J. W. Copeland Yards Lights Fifty!

lVlanagers of J. W. Copeland Yards in California attending the recent annual sales meeting in Portland heard Joseph \\,'. Copeland, president and general manager of the far-flung organization, express optimism fo,r the t962 business year. The meeting also served to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the great Western firm.

Copeland Yards have grou'n from one outlet in Portland in 1912 to 67 outlets which today continue to provide quality of products and quality of service.

At the annual concluding bauquet, Copeland presented an engraved rn,atch to Williarn Barnett of Portland, who retired last year after 40 years rvith the firm, the last 20 as chief lumber buyer. Also honored rvere 2O-year employee Eugene Young, accountant in the general office in Portland and Mrs. Audrey Kellison, bookkeeper at the Klamath Falls plant.

Copeland, in turn, was snrprised with the presentation of a large mounted barometer aud thermometer. This rvas a gift from the 67 yard manag'ers in honor of the firm's 50th anniversary. The presentation was made by K. C' "Red" Swanson, marketing mallager, warehouse division, Georgia-Pacific Corp.

New sales techniques and a study of the latest in homebuilding and gardening supplies were featured at sessions. Richard Nelson, director of personnel and marketing research, Georgia-Pacific Corporation, and J. D. Matarazzo, chairman of the medical psychology department, IJniversity of Oregon N{edical School, were speakers.

Copeland pointed out the predicted increase in new home starts and the steady gro'ivth of remodeling projects to yard manag'ers from California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, and Iclaho, x'ho attended the four-day meeting.

California's J. W. Copeland yards and their managers include : Santa Ana, Harry Smith; Eureka, Lloyd Reed; Lone Pine, Jack Hastings; Tule Lake, Richard Terry, Jr.; Bishop, Phillip Moxley ; Brawley, Eugene Bernett; Holtville, Standley Pendlel'; Rosemead, Mike Manicia and Arcata, Dorin Walter.

Entering a second half-century in business, the J. W.

Resin-Finished Plywood Chosen By Chris-Crofi

Plywood with fiber-resin overlay has been chosen by Chris-Craft for hull sides and bottoms on its nell. 1962 3S-f.oot Cavalier custom yacht, according to an announcement from United States Plywood Corporation.

Royal Marine Duraply, as the specially-engineered material is called, features an overlay sheet of phenolic resin and cellulose fibers bonded to Philippine mahogany-a process that is designed to provide a fine paint surface plus extra resistance to the abrasion and rugged pounding that a high-speed boat must be able to take.

"We designed in wood for stability at high speeds and for comfort in cruising," a Chris-Craft spokesman said. The Cavalier, he added, is a special job that sleeps three couples in private cabins and can run.at water-skiing speeds with twin 18S-horsepower V8 Chris-Craft engrnes.

Royal Marine Duraply, also used in Trojan, T&T, White Canoe and Penobscot boats, requires less paint for'complete coverage than plain wood, according to U.S. Plywood, and the finish lasts three to five years longer. The resin-impregnated surface, moreover, resists "grain raising," blistering, checking and peeling.

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Tree Fqrm Areq Posses Six Million Acre Mork

The tree farm area of Western Oregon and Western Washington's Douglas Fir belt passed the 6 million acre mark recently with certification of 87,410 acres, according to C. W. Richen, President of Industrial Forestry Association.

Certified were the South McKenzie Tree Farm of United States Plywood Corp. in Lane County, Ore., the Smith River Tree Farm of Harold and Donna Wooley in Douglas County, Ore., and Kirk's Tahuya Tree Farm of G. R. Kirk Co. in Mason County, Wash. These new tree farms added 33,182 acres.

Also approved were additions to previously certified tree farms of 55,228 acres. The West Coast Tree Farm area now stands at 6,063,895 acres, or 45 per cent of the region's private forests, Richen said.

He cited the Association's leadership through founding of the tree farm movement 20 years ago, the 120 million trees for reforestation from its nursery, its scientific genetics research, its urging of sound public forest policies, and work for fair taxation of private timber, as evidence of its efforts for a permanent timber supply.