The California Lumber Merchant - March 1952

Your best source for lumber and wood Prod' ucts is the source that can give you the best seroice. Your nearest Long-Bell salesman rePresents one of America's most diversified manufacturers and wholesale distribu' tors, with the timber resources and t4 modern Plants that produce lumber and lumber products of Douglas Fir, West Coast Hemlock, Ponderosa Pine, White Fir, Southern Pine and Hardwoods, Ponderosa Pine and Douglas Fir Plywood Preservative-treated Poscs, Poles and Piling Oak Flooring, Sash and Doors, Industrial Cut Stock, quality Frames, Box Shook, Kitchen Cabinets, Glazed Sash, unpainted Furniture and pre-

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MES, IA.

R. D. Schoeffet,'P. O. Box 87

CAMBNTDGE 39, MASS.

A. R. Tompkins,720 Mqss. Ave. CCDAR RAPIDS, IA.

D. J. Sincloit, R. C. Jock 514 Dows 81d9. CHICAGO,I, ILL.

S. E. Cumminqs, V. E. Czornow3ky,

w. G. Thon, Jr., R. E. Creel, H. A. Rieckers, Jr. 332 So. Michigon Ave. coluMEus | 5, o.

H. D, Jone3, 16 Eost Srood St.eet DAILAS, TEXAS

A. w. Shorp,3402 McFo,lin St.eel DENVER 2, COLO.

R. C. Hillmon- 527 Exchonge Bldg

DERIDDER, TA.

G. M. McGregor, G L. will3on

P. O. Box 192

DES MOIXES, IA.

W. C. Egge.s, 1057 58th St TUGENE, ORE. The Long-Bell Lumber Co.

P. O. Box 467

fORT SMITH, ARK.

The Long-Bell Lumbe. Co.

P. O. 8ox 833

fORT WORTH 2, TEX.

C. C. Phillips, V. H. Boker

.ll2 TC'P Possenqer Stotion 8ld9'

GARDI NER, ORI.

The Long-gell Lumber Co

HOBOKEX, N..'.

O. D. Smith, G. P. Picotte,

D. w. Allen, 68 Hudson 5i. HOUSTON I, TEX.

G. w. Hills, R.5. Soilor 629 west Bldg' ,OPLI N, MO.

G. H. Heibein KANSAS CITY 5, MO.

L. R. Schofield, R. E. woodord, G. L. McN'chois, C. w. Froncrs, w. A. Tolbott, 901 R. A. Long Bldg. LONGVIEW, WASH.

5. R. Scotl

LOS ANGELES I?, CALI'.

H. F. Bowles, A. M. Bofliner ll09 w. 8th sr.

MINNEAPOIIS I, MINN.

R. E. wolloce, J. R. Montgomety I I05 wesley Temple Bldg.

OI(LA'IOMA CITY I, OKLA. w. A. Lyons, Leonhordt Bldg. OMAHA 2, NI8N.

J..,. Hill, L. J. Froncii

539 Groin €xchonge Bldg. QUITMAN, MISS.

The Long-Bell Lumber co sr. Louls l, Mo.

O. O. Horrangion. 1677 Arcode Bldg. SAN ANYONIO, TTX.

D. L. Rochon, 415 New Moore Bldg

saN TRANCISCO 5, CALIF.

J. H. Moore, J. M. Myers 604 Missron Sl. SEATTIE I I, WASH.

W. M. Bollew,414 Vonce Bldg. SHERIDAN, ARK.

The Long-Aell Lumber Co.

WASHINGTON 5, D. C.

J, J. wrlson,822 Colorodo 81d9. WEED, CAIIF.

The Long-Bell Lumbe. Co. WICHITA I, KAN. R. E. Woodord, E. H. Steele 217 No. Eroodwov

Soles Represenlotives In: Amorillo, Tex. Louisville, Ky. Brl!ngs, Mont. Memphis, Tenn Buffolo, N. Y. poducoh. Kv. Chillicoihe, Ojlao Ros*eil. N. M. FPll?l'i): " sort Loke city, uroh i, t-ll,A-,-A)t- rt^ Sroux Folls, S D. bi'.-"i-e-i lial. i'ta "-ri. st u re s, M ch. lndionoo6lis- lnd. Syrocuse, N. Y. Lonsino- M'ih. Toledo, Ohio Limo.6hio Tulso, Oklo.

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available nationally for the insulation of houses and other types of buildings. For full information about Spintex Insulation, write Johns-Manville, Box 290, New York 16, New York. In Canada, write 199 Bay Sreet, Toronto 1, Ontario.

I. E MABTIN Editor and Mcncger

THE CALIFOR}*IIA #;r;t**""*

PEGGY STINIJNG Acsist@t Editor

M. ADAIYIS

Assbtcut Mcucger

B E R ME RC HANT

JackDionne,ptblislw

Howl.rumber l-rooks

Portland, Oregon-Freezing rveather in early January only slightly affected production of lumber by Douglas fir sawmills which are apparently headed for another recordbreaking year.

In the first four weeks of. 1952, fir mills of western Washington and Oregon produced 803,859000 board feet, according to Harris E. Smith, secretary of West Coast Lumbermen's Association. This is 98 million feet below output tor Januarv, 1951.

During January, Smith pointed out, fir mills in the region accepted 917,75I,WO board feet of orders, which is 114 million feet more than nas cut. For seven consecutive l-eeks orders have topped production.

Wqlter S. Johnson Re-elected President \ll/estern Pine Assoc'n

\\ralter S. Johnson, San Francisco, rvas re-elected president of the Western Pine Association at the annual meeting of the organization held in the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, February 2l and 22.

The only nerv officer named was Vice President Bruce Ehnore, McNary, Arizona. Officers re-elected l'ere U. R. Armstrong, \\.inchester, fdaho, vice president, and C. T. Gray, Stockton, Calif., treasurer.

These san-re mills also reported an unfilled order file of 1,A64,724,ffi0 board feet rvas 58 million feet above gross stocks at mills.

The rveekly average of West Coasi Lumber production in January was 174,752,000 b.f. or 93.3/o oI the 1947-1951 average. Orders averaged 199,511,000 b.f.; shipments 164,555,000 b.f. Weekly averages for December were: Production 168,159,000 b.f. (89.8% of the 1947-1951 average); otderc L74,IM,000 b.f.; shipments 156,47I.W b.f

One month of 1952 cumulative production 803,859,000 b.f.; one month of 1951, 901,944,000 b.f.; one month of 1950, 527,468,N0 b.f..

Orders for one month of. 1952 breakdown as follows: Rail & truck 649,738,0m b.f.; domestic cargo 186,303,@O b.f. ; export 45,000,000 b.f.; local 36,710,000 b.f.

The ir-rdustry's unfilled order file stood at 1,064,724 b.f. at the end of January, gross stocks at 1,006,625.

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Housing Credit Control Under Regulation X

In a letter to The California Lumber Merchant, Wendell Robie, Auburn Lumber Company, Auburn, Calif., chairman of the Legisiative Committee of the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California, says:

"It lvas the opinion of the board of directors of the Lumber Nlerchants Association of Northern California last fal1, that the lumber and construction industries in California and the people we build homes for, .rvould be benefited by encouraging the building of moderate homes with establishment of the easv credit limit for a complete home under Regulation X at $16,000 instead of 912,000.

"Our board had no particular objection to establishing the limit on a $12,000 house, but when the control as established, set that figure on the appraisal for the complete home, including lot value and the lot improvements of paving, curbs, gutters and utility services, then the remaining value to provide for moderate construction in these days of depreciated dollars is too small."

Congressman Clair Engle of Red Bluff, Calif., rrho is now in \\rashington, D. C., has again raised the question and in a letter to Mr. Robie asked him for a current report on the lumber situation, saying that he u'ould be glad to take up the matter up rvith the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association and other interested Asso,ciations in \\rashington.

On behalf of the Lurnber Merchants Association of Northern California, Mr. Robie rvrote Congressman Engle giving him the information requested, and he also statecl in his letter, "If the credit limit mentioned ma1- be raised to $16,000 it rvill more realistically take care of n.roderate home requirements in California and n'ill be beneficial to both the public and the industry."

The board of directors of the Luml>er Merchants AssocieLtion of Northern California met in San Francisco on February 15 rvhen the matter tvas fr.rrther discussecl.

Freeman Campbell is back rvith Tropical & Western Lumlter Co., Los Angeles, as assistant manager of the softu'ood department. lle formerly r."n'orked for the com1>an1' for about five years. lfe rvas lr.ith the Astor Lumber Company, San Diego, for the past six months.

Ernie Sunderland, for the past several application business

salesman for Fisk & Mason. Pasadena. years, has left to engage in the roofing in Orange County.

S. A. Troxel, of S. A. Troxel Lumber Co., Los Angeles, had a successful fishing trip on the Colorado River at Parker, Calif., in the early part of February. He was accompanied by Mrs. Toxel, rvho is also a fishing enthusiast.

Building Controls Eased On 645 Public Projects

Washington, February ZI-The Government today ordered the first major relaxation of mobilization controls by autl.rorizing 'rvork to begin at on,ce on 645 previously-restricted community construction projects.

The National Production Authority removed all prohibitions on the construction of 416 chur,ches, 110 fire houses, police stations and jails, 29 boys' clubs, 32 orphanages and homes for the aged, and 28 similar buildings.

NPA officials said that today's action was taken in line rvith increasing abundance of steel and lessening clefense clemand for other scarce materials.

Appointed Purchasing Agent

General Manager W. I. Poulter announces the appointment of Ralph Belk as purchasing agent {or the San L'edro Lumber Co. For the past four years, Mr. Belk rvas purchasing agent for the Southern Pacific Milling Co. at Santa Barbara, and prior to that was purchasing agent for the Voit Rubber Company.

Mr. Belk u'ill make his headquarters at the company's vard in San Peclro.

Moves Olfices

W. E. Cooper Wholesale Lumber Company, Los Angeles, has moved its offrces frorn the Richfield Building to 4B4B \\'rest Pico Blvd. The telephone number is YOrk 8238.

Young Lumbermcn?

A son, Robert Wayne, r.l,'as born to Mr. and Mrs. Volney Spalding in Covina Hospital. The young man, who rveiged 7 lbs. 10 oz. is their fifth child. Mr. Spalding is president of the Spalding Lumber Company, Los Angeles.

Skiing Vcrccrtion Trip

Eric Hexberg, manager, Tarter, Webster & Johnson, Los Angeles. and Mrs. Hexberg returned February 18 from spending six days skiing at Sun Valley, Idaho. They stayed at Sun Valley Lodge, and report having had perfect con,-litions for skiing.

Frank Scroggins, formerly with Door & Plyrvood bers. Inc., is nor,v with Tarter, Webster & Johnson, as salesman covering the Orange County territory.

Chas. E. (Chuck) Clay, of Forest pany, Inglewood, is back from visiting C)regon area. He also attended the the Western Pine Association in San 2l and 22.

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Prodrrcts $nls5 fornmills in the Southern annual convention of Francisco, February

Dennis Gilchrist, sales manager, Angelus Fir & Sales Company, San Marino, Calif., is back from a 10-day business trip to Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. He traveled by air.

Paul Stevens, western manager, National-American Wholesale Lumber Association, Portland, Oregon, was recently in San Francisco and Los Angeles on a business trip.

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' Advertising is no respecter of commodities, territories, people, or times. It does its work just as thoroughly for one person as for another in exact proportion to the thought, energy, enthusiasm, persistence, judgment, and accuracy, in any language, in any place on this green earth, if backed up and followed up by honest, efficient service all the time. Advertising is not a piker's or an unbeliever's game. It is an honest-to-goodness paying investment'

Perhaps no other Biblical quotation has been more frequently employed as an advertising text, than the following lines from Matthew: "A city that is built upon a hill cannot be hid Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works."

It has been declared by all advertising authorities that persistence and sticktoitiveness is the soul of successful advertising. It was President Calvin Coolidge who said: "Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not. Nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not. Unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. The world is filled with educated derelicts. The slogan 'press on' has solved and will always solve, the problem" ?t ,1. human race."

And one of the world's best known advertising stories is about the advertising man who was trying unsuccessfully to sell a small town merchant an advertising campaign. The merchant was convinced he didn't need publicity, since he had been doing business right there at the same stand for twenty years and everybody knew him. Said the advertising man: "What is that building across the corner?" The merchant said it was a certain denominational church. "Ifow long has it been there?" asked the ad man. "Seventy years," replied the merchant. "And yet," said the ad man, "I'll bet they still ring the bell wery Sunday morning."

In an address on advertising delivered years ago, Peter B. Kyne uttered the following interesting thoughts: "Advertising is like a college. Colleges cannot make successes of every man who goes to them. The responsibility for the success of a student does not rest on the college he goes to, but on the student himself. Ad,vertising can't make a success of every merchant." ,6

And Mr. Kyne said further: "Automobiles are supplied nowadays with everything except intelligence, and the driver must furnish that. An advertising medium, also, is

simply the vehicle for carrying the message of the advertiser, who must supply the intelligence for his own advertising."

And also: "Ask any man or woman in New York City which is the best jewelry store in town, and the answer will be 'Tiffany's.' And what has this store done to secure that favorable opinion? It has built a business along linis that won the respect of the public, and then sent along its advertising messages continuously through the years, following up the publicity with the goods and services the public appreciates. It is the confidence and respect of the public, backed by continuous publicity and dependability, that made Tiffany t"-or";"

Attractive, eye-catching advertising is always interesting, and doesn't necessarily require the customary magazine color, and form, and character to make it so. A magnificent job of impressive advertising can be done with trees. Just a short time ago Weyerhaeuser ran a full page advertisement in the Saturday Evening Post, calling attention to its reforesting operations, and the mighty tree farms that promise its mills a continual supply of raw materials. There was a wonderful picture of green forests covering hills and valleys and mountains. It was a page that probably few readers of that magazine passed over without reading. Weyerhaeuser was telling Post readers a wondrous new story about its efforts and plans for growing trees for the future. ft was a new thought to most people, and the ad was something that no doubt challenged the attention and excited the interest of Post readers. It w'dS different' * ,< ,<

One of the bigger chemical manufacturers, Monsanto, does a swell job of advertising. One of its recent best ads was chiefly made up of a tree picture. The camera was pointed straight up the trunk of a huge tree, showing a mammoth bol'e and crown. That picture was definitely an eye-catcher, and dominated the newspaper page. And the copy was meritorious. The chemical firm was advertising glue; the kind used for gluing wood. And it used the big tree as its text. "It stood," read the copy, "a slender seedling on its Pacific slope, before Columbus stood on San Salvad'or." Then the ad continued:

"Today, from this single tree alone, will come thousands of square feet of velvety-textured plywood, remarkably light, but with the extraordinary strength so necessary for cbmbat boats, military barracks, vehicles, and boxcars plus a myriad of at-home uses for better building, fuller

Last year C. D. lohnson lumber was loaded onto 2104 cars at the Toledo mill. These shipments...easy to check, unload and dispatch...reached destination in the same prime condition in which they were shipped.

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living. Soybean and casein glue join the sheets of plywood in bonds far stronger than the fibers themselves." A big and impressive tree picture dominated the ad, and caught the attention of the readers. Then the story to be told was unwrapped in a hurry and in few but well-selected words. The history of the great tree, the plywood to be made from its fiber, and last-the glue. A complete and different story that caught the reader's eye, and carried the intended message. Even the war effort was brought up in the fewest words. A fine specimen of what can be done in black and white advertising

We've been reading a report on the Abraham Lincoln memorial, that mighty structure that stands on the banks of the Potomac, and found it most interesting. The marble shrine is open to the public every day of the year except Christmas, and regardless of weather or anything else, people from far dnd wide come every day to gaze with reverence on the statue of the great commoner. The shrine was visited in 1950 by a total of 2,065,586 people, who registered on the little counting machines provided for that purpose. That was the*biggest year.

In 1951 the visitors numbered 1,650,191. The second best year to 1950 was 1941, when 1,758,807 were checked in. Chief Justice Howard Taft, chairman of the commission

Minute Man Lapel Buttons Sent To 14O More Dealert

Minute Man lapel buttons, symbolizing active participation in the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association's neu' "grass roots" public relations campaign, have just been sent to 140 more dealers throughout the country by C. B. Sweet. In distributing the buttons, Mr. Sweet, who is chairman of the Public Affairs, or Minute Man, Committee, reported that more than 2800 clippings were on file in the National's Public Relations Department as proof of the program's success.

It is on the basis of these clippings that the awards are made at regular intervals, with each dealer who has two or more published releases to his credit receiving one of the specially designed buttons. To date more than 500 dealers have been so recognized, and, in addition, solid gold buttons have been awarded to ten whose efforts have been particularly outstanding.

The chief activity of the Minute Men at present is to release nelvs stories on subjects of nationwide importance and interest to their local newspapers in an effort to see that the public is kept correctly informed about industry views and problems. Each release is always submitted in the name of the individual dealer concerned, and he also makes any changes that he feels are necessary in order that the statement will reflect the building situation as it exists in his trading area. In a great many instances dealers also submit the releases to their local radio stations where they are included on regular news broadcasts.

Because of such effective participation in this program,

charged with its construction, turned the shrine over to the government in 1922, just 57 years after the death of Lincoln. It was formally opened on Decoration Dan May 30th. ft was ten years in building, and cost three million dollars'

The statue of Linboln is nineteen feet high, and its refection can be seen in the thousand-foot pool of water stretching away from it. Daniel Chester French designed and modeled the statue, which took four years to carve. His uncl'e, Benjamin B. French, was in charge of public buildings in Washington during Lincoln's administration as President. The statue was cut from 150 tons of Georgia marble, and shows Lincoln sitting in a great arm-chair 121 feet high'

The heroic figure of the martyred President was marvelously carved both as to face, form, and clothing, and shows clearly the character of the man. His dignity, gentleness, power, and marvelous determination, are plainly shown in the granite. Which is why the statue attracts so great and constant an army of visitors, who treat the place as a shrine in which to pay homage to that great and common man who by the grandeur of his character carved himself a place among the very top figures of all history and all mankind.

Chairman Sweet Iished themselves of the National.

points asa out, the Minute Men have estabpermanent and valuable committee

M. B. Gerlinger Elected President

The Gerlinger Carrier Company of Dallas, Oregon announces the election to president of M. B. Gerlinger, who succeeds Carl F. Gerlinger, taken by death last November. The former Mr. Gerlinger was founder of the company which bears his name and a member of a family which helped pioneer industrial development in the far west.

Other officers for the Gerlinger Carrier Company, which manufactures Gerlinger carrier and lift trucks now in use by the lumber and heavy industries throughout the world, include: V. O. Williams, executive vice president and general manager; A. C. Gerlinger, vice president; Carl A. Gerlinger, vice president and secretary; J. \lV. Kitzmiller, vice president and sales manager and J. C. Lundy, treasurer. All are residents of Dallas with the exception of A. C. Gerlinger who lives at Salem.

Move Scles Olfice

The San Pedro Lumber Company has moved its Los Angeles sales office to 11,10 Crenshaw Blvd. The telephone number is WEbster 1-8160. The company is closing its Los Angeles offices at 1518 S. Central Ave. and the office personnel has been transferred to its yard at San Pedro.

Lumbermen You Should Know

lVate Parlaat

In 1922 when Nate ltarsons came to Los Angeles, one of the first things he did was to check into our of6ce and give us a subscription to The California Lumber N{erchant. He has been a reader of the Merchant ever since, and recently gave us a nice testimonial, saying: "Long may she wave ! I'm pleased to insttre another year of good lumlter reading and humor."

Nate was born in \\-innebago, Illinois. He operated thc Parsons Lumber Co. at ltockford, Illinois, from 1897 to 1922. He still has in his files some of the Parsons Lttmber Co. pencils that he usecl for advertising purposes rvhich carry the slogan, "Parsons Delivers Good Lumber."

Nate sold out his lumber interests in Rockford in 19'22 and came to Los Angeles. He managed the C. Ganahl Lumber Co. yard o11 :\\'alon Blvd. for five years, then hc rvent into the l.rardu'oocl flooring and lumber business in Pasadena for himself. I-ater he lvas nith the Standar<l

The Mcrhogqny Book

The Mahoganl- Book,'in its eighth edition, is just off the press and is non. available to all elements concerned with the woodworking industry. Its size remains the sane as in previous editions. Heretofore the covers have been a reproduction of Nlahogarry, each edition in a distinctive pattern. The cover of the nerv edition shows tl,velve diferent finishes on mahogany, from light to dark. These

Lumber Co., Los Ar.rgeles, for about 10 ycars. He joined the San Pedro Lumber Co. in their Los -\ngeles olhce in 1941 and has been n ith them ever siucc, handlir-rg primarily industrial accounts.

He is an old-time lLro-Hoo, No. V),212, joining thc Order in Chicago, February l(t, 1916. He is an active rnember of the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club and selrlom misses a meeting of the Old Black Cats.

Mr. and X{rs. Parsons make tlieir hrtme in Pasadena. l'hey have a son, Vincent, ll.ho is l-ith the C--olumltia Rroadcasting System and operates their FN{ Station on flt. \\/ilsol'l. They have trvo granclchildren, Bob and Ann \'Iarie, 16-year olcl tu'ins.

The :rbove covers some of the highligltts of Nate Parsons' 55 years in the lunrber business. Nate is a grand fellow, has a kindly and friendly disposition, and his friencls in the Southern California lumber industrv are legion.

illustrate the u'ide range of finishes that are possible on mahoganv, to meet modern r-reeds.

The text has been given a new arralrgement u-ith additions and rer,vrites to meet changing conditions. .\ substantial number of illustrations have been adcled or changed and norv number seventy plates.

The Mahogany Book ma1- be obtained by addressing the N{ahogany Association, Inc., 75 E. \\racker Drir.e, Clticago l, Illinois.

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Makes A Lot Of Daf{'ercnce

The very elderly and rich man lay on a sick bed. He was very ill. flis doctor, an old friend, was at his side in the sick room.

Outside, his young and attractive wife waited to interview the doctor. She was doing a good job of looking wor-

Paul "Bud" Allen, Pacific Fir Sales, who has been at the Pasadena office for some time, left January 15 for Arcata. Calif., where he will be assistant to Jack lvey, manager of the Arcata office.

Hugh Wilhoit, W. has returned from an E,. Cooper Lumber Co., eastern trip. Los Angeles,

L. R. Van Luven has Tracy Lumber Company

been appointed manager of the at Tracy. California.

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ried. As the Doctor picked up his hat and turned to leave the house, the wife said to him:

"Tell me, Doctor-is there any hope?"

The old Doctor thought a moment, and then dryly replied:

"It depends, to a large extent, on what you're hoping."

Fred C. Andersen, president of the Andersen Corporation, Bayport, Minn., nationally knorvn manufacturers of millwork, recently sailed on the Nlatson liner Lurline to spend a month in the Harvaiian Islands. He r,vas accompanied by Mrs. Andersen.

John Moore, assistant manager California, made a business trip to February.

of Fir-Tex of Southern San Francisco early in

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Closins Date for .NRLDA Public Relations Contest ls April 1

With a good number of entries already on file, the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association is reminding its members that the closing date for its new Public Relations Contest is rapidly approaching.

The deadline is April I,1952, and judging by the entries on hand, NRLDA predicts that by the closing date thel' n'ill have a very impressive ,collection of reports on public relations activities to submit to the Jury of Awards.

Since any single action taken in the interest of good public relations is eligible for an award, a great variety of entries is possible. To date many different activities have been reported, including providing odds and ends of lumber free of charge to youth organizations for hobby purposes, furnishing plywood and lumber to make emergencv "wooden lungs," and extending birthday greetings to other local businessmen by means of a special booklet.

Brief type'ivritten accounts, newspaper clippings, or other evidence of public relations efforts, such as printed pamphlets or copies of letters or speeches, make good entries, the National points out. Entries need not be limited to accomplishments strictlv rvithin the industry inasmuch as any action that creates goodrvill-like serving as chairman of a hospital fund drive-is a positive move torvard improved public relations.

Contest brochures and entrv blanks are still available

from the National's Public Relations Department, Suite 302 Ring Building, Washington, D. C. And copies of a new folder reminding dealers of the closing date will soon be sent to the Federated Associations for distribution to their members.

Gridiron Bcrnquet Mcrch 17

The Gridiron banquet sponsored by the Construction Industries Committee of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce will be held Wednesday evening, March 19, in the Biltmore Bor"n'l of the Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel. Earl T. H.eitschmidt heads the banquet committee.

Highlight of the banquet is the ptesentation oI the Chamber's annual achievement award to the individual who has rendered the most outstanding service to the industry in the past year.

Appointed So. Ccrlilornic Representqtive

\\ralter Hammond, Hammond Furniture Co., Vancouver, B. C., ll'as a recent visitor at the offices of the Stahl Lumber Co., Los Angeles. Mr. Hammond is changing his furniture plant over to the manufacture of alder and maple climension stock. The plant has a capacity of 600,000 board feet a month.

Stahl Lumber Co., Los Angeles, will be exclusive representative in Southern California for their alder and maple dimension stock, also their lumber products.

Lee Steffensen Joins

Bernie Barber and Associates

Company in their general offices in Santa Ana. He has been very active in Hoo-Hoo in Orange County.

Bernie Barber began his organization in 1937 in the city o{ Fresno, at u'hich time he had a very few subscribers and very little capital, but u'ith the idea definitely implanted that the retail industry u'as very much in need of a Market Report Service. Bernie has served as secretary of the San Joaquin Lumbermen's Club, the California Lumbermen's Council, and the Lumber Merchants' Association of Northern California. In these capacities he had an excellent opportunitv to study the methods the various retail dealers u'ere using to compile their cost information in preparing their price lists. The idea was somervhat unique in that it had never before been attempted in the retail lumber industry, and the fact that it has grown to the large organization it is today proved a definite need of such a service.

Bernie Barber, owner of Bernie Barber and Associates, has announced the addition of Les Steffensen to their staff in Southern California. Mr. Barber states: "'fhis is in line with our established policy of maintaining the best possible organization to continue to render the finest service to our subscribers. Les has had a great deal of experience in the retail lumber industry, and as sttch lve feel rvill be a great asset to our organization."

Les is the son of E. Steffensen, who now resides in Fullerton, and rvho rvzrs for many years secretary of the Orange County Lumbermen's Club. He rvorked 'ivith his father in the I-umbermen's Club for six years. Following that, he joined the Bay District Lumber Company, Newport Beach, as salesman and estirnator. His next position was as purchasing agent for the Ackern,an Boat Company, followed by a similar position u'ith the Staats Boat Company, both of Neu'port Beach. During the past seven years, Mr. Steffensen has been purchasing agent for the Barr Lumber

Bernie Barber and Associates norv have subscribers throughout the entire states of California and Arizona, and the service u'hich originally started to cover only a fen' items of lumber and some building materials, norv has grown to list the majority of the products handled by the average retail lumber yard. Tl.re company is constantly adding neu' lines of merchandise as they are offered to the retail trade, giving complete descriptive and cost information about them. The service also includes a summary of government regulations affecting the retail lumber industry, digested into simple, everyday language so that the retail dealer can readily understand and know exactly what he can and can not do in regard to these regulations. It also includes e bulletin service entitled "What's Doin'?". which covers items of interest to the lumber dealer.

The service has been enthusiastically received by dealers tl-rroughout the two states, and the organization has grown from the beginning r.vith just Bernie Barber and his secretary, to its present size of eleven people. Bernie Barber, Sr. is ou,ner of the organization ; his son, Bernie, Jr., who joined him after World War II, is manager. He is also secretary of the San Joaquin Hoo-Hoo Club No. 31 and was very actir.e in the reorganization of that ,club four years zrgo. Riley Hallmark, a well-known lumberman from the San Joaquin Valley and rvho had wide experience during World \\rar II as Lumber and Building Materials Executive for the Office of Price Administration, Northern Division, is in charge of production. Don Walker, rvho has

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LeIt to right: Normcr Schmidt, Scrlly Hqll, Jcrck Ccmpbell, Bernie Bcrrber, fr,, Bernie Bcrrber, Sr,, LeE Stellensen, Riley Hcllmcrk, Don Wclker, Jeqnne Fcrley, Lcurc Hcrmoa.

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CPR 22, SR 22--Cealins Prices of Manufacturers of Builders' Hardware

Washington, D.C., Feb. 14-Three divisions of the builders' hardware manufacturing industry today were authorized by the Office of Price Stabilization to apply price adjustment ratios to their ceilings established under the General Ceiling Price $egulation (GCPR) for 31 classifications r.'f their products, consisting of a considerable number of separate articles.

The divisions, and the number of classifications of each, are :

The Butt and Hinge Group, 9; the Hangers, Track and Garage Door Group, 4; and the General Builders' Hardware Group, 18.

A tailored regulation covering the industry norv is uncler consideration. Pending final action Supplementary Regulation 22 to Ceiling Price Regulation 22 is issued as an interim measure. It will be effective February 19, 1952.

Application of the authorized price adjustment ratios rvill result in an increase of 2 per cent in GCPR ceilings for hangers, tracks and garage door hardware; 3 per cent in the case of butts and hinges; and 3.5 per cent in the case of general builders' hardrvare. The increases apply only to the specific products listed in the regulation and not to anv other products which a manufacturer may produce.

It is not expected, OPS officials said, that this industryrvide ceiling price adjustment will increase the general level of ceiling prices which the industry would otherrvise have been entitled to establish under the price determining pror.isions ol CPP. 22.

Today's SR 22 permits a uniform industry-u'ide price increase adjustment instead of the right to compute and establish ceilings under the p:ice determining pror,isions of CPR 22, and supersedes the provisions of CPR 22.

SR 22 does not restrict a manufacturer's right to make price adjustments under the so-called Capehart anrendment to the Defense Production Act, as provided for under Supplementary Regulations 17 and 18 of CPR 22, but if the manufacturer does make the adjustments, SR 22 prices cannot be used in figuring the adjustments uncler the Capehart amendment.

Johnson Management, Policies Will Continue

Ne'iv York, N. Y., Feb. 11-Georgia-Pacific Plywood Company has acquired virtualll' all of the stock of C. D. Johnson Luml>er Corporation, Toledo, Oregon, one of the major producers of Douglas fir lumber, Robert F, Johnson, president of Johnson, has announced.

Mr. Johnson reported that the sum involved in the sale totaled $16,800,000. Of the 210,000 shares of Johnson stock outstanding. practically ICO/o have accepted Georgia-Pacific I'lyrvood Company's offer of $80 per share.

The present mangement, personnel and policies will be continued just as they have in the past, Mr. -|ohnson said. The company rvill be operated as the C. D. Johnson I-rrmber Corporation, a subsidiary of Georgia-Pacific Plyri'ood Company.

The trar.rsaction represents one of the largest cash sales cvcr consummated in lumber circles. Johnson has extensive lumber mill properties at Toledo, docks, barges and more than 900,000,000 feet of timber. including some o{ the naiion's best old gror,vth Douglas fir, in the Siletz River country of Oregon. The sawmill at Toledo has productive capacity of 4C0,0O0 feet per shift. Production in 1951 totaled about 150,C00,000 feet.

On'en 11. Cheatham, president of Georgia-Pacific, stated that the integration of the Johnson firm and the GeorgiaI'acillc setup u'ill round out the prodtict line of this large plywood, door and lumber producer.

Officers o1' C. D. Johnson Lumber Corporation rvill contir-ruc as {ormerly rvith Robert F. Johnson, president; R. E. Fkrweree, _fr., as vice president and sawmill division manager; I-. i{. N{cReynolds, vice president in charge of sales; C. D. Johnsorr, Jr., secretary and treasurer; Carl C. Jacoby in charge of logging and forestrv; Ralph Benson, rail sales rnanager and Andy Crozier ir.r charge of cargo sales.

Sierrcr Pine, Inc. Will Opercrte Sawmill Ecrly in March

Sierra Pirre, Inc., San Francisco, *'ill start to operate its sau'n-rill at Clipper Mills, east of Marysville, Calif., early in March. The mill cuts I'onclerosa and Sugar pine, white fir, and a small percentage of Douglas fir.

Proposed Program of the \(/oodwork Institute of California for 1952

By Charles \il. Lange, Technical Director

The 1952 program can be broken dorvn into three major groups: 1. Millrvork Manual and Directory; 2. Monthly Bulletin; and 3. Research, Nerv Nfarkets, Promotion and Publicity.

Milh.vork Manual and Directory

Cover shall be modern ; loose leaf form-8$ x ll (file size) ; Interior sections-separate loose leaf folders for easy removal.

The inside cover u'ill include an index of the manual. Additional index space rvill be provided for data to be added on a progressive basis, including the follorving sections:

a. I)irectory of Members

This section u'ill contain the Directory of Members. It n'ill be very detailed and tell exactly if the members are manufacturers, rvholesalers, jobbers or component parts. The directory rvill tell what type of rvork the members do, rvhat they produce-special or mass production productsand rvhether members bid on jobs competitively or not.

b. Code of Ethics and Standards

A code of ethics rvill be developed to encourage, aid and foster good business procedures and to promote a high level of trade practices t'hich rvill create a large measure of favorable public opinion.

Minimum standards o{ lvorkmanship and materials will be established for the protection and promotional use of Institute members as n,ell as architects and builders.

c. Specifications

General Specifications Section-rvill act as a guide and explain to young draftsmen exactlv hou' rvood products are manufactured. Here rvill be information as to the difference of materials, types and proper uses. It will explain rvhat vi'ood the manufacturer recommends for various types of u'ork. There rvill be information on paneling, and many Ans\vers to problems confronting the architect.

Detailed Specifications Section-r,vill refer to the particular standard details selected for the Manual.

d. Detailed Drawings

Detailed Drarving Sections-rvill be 3" scale. Drawings are to be produced on two types of paper-transparent (for blueprinting) and opaque (for drafting board use). Standard detailed drawings shall be selected by a joint committee of architects and manufacturers' representatives. The Standards Committee is headed by J. L. Pierce, president of Pacific Manufacturing Co.

Monthly Bulletin

A monthly technical bulletin will be published and sent to architects. contractors and members. This bulletin will inform the members of the progress made by the Woodrvork Institute. It will tell of the latest market conditions, technical improvements, what our competitors are doing and also inform architects of the follorving:

1. What is good millwork?

2. How to specify n-rillwork, horv to dimension properly and what type of drawings the manufacturers prefer.

3. Analyze standard contemporary details and point out advantages of standard construction.

+. Why mills prefer to receive 3" scale details.

5. Lists of materials, prices and finished rvood products.

6. Nerv uses of stock items.

7. Will take mystery out of what is stock and what is not.

Production and Publicity

Wood Panel Species: \\rood panel boards displaying the various species of rvoods now used in the West Coast planing mills rvill be set up in architects' offices.

Exhibit Displays: Displays of cabinets, n'indols, sash, doors, moldings, etc. will be set up in home shows and a few retail stores. Accompanying such displays will be colored photographs of the latest product designs, approximate cost lists and a complete list of members who can produce or provide such finisl-red products.

Research

For the industrial progress of wood we look ahead to scientific research. A laboratory r'vill eventually be established for research and development. Primarily, we shall develbp nerv products and processes, new product uses, improvement of present products and the solution of fabricating and processing problems.

Research progress and developments will be sent to all members. If anyone desires to capitalize on such data, in any means or manner, the Woodwork Institute will be pleased to cooperate and help.

It is important to note that research and development is needed norv, before the metal industry has a chance to turn its major production over to domestic items.

Market Surveys

What Architects Need From The Wood Manufacturers

1. Information concerning the proper use of wood. , (Continued on Page 22)

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2. Details and specifications for young draftsmen just out of college.

3. Proper uses of different woods-regarding the various grades, thickness, types and kinds of I,vood recommended for cabinets.

4. A system for measuring and raising the quality of products.

5. Means of distinguishing between stock items and nonstock items. (Eliminate overlapping between manufacturers.)

6. Directory of wood firms whose names are dependable.

7. Woodwork Institute of California to function as an agency for solving wood problems.

8. Means of ordering wood products visually from catalogs by trade name and number.

9. The foregoing information shall be periodically brought up to date.

What Architects and Contractors Prefer in Wood Windows

1. Complete Window Units ready to set in place.

a. Easy to install.

b. Simple for contractors to keep control of installation costs.

c. Estimators can figure costs easily.

2. Catalog Information which contains details, specifications and photos of windows.

a. Ordering by trade name and catalog number.

b. Ability to check on past performance of windows by trade name.

3. Designs of Modern Appearance.

a. Thin stiles and thin rail members.

4. Hardware.

a. Fine design and good operation.

What Is Needed For The Sale Of Wood Cabinets

[. New designs of low cost (mass production) and nerv designs of high ,cost (mass production) cabinets.

2. Retail outlets are needed.

3. Necessity of quoting one complete price from a visual catalog for cabinets finished and set in place.

4. New flush designs for exteriors of cabinets.

5. Natural grained wood which can be painted later on if desired.

6. New trick eye-catching features.

Z. Packaged item (k.d.) r,vith instructions for simple assembly on the job.

8. New hardware with special functions and purposes.

Much additional detailed information was uncovered as a result of the above surveys. This information is available to all members.

Wood as a material is preferred by architects and contractors. Both groups would gladly specify the use of more rvood products if the manufacturers r,vould provide such services as outlined above.

If we want to compete with wood substitutes and not merely exist, we must do so on an equal footing. The entire rvood industry must be willing to contribute their share of know how on a solid front. \,Ve must organize solidly.

Extensive plans have been made and we are no\\' gearing into action.

Immediate action is needed by all in the industry-not tomorrow when it is too late.

Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Golf Tournament And Dinner Meeting March 14

The Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club will hold a golf tournament and dinner meeting at the Lakeside Country Club, North Long Beach, on Friday, March 14.

The golfers rvill tee ofr at 12:09 p.m. Prizes to be awarded will include the Davidson Plywood & Lumber Co., George E. Ream, Weyerhaeuser Sales Company, Roy Stanton and California Lumber Merchant trophies. There will also be prizes for the n'inners of the special events. Dinner rvill be served in the clubhouse at 7:@ p.m. During the cocktail and dinner hours, there will be an entertainment program.

John Lipani, Orrin Wright, Harvey Koll, Jim Forgie and Roland Meyer vi'ill be in charge of the gol{ toumarnent.

President J. W. Fitzpatrick will preside at the business session.

Fire Dcmcgres Dqnville Ycrd

A mysterious fire destroyed a 4O by 160 foot building in the yard of the Danville Warehouse & Lumber Company, Danville, Calif., February 6. The fire destroyed a cabinet shop containing plywood, lumber, drying racks and tools. A light truck was also ruined. The first estimate of damage u'as $45.000.

Jim Berry Starts in \(/holerale Lumber Business for Himself

Jim Berry, well knou.n lumberman, of Eureka, California, announces that he resigned from his position with Twin Harbors Lumber Co., Eureka, February 10, and that on March 1 or slightly before he will open his or,vn wholesale lumber business, u'ith ofifices at 350 E Street. P. O. Box 770, Eureka, Calif. His concern will be knorvn as The Great Bay I-umber Sales, and the telephone number rvill be Eureka 5620.

Jim has an excellent background of experience that will help him a lot in running his orvn business. He started as a student lumberman under his father, F. A. Berry, of the Big Jo Lumber Company of Santa Fe, Nerv Mexico, in 1930. In 1933 he became a salesman for Neu'ton Lumber Company of Pueblo, Colo. In 1937 he became a salesman for Pope & Talbot, Inc., San Francisco. In 1943 he entered the Marine Corps, and emerged as a Captain. In i945 he \\ras appointed Northern California Sales N{anager for Pope & Talbot. Inc. In 7917 he became associated with Twin Harbors Lumber Co., and opened their Eureka office.

Mr. Berry is married, and has turo sons, nine and five years old. He says his nine year old boy knou.s as much about the lumber business as most lumbermen, r'r'hich indicates that Jim may have a good partner one of these days in the not too distant future.

The Great Bay Lumber Sales will sell kiln-dried redrvood and Douglas fir, and green redu'ood and Douglas fir in rn'holesale quantities only. And tl.ris company intends to sell to retail trade only.

Jim Berry has made a host of friends in the last 15 years in California and elseu-here. All of them will rvish him slrccess in his new venture.

Plywood Meeting at Los Angeles

A meeting rvas held by the Douglas Fir Pl1.u'r-rod Associat-ion at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, on Tuesday, February 5, for the purpose of acquainting the local jobbers and tl-reir sales staffs with recent developments and trends in the industry. More than 1@ guests n'ere present for the meeting and excellent dinner that follou'ed.

Joe Weston, head of the Association field representatives was one of the speakers. Harry O. Schrader, managing director of the Association, spoke on promotion and means of stimulating plywood sales, also about the availability of rarv materials, grades and methods of manufacture.

ft was the general opinion that this rn,as the best meeting of its kind held by the Association.

New Decorated Wcllboqrd

Decorated gypsum wallboard has just been added to the extensive line of building products manufactured by Pabco Products Inc., R. R. Galloway, sales manager. Building Materials Dirrision, announces.

The net' board is )4" in thickness, and comes in sheets four feet rvide and in lengths from seven to ten feet. The exposed surface shows a reproduction of fine rvoods in a choice of three colorsknotty pine, dark rvalnut and bleached u'alnut. It is readily adaptable for urodernization of offices, rumpus rooms, living rooms, shops, etc.

In making the announcement, Mr. Gallos'a1- explained that rvith restrictions on residential building and the Government controls on housing credit terms. man\- people this year are planning to improve their present hornes.

R. J. Heberle & Co. Opens New Office in Arcata

R. J. Heberle & Co. recently openecl a r1e\\' offrce at 1040 G. Street, Arcata, Calif. The telephone number is Arcata .990, and Teletype number is 46. \fr. Heberle has uroved his familr. to Arcata, and 'r,'r'ill make his permar-rerrt headqrlarters at the Arcata office.

The Southern California office at 505 Compton Bottlevard, Compton, Calif., u.ill continue to be the companr''s sales office. This is in charge of Milt Gensch, l.ho has beerr rvith the companv fc,r several years, and is rvell kr.rou'n to the trade.

IVEEI' SHT]VGLr'S???

lf so, you con mqke no mistokes putting in q lrucklood or q corloqd now while the mqrket is ot bottom. Everylhing points lo o slronger mqrkel in the neor fulure ond remember, it moves up fost so don't be cqught nopping - - ocl now.

Southern California Lumber Seasoning Atsociation Organized

The Southern California Lumber Seasoning Association was formed at a dinner meeting held on February 8 at the Rodger Young Auditorium, Los Angeles. Officers elected were: President, Geo. B. Beckman, Precision Kiln Drying Co., Los Aqgeles; Vice President, Paul Penberthy, Jr., Penberthy Lumber Co., Los Angeles; Secretary-Treasurer, Herb Geisenheyner, Coast Kiln Co., Los Angeles. The next meeting will be on April 5 at the Pre'cision Kiln Drying Co., at Long Beach.

Harvey H. Smith, California Forest Experiment Station, Berkeley, talked on the history and activities of the other six Dry Kiln Clubs on the Pacific Coast.

There was a general discussion on Redrvood and the important thing brought out was that Redwood should be segregatecl by moisture classes to facilitate drying without degrading, also that high temperature can be used as long as tl-rere is free vl'ater in the wood.

The follorving attended the meeting:

Herbert V. Coffey, Western Hardrvood Lumber Co. Los Angeles

Armand Scheiffele, \Arestern Hardwood Lumber Co. l,os Angeles

Rex Wall, Wall Dry Kiln Co. Compton

Xlarvin H. Pitts, Wall Dry Kiln Co. Compton

Johnny Hults, Consolidated Lumber Co., .. .Wilmington

J. L. Moody, Consolidated Lumber Co. .Wilmington

Art Furcron, Consolidated Lumber Co. . .. ...Wilmington

G. R. Hinkle, Consolidated Lumber Co. ... .. .Wilmington

A. H. Wahl, Consolidated Lumber Co. .. ....Wilmington

R. Thompson, Consolidated Lumber Co. Los Angeles

M. E,. Corvling, E. K. Wood Lumber Co. .Los Angeles

Robert P. Inglis, Associated Molding Co. Los Angeles

Bill Meyers, Associated Molding Co. . Los Angeles

Bud Roberts, Associated Molding Co. .......LosAngeles

Earl Simon, Hammond Lumber Co. Los Angeles

Charles Lakeman, E. J. Stanton & Son Los Angeles

Henry L. Olguin, McCoy Planning Mills , Los Angeles

C. L. Bandy, National Pacific Timber Los Angeles

K. E. Weeks, Precision Kiln Drying Co. .....LongBeach

Franklin S. Peck, Precision Kiln Drying Co. Long Beach

Geo. B. Beckman, Precision Kiln Drying Co. Los Angeles

John Cummings, Precision Kiln Drying Co. Los Angeles

Charles Beckman, Precision Kiln Drying Co.. Long Beach

A. R. Peirce, L. A. Dry Kiln & Storage Los Angeles

Marshall Edwards, L. A. Dry Kiln & Storage Los Angeles

Herman Wallace, Wallace Mill & Lumber Co., Paramount

Fred Schiel, Sr., Dri Rite Kiln Corp. . Downey

Fred A. Schiel, Jr., Dri Rite Kiln Co. . Downey

Herb Geisenheyner, Coast Kiln Co. . Los Angeles

Harvey H. Smith, Calif. Forest Exp. Station Berkeley

J. H. Van Patten, John H. Van Patten Co. Los Angeles

Attends Eureka Meetings

Art Neth, manag'er of the Los Angeles office of Dant & Itussell Sales Co., went to Eureka early in February to attend rneetings at the company's plant there, Coast Pacitic Lumber Co., with Jim Justice, of the Portland office; Jack Butler, San Francisco office, and Rovert Halvordsen, manager of Coast Pacific Lurnber Co.

Anybody trying to write c story oI lumber business 30 dcrys qhecd, should hcrve his hecd excmined.

In the Februcry lst issue, we suggested shipping you redwood lumber for drying in your own ycrd. This cd wcs written fcnucry 8th, the dcry clter the redwood mills stcrted up clter the Christrnos Holidcrys, card everything looked rosy.

Two dcrys lcter the lloods cqme. Very lew redwood mills could opercte. Snow in the Sierrcrs tore down power lines qnd trqnslormers. Logging wcs crt cr stcrndstill.

Seventeen dcrys lcrter the situction wcrs somewhat cllevicrted <rt the mills hcving cold decks.

In the meqntime the Rcdlrocd had cr wcsh-out. Locrded cans could not get oul Congestion resulted. And empty ccrs could not get in, either. AND TIIEN, OTIR AD SUGGESTING DEIJVENY OF REDWOOD APPEARS.

We cpprecicte the business plcrced urith us, crnd the pcrtience qnd understcmding oI our customers.

When this cd appeqrg, we hope we cqn mqke RAPID DEIJVERIES, so try us, won't you?

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Light weight, sofiness, stroightness of groin ond uniformity of texture moke this lumber eosy fo hondle, cut, sow, shope ond noil -thus soving costs on the iob. Widely used for froming, sheothing, subflooring, efc. Select grodes ore excellent for interior ond exlerior trim, millwork ond mony induslriol uses.

This is but one of fen fine softwoods from member mills of the Wesiern Pine Associotion. All ore monufoclured, seosoned ond groded to exocling Associolion stondords. Lumber deolers, builders, orchifecls ond wood users hove found them dependoble ond best for mony construclion uses.

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Proposed Revision of Housing Construction Regulations

\\,'ashington, D.C., Feb. 4-The National Production Authority, of the U. S. Department of Commerce, and the Housing and Home Finance Agency, today sent to members of the NPA Construction Industry Advisory Committee the draft of a proposed revision of the housing construction regulations which will be issued separately from the basic NPA construction regulations'

Chief among the new provisions of the proposed order are (1) a restriction to one and one-half bathrooms per unit of housing, and (2) a reduction in the amounts of steel and copper allol'ved for use in construction of one- to four-family housing units.

There is no floor area limitation as such in the proposed orcler, it was pointed out, but the reductions in the amounts of steel and copper permitted would have the effect of restricting the size of houses that may be built under provision of the new regulations.

The HHFA will have full responsibility for the administration of the proposed new regulation in connection with all housing, it was stated, tvith compliance and enforcement provisions to be administered by NPA. However, specific applications for particular types of housing such as farm, atomic energy, college and military housing, will continue to be made to the claimant agencies handling such applications.

Committee members are being asked to study the proposed regulations with a view toward giving NPA and HHFA their views as to revisions and modifications at a meeting in Washington on February 11.

This meeting has already been called for the purpose of discussing the proposed revisions of the NPA over-all construction regulations, copies of which have alreadl' been sent to committee members. The proposed housing regulations apply to residential construction, and contain numerous materials conservation provisions rvhich are more restrictive than current regulations.

This has been found necessary, it was explained. because of the greatly expanded military p:ogram and its consequent increased use of critical materials and the resulting cut in the allocation of these materials made for housing construction by the Defense Production Administration.

Joins Timber Engineering Compcrny Stall

Washington, D.C.-Edwin R. Butler, veteran journalist and advertising man in the lumber industrl', has joined the staff of Timber Engineering Company as manag'er of its publicity department, it was announced bv Harry G. Uhl, president.

Mr. Butler, a former editor of National Hardu-ootl N{agazine, was public relations director for Southern Hardrvood Producers, Inc., Memphis, Tenn., when he mot'ed to Washington, in 1949, as assistant managing director oi -\merican Forest Products Industries, from which position he resigned several weeks ago.

A. K. \flLSON LUMBER CO.

Matson Installs Moore Kiln

The Matson Lumber Company of Grass Valley, California, have just completed the installation of a new Moore Cross-Circulation Lumber Dry Kiln. This dorrble track kiln, 66 feet long, has a holding capacity of approximately 70,000 board feet of 5/4lumber, and will be used for drying Sugar Pine, Ponderosa Pine, Cedar, White Fir and Red Fir.

The kiln building is constructed of hard burnt tile walls u'ith a wood-layered roof, and is double-ended for quick and economical loading. This kiln is also ecluipped with the latest controls for accurate control of drying conditions. Steam at approximately 100 pounds pressure is available for heating the kiln, and instruments are available that allow the kiln operator to reduce the steam pressure to use low pressure for final conditioning of this lumber.

Installation of this kiln marks the completion of the first step in the modernization program that the owner, E. N. Matson, and manager, Don Matson, have undertaken in order to give their .ivholesale and retail customers increased quality and quantity in their lumber products. Additional plans include paving and grading the yard areas for cleaner and lower cost lumber handling, as well as the installation of an 8 ft. Sumner Band Mill.

E. N. and Don Matson have operated the mill since the spring of 1950, and are desirous of giving their customers the best in lumber products. In addition to the mill and planing mill facilities, they operate a wholesale and retail vard.

The company maintains two Diesel trucks and trailers for delivery of their products. They also own and operate their own logging equipment, consisting of four Diesel logging trucks, two TD-18 fnternational caterpillars. and one loader.

E. N. Matson also owns a sawmill located at ville, California.

Wood Conversion Compcny Appointment

D. E. Dahle, former district manager of the Wood Conversion Company in Detroit, Michigan, has been appointed assistant to Building Products Sales Manager, J. D. Fischer, according to an announcement from M. S. Wolf, general sales manager. Mr. Dahle will have his office in thle general offices in St. Paul, Minnesota.

MoorE Crogs Circulcrtion Kiln ct Mcrlaon Lumber Compcny. (Inset), lelt to right: Don Mctson, mcnqger, Trumen Hensen, and bon Heublein.

by Simpson Logging Company

National Sales of New Hardboard To Be Conducted

and densities, tempered and untempered, and the also include a black-tempered hardboard.

This new hardboard is the result of several years of intensive research by experienced wood chemists. Manufacturing the process is totally new in concept in that it employs the use of the entire output of waste slabwood from Douglas fir mill operations, and can be modified to include the use of other slabwoods such as Ponderosa pine, hemlock and white fir. Termed the Lighthall-Anderson proc€ss' its commercial feasihility and many advantages have been proved and demonstrated by laboratory and pilot plant u,ork. The new plant has an anticipated capacity ol I2O,@0 sq. ft. of. r/4" board per working day.

National sales and promotion of a new hardboard are to be conducted by the Simpson Logging Company of Seattle according to an announcement by C. E. Devlin, vice president in charge of sales. The new product, to be marketed as Simpson Allwood Hardboard, is manufactured by the Oregon Lumber Company at its new plant at Dee, Oregon, and the entire production of hardboard will be sold through the Simpson organization.

The plant, under the management of Cuyler Lighthall. is now operating and Simpson will soon have Allwood I{ardboard available to its customers, according to Devlin. The existing Simpson sales organization will handle sales nationally for Simpson Allwood Hardboard, selling through distributor-dealer channels. Hardboard sales to industrial users will be handled through Simpson's general sales office in Seattle.

Robert T. Miller had been retained to head the newly forrned Simpson hardboard department. He brings to Simpson nearly 25 years of experience with the Masonite Corporation, which he served in the production, research and sales departments. Miller will act as hardboard sales manager, handle industrial sales and coordinate all hardboard activities.

Simpson Allwood Hardboard will be available to distributors and dealers in all of the popular sizes, thicknesses

The Simpson Logging Company was established in 1895 as a logging operation in heavily-timbered Mason County in Washirlgton State. The company has through the years developed several sawmills and manufacturing plants in the Pacific Northwest and Northern California. Large timber holdings are owned and managed by Simpson in these areas. Plants are at Shelton and McCleary, Washington and at Klamath and Arcata, California. General sales offices are at Seattle, Washington and regional offices are at Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Fargo, Chicago, Kansas City and Shreveport. Simpson field men serve distributors, dealers, builders and architects in most areas, especially in the West and Mid-West.

Simpson products, besides its new hardboard, include fir and hemlock lumber, redwood lumber, fir and hemlock cloors, Douglas fir plywood, insulating board products and acoustical products. The 60 year old Everett Pulp and Paper Company plant at Everett, Washington is a new Simpson division, operating independently in the sales field'

Appointed Ycrd McrncAer

Blake V. Blakey has been appointed manager of the Hayrvard Lumber & Investment Co. branch yard at Barsto$,. He has been with the Hayward organization since 1946. He is a graduate of Occidental College, and during World War II he spent three years in the Pacific as a Lieutenant in the Navy. He is a member of Lumbermen's Post of the American Legion.

Lloyd Fairfield, rvho has been with the Hayward yard at Barstow for the past year, has been named assistant manager to Mr. BlakeY.

. Cuyler Lighthall Robert T. Miller

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Chemonite-lreoled wood is hormle!3 lo onimols. ldeol for fence poil5, form buildin9s, wolering lroughs, afc,

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Construction Activity in January

Construction activity continued at near-record levels in January after allowance for seasonal factors, according to a report issued today jointly by the Building Materials Division, U. S. Department of Commerce and the U. S. Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics. The total value of nerv construction put in place during January amounted to more than $2.1 billion, a 4 per cent decline f:om December and a slight rise above the January 1951 total.

Substantial increases over the year in military, industrial, and public utility construction maintained the level of construction outlays despite reductions in housing, commercial building, highway and some other types of construction. School building activity also 'ivas above a year ago in January.

Total private outlays for nerv construction in January amounted to $1,460 million, off by 4 per cent from December and 8 per cent under the January 1951 total. The value of residential building, estimated at $7N million, was 20 per cent below a year ago. The drop in homebuilding activity from 1950 record levels r,vas halted, temporarily at least, by the middle of last year. Since that time, it has follovved a seasonal pattern at a level around 20 per cent belot'1950.

Industrial and most other types of private nonresidential building advanced in January. The relatively high level

of activity at this time reflects improved distribution of controlled materials for construction underway and a substantial volume of self-certified work.

Total public expenditures for new construction in January were estimated at $667 million, 31 per cent more than the January 1951 total. Military construction was nearly six times the year ago volume, industrial and residential building were more than double, and school building was up by 14 per cent from last year. Highway construction was about 20 per cent lower this January than last and the remaining types of public works were down moderately.

Hoo-Hoo-Ettes

The regular monthly meeting of the Hoo-Hoo-Ettes.was held on Monday, February 11 at the Roger Young Auditorium, Los Angeles. Sixteen nerv members were voted on and accepted, bringing the total membership up to 54.

The next meeting will be held on March 10 at the same place, and will be an open meeting. Members may bring prospective members to get acquainted, and if any lumber \lromen rvould like to attend but are without acquaintances in the club, they are invited to contact the Membership chairman, Mildred Abbott, of E. J. Stanton & Son, Century 2-921I, or the Secretary, Agnes McIntyre, West Coast Lumtrermen's Association, PRospect 9214, and arrangements rvill be made for them to attend, and for a member to act a"s hostess and see that they get acquainted.

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Tacoma lumber $ales, Inc.

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Telephone

PRospect 1108

Branch Office:

1030 G Street, Arccrtc, Ccrlil., Phone 705

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Many contractors are taking advantage of this completdly builtup R. O. $f unit and the many features it ofiets.

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Wholesale Distributors

Sosh

fIR and REDWOOD BEPBESENIING

St. Pcrul & Tacomq Lumber Co.

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Deficrnce Mill Co.

TccomcL Wash.

Dickrrcn Lumber ComPcrnY

Tqcomc, Wash.

Karlen-Dcnris Compcmy

Tccomq, Wash.

Tacoma Hcnbor Lumber d Timber Co.

Tccomc, Wash.

G. L Speier Co.

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January Hqmebuilding Activity Up 10 Per Cent firom December

Washington, D. C., February 18-Neu' housing activity advanced 10 per cent from December to January rvhen 68,000 ne\l, permanent nonfarrn drvelling units were started, according to preliminary estimates of the U. S. Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Private residential constrnction increased by 6 per cent (3,900 units) betrveen December and January to 64,8@ new units, rvhich may reflect builders' efforts to get work under l'ay beiore expected fuither restrictions o11 net{' homebuilding. Public Housing authorities started 3,200 new clrvelling units during Januarl', compared u'itl-r 1.100 in December.

l)espite the rise from December, housing volume last month n'as 20 per cent under that for January 1951, resulting almost entirely from a lorver level of private homebuilding.

On the basis of preliminary telegraphic reports from both urban and rural l>uilding-permit officials, there u'as a 25-per cent increase in the number of nerv units for n'hich building permits were issued last month, indicating continued strength in housing activity for Februarv when many of the units authorized ir.r January rvill get started. Regionally, tl-re sharpest December-January gains in permit issuance occurred in the Sonthern and West North Central States. Tlvothirds of the reporting cities shorved increases during January, rvith extensive gains occurring in Atlanta, Denver, Detroit, Long Beach, Los Angeles, San Antonio, Washington, D.C., and Wichita, Kansas. Nerv York and Cincinnati reported sharp declines in pe:mit issuance for nerv residential construction.

New Commercial Standard for Ponderosa Pine \(indows and Sash

A Proposed Commercial Standard for Standard Stock Ponderosa Pine Insulating Glass Windows and Sash has been circulated by the Commodity Standards Division, Offrce of Industry and Commerce, to manufacturers, distributors and other interested groups for their review and comment, the U. S. Department of Commerce reported today.

The purpose of this Commercial Standard is to establish specifications for standard sizes, layouts and construction of insulating glass stock lvindorvs and sash for the guidance of prodttcers, distributors, architects, builders and the public.

This standard covers the construction, modular sizes, and tolerances for l3f" check rail rvindou''s, and 2f" stationary sash.

A lirlited numbet oI mirneographed copies of the Proposed Standard are available, and a copy may be obtained as long as the supply lasts, from the Commodity Standards Division, Office of Industry and Commerce, IJ. S. Department of Commerce, Washington 25, D. C.

1952 NRTDA Meetinsrs

The 1952 spring and fall meetings of the board of directors of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association rvill be held on the following dates : Spring meeting, I\{ay 18th through 23rd; Annual meeting, November 16th through 21st. Both meetings ri'ill be held at the Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D. C.

Eveqy Redwood cuslomer is o sofisfied cusfomer, when you sell him grode-morked, trode-morked CRACertified DryRedwood! Groded with occurocy, seosoned with cqre, milled with precision, CRA Redwood ossures uniformly fine quolity ond dependoble performonce on the iob.

Tho/s why progressive deolers everywhere feoture CRA Redwood-the Redwood you con be sure of -the Redwood processed by the reputoble member firms of lhe

Three Pabco Executives

Celebrate Anniversaries

his association with Pabco's progress as research consultant. During his career, Finley has been awarded 47 patents,many of them of prime importance to Pabco.

Arthur H.- Silverstone, Pabco's director of purchases, joined the company as city salesman in 1912. A year later,

The first two months of 1952 marked an important milestone for three Pabco executives-a fortieth, a fiftieth and a sixtieth anniversary were celebrated before February had passed.

Richard S. Shainwald, chairman of the board of Pabco Products Inc., joined the company (then the Paraffine Paint Company) in 1892, eight years after its founding, as an accountaqt. Before long, his ability to obtain financial backing for the growing enterprise was apparent and he becamc secretary-treasurer; then assistant manager ; vice president and general manager; president ; and finally chairman of the board of directors on r,vhich he has served since 1917. Pabco's policy of continuing gror,vth and expansion along .related products lines is a reflection of the vision of this pioneer of Western industry who in February celebrated his diamond anniversary-sixty years of active service lvith and for his company.

Dozier Finley, nolv Pabco's research consultant, after graduating from the University of California rn 1902, joined the Paraffine Paint Company as an engineer. In those days, the chernical engineer not only had to develop the products but also was required to design the machinery and even the buildings to house the machines. Finley designed the first reinfo:ced concrete building in the San Francisco Bay area-the Pabco felt mill at Emeryville. This building, still is an integral part of the E,meryville plant. He later became Pabco's director of technical research and today continues

Arthur H. Silverstone

he came into the office as assistant purchasing agent under W. H. Lowe (now president of Pabco Products Inc.). In 1917, Silverstone was appointed purchasing agent and remained in that responsible position until 1946 rvhen he was made director of purchases. During World War I, rn l9I7 and 1918, he was on loan to the Army Purchasing Department in Portland, Oregon. Included in the many interesting facets of his purchasing duties were three trips to Japan to buy raw materials.

The century and a half of active service represented by the anniversaries of these three Pabco executives is but a "drop in the bucket" to the many years accumulated throughout the organization. Pabco's program of continuing improvement and expansion is dependent on the interest, efforts and loyalty of men such as these-a mutual effort of men for the company . and of the company for the welfare of its men. It is a real-life example of American free enterprise.

Moving To Lcrger Qucuters

Jim Kirby Wholesale Lumber has moved to larger quarters in the Petroleum Building, Los Angeles 15. This ,concern has secured additional representation of both cargo and rail mills and the extra space is needed to handle the expansion.

There is no change in the telephone number, Rlchmond 9392.

Richcrrd S. Shcinwcld Dozie

tinley

Dozier Finley

CLEAN

Cleon, uniform slock from enclosed worehouses. producls rhot build good will os well os repeot soles!

FAST

Fost delivery from our own worehouses or direcl from monufocturers. Regulor delivery schedules in northern Colifornio.

True groding meons thqt you will be well sotisfied with every order you ploce wiih Wesiern Pine Supply Compony.

There ls Plenty of Lumber, Says Kendall 70 Housing Units Programmed For Trona Defens e Area

Washington, D.C., Feb. 1l-Recent announcement by the National Production Authority of its intent to make special allotments of scarce materials to alleviate unemployrnent in the building trades in certain "hardship areas" highlights critical conditions existing in the construction industry.

fn a recent letter to Defense Mobilizer Charles A. Wilson, Harry T. Kendall, chairman of the board, Timber Engineering Company, Washington, D. C., pointed out that there is plenty of lumber and that timber fabricators are prepared to supply timber roof trusses and framing for all types of construction. He called for a fairer sharing of steel supplies between military and civilian jobs. Steel in combination rvith timber would permit a greater volume of needed civilian construction, .ivithout restricting any essential military construction, thus helping to overcome the building trades unemployment situation rvhich nee<ls to lte corrected as soon as possible.

Lumbermen point out that use of wood trusses in general construction saves up to 90/o of metal otherrvise required for roof construction. Similarly, in home building the use of rvood gutters, windows, garage doors, kitcher-r cabinets, etc., conserve up to l@/o of critical metals.

Savings in metal that can be effected by use of lumber in construction and manufacture are, for example : Truck bodies, 70/o toys, 9O-IW%; siding, IOO%; ladders, 100/o poles and piling, |N%; office partitions, 98o/o furniture, 95-l@%; and fences, 50-95%.

Mr. Kendall says a recent national survey by the National Lumber Mannfacturers Association has disclosed that over 1800 architects and engineers are designing now in .ivood for all types of civilian construction including rvarehouses, commercial buildings, schools, churches, etc. Ilorvever, the military continues to design in steel many buildings and defense items for rvhich rvood is readill' adaptable and freely available.

As in \\rorld War II 'rvhen the use of timber made available several hundred thousand tons of steel annually for war purposes, the lumber industry again is rvorking with the militarv and other defense agencies to the end that similar satings rvill be effected.

Today, because of increased production as rvell as im-

Credit restrictions have been suspended and housing l)rogrammed for the private construction of 70 housing units in the Trona, California, critical defense housing area, the Housing and Home Finance Agency announced. The area \\ras designated a critical defense housing area by the Director of Defense Mobilization earlier in the week.

Programmeri for the Trona area are 20 rental and 50 sales units. The rental h<lusing is to consist of 10 trvo bedroom units r,vith a maximum monthly renl of $75 and 10 units of three or more bedrooms with a maximum rent of $90. The sales units are to consist oI 25 two-bedroom units rvith a maxim.um sales price of $9,200 and 25 units containing three or more betlrooms u'ith a maximum sales price of $10,200.

The programmed housing is intended for in-migrant def ense rvorkers employed by the American Potash and Chemical Corporation and the West End Chemical Company, the designated defense activities in the area.

The housing must be located in the Trona critical d'efense housing drea, rvhich is defined as: Trona Township, including the Torvn of Trona and the Torvn of West End in San Bernardino County.

Application blanks may be secured from the Federal Ilotrsirrg Admiristration offices at llZ W. 9th Street, Los Angeles, Cali!r1pia.

Applications will be received by the FHA office, 112 West 9th Street, I-os Angeles, California during a 15 rvcrking-day period, beginning Februarl' 18, 7952 and ending March 10, 1952, alter rvhich all applications receir.ed rvill be consiclerecl and selectrr-e approvals rvill be made.

New Brochure

A net' brochure, "Rigidized Metal Armorply," has been published by the United States Plyrvood Corporation. Copies may be obtained by rn'riting United States Plywood Corporation, Weldt'ood Building, 55 \\r. 44th St.. Ne.iv York. N. Y.

provecl fabricating facilities, the lurnber inclustr.r' is prepared to perform even greater service than it did in the last n'ar.

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We represent mills thcrt hqve the reputction lor shipping QUALITY MATERIAL-you know-the kind ol lumber you iust don t hqve to push. , The kind oI lumber thot sells itsell-cnd thqt medn8 sotisfied cuslomers. .

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Masonite Industrial Plywood and Timber Corp. Advertising Buys 300 Million Feet of Timber Campaign for 1952

A broad advertising campaign involving 20 per cent greater expenditure than in 1951, has been scheduled by Masonite Corporation for this year, according to Donald E. Allen, advertising manager. Embracing 62 publications, the campaign includes 340 insertions.

Breadth of the Masonite line of hardboard products will be stressed. The company has 23 types and thicknesses offered through lumber retail channels and 39 for industrial applications.

In general consumer publications, three themes u'ill be played-Masonite hardboards as they may be applied in the home, as they are used in furniture and as the base for factory-finished u,all panels. Dach of these campaigns rvill break first in issues of The Saturdav Evenirrg Post on March 22, April 19 and July 12.

Advertisements u'i1l appear in 13 farm publications and 23 devoted to architecture and building. In addition, there rvill be space in various class publications to point up uses of the company's hardboards for signs and displays, concrete forms, furnit ure, toys lrnd various industrial installations. I\fedia in the latter category include Fortune and Ne'n srveek.

The agency is Buchen Company.

Industrial Plyrvood & Timber Corp., an affrliate of Industrial Ply'r,vood Corp. of Willits, Calif., recently pur'chased the Jensen Lumber Co. of Willits, according to an announcement by Hollis J. Nunneley, president of Industrial Plywood Corp. The purchase includes over 300 million feet of timber, more than 50 per cent of rvhich is fir. Mr. Nunneley said: "This makes a total of half a billion feet of timber back of the Industrial Plywood Corp. mill at Willits."

The officers of Industrial Plywood Corp. are: Hollis J. Nunneley, president ; Garthe Brown, vice president; Charles Quarnstrom, secretary-treasurer, and James Green, assistant treasurer.

The Timber Conservation Co. will be in ,charge of logging and operation; tree farms, and the sustained yield progran. Robert B. Jensen is president; Hollis J. Nunneley is executive vice president; George Stoodley is vice president, and Harry W. Falk is secretary.

Ncmed Member oI Executive Comrnittee

George Adams, Noah Adams Lumber Co., Walnut Grove, Calif., has been appointed a member of the executive committee of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association for District No. 7.

MANUFACTURERS

Mills-Fortuno, Humboldl County, Colif.

Dinner Dance A Successful Affair

The dinner dance held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Holly'rvood, Friday evening, February 15, was an enjoyable affair and there was a large turnout. Over 250 attended, including lumbermen, theirivives and guests. The party rvas sponsored by the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club.

Juanita Flama, and her dancing partner, Rian Valente, direct from the Riviera Pacifi,c Hotel at Ensenada and the Los Angeles Biltmore Bowl, entertained lr'ith Flamenco and Spanish dances and received an enthusiastic round of applause. Eric Flamer, Long Beach u,holesale lumberman, announced the dance numbers.

During the cocktail and dinner hours, the Glee Gates Trio played and sang.

Hal Sandack and his six-piece orchestra furnished music {or dancing until 2:00 a.m., with Shirley Mills, vocalist.

Gift orders lvere arvarded to Mrs. Bob Stevens, NIrs. Paul Scholg, Mrs. K. W. Alexander, Mrs. Barbara Lee, \{rs. Lois Ror.vlison, Mrs. Helen Thomas, Mrs. Maxine Cherniss. Mrs. Jean Petrash, and Gladys Crotty.

The committee that arranged for the party included Boris Kutner, Harry Libby and Don Bufkin. Ole May arranged for the entertainment. J. W. Fitzpatrick presided at the after-dinner ceremonies.

-Colifornia Lumber Merchant Photo

Amongr the Hoo-Hoo celebrities cttending the dinner dcnce were, lelt to right: I. W. Fitzpctrick, president oI the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club,' Ann Murrcy, president oI the Hoo-Hoo-Ettes; Carl Gcrvotto, Supreme Hoo-Hoo; Roy Stcnton, Past Sncrk ol the Universe.

Some oI the merrymckerg who cttended the Dinner D<rnce.

-California Lumber Merchant Photos

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Requests Continuing Existing Housing George \Tindeler Company Awarded Regulations \(/ithout Change

Washington, D.C., February 17-The National Retail Lumber Dealers Association yesterdal. (Saturday) callecl on the National Production Authority and the Housing and Home Finance Agency to continue existing housing regulations r'vithout change until there is better evidence that the building industry would use more copper than already has been allocated for housing construction.

Clyde A. Fulton, president of NRLDA, stated that the proposed changes in the regulations would save very little copper but u'ould make it difficult, if not impossible, to build 3-bedroom homes urgently needed for veterans and defense rvorkers in some areas.

"Builders are planning relatively ferv larger homes because of the tight credit restrictions now in effect," he said. "Therefore, the average amount of scarce copper used per home undoubtedly rvill fall under the 3O pound allowance proposed in the forthcoming regulation.

"This means there undoubtedly rvill be enough to permit as much as 35 pounds per home, the present allorvance, in the small number of larger units rvhich r'vould be built.

"The proposed reduction rvould force builders of the small number of larger homes to restrict room sizes to a point where they would mean cramped living for the owners who occupied them.

"There also is no need to forbid a second complete bathroom if builders can install it n'ithout exceeding the copper and steel allotments or if owners prefer to have the second bathtub installed with the idea of putting it into service later rvhen critical metals are more plentiful. There is no shortage of tubs, and it is less costly and much less inconvenient to install the second tub at the time the home is originally built."

Roy Forte Moves

Roy Forte. machinery dealer, has n.roved into new and larger quarters at 723 E,. Manchester, Los Angeles 1. With office space in front and 3500 sq. ft. of rvarehouse space to house both nerv and used machinery, Roy is well equipped to shorv his stock, and invites the trade to drop in and inspect the ng11r quarters. His nerv telephone number is THornvall2224.

Certif icat e o( Cooperation by ECA

CERTIFICATE OF GOOPERATION

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The George Windeler Co., Ltd., San F'rancisco, manufacturers of wooden tanks and related products, 'ivas awarded the Certificate of Cooperation by the Economic Cooperation Administration of the Marshall Plan in Europe, it u'as announced by Fred Windeler, president of the company.

In cc-roperating with the ECA, the George Windeler Co. received a group of manufacturers in allied industries from France, Germany, and Denmark. The company's engineers and production managers g'ave the visiting group information on types of machinery used and the functions of each with details of production methods.

Appointed Distributors For Simonds Products

Simonds Saw and Steel Co. of Fitchburg, N{ass., manufacturers of cutting tools, announces the appointment of Ducommun Metals & Supply Co. of Los Angeles, Calif. as a distributor for Simonds products to western industry. Besides their main office and lvarehouse in Los Angeles, Ducommun maintains branch offices in San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Fresno, Bakersfield, San Diego and Phoenix, Arizona. Stocks of Simonds products at these locations rvill be maintained from Simonds factory branch office in San Francisco.

BONNINGTON LUMBER CO.

Wholesole disrributors of DOUGTAS FIR . REDWOOD PONDEROSA qnd SUGAR PINE

ond other lumber products ro Colifornia Refcril Yords

Offices

505-6-7 Morris Plon Bldg. 717 Markel St., Son Froncisco 3 Phone YUkon 6-5721

Eugene, Oregon, Office Preslon T. Coursen

P. O. Box 1O2lPhone Eugene 4-0014

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"wE hove odded o new memlber to our line of QUAIITY WOOD PRODUCfS which we hcve been furnishing exclusively to Southern Colifornio Retoil Lumber Deolers sinco l912

You cqn now obtqin RoIUNG stAT ]NIERIOR DECORAIIVE BIINDS in ony QUAN. TIW desired-We believe this item will srep up your enlhusiosm, develop MORE SALES, MORE PROFIIS qnd I/IORE SAIISFIED CUSIOMERS. You con depend on rhe GUARANTEED moteriols we furnirh ond the experience of rhe JOHN W. KOEHI & SON on gonizolion."

Sdrce

How Sleep The Brcrve

How sleep the brave, who sink to rest

By all their country's wishes blest !

When spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod, Than fancy's feet have ever trod.

By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There honor comes, a pilgrim grey, To bl'ess the turf that wraps their clay; And freedom shall a while repair To dwell, a weeping hermit, there!

-Wm. Collins.

Thomas Ccrlyle Sqid:

Your mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by your permission.

ft is no achievement to be beautiful when young; nature and heredity attend to that. But to be beautiful when old is an accomplishment and possible only to those who have lived a life of truth and beauty.

Like an orange tree, bearing simultaneously blossoms and ripening fruit, good citizens must strive to be continuously useful. Our diverse tal'ents, however small, all have their value.

Ten men banded together in love can do what ten thousand separate$r would fail in.

Scripps Biogrcrphy

E. .W. Scripps, late big-time newspaper publisher, wrote his autobiography very frankly, calling i1-"1)3s1nsd Old Crank." In it he describes the great part that books played in his life. He write:

"f am a businessman and yet the chief part of my life's energies has been devoted to the thoroughly unbusinesslike practice of library reading. For every hour I have devoted to my business I have devoted at least three hours to literature, and on subjects entirely foreign to my own or any other kind of business."

Whcrt Any Mcn Ccm Do

To bear up under lbss, to fight the bitterness of defeat and the weakness of grief, to be victor over anger, to smile when tears are close, to resist disease and evil men and base instincts, to hate and to love, to go on when it would seem good to die, to seek the glory and the dream, to look up with unquenchable faith in something ever more to bethat is what any man can do, and be great.-Zane Gray.

Words

Your soul may be stirred by musicThe plaint of a violin, Skirl of the Scottish bagpipes, Or a brass band's martial din; Surge of a mighty organ, Thrill of a soaring bird; But-have you ever harkened To the lovely tilt of a word?

Words that the ancient masters Played with a quaint quill pen, Words with the rhythmic falling Of streams in a mountain glen; Lyrical words like 'ltwilight," "Carolling,t' ttlaughter," t'pine," Mimicking words like "tinkle," ."Quiverr" and "click," and t'whine."

Magical words like "galleon," "Catavanr" t'starr" ttlagoon;t' And who can resist the cadence That lies in "afternoon?"

Lords of the tongues of Babel', Grant us the ear to reach, That inner intricate beauty, Haunting the realm of speech.

-Mollv Bevan.

He Wqs Improving

A French exploration unit working its way through the wild of Africa, came upon a party of cannibal's about to make a feast upon the body of a fallen enemy. The cannibal chief greeted the explorers with courtesy, and spoke to them in excellent French. When they expressed surprise at his command of their language, he explained that he had gone to school in France. Said one of the explorers:

"You've been educated in France, and still you are a cannibal ! You haven't changed !"

"Oh yes I have," said the dusky chief. "Now I use a fork."

The Scientific Mind

Francis Bacon described the attitude of the scientific mind as: "The desire to seek, the patience to doubt, fondness to mediate, slowness to assert, readiness to reconsider, carefulness to dispose and set in order, and hating every kind of imposture."

A Gentlemqn

William Lyon Phelps said that the final test of a gentleman is "his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him."

CNNFTENSON LUTTIBER CO.

Wholesole Jobbing

T I MBERS A SPE CI ALT Y !

Redwood Timbers up to l2"xl2"-24' carried in sfock

Evons Ave. qt Quint St. Phone VAlenciq 4-5832

Teletype SF tO83U SAN FRANCISCO 24

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Inc.

. Douglcs Fir

. Ponderoso qnd

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. Redwood

. Plywood

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Shingles Lqlh

. Johns-ilonville Producls

Wholerqle Dislributorc

-Direct Mill Shippers

-Serving Soulhem CAIIFORNIA'3 Inlond Empire

THREE CONYEN'EN' I,OCAT'ONS

BTOOTIINGTON TUSTIN BAKERSFIETD

J. Dwight Logsdon, build€r of quality homes in the San Gabriel Valley for 25 years, says:

" 15 yeor o customel ond srill friends"

"l have been a customer of the E. K. Wood Lumber Co. since the opening of their

user of tl:e 'Goods of the Woods."'

8708 Grccnwood Ave.,Son Gobricl, Colif.

E. K. WOOD ]UIIBER CO.

GENERAI OIIICES: P.O. Box 1618, Ooklond, Colifornio

LOS ANGEfIS Officc ond Yords: 4710 Soufh Alomedo Street-JE 3'l | | OAKIAND Yqrdr qnd Whorve::

727 Kennedy Stresl-KE 4-8466

PORIIAND Mill Soles Officc:

827 Terminol Solet Building

SAW MlllS: Roreburg, Orc.; Reedrport, Ore. REIAIt YARDS: los Angeles, Oqklqnd,Von Nuyt, long Beoch,

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DARNELL RICITARDSON 410 Scn Ferncrrdo Roqd, Los Angeles 31, Cclilorn

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Bepresenting: THE VOTTSTEDT.KERR TUMBER ( CLF,REIICE IEWETT, Mcrncrse

ting: IBER GO.

TT, Mcrncrger

Shippers oI Mixed Cqrs KD Ponderosc Pine, ( Pcrttern Stock, S4S Boards crnd

Of PORTTAND

sc Contcrining Mouldings, urds crnd Uppers

A TRIAL CAR WIIT COIWIN(

COIVVINCE YOU

\fins January "ldea" Contest

Isaac Loeppke. owner of the Heaton Lumber Company at Heaton, North Dakota, has been arvarded a check for $50 by the Portland Shingle Companl', Portland, Oregon, for a suggestion submitted in the company's regular monthly "idea" contest.

Loeppke's winning "idea" for the January contest rvas that shingles be marked with a "weather line" fir'e inches up from the butt to assist the installer in keeping' rows properly spaced and to insure uniform installation. He indicated that his "idea" would be especially valuable to farmers and to individuals who do their orvn shingling.

The Portland Shingle Company ar'vards a $50 check each month to the individual submitting the most rvorthrvhile suggestion for improving manufacturing methods and rvorking conditions of the cedar shingle and shake industry, marketing, advertising, or utilization of its products, or developing new uses for Western red cedar and rvaste products. Suggestions are u'elcomed from company ernplol'ees, rvholesalers, dealers, and users of the company's products, according to Alfred H. Schmidt, president of the firm.

Entries for the regular monthly contest have been received from all parts of the nation, and company officials urge individuals to continue submitting "ideas." Judging is based solely on merit and practicability, ofificials indicate,

J. Wttt. Back oi Back Panel Company, Los X'Irs. Back have returrred from a vacation trip of friends to Phoenix, Arizona, rvhere they Arizona Biltmore.

Angeles, and lvith a group stayed at the

Ann Murray, rvho 'ir,as with Western Hardlvood Lumber Co., Los Angeles, for some years, and lvho is rvell known to the lumber trade in Southern California, has recently accepted the position of Director of Public Relations for the Spastic Children's Foundation Training Center, 1307 \\rest 105th St., Los Angeles 44. Ann is also president of the Hoo-Hoo-Ettes. Her nen' phone number is Plymouth 6-1455.

Roy Darling of Dant & at the Los Angeles offrce his u'ay home from a trip

Russell, Inc., Portland, stopped of Dant & Russell Sales Co., on to California and .A.rizona,

Howard L. flanson, West Coast sales representative of the Anderson Corporation, Bayport, Minn., manufacturers of complete 'ivindow units, recently visited the San Francisco Bay district He was recently discharged from the Marine Corps in which he was a pilot with the rank of Captain. He is making his headquarters at 1437 Sorrth Tol'u'ner Avenue. Santa Ana, Caiif.

Sliding Sosh Units

The most tolked obout, cuslomer sotisfying, procticol Sliding Sosh unit ovoiloble todoy!

weqther the Diomond "W" woy. Anticipote summer requiremenls by loying in on eorly supply of SCREEN DOORS, HOILYWOOD JR. DOORS, qnd NU-DOR StlDlNG DOOR FRAI ES. And, of course, stock up on ever populor ,iAASONITE PRESDWOOD.

Fred A. Schiel, Sr. Glodys lll. Hqqs

A. Schiel, Jr.

FairhurstSManagers Meet in Eureka Steffenson Joins Barber

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grown up lvith the firm since his graduation from Fresno State College and his four years with the armed services during World War II, is field representative in the northern part of the state. He is also the company's specialist on government regulations. Jack Campbell has been representing the company in Southern California, rvith ofifices at 832 West Fifth Street, Los Angeles. Les Steffensen rvill also represent the firm in Southern California and will be charged with the additional responsibility of acquiring costs and other related data for the Southern California division of the company, and will have offices in Corona del Mar at 700 Carnation Street.

The semi-annual managers'meeting of all Fairhurst Lumber Companies was held in Eureka, California, February B and 9, to review and coordinate future production and sales plans of the combined companies. One of the features of the two-day exe.cutive conference was an inspection visit to the new automatic cant mill at nearby Carlotta, u'hich cuts logs into cants for resarving and surfacing by the adjacent Fairhurst planing mill.

Left to right, seated, Jack Fairhurst, vice president ancl general manager of Fairhurst Lumber Companies; A. \!-, Fairhurst, president, Fairhurst Lumber Companies; C. \r. Fairhurst, secretary-treasurer, Fairhurst Lumber Cornpanies. Standing, left to right, Jack Lewis, sales representative and manager of Fai:hurst Lumber Company of California's new Mendocino County sales office; Rov Sharp, manager Fairhurst Lumber Company of Oregon; Al Bryson, manager, Fairhurst Lumber Company of Idaho;Al Boners, sales manager, Fairhurst Lumber Company of California; Harry Whittemore, manager, Los Angeles Lumber, Inc.; Arthur Penketh, manager o{ Dxport Department, Tacoma; Larry \Ariklund, manager, Fairhurst Lumber Compar.rv of California, irr Eureka.

According to figures Forestry, local people, 6O% of the forest fires

of the California State rather than transients, in the state in 1950.

Division of caused over

Mr. Barber stated that the addition of Les Stefiensen rvill be of utmost value to the company, as his past capacity of purchasing agent will be of material assistance in his ns11. position of obtaining information for the Market Report Service. The main office of the companf in Fresno has recently been remodeled and nerv equipment purchased in order to expedite the dissemination of information to the retail industry.

San Francisco Plywood Co. Moves To Oakland, Changes Name

San Francisco Plywood Co. .ivill move to a new location at 5th & Jackson Streets, Oakland, between March 1 iLnd 15. The name of the company will also be changed to Bay Plywood Company. The nerv telephone number is Glencourt 2-2407.

James S. Chipman will continue as manager, and there t'ill be no change in personnel.

The nelv u'arehouse has 25,000 square feet of floor space, and has its orvn spur. Facilities are excellent for loading and unloading trucks and cars.

Visit New Orlecns For Mcrdi Grcrs

Floyd Scott, of Tropical & Western Lumber Co., Los Angeles, and Mrs. Scott left February 20 lor Nerv Orleans, La., rvhere they sarv the Mardi Gras celebration. They lvill return by u'ay of Texas, where stops will be made in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, and F'ort \\iorth. They will be gone three u'eeks.

Alnlaah Aua*lPn aed Sh4fhl"

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STUDS. BOARDS, DIMENSION TUMBER

PLANK, TIMBERS, RAILROAD TIEs, IND'USTRIAL CUITINGS

WHOIESAIE AND coMMlssloN

Hayward Hemet

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Huntington Beach

Huntington Park

Inglevvood

Kern County

La Mesa

Lindsay

Lodi

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles County

Los Gatos

Lynwood

Marin Couuty

Martittez

Marysville

M aywood

Menlo Park

Merced

Modesto

Monrovia Montebello

Monterey

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Mountain View

Napa

National City

Newport Beach

Oakland

Oceanside

Ontario

Orange

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Oxnard

Pacific Grove

Palm Springs

Palo Alto

Pasadena

Paso Robles

Piedmont

Pittsburg

Pomona

Porterville

California Building Permits for January

Solano County

South Gate

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South Sarr Francisco

Starrislaus Stockton

Sunnyvale

Torrance

Tulare

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With Inlcrnd tumber Compcrny

George E. Myers has joined the sales staff of the Inland Lumber Cornpany, Inc., of Bloomingtolr, u,ith yards at Tustin and Bakersfield, and rr'il1 call on the retail lumber yards and industrial firms in the Los Angeles area.

For the past five years, he has been a u.holesale lumber salesman in Los Angeles, and was formeriy with Baugh Bros. & Co. and Rounds Trading Co. George is a native Californian, a meml)er of the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club, American Legion, and also a Cub Scontmaster. He spent trvo yezrrs u'ith the Army during World War II, and u'as tn'elve months in Korea. With his wife and trvo children. he makes his home in Lvnr,vood. Calif.

IUMBER MII.[ & SUPPIY GO.

Office crnd Distribution Ycrrd: 4230 Bcrndini Blvd., Los Angeles 23

ANselus 3-7503 cnd ANselus 9-3280

Ponderosa & Sagar Pine Ffu

SHIPMENTS OUT OF OUR YARD, OR DIBECT FROM MILL, BY CAR OR TRUCK AND IBAII"ER

We Speciclize in r/2" x 6" Cqbin Lining crnd Knotty Pine Detcils

KIIN DRYING and ST0RAGE

Glears

DRY KILN & ST(IRAGE, INC.

Sheilq St., Los Angeles, Colif. Telephone ANgelus 3-6273 Moiling Address, P. O. Box 6832 Eost los Angeles Slo., Los Angeles 22

TELEPHONES oboord Chomberlin vessels put your corgo within orms reoch. Quick, relioble informotion regording your shipments ossure you accurote scheduling without deloy.

Opens

Hardwood Yard in Los Angeles

Announcement is made by Nelson E. Jones of the Jones Hardwood & Plywood Co. that this company will open offices and a yard at 42ffi Bandini Boulevard, Los Angeles 23, effective March 1, with an initial stock of about one million feet of high-grade hardwoods. The company will continue to maintain a sales office in San Francisco, but in future the principal place of business will be in Los Angeles.

The company is owned and operated by Nelson E. Jones, who started in the hardwood lumber business in San Francisco in 1912. He was in the United States Naval Reserve for a time during World War f, and after the war was manager for two years of the J. tr. Higgins Lumber Company's Northwest branch in Seattle.

The Jones Hardwood & Plywood Co. was established in the fall of. 1922 in San Francis,co.

Mr. Jones is a member of the San Francisco Lumbermen's Club, and of Hoo-Hoo Club No. 9; a member of the American Legion, Floyd Bennett Aviation Post No. 333; The Navy League of the United States. His avocation is yachting, and he is a past commodore of the Corinthian Yacht Club, and still an active member of this club. He is also a member of the San Rafael Yacht Club; Sausalito Cruising Club, and North American Yacht Racing Association. In Southern California he holds membership in the Balboa Bay Club, Newport Beach, and Pitcairn Club, Isthmus Resort, Catalina Isiand.

Construction Activity in Ecrstern States

New York, Feb. 1S-Construction contracts awarded in the 37-states east of the Rockies were off 14 per cent in January compared with January 1951 it was reported today by F. W. Dodge Corporation, construction nelvs and marketing specialists. The January 1952 figure. rvas $902,091,000 as against $1,043,248,000 in January 1951.

Non-residential awards for the first month of the new year totaled $357,676,ffi0 or Z2 per cent less than the $461,016,000 total for January a year ago.

Residential contract of $337,721,000 were down 20 per cent from the $420,918,000 of January last year.

Public and private works and utilities totaled $206,694,000 rvhich was a gain of A per cent over January 1951. The total was $161,314,000.

Representing on a wholesale, direct mill shipment basis some of the older and better Fir and Pine manufacturers in Oregon and Northern California

Purveyors

FIR-SPRUCE-HEMIOCK

CEDAR-PINE-PIYWOOD

Representing

Frost Hsrdwood Floors, lnc. in the Sqcrqrnenlo ond Sqn Jooquin Volleys

FROSIBRAND FTOORING

OAK-PECAN_BEECH

\(/oodwork Institute Makes Exceptional

First Year Accomplishments

The report of the First Anniversary Meeting of the Woodwork Institute of Cali{ornia by Russell Bjorn, Manager-Director, showed exceptional first year accomplishments. These included (1) Drawing up a sound and rvorkable set of bylaws and articles of incorporation; (2) the raising of $30,000 by voluntary contributions by only 17 firms; (3) establishment of offices, personnel, so that by the middle of 1951 the Institute was a live, active, going concern; (4) designing and production of display ads and clirect mail matter to acquaint the industry and general public u'ith the new organi zation; (5) the rnaking by Manager Bjorn and Technical Director Lange of 160 personal calls during the year on architects, mill'rvork plants, contractors, builders, and tract operators, and many other contacts to gather ideas. This activity was successful, and u'hat was learned is being put into the program; (6) the gathering and compiling volumes of material for the much needed Millwork Manual and Directory of Standards; (7) rnaking big headway on building up the most complete library of every conceivable type of printed matter for the benefit of the n'oodrvorking industry.

Mr. Lange, technical director, rvill have finished calling on 139 architects in the San Francisco Bay area by March 1. These calls are for the purpose of getting professional guidance and assistance on specifications, and many other things that rvill go into the Milh,vork Annual, which is expected to be available by the middle of the year.

I\{r. Bjorn has been invited by The Pa'cific Lumber Company to address their monthly meeting of Supervisors, NIarch 1. His speech rvill deal with the individual's friendly relations n'ith his employees both off and on the iob.

Earl D. Bender Represents Fairhurst Lumber Co. in No.Calif.

Earle D. Bender, Oakland wl-rolesale lumberman, has been :rppointed Northern California sales representative for Fairhurst Lumber Co., Eureka. He announces that Gordon R. Saunders, former Army Lieutenant who served in Japan and in the South Pacific, is now calling on the trade in the San Joaquin Valley from Stockton to Bakersfield, and the San Francisco Bay district and Peninsula. He also travels to Santa Rosa in the North Coast Counties. Mr. Saunders rvas formerly in the sales department of Schlage Lock Company.

Girth Beyer With Angelus Fir d Pine Scrles Company

Girth Beyer, rvho t'as s.ith Sudden & Christenson as manager of their Los Angeles office for the past 25 years, is now associated rvith Angelus Fir & Pine Sales Company, San l\{arino, California, as manager of the wholesale department. The telephone numbers are PYramid l-2172 and SYcamore 9-3760.

D. C. ESSLEY and SON

7e57

Douglos Firo Redwood o Ponderosq Pine

Ojtice

INSECT SCREEN CLOTH

"DURO" BRoNzE

"DUROID" El""tro Galvanized

"ALCOA" Alclad

T\TENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

TODAY

At reported in Thc California Lumber 1, 1927

At the annual meeting of the Calilornia White & Sugar Pine I\{anufacttlrers Association, the following officers were electecl : D. W. Steinmetz, president; J. M. White, vice president, and E. H. Cox, treasurer.

L. P. Kearney purchased the Boyes Springs Lumber Co. at Boyes Springs, Calif.

Merchant March

Phil B. Hart, former managing editor Lumber Merchant, purchased a retail Culver City, which will be knorvn as Lumber Co.

of The California yard and mill at the Phil B. Hart

Elmore King, Bakersfield; F. Dean Prescott, Fresno; A. J. Russell, San Francisco, and Sylvester Weaver, Los Angeles, attended the annual convention of the \\restern Retail Lumbermen's Association at Tacoma, Wash.

The Strable Hardrvood Co., Oakland, purchased the Bryan Hardwood Co. of Oakland. The Bryan Hardrvood Co. was under the management of Bert Bryan, who rvill be connected with the Strable Hardrvood Co., specializing in their flooring products.

The issue carried a dent of E. J. Stanton

career sketch of Roy Stanton, presi& Son, Los Angeles.

East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 held its second anniversary meeting on February 18 at the Hotel Leamington, Oakland. Myron C. Turner presided, and G. B. Hegart, port manager and chief engineer of the Oakland Harbor Commissioners, was the speaker.

Hoo-Hoo Club No. t held a meeting at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, on February 10. The meeting lvas designated as "Daly City Day," and A. L. Stockton rvas chairman of the day. H. H. Smith, Mayor of Dalv City, t'as the soeaker.

About 50 members of Hoo-Hoo Club No. 9 met at the Cliff Hotel, San Francisco, on February 16, to give a farerveli party to Ed Martin, secretary of the Club, lvho u'as leaving for Los Angeles to act as managing editor of The California Lumber Merchant. They presented Ed r,vith a silver, rxonogrammed cigarette case and match holder.

Russ Ccstell With Tcrter, Webster & Johnson

Russ Castell, who has been in the sales end of the Sash, Door, and millwork business for many years, is now in charge of the sash, door, and moulding department of Tarter, Webster & Johnson, Inc., Los Angeles, succeeding Bolivar Scofield, according to an announcement by Eric Hexberg, manager. Russ was manager for several years of Door & Plyrvood Jobbers, Inc., Los Angeles, and prior to that was associated with The California Door Comoany of Los Angeles.

Attend Opening oI New OIIices

Jack and Jean Murphy of the J. D. Murphy Lumber Co., San Marino, Calif., attended the official opening of the new offices of Evans Forest Products, Inc.,242l Magowan Drive, Santa Rosa, Calif., rvhich firm they represent in Southern California. The members of Evans Forest Products, Inc. are Lee Evans, Dave Carlock, and Oz Crenshat'. The opening took place on February 23, r'as l'ell attended and protecl to lte a very pleasant affair.

Instclling Moore Cross-Circulcrtion Kiln

Robert V. Day, owner - manager of the Day Lumber Companl', Crescent City, Calif., is no'iv installing a double track Moore Cross-Circulation Kiln 66 feet long rvhich will be used for custom drying fir ancl redl'ood for the various mills in the Crescent City area. Equipment for another double tra.ck, and also two (2) single track kilns has already been ordered and these additional Moore Cross-Circulating Kilns n-ill probably be installed shortly after the first kiln is placecl in operation.

New Cctcrlogue oI Publications

The Forest Products Research Society has just issued a L2-page "Catalogue of Publications" which rvill be of inl terest to all producers and users of i'r'oocl and rvood products. ft lists over 200 individual publications of the Society by subject matter as well as by year of issue. It describes contents of five Annual Proceedings issues, and the firsi volume of the new Journal of the FPRS. An order fomr and directions for placing orders are also included. Copies of the Catalogue may be obtained free by writing the Forest Products Research Society, P. O. Box 201O, Universitv Station, Madison (5), Wisconsin.

EMSCO PLYWOOD

WHOI.ESALE DISTR IBUTORS

Fir and Pine Plywood

Fir and Hardwood Doors

KEllog 6-4733

922 l9th Avenue Ooklond 6, Col. (At the foot of l9th Ave.)

lUholesale to lumber Yards 0nly

Windows, Doors, Plywood, Moulding

We hava

THE COMPI"ETE WINDOW I'NIT Built Up With Screen crad Bcrlcmce In StockWestern Sizes

HATEI BROS. -- SAI|IA ill0lllGl

Phones: 3ilfr l;1:3:". EXbrook 4-320e

475 Huntington Drive San Marino 9. California

Representing the mills of EVANS FOREST PR,ODUCTS. INC. J. \n/. wttDER, GoMPANY, lNC.

Speciolizing in Pocific Coosl Lumber Products

SPRUCE-WESIERN HE'YII.OCK-SUGAR PINE-PONDEROSA PINE

How Lumber Looks

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Lumber shipments of 505 mills reporting to the National Lumber Trade Barometer rvere 9.6 per cent above production for the u'eek ended February 9,1952. In the saure tveek new orders of these mills 'rvere 12.6 per cent above production. Unfilled orders of the reporting mills amounted to 44 per cent of stocks. For the reporting softrvood mills, trnfilled orders 'n'ere ecluivalent to 26 days' production at the current rate, and gross stocks \\'ere equivalent to 55 days' production.

For the year-to-date, shipments of reporting identical mills ltere 6.1 per ceut above production; orders rvere 16.3 per cent al-rove production.

Compared to the average corresponding u'eek of 19351939, production of reporting mills rvas 105.2 per cent above; shipments vuere 96.5 per cent above; orders n'ere 91.2 per cent above. Compared to the corresponding rveek in 1951, production of reporting mills u.as 0.7 per cent above; shipments u'ere 17.3 per cent above; and nerv orders were 27.7 per cent above.

The Western Pine Association for the rveek ended February 9, 109 mills reporting, gave orders as 60,980,000 feet' shipments 59,748,000 feet, and production 52,942,N0 feet. Orders on hand at the encl of the week totaled 2+5,444,000 feet.

'-lhe Southern Pine Association for the rveek ended February 9,94 units (113 mills) reporting, gave orders as 18,543,000 feet, shipments 18,009,000 feet, and production 19,561,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the 'iveek totaled 49,399,000feet.

The \\rest Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended February 2, 177 mills reporting, gave orders as 115,410,000 feet, shipments 115,528,000 feet, and production 111,822.000 feet. Unfilled orders at the end of the week totaled 593,751,@0 feet.

For the rveek ended February 9, these same mills reported orders as 128,693,000 feet, shipments 123,446,W0 feet, and production i12,181,000 feet. Unfilled orders at the end of the l'eek totaled 598,998,000 feet.

MORE THAN A QUARTER CENTURY OF SERVICE TO THE R,ETAIt IUMBER, INDUSTR,Y

With E. U. Wheelock, Inc.

Tom Hughes, who has been with pany for the past several years is sales staff of E. U. Wheelock. Inc..

Congrcrtulations

R&ELumberCorn-

now a member of the Los Angeles.

C. R. (Chuck) Lember and Mrs. Lember are receiving congratulations on the birth of a son, Richard Gary at I.ong Beach Seaside Hospital, recently. Mr. Lember is rvith Spalding Lumber Co., Los Angeles.

Back From Hawaii Vaccrtion

Rex Oxford of Ray Hill Lumber Co., Los Angeles, and Mrs. Oxford, are back from a three-r,veek vacation in the Ha'ivaiian Islands. They flew both ways, and visited the various islands, making their headquarters in Honolulu.

Sqwmill Fire

Fire recently Lumbet Co. at was $80.000.

\TANT ADS

FOR SALE

1-1946 model 7956 series 9O Ross Lumber Carrier" perfect operating condition, $520O.0C. Also about 300-54" blocks @ 50d each.

GEORGE WINDELER CO., LTD.

San Francisco 2,l-VAlencia 4-1841

FOR SALE

1-1946 Ford, 10 wheel, Cook's. chain drive, Iumber rollers-145-F-8 motor

1-1946 Ford, 10 wheel, lumber rollers

1-1948 Utility, 4 wheel trailer, lumber rollers This equipment is all in excellent condition. Contract hauling available to purchasers.

MONARCH LUMBER COMPANY

4656 E. Washington Blvd., Los Angeles 22, Calit. Telephone: ANgelus 1-0285

1 Model completely

FOR SALE

19 HT Ross Lift Truck, 3-ton capacity, rebuilt with new tires, COMMERCIAL REPAIR & SERVICE

1115 North Alameda, Compton, Calif, Telephone NEwmark 1-8269

12-foot lift,

WINDOW FRAME & BUILDING MATERIAL MANUFACTURING PLANT

in San Fernando Valley, wholesale to customers all over United States. This firm is 10 years old, with average yearly sales of approx. S300,000. 13,000 ft. under roof, 56,000 ft. of yard space, blacktop' Will sell or lease all or part.

Address Box C-1993, California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Rm. 508, Los Angeles 14,

CARRIERS & tIFT TRUCKS For Sqle

or Renl

Following Equipment Remanufactured Carries 90-Dav Guarantee

destroyed the sawmill of the South Bay Fields T anding, Calif. The estimated loss

LUMBER YARD WANTED FOR CASH

South of Modesto or in Arizona. All inJormation kept confidential. WM. C. HAYWA.RD, HAYWARD LBR. & INV. CO. P. O. Box 1551, Los Angeles 53

PROFITABLE DRY KILN OPERATION FOR SALE

Splendid opportunity to buy profitable dry kiln business in Los Angeles. Owner is retiring for health reasons only. Plenty of room to put in a remanufacturing plant or retail lumber yard. Equipment is complete and practically new. Kiln, which is fully automatic, is in operation.

Address B'ox C-1956. California Lumber Merchant Room 508, 108 West 6th St., Los Angeles 14, Calif.

CAR UNLOADING CONTRACTORS

We will supply labor fully insured, to unload cars in your yard or public team track. Get your lumber sorted to lengths for iesr than 50c. thousand. Carriers and lifts available, get printed rates. Est. 1943.

CRANE & CO.

L4l7 E. l2th St., Los Angeles, Calif. TRinity 6973

CUSTOM MILLING and KILN DRYING

McCOY PLANING MILL

34OO East 26th St., Los Angeles 23, Calif. Phone ANgelus 9-8216

FOR SALE

TWO MODERN ALL ELECTRIC MOULDERS

ONE lOO KW FREQUENCY CHANGER

May be seen in operation at Mutual Moulding and Lumber Company, Los Angeles, where new 6-10.A1 Stetson-Ross matcher is being installed. Available about March l, L952,

One (l) used. 12"x('4-head M'odel 134M S. A. Woods Moulder, 67-ft total horsepower.

One (1) used 6" x4" 4-head Model 137M S. A. Woods Moulder, 32-l total horsepower.

One (1) used lOJ KW 220 volt Fairbanks Morse Frequency Changer.

These late model machines are in good operating oondition. Both moulders have lag bed feeds, and are equipped with 4-knife round heads. Hoods and blowpipes to manifold also included.

For further details, write

STETSON-ROSS MACHINE COMPANY

Seattle 4, Wash. or phone local representative in Whittier, Calif., Oxford 57-839

WANT ADS

Rate-Position wqnted $2.00 per colunn incb

All others, $3.00 per coluurn inch

Closing dcteg tor copy, Stb cnd 20th

FOR SALE

t-71 ton Ross lift. Good operating condition. l-1947 Chevrolet roller bed truck. Brown-lite transmission. Brand new rubber. For quick.sale, both for less than 95,@0.00.

CRANE & CO.

l4l7 East 12th St., Los Angeles 2L, Cahf.

. Phone TRinity 6923

LEATHER LUMBER APRONS

- Sturdy, IFmbermen's aprons made of top quality reclaimed leather, furnished in both singte and double ply.-aiprox. lA,xZ4,, with oi without belt and buckle. Special discbirntJ io jobbers.

HENDRIE BELTING & RUBBER CO. 405 Towne Ave., Los Angeles 13, Calif. Phone TRinity 7786

WALLACE MILL and LUMBER COMPANY

General custom milling, grading and drying. In transit Half way betweerr Los Angeles and Corner Rosecrans Ave. and Paramount Blvd.

P.O. Box 27, Clearwater Station

Paramount, Calif.

MEtcalf 3-426f-NEvada 6-3625

FOR SALE OR LEASE HYSTERS

One Model RT-150 Capacity-15,000 lbs.

Condition-Excellent

Guarantee-90 days

Long Beach.

Pacific Electric S. P.

One Model VT-75 Capacity-75O0 lbs.

Condition-Good

Guarantee-60 days

SYSTEM LIFT TRUCK SERVICE 1711 15th Street, Oakland 7, Calif. Twinoiks 3-4403

EXPERIENCED LUMBER BUYER located in heart of Oregon lumber pFoducins area wants connection with financially strong- wholesale firm. Reisonable monthly guarantee plus commission. Available at once.

Address Box C-2005, California Lumber Merchant 108 W. 6th St., Rrn- 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

LUMBER YA.RDS FOR SALE

We have some fine lumber yards for sale, and will be glad to give you full information. Call us if you are interested

If you- want to sell your yard, give us a ring and we'll see what we can do.

TryYOHY LUMBER CO.

LUMBER YARD AND SAWMILL BROKERS

714 W. Olympic Blvd.. Los Angeles 15, Calif. PRospect 8746

HYSTER FOR SALE

Good conditio"blrit dil*"n dual tires (San Franciscb yard)

JONES HARDWOOD & PLYWOOD COMPANY

4200 Bandini Blvd., Los Angeles, Tel. ANgelus 1-2111

Foot of Tunnel Ave., San Francisco, Tel, JUniper 5-38@

FOR SALE

One FPl6, Serial No. 518, Hyster Lumber Carrier. 18,0fl) Ibs. capacity, 64,, x78,' package. Good all around condition

Address Brox C-2015, California Lumber Merchant

108 West 6th St., Rm. 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

Ncmes of Advertircrc in thi: Deporrment uring o blind oddress connol bc dlvulged. All inquiricr qnd rcplicr should be oddrecsed to key rhown in thc odvcrtiremcnf

POSITION WANTED

by man with 25 years' experience in the lumber business, as J/ard clerk, tallyman and grader (wholesale and retail), foreman, shipping clerk, salesman, estimating, drafting (small homes), Can make out complete ca! or truck tallies, route for railroads. Age 40 years, married, 3 children. Willing to locate anywhere in California; will furnish references on request. Available March l. Interested in either wholesale or retail.

Address Box C-1998, California Lumber Merchant

108 West 6th St., Rm. 508, Los Angeles ld Calif.

MILL ACCOUNTANT AVAILABLE

.Experienced sawmill and plywood accountant desires positicn with growing company. Now employed in Northern California but available on fifteen days' noiice.

Address Box C-2016. California Lumber Merchant

lC8 West 6th St., Rm. 50B, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

TWO SALESMEN WANTED

For- L,os f,ngeles and surrounding area calling on lumber yaris for_ wholesale rnsuliling company. iiood salaryf plus expenses for right man with following. Excellent opportunity. Our imployees know about this ad.

Address Box C-2011, California Lumber Merchant R:n. 508, 108 W. 6th S.t., Lcs Angeles 14, Calif.

WANTED

for new wholesale business in California, man with good background and broad selling experience in Pine, Fir, etc., with personal following, and also experienced in buying. Contacts in other sections of U. S. A. would be valuable. Beginnings of business to be of modest proportions but well financed. Capital available for considerable expansion. A fair oppr6rtunity for the right man. Replies treated in strict confidence.

Address Box C-2012, California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Rm. 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

WANTED OUTSIDE SALESMAN for retail lumber business in Srouthwest Los Angeles. Guaranteed salary plus commission. Applicants should have ability to sell contractors.

Address Box C-2013, California Lumber Merchant Room 508, l0B West 6th Street, Los Angeles 14, Catf.

YOUNG MAN WANTED

with some experience in lumber business to handle telephone, lumber order desk, and shipping. Good opportunity for advancement, Hawthorne area. Write qualifications to Box C-2014, California Lumber Merchant Room 508, 108 West 6th St., Los Angeles 14, Calif.

WOODWORKING MACHINER,Y FOR SALE

STICKER, lff'American, square heads, ball brg. RESAW, 54", McDonough, ball brg., 50 H.P.

GLUE JOINTER', Diehl, ball brg., direct drive.

DOVETAIL MACHINE, 15 spindle, Dodds,5 H.P. PLANER; 24" Porter,2 knife round head, ball brg., 5 H.P. PLANER, 3fl' Yates, round head, ball brg., direct drive.

BAND SAWS: 36" ball bearings, completely rebuilt and modernized, equal to new.

Bench Grinders; Boring Machines; Table Saws, all types; Belt Sander; Band Saw, 2V'; Drill Press, f" cap.; Jointers; Forsberg Planer, l3t'x6't, 2 H.P.; Parks Planer, 12"x4", 2 H.P.i Shapers; Cut-off Saws; Band Saws, 14", 2V',36"; Door Clamp, 3 H.P.; Wood Lathe.

You are inaited to oisit our neta uarehouse and, sboutroom d, 723 E. Manchester Ave. (Firestone Blvd.), Los Angeler I

ROY FORTE

Production Machinery for the Vl/oodworking Trade Phone THornweJl 2224

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

Knight-Hqr.i3on, Inc. -.......---...-.-.-.......

Koehl & Con, Inc., John W. .....-.....--.

Kuhl Lumber Co., Corl H. .........-......-.

L. A. Dry Kiln & Sloroge, In(. --.-....

Lomon Lumber Co. -.--............-..

Lowrence-Philips Lumber Co. --...-.....-..

Lerrett Lumber Co. -..............-....

long-Bell Lumber Co.

Lor Angeles Lumber, Inc.

Los-Cql Lumber Co. .......---..-.........-.---...

Lumber Deolers l$qteriqls Co. --.--.......

Lumber rt/lqnutqclurers, Inc.

lunber lAill & Supply Co.

lumber Soler €o. .........------.-.....-...-.-.-...

ItiqcDonqld Co.. L. W.

Hordwood

Bru3h lndustriql Lunber Co.

Bunyqn Lumber Co,, Povl

Burns Lumber Co.

Pqbco Products, Inc, ..,,.---.-,------,-,----.,-,--..-*

Po.iflc Coost Aggregotes, Inc. ----.----------*

Pociftc Fir Sofes ..----,-...----.-,-...........-......-..-.25

Pq<ifiG Forert P.oduds, Inc. .-........-....--..-57

Pqtifc Lumber Deolerr Supply. Inc..-....61

Pocillc Lumber Co., The ....-..-.-.-.-.-.-...-..--.*

Pqcif,c West. Lbr. Co. of Colif., Inc..,--..54

Pqcifc Wire Products Co. -...-.-....----....-.-....57

Poromino Lumber Co. -----...--.-....-.-.-...-.-.....22

Penberthy lumber Co. ...-......-......--...-....-.---52

Permo Produ<tl Co. ----------..-.---,-,-.-.,--....-,.-*

Pope a fqlbot. Inc., lumber Div. ---,---*

Precirion Kifn Drying Co. ------------------.-----25

leody Hvng Door lrlfg, Co. of 5o. Cql..-..41

R & E Lumber Co.

Red Cedqr Shingle Bureou

Ricci & Kruse Lumbei Co.

Dolron, R. W, & Co.

Dqnt E Russell Sqles Co. ...._--_......--,----.,-31

Dovidron Plywood t Lcnber Co. .,---.....OBC

Dovis Lumber Co., Dove

Denni: Lunber Co.

Derry Iumber Co., Al

Diomond W Suppfy Co.

Donover Co., lnr. -..,--,--.--........-----....---._---*

Douglor Fir Plywood A.tociolion --.-_-.._-_ri

Eckstrom Pllruood E Door Co. .-........-.----45

Edgewood Lumber Co. -.......-._-_..--.-..-.......-..48

Eelfs-Wqfker Plywood & Door Co. -.........-.9

Ellioft, F. W. ....-.-...,..-.......,...........,-......-----'i

Empire Redwood Co. --.,-...,--..-----..-._------..-.-48

Em5.o Pl!ryood --.,_.-_..-_-_59

Esrley & 5on, D. C. -,.--.---.-.....------_.-_..,,.-56

Eubonk & Son, L. H. -........,----------.--..-----.*

Evon! Fgresl Ploducts, Inc. -_--._-....._._.-_-.---_ *

Exchonge Somills Sqles Co. -------..-.---...... {.

Fqirhur:t Lumber Co. --.,,-..---......,-.---..-_.-.-.--'i

Fern lrucking Co. ---..-....,,--..---.-,-.,--..-.._-.-___. *

Fir Door lnltitute

Roddi: €qlifornio, In..

Roddiscroft, Inc. ....--....,-... l7

Rors Corrier €o.,.-..--..,,,-,---.----------------.----*

loundr lroding Compony .--..-----------------.--.13

ludboch t Co., John A. ......-..-..--.-...-.-......44

S & 5 tumber Co.

Sqnford Lursier, Inc.

Sqn Pedro Lumber Co.

Sontq Fe lumber Co.

Sielrq Redwood Co.

Simpron Iogging Co.

Sirqlkrqft Co., The

Smith Lumber Co., Rolph

5o-Ccl Building ftlqleriolt,,-.-.....---------..,.-

Soulh Boy Lumber Co. ..,,---.------------....-.--

Southwest Plywood Corp. ------.--,----------..----55

Southweitern Portlcnd Cement Co. --,--,-.-* Stohl Lumber Co., Inc. .---- --------.-.------.--61

Stonton & 5on, E. J.

Stroble Hordwood Co. --....----,.---.--------.-...*

Sudden & Christerson, Inc. ----.....-,.-..-.....* Superior lumber Sqle: -.-.-,------...,,-,-.....-..--54

While shooting c aceae in the Wood Conversion Compcny motion picture, "Make Boom For Tomorrow," the cqmero dollys up to thcrt lovcble trnd entertaining "Crumworthy Fcmily," who Blqr with Howcrd Rycn, lumber decler, ond Frank Whitney, contrqctor, in ihe lull-color movie. Showings oI ihis film are being booked lor lumber dealer cnd conlrdctor groups inter€sted in ihe prolitable home remodeling market. Running time oI lhe motion picture is 20

Stephen P. Ross

Funeral services for Stephen P. Ross were held on Wednesday, February 13, at the Episcopal Church, Hanford. James F. Malloch, dean of St. James Cathedral, Fresno, officiated at the services. Mr. Ross passed away on Saturday, February 9, at his home in Santa Uruz.

Mr. Ross, who was 7O yearc old, had been ill for several months and underwent a major operation in a hospital at Santa Barbara last November.

Fir-Tex of Southern €qlifoniq

Fick & rtiloson Flomer, Erik

Fir-Tex of Northern Cqliforniq ._---* _........ _.........._.._.24 -......... - -... -........,....-.-27

Fordy<e Lumber Co. ----.......,--..----.-,-.-.,--_.-*

For4t Fiber Productr Co. ...._,---_-----...-.-----_'t

Forert Productc Soles Co. ......--__,,__--_,_.-_..-__.55

Fountoin [wbe. Co., Ed ,,..--_.---.-.-,-.-_--..-*

Freemon & Co,, Stephens G. .-_...,,-.-_---.-.23

Golleher Hordwood Co.,,...----,-------..,,.------ !*

Gorciq froftc Service, B. R. ..,_..,_,-_,-.-.---. *

Gqmerston E Green Lumber Co. .,_.,-.-.---.-6O

Gerlinger Cqrrier Co. -,--,--..-----........__--.-_-_..-55

Gilbreqth Chemicql Co. -----.-..-,,,...-..,-,-.---,- :t

Gorlin-Hording Lumber Co. .-,-..,.-,---------*

Holey Bro:. ..-.--,---.-----..59

Homond Lumber Co. -----........-....,._--.-----._-50

Holl, Jqme! t. --,--------..-----..__,,-_..-._----........_59

Hqrri: Lumber Co,, t. E. -.---_--..--..........-_ *

Heberle & Co., R. J. ..,--,---------......-..,-,.,--_ l,

Hedlund Lumber Sqler, Inc, -...-.-_,-_,-_--------4O

Heron Lunber Co,, Inc. --..-..-.-.-.,-.,-,----.----61

Hishlond Iumber Co. --.-----...------.....----------34

Hill Lumber Co., Roy ---,----....---.--....-.-,-,-,--19

Hill E Morlon, lnc. -...-.--......,,..--,-,----.------32

Hobbs Woll Iunber Co. ..,,-...-...----,-,----,---- 'l

Hoffmqn Co., Eorl .....-,,--,-------.---,,--------.----- {.

Hoqon Lumber Co.,--,--,,-,----.---.---.-------------61

Holme: Eurekq Imber Co. ........-----.-.---- 'i

Hoover Co., A. t, ---...-.----.....--..-....--....-.-- :]

Hyiter Compoy ...--.....--:t

ldqco Lwber Co. -.---------------.-------.--,-,-------59

lnlond Lumber Co.. Inc. --..----.------------47

Johns Mqnville Corporolion -.--.-......-.-.------ I

Johnson Iumber Coro., C, D. .-...-....-..-..-- 7

Jonec Hordwood & Plywood Co. .,-.-.-----,--15

Jordqn Sqrh & Door Co., F. t, --------.--.--49

Kelley, Albert A. .-...------..-...-,-..-...--.....-,---.-'a

Kendoll Lumber Distribuforr ......-...-..----...-.17

Tocomo Lumber Sqlec -.....,,,-,,--..,,,.,-....,,.-..33

forter, Websler & Johnron, lnc. ------------19

Tqylor Lumber Co., Reeves .-.-----------,----,-.58

Triogle Lumber Co. -........---.------------------.-*

Trinily River Lumber Soles Co. -------.--,---.*

Tropicol & Weslern Lumber Co, -------,.-,,.*

Troxel Lumber Co., S. A, ..-.-----------.-------. * Twin Hqrborr Iumber Co.

Union Lumber Co.

Von Arrdole-Hqrri: lumber Co., Inc, ....57

Virginio Hordwood Co. --------1,---------.-.-.---. *

Wendling-Nqthqn Co. ------..-,---.-...-.-.---.-.....25

West Coost Screen Co. --...,.-,------..----,-,.--*

Welt Coost Timber Producti Agen.y -----*

W$t Codst Woods

Wegl Oregon Lumber Co,

Weilern Cuslom iAill, Inc...

We.leJn Door ond Sqsh Co.

Weelern Dry Kiln

Wesfern Holdwood Lumber Co.

Western Mill & Moulding Qo.

Weslern Pine As3o.iqlion

Weslern Pine 5upply Co.....---

Weyerhoeu:er Soler Co.

White Brofhert White, Ho..y H.

For the past 30 years, he was president of the Central Lumber Co. at Hanford, founded by his father, John Ross, Sr., which \\ras incorporated in 1896. He had been associated with the lumber business for about 50 years. A native of Beaver Falls, Pa., he had been a resident of Hanford for 60 years and took an active part in civic affairs.

He was manager of the Hanford baseball team some years ago when it lvas part of the old San Joaquin Valley League. He rvas a charter member of the Hanford Elks Club, Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis Club, and served two years as vestryman for the Episcopal Church.

Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Emma Ross; two sons, Stephen H. Ross, manager of the Central Lumber Co., and Frank Ross; a daughter, Miss Barbara Ross ; two brothers, Fred Ross and John Ross; a sister, Mrs. Edith Armstead, and five grandchildren.

Lcwrence Miller

Lawrence Miller who was with Fisk & Mason, South Pasadena, manufacturers and wholesalers of red cedar shingles and shakes, for the past seven years in the yard, passed away in South Pasadena, January 30. He was born in South Dakota 64 years ago, and came to California in 1906. Surviving him are a wife and a foster son, Glenn.

minutes, and EhowingE ccn be crrcnged through Wood Conversion CompanY representcliveg or by wriiing Advertising Depcrtmenl, Wood Conversion CompanY, St. Paul l, Miauesotd.

BUYER'S GUIDE

SAII fRAITGISGO

Ricci d Kruss Lumber Co........ Bounds Trcding Compcay.......

Mlssion 7-2576

.YUkon 6-0912

Lumber Co...... ..VAlenciq 6-5777

Kline G Rul. .DOuglcs 2-1387

LUMBER

2-ff)45

..YUkon 2-5103

GArlield l-8974

KLAND -BDRKE LEY -AtAME DA

Ecrle D, BendEr.. .KEUog,!-9842

Calilonic Lumber Sqles. ...KEUog 4-1004

Gcmergioa 6 GrEen Lumber Co,....KEUog 4-645{

Gosslin-Hcrding Lumber Co., Scs Leqndro .... .....Lockbcven 9-1661

Hill 6 Morton, Inc,..... .ANdover l-1077

Idqco Lumber Co...... ..Ol,ympic 2-2400

Kelly, Albert A. (Alcneda). .Lckehurst 2-275{

Pocilic Forest Products, Iac.. .TWinocks 3-9866

LUMBEN

Tricngle Lumber Co..

Weslern Dry Xiln Co.........

Westen Piue Supply Co. (Emeryville)

E, K. Wood Lunber Co..

HANDWOODS

..TEnplebcr 2-5855

.LOckbcven 8-3284

...Plednont 5-7322 ....,.KElloe {-8,!66

Bruce Co., E, L..... .......f,EUo9 3-6677

Strable Hcrdwood Compcny....fEmplebcr 2-5584

White Brothers .ANdover l-1600

TOS AIUGEI.ES

Holnes Eurekc Lunber Co.

Hoover Co., A, L.

..MUtucl 9l8l

.YOrk ll58

PANELS_DOONS_SASH--SCREENS

CRESOTED LUMSER_POf,ES_PILINCI-TIES

Atcctq Bedwood Co. (J. J. REc) Atldaso!-Stutz Co, (E. W. "Ed" Gould)

Aagelus Fir G Pine Soles Co. (Scn Mcrino) PYrcnid l-2172 .WYoming ll09 ...CApitol '1269

Atlqntic lumber Co. (C. ?, Henry G Co.) PRospect 652{

AtlasLumberCo. .......TBinity2328

Bqck Lunber Co., J. Wm. .ADqm l-'E6l

Bauqh. Ccrl w. (Pcscdeac) Sv;;11"i l:93!3

Bercut-Richcrds Lumber Co. (A. W. "Andy" Douovcn) ......MAdieoa 9-2355

Bliss d Gctes Lumber Co. ......UNderhill 0-3,15{

Brown d Compcny, Clcy .YOrk 1168

Brush Induslricl Lunber Co. ....UNderhill 0-3301

Burng Lumber Compcny .WEbster 3-5861

Cclilornic Soltwood Scles ........CApitol 2-0284 (Volstedt-trerr Lbr. Co. oI Portland)

Cqrr d Co., L. I. (W. D. Dunaiug) PRospect 88,!3

Chcntlcnd qnd Associctes, P. W, AXninister 5296

Cheney Lumber Co, (Burns trumber Co.) ............WEbster 3-5861

George Cloush .DUakirk 2-221{

Colsotidcted Lumber Co. .Rlchmoad 2l'!l (Wilmingtoa) ......NE. 6-1881 Wilm. Ter. 4-2637

Cooper-Morqqn Lumber Co. Wiured T.- Cooper Lbr. Co, (Glendcle) CHcpmcn 5-4800

Cooper Wholescle Lumber Co., W. E. .YOrk 8238

Cozby Lumber Co. (Soutb Gqte ....LOrciu 6-5121

Dcltoa d co" R' w' (scn Mcrino)""rcmid l-2I22

Dont 6 Rusell, Scles Co. ...ADcms 8l0l

Deunis Lumber Compcny .PRospect 2354

Al Derry Lumber Co. .....ANgelus 0856

Donover Co., Inc, .ADcns l-1205

Essley, D. C. d So4 ...UNderhill 0-ll{7

Fairburst Lumber Co. o{ Calil. (Los Angeles Lumber, Iac.)....MAdigo 6-9134

Kendcll lumber Distributors

Kuhl Lunber Co., Ccrl H. B. S. Osgood

Lcwrence-Pbilips Lumber Co.

Lertett Lunber Co., Inc.

Tbe Long Bell Lumber Co. ...

.....PRospect 5341

.TBiaity 8225

..BRcdsbcw 2-4127

.ANgelus 3-6165

....DUnkirk 7-13{7

Los Angelea Drv Kiln 6 Slorcge' Infirgerus 3-62?3

tr os Angeles lumber, Inc.

Log-Cal Lumber Co.

Lumber Mill & Supply Co.

MccDoacld Co,, L. W.

Mchogcny Inportiag Co.

Murphy Lunber Co., I. D. (San Marino)

.......1v146-9134

...lEfferson 6234

..ANgelus 3-7503

...PBospect 7194

.....TRinity 9651

..PYrcmid l-1124

Ols€!-Carponter Lunber Co. (Beverly Hilk) .. ...BRodshcw 2-5651

Osgood, Robert S. ........TBiaity 8225

Pccilic Fir Scles (Pqscdenc) ....SYcqmore 6-4328 RYcu l-8103

Pqcilic Lumber Co., The .....YOrk 1168

Pqcilic Forest Products, Inc. (Dick LcFrcnchi) TUcker 1232

Pccilic Weslem Lunber Co. ol Calil., Inc. (Poscdenq) SYccmore 6-5397-L.A' RYcn l-8123

Pope 6 Tclbot, Inc,, Lumber Division PRospect 8231

R 6 E Lumber Co. .WEbster 3-8306

E. L. Reitz Co, (Sqn Mcrino) .RYcn l-8t104 SYccmore 6-3169

Rounds Trcdiug Co. (Long Becch) Nlvcd-c Q-!Q!Q trong Becch 7:2781

Rudbcch 6 Co,, Joba A.

S 6 S Lunber Co. (Downey)

San Pedro Lumber Co.

Sierrq Redwood Co.

Spclding Lumber Co.

SuddEn 6 Cbristenson, Inc.

Tqconc Lumber Sales, Inq. '.

.....TUcker 5l19

....TOpcz 2-1070

..Blchmood Il4l

..ANqelus l-4I44

.I]Nderhill 0-1281

.....TBiaity 8844

...PRospect ll08

6 Door Go. ......ADcms

Ptvwood 6 Door Co...ADcme

6 Son, -L. H. (Inglewood) OBegon

Inc., D. D. ......... .CApilol 2-5109

Mcple Bros. (Whittier) ...Wbittier 4-4003

Mcitia Plvwood Co. ...ADqnc3-6166

Multnonc-h Plvwood Corp. ........ORegon 8'3726

Nicolci Door irrs. Co. .oBegon 8-3726

Pccific Lumber Declers Supply Co', Inc' (Hcrbor Citv) .ZErith 1156; Lomilc ll55

Tcrler, Webster 6 Johnson, Inc.

S. A. Troxel Lumber Co. .....

Erik Flcmer (Lonq Becch)..L.8.6-5237; NE 5-2724

Fisk d Mqson (so. Pcscdenc) "{I;;3li A:llil

Foregt Producls Scles Co. (Inglewood)

OBeson 8-3858

Freemcu 6 Co,, Stephen G. (Bclboa) Hcrbor 202{

Ed. Fountoin Lumber Co.

Twin Hcrbon Lumber Co. (C. P. HEnry 6 Co.)

.ANgelus 4183

.ANgelus 6061

...PRospect 652'l

Unioa Lumber Compcuy .TRinity 2282 ..LOsca 8-Zl3l Wendling-Nctbcn Co. YOrk 1168

Gosslia-Hcrding tr umber Co. (loe Petcsb) ..ANgelus 3-6951

Hqnnond Lumber Compcny ......PRospect 7l7l

Hcrris Lunber Co., L. E. ........DUnkirk 2-2301

Heberle 6 Co,, B. l, (Compton) ..NEvcdc 6-2595 rmr d Morron. rnc. .... ""Hf,lS[ A:ii[i

Esrl Hoflmca Co, .AXniaister 3-5281

Wesi Oregon Lumber Co. (Eeverly Hille) BRcdshqw 2-{353

Weyerhceuser Scles Co. ........Rlcbmoud 7-0505

White Luober Co.. Hcrry H. ... .. .Bllcbmoad 5309

Wilsoa Lumber Co,, A. f,. .NEvcda 6-?.i53 Wilaon, Wn. M. .DUnkirk 2-3080

E. K. Wood Lunber Co. .JEfferson 3lll Wood, Ecrl F. .. .ANgCur 3-38lll

Plvw6ld Los Angteles, Iac. .....ANgelus

Pegged qnd textured for beouly...tonguecrnd grooved for convenience. Solid Redwood poneling. Builders, conlrqclors, qrchitects, specify Erchwoll for handsome, drqmqtic effects.

IHE ORIGINAL

Besutiful 3-dimensioncrl ply. wood with ook hord roised groin surfoces. In eosy to instoll Douglqs Fir Plywood. Eosy to mqinlqin, Etchwood is the original plywood textured poneling.

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