants to head the 1959 cam,paign and, from what we gather, the cookie market ma1' currently be in better shape than the you-know-what. Anyway, we're confident that Maurine Fritz and her little colleagues will shatter all existing sales recortls.

"Roundsman" Hugo Miller is winding up a 2-week business trip to Salt Lake City, Denver, Albuquerque and parts thereabouts. City oflicials, state dignitaries, chamber of commerce heads, entertainment personalities and San Fernando Valley service club representatives will be among 200 people turning out Feb. 25 to honor Fritz B. Burns, nationally known developer and founder of Panorama City, Calif., with a "Spade of Progress" celebration narking the 10th anniversary of the town. The event will be held at the Sportsmen's Lodge.

Bill Buettner, partner in Geo. J. Silbernagel, Inc., returned to San Francisco last month after three weeks on midwest business.

Warren Hoyt, sales engirreering ex1;ert for Warren Southwest, Inc., Torrance, Calif and consultant to the wood preserving industry, has been in Arizona on another business trip and, naturally, soaking up a little of that sunshine, too.

Superior-Conifer Lumber Co., Partner Bill Frese, a captain in the USAFR, put in two weeks' active duty last month in Japan with stopovers each way in Hawaii.

"Gus" Hoover has returned to his A. L. Hoover Company in San Marino from a trip to Scotia on wholesale lprocurement.

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some skiing and sunning at Squaw Valley Lodge.

Ray Van Ide, M & M Lumber, North Hollywood, spent the February 2 week contacting suppliers in Oregon and northern California-his first official trip as new rpresident of the wholesale firm.

Black Diamond Lumber Company's Larry Backes spent the recent holiday season in southern California and Palm Springs visiting friends and playing a few rounds of golf.

Sterling Wolfe, general salesmanager of Marquart-Wolfe Lumber Co., Los Angeles, and Lorraine attended the annual Ladies Nite of the Northwestern California Lumbermen's Club at Eureka, Jan. 31. They combined a little business, of course.

Glenn Butler, partner in Rosenberry-But- ler Lumber Sales, Sacramento, called on sup- pliers along the Redwood Highway with Office Manager Henry Barta the week of Jan. 19.

Erv Bartel, salesmanager of Scott Lumrber Co., Burney, who ,has long been active in scouting activities, received the coveted Silver Beaver award of the Scouts last month, the first award of its type to be made in Shasta county.

Rich Robbins, Pacific-Western Lumber Co., Portland, was a January Los Angeles visitor to discuss 1959 sales with Val Larson and Ross Lashley.

Dean Jones of S&S Lumber Co., Downey, made a desert survey in January in the interests of the "Swirlwood Homes" being manufactured iby the wholesale redwood concern.

George Myers, southern California sales representative for Kaibab Lumber Co., returned early this month from the company mills at Flagstaff and Fredonia, Ariz. He also attended the general sales meeting called in Kanab, Utah, by executives of the firm.

Hollow Tree Redwood's Jim llcnnessey, spent a January week in and about Humboldt county on business.

Gran Geisert, head of Oakland's Peerless Lumber Co., has joined the immortal holein-one "Golfer's Hall of Fame" out at Castlewood in Pleasanton; he got one (his first) with a No, 4 wood on the fourth hole of the valley course ( a l8Gyarder) last month.

Robert Evju of Evju Products Co. in San Flancisco has returned after spending January calling on'Hawaiian connections.

P. J. Skill, Sierra Redwood Co., Los Angeles, and his wife Dorothy are on a procurement swing thiough the Pacific Northwest. It is Dorothy's first trip in over a year and the mill folks said they'd missed her, The Skills will also do the midwest and east before returning home.

Ev Lewis, recently retired executive at Gamerston & Green Lumber Co., and his wife have returned to San Francisco from a month's vacation south of that border.

Kathleen Hughes, well-known southern California lumber office secretary (recently from the desert area), has returned to her former job as "girl Friday" to Harry White at the Harry H. White Wholesale Lunlber Co. in Long Beach.

Jqckson Beamon New So-Ply President

Jackson Beaman, longtime general manager of Southern Oregon Plywoods, Inc., Grants Pass, Oregon, and well known personally to many plywood dealers around the country, is head of a group of investors who purchased Southern Oregon Plywoods, Inc., late in December. In addition to being president of the new company, now known as Southern Oregon Plywood, Mr. Beaman will remain as general manager.

Things happened so fast around So-Ply for a while that this transaction was actually the second transfer within a few days for the plywood manufacturing plant. Don Plymmer, general manager of Vancouver Plywood Co., Vancouver, 'Wash., announced purchase of the plant and tirnber holdings in a $2,100,000 deal in December, then announced the sale, a few days later, to Mr. Beaman's group. Mr. Beaman stated that Vancouver Plywood is retaining a stock interest in the new company, and Mr. Plymmer will be one of the officers.

About $200,000 will be spent for new equipment that will enable the plant to immediately achieve increased and diversified production that will double the output. In addition to the company's own extensive timber holdings, it was learned that it will now be in a position to bid on any government tracts that are offered for sale, and also to receive and process green veneer from Springfield and Crescent City, assuring year-round oDeration.

SCR.LA Membership Conference All Reody for 23rd ot Stqtler-Hihon

"Economic Prospects for Our Industry in1959" will be the theme of the fourth annual Membership Conference of the Southern California Retail Lumber Association. which comes off the 23rd of this month at the Statler-Hilton hotel in downtown Los Angeles at the hub of the freeways. The Open Forum type program arranged for this year by President Hal Brown and Executive Vice-President Orrie W. Hamilton promises to be as stimulating and provocative as ever to the Active retail and Associate wholesale SCRLA members who will be there with questions and answers.

The closed meeting, for members in good standing only, will start with luncheon at noon in the hotel's Golden Staie room. It will be followed bv the Conference discussion. with leaders from all parts of ihe industry talking and taking part in-the s.ubjects under discussion. Every person present is.privileged to ask questions from the fl6oi or spiak his mind in answer. Cards for suggested question topics will be available.

The fourth annual Membership Conference will be attende_d by owners, principals. purlhasing agents. salesmen and key personnel of SCRLA member retail yards and wholesale and manufacturing firms.

Following this business session will be the annual Recep-