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The plant itself covers three acreg with a l0-car spur. The plywood storage warehouse, constructed by Koppers Co., Inc.o of Los Angeles, is 52' x 12C[, adjacent to the Master Coaters operation. A 50'x 2W dry stock storage shed completes the facility. In operation is the completely automatic Ross stacker and sticker for fast handling of customer stock, resulting in uniform loads during drying in the kiln.

Master Coaters at this time is operating two nine-hour shifts in the plywood prefinishing plant which is producing more than 5000 panels per day. This division of the operation is shipping an average of five railroad cars per week to the Midwest and F,ast. The balance of the materials are used locally. The pre-finish line is highly automatic and requires just a six-man crew per shift. In charge of this division of the operation is Paul W. Pellerin, production manager. Pellerin, 45, was born in Chicago, Illinois, and served with the U.S. lVlarineq during l[rorld War II. After the il'"ar he joined the L. M. Scofield Co., Huntington Park, Calif. building specialties manufacturers. He then spent several years with Welsh Panel Co., Longview, Washington, before joining the Downey team. He is in charge of Master Coaters and is the top executive in charge of production.

The ofrce is administered by Bill Woodin, long time member of the industry.

Expansion plans call for the opening of a branch plant in L964 in the State of Washingtono where Clarence Zornes will be in charge of the operation. He recently joined the company to prepare for this program as the new plant will be located in the center of the plywood manufacturing area where he gained most of his experi. ence.

"During 1965 an additional plant will be established on the East Coast after our Northwest plant is in full operation," said Dean Jones. "Our finish is polyester type resin which is absolutely dependable, durable and of the higest quality. During this era of automation it is essential to provide quality construction," he continued.

One of the outstanding features of the Downey Kiln Company operation is that it is so highly automatic it requires only 20 employees to operate the plant 20 hours a day.

Morqucrt-Wolfe lumber STltt in Long Beoch

In tlre February issue of the Calilornia Lumber Mercharu we inadvertantly moved

Marquart-Wolfe Lumber Co. back to their old ofrces in Hollywood by neglecting to change the address in their advertisernent.

The wholesale lumber firm is STILL operating, from their beautiful irew offices in the Edison Building in the heart of downtown Long Beach, Calif., at f00 Long Beach Blvd. Our apologies to partnerg Horace and Sterling Wolfe.

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Ihpa Convention

(Continued lrom Page 54) posed revision would, in effect, simplify and strengthen existing standards govern. ing domestic hardwood plywood. Because of the many similarities between the domestic and imported product, IHPA officials pledged their support in the interests of simplification and standardization.

At the close of the convention. and with the emergence of IHPA as a national organization in its own right, association officials noted that it was their ultimate goal to achieve the maturity of older lumber and plywood trade associations, particularly in the commodity field with respect to uniform practices.

Arco Sqles Division Chonges

Pete Kepon, southern Cali{ornia sales representative for Arcata Redwood Company for the last seven years, has been moved to the company's general office at Arcata, according to Byron B. Miller, manager. In his new position Pete will be contacting eastern customers for Arco. His intimate knowledge of retailers' problems gained in his years of traveling southern California, Nevada and Arizona will be invaluable in working with the wholesale trade.

Pete is a graduate of the University of California School of Forestry at Berkeley. He has been active in 'wholesale lumber distribution since 1948. spending the first eight years traveling the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley territory.

Kenneth G. Conway has been named southwestern sales representative to succeed Pete. Ken will be callirrg on retaif lumber dealers in California from Bakersfield and Santa Barbara south. as well as traveling through parts of Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico. Ken has been active in redwood wholesale distribution in southern California for almost three decades, starting with the old Holrnes-Eureka Lumber Company in 1935.

In addition to being a knowledegable redwood salesman, Ken is an ardent sportsman. He spent the month of December catching up on duck and goose hunting.

Forest Products Division Formed

St. Regis Paper Company has announced consolidation of its western plywood plants and sawmills under a new Forest Products Division with headquarters at Tacoma, Washington. The company is the nation's seventh largest producer of lumber and plywood.

Prior to this move, three separate and essentially autonomous divisions produced forest products. They were the J. Neils Lumber Company with operations at Libby and Troy, Montana, and at Klickitat, Washington; Northwest Door at Tacoma, and St. Paul and Tacoma with operations at Olympia and Tacoma, Washington.

Tbe new division is one of six major divisions within St. Regis and is headed by William R. Haselton, vice president and Northwest regional manager. Charles L. Morey has been appointed manager of marketing and Richard P. Neils, general sales manager. Ofrces are located at 1019 Pacific Avenue in Tacoma.

The consolidation of the three oldline firms creates a national distribution for St. Regis forest products with concentrated sales in the Midwest. Sales are made through company sales representatives and wholesalers.

Although the name and organization are new, the division brings to the forest products field lBI years o{ know'how and experience derived from the composite firms.

Southern Pine Lumber Chonges Nome

The Southern Pine Lumber Company, a 70-year-old Texas firm, has changed its name to Temple Industries, Inc.

United States Plywood Corp. is in partnership with the new Temple Industries in the new Southern Pine Plywood operation at Diboll, Tex. Together they are building a large plywood plant for the combined efiort.

Arthur Temple, president, said the name Southern Pine Lumber Company will be retained and used as at present to describe the company's pine lumber division operations. He said the new name is necessary to properly describe the expanded scope and diversity of the organization, which now includes marketing of pulp and fiber products, gypsum wall board and other items not identified with pine lumber.

SPLC was founded in 1893 by Arthur Temple's grandfather, Thomas L. L. Temple, Sr., and first went into production in 1894. The firm operates two mills, one for pine lumber at Diboll and one for hardwood and pine at Pineland.

The raw material for both mills comes from company-owned forests. The Diboll mill provides much of the lumber'sold by a subsidiary company known as Great Texas Lumber Company.

NWMA Offers Associtrte Memberships

The National Voodwork Manufacturers Association is offering associate memberships in the association. The action was taken at NWMA's 37th Annual Meeting at Chicago in February. This is the first time in the history of NWMA that such membership has been made available. Any firm, corporation or individual who is benefited by and wishes to contribute to the work of the association and who is not eligible for regular membership may qualify for associate membership.

According to James E. Nolan, Secretary-Manager of NWMA, t'The addition of associate members will help to insure the suc' cess of industry programs which require the support of suppliers. Many supplier firms have attended association meetings in the past by invitation and have contributed gready to the discussions." Application should be made to the National Woodwork Manufacturers Association, 400 West Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606.

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Wood And Wood Products Promotion Fund

(Continued, lrom Page 6l) advertising on radio, television, in trade magazines, newspapers, and on billboards eaery month. We could have a permanent management and union training school. We could have an annual wood products show that could attract thousands of people. We wotild, really haue a true o'wood information bureau."

RYAN: If anyone doubts the value of promotion, all he has to do is to look at the success of the PIPE promotion and the Plasterers' Institute. Did anv of vou catch their commercial the other night that was directed to members of school boards? Hell. after listening to that a school board member wouldn't consider using wood in anything.

BAUGH: People complain alout not having qualified help-good salesmen. I'd like to see a fund big enough to support a school where people in the industry could improve their knowledge and skills.

CUTLER: Gentlemen, I see that our time is coming to an end. Would one of you like to sum up, or do you have any last remarks?

this promotion fund as being something that belongs to everyone in the industry. We think that as time goes along everyone is going to benefit from the advertising. What we want to see is more contracts with such clauses so that the industry as a whole will have the money necessary to do a thoroughly effective job of promotion through the Wood Informa,tinn Bureau ol Southern Calilornia..

McDONAID: That is why we've estab. lished an entity-a name for the sponsoring body that everyone can join: the "Wood Information Bureau of Southern California." I suggest that anyone wanting more specific details than those presented here today call WIB at HUntley 2-529I; or write Jim Cooper at Wood Information Bureau, llll Wilshire Boulevard. Los Angeles.

COOPER: I'd like also to mention, Dave, that I am available to appear before any group to tell them in detail what we're doing and how this whole thing came about. In other words. we're anxious to create enthusiasm and to receive constructive cornment from people in the industry.

CUTLER: Nick, any comments from the Union's position on this fund ?

BAUGH: Yes, I'd like to reiterate that so CORDIL: Yeso we've seen and heard the far as this group is concerned, we think of advertising program and we're one hun- dred per cent in full support of the pro' gram that this advertising committee has prepared through Cooper's organization. We believe also that when-and we hope there will be more-additional funds are established in other contracts that they could easily be merged into the Wood Information Bureau so that we end up with a single effective promotion here in southern California. We will help wherever we can. I'm aware that increased business is the final objective of wood promotion and let's face it, employment-sustained increased employment-has got to depend upon increasingly healthy industry condi. tions,

CUTIER: Gentlemen, I want to thank each of you for being here today. I'm sure that our readers will find your remarks most informative.

(Ed. Note: Reprints of this round table discussion are available to our readers by calling or writing t}e editors oI the Calilornia Lurnber Merchant, Specific inquiries as to the Wood and Wood Products Promotion Fund described in this discussion should be directed to members of the committee, or to Jim Cooper, Wood Informa. tion Bureau, 11ll Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles 90017, or by phoning HUntley 2-529L, Los Angeles (Area Code 213.)