P. l f. CHANTLAND AND AssoclATEs

AXminster 5296

5140 Crenshaur Blvd. Los Angeles 43, Cclilomicr

WHOTESATE

Since 1922 in Soutbern Calilomia Stocks on hand crt loccrl hcrrbor for fcrst service to deqlers

We specicrlize in products of MOORE M|LL & tUtnBERnlO- BANDON, OREGON lons rimbers CAPE ARAGO TUMBER CO., EtnPlRE, OREGON Douglas Fir Quick tlfiff Shipmenf "Experience Counts" Port Orlord Cedor

John Martin, Jr., is nol covcring thc tcrritory Iiarbara to l'll Ccntro for l)avidson l'lyw<to<l Co., Los Arrgclcs. llcforc going on thc roa<l hc warclrousc ancl officc for a ycar.

Welcome Little Strcngerl

Mr. and Mrs. C--harles J. Schmitt are receiving congratulations on the birth of a daughter, Stephanie, their first chiltl, lrorn at llcrkelcy, (ialif., on liebruary 19, 1950. Mr. Schnritt is a nrcurbcr of the firm of lidgervood I.umber Conrparry, San lirancisco.

fronr Santa & I.umbcr rvas in the

.Dean Howell has joincrl thc ollicc stulT of thc Sunkist Lumber Co., Monrovia, Clalif., it is announccd by Fred Arndt, manager :rn<l part-orvner. ])ean is :rn :tctive metrrbcr of the Monroviit Junior Chanrlrcr of Comrncrcc ancl has bcen connected rvith thc lurrrlrcr in<lustry for sevcral years in that area.

Charles A. Magnusr", irO, *r,,,tun," of Stanford, rvho workcd in various mills in the rc<lu,ood rcgion during thc past year, joine<l thc stall of I)ant & lttrsscll Salcs Co., Sarr lirancisco, March 1. IIc u'ill shortly trtkc ovcr the Sacritrrrent() Valley tcrritory.

Larry King, of King-Marshall l-umber Co., Rakcrsfield, was a rccent busincss visitor to San Francisco.

Homer M. Hayward, I lonicr Salinas, returned recentll. frotn lcy, Idaho.

Don Winfree, wht.r bcr Co., Sacramento, ciated rvith Yosemite

'I'. l-Iayward Lrrmbcr Co., a skiing trip to Sun Val- has bcch with Friend & 'ferry Lumfor the past two years, is now assoIluildcrs Supply Co., I\{ercc<I, Calif.

Warren Heestand, Dant & llussell, cently visited the San Francisco and of Dant & Russell Sales Co.

Inc., Portland, reI-os Angcles offices

M. L. "Duke" Euphrat and Bill Nigh, Wendling-Nathan Lumber Co., San Francisco, rvere Los Angeles visitors around the first of the month. Gus Hoover had them in tow and they took time out to attend the races at Santa Anita.

Congrrctulations

I,llnrcr ltoss, rnarragcr of Madcra Lunrllcr & Co., I\{a<lcra, Califorrria, beciturc the fitther of a born in Madera. March l.

FHA Openr Office in Bakersfield

I Iardware baby l>oy, l)crwood S. Krause, Aclministrativc Officcr for the FI-IA, rvill bc in charge of the office.

Opcning of an FFIA Brarrcl'r C)ffice in Rakersfiel<l for thc purl)osc <lf bettcr serving Kcrn County prescnt and llrospcctivc homc rlrvncrs in thcir home-financing nceds, as wcll :rs lcn<ling institutions and operativc builtlcrs was annouuce<l bv I)ircctor John Ii. McGovern, Southcrn Califorrria I)istrict, Fcdcral Flousing Administration.

'l'hc ncrv office is schc<lulcd to ol)cn March 10 in Room 3ll, lI:rbcrfcldc Iluilcling, Llakersficld, and will servc all of licrn County u'ith the cxccption of Mojave :rnd Inyokcrn which two localitics reurain in thc FHA l-os Angcles h.rstrring Offi cc juriscliction.

"Wc fcel that Mr. Krause's cxpericrrce and educational b:rckgrountl cspecially fit him for this position," Mr. McGovern said. "FIe is a graduate of the University of California rvhere hc majorcd in business administration, and :rrchitr:cture and property valuation. Since graduation he has succssfully hcld positions in these fields, and for approximately the past four years has been connected with our Los Angclcs Insuring Office, the last two years of rvhich hc has bcen assigned to valuation work in the Bal<crsficl<l arcA."

Inforrnation pcrtaining to all phases of the Fl-IA-insured financing program lvill be available at this new branch. III-IA cloes not lend money; its function is to insure approvcd lcnding institutions who lend private capital to private industrv and private individuals for the construction or purchase of new homes or for the refinancing of existing mortgages on properties whicl-r qualify under the FHA requirements.