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Telephone: Plqcerville-NAtionol 2-3385

Harry Jordan, head of Jordan International Company, San Francisco, spent a week in New Orleans and vicinity on business during the flrst part of F ebruary.

Frank (the original) Billlngs' \Mell-known Bay Area ply'"vood and millworkman, ioined the sales staff of Georgia-Pacific Corp. at Oakland on February 15, according'to northern district manag'er E. L. "Rif" Bifenrath. F rank, who had previously been with Western Door & Sash Co. in Oakland, and prior to that with Harbor Plywood Corp. in Texas, will be covering the Alameda and Contra Costa County territory for G-P.

Congrats to Boger and Betty Ma,ckin on the arrival of their first-born, a baby girl (Suzanne) at the Peninsula Hospital in Burlingame on January 11. Hallinan Mackin associates Larry Owen and brother Dave Ma,ckin report that Roger is "showing good recovery" following the harrowing ordeal.

Bud Critchfield. head of California Wood Products in Santa Rosa, flew East to attend the big National Association of llome Builders Exposition in Chicago, Jan. 29Feb. 2.

Martyn Mason, head of B & M Lumber Company, Sacramento and Ukiah, and Mrs. Mason, have given the ol' valley fog the slip and will spend the month of Febrrrary sunning and relaxing in Hawaii.

The ulcer badge, the occupational hazard medal of honor bestowed on the successful, was awarded to Strable Lumber Company's Jim Overcast at Providence Hospital in Oakland on Sunday, January 29. "WilI Success Spoil Jim Overcast?" Not a chance, as he's reported fast on the mend and due back on the job mid-February.

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(Continued" from Page 33) by the customer so that he, or she, can get back to his project. This we find to be of considerable help to the client because, in most cases, there are allied items needed to bring the job to conclusion which the weekend contractor clidn't think about," Ace continued.

It requires more than 20 employes to operate the O'Malley Scottsdale yard and store and one of the most important is Cashier Virginia Nlullen.

"She really saves at least four additional staff members because she is familiar with every item carried in our complete inver-rtory; she is well-versed regarding the perpetual methods of bookkeeping, which her cash register maintains for our IB\4 machine, and she is experienced in the uses of most every item we carry in stock," Ace declared.

Being a combination cashier, saleswoman and bookkeeper, Virginia is a busy lady, indeed, but a most important member of the organization.

O'Nlalley's also offers a wide selection of yard inventory to the contractor-builder, plus complete inventory of sash an<l doors, paint, hardware and allied items. The administratior.r of this phase of the business is handled by Managcr Nlason.

The store sales, and sundry duties of personnel and customer relations, are handled by Lloyd Bowerman, assistant manager. It is a beautiful, well-kept store and, best of all, everybody was busy.

Dor.vn about a half a mile on Scottsdale Road from the O'X{alley spread was another retail lumber establishment, operated by the Itay Lumber Company. Owner Charlie Ray was out oi town but the place was booming with drop-in trade. This operation appeared more on the contractorbuilder policy and the materials rvere moving out in shirttail, piece arrcl truck-and-trailer loads.

G-P's New "How-fo-Do-h" Mqnuol Touches All the Boses

Fast, easy methods for foolproof installation of new factory-finished "Family-Proof" hardwood plywood wall paneling, now available to builders on a nationwide basis, are explained in a just-published "llow-to-Do-It', manual.

Being distributed free, on request, to builders and carpenters,-it is part of a prograrn by one of the world's largest forest products firms to help'upgrade construction standards and further lower on-the-io6 construction costs to take full advantage of the new building materials

Written in non-technical language as a guide for both apprentices and professionals, it illustrates-and describes application techniques for the factory-finished building components that are coming into wide use in both resi-dential and commercial construction.

^ Edited !y Met Carpenter, an executive of Georgia-Pacific Corp. in Portland, Oregon, it covers virtually evlry phase of wall and ceiling panel application.

Starting with "lIow to Figure a Room," it details the rnethod of accurately figuring the number of factory-fin- ished panels needed, including deductions for windows, doors or fireplace, and tells how to prepare to panel over either sheathing or open studs in new work, and-over plas- tics or other types of walls in remodeling.

Included are methods of furring over wood or masonry walls and how to nail or glue panels, ranging f.rom 4x7 to 4x10 feet, in place to insure a perfect fia with minimum effort.

Shorvn are four ways to panel around doors and windows in remodeling, and two methods applicable to new work, plus the secret of making perfect inside and outside corners and accurately aligning for electrical outlets and other cutouts.

There is a special section on basement ceilings, another section on remodeling over plaster walls, and a special page devoted to types and uses of various matching moldings to complete a professional-looking job.

The eight-page illustrated booklet is available free by writing Georgia-Pacific Corp., Dept. 8,ffi-7, Equitable Building, Portland 4, Oregon.

Unusuol Hqrdwood Species

PUI'tPKIN ASH: A short time ago one of its members a;ked the National Hardwod Lumber Assn. to give irim the species contained in Group 3 Hardwoocls issued under a government specification for box and crating purposes. Among thern .ivas Pumpkin Ash. The member asked, "What is Pumpkin Ash?" stating that he hacl never heard of it. This prompted a look int<r the matter a little further and we find that Henry Gibson irr his book, "American Forest Trees," corrimerrts on Pumokin Asl-r as follows:

"Pumpkin Ash (Fraxinus profunda) is a tree of pe- culiar interest. It was unknown before 1893, though the region l-rad been settled over a hunclred years. It has the largest leaves, largest fruit, ancl the largest swellecl base of all American ashes. Nothwitl-rstanding tl.rat, it remainecl so cleeply hidden in su'amps that it escapecl cliscovery.

"Thc botanical narne refers to the deep sn'anrps irr lvhich tl.re tree chooses its habitation. Its great, swelled base enables it to stand on tl-re soft mircl of lagoorr bottonrs, ancl the abnormal swelling is ribbecl like a pumpkin, hence the only English name the tree has ever had.

"These are not the only remarkable things connectecl rvitl-r this ash. Its range inclucles three or four cleep swamps far apart. One is in southenr Missouri, New Maclrid country; another near Varney, Ark., zrnd a third, in a vast n-to.a.s on the Apalachicoln iirr.r, Florida. It is believed to have been originally a Florida species, ancl by some freak of nature it reachecl the Missouri and Arkansas swamps. Certain other Florida plants accompanied it, one of wnictr was corklvood (Leitneria floridana). It is expectecl that Pumpkin Ash will be four.rcl elsewhere in deep swamps intermediate betweetr the extremes of its range.

"The uses of this wood are few, because it is scarce, and the trees are difficult of access on accorlnt of being nearly ahvays surrounded by water. Lumbermen who operate in swamps occasionally bring out a few ash logs with cypress and tupelo. No tests seem to have been made of the wood. Trees are sometimes 120 feet high and three in diameter above the swelled bases."

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GIGANTIC TREE NEARLY 8 HARVESTED FOR HARBOR CENTURIES OLD PLYWOOD CORP.

The lumberjacks at the Cook Creek logging camp briefly relived a by-gone logging era recently when they felli:d an old growth of Douglas Fir whose size would match even the tallest tale about legendary Paul Bunyan.

The butt of the tree measured no less than 9l f.eet in diameter, which is very rare for a Douglas Fir; perhaps one tree in a million ever grows to this size. The tree will yield an estimated 25,000 board feet of cut lumber or, in plainer terms, enough lumber to build nearly three medium sized 2-bedroom homes.

By counting the annual growth rings, the tree was estimated to be nearly 8 centuries old ! This places its initial growth at about the time of the signing of the Magna Carta. It was a mere 300 vears old when Columbus discovered America, and about ihe time of the great California gold rush it had reached its full mature growth.

Only the fittest trees could survive for so long. Fire is the greatest destroyer of tree growth, with wind and tree disease of equal importance in second place. Even 50 years ago, when heavy logging in the Pacific Northwest began, trees. of this immense size were very rare.

This giant tree was a part of the Douglas Fir harvest taken from the Cook Creek area near Lake Quinault in Northern Grays Harbor county, Washington. The area was purchased by the Harbor Plywood Corp. at a U. S. Forestry Service sale.

Special permits were required for transportation of the tree to the saw mill, since the diameter of the tree is lf feet over the legal limit of 8 feet for transportation on public highways in the state of Washington.

A spokesman for Harbor Plywood Corp. estimated that this one tree would produce approximately 3100 4x8-ft. plywood panels which, if stretched end to end, would cover approximately 4l miles.

Harvesting of the tree was done by the Don Bell Log- ging Co. and transportation was by the John Hulbert Co. of Aberdeen, \Atashington.

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With what is finest in word and deed; It's being thorough, yet making speed. ft's daring blithely the field of chance

While making labor a brave romance; It's keeping clean and it's playing fair, It's laughing lightly at Dame Despair.

It's looking up at the stars above And drinking deeply of life and love; It's struggling on with the WILL TO \it/IN But it's taking loss with a cheerful grin.

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Colifornio Woste Wood Residues Gould Suppod lO Pulp & Pcper Mills

Richmond-Wood residues that go to waste each year in California could support ten large pulp and paper mills, each producing up to 250 tons per day, says a recent survey report.

fn one average year, more than 160 million cubic feet of shavings, slabs, edgings, and other leftover material-enough wood to equal a year's growth on nearly five million acres of commercial timberland-went up in smoke from sawmill waste burners throughout the state.

If technical problems can be solved, these wood residues may support profitable new industries for California-new jobs, new income, and new products with no increased drain on the state's timber resources.

But that "if" is a big one.

The technical problems are tough, involving the use of the state's already-burdened water supplies, the question of water pollution, and wide variations in the kind and quality of wood residues available.

As a first step in solving these problems, the Forest Products Laboratory of the University of California is adding a new section in wood fiber and fiber products research.

Heading this new section will be Davis L. Brink, who came from the Central Research department of Weverhaeuser Timber Company at Longview, Waihington, to beiome a lecturer in forestry and associate forest products chemist with the University.

- -According to Fred E. Dickinson, director of the University's laboratory at Richmond, the task for Brink and his assistants will be three-fold : ( 1) to determine the pulping characteristics of many California forest species, both hardwoods and softwoods ; (2) to develop or modify chemical pulping processes in order to reduce water requirements; and (3) to reduce or eliminate stream pollution from pulp mill effluent.

Two fiber-processing mills are already operating in California, Dickinson pointed out, and others will piobably be established if the technical problems can be solved. Plenty of raw materials are available, and there's a well-developed market in the state for pulp products such as paper, hardboards, cartonboards, and cellulose for rayon textiles and other uses.

Besides using mill residues, pulp industries can provide a much-needed market for thinnings removed from growing forests, the director said. These industries can also use toppings and other leftovers from logging operations, and they -ririgfit provide a profitable market for certain hardwoods and other Cal_ifornia species that have little or no value today.

-One phase of the new research program at the University hboratory will focus on lignin and calbohydrates, two important pollution-causing componints in the effluent from pulp mills. The researchers will tly to discover wavs that useful oroducts can be made from these compounds.

In 1926 a Douglas fir was felled at Vail, Washington, that was 22 f.eet through at the butt and produced 91,331 board feet of lumber.

Even after 125 years of logging, Washington leads thc nation in production of wood pulp, rvood shingles and wood

Western Asbestos Plans for Expansion

The San Francisco offices and warehousing facilities of the Western Asbestos Co., now in four separate locations, will be consolidated and expanded in a nevv building to be designed and constructed this year by the Crocker Land Compaly in Crocker Industrial Park just south of the city limits. Western Asbestos Magnesia Co. was founded in San Francisco in 1908 by F rank Malloye, who had been the first g'eneral manager for Johns-Manville Corporation on the Pacific Coast. The name was changed in 1934 and at that time it merged rvith the Wayland Company. In 1948 it purchased the Bay Cities Asbestos Co. of Oakland. They are distributors for a wide variety of building materials and industrial products, and represent Johns-Manville, Celotex and Formica.

Approximately 2,274,300 acres of timberland seriously infested by leaf-eating insects were aerially sprayed in i955 by the Forest Service in cooperation with State forestry agencies and private timberland owners, the U. S. Department of Agricultllre announced. In addition 450,000 trees were sprayed individually to control bark beetles and several hundred thousand beetle infested trees u'ere bought by logging companies and cut for use.

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- Redwood Ties Solvoged From the Boy Bridge Prove Srill Serviceoble

California redwood ag:ain has proven itself to be one of the best possible values in structural materials.

Twenty-one years ago, when the San F rancisco-Oakland Bay Bridge was under eonstruction, redwood ties were specif,ed for the trans-bay railroad on the bridge's lower deck.

When rails were abandoned in favor of buses in 1958, the California Department of Public Works set a crew to removing the ties in preparation for paving the lower deck. Recently, the state auctioned ofr about half of their redwood ties-all that had been removed tlus far, and the winning bid of $37,634 brought just about what was paid for them, lald ln place, in 1937 and 1938.

When the bridge was under construction there was lively competition to see who would win the bid for supplying the ties. The prize at stake: orders for 3,815,000 board feet of structural grade lumber.Non-resinous redwood was chosen because It combined durability with fire resistance. The judgment of the engineers in choosing iedwood was well-supported by subsequent events. Over the years, accumulations of oil on the ties from passing trains did catch ffie from sparks from the electric third rail, but during the 19 years that the Key System operated trains across the bridge, operations were never halted because of tie failure.

Redwood does not ignite easily and burns slowly; when it does burn, a layer of char forms ovdr the surface. This adheres to the unburned w<iod underrreath, and retards further fire. Of course, charred redwood ties were removed, but the wood was never so weakened that train service had to be suspended. fn their position high above San Francisco Bay, the redwood ties were exposed on all surfaces to driving rains, moist fogs, and drying-winds. Yet, there was no decay, for the natural extractives of redwood render it resistant to attack by fungi.

Other factors influencing the choice of redwood for the bridge ties were durability and strength. California redwood is one of the lightest softwoods commonly used for structural purposes and is surprisingly strong for its weight. Because of natural durability qualities, the strength of redwood can be depended upon for longer periods.

The qualities which won the bridge job for redwood 21 years ag'o are still in the ties today. A & K Railroad Ties of Oakland, which submitted the winning bid for purchase of the ties from the state, reports that the ties are as sound as the day they were laid down, all 36,763 of them. They were a good investment for the State of California over 21 yea.rs ag'o, and a good investment for A & K Railroad Ties today.

Checklng the redwood ties which stood exposed to all kinds of weather high above San Francisco Bay for over 2l years, Kern Schumacker (top photo), found the redwood iust as sound as when it was laid down in 1937-38. UC Student Schumacker, l9 years of age, is a full partner in A&K Railroad Ties of oakland. the successful bidder for the 36,763 redwood tles recently removed.

2l-year-old ties brought almost same price on bid as when "laid-down" in 1937-38. Key System trains, made up of one to five units, each unlt weighing aba$ 72 tons, made some 3,000,000 trips carrying 300 billion commuters on the rails supported by these ties (lower photo). Service was never halted by the fallure, confirming iudgment of bridge engineers in selecting redwood tor the job.

Richord E. Honsen Nqmed to Weyerhoeuser Promotion Depoilment

Richard E. Hansen has joined the Weyerhaeuser Company's Lumlrr and Plywood Division-Marketing headquarters in St. Paul to be publications coordinaior, announces C. K. O'Rourke, manager of the advertising and trade promotion department, who said the creation of ttre new position to be held by llansen is part of an important expansion to create industry and consumer acceptance of the firm's brand name products.

Jacli D. Kenison has been appointed to the Trade Promotion department of the Weyerhaeuser Company's Lumber and Plywood DivisionMarketing headquarters in St. Paul, announcei Fred Johnson, trade prombtion manager. Kenison joins Weyerhaeuser with a background of experience in the building industry, most recently with Modernfold Doors of New Castle, Indiana. He will serve as editor of merchandising and lumber dealer publications in the Trade Promotion department.

The appointment of David Gibson to the Trade Promotion department of the Lumber and Plywood DivisionMarketing headquarters. was also announced by Fred Johnson. The appointment of Gibson will facilitate the development of sales promotion materials and services which will create industry and consumer acceptance of the firm's brand names of lumber, plywood and related building materials.

The Weyerhaeuser Company also announces the appointment of Peter Rosik to be senior market analyst of the firm's Lumber and Plywood Division-M.arketing headquarters in St. Paul, according to Seymour Kroll, manager of market research.

In Xlemoriom

Carlile P. Winslow,76, one of the founders of the U. S. Forest Products Laboratory at Nfadison, Wisconsin, in 1910 and a director from l9l7 to 1946. died recentlv in Washington, D.C. Taking over at the onset of WWi, Winslow guided the Laboratory, then unique in the world, through its first great expansion and saw it widely copied around the world through two peacetime decades. Dr. Edward G. Locke, present director of the U. S. FPL, points out that some of the Laboratory's greatest contributions to the nation's economy and industry came during Mr. Winslow's years at its helm. Pioneered at the Laboratory during Mr. Winslow's directorship were such key developments as stressed-skin prefab housing, glued laminated arches and timber, semichemical pulping of hardwoods, modern dry kilns, waterproof exterior plywood and package engineering. Mr. Winslow, a native of Washington, D.C., was a scion of a family that traced its lineage back to Plymouth colony, long prominent in naval affairs, and one ancestor negotiated the Louisiana Purchase from France. He began his own career with the Forest Service of the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture in 1908. Under his administration, the Laboratory came up with some of its best-known discoveries on the slim depression budgets of the 30s. He retired ]n 1946 with tribute to the manpower at the Laboratory whose imaginations in research he keenly sparked. He had been confined to the hospital many monthJ before his death and was unable to attend the Laboratory's golden anniversary celebration this June. He leaves a sister and a brother and died a bachelor. The funeral services were held in Washington, September 28.

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