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Hon$en Foresf Products Compony Opens New Soles Offices in Vqn Nuys

In line witlr a planned expausiorr pro- shakes and siding, along witl clear Dousgratrt for 1960, Hansen Forest Products las fir, for the rEtail d6alers of Sotrtheirr conrpany. liry goved to larger offices lo- California and Arizona ," Lynn declarecl. cated at 4645 Yan Nuys Blvd., Sherman Another specialty item, Eric Christil Oaks, Califoruia, according to Lynn Han- Hansen. weighed inDeceniber 19 at sevel sen, president of the wholesale distribu- pounds, eigiit ounces and, accordips to ti^o^tt company. The --centrally_ located Papa Lynn, rvill be joinirig the firrir iu offices are .directly. off the- Hollywood about two decades. Ary*{,, he will be Freeway within minutes of Hollywood a lumberman, it was said. ' and downtown Los Angeles.

Pretty Shirley Miller is secretarv-"We are representing sorre of the office nranager and, within the lext 50 l finest n-rills in the Pacific Northwest ancl clays, additional personnel will be emNortheru California. We can assure fast ployed to handle- the increase in sales sl.ripment of specialty manufactured items, and shipments. The new telephone llrlmpine for the industrial users, shingles, bers are STate 8-7080, TRiangle 3-4091. Lynn

Weyerhoeuser $5O,4O7,OOO 1959 lncome Bolonced by $54,763,OOO a T Tores

Tacoma, Wash.-Weyerhaeuser Company's net income for 1959 amounted to $60,407,000, a 22/o increase over the previous year, but 7/o below record earnings of 1956, according to the annual report.

"substantially better" conditions in the lumber market last year accounted f.or a I9/o increase in the company's sales- of lumber. Plywood and other building materials showed similar gains. Output of the 14 lumber mills reached a new high. The 1.3 billion board-foot total exceeded the World War II peak, and was 8/o above 1958. A record high quantity of plywood was also turned out, due largely to expanded production facilities.

Additions to plants, equipment and roads amounted to' $33,038,000 during 1959, compared with $23,011,00_0-the year before. TimbEr and timberJand purchases were $2,520,000, down from the $14,535,000 of 1958.

Taxes for 1959 jumped 20o/o ovet the previous year's total. They amounted to $54,763,000 in 1959 and $45'740,000 in 1958.

The report told of expansion last year in plywood and in paperboard-converting facilities. A-n.ew _plywood p-lant went lnto production at-snoqualmie Falls, W-ash., and -increased capacity was ad{ed at Springfield, Ore. Further expansion bf plywood manufacturilg plants is under way at-Longview, Wash., and Cottage Grove, Ore.

On its tree farms in Oregon and Washington, Weyerhaeuser reforested a total o-f 28,000 acres. The reseeding and planting activities covered "considerably in excess of the number of acres logged'"

A gain of l0/o in the number of employes was registered in 1959, the total rising to 22,800 lrom 20,700. Wages and salaries were up 15/o to a new high of $122,173,000, reflecting in part wage increases and settlemeuts made during the year.

New NRTDA Committee tl/lembers

New members of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association's Executive Committee have been named recently by Paul V. DeVille, NRLDA president, to serve one year terms in 1960. The l4-member committee is composed of nine building materials dealers representing each of the nine districts into which the NRLDA divides the United States, the four nationally elected dealer-officers, and the immediate past president.

The newly-appointed members include R. Bourke MacDonald, Butte, Mont. (District Five). Re-appointed to serve on the committee were Melbourne Romney, Salt Lake City, Utah (third term representing District Six), 'and Thomas J. Fox, Santa Monica, Calif. (second term representing District Seven).

Repreienting Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Nevada at the National level, Mr. MacDonald is one of the younger NRLDA Executive committee members' Although he worked during college vacations in his father's yard, the Largey Lumber Co., Butte, Montana, it was not until he returned from military service, where he served as a pilot in the U. S. Army Air Force,-that h-e entered the lumber business on a full-time basis. Since then, however, he has risen rapidly. He has served his state association both as a dealei-director and as president. Mr. MacDonald takes an active interest in civic affairs. In this field his posts include member of the board of directors and first- vice-president of the Butte Chamber of Commerce, past president of both the Community Chest and the Exihange Club, and chairman of the Silver Bor.r' (County) Airport committee.

G-P Reports Profits Up 1060/o

Portland, Ore.-The best single quarter in the history of Georgia-Pacific Corporation ended June 30 with prolits of $4,267,272-up 106/o over the record second quarter of 1958. Net income, sales, and cash flow for both the quarter and the first half of 1959 all exceeded previous highs.

Reported net income for the first six months of last year was $7,017,495, as compared with $4,003,058 for the like period of 1958. Sales were reported at $89,786,814.

The record first-half performance last year was attribtrted by O. R. Cheatham and R. B. Pamplin to steadily increasing productive use of the timber harvest ancl more complete use of each log, plus expanded production of the company's more profitable products, including plywood, hardboard, redwood products, paper, and containerboard, as well , as to the growing economy. Recently-announced plans to double the capacity of Georgia-Pacific's Toledo, Oregon, paper mill to more than 600 tons a day and to also construct a new paper mill at Samoa, California, are already underway, or in the engineering stages. The Toledo expansion is scheduled for completion by mid-1960 and the California mill for early 7962. Dre to its use of waste chips, the paper expansion will be accomplished, said the officials, without harvesting a single additional tree for the purpose.

New "Where fo Buy" Direcfory

The 1960 edition of West Coast Lumbermen's Association's WHERE TO BUY Directory is now available to lumber buyers and users throughout the nation. The 52page book lists approximately 250 sawmills in the Douglas Fir Region, each mill's address, key personnel, capacity, facilities and species produced. Forty different manufactured items are listed across the top of each page. Using the cross-reference method, one can immediately determine which items are manufactured by a given mill. The listed items run the gamut from Boards and Dimension stock to Gutter, Doors and Corn Cribbing. A few of the other items are Railway and Car Material. Boat Lumber. Crossarm Stock, Lath, Log Cabin Siding and Knotty Panel Stock.

The WHERE TO BUY in its present form was first published in 1938. Each year, thousands of copies are distributed throughout the United States and Canada.

This "Buyer's Bible" for West Coast woods also lists Timber-Fabricating companies, Wood Pipe manufacturers, and Wood-Treating companies. A handy list of commonly used lumber abbreviations is found on the inside back covei.

Your copy of the WHERE TO BLTY Directory may be l-rad without charge by writing West Coast Lumbermen's Association, 1410 S.W. Morrison St., Portland 5, Oregon.

Bob Smilh Joins Smirh-Robbins Lumber Corp.

Following extensive training with the Tahoe Sugar Pine Company, Washington, California, where he started as a "whistle punk" following his discharge fronr the service a couple of years ago, Bob Smith (right), of the SmithRobbins family, l.ras been assigned chief of shipping and receiving for the wholesale lumber concern in Los Angeles.

Bob was born to the lumber business. Following his graduation from North Hollywood High School, where he ma- jored in business administratior.r, l.re did his three-year hitch with the arrny stateside and in Europe. In order to learn the lumber business from the tree up, he worked in every department at Tahoe and gained actual experience in sawrnill grading, remanufacturing, shipping and mobile eqrllpment.

"Bob will work in every department of our organization, which will include administration and sales. He will work

Southern Colifornio Re-Elects Strqit qnd

closely with the operations department and our mill superintendent. He is on his way to becon-ring a real good lumberman and we have given him a solid training in all phases of production straight through to delivery," said Bill Smith, vice-president and general manager of the firn-r, when he announced his brother had joined up with the family. Bob con-res well prepared for every department within the scope of operations.

Door Institute Bingley

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At a meeting of the Southern Califomia Door Institute held February 11 at the Shangri-La restaurant in Whittier. California. Charlie Strait, president of Strait Door & Plywood Corporation. El Monte. was unanimously re-elected to serve during 1960 as president of the door manufacturers' business and social organization. Pete Bingley, general manager of Regal Door Company, was also reelected to serve another year as secretary-treasurer of the association.

The southland door field was represented by l5 firms at the importatrt meeting and, as one spokesman said, "We desire to continue with the policies presently being adopted by Charlie Strait in strengthening the position of the Door Institute throughout the building industry in

Pete Bingley, an aggressive young door executive, was re-elected for another year due to his past close relationship with President Strait and, as it was said, "due to his tireless effort in fostering the policies of the trade association."

L.A. Residentiql Building Higher

Residential building permits issued in Los Angeles County in January were valued at $42,865,900, which is 2.2/' above the same 1959 month, reports James S. Cantlen, president of the L. A. Chamber of Commerce. Total valualion of all county building in January, at $97,713,N0, was also above the year-earlier figure.