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L. J. (Les) Carr, of L. J. Carc & Co., Sacramento, was back at his desk February 18 from a lGday eastern trip. He made a round trip to Chicago and paid a visit to the Paine Lumber Company's "Rezo" door factory in Oshkosh, Wis.

Among those who helped to swell the big attendance at the Hoo-Hoo Concat at Sacramento, February 1{ welethe following from the San Francisco Bay district: Lewis A. Godard, Norm Cords, Leo Hulett, Al Kelley, Alex Gordon, K. E. MacBeath, Jerry Mashek, Herb Schaur, Jr., Larry Owen and Bill Black

At the recent Sacramento Hoo-Hoo Concat Ray E. Burdg of Noah Adams Lumber Co., Clarksburg, Calif., distinguished himself when as Bojum on the officiating Nine he memorized his part and went through the initiation ceremony'ivithout using the book. The old ritual was used.

Stu Smith, Sierra Lumber Co., Brownsville, Oregon, was a recent visitor to the San Francisco Bay district, and Pasadena.

John G. Klopfenstein, manager of eastern sales, Hammond Lumber Company, Inc., Chicago, recently visited the head office in San Francisco and the mills at Samoa and Eureka.

Martel Wilson, president of Building Material Distributors, Inc., Stockton, Calif., recently visited Los Angeles on business for his firm.

I. E. Horton, South City Lumber & Supply Co., South San Francisco, has returned from a vacation trip to Las Vegas, Nev. He was accompanied by his wife.

Rube Ross, of recently spent a was accompanied

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Ward Ingham, Fischer Lumber Co., Marcola, was recent San Francisco visitor on his rvay home from vacation trip to Honolulu.

Sumner Waite has resigned his position on the order desk at Wholesale Building Supply, fnc., Oakland. I{is place has been taken by George Albright, who was in the Navy for six years, and who has been with this firm for the past six months.

Ken Lester of Plywood Detroit, Inc., Detroit, recently visited Tacoma Plywood, Inc., Tacoma; the organization's mill, Kalpine Plywood Co., Klamath Falls, Oregon, and their subsidiary company, San Francisco Plyrvood Co., San Francisco. He was accompanied on the trip by his wife. ilacllonald

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Approves Renewal Of Affiliation \fith Ferronol J{trt

American Institute Ol Architects

The executive committee of the Producers' Council has approved a renewal of the Council's 26 year old affiliation with the American fnstitute of Architects, according to an announcement by E. P. Larsonj The Celotex Corporation, president of the Council's San Francisco Chapter.

Mr. Larson's announcement followed a meeting of chapter presidents which he attended January 27 and. 8 in Chicago.

"IJnder the continuing affiliation, the Council and the A.I.A. will collaborate on technical programs designed to improve the quality and lower the cost of construction," Mr. Larson said.

"The executive committee also approved five other programs which the Council and its local chapters will develop during the coming year:

"1. The program of modular coordination will be expanded and further developed, with the aid of a special technical consultant.

"2. The Industry Engineered Housing program will be developed further with respect to engineering details.

"3. The principles of industry engineering will be applid to multiple rental housing, in cooperation with other industry branches, as a means of introducing into rental construction the same general economies as have been demonstrated in the enginering and design of individual homes.

"4. Active support will be given to the research program to be conducted by the Building Research Advisory Board, which was officially endorsed by the executive committee.

"5. Efforts to modernize restrictive building codes will be continued.

"In addition, the committee approved a comprehensive program to inform the public of the progress being made by the building industry and of the industry's importance to the national economy.

"Presidents oi 29 of. the Council's 30 local chapters attended the two-day conference which followed the meeting of the executive committee."

Fire Dcrmagres Lumber Ycnd

Fire damaged the Hollywood yard of Lounsberry & Ifarris, Los Angeles, early Wednesday morning, February 25. The estimated possible loss is $300,000.

Ralph E. Barto, Park, Calif., flew convention of the and,20.

Ralph E. Barto Lumber Co., Huntington to San Francisco to attend the annual Western Pine Association, February 19 of sales, Patten-Blinn Lumber at his desk following his recent director is back

Clyde Shumaker, manager of Rogue Lumber Sales Co., Medford, Oregon, was in San Francisco recently on a business trip. He attended the Western Pine annual convention, February 19 and20.

Roy R. Bergrnan, representative of L. J. Carr & Co., Sacramento, in Chicago, and also representative there of the Payne Lumber Company, manufacturer of "Rezo" doors, traveled recently by plane from Chicago with L. J. Carr to visit the mills of the Sacramento Box Co. at Woodleaf and Sacramento, Calif. He also spent several days with W. D. Dunning, Los Angeles, Southern California representative of L. J. Carr & Co.

Leslie Lynch, Co., Los Angeles, illness.

W. S. Kurtz, Independent Junction, Colorado, is spending California.

Carl T. Moore, Phoenix, Ariz., has joined the lumber buying staff for Pope & Talbot, fnc', Lumber Division, at its Eugene, Ore., office.

Leo E. Hubbard, Hayward Lumber & Los Angeles, is a member of the 1948 Los Grand Jury.

Lumber Company, Grand a few weeks in Southern Investment Co., Angeles County

New Telephone Number

Evju Produ'cts Company, San Francisco, has a new telephone number, YUkon 6-5516.

New Yqrd in Lamont

There is a new lumber and building material yard in Lamont, Calif. Bob Hayden is the owner. The yard operates under the name of Lamont Lumber Company.