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 b. Code of Ethics and Standards c. Specifications

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.

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.

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

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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 a. Easy to install. b. Simple for contractors to keep control of installation costs. c. Estimators can figure costs easily. a. Ordering by trade name and catalog number. b. Ability to check on past performance of windows by trade name. a. Thin stiles and thin rail members. a. Fine design and good operation.

1. Complete Window Units ready to set in place.

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

3. Designs of Modern Appearance.

4. Hardware.

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?