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lJlA to Hold Yord Foremon School In Sqn Jose, Morch 3l -April I

San Francisco.-The Lumber Merchants Association of Northern' California has completed its plans for a Yard Foreman and Assistant Yard iioreman Sihool at the Hotel De Anza, San Jose, March 31 and April 1' The curriculum is' as follows:

Monday, March 3l: 7:45-9:00 a.m.-HUMAN RELATIONS (as related to effective personnel relations between yard foreman and subordinates, and role of yard personnel in creating customer goodwill) ; 9:00-10:15 a.m.-SAFETY (methods of organizing effective fire and personnel safety programs and reduction of insurance rates in efficient yard operation) ; 10:15-10:45 a.m.-Break; 10:45-Noon-YARD

LAYOUT (methods of laying out types and sizes of yards and importance of good yard layout in reduction of materials-handling costs) ; Noon-2:00 p.m.-Lunch Feature Program: POLE SHEDS (methods of constructing, ad- vantages and disadvantages, co-st of present construction, etc.) ;-2 :00-4 :00 p. m.-IVIAT ERIA LS H AND LI NG (highlights of currentlndustry trends and methods used by average-volume firms to reduce costs) ; 4:00-4:30 p.m.-Break; 4:30-5:15 p.m.-SCHEDULING OF DELIVERIF'S (costs of delivery and importance of reducing costs through proper scheduling) ; 7 :30-9:30 p.m.- ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION (ideas of school participants for improvement of yard operations and reduction of costs; moderated by industry leader).

Tuesday, April 1, will be a Field Trip, with bus leaving hotel.at 7 :30 a.m. The school will inspect yard layouts, ma. terials-handling methods and storage systems of leading area retail yards in Emeryville, Oakland, San Jose, Santa Clara, Palo Alto and Redwood City. Following conclusion of the day's tour, a group discussion will be conducted.

Mqnutacturers and Whofesofers

Hoo-Hoo Club 3l qnd f.M.A. Sponsor Educcrtionql Meetings

liresno. Calif.-San Joaquin Hoo-Hoo Cltrb 3l aucl the Lrrrnber ][erchants -\..sn.- of Northern Califontia s1)o11st.rre <i r.neeting's helcl liebmarl- 10 and 11 irr Visalia -and li-resuo. 1'he subject at both meetirrgs u.as "\\'est Coast Lrrmber Characteristic.. (,rades arrrl Uses" an<1 principal speaker u,zrs lienneth .f orgensen of the \\'est Coast Lrrmbernrerr's '\ssn. Presirlent llarnilton Kuott of tl.re L.Il.A.. a liresno clealer, al''*o adclressecl the grorlps ancl pointed out that therc l'r:is been increasecl etrthusiasm arnong rle:rlers, builclcrs, architects ancl builcling ollicials for thi rrse of e'racle-stamperl lunrber. Dealer Iinott explainecl the variorrs graclirrg agencies ancl tbe a1)1)earanLe o{ their particrrlar stlrnrps. 'l'here urere :rborrt 30 retaii lumbermen at the \-iszrlia gathering. l'hile the Fresno session brought ( )u t irhott t (r0.

-\ later nreeting series l'as helrl F-ebrrrary 21 :rnci 25. at u'hicl'r Lee llo11itt, fornrer chief gracler of the M'estern Pine Association, spoke orr "Clraracteristics. Grades and Uses c.rf \\'estern Pine [,uurber." A gradirrg contest rvas

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scheduled for these sessions at which persons attending were able to examine various species and try to identify the grade of each one. Valuable prizes were to be awarded lvinners in the contests.

Scheduled for this month, on March 24 at Visalia and Ma"rch 25 at Fresno. are similar meetinqs with representa- tives of the California Redwood Associition, rep6rts Club 31 Secretary Bernard B. Barber, Jr.

SCTSA Moking Big Plqns to Host Annuql Dry Kiln Clubs Conference

Bob Inglis presided at the February 13 meeting of the Southern California Lumber Seasoning Assn. in the absence of President John Kurzahls due to illness. A full report on the forthcoming 10th annual conference of the Western Dry Kiln Clubs, at which the SCLSA will act as host club, was given by Cort Mason. Chairmen for the meeting l{ay 8-9 at the Lafayette hotel, Long Beach, will be:

Local Arrangements, Cort Mason; Publicity, Ray Benson ; Technical Program, Bob Inglis. It was announcld that the l-rotel is going all-out for the Conference and that The California Lumber Merchant had assured the seasoners of its^cooperation in publicity and coverage.

Secretary Inglis_reported that the Technical program is progressing. The Furniture Manufacturers Assn. is actively helping by obtaining a plant for a tour and technical men IOr some papers.

--The.guest sp_eaker at the February meeting was Nfurray Flutchinson, who has experimented on a chimical drvins method and feels he has the. system worked out. He [avi ample time to questions on his system. Hutchinson has"had three _such _plants-at Downey in the S&S mill, on land rented in Montebello from the Phipps Company,'and then in Oregcln. He rrses llazola or Wessou oil as a base for his cl.renrical (flash 1>oint 7f30o) arrtl the process n'ill be using rloistrrre llreters solcl by Xloore Dry I{iln Co. to cotttrol the <lrytiess of the lunrber. Ilutchinson is trorv reacly t() builtl a Dlant in Ir1;rho.

;\tterrcling the nreetine' n'ere -[ack \\'illianrsorr, Ital' tJ. Betrst.rn, \\'estern fIill & Lunrber Co. : Art l.-rrrcrorr. Consoliclatecl I-unrber Co.; Frank [(errski, Ciene Lerrpp. -\ssociaterl )lolding Co.; Cort llason, I)ou'nel liilrr: Herb (leiserrher-ner, Coast tiilrr & Lrrnber Co.;_f. Il. !-arr l)atten, Van I'rLtten I)rv Iiilrr; Ch:rrles Irieckrrran, lleckman I-unrber Scrvice ; Iiarlarrcl \\ialters, l'enbcrthr- I-rrnrber Co. : (irant li. Itoiterts. llill-Ritc )lotrl<ling Co.

Blue Diqmond Nqmes Wqrren

Northenn District Assistqnt Mgr.

[,eonarci \\-. ltoss, r'ice presiclent, Illue Dianrorrcl Corl>oratiorr. illrl()r-lnces tlrc :rl)l)',illtlrlcnt uI Janrcs \\'. \\'arrt'n (lcft) as assistant <listrict mzrltager of the nortltern ollice in I)al\. Cit\-. Cali[orrrilr. \\'arrerr'. erlrcrierrr.e irr g\-l)s111n pr<iclucts clates fronr lris associatiorr r,r'ith the conrpanr- in 1950. Fronr 19.51 to 1952, hcr n'orkecl in I.llrre J)iamond's gr'psrrm nrines ancl 91'psur-n proclrrcts lrlarrt in Ner-acla. In 1952 he joined tl.re gl,psum proclrrcts s:rlcs force irr I-os ;\r-rgeles. In the fall of 195.1, he trans{erred to Blrre I)iartroncl's northern olfice, of lr'hich \\:illianr Chicliester is district nlanaq'er. \\'arren n.:rs territory mall il1 various areas in NortheniCaliforni:r lrrior to his r1e\v al)poilttrnent.