did someone say CONFIDENCE?

Yep. We did. We've got it-i1 ourselves. (lf we didn't hove ofter 34 yeors in the business of choosing woods for building rholeriols, we wouldn't be on this poge.) Buf our oldest customers qre still right with us, ond we think thot's the besl evidence thot they hove confidence in us, loo.

lf you need fine quolity hordwood, softwood Plywoods, Simpson lnsuloiing Products, Formico, or Mosoniie Brond products. let us onswer lhe.need with quolity. .. ond our yeors of experience.

BIUE DIAIIOND Know-How gaind through years of experience, working with the finest in-

Union Lumbcr Co. Announc?t Chongcr In Mcndocino County Organization

It rvas announced today by Otis lt. Johtrsorr, llresident of Union Lumber Company, San l.'rancisco, tlrat thc follorving ch:rrrges irr the conrllany's Merr<l ocin<l (buntv orgnnization have llecrr ma<le as of I\{arch l, 19.51. 'l'hcsc changes are occ:tsione<l by tlte rclcent <lerth of ltaytuotr<l Sh:tnnon, fornrer vice llresirlerrt an<l gcneral nrlnager of thc courllany.

l{ussell Johnsorr, cxccutivc vicc presi<lcnt of the comllany n'ill nrove his oliicc rvhich is prcsently in San liritncisco to Fort llragg antl rvill be in ovcrall ch:rrge of all conrllany activitics irr l\ten<krcino ('ounty irr:r<klitior.r to his fo:nrer rlu t ics.

John (ir:tr', forrncr u'oo<ls sullcrintcnrlcnt, hits lrcen alllloinlcrl to thc rreu'l_r' cstalllisherl positiorr of pro<lucti()r'r llranal{er' :rn<l in this capacitl' rvill h:rvc :ruthrlrity ovcr arr<l resllor.rsillility for lllant :rn<l u'oo<ls oyleratiorrs anrl facilities as n'ell as thc l:rn<l arrrl tinrller prollertics of the c()nll)a11y.

1,. I,l. (lrirucs. sullcrintcrr<lcnt of rn;rnrrfacturc, an<l J. J. Tallnran, plarrt suyrcrirttenclent, u'ill rcport directly to John Gral' antl rvill retain thcir llrescrrt titlcs an<l positions. \\roods ollerations :rs hcretofore rvill be han<lle<l directly lry John (irity, :rssiste<l b,r' William Van Sicklen.

Kenneth G. Pryor, vice president and general nritn:Iger of Northu'est I)oor and l'lyu'ood Salcs Co., T:rcoma, \\'ash., rvill lre a visitor in Los .\rrgcles durirrg the latter l)art of NIarch. [[e 1>lans t<l stay at the Tou'n llottse.

Frank Connolly, p:esident of \\'estern llar<1rr'ood l,umber Conrpany, is sllendir.rg six rveeks in the Orient. He is :rccompanied b1' his u'ife. 'lhey sailecl from l,os Angeles late in Felrruarr', sta,r'e<l in Hau'aii for a short visit, and then tvent on t<> the Philippines u'here he is no,lv kroking over the I'hilippine luntber situation. 'l'hev rvill return about the hrst of April.

Names Eqstern Field Representctive

Stuart Williamson, formerll' San Francisco fielcl representative for l)ouglas Fir I'lyv,'oocl Association, has been named eastern field representative for the trade promotional group. He 'ivill headquarter at \\/ashington, D. C.

At \Vashington, D.C., he replaces Harold Wilson u'ho has beer.r namecl lnanag'er of the nerv prr>duct clepartmcr-rt of Georgia-Pacific I'lyr,r'ood & Lumber Co.

The \Vashington ofrfice is one of seven field oflices maintained by the association under the direction of Joseph \Veston at Tacoma, \\rash., to provide market-level assistance to specifiers, suppliers and users of Douglas fir p1yu'ood.

Dan Huntington, of the sales department, F. S. Buckley Door Co., San Francisco, who is a Lieutenant Commancler in the Naval Reserve. has been called into active service.

W. E. Calhoun, manager, Donover Lumber, Inc.. Los Angeles, returned recently from 'a flying trip on r,vhich he visited a number of sawmills in Northern California. lle was gone a \,veek.

Robert H. Steinert is now with Back panel Company, Los Angeles, as credit manager.

John Sampson, of Sampson Company, pasadena, returned February 26 lrom a week-end trout fishing trip to Las Vegas, Nevada, just below Hoover Dam. Ife was accompanied on the trip by Joe Thompson and Jay Giswein of Western Sash & Door Co., Rosemead, Calif. ,,The fishing was grand," John said.

Chas. E. Clay, Jr., of Forest proclucts Sales woocl, Calif., flerv to San Francisco to attend meeting of the Western Pine Association, helcl at Hotel, San Francisco, February 22 and 23.

Co., Inglethe annual the Palace

Roy Soderman, former warehorrse manager of So-Cal Building N{aterials Co., Los Angeles, is no.w on the order desk. Also on the orcler desk is Miss pauline Sorenson.

James W. McKay, vice president of plywood, Inc., Tacoma office, recently rrisited the offices of the San Francisco Plyt'ood Co., San Francisco, arrd Plyrvood Inc., Los An_ geles. NIrs. N[cKa,y accompanied hint on the trirr.

J. W. Mcleod, Nlahogany and NIrs. McI-eod left Xlarch line to spend three rveeks in been appointed a buyer for Portland, u.ith headquarters Cooperat Rose-

Importing Co., Los Angeles, 5 on the Matson l-iner Lurthe Hawaiian Islands.

Jack Fairhurst, heacl of the Fairhurst Lumber Co. of Cali_ iorni:t, Iiureka, Calif., and Al Bowers, sales manager, re_ ccntl_i sJrent a ferv da1's on business in I_os Angeles, rvhere thel nracle their headquarters at the offices of phillips & NIurph,v I-rrmber Co., their sales agents.

Lyle Brewster, of Oregon I-umber Distributo:s, Ana_ heim. L'alif.. attendecl the an'ual convention of the \\restern Pine Association, at the Palacc Hotel. San Francisco. Feb_ runry 22 and 23.

Mike Crook, of Pacific Fir Sales, pasadena, returnecl re_ centlv from a trip to Arcata, Calif., ir.here he macle his headquarters at the company's office and callecl oir ntills.

Carl Baugh, Pasadena rvholesale lumberman, returnecl Xfarch 5 from calling on mills in the Redding district, and in the red.n-ood area, including a visit to the mill of Nor_ thern Redn'ood Lumber Co. at Korbel.

Nels Haglind, has \ organ Lumber Co., burg. Oregon.

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Makes Construction Easy And Economicat

Strong, duroble FOREST HARD BOARD is mode by on exclusive controlled process which permonently welds selecf high quolity Douglos fir fibers into on improved building moteriol. llode from wood, it is eosily shoped wilh ordinory woodworking tools cqn be noiled ond glued pointed, popered or woxed. Ponels ore ovoiloble in o voriety of sizes for convenience ond will not dent, chip, crock or splinter. Uniform high quolity FOREST HARD BOARD con be used oll obouf fhe home for wolls, ceilings, doors, furniture, shelving ond olher cobinet work.

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a Yorlety of srock slzer ond thlckne3ret lEver rnoney.

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The Cabinet lronins Board that SWIVELS For Convenience in Uge

The Eubonk Swivel-Type Cobinet Ironing Boqrd is eosy to instqll, in new or old homes, either belore or after plostering. Once instolled, it's qttrqctively recessed into the woll; the bocnd is out of sight, out ol the woy, except when in use. The cobinet door moy be instqlled for right or le[t hond opening, os prelerred. And there qre no projecting ports-<nywhere-to teor deli cote fqbrics. A metol-osbestos iron rest is provided on the boord. It's the newthe modern-ccrbinet ironing boqrd, designed for your customer.

Janrary Housing Starts 87,OOO Units

Washington, D.C., Feb. l8-Homebuilding continued at a brisk pace in January, with 87,000 new permanent nonfarm dwelling units started, according to preliminary estimates of the Labor l)epartment's Bureau of Labor Statistics. Last month's housing starts figure, while 8 per cent below that for December, was at an all-time high for the month of January.

The December-January decline was due entirely to a drop in public housing. Privately owned new housing starts rose by 5 per cent. Almost 84,000 units were put under construction by private builders last month, exceeding by 8 per cent the previous January high set in 1950.

The Bureau pointed out that many builders still have a large backlog of commitments for housing that can be sold under pre-Regulation X credit terms. The unseasonaily large volume of private housing started may also be partly explained by considerable anticipatory building and buying in housing as in other fields, partly in an effort to beai the March 1 deadline prohibiting the use of certain materials in civilian production, and partly due to uneasiness about further materials restrictions and more drastic credit curbs. Consequently, prospective buyers who were planning to purchase new homes at some future time may now be com_ ing into the housing market vvith sufficient cash to meet Regulation X requirements.

Telegraphic reports of building permits issued during January in principal cities of the country indicate that housing starts for February also may be at an unseasonally high level. Two thirds of the reporting cities showed an in_ crease from December in the number of dwelling units authorized.

T\(/J Openr Fir Department

Tarter, Webster & Johnson, Inc. has opened a fir department at its wholesale distribution yard, 4200 Bandini Boulevard, Los Angeles 23. Hal Weber, who has been with the organization for the past several years, and who has a large acquaintance among the dealers in Southern Cali_ fornia, is in charge of the new department, which will handle fir uppers and commons.

Announcement is also made of the opening of a buying office in Eureka, Calif., in charge of Don lf. Oae., *nI will buy for the San Francisco, Stockton, Los Angeles, and Fresno ofifices.

H. J. O'Donnell, of Seattle, who is Donover Lumber Co., T, os Angeles, American River Lumber Co., Forest spent several days in Los Angeles. private plane.

secretary-treasurer of and president of the Hill, Calif.. recenrly He traveled in his

Wally Anders, who was on the order desk at So_Cal Building Materials Co., is now on active service with the U. S. Air Force. He was a reserve officer with the rank of Znd Lieutenant. He is attached to the .Air Transoort Command at Hickam Field, Honolulu, as a navigator.

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