The California Lumber Merchant - April 1957

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Loading-up in the W.inton Amador Forest

RIc MoMENt in a busy day in the Winton Ama"dor Forestl Here the straining shovel loader hoists a log on top of a truck getting ready to go to the mill, climaxing the tree-to-log episode in the production of \Tinton quality lumber.

Day after day, during the logging season, fleets of \Tinton's huge 18-wheeled logging trucks make heavy-laden trips from the log landing to the mill, and back to load again. At the mill, sawmill people who know their business take over, and this high-

quality raw material is converted into \Tinton dependably-graded lumber.

\Winton lumber is the produ ct of. many lumbering operations like the one above. Mills are located in California, Oregon and ldaho, so that if you need uolume . . fast. . $Tinton can give it to you.

For more than 67 years \Winton sawmills have served the S7est. \Tinton lumber is a product on which you can build your business, now and in the years to come. Give your lYintonman a call today.

THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT Jack Dionne,

Publisher

How Lumber Looks

THE LUMBER INDUSTRY has had its period of overproduction and abnormal demand and now must adjust itself to a more normal situation, President A. L. Helmer told the Western Pine Association annual at San Francisco, March 7. The do-ityourselfer and builders plyir-rg their trades in remodeling and modernizing have had a remarkable effect upon the nation's lumber markets, the western pine lumbermen agreed. Convention story starts on Page 8. Every segment of Crolv's Lumber Price Index moved up in the week ending March 22, with the industry average 22 cents higher. Sales have improved in green Douglas fir dimension and P. P. common boards, with some higher asking prices on Standard & Btr. fir dimension and some higher prices granted on Utility 2x4 and 2x6. Stud prices moved up another notch. Production cutbacks have helped stabilize the base price for sanded plywood. Lumber shipments of 497 mills reporting to the National Lumber Manufacturers Assn. in the week ended March 16 were 8.5/o below production; new orders were A.6/o above in the week and 2.6/o above

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In this issue, we welcome these new advertisers into the family of California Lumber "Merchant-isers":

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longuoge when the SoCol lumbermen held their Howoiiqn Conference in Honolulu Feb. 23 - Mqrch 3. Here lhe deoler qssociotion's president, Wcyne Mullin, receives the troditionol lei from Jeanetle lllqkoio, "ftliss Alohq-Howaii of 1955," qt Hilo. The full report is in o l5-poge Speciol Section, Poges 37-52

In This Issue

Vcrqqbond Editoriols 4 Fun - Fqcts - Filosophy

My Fcrvorite Story. . . 16 25 Yeors Ago.

Coming Events Cclendor 18 Cbituories

Personqls. .24, 56, 79 Wont Ads

LH.P.A. Pions to Fight for Joponese Business.

O.H.I. Troins Big Guns on Month of Moy.

Punctuolity"An Editoriol

The ADVERTISERS'INDEX Will Be Found on Pcge

SCRLAloho!-o new word wqs cdded fo the Hqwqiion

SCRLA's 4Oth Annuol to Be rhe One for the Book -- April 23-25

The 40th Anniversary Convention of the Southern California Retail Lumber Association, to be held the 23-25 of this month at the Ambassador hotel in Los Angeles, scene of so many of the SCRLA's most fun- and fact-filled meetings, promises to outdo ar.ry of the annuals in the dealers' past history. The n:rtion's most outstanding speakers, some of Hollyrvood's rnost dazzhng entert:rinment, and a Trade Shou'that u'ili displal' nerv products and building materials exactly as a SCRLA dealer u,ould display it for sale on his or,vn store floor, are all on the busy calendar that Executive Vice-President Orrie Hamilton and the SCRLA of;ficers have prepared.

The conr-ention opeirs "unofficially" rvith a dinner the night before for those dealers and Associate members rvho made the recent trip to the Har,r,aiian Islands (see Pages 37-52 in this issue). At this April 22 evening event, the Harvaiian Conference delegates rvill shorv their color films and slides of their lslar-rds trip fcir their "mutual edification."

The 40th conr-entior-r opens oftici:rlly the morning of April 23 rvith the llcrard of Directors meeting. Then comes Registration, n'ith the first business session at the luncheon, featuring a top speaker and top entertainment. That afternoon and evening u-ili be Open House at the Trade Show for EVERYONE in the Southern California lumber industry.

Wednesday, April 24, s<; {ar inclrrdes the Trade Shorv, Luncheon ancl another great speaker, u'ith the annual lJanquet an<l -{ll-Star Sht,rv that rright.

Thursdal', 25th, gets going ivith the pcipular Old-Timers' Breakfast. The Noon sessit.,n is, as usual, in conjunction rvith the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo and Hoo-Hoo-Ettes, including a national speaker, still more superb entertainment and the fashion shou-. After a last visit at the Trade Shotv, the convention mo\-es this year to a grand new spot for its annual Dinner-Dance, Hollyrvood's r,vorld-farned night spot -TH-E \IOULIN ltOUGE, u,here the steaks, swigs and stage shol'are reallv as spectacular as you've heard.

Peort, Bonoudi Buy Hommond Yqrd

Sonoura, Calif.-P,1'ron Ireart ancl Donrir.ric Ilonaudi, tu'cl fiirmer employes of thc 1'arcl, have bought the Nlission Lumller Companv on l-ast Spairr St. here. It is the former Sononra yrLrd t-,f the Hamr-r-rolr<l Lrrmber Co. :Lncl had been bought earlier by the llailey I-rrn-rber Co., Napa, Czrlii., u'hen Hamnrcinrl's lineyards u'ere soltl u,ith the rest of the lioldings to Georgia-I'acific Corp. I'eart and Bonaudi had rvorked for manl- vears at the vard they nor,v orvn. They u,ill be assisted by Napoleon N{ontoya.

L. A. Public Heoring on Lumber Groding

The Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety has announced a public hearing on N{onday, April B, at 3 p.-. in Roorn 211 of the City Hali, regarding the adoption of adecluate rules:ind regulations as a basis {or approval of I-umber Gradirrg Agencies, reports Orrie W. Hamilton, executive vice-president o{ the Sonthern Clalifornia Itetail Lumber Assn.

The 1957 Building Code amerrdlnent rvill rerluire all luml,rer for construction prlrposes to be grade-marked by an ap-

When You Gotfq-

L. ll. Ilarris of the I-. Ir. Flarris l,umber Co. reports on the most tlnusrral sale yet by a retail lumberyarrl, l'hich he came across on a recent visit to the Thompson I-urnber Co. in Oxnard. It seems that rvhen the pilots at the nearby Point Mugu airbase blast ofi in their nerv jet planes, the concussion in the cockpit is so great that it liits them up in their strapped seats and they hit the top of the bubble-type enclosure, smashing their safety helmets dorvn over their ears and banging their heads. This discomfort at take-off had been bothering the jet jockeys for some time and they couldn't wait for appropriations {or foam-rubber or some other protection to clear the Pentagon red-tape. Earney Thompson, owner of the Oxnard retail yard, heard about the problem, had an idea, sold the commandant of the base on it, and is today supplying the pilots lvith 4,000 of those little "bumpers" that ordinarily go on toilet seats for their helmets at 6 cents aoiece.

proved grading agency. Forn.rulating rules lr,hich will ensure competent n'ork are G. E,. Morris, general manager ancl superintendent of Building, City of l-os Angeles; Hanley \Vayne, chief of building bureau, and W. B. Quinlan, secretary, I3oard of Building and Safety Comn"rissioners.

The Board of l3uilding and Safety Commissioners will consicler adoption of the follorving rules and regulations

crr-r XIondal', April 8, 1957 , at 3 :00 p.m. :

l. Jrursuant to the recluirements of Section 91.2503 of the Los Angeles N{unicipal Code, every lumber-grading agency shall be approved by the Board of Building and Safety Commissioners prior to grade marking any lumber for use in the City of I-os Angeles. Applications shall be made to the Board of Building and Safety Commissioners, Room 216, City Hall, Los Angeles 12, California.

2. A lumber grading agency requesting approv:rl shall submit the follon'irrg:

a. Evider-rce of being approvecl by the Board of Reviel' of the "American Lumber Standarcls Committee" to :tssure competency of personnel and possession of acle<1uate facilities.

b. A copy of the registere<l sta.mps rvhich n'ill bc used on all lumber:

(1) The species of lumber graded shall be indidicated by name, abbreviation, or symbol. This indication may be part of the grade-mark st:imp or a separate stamP.

(2) Only commercial designations shall be used to indicate the grade of lumber. Stamps shon'ing a stress designation will not be permitted.

c. The name of the responsible officer of the agency.

d. The headquarters address of the agenclr and the addresses of all branch offices.

e. A copv of the grading rules u'hich establish the basis of the grade stamps used.

\\rritten comments may be submitted to the Secretary on or before April 8, 1957, or interestecl parties may appear at the hearing.

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DowN MEMORY LANF-Here are some worth-re-

membering remarks that have been handed down by fine

thinkers of the past:

i,, , Thomas Jefferson, who died at 83, said to John Adams ;r' when he was 73: "You ask if I would live my 23 years over

again? To which I say'yes.'I think, with you, that this is

a good world on the whole, that it has been framed on a

principle of benevolence, and that more pleasure than pain

is dealt out to us."

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And Jefferson said concerning his friend John Adams:

"He was as disinterested as the Being who made him.,'

Winston Churchill said long ago: ,.Who can ever believe . that there will be permanent peace in Europe or in the world ' while the frontiers of Asia rest on the Elbe?,,

ran Maclaren said: "gl olu t ar everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.,,

A man named Dallas Lore Sharp said that if he could ,,. teach his boys but one thing, he would teach them poetry, ' "to strengthen their imagination, to chasten their sensibili,. ties, to quicken and deepen their emotions, to give them : their glorious mother-tongue and the language of real life, and the significance of real th,ings.,, **tlt

Branch Rickey, baseball great, is credited with saying , long ago: "Luck is the residue of design. It,s what,s left after you have invested yourself fully in the job in front of jrou, with what intelligence you had, with what information you could get, with what energy, what industry you could put into it. You give it all you,ve got, and it comes out luck. And, if you haven't left many loopholes for negligence or mistakes, it's probably good luck.,' .{€!F{t

W. C. Fields said: "Never smarten up a chump, or give a sucker an even break.t'

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Edmund Burke said: "Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new impositions; any bungler can add to the old. But is it altogether wise to have no other bounds to your impositions than the patience of those who are to bear them?" {<**

'Justioe," wrote Margaret Morrison, ,.is never one-sided. Its demands are made equally upon all. Justice demands equality of responsibility, equality of service with equality of reward according to service, equality of obedience to the laws of righteousness."

BY JACK DIONNE

How much do we know about the big island lying off the coast of China which we call Formosa, and which the Chinese call Taiwan? It is generally known that this is the seat of the gov€rnment of the Republic of China, protected against the Chinese Communist regime by an American fleet, and at bay for many years against overpowering numbers of Communist Chinese just a few miles distant. But most of us have little information concerning what goes on there.

So when Raymond S. H. Hoo, Consul for the Republic of China and located in Houston, Texas, made a speech recently concerning his island home, the things he said were surprising to most hearers and readers. Here are some of the th'ings he said: "After seven years of offort, many factories in Taiwan are running at ofull speed, producing more than sufficient for home cofisumption. Today, with improved skill and management, we are manufac,turing in quantities: textiles, printed cottons, grass linens, silks, camphor products, citronella oil, soap, toothpaste, toiletries, paper, cement, electric fans, plywood, and handicraft products for export, besides agricultural products: sugar, tea, rice, and the canned pineapple, which supply the greater part of our. foreign exchange. *

"fn Kaoshiung," he continued, 'jthere is a huge oil refinery. Its 16,000 workers, headed--by American-educated Chinese,.are producing more than enough fuel for the island. Its profit is 80 million Taiwan dollars yearly. There is also a new Taiwan aluminum plant, a vastly expanded Ewo iron works, and a modern alkali chemical plant, all privately owned, with U.S. $30,000,000 annual production. As to chemical fertilizer, the ten million people of Taiwan are producing more than the 3S0:nillion people of India.

"The two major harbors, Keelung and Kaoshiung, have been reconstructed, and freight tonnage has been tremendously increased," he added. "Sh,ips as large as 32,0fi)-ton tankers are being built by our own shipyards. The land reform pqogram is making Taiwanese farmers the most prosperous in the Far East. Free China today is a living example of what the rest of Asia can be. It is one of the strongest stabilizing forces defending freedom, and one of the important links in the Far East for world peace.',

Thus spoke this intelligent young Chinese Consul from Formosa, giving his listeners generally a world of interesting and surprising information on a subject little known.

And what, the free world asks, becomes of that island and its ten million people if it ever falls into the hands of the Chinese Communists? And the world shudders.

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lmported Hcrrdwood Plywood Assn. Moves lnto Permonent S. F. Ofiices; Plons Fighr ro Mointoin Joponese Business

The Imported Hardwood Plywood Association, Inc., moved into its permanent office in Room 25OQ of the World Trade Center on March 13. Simple ceremonies were observed as the office had been temporarily established in the World Trade Center in the historic Ferry building in San Francisco since February 1. The World Trade Center in the north r"'ing of the Ferry building, which houses the new association office, was constructed at a cost of two and a half million dollars.

Gordon Ingraham, the newly appointed managing secretary of the IHPA, is no stranger to the lumber business. Graduated from the University of California in lV29 as an architect, he was with the United States Forest Service from 1930 ro l94O when he was called to Army duty as a reservist. Colonel Ingraham served in Europe with the famous Fighting 69th Division and was twice decorated by the United States Government.

Directors Review Six-Point Action Program

On March 5 the board of directors of the Imported Hardwood Plywood Association met to review the progress made on the six point "action program" adopted in their recent membership meeting in Fresno (CLM, 2/15/57). Present at this meeting were six executives representing the regular and associate members of the association, which constitutes approximately 70/o of the plywood imports into the United States from Japan. These directors were:

Jan van Wyngaarden, executive vice-president, The Pacific Coast Division, W. R. Grace & Co., San Francisco; H. Rainer, second vice-president, The East Asiatic Company, Inc., San Francisco; Thomas A. Parker, director. Getz Bros. & Co., San Francisco; John R. Osgood, director, Robert S. Osgood Company, Los Angeles; S. Nobe, director, Pan Asiatic Trading Co., Inc., Los Angeles; Howard H. Wickersham, director, Getz Bros. & Co., Pasadena, and Gordon Ingraham, managing secretary.

An intensive drive is norv underway to obtain nelv members. The association secretary reported that membership applications were flooding his office, and that already such applications represented an increase in the associate membership of 36/o. Although no goal was set it was expected that this drive would materially increase the regular membership. An increase of associate membership of I,M% was expected for 1957.

Committee reports on "Standardization and improvement of grade marking of imported plywood" and on "E,stablishment of uniform practices for purchase orders, sales contracts and claim procedures" are in the hands of the Executive committee and are under study.

John Osgood, in presenting his report on "Claims procedures and Uniform grading specifications," stated, "This recommendation covers the fields of claims and grades as follows: The Committee feels that a standard claims procedure should incorporate :

"1. The establishment of a common and impartial third party for inspection of disputed material.

a. Develop an experienced plywood surveyor in each area of the United States.

b. Gain buyer's and supplier's acceptance and confidence in these surveyors.

"2. Develop uniform p.rocedures covering

a. Buyer's initial report of "Intent to File Claim."

b. Seller's initial notice of claim to Japanese suppliers.

c. Time limits for filing the "Intent" and the final claim.

d. Minimum value of claims requiring third party inspection.

"The Uniform Grading Specifications recommendation covered:

"1. The formation of a permanent committee to study the matter of grades and to suggest possible changes to Japanese Export standards where the accepted quality has rieparted from these established grades.

"2. In liaison with Japan to point out where the various changes have become necessary due to market demand in the United States."

In reviewing the fifth action point the directors were also able to discover substantial progress. On February 5 a joint meeting of the IHPA members of the Los Angeles area and Japanese trading firms was held in Los Angeles, with Mr. S. Nobe as acting chairman. IHPA member firms represented rvere Atkins, Kroll and Company, William Back Company, Beton Company, The East Asiatic Company, Inc., Pacific Coast Division of W. R. Grace & Co., Getz Bros. & Co., Robert Osgood Company, Pacific Wood Prod(,Continued on Page 82)

IHPA DIRECTORS ,flEETlNG, Morch 5, found this group (left to light, stonding): fom Porker; seoted, l. lo r.: H. Roiner, Jqn von Wyngoorden ond Seiichi Noba. fhe

Gordon Ingrohom, monoging 3ecrelory; Howord Wickershom, John Osgood ond oclion gcene ot rhc righr shows the diiectorc reviewing their progrom plogre3s

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A. B. Hood Elected Western Pine Assn. Presidenl

Annuol Meeting Urges Sole of Full Governmenl Timber Cut; FHA Accepts New 35heet-Bocrd'

San Francisco-A. B. (Bristow) Hood, general manager of the Ralph L. Smith Lumber Co., Anderson, Calif., has been elected 14th president of the 440-mill member Western Pine Association. He succeeds A. L. Helmer, Polson, Montana, who has led the group for the past two years. Other officers named during the Association's annual meeting here March 9 include James D. Bronson, Cascade Lumber Co., Yakima, Wash., and Percy V. Burke, Sacramento Box and Lumber Co., Sacramento, Calif., both vice presidents; and C. T. Gray, American Forest Products Corp., San Francis.co, treasurer.

E. C. Rettig, Potlatch Forests, Inc., Lewiston, Idaho, and R. A. Murphy, McCloud River Lumber Co., McCloud, Calif., were elected directors at large, with E. J. Bechard, Diamond Match Co., Chico, Calif., and James Bryson, Mt. Emily Lumber Co., Portland, as alternates.

Elected as directors of the National Lumber Manufacturers Assocation were E. C. Olson, Diamond Match Co., Beverly Hills, Calif.; Homer B. Jamison, Byles-Jamison Lumber Co., Fresno, Calif.; W. S. Johnson, American Forest Products Corp., San Francisco, and U. R. Armstrong, Hallack & Howard Lumber Co., Denver. Mr. Helmer was named to the NLMA executive committee. As president, Mr. Hood becomes regional vice-president of NLMA. Mr. Bronson was named to the board of trustees of American Forest Products Industries, Inc.

Prompt salvage of fire and pest-stricken government timber and the sale of full allowable cut of government agency-managed forest lands were urged in actions by the Western Pine Association at its annual meeting. The association member mills draw much of their raw material resource from government lands. A recent survey showed 72/o of. the big 12-state Western Pine region's commercial timberlands are government held. Recently the region's lumber production has averaged about eight billion feet per year, about 27/o of the nation's total softwood output.

A. L. (Lloyd) Helmer, association president and Montana mill operator, declared confidence in the Western Pine industry's abilities and resources to keep it one of the nation's leading industries.

As evidence. it was announced that FHA had accepted the association's laboratory-developed sheathing panel-Sheet-Board-which has been in production for several months by at least one association mill.

And among private forest lands of the region, more than 300 new tree farms were added during the past year, bringing Western Pine tree farm totals to. l,l2l tree farms on more than 6,000,000 acres.

Reporting on the important place the association itself plays in the industry, Secy.-Mgr. S. V. (Van) Fullaway, Jr. noted the organization's employed staff now numbers 89, most of them specially trained for duties in their specific fields.

W. E. Griffee, assistant secretary-manager for the group,

said the housing start drop was due to higher price tags on new homes as well as tight money. He suggested that some of the frills will have to go if prices are to attract lower income buyers.

Other action by cluded:

1. Contributions within the region.

the association's board of directors into each state Keep Green Association

2. Adjustment of the optional moisture content standards in the association grading rules, and adoption of a rule for the grading of pitch selects.

3. Heard a progress report on an association moulding book publication.

4. Approval of an increased promotional budget to carry on the group's 34-year-old program of advertising and trade promotion.

5. Approval of an increased budget for the group's research activities.

6. Heard the first report of the association's newest standing committee, the safety committee. A safety director was recently appointed to the organization's staff.

Walter M. Leuthold, himself a Western Pine lumberman, reported on national affairs relative to the lumber industry as seen from his post as president of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. He urged lumbermen to follow NLMA's lead in protesting against the huge proposed federal budget.

Charles A. Gillett, managing director of American Forest Products Industries, fnc., noted that a 1956 survey of "what the people think of your industry" showed a continued need for public relations and education.

The association's semi-annual meeting is to be held in Portland in September. The next annual meeting is slated for San Francisco in March 1958.

Mills Expand Kiln-drying Facilities

Kiln-drying capacity of Western Pine Association lumber mills has been increased by 57/o since 1949 to a present high of nearly 17,500,000 board feet daily, a region-wide survey just completed by the asso'ciation reveals. Edwin Knight, lumber seasoning specialist at the Western Pine research laboratory in Portland, said the survey, third in a series started 13 years ago, showed virtual doubling of kiln capacity since 1943 in the l2-state \Mestern Pine legion.

The new study disclosed kiln facilities today to accom-

t957-58 W.P.A. OFFICEIS (from lefi ro righr)-S. V. Fullowoy. Jr., secrelcrymonqgcri P. V. Burke, vice-president; A. L. Helmer, retiring president, ptesenling govel to A. B. Hood, precidenl; J' D. Bronson, v-p., ond C. I. Grcy

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mo(late nearly 7I/" oI the record high (to date) ar-rnual regional lumber production of 8,658,000,000 feet. The 19'19 survey shorved kiln service ior 59/c oi a totai Production of 6,6o0,000,000 feet, u'hile in 1943 the capacitv n'as .55/o oi a regional lumber output oI 5,797,000,000 feet.

Holdir-rg capacity of \\restern I'ine sas'mill kilns, based on lumber of four-quarter thickness, r()se from 36,.153,00C feet in 1943 to 41,703,000 feet in 19,19 and 69,967,000 feet today.

On a four-day drying schedule for fonr-cluarter lumber, the daily kiln output ligure for the region's association mills u.as 9,113,000 feet in 1943, 11,176,000 feet in 7949 and 17,492,000 feet norv. Thus the region's kilns now in operation can turn out enough seasoned lumber daily to load 550 railroad c,ars-more than five long freight trains.

The total yearlv kiln-seasoning capacity for the region increaserl from 3,189,550,000 feet in 1943 to 3,911,600,000 feet in 1949 and 6,122,200,000 feet today.

"This huge volume makes it possible for customers tcr l;uy properly seasoned \\restern Pine lumber just about everyu'here," said Knight. "It's one of the points r)rlr producers have been stressing-the use of dry lumber for 'best results. They believe in it so strongly that they have built up their kiln capacity to these proportions."

He pointed out that tl.re remaintng 29 ,7c, r-rot provided for in kiln capacity includes the substarrtial volume of airdried lumber produced in the region. Exceller.rt air-drying conditions prevail in most \Vestern l)ine localities.

While the survey coverecl associ:rtion member mills only, it amounted to virtually tot:rl regional coverage since as-

soci;rtion rnembership accounts for more than li5'l of the region's production and there zire feu,er kiln-clrying mills outside the association than ever l)efore. Tl're survcy shclu'e<l clry-kilns oper:rting at 213 of 380 plants co\rered.

Rounds Plqces Chuck Porro in Coqsf Gounties Territory

The promotiou of Charles "Chnck" 1'orro (left) to his orvn sales territory is announced by H arry NIerlo, salestnatragcr t ,i lioun<ls Lumber Con.rpanl-, u'ith gcr-reral oI{rces in San Francisco and branch szrles olfices in \Vichita, Kansas, ancl Dallits, Texas. Porro, who rvill cover thc Coast Counties territory, has bcen in Rounds' S:rn Frarrcisco ci{Iicc for the past year.

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Opercrtion Home lmprovement Goes lnto High Geor Wifh itoy os Notionol tBetter Your Living' Month

The month of May 1957-as National "Better Your Living" Month-will provide a focal point for the continuing Operation Home Improvement campaign. Former Executive Director John R. Doscher, in announcing plans for the May event, commented that "the idea is to get everyone to pull behind one gigantic nationwide saturation campaign for maximum impact on American homeowners. We've needed this for many years, and we can do it now based upon the proved success of OHI in many, many hundreds of communities in 1956."

These will be the elements in the May promotion:

1. Proclamation of the month by federal, state and local government officials.

2. Extensive attention from national consumer magazines through special issues or special sections.

3. Heavy newspaper participation; several organizations within the newspaper industry are working now toward an unprecedented barrage of special sections.

4. Specially keyed advertising copy by OHI sponsors, as well as special promotion materials for dealers.

5. A supplementary kit of advertising and display materials from OHI headquarters for the dealers, contractors and lenders who purchase the basic 1957 OHI kit.

More than 8O manufacturers and other organizations have become sponsors of the 1957 OHI campaign. "That's a good head start," Doscher commented, "but there's still plenty of

Doscher Plons Syndicored Ad Progrom For Building Supply Deolers

John R. Doscher announced February 25 his resignation as executive director of Operation Home Improvement. The action was requested by the board of directors as an economy move. Doscher made it clear that this action should have little effect on the successful conclusion of the Operation Home Improvement campaign as most of the creative promotion work has already been completed on schedule. A number of governors have already issued state proclamations in cooperation with the program.

The action came as a result of the Board of Directors' decision to cut OHI's ten-member staff in half as an economy move, to allow the program to continue operation in the face of a severe shortage of financial support from industry. Doscher explained that the Board decision made good sense and he complimented the Board members for their fund-rai5ing efforts which have produced $125,000 of OHI's $175,000 fiscal year budget. "It is too bad that more companies that are profiting from the overall OHI effort apparently do not see the need to invest just a few thousand dollars to allow OHI's high-level promotional efforts to continue," Doscher said. He pointed out that the building materials producers were back of OHI 99/o, but that the financial support from the paint industry, for example, was practically nothing.

Don Moore, formerly OHI's assistant director, will take over manag'ement of the stripped-down task force as managing director. Doscher feels that under Moore's leader-

room on the list for others, especially from the parts of the industry that are not yet well represented."

Major new sponsors include Armstrong Cork Co., Celotex Corporation, Flintkote Co., Formica Corporation, Georgia-Pacific Plywood Co., Kaiser Gypsum Co., LIFETime, Inc., Marsh Wall Products, Masonite Corporation, National Association of Home Builders, National Lumber Manufacturers Association, National Gypsum Co., National Retail Lumber Dealers Association, Roddis Plywood Corporation, United States Plywood Co., U.S. Savings and Loan League, Weyerhaeuser Sales Co., Wood Conversion Co.

Featured in the OHI 1957 kit is "Oscar Ohi," a four-foottall character who, as 1957's super-salesman for all types of home improvements, is expected to become as familiar throughout the country as the OHI eagle. Purchasing the OHI kit gives dealers, contractors, lenders, etc., rights to use of Oscar in all of their 1957 advertising and promotion materials. The kit actually contains a life-size pattern; all you have to do is paste it on a sheet of plywood or hardboard, cut it out, and Oscar is ready to go to work for you, handing out appropriate home improvement literature to all of your customers.

Purchasers of the kit will also automatically receive a supplementary kit of materials designed to make it easy for them to tie in with the gigantic promotion of May as "Better-Your-Living Month."

ship, the OHI campaign will continue to gain momentum right on through the OHl-sponsored May "Better Your Living" Month promotion. OHI has already produced the 52-piece OHI Advertising & Display Kit and many thousands are already in the hands of dealers everywhere.

"For the first time in two years, it is now possible for me to plan beyond the end of the Operation Home fmprovement campaign," Doscher said as he announced plans to open his own sales promotion agency in New York. "Obviously, the big job is for individual companies in the industry to compete more effectively with other industries for a bigger share of the consumer dollar," Doscher said.

fn announcing the opening of his office, Doscher said, "For four years, first for ACTION, then OHI, I've crusaded for the building industry. Now it's time for me to go into business for myself as a sales development consultant to the building industry." In addition to working on major accounts, he plans to initiate soon a specially designed, syndicated advertising service for building supply dealers, which will provide a bi-weekly series of specially prepared newspaper ads in mat form, radio copy, and a monthly newsletter for an estimated $50 per year.

"Remodeling and time selling will be the basic themes of the advertising," Doscher said, "and this professional service will be sold on an exclusive one-dealer-per-town basis. In our close association with building supply dealers these past few years, I've noted the great need for better local advertising, and on a syndicated basis it need not cost any dealer more than $50 a year," he said. Doscher's office is located at 10 Rockefeller Plaza. N.Y.

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Visking Corporotion Loys Out $2OO'OOO Contest To Promote the Locol Reroil Lumber Deoler

One of the greatest opportunities for lumber dealers is now in the offing through a cooperative program with the Visking Corporation in its yearly promotion. In the May 6 issue of Life magazine (out May 2) and the May 19 issue of Look magazine (out May 14), the Women's Congress House No. 2 that was built in the Lu-Re-Co system for the recent Exposition of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Assn. will be featured as the grand prize in a $20O,000 advertising promotion by the Visking Corporation.

It is estimated that 48,349,000 people will see the 2-page,Z-color spreads in these magazines directing the public to the retail lumber dealers' yards.

This nationlvide promotion of the retail lumber dealer is made possible this year through the cooperation of the retail lumber industry with the Visking Corporation, unit of the large Union Carbide and Carbon Corp., known to the building industry as producers of the Visqueen Moisture Barrier and manufacturer of casings for the meat industry. The promotion is made possible through the efforts of state and regional retail lumber associations, the NRLDA, the Lumber Dealers Research Council (Lu-ReCo), and National Plan Service, Inc.

The No. I prize in this $60,000 ,contest will be the Women's Congress home, to be built under Lu-Re-Co supervision on a lot, foundation and floor platform provided by the winner. The message that will be broadcast coast-tocoast during the May l-June 30 contest period will be:

"Before you build or remodel your home, see your local lumber dealer. Your local retail lumber dealer has complete information on this and other Women's Congress homes, built under the supervision of the Lumber Dealers Research Council."

Every advertising medium to be used in furthering this contest will promote the retail lumberyard, its services, and direct new prospects and customers to your yard.

Dealer Aids Listed

Local lumber dealers will receive the benefits of the national magazine advertising;a l-minute, color film short to be shown a full week in 846 drive-in and 4-wall first run theatres (7 million moviegoers); advertising in 25 million packages of meat with inserts featuring the contest (and

referring to lumber dealers) ; poster displays at 100,000 meat counters; ads in six food-trade magazines with 211,000 circulation; Radio, TV, billboard and newspaper advertising by 700 meatpackers, and ad promotion by appliance manufacturers also giving prizes.

How Dealers Will Tie-in

With this valuable advertising directing traffic to the retail lumberyard's door, the dealer can be ready to cash in by:

Being fully informed on the contest; encouraging contractor customers to build one of the Women's Congress homes; by making his yard \ /CH headquarters through free newspaper ad mats showing the designs selected by women; by coordinating his local advertising with the contest period; with free publicity stories and ad mats for local papers; through free, 60-second radio spots; by {ree display reprints of the Life and Look ads; by tieing-in with the local butchers, appliance dealers, travel agencies and furniture stores who will also be promoting the contest, etc.

In addition to the grand prize ol the free home, other awards will be:

Znd prize-two bedroom, completely equipped Mobile Horne:. 3rd prize-Deluxe trip for two to England and return via BOAC ; 4th prize-Vacation for two in Mexico; next three prizes-all-electric modular kitchens; next four prizesHi-Fi sound system ; next 14 prizesrefrigerator-freezers, washers, dryers, fryers; next seven prizesCinecameras and projectors; next 10 prizesDinette sets ; next five prizes-Portable TV sets; next five prizes-electric appliances, and 250O special prizes for first to enter-Rig-A-Jig construction sets.

The Visking Corporation, it may be seen, is conducting a very aggressive campaign to benefit the retail lumberyard

Building R.eseqrch lnstitute to Meef

"Machine Application of Materials at the Site" is the featured subject for one of ten major technical sessions, panel discussions, and addresses to be presented at the sixth annual meeting of the Building Research Institute, to be held in the Drake hotel, Chicago, April 15 to 17. Leo Stone of Independent Nail & Packing Company will talk on "Machine Nailing of Flooring."

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Some of the mountain farms in Tennessee stand almost on edge. One day a man driving down a highway, between two steep hillsides, came upon a young farmer apparently deep in thought who was plowing right alongside the highway. The gentleman drove up alongside of him, and said:

"Young,man, what are you plowing along this road for?"

Pock River Reolly 'Pocks'

One lumber manufacturing operation of Pack River Tree Farm Products picked an unlikely month to set an all-time shipping record ! The area where Pack River Lumber Company operates in far northern Idaho had below-average temperatures and above-average snowfall during January, yet shipped more cars of lumber than for any single month in the firm's 15-year history. Temperatures that sagged as low as 28 degrees below zero and snow that piled up as high as the eyeballs of the taller Indians hampered sawmill, pond, yard and dry kiln operations at three locations but failed to halt the record pace.

The young man driving the plow team looked up in startled surprise.

"Dad gum !" he said, "that's the third time I fell off of that farm today."

SCPI Anolyst Sees Construction High

Washington, D.C.1957 construction in the United States will reach a new high level, according to a special forecast report made by Dr. Robinson Newcomb, market analyst for the Structural Clay Products Institute. The physical volume of building will be about the same as in 1956, but building activity will increase about 2/o in current prices, Newcomb said.

1957 housing starts will be 1,050,000 as compared with 1,100,000 in 1956, h,e predicted. Newcomb sees home building continuing its slower pace during the first part ol 1957, with the possibility of a return to a more normal rate of 1,200,000 starts by the end of the year.

(Tell them you saw it in The California Lumber Merchant)

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July 18-28 has been set for the 5th annual Los Angeles Do-It-Yourself Show, according to Ted Bentley, producer of the exposition. Largest show of its type in the nation in both exhibits and attendance, the show will again be held at the Pan Pacific Auditorium, located in the heart of the giant Southern California marketing area.

"Southern California is the heart of the nation's do-ityourself activity and with the continuous increase in population and building boom, we feel the 1957 show will be by far our best," Bentley stated.

For the first time in the show's history, a foor plan has been devised whereby almost two-thirds of the

exhibitors will have a corner location.

Almost 200,000 people attended last year's show, which included such, veteran exhibitors as U.S. Plywood, Hull Bros. Lumber and Blanchard Lumber.

Show offices are located at 1022 So. La Cienega Blvd. in Los Angeles.

Dubs Set for Orindq April | 9

Gran Geisert, Dubs, Ltd. president, announces that the i02nd Dubs Tournament is set for the Orinda Country Club on Friday afternoon, April 19. Jack Scammell, Scammell Lumber Co., Oakland, will be the host for the day.

(Tell them \ou saw it in Th,e California Lumber Merchant)

LrnA Agoin ro Show lts Member Deolers Woys to Better Businessi Yosemite Annuol Will Be Biggesr

From all indications, advance registrations for the 17th annual convention of the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California point to a record attendance, according to Jack Pomeroy and Claire Zimmerman at LMA's San Francisco headquarters. Considerable dealer enthusiasm in the LMA annual has been generated in recent years because Northern California dealers have come to find these annual get-togethers highly beneficial in helping them manage their businesses more efficiently, more profitably, in the face of ever-growing competition and rising costs of doing business.

This year's LMAnnual, which will be held April 7-9 at the beautiful Ahwahnee hotel in Yosemite National Park, will feature one of the best programs ever staged by the hardhitting northern dealers. Outstanding speakers, each an expert in his field, will be on hand to give LMA members the benefit of years of experience in busiiress management, economics, maintaining good government, merchandising, advertising and selling. In addition, the Association will again stage its highly successful LMA Workshop-a 3-hour period in which members may exchange ideas and techniques useful in increasing the general profits of their operations.

Lighter activities will include the annual LMA golf tournament, several bus tours of Yosemite Valley, two industrysponsored cocktail parties, evening entertainment and dancing.

Last-minute reservations may still be obtained by contacting LMA headquarters at 24 Calif.ornia St., San Francisco, or phoning YUkon 6-3705.

Riverside Hoo-Hoo Meet April 5

Riverside Hoo-Hoo Club 117 has scheduled its next meeting for Friday night, April 5, at the Victoria Country Club there and the club's famous steaks will be the main course at 7:59 p.m. following the social period. One outstanding color movie, and possibly another, will be shown for those paid-up Hoo-Hoo in good standing in the club.

CATENDAR of COMING EVENTS

April

L,UMBER MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA (24 California St., San Francisco 11) convention, Ahwahnee hotel, Yosemite National Park, Calif.-April 7-8-9. Exhibits.

REDWOOD EMPIRE HOO-HOO CLUB 65, joint meeting with Sacramento Hoo-Hoo Club 109, Dick's-Fairfield, April 12.

LUMBERMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS (First Federal Bldg., Austin, Texas) convention, New Dallas Auditorium, Dallas, Texas-April 14-16. Exhibits.

OAKLAND HOO-HOO CLUB 39-Third annual Reno night-flight, April 15.

DUBS, LTD., TOURNAMENT-Orinda Country Club; host: Jack Scammell, April 19.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RETAIL LUMBER ASSOCIATION (111 W. 7th St., Los Angeles) convention, Ambassador hotel, Los Angeles-April 23-25. Exhibits.

I. A. CLUB 2 HOO-HOO DAY, in attendance with Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo-Ette Club No. 1, at SCRLA Convention, Ambassador hotel, Noon, April 25.

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ARIZONA RETAIL LUMBER & BUILDERS SUPPLY ASSOCIATION (4740 N. Central Ave., Phoenix) Convention, The Wigwam, Litchfield Park (Phoenix suburb), May 2-3-4. Exhibits.

LOS ANGELES HOO-HOO CLUB 2, Fox Hills Country Club (Los Angeles), Golf and dinner meeting, May 17.

June

NATIONAL-AMERICAN WHOLESALE LUMBER ASSN.65th annual meeting, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, June 10-11.

NATIONAL PLYWOOD DISTRIBUTORS ASSN., annual convention, Edgewater Beach hotel, Chicago, June l3-15.

LOS ANGELES HOO-HOO CLUB 2, Lakewood Country Club (Long Beach), Golf and Dinner meeting and Election of 1957-58 Officers, June 21.

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Hordboord Industry Growth Troced of Home lmprovemenl Meeting

in Portlond

"Hardboard, 10 years ago a small industry, has grown into a significant part of the Oregon economy," Arthur VanderSys, president of the Hardboard Association, told the Portland Chamber of Commerce in a special Home Improvement meeting February 28.

From an annual production nationally of about 500 million sq. ft. during World War II, the hardboard industry now produces approximately 1,600,000,0@ square feet, with further plant expansion underway.

VanderSys predicted that by 1960 production of hardboard will climb to 2,70O,NO,000 sq. ft. Oregon, he said, accounts for six of the 12 hardboard mills operating in the United States. "As new products and new uses for hardboard develop; as the population expands, so will the vitality of this industry," VanderSys said.

Recalling bygone days when hundreds of small fires could be seen burning near Oregon sawmills at night in an effort to get rid of "wood waste," the Hardboard Association president pointed out that more than 9O/o of the nation's natural wood resource can be utilized through wood technology where once only 2O/o was useable.

The growth of the hardboard industry is traceable to its essentiality during World War II, VanderSys explained. "Ilardboard literally went to war. Armed services personnel became well acquainted with hardboard and its versatility.

NEW USE of perforotcd hqrdboord developed for Associction's "ldco Proiect Number One." on displcy to builderr ond deolerr in Portlqnd, is pointcd out by Hugh Lineweover (righr), plesident of the Portlcnd Operotiol Horne lmprovemenl

They ate off hardboard table tops; they walked on hardboard floors. Quonset-type huts were constructed of hardboard. It was used to replace aluminum and steel in the airplane and ship-building industry, in the electrical field and for many other uses," he said.

Biggest problem facing the domestic hardboard industry is the development of more uses for hardboard, to keep pace with expanded production. The industry has now greatly stepped up its promotion of hardboard use in the home remodeling industry, it was pointed out.

Garden Grove, Calif.-Supervisors recently approved one tract of 18 lots on five acres south of Orangewood avenue between Lewis and Haster streets on the east side, and another tract ol 22 homes on 1O acres south of Trask avenue and north of Westminster boulevard near Newhope street.

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The Notionol Associoiion of Home Builders recog- nized Gerholz CommunityHomes, Inc.,with ifs Aword of Merit in Neighborhood Developmenl.

House & Home presented its 1956 Aword of Merit in Residenliol Design ond Conslruclion lo Gerholz Community Homes, Inc.

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TIhe homes of Westgate Park in Flint, Michigan, have been recognized by wide publicity and two coveted national awards. The photographs above show typical examples of the way in which Builder Robert P. Gerholz and Architect William K. Davis of Daniel & Associates have capitalized on the timeless intrinsic beauty of redwood. Highest dimensional stability and ability to

resist all forms of deterioration are of prime importance in selecting Certified Dry PALCO Architectural Quality Redwood, for the lending agencies and home owners today insist on materials that will protect their investments. It will pay you to insist on the premium quality of PALCO Redwoodfor you pay no extra premium in cost.

Weyerhcreuser Puf i7l Million in 1956 Expcrnsions

Tacoma, Wash.-Weyerhaeuser Timber Company shareholders and directors elected officers at the company's annual meetings here March 8. F. K. Weyerhaeuser was reelected president and Chas. H. Ingram to the executive vice-presidency. Newly elected were Norton Clapp as chairman of the board and Edmund Hayes chairman of the executive committee.

Funds invested by Weyerhaeuser Timber Company in improved and expanded facilities last year reached the highest level in the firm's SGyear history, according to the annual report. In 1956 Weyerhaeuser Timber Company invested $71 million in plants, equipment, roads, timber and timberlands. The largest amount previously expended in any one year was $210 million in 1955.

The company estimates this investment will create approximately 600 new jobs for Washington and Oregon people. fnvestments totaling $330 million in the past ten years have resulted in a greater number of marketable products and an employment increase from 8,530 in 1946 to 14,527 at the close of 1956.

Sales of forest products in 1956 amounted to $324,129,330, compared with $316,732,545 in 1955, an increase of. 2.3%. Net income for 1956 totaled $51,446,603, compared with $49,241,030 in 1955.

The annual report indicated 1957 may see a further decline in residential construction and a temporary period of over expansion in the plup and paper industry. However, added production capacity is expected to favorably affect the company's sales volume in 1957.

Major 1956 improvements and expansions included construction of a 4OGton per day sulphite pulp mill on Grays .Harbor, Washington, scheduled to begin production in March 1957; construction of a new sawmill to replace an old one at Raymond, Washington; expansion of the bleached paperboard plant at Longview, Washington, which, beginning May 1957, will increase daily capacity by 100 tons, and construction of a chemical plant at Longview to supply chlorine and caustic soda to the company's pulp mills. Late in 1956 the company obtained options to acquire 90,000 acres of forest land in Mississippi and Alabama and a site for a future pulp mill. In January 1957 the company purchased the lumber and plywood mill of W. A.

Woodard Lumber Company, Cottage Grove, Oregon, together with 55,000 acres of timberlands.

Most significant 1956 forestry operation was the aerial reforestation program, which, according to the annual report, was the largest ever undertaken in the Pacific Northwest. By helicopter, Weyerhaeuser Timber Company seeded or treated for rodent and brush control 35,500 acres of land and hand-planted an additional 3,700 acres of seedlings to insure raw materials for company mills in future years.

Special enclosure with the annual report was a letter to shareholders from Company President F. K. Weyerhaeuser, calling attention to the recent announcement that a merger of Kieckhefer Container Company of Camden, New Jersey, and the Eddy Paper Corporation of Chicago, fllinois, into Weyerhaeuser Timber Company has been approved in principle.

CRA Men Hir rhe Roqd Agoin

Field representatives of the California Redwood Association began their annual program of carrying the message of the proper application and maintenance of redwood to market areas'east of the Rockies with a trip into the Atlanta, Georgia, region during the latter part of February and early March. Harry L. Lowell and Albert Malcolm Post, Jr., of the Promotion division of the association met w'ith architects, specifiers, wholesalers, retailers and users of redwood in Savannah, Augusta, Macon and Atlanta from February 18 to March 8. On March 8, there was a dinner meeting of architects in the Atlanta area with a photographic display of the architectural use of redwood and a film presentation of the proper application, finish and maintenance of this durable wood. Enroute to Atlanta, a redwood program for the architects in the Oklahoma CityTulsa area was held at Oklahoma City, February 14. Following the field work in the Atlanta area, a meeting for home builders was held on March 12 at St. Petersburg, Florida.

Further field work in the 1957 season will be conducted by representatives of the CRA in the New England area, in Denver, in the Dayton-Columbus-Cincinnati area of Ohio, and in Chicago.

(T'ell them you saa, it i,n The California Lumber Merchant)

NEW CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY AT RECORD FEBRUARY HIGH

Nerv construction activity declined seasonally in Feltruary 1957 but the $2.9 billion of u.ork put in place r,vas slightly aliove the ltrevious Feltruary recor<l set in 1956, according to preliminary estimates prepared jointly by the U.S. Departments of Commerce and l,abor. The month's outlays brought the total for the first two months of this year to almost $6 billion, an alltime high for January-February period. C)n :r seasonally adjusted basis, expenditures for nerr. construction thus far in 1957 \\.ere at an annual rate of $41.7 billion, compared rvith the 944.3-billion total that was actually put in place last year.

Private construction activity during January and February of this year u'us about the same as that of a year ago

(nearly 94.3 billion). Declines from 1956 in expenditures ior nen' dn elling units and stores r,vere offset by advances for virtually all other types of private construction.

Otrtlays for ner,v horrsing in January and February 1957 n'ere $1.7 billion, otr 8c/o from the corresponding 1956 figure.

Erik Flomer Hospifolized

Iirik Flamer, the lumber gracle-stamping exlrert for the Southern California lietail Lumber Assn.. had a heart attack March 15 ancl l'as hospitaltzed a short rvhile for rest and tests. He is non conr.alescing very rapidly at his Long l3each home.

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Pentur'h'

Bill Helbron, Al Wilson, Kent Hayden and Harry Bleile of the Arrou'head Lun-rber Co., San llernardino, spent three days last month at Fort Bragg, Calif., u'ith John Gordon of the Union Lumber Cio., touring the mill and seeing its producticin and shipping facilities.

Friends ancl business associates of Tom Jacobsen, Sr., Sun Valley I-nnrlrer Co., Lafayette, Calif., gathererl at the Port of Oaklancl Xlarch 16 to u'ish Tom :rnd his n'ife fond bon v()yage as they startecl a 7-mcir.rths vacation t<iur of liurope on a Hollancl-Auerica Lines freighter. The Jacobsens u'i1l er.rjoy a leisurely vovage through the Canal, arriving at Antu'erp, Relgium. about April 12 and then, taking clelivery of a neu' N'Iercedes "180," spend their time tr>urirrg the Continent and end u1t in the llritish Isles u,here they stlrrt homerv:rrd on another H--\ ship, Sept. lfi. A little 4-door N{ercecles shoulcl be shou'ing rrp on the streets of l-a{:ryette about Oct. 1.

Mabel Meissner of Meissner-MacDonald mill representatir,es. I-os Arrgeles, left March 23 for 6-months tonr of Europc. Sire u'as for many years u'ith the 1-. W. NlacDonald Co. and recently u'ith Kendall Lumber Distributors.

John Driscoll, heacl of Simpsorr lledlr'ood Company's 11 l-estern state szrles, attended the Nlorrntain States I-umlrer De:rlers Assn. conver.rtion at Denver arrd the \\restern Itetail Lumbermen's Assn. annual at Spokane duriug February, rnaking bnsirress calls in Washington and Oregon before retrrrrring t,r Sarr Fr:rncisco r.nirl-NIarch.

On his retnrn recentlv from Japan, "Buck" Coleman, I'eteran SoCal lunrbennan, joirred the sales stall of F. I'. Raugh Co., I-os --\ngeles. He spent six wceks in the Oricnt on lrusiness and pleasure.

The Robert Close familv (three claugl-rters) n'as cnlargecl Nf:rrch 5 u'ith the arltlition of a bor- (finally), I)arrell Ttolrert. Both llob. of Frank R. Close & Son, Sr.rtter. Calif.. and rvife Chris are doing fine.

'PUNCTUATITY

l|i A deadly sin on the part of a business man is lack of :, punctuality.

t, Being punctual in all business affairs is being relidble. l''And vice versa.

The man who does not keep his appointments on time, ;'i or is careless in the keeping of his engagenr,ents, steals the ii other fellow's time.

I A man's th'inking may usually be judged by his actions.

''The man who shows indifference regarding the rights of iF .others is guilty of wrong thinking. Time is money. So, when -you steal the other fellow's time, you touch h,is purse.

Of course, the average man, who is habitually late for his

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engagements, does not look at it that way. He wouldn't steal anything from anybody. But it's a fact just the same.

Punctuality brings its own reward. It eliminates the necessity for making excus€s. It is one of the chief elements in business success because the fellow who is always on time, or just ahead of the appointed hour, is likely to get many breaks. And he should.

And there can be no doubt that the man on the other end of the business engagement holds a higher opinion of the punctual man than of the late sort. And good will is always valuable.

One of the greatest advocates of punctuality in American history was George Washington. When he invited a guest to his home for dinner and the guest arrived late, he found George and his family already seated and dining. And George said to him pointedly: "My cook does not ask if the guest has arrived, but if the hour has."

Ooklond Hoo-Hoo Trek to Reno April | 5

Ralph Hill, Hill Lumber & Hardware Co., Albany, announces that reservations are now being accepted for the Oakland Hoo-Hoo club's annual Reno junket, Monday evening, April 15. Tickets are only $20 each and may be obtained from either Entertainment Chairman Hill or from the club's secretary-treasurer, Ev Lewis, at Gamerston & Green Lumber Company in Oakland.

Club 39 has chartered a 40-passenger Convair from Transocean Air Lines for the oc'casion. The night flight is scheduled to depart from Oakland Airport at approximately 6 p.m. Monday and return to Oakland early Tuesday.

Each $20 ticket entitles the holder to cab transportation between downtown Reno and the airport, the Reno-Oakland round-trip flight, free cocktails at Reno's Mapes hotel, admittance to an all-star floor show at the Mapes, a.nd an excellent dinner served in the hotel's main dining room.

Armstrong Solesmen Shifted

.Reassignments among the sales representatives of the Building Products division of the Armstrong Cork Company include Wendell R. Doolittle III, of the Denver district office, assigned to the Phoenix, Ariz., area, and William A. Mixon. San Francisco district office. to the Sacramento area.

We're independent! And not even Morilyn Monroe in q bikini could lure us from our position. Being independent nol owned by some mqnufqclurer ollows us to give o freedom of choice in buying the ftnest ovoiloble moleriqls for eoch iob. Of course, we're not deserting oll the lop suppliers, good mil,l sources ond friends we've developed in lhe post 38 yeors, bul we're nol sqcriftcing our convictions oboul competitive brqnds either. Your needs, plus our independence, gives you lhe best of o voriety of top lines.

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RAIL TRANSIIS

Douglos Fir

White Fir

Inlqnd Fir ond lorch

Western Hemlock

Ponderoso Pine

Sugor Pine

Engelmonn Spruce

Weslern White Spruce

Sitko Spruce

Port Orford Cedor

Western Red Cedor

Incense Cedor

Redwood a

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Hordboord Overloy

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Studs

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Woyne Mullin Serves os Choirmon of L. A. Hoo-Hoo in 'lndusrry Nighr'

Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club 2 met March 15 at the University Club in downtown L. A. for an "Industry Night" meeting. Wayne Mullin, president of the Mullin Lumber Company and current president of the Southern California Retail Lumber Assn., was chairman of the evening and presided excellently for the meeting's events following his introdu,ction by Snark James Forgie.

A prime rib dinner followed the friendly social hour in the spacious clubroom. The entertainment started with a weLcome appearance by the rare San Diego Hoo-Hoo Quartet, in which Bill, Perry and Don were joined for the evening by a "hitch-hiker," Chuck Worth. The boys have added some novelty acts and visual gags to their song repertoire and pleased the crowd as usual.

Chairman Mullin regaled the Hoo-Hoo with some highlights of the Southern California dealers' recent Conference in Honolulu and the Hawaiian Islands, which is reported elsewhere in this issue, before introducing the main attraction. Vern Engel started the presentation on building ac-

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tivity in the Southland and then introduced his associate in Pacific Telephone & Telegraph, Jim Davis, who gave a current analysis of SoCal construction with excellent color film strips. They reported that PT&T is spending $316 million in two years on phone expansion to match the building boom there.

The awarding of many handsome prizes rounded out the evening and those Cats who were not there are definitely in the doghouse for having missed all the fun and some stimulating thoughts.

Fcrirhurst Lumber Co. Sells €orlotto Mills to Southern Humboldt

Eureka, Calif.-The sawmill and planing mill of the Fairhurst Lumber Co. of Carlotta were sold late in February for an undisclosed amount to the Southern Humboldt Lumber Co. of Carlotta and Pasadena, Calif., according to Jack Fairhurst, vice-president and general manag'er.

Fairhurst emphasized that this is not the sale of the Fairhurst Lumber Co. of California, which operates the wholesale business in the state and will continue to operate from offices in Eureka, San Rafael and Los Angeles. Fairhurst has improved its stud production at Trinity National by

Chsirm n Woyne lt/lullin, Vern Engel, Jim Dovis, Snork Jim Forgie

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precision trimnrirrg, end painting :urrl packaging for flatcar loading tci offset the Carlotta productior-r, and the same improrrements have lleen prrt irr at the stud mill at its indtlstrial plyu'ood plant at \\'illits.

The Carlotta mill l.as a sul>sidiary olierating comllanv of the Fairhurst holtlings and u'as the first irr the pro<luction of ties ancl studs frorn J)ouglas fir in Humltt>l<lt county. Southern Humlroldt Lunrlrcr Co. c.rperates several mills at Carlotta and in the Van Duzen ]lir.er :irea. A limitecl amount of timber ancl lumber lr,as included in the sale. Fairhurst leased the site in 19.16 to load fir railroacl ties from Northern Calif<rrnia. In \947 it built a planing rnill ancl e<lger to u'ork rt1> the side cut from tie mills in the Bridger.'ille area. Since 19.16, more than 200,000,000 feet of ties. studs and lnn-rber had been processed at the plant by Fairhurst.

C. J. I,-airhurst :Lnd Jack Fairhurst saicl their is to concentrate their mill operatiot.ts at Fort (Trinity National l,un-rber Corp.) and a program ernizing that san'mill is norr' underrvay.

Monterey Shopping Center Plcrnned

ir-rtention Servard for mod-

N onterey, Calif.-Thc City Cor"rncil is rreeting for final clecision on a rezoning application which would permit Del N[onte Properties Co. to constrttct its plannecl rnulti-n-rillion clollar shopping center and apartmetrt house clevelopment on the old capitol site on Carmel Hill. The corlpany seel<s 32 acres rezoncrl from rcsidential to commerci:rl use an<l nine acres for rnulti-unit clr,l'eilings. The rernaining 260 acres .,voulcl be subcliviclecl into single-family drvelling lots of at least onethird acre each.

Mosonite Tokes to TV ro Plug 'Peg-goord' Ponels for Deolers on 'Home' Show

Plastic phonograph records received by 20,000 dealers has brought to them, in a 9O-second personal message from Arlene Francis, nervs of Masonite Corporation's participation in NBC's Home shorv starting April 4. The announcement followed one to the company's salesmen at a national sales conference held in the Edgewater Beach hotel, Chicago, Feb. 27 and 28 and Nfarch 1.

Masonite's advertising and sales promotion lvill be tied in closely to the Home shou"s presentations during the balance of the year. With the plastic record, each dealer re-

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ceived a reply card on u'hich he could order a colorful poster, two advertising mats, a counter card featuring tie-in advertising r,vith "Peg-Board" panels-the subject of the initial TV shou,-and pass-out folders on that product.

The company's magazine advertising, both consumer and trade, will be tied in closely 1&'ith the "Peg-Board" theme of the intial TV shor,r', which marks the first national television schedule in rvhich Masonite has been a participant. The printed advertising rvill appear in April and May issues.

Throughout the year, as the TV themes hit various Masonite products on u'hicl-r the company wishes to focus attention, magazine and trade advertising and sales promotional bids will be co-ordinated for the greatest impact, according to James H. Hurley, advertising manager.

Hurley said that both sales aids and advertisements throughout the year also tvill feature OHI. Soon to l>e released, he said, is a new series of ad mats. Each of four counter cards to be issued with plans or informative material rvill carry the OHI seal.

Terrible Twenty Tournqments Find A 'Young qnd Vigorous' Lumbermqn

The 370th Terrible Tn'enty tournament r,vas held at Annandale Golf Club, March B, rvith Syd Alling acting as host. ft r.vas a good day and the course .ivas in beautiful condition follor,ving the rains. The home talent gave an extra courtesv stroke, but they could have received three and not won any nratches. Paul Bowen won first prize wtth 79-9-70 and Clarence Bohnhoff won second place rvith 87-15-72. The semi-finals are at Lakeside, Tuesday, April 15th, rvith Fleming making the arrangements.

Our annual party at Los Angeles Country Club is set for Friday, May 77th. This tournament rvill start lvith a "brunch" at ten o'clock. Ed Bauer made the plans.

Tr,vo nerv members rvere initiated at our dinner meeting, Phil Hunter of Claremont (Red Hill C.C.) and Virgil Oliver of Northridge (Lakeside). Phil has agreed to bring Helmer Hoel to our tournaments and is in the oil business. Virgil is with the Georgia-Pacific Corporation, rvholesale plyrvood. (Another lumberman !-but this one is young and vigorous and looks as if he could play eighteen holes and still stumble into the clubhouse.),

Follbrook Lumber Co. Holds Open House to Celebrcrte Construction Completion

Fallbrook, Calif.-The Fallbrook I-umber Company helcl an Open House tu,o clavs recer-rtly to celebrate completior-r of the major construction expansion u-hich has been going on the past feu' months. Cloffee anrl doughnuts urere served by the rvives of the stal1 nrembers. Otis Ir. (Bill) Heald, president of the yard, came tri Fallbrook in 19:10 ancl bought 50 acres for avocado and lemon lilanting, then rl'orked as employment manager of I'lon-rb Tciol Co., l,cis Angeles, during the u':rr. In 1946 he started planning the Fallbrook Luurber Company.

"At that time," said Heald, "the oniy lnn,bervard in torvn u'as Hal'u'arcl. located s'here Itl Rancho stands torlay." (The Hayu,ard l-rrml>er Co., a Los Angeles concern, replaced the o1d Graf6n lrrmberyard here.) Construction begrrn in 1917 in a rliscarde<l s\van1l)y section of larrd on Soutl.r N{ission road and Heald said tu'o feet of grar.el hll l.as necessary before building coulcl start. Taxes, at that time, of $36 a year ha.r'e jumped tc, $3400 today.

Heald 'was associate<l n'ith ]iobert llaird in the vard after construction rr'as completed ir.r March 19.tr7. Ilaircl solrl his interest to N{ike Hall and the varcl has oper:ited:rs:r corporation since 1948. Heald is presiclent todav. Hall is r.icepresiclent. arrd Frank Lerrering is secret:rry. Dealer HealcI says the grou'th of the varcl, u'hich lrronrpterl the construc-

Speciolists in Efficienl Distribution

FRED C. H(}IMES TUMBER CO.

Wholesqle Lumber

Roil/T ruck - &-T r oiler Shipments

OID-GROWTH, BAND-SAWN REDWOOD from Boiock Lumber Co., illonchester

OID-GROWIH DOUGTAS FIR From Spocek Lumber Co., Monchesfer

PRECISION.TRIM'IAED STUDS

Douglos Fir o White Fir o Redwood

REDWOOD POSTS ond FENCING

Fred HOIMES / Cg,rl FORCE

P. O. Box 987

Fort Brogg, Colif.

TWX: Fort Brogg 49

Phone: YOrklown 4-37OO

Soulhern Cqliforniq Office: Russ SHARP

P.O. Box 5S-Altodens, €olif.

TWX: Poso Cg,l7670

Phones: RYon l-OO79; SYcqmore 8-6845

tion this 'rvinter, community.

. Douglqs Fir qnd Redwood

Kiln Dried Gleqrs

. Douglqs Fir Commons

Cleors & Exposed Beoms

. Ponderos.t Pine - Plywoods

. Simpson Products - Sheetrock

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was made possible by the growth o{ the

Bill Heald has been very active in civic affairs in Fallbrook and surrounding areas. He has spearheaded additional water development in the community, serves on the public utility board, and saw creation of the Red Mountain Itanch Reservoir during his 1950-52 tenure as president. He has been active in San Diego County Chamber of Commerce work and pioneered cloud seeding in that area. lle was president of the Fallbrook C. of C. for three years and is a Rotary past president. Heald is also widely known as a speaker in San Diego county service clubs.

(Tell them you saTa it in The California Lwmber Merchant)

GeOrge Turner Wifh HOrbor PlywOOd

George Turner, prominent for several years in wholesale lumber sales in the Southland, has been assigned the south bay territory by John Northam to represent Harbor Plywood. He will be calling on all retail lumber dealers throughout the coastal area.

"Harbor Plyr'vood is expanding its sales force in Southern California and we intend to give a L}O/o coverage to all retail lumber dealers. Our policy of strictlv wholesale will be followed to the letter and we are going to carry a complete inventory to back it up," Northam declared.

Turner is well acquainted with dealers in all the southern counties and formerly represented E. J. Stanton & Son., Inc., in the Riverside-San Bernardino district.

VIEW of i/loryvole Terroce (lefi), huge housing proiect nesr Phoenix; NEu/ HAR.DBOAR,D PR,ODUCT

USED

Phoenix Builder John F. Long has solved kitchen cabinet door problems for 150 homeowners in Maryvale Terracc, a modern residential community near Phoenix. These beautiful, ranch-style homes feature a variety of spacious kitchen designs. Special 3/4" warp-resistant Forest Hardboard paneling was used for all cabinet work. Trade name for this unusual new hardboard is Forall. The edges of this special hardboard product are even, have no core gaps and do not splinter. It is smooth both sides and needs no sanding. Its light-colored surface takes beautiful paint or stain finishes. Zolotone finishes

spocious kitchen (righr) in new Maryvole home feolures new Foroll producl. EXTENSIVETY

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were used in all the Maryvale homes. Other features of Maryvale Terrace's modern kitchens are built-in work tables, abundant cabinet space and lam-in-art drainboards.

John Long, one of Arizona's largest homebuilders, praises Forall for its lasting true fit, says worries about warping are eliminated. This nerv hardboard development saws easily. Nails or screws hold fast even close to edges.

Some of the special features and conveniences in a typical Maryvale Terrace home are ranch porch across entire front of the house, radio already installed and wired to speakers

\THoLESALE TIM BERS roBB,Nc

a Dougfas Fir in sizes to 24" x 24"

Redwood in sizes to 12" x 12" - lengths to 24'

Planer capacity for surfacing up to 24" x 24"

Remanufacturing facilities for resawing up to 34" x 34"

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in five places throughout the home, all copper plumbing, ceramic tile stall shower, two separate bathrooms, and many others.

Maryvale is conveniently located in a beautiful suburban setting just 15 minutes northwest of Phoenix. The project includes a school, recreation area, and a large shopping center. Additional homes are being rapidly completed.

Phoenix Gets HHFApproYql of Its Slum-Cleoronce Progrom

The city of Phoenix, Arizona, one of the fastest-growing cities in the ,country, has received approval from Housing Administrator Albert M. Cole of its workable program for the elimination of slums and blight. The necessity for urban planning is perhaps best indicated by Phoenix's fast growth, both in population and in area, and in the expectation that this trend will continue. Since 1950, for example, the city's population (172,06 now) has increased 62/o and its area 106%.

Assuring a continuation of this growth, the City Council has authorized its administrative stafi to proceed with an acceleratecl program of annexation of the unincorporated fringe areas of the city. The population of these fringe areas exceeds that of the city itself. Annexation of the fringe areas is considered necessary to provide adequate planning for the areas and to prevent future development of blighted areas and slums. Phoenix is the capital of the state and the seat of Maricopa county. It is located in one of the richest agricultural areas in the nation: all of the land is irrigated.

The'city's interest in ridding itself of substandard housing and planning for the future is evidenced by numerous actions taken in recent years. Specifically, last year it adopted a Housing Code and a Mechanical Code and revised its plumbing code; it adopted an electrical code in 1953 and a fire prevention code in 1954. The City Planning Comrnission, created in 1946, has been active in preparing the various parts of a comprehensive community plan and in making neighborhood studies to determine what sections of the city need renewal.

Of the 60,Q00 dwelling units in Phoenix, 11,000 are estimated to be dilapidated or to lack private bath or toilet facilities. Corrective ac.tion is being planned through enforcement of its housing code on a block and neighborhood basis.

The Housing Administrator, in advising Mayor Jack Williams of his approval of the ,city's workable program, said he was impressed with what the city has already done but added that there are a number of deficiencies in its housirrg code which, unless corrected, will impede upgrading the quality of existing housing. Mr. Cole said he is asking his Regional Office at San Francisco to offer suggestions for improving standards to overcome those deficiencies.

The Pl-roenix Housing Authority operates six low-rent, public housing projects containing a total of 1088 units. In addition, the Authority manages a Lanham Act project of 200 temporary units which the city obtained from the PHA.

6l Home Permits in Kern County

Bakersfield, Calif.-The Kern County Building Dept. issued permits for 61'single-family dwellings in December, valued atW,562; five duplexes were valued at$42,272.

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On April 30,1789, George S7ashington was inaugurared the first President of The United States of Arnerica. Our first chief executive left behind him sound advice for the leaders of our country to follow. The month of April also records such historic presidential events as the birth of Thomas Jefferson, James Buchanan, U. S. Grant and James Monroe. And it was on April 14, 1865, that Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, and on ApfiI 6, l)l7,that. the United States entered \7orld'$Var I. Yes-April is a prominent month in our history.

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ROSTER OF DEIEGATES TO THE TUMBERMEN's 1957 HAWAIIAN CONFERENCE OF THE SOUTHERN CATIFORNIA RETAIT TUMBER ASSOCIATION

Februory 25 - Mqrch 3, 1957; Honolulu, T.H.

Corol Ann ond Bernord ANAWAIT, Jr., Anowolt lumber & Moteriols Co., Tuiungo

Fronces qnd Hol ANAWAIT, Anqwolt [umber & Mqteriols Co., Tuiungo

Cleo ond Doyle W. BADER, Ed Founloin lumber Co., los Angeles

Helen qnd Rolph N. BAKER, Borr Lumber Co., Sqnto Anq

Joie ond Wilbur BARR, Bqrr Lumber Co., Sonlc Ano

Fred BERRY, Pioneer-Flintkoie Co., Los Angeles

Shirley ond R. W. "Bus" 8[ANCHARD, Blqnchqrd lumber Co., North Hollywood

Dorothy ond Gorden E. BOGUE, Bogue & Moikson lumber Co., Downey

fon qnd Pqul S. COtl,lER, Norlheostern Retqil Lumbermen's Assn., Rochester, N. Y.

Corole ond Jqmes W. COOPER, W. E. Cooper Wholesqle Lumber Co., los Angeles

Overq ond Chorles E. DARNEtl,, Boyd-Dornell Lumber Co., Riverside

Corole ond Jimmy ECKARDI, Wrightson Lumber Co., Norfh Hollywood

Alice EIIAND. Ontqrio lumber & Hordwqre Co.. Ontcrio

Mrs. ond Leslie EVERITT, Inil. Pqper Co. - Long-Bell Division, Konsos City, Mo.

Cotherine ond Thomqs J. FOX, John W. Fisher Lumber Co., Sqntq Monico

Vero ond Poul B. FRITCHEY, Pqlm Avenue Lumber Co., Alhombro

Louise ond Orrie W. HAMIITON, Southern Coliforniq Retoil lumber Assn., Ios Angeles

Morgorer ond A. G. HANSEN. Mullin Lumber Co., Los Angeles

Joqn qnd Glenn HARTER, Wrightson Lumber Co., Norrh Hollywood

Edithe ond Steve HATHAWAY, Oceonside Lumber Co., Oceqnside

Evelyn ond Beri HOIDREN, Riqlto Lumber Co., Riolro

Dorothy cnd Wqllqce HUtl,, Hull Bros. Lumber Co.. Conogo Pork

Donnq ond Woyne HU[[, Hull Bros. Lumber Co., Los Angeles

Hqrriet ond Frode B. KIISTOFTE, Rossmon Mill & Lumber Co., Wilmingron

Ollie qnd Corr E. McCAULEY, Ontorio Lumber & Hqrdwqre Co., Ontorio

Helen ond H. P. McDERMOTT, Wisconsin Retqil lumbermen's Assn., Milwoukee

Mrs. ond Mr. McGUIRE, Intl. Poper Co. - Long-Bell Division, los Angeles

Horry McKERRACKER, United Air Lines, los Angeles

Mqbelle ond E. Sydney MERCER, Peoples lumber Co., Oioi

Jonet ond lrvin MORHAR, McKoy Lumber Co., Von Nuys

Normq qnd Robert MORHAR, McKoy Lumber Co., Von Nuys

Lois ond Robert F. MORSE, Morse Lumber Yord, El Monre

Dione ond Terry MULl,lN, Torzono Lumber Co., Torzono

Chqrlofie ond Woyne F. Mul,tlN, Mullin Lumber Co., Los Angeles

Reed PORTER, The Coliforniq Lumber Merchoni, los Angeles

Lelq ond Rolph D. RU55ELl,, Consolidoted lumber Co., Wilmington

Georgie qnd W. Stewqrr RUssEtL, Russell Lumber Co., Whifiier

Beffy ond J. Srork SOWERS, lnlond Lumber Co., Bloomington

Morion ond Northrop SWANSON, Eogle Rock lumber Co., los Angeles

E. F. THOMPSON, Pioneer-Flintkote Co.. los Angeles

Mildred ond Gilmore WARD, Word & Horrington Lumber Co.. Sonto Ano

Virginio ond O. P. WARREN, Bogue & Moikson lumber Co,, Downey

Lorqine ond Srerling H. WOIFE, Morquort-Wolfe Lumber Co,, Hollywood

WEL|'-DRE5SED SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IUMBER DEATER Wl[l WEAR-lN HAWAII Front Row (ond left ro right): Orrie Homilton, Terry Mullin, Tony Honsen, "Norfh" Swonson, Stewort Russell, Gilmore Wqrd, Ed Shumon (Honolulu), Bob Morse, Doyle Boder, Corr Mccouley, Hol Anowolt, Tom Fox, Lowrence McKinley Judd (Honolulu). Poul Collier (Rochester, N.Y.), Stork Sowers ond Cqrl X. Kufieroth (Honolulu). BACK ROW: Chorlie Dornell, Srerling Wolfe, "Bus" Blonchord, Frode Kilstofte, Woyne Hull, Wolly Hull, Rolph Russell, Syd Mercer, "Buz" Anowqlt, Pcul Fritchey, Bert Holdren, Jim Cooper, Rolph Boker, H. P. McDermoft (Milwoukee, Wis.), Woyne Mullin. Bob lowder (Honolulu) ond Steve Hothowoy. About o dozen of the Conference delegotes were unfortunqtely missing

One of the very best things about being in the lun.rber business in Southern California is that business can also be a pleasure there. Exhibit A: the recent Lumbermen's Hau'aiian Conference for Active (retail) and Associate (wholesale) members of the Southern California I{etaii Lumber Association. The Verclict: the lumbermen rvho made the Conference tour not onlY learned a lot of things they didn't already knorv about their businesses but they had the unparalleled opportunity to learn them in one of the most beau-

tiful places on earth and amid clime and scenery brand new to many of the Conference.

From the eventful start of the trip at Los Angeles International Airport at 10:30 p.m. the night of February 22, through the actual Conference days tr-eb. 25-27, to the encl of the adcled official sight-seeing tours on March 2, it was a trip and experience to remet.uber as 1or-rg as a tree grows or a ctlstomer does-it-himself Lucky indeed were those lumbermen who were able

THE NIGHT OF THE Fl.lGHT-(roP left) Orrie Hqmilton qnd Ccrr McCouley rolk over the irip os they cwoit deporture. (Center) Mrs. Mercer. Chorlie qnd Overo Dornell, Poul Fritchey, Fronces Anowoh, Vero Fritchey. Louise Homilton ot ploneside. (right) Chqrles Wolfe. his porenls lhe Sferling Wolfes, Mrs. ond Horoce Wolfe ond ldo Cunner with the guitor she brought from ihe MorquorlWolfe ofiice to do the bon voyoge bir up right, qnd see loroine ond Srerling ofi. (lower lefi) Bus Blonchord, olmosl on the Plone, Sterling Wolfe, Corole ond Jim Cooper, North Swanson, Evelyn Holdren ond Stork 9owers boording. (Center) Doyle qnd Cleo Boder, ond Horriet ond Frode Kilstofte look like they're going to the Rirz bur they're Honolulu-boun4 roo. (Righr) Poul Fritchey, Chorlie Dornell woving lo the woiting CLM, likewise Mrs. Fritchey, Dione qnd Terry Mulfin ore on their woy to cornbine their extra \\,eek of anntlal vacation lvith the oflicial Conferencr: week in the Territory of Hawaii.

Of course, the SCRLA presidellt, Wayne F. Nfullin, and the executive vice-president, Orrie W. Hamilton, little knerv nhen they set the dates for the Harvaiian Conference that the elements weren't exactly cooi)erating at that time. F-ebruary 22 was the weekend of the wicked r'veather that brerved up a mid-Pacific storm ancl caused heaclu,inds in aerial travel that

IHE GROUP FlNAtty ARRIVES AT HONOLUIU AIRPORT qfrer rher firfut flighr. Bui did you evei see o more ecger-looking bunch of beovers? Someone kisses you ond hongs o lei oround your ncck before you're even ofi rhe plone there, but Orrie Hqmilton (stonding. center) musi've been living in o greof big woy becquse he seems to hove more thon o foir shore of leis (onci will you pipe thor pineopple hst!). Thot's the young lody honding out the leis kneeling front row

were severe enough to rate front-page headlines in newspapers all over the world. And the weekend of March 9, when the last of the stragglers were packing for Southern California, brought tidal waves to two of the Hawaiian islands. But that period inbetween the elements was practically from Paradise.

The main group of lumbermen got away from Los Angeles only 30 minutes late as the first word of the crazy, mixed-up weather was beginning to reach the meteorologists of United Air Lines who control the trans-Pacihc flghts. They were told they would go to Honolulu by way of San Francisco to take on extra gasoline to fight the vicious headwinds. The normally short I-. A.-S. F. flight took a little longer than usual and the plane was on the ground trvo hours there to refuel. The trip across the Pacific Ocean to Honolulu was rough, to put it gently, but the main Conference party took it all in good-natured stride with the airline's excellent food, comfort and hospitality. The arrival was accomplished on the island of Oahu, at Honolulu Airport, at 1 :30 p.m., instead of the scheduled 6:30 a.m., just seven honrs late on an ordinarily S-hour flight across. At that. the Conference members were luckier than many other plane passengers rvhose ships lvere either far later arriving or some rvhose planes were turned back to the mainland.

Four couples of the Conference

group had undertaken the Hawaiian trip a few days earlier by Matson Line ship. They told a more harrou'ing tale of rough seas and four-foot waves for two days out but, at that, the big boat was oniy some hours late in docking and they praised the food, hospitality and comforts of the waterborne travel.

And there were even a couple of hardship cases account of the weather.

The CALIFORNIA LUMBER MtrR.CHANT'S man was packed and rarin' to go join the Conference on Sunday morning, Feb. 24, when a last-minute call to the airline disclosed the aforementioned mid-Pacific weather. He sat by the telephone lor 24 hours waiting to see if UAL would schedule a Monday morning departure of the DC-68. It did, we took off two hours late, also routed by way of San Francisco to refuel for the grueling rn'eather hazards, and were just ready to take off from The City when rvho should board the plane but the president of the association and leader of the Conference; Wayne Mullin had been grounded in San Francisco from the previous Saturday morning until this Monday noon, and "boarded" by the airline at the Sheraton-Palace hotel there.

The MERCHANT offered the President its seat so he might get the Conference going in Honolulu (not that Orrie Hamilton hadn't already seen to that there, of course) but Mr. Mullin had been practically assnred he'cl get out of San Francisco in a couDle of

hours by the following Honolulu flight; his wife Charlotte, meanrvhile, a longtime devotee of the idyllic Islands life, had got discouraged by it all and turned back to Los Angeles.

To conclude the take-off troubles, The Merchant arrived only one sightseeing and one business day late, and the President gained another hour aloft as the weather further relaxed and tailed our plane in by one hour despite a two-hour-later take-off.

Following their arrival on Saturday afternoon, the main group settled in their rooms, cottages or ianais at the brand-new Hawaiian Village of the Henry Kaiser-Fritz Burns pro jects norv building on Waikiki Beach (incidentally, that dome-shaped, all-aluminum wonder recently featured in national magazine and neNspaper ads on the Village grounds held its first public performance the day after the lumbermen's arrival). f t r,vasn't long after that till the hardier lumbermen and wives rvere riding the waves or lolling on the sands like they'cl been at Waikiki all their lives.

The first sight-seeing tour of the Conference rvas held Sund:ry, r,vhen the party took off in limousines through the residential districts oI Honolulu to the lush, tropical Nuuanu Valley, visiting the Buddhist temple and old Royal Mausoleum with its tabu sticks standing before the tombs of the late, great kings and queens of the Ha-

THESE fWO SCENES show groups of the Southern Colifornio lumbermen toking it oll in os they listen lo one and qnother of the speokere ot lhe Wednesdoy morring busine* :ession. The scene is the Topo Room of fhe Howoiion Villoge hotel ond the view looks loword one of the five pools ot rhe still-building proiecr

waiian Islands. The lumber folks continued to the famed Nuuanu Pali at the edge of a sheer 1200-foot cliff for a breath-taker of a look at the valley; then down the hillside, through groves of papaya and banana and the little coastline towns . . past white sandy beach after sandy beach . .mile after mile of bougainvillea, bird of paradise, woodrose and yellow poinciana. They visited the Mormon temple grounds at Laie, passed miles of fields of sugar cane and pineapple and returned to the hotel via a route over the heights from which Pearl Harbor could be seen.

Sunday evening's entertainment was a genuine Luau, including roast suckling pig, at Don the Beachcomber's, and our lumbermen were the last group to dine in the old place as it closed forever next day to be removed to the new International Market Place now a-building in Honolulu. The dealers sat on the floor, at low tables, and ate with their fingers the delicious native foods while enjoying a superb native show.

The first business session on Monday, Feb. 25, awaited the arrival of the four dealers and their wives who were arriving on the Lurline: Gilmore Ward, Wilbur Barr, Ralph Baker and Stephen Hathaway. They were met by a welcoming party of the earlier arriving lumbermen while Registration was proceeding at the Hawaiian Village, and the business started after a luncheon of the first of many meals on the famed Island fish, Mahimahi.

The business session was called to order by Ed Shuman. Shuman Hardwood Lumber Co., Honolulu, president of the Honolulu Hoo-Hoo. He made a warm and gracious lvelcome that made the Southern Californians feel they weren't so far from home at all.

The official introduction and welcome of the SCRLA's Hawaiian Conference was given by the Hon. Farrint L. Turner, Secretary of the Territory of Hawaii. And our lumbermen knerv they'd arrived with the cordiality extended by this important official.

The first speech of the Conference opened the eyes of the California dealers to problems in lumber distribution and handling that few of them in the comparative order and regularity of their own retail yards even supposed existed. This was "Wholesale Lumber Supply and Distribution Problems in a Geographically Closed Area," and the speaker who made our retailers firmly appreciate their own comforts with orderly distribution was James Lovell, vice-president and manager of the Lumber division, Lewers & Cooke, Ltd., Honolulu.

An expert rvho accompanied the group over from the mainland talked next. Ife was Paul S. Collier, the longtime executive vice-president of the old Northeastern Retail Lumber Association. Rochester. New York. The well-

BOB 1AWDER (recognizoble by his BUSINES! shid onong the deqlers) gives our boys some Howsiiqn focts obout Americon Foctors, Ltd., of which he is monager of lhe lumber depcrtmenl in Honolulu. teoning on rhe lumber pile in a worehouse full of fhem, you should be oble lo pick our (lefr ond oround) Frode Kilstofte, Jim Cooper, Orrie Homilton, Wolly Hull, North Swonson. Bus Blonchord, Les Everitt, lom Fox, 9yd Mercer, Corr llcGouley, Bolb Morse, Woyne Mullin, fer.ry Mullin, Ralph Russell, Gil Wcrd ond Buz Anowolr. THE SCENE AT THE RIGHI shows the lour in AF mill

informed association manager gave much sage advice and counsel from his years of experience under the topic, "Keys to Profits."

The main topic on the first afternoon's business program was a talk and panel on "Home Financing in Hawaii." It was opened by Alex Castro, president of the Alex Castro Agencies, Ltd., Honolulu. Then Robert T. Carson, director of the Honolulu insuring office of the Federal Housing Administration, gave a talk on the work of that office in one of the busiest boom towns in the world today and moderated a Question-and-Answer period that followed, in which our own dealers had many a question to ask about the mortgage, financing, supply and other problems there.

Monday evening was spent in the pursuit of pleasure, with the groups satisfying their various appetites for food, fun and fancy, mainly along the picturesque sites of Waikiki Beach.

But Tuesday morning the Conference got down to business again with the eagerly awaited and locally guided

CAPTAIN fOi/tllY (sranding on boor) pilored the party ro Peorl Horbor on rhe Diesel yocht for the Gonference's most memor. oble side trip. Alreody off rhe boerr, in the front row, Morgor€t Hqn.€n, louise Homilton wirh HER pineopple hot, Cotherine Fox, Pqul ond Vero Fritchey ore recognizoble

April l, 1957

tours of the Honolulu lumberyards. This was an event not to be missed and alone would have made the whole trip to the Hawaiian Conference worthwhile. The Honolulu Hoo-Hoo generously furnished the free transportation for the conducted tours of the local lumber operations, beginning with lumber unloading activities at the docks and followed through to hauling, sorting, stacking, kiln-drying and milling and retail store operations at the dealer's yard.

The tciur began at the enormous yard of the Honolulu plant of Lewers & Cooke, Ltd., a firm whose gro."vth parallels the grorvth of the Territory, starting in 1852 'ivith lumber as its only stock-in-trade. Following its founcling by Christopher Lewers, it branched into the many lines of merchandise needed for construction in the Islands and rn'as incorporated in 1901 after the annexation of T.H. to the U.S. The firm has yards today also in Lihue on Kauai and in Hilo on Han'aii. as \vell as a Seattle buying office.

This great lumber yard covers 8.6 acres and has 200,00O sq. ft. in buildings. The office section is so widespread in the firm's vast operation that even its departments have departments. F. P. Lowery is president and manager of the company, r,vhose main departments are Lumber division-James W. Lovell, division manager, and Thomas V. Prentice, sales assistant (it was Mr. Prentice rvho was our friendly and

well-informed guide on the yard tour) ; Plumbing division ; Structural division, rvith a separate Construction Materials department and Architectural Metals department and Glass and Allied Metals department; Hardware division, with Tool and General Hardrvare department, Paint department, Floor and Wall Covering department, and Machinery and Electrical department. Then there are the Service and Repair departments.

When we tell you that each of these divisions, and each of the departments, has one or two or more men heading it, you glean an idea of the vastness of this lumberyard operation. And when you know that each department of each division handles from one to two-dozen items, you see why it took us more thrn an hour just to scratch the surface of a tour of the u,arehouses of Leu'ers & Cooke alone. The items are all neatly arranged in storage, lvith hundreds of employes at desks and in packing and loading, etc. The firm has 39 outside salesmen assigned to rvholesale and dealer accounts for continuous, personal contact. Their calls may range from plantations to Territorial government. Inter-Island communication is by direct teletype. The salesmen also call on the island of Maui once a month and the other islands at regular intervals, and Ler,vers & Cooke sells to Guam, Wake, Nf idway, Kwajalein, Johnston Island and the other Pacific Trust Territories.

The firm advertises in English, Japanese, Chinese and Filipino through another department of its operations; it uses every media from window display to TV and is the admitted do-ityourself headquarters of Honolulu. Its Home-Building department is an added promotion service and runs from planning to helping find a contractor. The Merchandising department helps select the right building materials and customers can get an estimate from costs to financing. Men are even assigned to tract developers.

Lewers & Cooke does business on the open-account basis and shipments of materials to it are generally shipped in the same domestic crating used for rail shipment in the continental U.S. Tts mainland suppliers include The Pacific Lumber Company, Blue Diamond Corporation, Long-Bell Lumber Co., Weyerhaeuser Sales Co., U.S. Plyrvood Corp., etc.

A tour of American Factors, Ltd. follorved, with the genial Bob Lawder as our host. This is another gigantic enterprise in the Hawaiian Islands, .lvith yards in many sites. It is also an enormously profitable company with its orvn and also unique system of selling. merchandising and supplying. It has fer,r'er departmentalized activities than the other company but seemed to have larger supplies of strictly lumber as the SCRLA dealers toured room after room, and yard area after yard area, of one or another specie. Ameri-

THE BANQUET GROUP wos hcndsome even if the photo isn'l up to por, (From lefr ro righr) Befiy Sowerl, Vero Frirchey, Harriet Kilstofte, Chqrlie ond Overq Dqrnell, Bert cnd Evelyn Holdren, Mrr. Kufieroth (who wor born on lhe Kono Coost), Ollie Mccouley, louise ond Orrie Hamilton, Colr McCouley, Edirhe Horhqwoy, H. P. l/lcDermott, Steve Hothawoy, Rolph ond Lelq Russell ond Mrs, McDermotf in or neor the front row-in fronl of the glomorous Orchid Tree in the Royol Howoiiqn's dining room entrqnce

can Factors also has its own excellent small mill in the huge, sprawling yard (illustrated on Page 40).

One of the peculiar things the SoCal lumbermen noted on their tour of the Island retail yards, in contrast to the wholesale yards, was that the retail yards had ev,erything but lumber. Hawaiian dealers explained that it is much easier just to let American Factors, Lewers & Cooke, or perhaps some other supplier handle the inventory, and get quick delivery of the big item as needed while their yards and stores simply stock the smaller, packaged building materials.

A late lunch followed the tour of the many interesting Honolulu yards and the Conference members relaxed later that afternoon with the much-awaited Pearl Harbor cruise. About 30 persons in the official party who took this splendid trip will be forever grateful for the fierce Americanism it engendered in their minds and hearts. Captained by an excellent native skipper named Tommy, we sailed the smooth

waters off Oahu and arrived at the vvorld-famed Pearl Harbor, where we were carefully scrutinized (and cameras taken away) by U.S. Navy personnel after entering the narrow, dredged channel.

The lumbermen were filled with both deep sorrow and intense pride as our boat slowly navigated the inner waters to this graveyard of once-proud, now-sunken, United States fighting ships. As the Diesel yacht Kaimanu sailed quietly over the shallowly submerged remains of our ships, over which the American flag still proudly flies, Captain Tommy-himself a veteran of the infamous December 7 ratd, called out the brave, historic names forever enshrined in memory.

The Pearl Harbor installation is a bustling, active place today and no one planning a trip to the Islands should dare miss this magnificent cruise.

Tuesday evening was the occasion of the official Lumbermen's Banquet and it was staged in the sumptuous surroundings of the famed Royal Hawaiian hotel on Waikiki. The ornate old palace hosted almost the full roster

of the Conference delegates at some ten tables, and the excellent menu topped by Vibo Farm Rock Cornish Hen was matched by some very highquality native entertainment. The SCRLA lumbermen and their ladies, dressed in their best, wined, dined and then danced under the stars in the paved patio beside the ocean's waves till a late hour.

Never long away from it, the Conference got back down to business the mo.rning of Wednesday, Feb. 27, following another balmy breakfast in the excellent Ale Ale Kai dining room of the Hawaiian Village hotel. Wayne Mullin, late but by now fully established in Hawaii as president of the association and commander of the Conference, called the second of the group business sessions to order in the Tapa Room, whereas the first had been held in the Long House.

After a brief introductory greeting to the assembled lumbermen on what a fine thing this Hawaiian Conference was turning out to be, President Mullin called for self-introductions by the retailers and wholesalers in meeting

SPEAKERS ot the opening doy business meeling of fhe Hqwoiion Conference were (top lefi) Ed Shumon of the Shumon Hordwood Lumber Co., Honolulu; (rop right) Poul Collier' Noilheqslern Retsil lumbermen's Associotion; (lower left) Lawrence Mckinley Judd, Jr., monoger, Hqwqiiqn Lumber Co., Honolulu,ond (lower righr) Bob lowder, monsgor Lumber deportment, Americon Foclors. tld., Honolulu. The speokers ore 0snked in eoch pholo on rhe lefi'by Woyne l,lullin ond rhe right by Orrie Homihon of the SCRIA

and then introduced the first speaker of the session.

Ralph D. Russell, vice-president and assistant treasurer of Consolidated Lumber Co., Wilmington, talked on "llome Financing and Related Subjects Pertinent to California." Mr. Russell covered his subject tl-roroughly on how and when to get the money, how to check with lending institutions to see if the loan is set up to the contractor or to the yard direct; from the bank or from a savings/loan. He said his firm's terms are 2/o on the 10th. He told of the Builder's Control Service which Consolidated set up in 1937.

President Mullin got some goodnatured introdu,ctions from some latearrivals and next introduced his nephew, Terry Mullin of the Tarzana (Calif.) Lumber Co. and the Terry Lumber Co., Northridge, to talk on "Merchandising." The capable yotlng

vice-president of the Tarzana yard noted that the market seems to be going "direct" in ever-increasing quantity and bypassing the dealer, but he said that if the boom ever bursts, they're going to need the dealer. He said a homeowner can be switched from buying a new TV set to paneling his den by proper merchandising but it needs a definite plan: put yourself in the customer's place-lvhat do YOU see when you come into your yard the first time after an absence? Young Mullin said orderliness in a yard makes the cuslomer knor'v you're efficient (the Tarzana yard assigns one man to one shed each day). He asked the dealers if their displays were well-lighted, if they are attractive? And he pointed up his firm belief in employee meetings to bring out new and better merchandising ideas.

The ininritable Frode Kilstofte, rvho could parlay a lumberyard into a na-

tional monument, was the next speaker introduced. Under the title, "Sharing Profits with Employes," the president of the Rossman Mill & Lumber Co., Wilmington, mixed some rare humor rvith very eloquent wisdom in making his points and winning his audience. This retail lineyard's employee profitsharing plan has been detailed in two earlier stories on these pages.

James W. Cooper, secretary-treasurer of the W. E. Cooper Wholesale Lumber Co., Los Angeles, spoke next; his topic: "What Can Wholesalers Do Besides Sell Lumber?" "Any discord between dealer and rvholesaler is caused by lack of confidence on the part of each," Cooper declared. "Dealers resent the time a rvholesaleman may take. and if he's busy the salesman should get the hell out of his store. And the dealer doesn't like the 'looseness' a wholesaler may adhere to on

SPEAKERS ot the Wednesdoy session were (top lefi) Terry Mullin, (center) Frode Kilstofte, (right) Gil Word, The lorger photo qcross lhe bofiom shows q beller view of the speoker's plotform in the fapo Room os Jim Cooper mcke: o potenf point to the deoler oudienca's ottenlion. Woyne Mullin sits beside the :peokers

Rolph Russell rook his lutn ql lhe mike to rell rhe deolers oboul Homc Finoncing in Colifornio

promised delivery time-the retail yard depends on prompt delivery.

"On the other side," Cooper continued. "wholesalers dislike the 'auction attitude' of many dealers. But thcre are cures to all these oroblems."

he said. And he advocated a definite buying policy by dealers: their hours, knowledge of what items they do and do not stock, purchase orders, dealer confirmations, etc. Then he said the rvholesalers should firm these orders,

grades, and have knowledge of their mills' ability to supply.

"Let's assume we're all in the same boat," the speaker said, "each needs the other for eventual success: mill to wholesaler to dealer or contractor.

-(Photos by lames Kinard, Carec Plant, Pioneer Division, The Flintkote Compony; Hilo, Hazuaii) IHE CONFERENCE PARTY qrrives in Hilo in two ploneloods. The top photo shows the first plone, which made a smooth trip, but rhe plone in lhe lower photo wouldn't quite toke ofi from Honolulu, pur bock in for four new spork ptugs while the group got o free breokfost on the oirline (how lucky con you ger? oh yeoh!) but orrived on hour or so loler. All were mel by representotives of the Ploneer-Flintkote Compcny. Howsii's beouly queen ond her courl, qnd loccl government ofiiciols most pfeosontly with fhe usuol kisses ond leis ond eccorted to the Nqniloo hotel for a 2-day stoy. To poinl out o few highlighrs in theso two photos-fop pholo: one Hilo becury holds the bonner on rhe lefi ond illiss Aloho-Howcii of 1955, Jeon' efte Mokqio, holds ir on the right with on armlood of fresh-oower leis. Thqt's Glenn Hs]|er second from the left, who worn't in the group photo on Page 37, qnd 8us Blonchq.rd toking pictures ot the for right, who wos. (And if you see o dude who's still oll dolled up, including Homburg, thot's Frode Kilslofte.) BOTIOI PHOTO Highlights: there's the lwo beouty queens closer up (ond holding rhe bonner in reverse order from above)i Woyne Mullin ot for left, then Kenneth Wong of the Canec plont reseorch doportment, then Glenn Knighr of The Flinrkoie Compony. Orrie Homilton (who stondr squcrely behind the "from" in rhe bonner) still looks slrictly from Howqii as he gers his shore of rhe leis left

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ones thot didn't get owoy!) deolers by Jlonette Mokoio, "Miss Aloho" herself. The willing pupils (once they got thot ol' swing) were (from left to righr in rop photo) Sydney Mercer, Slewort Russell. Bus Blonchord. Bob Morhor, Chorlie Dornell ond iqul Collier; rhe firsr rhree fellows behind them ore the nofive "orchestro" (ond the third fellow is our excellent driverguide, Jimmy Murphy). Ar the posr ot the right, not knowing quite whot lo moke of ir oll, is Frode Kilstofte; oPPeoring to [" hotaing hi. no.u ibut reolly not) is Bob Morse, seofed; while Tom Fox, qt the veryfor righr, must bewonderingwhor this olt is goi; to do to the price of lumber. In the two lower photos. Stew Russell ond Bus Blonchord ore reolly getting fhe hong of it now, while Syd Mercer (left in

\\-hat can the \Vholesalcr clo to help?

He sces AI-L the yar<ls-he can Pass orr tips to the clealer, orr hanclling and storing nrethods, shipping and packir-rg tips arrd tlte 1ike," Cc.roper concluded in his forthright and intelligent talk.

C. Gilrnore Ward, president of the \\'ard & Harringtotr Lltmber Co., Sarrta.\na, \\'as next. to sPeak on "'fhe Otrtlook for Home lluilding in 1957." Ntr. \\''ard explained ins and otlts of I.'NNIA and other government finar.rcing and saicl, "Apparently the government still fears inflation." lle told of capital gair.rs setups. pro{it-sharing plan investments. etc., n'hich he saicl some

tax attornevs believe thc Internal Itevenue lltlreau u'ill look f:rvora'ltlv on.

The speaker lrclielecl l'e mztv gct back to the exterrsive tract bttilclirlg ir.r Sr.ruthern California some dav that n'e hai'e irad the last feu' \'ear* al1(l (1etailed some nrethocl by r"'hich er-en snrall ,-ards har-e lreen able to ncllt their builders. contractors ancl investors get linancing through mortgage lronds, S/I-, etc.

"As far as 1957 is concerned," Gil Ward concluded, "it is apt to be the same as last year with some pickup possible in the last quarter, but I doubt that tracts will boom

before th,e second quarter of 1958. We face economies all along the Ilne.

1'residcnt N[u11in ofhciallv introducecl the i isiting associatioll executir-es, H arrv N'f cl)erntott aud Paul Collier, to the deleg:rtes. :tftcr u'hich Bob l-zrn'der of Americlrrt Factors commcrrtcrl on financirrg. collections, etc., in lIonolulu in lirrc n'ith manv of thc nrorning's talks. He \vas a\riclly questioned by the dcalers. Frode Ki1stoftc u-as callecl lrack :Lnd cluestionecl, lLs n'c11, on 1-ris cotnpiit-ty's profit-sharing plrLrr irr the Questit.rn-Ansu'er period that follorvecl the talks.

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Then some dealers, notably the progressive "Bus" Blanchard, got the session going hot-and-heavy a few minutes while he plied Stark Sowers, Sterling Wolfe, Jim Cooper and the 'other wholesalers present with questions on shipments of grade-stamped ,lumber, quantities of certain grades, etc. Orrie Hamilton had to terminate the session by promising "Bus" and others that they could continue their wholesaler inquisition at the next regular monthly meeting at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. And that's what makes the Southern California Retail

Lumber Association the cooperative, well - informed and smooth - working body that it is. Even in far-off Hawaii !

Luncheon with several of the brilliant Honolulu lumbermen after the final business session was followed by a fas,cinating tour around another side of the island of Oahu. With the fabulous driver, Richard, for a guide, the Conference delegates toured to Mount Tantalus with its awe-inspiring panorama of Honolulu from Diamond Head to Pearl Harbor. Stops were rnade at the national militarv cemeterv

in the extinct Punchbowl volcano, the Waikiki Aquarium, the old Robert Louis Stevenson house and other scenic highlights among verdant foliage and startling tree growths. A dinner at the Ishi Tea Gardens Japanese restaurant for most of the group that evening concluded a very busy day.

Lest the reader begin to believe about here that the SCRLA Lumbermen's Hawaiian Conference was ALL business, let it be stated here that, with the official business sessions just concluded, the inter - Island sightseeing

-(Photos bg James Kinard,, Corec Ptant, Pioneer Division, The Flintbote Company; Hilo, Hauaii) THE CANEC PI'ANI IOURS orc rhown (rop) in thr moming group ond (boffom) in the qffernoon group. The bonlers (in cdditlon to the oeomponying rlory) rhould show to whot lengthr thc arocious Concc folls mode the Southcrn Cotifornio tunbcmcn wclcome'to Hilo for the Flintlote Comp€ny. PionccrFtinfkote oftciob are at the righr with Prorident Woync l/lullin in thc top photo, while Concc enployo orc scottered through both picturer. (And thcrc'r onother llorhor-lrvin-whowosn'l in thr Pogr 37 Eroup, rhird frrm bft in botom photo and come ro rhink of it, Gordon Bogue, foorlh from thc lcfi, bn't in the oficiol group on P. 37 eitficr . but wr gct ,cm oll rometirno.)

planning departments as a free service trips began the next day, altho still more omcial retail lumberyard visits and a well-organized tour of the Canec plant of the Pioneer-Flintkote Co. at Hilo, on the biggest island, Hawaii, were still to be included.

A retail yard toured by the SCRLA Conference delegates in Honolulu was the City Mill Co., Ltd., Hawaii's largest retail yard, the "One-Stop Building Supply Center." Not much of a coineon name but what a "store !" Located near the downtown sector, the huge trade-marked pineapple of one of the Dole processing plants at the yard's rear looks as if it might be part of it.

From a lumber and rice mill on Honolulu's waterfront in 1899, City Mill Company's growth today is a testament to its founder, C. K. Ai (pronounced Ah-Ee) who at 93 today is the yard's president; his son David Ai vice-president. This venerable schoolmate of Sun Yat Sen went to the Islands at 14 from China and his career in'Honolulu retail lumber was so respected that when he capitalized at $60,000, the people came to HIM with funds. The yard's early days survived

an epidemic of bubonic plague and escaped the condemnation by burning afterwards, but strong tradewinds carried the fires to the yard's site anyway, and the best equipment in the city was destroyed by this calamity in the reign of King Kalakaua.

The stockholders urged Ai to start anew and, to save their investments and the jobs o.f his employes, this ancient made good a second time. The firm has weathered the plague of 1900, the panic of lW7, another fire in 1919 and the depression of the 30s. Always believing in the best, Ai bought a fivemasted schooner to bring his yard the top-quality redwood, Douglas fir and cedar from the Northwest to build the finest homes in Hawaii. In 1950, this present, spacious $200,000 retail yard and store were opened. on 8l acres. The building is dedicated to James I. Dowsett, Ai's early employer and benefactor.

The City Mill Co. has air-conditioned offices and floor space of 30,000 sq. ft. to display its thousands of items for sale for home construction. It has one of the largest and finest Home-

under Ray Sakagawa, registered archi. .-;r tect and member of the AIA. City M;U ',1 Co. will do about 400 houses in 1957, de.clares Forest Fiber Products Co. of Forest Grove, Ore., whose Forest hardboard is one of the leading mate- ' rials sold by the Honolulu yard. Ten draftsmen alone are employed on the .:1 yard's staff.

The august C. K. Ai at 93 is pos- :sessed of peace, serenity and amazing. vitality. Through faith, he says, he has never worried. This retail lumbermani. was named Father of the Year by the, Honolulu Chamber of Commerce rer cently. Besides his v.-p. son David ac", tive in the yard, Ai's daughter Esther Chong is secretary of the corporatiop, ,'r and manager of the lumber depart-':l ment. Other executives of the retail yard are Robert Taira, administrative'., asst. to the vice-president; Allen Shimizu, comptroller ; Ross Werkheiser; sales manager; Ralph Ault, head of the structural materials dept., and Kelvih Lau, in ,charge of wall and floor coverings.

Don't ask us why, but it may be

AEnlAt VIEW of Pionecr.Flintkote's CANEC plont rhows locotion ot boce of slopet of Mounq loo Volcono for obove. Ihr lumbermen toured the tength and breqdth of fic plonr b 3e6 th€ monufocluring procese ond wcre glod to got to rhe Noni: loo hotcl for o quick dip in Hilo Boy (rop left of phoro) whcn thc dcy wo: over. The plont is two milcs from rh. ciry of Hilo (rop right of phoro)

noted in passing that a tour of this yard revealed that in the Hawaiian Islands the roof is put on a new home before the walls are put in place.

The jaunt to the principal city of Hilo on the big islancl of Hawaii started early Thursday morning, Feb. 8. Two of the planes of Harvaiian Airlines, rvhich are nolv the inter-Islands "jitneys" since the boats quit regular service, were necessary to carry members of the Lumbermen's Conference making the trip. After depositing baggage at the picturesque Naniloa hotel follon'ing the short, smooth flight, the delegates split into tr,vo groups-one taking the business tour of the Canec plant and the other the sugar mill before lunch, reversing the order that afternoon-

Tou'ard the end of the lgth Century, leaders of the Hau,aiian sngar industry began to give considerable thought to using lly-products of the industry. particularly the fibrous bag'asse renraining nfter juice l.as extracted from the cane an<l used only as fuel in the sugar mill boilers. When a paper mill rvas built at Olaa in lglZ

to manufacture mulch paper for use in the pineapple fields, more interest was aroused and for ten years experiments were made to use bagasse on a rvider scale.

The results showed that the Hawaiian bagasse was ideally suited for making a high-grade structural insulation board and, within a short time, Hawaiian Cane Products, Ltd., rvas organized and ground broken for the modern factory site.

This Canec plant is a tremendous installation and E. F. Thompson, manager of building materials, Pioneer division, The Flintkote Company, Los Angeles, had flown over from the mainland to join the Conference for the day's tour of the plant at Hilo. The Canec factory, composed of steel and concrete buildings rvith its own power plant, conveyor equipn,er.rt arrd procclis machinery of latest design, was completed early in 1932 and'ivent into prodtrction exactly 25 years ago this month. The trade name of "Canec" was selected for the product and is now widely known over most of the world.

The war record of Canec products is well known, when B5lo of the output went directly to projects in Hawaii, Alaska, Panama, Pacific coast and advance bases. In 1948, at the peak of the post-war building boom, The Flintkote Company acquired Hawaiian Cane Products and pushed the products with contractors rvho faced materials shortages. The FlintkoteCanec insulation boards found wide favor and drywall construction has been highly approved ever since in a variety of construction jobs.

The Canec plant, Pioneer division, Thc Flintkote Company, located at Waiakea in Hilo, is strategically situated to receive supplies of raw material. Part of the bagasse is supplied by blower system from the nearbv sugar mill and the balance hauled by truck from other mills on the island. The finished products are trucked to the Hilo docks two miles distant for world-wide shipment.

The Flintkote-Canec line is available from extensive warehouse stocks maintained by leading distributors on the west coast today. The Hawaiian plant's acoustical tile, Ceil-Dek, Form-

SCENES AROUND HILO show: (top left) port of fhe Conferenc€ group qf one of the mony orchid "forms" in Hilo on rhe big islond of Hcwoii, "the Orchid lsle." (Iop righr) Ihe MERCHANT promised Srerling Wolfe b tqke his picture on the besch ot Wqikiki bur never got oround to it, so tried to moke it up io him wirh rhis rhot of o fost dip in Hilo Boy. but it come out looking like "the old rwimming hole" insteod. (Lower righr) Ollie ond Corr McCouley ond her sister, Alice Eilqnd from fexos, were osked by lhe comeromon to register sodness ot hoving lo lcve Hilo bul they'll never win ony Acodemy Awords; onywoy. iust look at lhe size of thot 9or9eou3 orchid on Mrs. Eilcnd, iust picked in the bockyord. (Lower righr) Some fruckloods of bogosse leqve for ihe Cqnec plont ofter lhe sugor hor been exlrocted al the sugor mill shown here

NOW THERE'S A I.IKETY-IOOKING bunch of deolers ot the Conec cocktoil poriy (surely not tolking business!). From left to right: Cdrr McCouley, Steve Hothowoy, Bus Blonchord, Doyle Boder. The group rop right is (1. ro r.) Ed Thompson, Pioneer-Flintkote Co,, los Angeles; Woyne Mullin, SCRIA; George Holl, Conec-Flintkore; Fred Berry, Pioneer-Flintkote, L.A.; Robert Fujimoto of the Howoii Ploning Mill retoil yord, Hilo, qnd Bob Kittrell, mqnqger of the Conec plont ond our most geniol host for the cocktoil porty.

In the boftom left photo. Morgorel Honsen gets in the swing ond decides to kiss ihe donor herself when she receives rhe troditionol lei, while Husbond Tony Honsen to lhe right wonders whot brought oll this on. The photogropher back there is the excellent Jim Kinord, Conec plont superiniendent, who mode muny of the pholos on these poges ond is the ploni's non-officiol public relotions mon. Scene ot the right wqs the Hulo entertoinmenl when group got bqck to the Noniloc loter thot nighl

lroar<l, l)ecotone, insulating tile, insulating l)1ank, insulating sheathing, lxrilding b<,,ard, roof instllation. Thriftex n,allboard, backer board and cant strip are in use :Lll over for economicai in terior clecoratin g, remodeling and ne\\' l)uilding.

A rlelightfrrl lrrnchcon hostecl lry officials of the Canec lrlant antl I'ioneerFlintkote \\'as hel(l at a charnling lakeside place called thc l-ani. 'l'he foocl \\-as hne and Jeanette \[:tkaio, the Ha\\-aiian beautr- q11ecn, taught a class ()f clealers the intricacies of tl.re Hula dance, u'hile drivers of the limoltsine tours made up the native orchestra (illustrated on Page 45).

-\f ter lunch, the party that tor.rrctl the Canec plant in the t.nortring \\'cnt on a grli(led tour of the largest sugar rrrill. srr$ the vari,)lls stilges in thc ntlnllfirctrlrc of srrgar arrci hanclling of the lr:rg;Lsse ()n its \\'av to the Carrec plant for rlanufactLlrc intr) builtiing materials.

The rcm:rirring tirre in the alternoon \\'as use(l for lovelv sccltic tortrs rtf one oi marrv orcltirl lltrtns on t{ztu'aii -"1hg orchi(l islan<1," sottte of thc city, the Queen l-ilirrokalani l'lLrl<, \'icws of tos'ering l{attrra lica volclrrro,:t gentline hist,,ric Hltrvltiilttt villlrgt' lrrrd the f arnorts R:rnvan ] )rivc 1c:rtlittg t<r

thc Nanilon hotel. Itoonts at the hotel hacl lre err :rssigncrl by late :r[tern()on and solnc of tltc lrrnrbcrnten s\\.am in cluiet Hilo llav, r,l,hile others rested r1p from the milcs o[ n'alking incurred in thc day's lltiuruf:rctrlring tours, ltilotccl by the capablc dri vcr-guirle -J in-rr.r.rrXIurphy.

Again thiit er-ening, as trt lunch anrl in the Canec plant, the I-rrnrlrernren's Conference \\'as the gucsts of thc gcnerous I)ioneer-l-lintkote CornPanv at il c()ml)letel)' charlning c()cktail l)artv hclcl in thc island's Yacht Clulr on a rock\' ()ccan promintory. Therc rvas s()nlething' to ltlease the particular apJ)ctitc ()f :nlv grlest, and the entire (.onfcrcncc :rgree(1 th:Lt the endless \-arietv <>[ rlcliciorrs Irors cl'ocrrvres had never ],t't'tt t'rltr:rllc,l irr tlrcir r'\lrcpjgl11's.

Tl-rc lrnrver 'lrrurlrcrmen 11n(1erto()k a rcg111:rr tlinncr u1)()11 rctrlrn to the Ntrnilou for thc nigl'rt :rnrl ther-r "shooli it clou'n" u,ith sonrc inte usc .r11(liellcc 1)articipation in a full-sclLlc l{ull entertainment in the hotcl's iru(lit()riunr.

N[iss NI:rl<aio anrl tu'o othcr <1:rrrccrs, and tl-rrcc FIau'aiiar-r singcrs, 1rr-ovi<lc11 it gooLl shol\'. The cr-rtirc Clonl'crcncc partv at Hilo l'as happr- to turn in c:Lrlv, 1rr11ed to sleep ltr. n'lr-e. lrrclLliing outsicle on the hotel's lteninsnlar si tc.

F'rida1', llarch 1, <1rru'nccl as :rnother dav of ecluc;ition. I rtrrne<1i:Ltcly af ter breakfast, thc Corrfererrce gro111) set out in about ser-en limousines lrir leadirrg sights lrrorrnrl thc cit-v ('nroute 1() the famous Volcano Housc on tlre rim of Kilauea Cr:rter in Hau,aii National T'ark, aclministered bv the F-<trest Serr.ice of the U. S. Department oi thc In terior.

In lrrr<1 :iround Hi1o, the tour sau, the n'r;Lgniliccr.rt Itainbou- Fa11s, relics of thc ol<1 roval kingdolns, ne\\. coLlnty ar1(1'lcrrit()rial bLrildings. a l-ood-carr'irrg shop, :r guiclerl tour through the largest orchicl intlr.rstrr- and then thror.tg'h Iieauu (()laa), I{urtistou.n, N{ountain Yicu' antl Glcr-ru'ootl, :ind througl.r the Gi:ir.rt Trcc Fern Forest to the \,'olcarto I lousc in the nzttional J)ark for lunchcon at thc :Lrlmir:rble hostelry rrrn b1' o1<1 " Llnclc (ieorge" Lvctrrgus. a lticturesclue charlrcter from the Spanish-Americ:rr-r Wlrr, :rrr11 nr:trraged bv Nicholas T,vcurgus.

'\ lecture b1. the rzinger guides in the l)arl< mrlseum follor,r'ed lrrnchecln, u'ith color morries of the last eruPtion of NlrLunir l-oa in 1950, n-hen lar-a flou'ecl Ior 23 days ancl reached the sea in less th:rn three hours at 5.8 miles an hortr, callsiug' the ocean's \\'aters to boil sevcral rniles out. Hal.aii's manr. r-olca-

Conpaity ; Hilo, Hauaii )

(1'of Photo by Jamas Kinard, Canec Plant, Pionaer Didsi,ttt,T-hc Flitrhotc

noes may lie dormant from a ferv months to nine years; most eruptions are confined within the craters and usually give fair warning with a measurable tilt upward of the surface of the mountain affected and a series of earthquakes. Scientists can nearly always accurately predict them.

The cars toured the Kilauea Crater highway to Halemaumau, Keanakakoi, Laumanu, Puhimau and Kilauea-Iki craters past the firepits, sulphur banks and steam vents to the Thurston Lava Tube channeled almost down to l{ilo by the last lava flow. With lighted torches the party walked and crar,vled almost a block through the tube, and was told park rangers have explored it on hands and knees for 13 miles.

Arriving back in Hilo, the Lumbermen's Conference was deposited by the capable driver-guide, Francis Stillman, and the other guides at the Har,vaii

Planing Mill, Ltd., for a look at this booming modern retail yard. It is rnteresting to note that Hilo's downtown buildings are all rebuilt on one sicie of the street following the last great tidal wave that hit the Hawaiian Islands in 1946 and. in Hilo. washed thousands of humans and buildings into tl-re sea. The seaward side of the street was rebuilt with parking areas and-alas !parking meters even there.

So this Hilo retail yard offers an unsurpassed view of Hilo Bay and the island sweeping upward to Mauna Loa. Amid this scenic splendor, PresidentManager Robert M. Fujimoto oversees a modern, well-stocked store, ample yard storage of materials but-aga.in-no lumber; that is supplied immediatelv upon order from the wholesale rrard of one of the big Iirms.

It was good to spend the evening quietly at dinner and relaxation in the Naniloa hotel before the final clay of the Conference tours.

E,arly the morning of Saturday, March 2, the lumbermen and their ladies packed, breakfasted and boarded the little HAL plane at Hilo Airport for the "commuter" flight to N{aui, second largest island of the Flarvaiian group. Skimming over the great dormant crater of Haleakala Volcano, the plane set down at the Kahului Airport and we were assigned driver-guides for the day and driven to the county seat of Wailuku, with picnic lunches picked up at the Maui Palms hotel.

There followed a tour of the Yosemite Valley of Maui, with an exceedingly healthy walk through the Iao

AT THE HllO RETAII YARD, the Hqwqii Ploning Mill, lrd., c lour of rhe yold showed mony innovolions in retcil operotions. Group qt lefi ir (lefr ro righf) Tom Fox, Orrie Homilton, Tony Honsen, Robcd M. Fuiimoto, the preridentmqnoger of rhe yord; Wcyne Mullin, Sydney Mercer, 9tewort Russell ond Rolph Russell. Center left phofo shows Mrs. Homilton, Gilmore qnd Mildred Wcrd odmiring some of the ycrd's disploys, while center right shows Morgoret Honsen qnd Cotherine Fox discovering qn item olso fo be found in the yordr qt home in Los Angeles ond Sonfo Ilionicc, respecfively. (And will you look through the windows ol the oceonside locolion of ihis hqndsome yord! . .

nothing wos rebuih on the oceqn side of Hilo's downtown streers following fhe 1946 tidsl wqve.) lower left shows Tony Honsen out in the ycrd's worehouse with on employee, while the group in the store ot lower righr is Srewort Russell, Moncger Fujimoto, Mrs, ond Syd Mercer ond Chqrlie Dornell

CAUGHT W|rH

IHE GOODS ol the big Hulo enlertoinmenl in the Noniloo hotel were lhe group here (from left to righr): -+ Ed Thompson of the PioneerFlintkore co., loc Angeles; Woyne Mullin, Jeonelte Mqkaio, "Mirs Aloho Hcwoii of 1955," who :lorred in lhe show; ond (kneeling ond qt fol righr), H. P. McDermotl ond Poul Collier, the two Yi3iting ossociolion moncgels

Valley almost up to its famed "Needle," and the leisurely drive through the "Riviera of Hawaii" along the tranquil ocean to Lahaina, the ancient w-haling center and former capital of the Territory, where grows the world's second largest banyan tree, and where the early missionaries and lusty whalers made history.

And on a short distance, past acres of sugar cane and fields of pineapple plantations, to the private Fleming Beach, whose white sands, green grass, gently swaying cocoanut and palm trees surely make it the world's best beach. At least so it seemed to the weary Lumbermen's Conference after a week of business meetings, tours of Iumberyards and manufacturing plants and mills.

And there, after the jampacked boxes of the picnic lunches were opened and devoured, most of the Lumbermen's Conference was more than willing to swim, loll on the beach and take photographs for several ecstatic hours, and forego the scheduled tour of Hamakuapoko and its ruined

The afternoon passed all toq swiftly, with after - luncheon refreshment of fresh pineapples expertly carved by the driver-guides, papayas, pineapple juice and Grenache Rose, and even some armloads of cocoanuts personally gathered by Vice - President Orrie Hamilton but broker-r open by the guides.

And so, just like in the travelogs, we bade goodbye to the ancient islands of the legendary, late great King Kamehameha II, the lush and lovely island of Maui in particular, boarded another plane and almost jetted back to Honolulu in a few minutes. Back to the Hawaiian Village hotel headquarters of this terrific SCRLA Lumbermen's Hawaiian Conference, and a regret{ul look at the time tables to ascertain the next day's departures for the mainland and the local lumberyards.

Downtown Chinese dinners or l1ear-

IHE WHEE]5 GET TOGETHER (from left fo right): Orrie Hsmilron, execulivc vice-president of the SCRIA; Roberl Kiitrell, monoger of tha Conec plcnl; Woyne Mullin, president of rhe SCRIA; ond Ed Thompson, los Angeles execulive of the PioneerFlintkote Co.

The men were oftciolly phorogrcphed ot lhe Noniloq holel to signcl the big orrivol for the visir ro Hilo

by Waikiki Beach luaus or a Catamaran ride over the ocean occupied groups the last night in Honolulu; and the last day, Sunday, March 3, for the official conference was spent in packing, swimming at Waikiki, or finally getting off those postcards to the folks back home.

The big United Air Lines plane, with the majority of the Conference group aboard, left Honolulu Airport sharply at 8 p.m. after the lumbermen went easily through the U. S. Customs inspection. After some thoughtful Stark Sowers hospitality to the plane passengers and the airline's turkey dinner, the night flight went smoothly and the first California smog was sighted off the Santa Cruz Islands about 7 a.m. The lumbermen landed at Los Angeles International Airport soon thereafter.

The lumbermen who lingered for an extra, vacation, week in the Hawaiian Islands were able to see the old Kona coast of the island of Hawaii, the "garden island" of Kauai, the very recent tidal wave and other sights that the

-(Phatos by Iames Kinard, Canec Plmt, Pianes Division, The Ftrintkote Com?anr;Hilo, Hauaii)

lumber mill, the bamboo forest of Kailua Gulch and the deep gorge of Honomanu.

entire Conference was unfortunately unable to see in its limited time.

But all who went sarv enough to last a lifetime of happy memory and are eager to get back again for another such week of sightseeing and stimulating business meetings and friendly lumberyard tours. In fact, those local Hau'aiian lumbermen who joined the dealers, wholesalers and ladies from the States on the SCRLA's official Conference guest list said this was the first lumber dealers' meeting ever held in Harvaii and rvere very anxious to have the California group return next year or sooner.

SCRLA Executive Vice - President Hamilton ancl President Mullin u.ere deluged with compliments, very sincere ones, on the lrehavior and general attitude of their lumbermen's group. These expressions came entirely un-

solicited from the people in Honolulu, Hilo and every place visited with u'hom the Conference had any dealir-rgs. The compliments were also echoed by the drivers of all the tours.

"It makes us proud to be in the same industry with such a fine group," would be a fair summary of the generally voiced appreciation of the feeling the SCRLA lumbermen left over there.

The outstandingly successful tour arrangements were made by Orrie Hamilton, with Carl X. Kufferath, secretary of the Honolulu Hoo-Hoo club, and with Harry McKerracker of United Air Lines in Los Angeles. They went without a hitch, it appeared, but

if there were any, no one knew it. In appreciation for his marvelous handling of the Conference, the lumbermen presented Mr. Hamilton and his good r'r.ife Louise with a large and handsome salad bowl set of the Monkey Pod (rare tree) rvood and a 3-section appetizer tray of Milo wood, on their return from Kauai. The gifts lvere in the shape of large leaves and were signed, by 19 couples and two solo guests, "In Appreciation for our trip to Hawaii."

Countless are the thanks due all who had a hand in planning this event.

lloha oe!

IHE TOUR AND PICNIC ON IHE ISIAND OF l/lAUt wcre one of the greor highlighrs of the whole Conferenco. fop left shows the orrivsl ,ql the oirport, with rhe lodie3 ot the left (from rhe left) Cqrole Eckordt, Corol Ann Ancwalr, Fronces Anqwqlt ond loroine Wolfe. The cenlcr left scene shows Stewqrt Russell going down to the seo in rlips on rhe white scnd beoch, qnd rhe c€nter right rhot shows fivc of lhe tour drivert, who olro doubled in strings qnd sliced pineopples and crocked cocoonuts; lhey ore, second from lefi, ond on: Populi (olso cclled "Ctozy"), Koni the funny mcn, Alikc ond the gantlemonly Lili, The group dt the lower left is iusf ploin feeling GOOD qfter the most olegont picnic boxes, cnd the group lower right is iust ploin wondering if they ever wonl lo go bock fo tho Stdtes. Don'l know how thot ol' houn' dog got inro rhis lost phorogroph, but will you dig rhor deolcr honging on lhe polm iree ot the for right? Did you oyGr seo o hoppier, lozierlooking deolor in your life. But weren't we qll?

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The lumber industry has asked Congress to repeal that part of the administration's Soil Rank prograrn which provides federal subsidies to farmers who convert crop lar.rd to trees.

As the House Agriculture committee began hearings on Soil Bank operations during 1956, the National Lumber Manufacturers Association filed a statement warning that the tree planting subsidies may:

1. Create an "expanding bureaucracy" and "more and more federal supervision and control" over farmers.

2. Cost taxpayers up to $1 billion.

3. Deprive non-subsidized landowners of needed planting stock.

The statemcnt, by forrner NLMA Executive Vice-President Bodine, said the tree planting payments, averaging $10 a year per acre nationwide, are "grossly unfair to those taxpayers who do not participate in such benefits, particularly the landorn'ners who convert land to tree cover at their own expense.

"Private forest landowners," Bodine explained, "have increasingly and voluntarily aclopted good practices on their lands in recent years at little or no expense to the general taxpayer.

"Today, for example, there are more than 9,000 certified Tree Farms covering more than 41 million acres in 44 states. This Tree Farm acreage is increasing at the rate of about million acres a year.

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"I{any millions of acres rrore are being wcll managed by private owners for timber production but have not yet been certified as Tree Farms. In 1956 approximately 740,000 acres were planted to trees by private o\ ''ners, without the liberal subsidies provided by the Soil Bank. This acreage has bcen increasing yearly under private initiative ancl financing."

In connection r'r'itl-r the Soil l3ank goal to redttce farm surpluses, Ilodine said there is sotne qucstion about whether further moves in this ciirection :rre wise at a timc of growing world tension. He aclcled:

"Durir.rg the past year fart'n surpluscs have bceu whitticd down appreciably. At the same time, worlcl conclitions are rnore strained now than they l"rave been for an extendecl period,

indicating the rvisdom of retaining aclequate reserves for use by our people should an emergency arise."

To underscore this point, Bodine quoted from a recent speech in lvhich Interior Secretary Seaton warned that "unless our current rate of farm production is increased, lve may well become a 'have not' nation, agriculturally speaking, sometime between 1970 and 1980."

Further, Boclir.re stated: "The recently complcted Timber Resource Revierv, a report of the Department of Agriculture, shows that nationwide we are growing one-third n-iore timber than rve are usir-rg. Certainly, the diversion of farm land to tin-rber lar.rcl cannot be justifrecl on any present or foreseeable future need for t'nore forest land."

Mount Whitney Lumber Co., fnc.

Better Understonding Reported Due From Northwest Investigotion

Better public understanding of the Pacific Northwest's, forest economy has resulted from recent Congressional tommittee hearings dealing with federal timber practices, according to W. D. Hagenstein, managing director of the Industrial Forestry Association, who was the association's representative and observer during the three weeks of Congressional hearings in various Northwest cities and appeared as a witness, and timber spokesman while the investigators convened in Portland.

"Intelligent legislation and appropriations for sound federal forest management should result," he said, "because participating Congressional committee members are now cognizant that the Northwest's economy is dependent upon our forest products industry."

The Industrial Forestry Association is a non-profit organization with 51 members who rely on both private and government timber in varying degrees in their operations. Collectively, members own approximately 7 million of the ll.2 million acres of industrially owned timberlands in western Washington and Oregon.

In his official report to members of the association, Hagenstein stated that industry witnesses made a good case for better forestry on federal lands, pleaded well for less political interference with federal employes, and told of the industry's own forestry progress. He reported that the hearings developed unanimous opinion on need for federal financing of main-line timber access roads, importance of attaining the full allowable cut from federal forests annually, need for re-inventory of federal forests, simplification of federal timber sales practices, and need for complete study of federal forest personnel policies and salaries.

llenaar,h.

Dorothy and Clif Roberts, headman at the Benson Lumber Co., San Diego, spent a midMarch weekend in Arizona and Mexico.

George Hull, formerly of Pacific Forest Products, Inc., Oakland, and Ray Spalding, of the northern California Spalding interests, left Oakland March 22 for a flight to Paramaribo, Surinam (Dutch Guiana), where they will survey a sawmill installation they are constructing, returning to the U.S. April 15 to wind up their affairs before a permanent move to Surinam. The sawmill, now being built in the south, is to be shipped from New Orleans in mid-April.

Joe Hearin of F. L. Hearin, Lumber, Medford, Ore., was a recent SoCal visitor.

Elruce Arabesque Blocks

Low cost and attractive appearance make Bruce Arabesque Blocks an excellent flooring value. The abundance of natural wood characteristics gives this flooring an interesting decorative effect often preferred over more expensive grades. The solid oak blocks

(9" x 9" x 25/32") ane completely finished at the factory for beauty, durability and easy installation over wood or concrete, Stock and recommend Bruce Arabesque Blocks for homes, apartments, offices. wherever a distinctive floor is desired.

Art Milhaupt, head of the buying division of Roddiscraft's Lumber Sales division, has returned to his Arcata office from a 2-week business trip in Texas.

Joe Tardy, longtime L. A. wholesale lumberman, is back from another trip thru Arrzona and New Mexico, his home away from home, where he called on his dealers.

Simpson Redwood Co. Salesmanager E. G. "Dave" Davis attended the Indiana Lumber & Builders Supply Assn. convention at Indianapolis, March 5-7.

Virginia Rieke, formerly with Boller Lumber Co. and B&B Plywood, is the new secretary at the Marquart-Wolfe Lumber Co. wholesale offi,ce in the Taft Bldg., Hollywood and Vine, where she assists fda Cunner, another popular "girl Friday."

Bill Bonnell (-Ward & Knapp) made a hurried trip to the hospital March 5 with his wife Sylvia. The occasion ? The debut of Sharon Ann at 8/4, making three of a kind for the San Francisco lumberman.

Son Diego Building Aheod of '55

San Diego, Calif.-Building permits for .construction valued at $6,419,132 were issued here in February, compared to $6,394,897 in last year's same month. The 1957 total for the year's first two months :,as $N,511,767, compared to $10,394,571 in the same 1956 span, following a record January this year.

Hqns Woll Sells Berlin Ynrd

Hans Wall, owner of the General Lumber and Supply Co., Los Angeles, last month disposed of his retail yard in Berlin, Germany. The Walls visited the yard overseas late last year and the story was reported in the January 15 issue. The German yard was sold to the city of Berlin for

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There's business for hustlers, at both retail and manufacturing levelsW'e are hustling.

YOU'LL HEAR FROM US...our woodsmen are back cutting timber and beautiful \Testern Pine logs of all species are rolling to the mills. You can be sure of High Quality

Precision made products from usLumber, Mouldings, Millwork and Panels-in mixed cars if you cboose,

Mills at Anderson, Red Bluff, Castetla, Wildwood, and Mt.

an undisclosed amount and it is believed due to be condemned for autobahn (freeway) construction. The transfer of the money was assured in the transaction.

On April 1, Hans Wall marks his 50th year in the lumber business. He entered it ("born on a sawmill," he says) on April 1, IX)7, in a large retail yard in Berlin.

N-AWLA N. Y. Office fo Move

New York City-After being located at 41 E. 42nd St. here for 35 years, the National-American Wholesale Lumber Assn. was to be moved to 3 East 44th St., Ner,r, York City 17, by April 1. The N-AWLA will occupy an entire floor at the new address, right off Fifth Avenue, reports Sid Darling.

Member Weslern Pine ond Wesf Coosl Associofions

Sales Office at Anderson, California

Shasta, California

Shcrckles

I who dream of slender masts against a crested sea, Sit upon a stool and add up figures in a row. Count the cost of cigarettes and sugar-cane and teaI, who long to take a ship, and go, and go, and go! Gold of Montezurna and the shade of southern palms, : Grinning idols hidden in the shrines of Yucatan, Beggars at the temple gates who stretch lean hands for alms, How I want to see them but I know I never can.

I who long to hear the winds that lash the angry skies, Hear the feet of shoppers and the bang of trolley cars, Checking rows of figures till they dance before my ey€sI who long to sail a ship, and steer her by the stars.

-Gwen Bristow

Stcmping Your Money

By doing good with his money a man, as it were, stamps the image of God upon it, and makes both pass current in the merchandise of eternity.

Americons Abrosd

"'When you were in Europe did you visit Brussels, Rome and P€trograd?"

"I really don't know. My husband bought the tickets."

tly Neighbor qnd I

My neighbor lives just over the way, across the boundary fence.

A habit that neighbors have.

But he is no mere neighbor, in the sense that his property is simply adjacent to mine.

He greets you with a smile, no matter who you are or where he meets you, and his big bass voice booms out cheery exclamations.

That neighbor of mine.

He's the idol of every youngster in the neighborhood, for whose eager interrogatives he is never too busy, and into whose play-life he enters with a heart that refuses to grow old.

Even the animals and birds find sanctuary, food and shelter by grace of-

This neighbor of mine.

He does not turn away from the tears of otherst or shun their burdens, but is the first to ofrer his services in sorrow's lone hour-a rock of defense for the weary heart.

Through the faults of others he draws an erasing line and covers their sin with a mantle of true charity and, like the One of old, gently bids them go in peace and sin no more:

This neighbor of mine;

But{nd in this my heart condemns meAm I true neighbor to him?

Noncholqnce

A college student rose from his table in a fashionable dining room and walked toward the door. He was passing the house detective at the entrance when a silver sugar bowl dropped from his bulging coat. The guest glanced calmly at the officer, then turned with an expression of polite annoyance toward the occupants of the room.

"Ruffians!" he exclaimed. "Who threw that?"

-Stanford Chaparral

Progressivenesg

Progressiveness is looking forward intelligently, looking forward critically, and moving on incessantly.

tly Symphoiry

To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gentln act frankly; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely; await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common; this is to be my symphony.

Signs of Age

They used to say that a woman is as old as she looks and a man is old when he quits looking.

The newer rule is that a man is as old as his arteries, and a woman as old as her knees.

The Treqsure Ship

Can you guess, children dear, What the Treasure Ship brings, As she sails into harbor today?

Is it diamonds, or rubies, or jewels

Or ringsIs it somettring more precious Than all of these things?

Can you guess what the Treasure Ship brings?

Is it gold that will make Miser's riches seem small?

(Who would exchange happiness for it all?)

'Tis not THAT the good Treasure Ship brings!

No, 'tis a dream ship I'm writing about; Welcome the captain-oh ! we'll gladly shout !

For the Dream Ship has brought us the best gift of all !

A NEW HOME for Mother and Dad and us all!

-Elinor M. Brown

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Afkins, Kroll Nomes Herb Schqur' Jr. to Lumber Products Division Post

Charlie Schn.ritt, Lumber I)rotlucts division tlattage r o1' Atliins, Kroll & Co., San Francisco, allnounces the associatiotr of Herb Schaur, Jr. u,ith that clivision, effective February 1.5.

A nran u,ho neetls little introcluction becattse of his ),clirs ol' service to thc irrclustry and to the brotherhoocl of FIoo1-Ioo, Hcrb rvill be in charge of all importecl hardw-ood lunlbcr salcs in aildition to the sale of irnported plyu'oocl throttglrottt thc l3ay arca.

Ilerb, u,ho for several years has plal't'c1 a irt'r'tllitltttt 1r:rt't in Hoo-Hoo work and Ray are;i civic aff:rirs, l.ras spent his entire life-and then some-in the ltrn'rber Lrttsiness. lle lvas born in Greenw-ood, California, u'here his falhcr, Herb, Sr.,

Low-cosi, direct gos-ffred Moore Cross-Circulotion Kiln ot Volley Lumber Co., Artesio, New Mexico. This is only one of fhe neorly 9,000 Moore Kilns in doily operation.

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u'as n'ith (loodrich J,nnibcr Corlpanv. 'f he Schaur ianrily later nrovecl to 'I'ritcy, Califoruia, r,l'rere FIerb, Sr. tooli over the managt'r-ship of Goocl I-unlber Companv. It r'r'as dtrring this pcriocl th:rt Herb, Jr. becarne indoctrinatetl ir.rto the itirlustrl', spcnt six lcars rvorking n'itl.r his fathcr at Gootl Lunrber arrrl, rlurirrg this period-in l93l to be exact, lr,or.rctl ltttrl u.on thc hand of \;erla \Ia)' of Santa Rarbara, thc snriling ancl encrgetic young \\'olnan u'l-ur pla1,ccl sttch a 'large p:rrt in the planning of u-or-neu's activities cluring thc 1956 IIoo-I{txr International Conr.cntion of u'hich Herb, Jr. wlts getrcral chainnan.

Shortly before \\'\\'II, Herb antl \'erla tlrive<l to the San Francisco l3ay area, u'hcre Hrrb took over as lttntbcr superintenclent and buyer for the l"el--\ire Shipl'ards. Afttr spending three years in that positiott, he n'ent to u'orl< for South

City Lumber & Supply Co. in South San Francisco cluring 1942. After a sl-rort training periorl u'ith that firn, , He rb "took to the roacl" as an outsicle salcsrnan. A periocl of stcady arlvanccment follou,eci cluring the post-war years ancl he was subsequently namecl salesr-r'r:urager of the growing conc('rn.

Herb Schaur was the scconcl presiclcnt of San Francisco I{oo-Hoo Club 9 (follor'r'ing its reorgar.rization) ancl has serve<l as both State Deputy Snarl< for Northern Califol.ria ancl Viccgerent Snark for the San Fr:rncisco are:r.

Another generation, 3rcl Class Petty O4ficer Herb Schaur III, is currently serving his hitch at Parris Island ancl headecl for a career in meclicine.

Siscrlkroft Trcrnsfers Smifh West

J. \\r. "Joe" Smith (ieft), American Sisalkraft sales representative in North Carolina, has been trar.rsferrecl to the San Francisccr sales c-rlfice, n here he u'il1 serr.e as an assistallt to Ii. S. Youngberg. \\rest Coast district rttauItger, ltrtrl s1,et'ilrlizc itt lt'r'ttt,rli'ttal \\rork in thc indrrstrilrl ancl brrilding helcls. Smith begrrn his carcer n-ith Sisalknif t ()\'cr 18 veilrs ag() anrl spe cializcrl irr high\\-av c()rlcrete crtrir-rg lreiorc lreing assigr-re<l to a sales territory.

(Tell them Jtou saLu it in The California Lwmber Merchant.)

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Stonton, Jr., Urges Wider Use of Speciolly-designed Cors for More Shipping Benefits

fn an undertaking which should be of benefit to all lumbermen, LeRoy Stanton, Jr., of E. J. Stanton & Son, Inc., Los Angeles, has written the operating officials of several railroads urging a wider adoption of railroad cars which could be more easily loaded. His letter is as follows:

"We have recently seen pictures of a new type of boxcar being used by the Seaboard Airline Railroad of Norfolk, Va. This is a specially designed boxcar with 20 doors on each side and at opposite ends of a 4A car. This has the facility of handling Steel strapped lumber packages and, of course, results in much faster foading and, similarly, unloading.

"One of .the biggest problems now being faced by distributors of lumber products is the extreme cost involved. This in part is contributed to by laborious loading and unlbading of one or two pieces.of lumber at a time.

"We have been trying to develop a paper wrap material for lumber packages for over two years now and, of course,

know that some are in use at the present time. The problem in our case is that most hardwood sawmills are faced with the problem of being unable to create uniform length packages that would be suitable for paper wrapping due to the scarcity of lGfoot lengths in hardwood lumber; however, these constituting a portion of the production. It is, therefore, difficult to create uniform length packages containing lumber running from six to 16 feet in length that have sufficient of the longest length to create a substantial and square-ended package. Furthermore, this would be high-cost lumber having been processed by kiln drying and sometimes even surfacing and, therefore, the risk of damage to the paper wrapping and consequent damage to the lumber through fain or otherwise.

"The described boxcar would certainly be the answer to the question. Naturally, the Southern Pacific probably would not be supplying cars to shippers in New York State or other eastern locatiohs, but on the other hand we could make mu'ch use of such cars in shipments that we are making to the East, and no doubt the Southern Pacific Co. could be of assistance in the adoption by more railroads of this type of boxcar with the volume of lumber being shipped in mind."

With his letter, Stanton enclosed a reproduction of an illustrated article which appeared recently in "Distribution Age" featuring a rebuilt 40 boxcar with 20 openings diagonally opposed for convenient loading with a fork lift truck. Since lumber makes up a substantial proportion of total freight car loadings, it should not be unreasonable to encourage more consideration in making better provision for its handling and shipping as has been done for produce, coal, cement, livestock and other commodities. Higher demurrale rates and higher labor costs are factors which are certain to influence lumbermen everywhere to lend their assistance toward securing more economical shipping facilities, said a recent bulletin of the National Hardwood Lumber Assn., from which the Stanton letter above is quoted.

World Eucolyptus Conference Held

Woodbridge Metcalf, forester emeritus, University of California, was named head of the United States delegation to the World Eucalyptus Conference held in Rome, ftaly, the last two weeks in October. The Eucalyptus tree, a native of Australia, was introduced in California about 100 years ago, and is used widely all over the state, including 2,000 miles of windbreaks of citrus orchard in Southern California.

"There now is a marked increase of interest in the Eucalyptus," Metcalf says, "because of its demonstrated utility for the making of semi-chemical pulp for boxes and containers." The conference in Rome was to bring together foresters from all around the Mediterranean and other countries to discuss planting and utilization techniques.

Rodio System Across Grqnd Ccnyon Now Affords Kqibob lumber Co. New Generof Offices in Flogstaff, Ariz.

Kaibab Lumber Company of Fredonia, Arizona, announces the organization of general offices at Flagstaff, Arizona, to control their lumber operations located at Fredonia, Flagstaff and Holbrook, Arizona; Wanship, Utah, and Denver, Colorado. In the past each operation was controlled individually.

This organization will entail the transfer to Flagstaff of A. Milton Whiting, sales manager, who has lived in Fredonia for five years, and Orvil M. Bushman, contr,oller, who has lived in Fredonia for four years; along with the transfer or replacement of several of the personnel now employed at Fredonia as office and sales personnel. E. J. Whiting will remain in Fredonia as general manager; Mack Frost, who has worked in the past as shipping sup't, and ass't sales manager, will assume the duties of sales manager. Keith Anderson will be moved to office manager upon the transfer of Mr. Bushman. Tom Major, who has been employed for the past several months in a training program, will now assume the duties of yard sup't.

All production at the Fredonia plant will be coordinated by John Babich, who recently joined Kaibab Lumber Company at Fredonia in the capacity of production manager. All other supervisory personnel will remain unchanged.

Kaibab Lumber Company is now the second largest producer of lumber in the southwest area, with an annual production of 85 million board feet, employing 416 people. Their largest plant, located at Fredonia, produces 30,000,000 board feet annually. The centralization of these offrces is possible only through the newly installed 2-way radio system, which will give the central office in Flagstaff direct contact with its major lumber mills. The key link in this radio system is across the Grand Canyon from Flagstaff to Fredonia, which Kaibab Lumber Company has been working on for five years. This newly organized central office will be housed in temporary facilities until the new office building is completed during the summer of 1957.

Construction of 351 single-family homes was to start soon in the Valinda Village tract of La Puente, north of the city and east of Glendora and north of Amar road on 85 acres.

Wilson Appoints Dove Mensing Woodside lumber Co. Sqlesmonoger

The appointment of Dave Mensing (left) as salesmanager of Woodside Lumber Company is announced by Charlie Wilson, president of the San Francisco wholesale lumber concern. Mensing will work out of Woodside's No. 1 Drumm Street headquarters and will be covering the Redwood Empire-Peninsula-Coast Counties region. Prior to joining Woodside, Mensing had been covering substantially the same territory for Rounds Lumber Company since 1953, and for more than two years before that he had been with Rockport Redwood in Cloverdale.

A native Californian (Oakland) and a 1949 University of California School of Forestry grad, Mensing originally entered the lumber business in 1949 with the Alexander Yawkey Lumber Company in Prineville, Oregon. Ife was with the Yawkey mill for over two years and received a thorough training in all phases of that operation.

Woodside Lumber Company, which was established by Charlie Wilson in August of last year, has since established mill connections allowing direct-mill shipments of all west coast forest products-including poles and piling. In addition, the concern also handles imported hardwood plywood and Philippine mahogany lumber.

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Morrison-Merrill Refires Cromqr

As of March 1. after more than 45 years'continuous service, Herbert L. Cromar, vice-president and director of the company, was retired by Morrison-Merrill & Co., building material distributors, Salt Lake City, Utah. Mr. Cromar

(left) first entered the employ of Morrison-Merrill & Co. in January L912. The company was then embarking upon a significant expansion program soon to involve several substantial lineyard operations which were subsequently merged into Tri-State Lumber Company, now operating retail yards throughout most of the Intermountain trade area. Morrison-Merrill & Co. was primarily a wholesale distribution establishment with a branch offrce and warehouse at Pocatello, Idaho. Thorough coverage and service was maintained throughout the Intermountain area in Utah, Southern Idaho, Southwestern Wyoming, Nevada,

and portions of Montana and Colorado, serving upwards of 500 retail lumber dealers, government agencies and major industrial concerns.

The initial operation of Morrison-Merrill & Co., began in Cheyenne, Wyoming, some 70 years ago by Samuel Merrill and an associate named Calland. Later S. W. Morrison joined the firm, a branch being organized at Laramie, Wyoming. In 1890 operations were established in Salt Lake City. About the turn of the century, George E. Merrill, son of the original founder, Samuel Merrill, acquired his father's interests, becoming president and general manager of the company. Sharing management responsibilities when Cromar joined the company as stenographer were Thomas H. Hudson and Clarence I. Moreland. since retired but now living in California.

Cromar's progress with the firm paralleled the growth of Morrison-Merrill & Co., as he gained experience in practically all departments identified with the merchandising business. He was elected to the board of directors of Morrison-Merrill & Co. in 1943, at that time becoming a vicepresident of the firm, functioning as general superintendent of sales.

At the close of the year 1947, Boise-Payette Lumber Company acquired the controlling interests in MorrisonMerrill & Co., and other holdings of Merrill Co. Cromar remained with the new owners as a vice-president and director, sharing management responsibilities with the comptroller until midyear, 1950.

For full Informqlion, write:

In 1954 Cromar founded, under the direction of John L. Aram, then president of the Boise-Payette Lumber Company, a "Business, Economic and Industrial Research" prog-ram, aimed to cover the six Intermountain states.

At the time of his retirement, Cromar was also a director of National-American Wholesale Lumber Association, State Deputy Snark for Utah of International Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo, member of the Salt Lake Lumbermen's Club and American Forestry Association.

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NRTDA lssues 'Wqshington Report'

A nerv fciur-page rnonthly publication entitled "Washington lleport" is being issued to present and past members of its boarcl of directors by the National Retail Lumber I)ealers Association. Thc "Report" is devoted to current activities of the Associ:rtion, legislative and other developments in \\rzishington, and analysis of neu. trends in the retail lumber industry.

The lirst issrre tells about a proposed plan for cutting red-tape and reducing delay in h:rndling FHA Title II loans in smaller communities, lists the building products manufacturers n.hich have promiscd to provicle special kits for use on NRLDA Display lranels, analvzes I)resident Eisenhower's housing proposals, and lists ninc Color Slide

prog'rams u'hich now are available to individual dealers on :r rental basis, including a program rvhich tells a picture story of the model retail store.

In a Lrulletin transmitting the first copy of the "Report" to managing officers of NRLDA's federated associations, President l'aul R. E,ly offered the associations suffrcient copies to cover their entire memberships.

1956 Eastern Consfruction Tops 1955

The year 1956 set a new record in dollar volume of contract awards for future construction in the 37 states east of the Rockies, reported F. W. Doclge Corporation. At $24,412,630,000, the awards were 3'/o greater tharr the 1955 total. Nonresidential awards at $9,005,9,+8,000 were 6/o greater than the 1dl / slmrrar IyJJ Derlocl.

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College Gourses for Retoil Yord Employes Agoin Being Offered

Twelve college and universities are conducting special courses early this year to teach employes of retail lumberyards how to do a better job of serving home owners and other customers, announces Paul R. E,ly, president of the

ADDnEss "srA'u^'l"

National Retail Lumber Dealers Association. "Because of broadened public interest, the curriculum will place increased emphasis on methods of estimating home improvement jobs and helping advise the do-it-yourself customer," Mr. Ely said. The courses which last from 14 to 30 days, or more, are being given for the eleventh consecutive year. To date, 70O0 individuals have attended 184 courses.

Other subjects include blueprint reading, time-payment financing, mechanical handling of materials, store and yard layout, advertising and accounting. In addition, the students are given a thorough background in the properties and uses of the wide variety of products they sell, including lumber, plywood, millwork, roofing and siding, insulation, insulating boards, gypsum products, paints and hardware.

Cqlqveros Cemenf Nqmes teflrey Solesmonoger; Two New Divisions

In a move to expand further its services to dealers and contractors, Calaveras Cement Company has appointed William G. Jeffrey (left) as sales manager and set up two regional divisions under the direction of experienced field men, it is announced by Mel J. London, vicepresident in charge of marketing.

Jeffrey has been manager of Calaveras dealer sales since 1954. He joined the company in 1949.

The new regional division managers will be James Casey, former supervisor of contractor salesmen, former contractor sales representative

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Hey! Dontl neglect the BAGK DOOR!

More people ENIER the Bock Door fhon any other.

So. choose o hondsome bock door design for odded soles feotures. No need for mixing interior FLUSH ond exierior PANEL doors to get "holf-gloss" designs. Visodor ofters numerous possibilities. o {ew of which ore illustroted here.

Culowov view of instolled VISADOR LIGHT reveors beouly, slrenglh, ond quolity of VISADOR hordwood moulding. Precision milres ore permonently held logether by speciol ioint-noils , not iust ordinory stoples. Gloss is bedded in full 7z-inch of coulking compound for wolerproof fitond is CENTERED in door by IDENTICAL holves of lwo-piece moulding. These feqlures ond mony more show why you get MORE PERFECTION, DOOR-AFTER-DOOR in VISADOR quolity door lights ond louvers. Prices ore more fhqn (ompetilive wilh other flush doq glozing methods!

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L. R. Smith Hordwood Co. in 3-ocre L. A. Sire After Fire New

The L. R. Smith Hardwood Company, which suffered a disastrous $1,000,000 fire last September, reopened last month at 49@ S. Alameda, I-os Angeles (Vernon), a few

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blocks from the former location. The new site (above) is three acres of blacktop with storage sheds, where shipments of hardwood lumber and dimension squares are received twice weekly from their Washington and Oregon mills. Vernon Johnson and his wife Doris operate the L. A. yard, which has been in existence three years and specializes in cut-to-length clear hardwood squares.

COIIPTON, CALIFORNIA l/l/rsrrnN Dircct Mill Shipments 2328 TARAVAT STREET sAN FRANCTSCO t6, CAUF. PHONE LOmbord 6-3305 TETETYPE S.F. 940 Victor Wolf . Kurl Grunwold Lunsm by Truck or Rail Douglas Fir Redwood Pine CottpnNv

Roddiscroft lumber Sqles Division Holds Soles Session in Oioi Volley to Mop Further Aid ro Deqler Trode

The Lumber Sales division of Roddiscraft. Inc.. held its second semi-annual meeting at the Ojai Valley Inn, March 2 and 3. In attendance were: from the Arcadia office, Pete Speek, Bill Braley, Joe Petrash and Doug Maple; Bay area representatives, Knute Weidman and Pat Kennedy; from Northern California and Medford offices, Art Milhaupt, Bob Eldredge, Daryl Bond and Jim Lowman.

Having opened their Ukiah purchasing office within the last six months, one of the main topics of discussion was of increased productivity from that area for Paio Alto and Southern California offices. This office is under the management of Bob Eldredge, who has been one of the top salesmen in both the Bay area and Southern California, and is therefore well acquainted with the requirements of lumber dealers throughout the state.

Also discussed was further improvement of an already efficient system of service to customers on inquiries; quotations and shipments, with the addition of topnotch per-

sonnel from both the wholesale and retail lumber fields, and by application of sound and efficient business methods.

The Lumber Sales division of Roddiscraft, Inc., has in the past few years become one of the leading wholesalers in California. Pete Speek, manager of the division, states that the discussions of customer and supplier relations and internal methods of increasing the efficiency of the operation will result in ever better service to the retail dealers throughout the state of California.

Wcyne Mullin Eqsf to NRTDA

Wayne F. Mullin, president of the Southern California Retail Lumber Assn., flew to Washington, D. C., the weekend of March 23 to a meeting of the Materials Handling committee of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Assn., on which he serves. The committee was to rneet March 25-26 with manufacturers and with officials of the Assn. of American Railroads to carry on the carloading program of the NRLDA concerning improved carloading and unloading methods which would result from more flatcars with bulkheads to stop end-shifting, boxcars with wider doors to permit mechanical unloading, etc.

RODDISCRAFI-IUiiBER SAlESmen (left ro righr): Arr Milhoupr, Doug llople, Daryl Bond, Bill Broley, Pot Kennedy, Bob Eldrcdge, Pere Speek, Joe Petrorh (behind the smoke), Jim lowmqn. And, behind lhe cqmero: Knute Weidmcn

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Celotex Elevqtes Mcrnsell, Collins; Greenwood New Merchqndising Hesd

Otis S. Mansell was elevated from president to chairman of the board of The Celotex Corporation and designated to retain his office as the company's chief executive at the recent annual meeeting of the board. Henry W. Collins,

executive vice-president, was elected to succeed Mansell as president. Mansell will continue with the new president to take a prominent part in Celotex affairs. He l-ras been a principal in Celotex management for 30 years, serving as president and chief executive officer since 1948 and prior to that as vice president, controller and a director since 1937. Collins, now 54 and with Celotex f.or 32 years and a director since 1949, will actively direct and supervise the management and operations of the company. Before becoming executive vice president in 1948, he was for 10 years vice president in charge of merchandising.

The Celotex Corporation is the world's largest manufacturer of insulation and acoustical products and a leading manufacturer of gypsum, roofing, rock wool and other building materials.

branch and home office general sales manager in

Appointment of Marvin Greenwood (left) as vice-president in charge of merchandising of The Celotex Corporation, Chicago, is announced by President Collins. Greenwood has been vice-president and general sales manager of the building products firm and will continue in those capacities. In addition, he wiil be in charge of all sales and advertising functions of the company, which maintains branch offices in 16 key cities. Joining Celotex in 1925, Greenwood has served in botl'r management. He was appointed 1939, and a vice-president in 1952.

Anaheim, Calif., councilmen have approved three tra'cts of 163 dwellings: 104 on the west side of S. West Street, 19 units at Winston road and S. Los Angeles street, and 40 homes at Dale avenue and Lincoln.

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Members of the Northern California Section, Forest Products Research Society, will meet in Berkeley, California, May 2 and 3. The theme of this meeting will be "Particle Board," a topic of universal interest throughout the wood utilization industries of the west coast. Arrangements have been made to have as speakers L. N. Ericksen of the California Forest and Range Experiment Station, U.S.F.S.; Clark Heritage, former research director, Weyerhaeuser Timber Co.; Douglas Hunt of the Western Pine Association; Dr. Joseph Marian of Forest Products Laboratory, University of California, and Donald R. Siep of Donald R. Siep Co., New York City. Men of equal ability and experience in this phase of wood utilization are being contacted to round out the pregram.

Arcqdiq Holds Power Tool Workshop

A power tool expert has been appearing at the Arcadia (Calif.) Lumber Co. in the progressive retail yard's latest series of workshops for its homeowner trade. The yard's special promotion and trade-in event continued through March 9. Andy Beckstrom, owner of the yard, who invited woodworking teachers in the area to attend and bring class members, said, "For years now, people have been trading in their old model cars, washers, refrigerators, stoves and even razors on new models. Surveys show that one out of three homeowners have at least one power tool in their workshop and most of these are either small capacity or worn-out models. Our Power-tool Roundup promotion is aimed at getting people to trade in their old power tools on a new multi-purpose workshop."

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F. L. Heorin, Lumber Links All Brqnches Wirh Fost TWX; Adds Butle-Pok Moulding Line for Deolers in Six Stcrtes

C)regon, has estabiished T\\rX direct rvires rvith all branch locations, according to Joe Hearin (left), o\vner of the r,..holesale lumber concern.

\\rith a ll'ide distribution of all Pacihc Coast Proclucts ir-r the u'est, this progressive firm has recently addecl the popular nerv Butte-Pak jamb an<l moulcling line, rvhich lvill be sold exclusively through retail lumber dealers in Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah ancl Arizona. In order to facilitate shipments, the direct-u'ire conrnrunication system has been installed at the E,ureka purchitsing office and also Spokane, Redding, ancl the Herb Nleier Lumber

To service retail dealers throughout the Hearin. Lumber. l ith administrative oflices

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Comparrl. olfices in Southern California, sales representatives for the Hearin organization.

It is non' possible to confrrnr shipment u'ithin minutes, u'here prior to the first of this 1'car it recluired hours. The u'holesalc lumber distributing c()llcern also tnaintains an efhcient staff of experierrced lunrlter personrrel, inclrrrling tinrlrer crnisers and buvers at the sorrrce of suiipiy.

"\Vith the acldition of the Buttc-I'ak lir-re to our comple tc stocks of ponclcrosa ancl sugar pine, fir:rnd retlu-oocl, u-c ltelieve our company is in a position to olTer the type of serr,ice retluired tcl build and maintain cor.nplete satisfaction for dealers and consnrners alike," Joe Flearin declarcd on a recer.rt visit to Los Angeles.

l)ictrrred herervith are various nrembcrs of the staff of Ii. L. Hearin, Lumber u'ho u.ork as a team in Pr,,c111smsn1 and sales. According to Joe IIearin, an expansi,,n l)r()granr is presently underu'ay rvhich l,r'ill include officcs in other cities thronghout the n'esten.r region and Sar.r Fr:Lr.rcisco.

"Dealcrs in the eight counties of Sorrthern Califorrria can ol>tain information and literature on Ilutte-pak bv contacting our ol1ice," said Herb N{eier. "\\re ir-rtend to cover the territory by direct sales contact. but in the meantime \\'e are also in a positi()n to service and ship this reaclily sale_ rrble item," Nf eier added.

\\rith the cxccption of the Southern Californi:r arezr, Ii. L. Hearin, Lrrn-rlrer is knou'n as Lunrber \\tholesalers. it rv:rs pointecl out, to keep the records straight aucl at,oicl coniusion.

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Chose lumber & Millwork Co. Formed

Formation of the Chase l-umber & Millrvork Company, an Oregon corporation, for the sale and distribution of all species and types of milln'ork, cut-stock, and related items as rvell as all lumber items of ponclerosa and sugar pine, Engelmann spruce and the other associated species, is

zrnnounced.

los Angeles Office: 5415 York Boulevord Los Angeles 42, Colil, Phone: Clinton 7-8209

The recent death of E. T. Sturgeon of the Morrill and Sturgeon Lumber Company necessitated a reorganization of that firm. Nfillu'ork n,ill no longer be handled by Morrill and Sturgeon. llol.ever, it rvill be a policy of the new firm to rvork closely rvith the former association. Orclers rvill be shipped from the same reliable sources as in the past, ancl it rvill be policy to continue to develop ner,v and additional sources to adecluately provide for expanding service in the distribution of r'vood products.

Robert Costcr Nqmed KG Officer in Chorge of New Fir-Tex Division

Robert A. Costa (left) has been appointed vice-president and assistar-rt general manager of Kaiser Gypsum Company, in charge of the company's neu'ly created Instrl;rtirrg Bolrrrl division. annonnced Claude E,. Harper, vicepresident and general manager. Costa rvill maiutain his offices ait the firm's general headquarters ir Oaklarrd, California.

The nerv division rvas formed to operate the St. Helens. Oregon, plants and timberlancls rvhich incluile all assets of Fir-Tex Insulating Bo:rrds, Inc., and Western Insulated Irroducts, Inc., its r'r.ho11y-orvned subsidiary, rvhich Kaiser Gypsum recently purchased from I3lyth & Company, Inc., in a multi-million dollar transaction.

Costa, 37, ft,rmerly merchandise manager for I(aiser Gypsum, joined the company in 1950 as administrative assistant to the general sales manager. A native of S:rn Francisco, he holds a B.S. degree in accounting from the University of San Francisco. He makes his home in Lafayette, California.

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Morsh Meyer Joins Herb Meier Lumber Co. lo Promole 'Bulte-Pok' Mouldings Line

Marshall N eyer, well-knorvn Southern California building materials salesman, forn-rerly n'ith \\reyerhaeuser Sales Co., I-os Angeles, has beer.r assigned the southern counties territory by the Herb Xleier Lumber Co., Arcadia, to represent the pine moulding dir.ision and specialty department of the rvholcsale concern.

over 20 years rvitl"r the Weyerhaeuser companies. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin School of Forestry and has been contacting retail lumber dealers in the southland direct for the past 10 years. He gained his administrative and sales experience by u'orking closely rvith the dealcr in everv phasc tif sales prornotion of various allied products manufactured and sold by Weyerhaeuser and subsidiarv organizatitins both in the micldle $rest and Pacilic c()ilst afeas.

I,-or the past several years Marsh:rll X{eyer has been active in Floo-tIoo Clulr 2 affairs and is prominent in civic an<l soci;r1 organizations in the San Gabriel valley. He declares the various r.ren. products distributed by the Herb X{eier concern n'i1l lte tinre and money-savers for the dealer ancl customer alike, incluclir-rg the do-it-yourself trade and the tract building contractor.

Towmotor Exponds Ooklqnd Bronch

According to Herb X'[eier, Marshall n'ill have complete chargc of sales ltronrotion of the nerv line of jambs ancl moulclir.rgs distributed by Ir. L. Hearin, I-un.rber in C:rlifor, r.ria and manufactured lrr. Claremont \\rootl 1'roducts in Chico. These nerv "Butte-Pak" packaged jan-rbs and mouldings have met u,ith ready :rccept:rnce by retail lumber dealers. These cut-to-length products are produced in stanclard patterns ancl sizes for California builders. They are sold and distributecl onlv through regular channels.

NIeyer is r,r,e1l qualified for his nen' position, having spent

Completion of a nen' 10,000-square foot acldition to its Oaklancl, California, branch facilities, located at 699 Fourth Street, is announcecl by Tou,motor Corporatior-r, Cleveland, prominent builder of industrial fork lift trucks ancl tractors.

The ner,v aclclition, r,vhich reportedly triples the available space under roof :rt Oakland, nill be used to housc an expanded parts department ancl maintenance facilities, including neu. u'elding ancl paint shops, and larger truck overhaul arrd rebuilcling areas. A modern showroom for displaying neu' ecluipment also has been added.

Tou'motor's Oaklancl Branch, serving the Oaklar-rcl-San Fr:rncisco area, is managed by \Valter A. O'Brien, rvho has been associated u.ith Tnrvmotor since 1950.

T\TENTY. As reported FIVE YEARS in The California

At a meeting of the state directors Feb. 20 in the Hotel Californian, Fresno, the California Retail Lumbermen's Assn. re-elected Harry A. Lake, Garden Grove, president; E. T. Robie, Auburn Lumber Co., vice-president northern district, and Earl Johnson, Johnson Lumber Co., Pasadena, vice-president southern district. Ross Blanchard, Blanchard Lumber Co., North Hollywood, was re-elected treasurer. Directors present were Dean Prescott, Francis Boyd, Roy Meyer, Mead Clark, Ira Brink, Henry Adams, S. E. Dalton, Paul Merner, C. G. Bird, A. L. Hubbard, W. A. Bales. Arthur Hiyward, Elmore King, Ralph Duncan, A. J. Stoner, Paul Hallingby, Chas. P. Curran and Fred Chapin.

The Lennox Lumber & Supply Co., Inglewood, was purchased by M. E. Joslin, who had been treasurer of the Woodhead Lumber Co., Los Angeles, and retains his inter-

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est in it. Former Owner A. Ingvolstad returned to St. Paul.

W. B. Jefferson of the Greater City Lumber Co., San Francisco, brought to this journal's attention some lumber and millwork bills sold in August 1855 discovered among family records.

Friend & Terry Lumber Co., Sacramento, took over the yard of Cutter Mill & Lumber Co. for a branch.

W. L. Aisthorpe, who runs the Aisthorpe Lumber Co. in Chico with his sons Harry and Fred, visited San Francisco and reported that considerable homebuilding was being held up by inability to obtain loans.

In announcing its move to new offrces in the Petroleum Securities Bldg., the Twohy Lumber Co. predicted for 1932 that there would be a Thanksgiving day and Santa Claus for everyone this year.

Fred W. Burgers joined the sales staff of the Santa Cruz Lumber Co. He has been selling redwood since 1893, when he joined The Pacific Lumber Co.

I-ee J. Weaver and his son, Lee, Jr., opened a new retail yard at 6472 Compton Ave., Los Angeles.

Hoo-Hoo International reduced its dues to $5 a year and can,celled all insuran'ce in a determined move to arouse the aggressive spirit of the industry and recruit an army of 25,000 men to go out on "the firing line" for lumber, announced Snark of the lJniverse Ben F. Springer.

William Giles opened a new retail yard, the Giles Lumber Co., at Lennox, Calif.

Prof. Emanuel Fritz spoke to the March 14 meeting of East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club 39, at which Larue Woodson presided and of which Gordon D. Pierce, Boorman Lumber Co., Oakland, was chairman.

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Forrest Wilson, San \Iarino u'holesalc ltrnrbernlrn, returned fror-n a trip u.1r the u,cst co:rst to C:rn:rcllr to corrtrtct his sources of suppll'. In Vancorrr,cr he r.isitc<l thc l"r-itish Llolrrnrbia Forcst Prcidrrcts Co.

Del Pugh last month r.isited mill accounts ulong thc l{cclrvoorl Highu'av for his Sierra-Ne vada l'ine Cclmpanv, Sacramento.

Lloyd Webb, nranager o[ the softu'oods <lep:rrtment for F,. J. Stanton & Son. Los -\ngeles. rettrrned last rnonth fronr an extended trip through the rnill production country in northern California.

Mike Coonan of Tarter, \\rebster & Johnson, Inc.. left San [.-rancisco N'l iLrr:h 17 for arr extensir,e business filibuster belon'thc N'Iason-l)ixon 1ir.re, plannirlg t() returrl to his local qrffices mitl-April.

Ann Nlarie, all S pounds an<l llr-e oulrccs, u'as lrorn ,\Iarch 11 to )'eggv and Russell Fritchey of thc l'alm Avenrre I-umber Co.. .\lhambra. (irandf:lther Paul Fritchey, rvho got lr:tck fronr the SC.lt LA dealers' conferencc in the Il:ru-ttiian Isl:rnds jtrst in time for the grcat occirsiorr, is brrsting his lruttons ovcr his first grandchilrl.

Junior logging Conference April 28

llcrnarcl -f . \raughrr, ch;rirman of the 1957 -Jrurior I-oggingC<>rrfcrence. syronsore<l lrv the Re<lu-ood Ilegion Conscrvation C-'onncil, annour"rces that t'he confererrcc u'ill ltc hclrl frorrr -\pril 28 through I{ay 1 :rt thc \Iendocino \\'ooc1l:rnrls, Xlerrrlocino Cour.rty, California.

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Mutuol Moulding & Lumber Co. Locoted in New tVlill Fociliry in $35O,OOO Exponsion Stcrrt

Climaxing more than two years of building a complete new plant adjacent to the former location, Mutual Moulding and Lumber Co., Los Angeles, dedicated its new facility when President Si Hannon occupied his modern office last month in one of the new all-steel buildings. The construction of the new plant became necessary to make way for the Harbor freeway, which is presently under construction, and which will run adjacent to the Mutual property when completed.

At a cost in excess of $350,000, two new all-steel buildings were constructed at the four-acre site, which houses the general offices, dry stock storage and the modern six-unit

NEW Atl-STEEt BUIIDING (center) is fonked left by scene of Mutuol's ycrd irwenlory, ond right by scene in sow-filing room, Sorne of the ftnish stock thot goca into Mutuol's nouldings (right) b shown lower left qnd center

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mill. The mill has a capacity of over two-million feet per month, on a one-shift basis, and remanufactures all species of lumber and mouldings for the greater Southern California trade area.

In addition to the nerv C. A. Heintz-designed incinerator, built by Wheeler and Reeder Blowpipe Co., which meets all smog regulations, the woodworking concern has installed a Stetson Ross Matcher, 60t' Yates Resaw, 12' Hermance Gang Rip Saw,8" Madison High Speed Moulder, 6" S.A. Woods Moulder and a 30' Orton Planer. It requires the services of three Gerlinger fork lifts to keep the allelectric mill operating at capacity.

The pioneer firm, established in 1928, employs 25 skilled workers in the plant and offers a complete service to lumber yard dealers, furniture and cabinet manufacturers, and rvholesale wood products distributors in Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. In addition to custom milling a new Lovestead 120,00o-foot.charge kiln has been installed and a large area of the yard has been paved for air drying stock before it is remanufactured.

Assisting President Si Hannon in top level management

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is John Brewer, general superintendent and assistant general manager; I(eith Elschlzrger, knife grinder and salv liler; Carl Wilson, moulder operator; Don Boles, matcher operator, and Hugh Hannon, vice-president. The all-new plant has been designed for future expansion ar-rd is located in the heart of the Los Angeles industrial area and harbor district at l52nd street and Figueroa. It is just minutes in transportation from freeways which serve all Southern California cities and communities.

"Service is our most important product and has been for almost three decades, said President l{annon, "and we intend to grow with Southern California and will continue to offer unexcelled custom millwork on scheclulecl opelation."

|.H.P.A. to Fighr for Joponese Business

(Continued from Page 6) ucts Company, Pan Asiatic Trading Company, Inc., and the C. B. Smith Company.

It lvas resolved by unanimous vote that the Imported Hardwood Plyrvood Association and the Japanese Plywood Trade Promotional Committee immediately act to coordinate progressive, constructive activity to improve the im-

portation of Japanese hardrvood plyrvood.

A similar meeting oI the IHPA members of the San Francisco area with Japanese trading firms was held in San Francis'co on March 8. IHPA member firms represented were Berelson, fnc., Beton & Company, Inc., The E,ast Asiatic Company, Inc., Getz Bros. & Company, Pacific Coast Division-W. R. Grace & Company, Isbrandtsen Company of California, Inc., and Ziel & Company, Inc. American President Lines, an associate member, was also represented.

As in the joint meeting in l-os Angeles, there were reviewed the obje,ctives and progress of the association. Ho'r,'r'ever, in the San Francisco meeting, there developed a discussion on the latest developments in the campaign of the domestic plywood interests in their efforts to get the Congress to legislate a quota on the import of Japanese plywood.

After the meeting, Executive Vice-President Jan van Wyngaarden announced that definite steps were being taken to counter this action. "We are prepared to lay the facts before the public, the ,consumer, the supplier and the United States Congress," he said. "We defeated these same interests in their attempt before the United States Tariff Commission in the escape clause action by the Commission. to get the import duty of Japanese plyrvood imported into the United States increased."

A revierv by the directors of the Tariff Commission's report in the Escape Clause Action showed that the hardwood plywood group could not prove damage to the domestic hardwood plywood industry from imported plywood. Other factors reported to be responsible for the success of foreign plywood vl'ere preference for Lauan and other Japanese plywoods over the domestic gum, and other types of domestic plywood. Domestic plywood suppliers were said to have commented on the quality of the Japanese product.

A report by one of the directors showed that the bulk of the plywood imported into this country consists of Lauan,

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Sen, Birch and other hardwoods, in doorskins for flush type doors-probably constituting B0 to 90/o of the total hardwood plywood imports. "A'ccurate figures on this are being obtained from the United States Department of Commerce," he stated. The report presented showed that there is not enough productive capacity of hardwood doorskins domestically to take care of a fraction of the requirements of the flush door factories in this country. This was brought out in the Tariff Commission's Escape Clause Action.

The report by this director showed that there has been mu'ch integration in the domestic hardwood plywood industry; door factories and furniture factories have bought their own plywood mills whose production figures formerly figured in the statistics of production, but now in the integrated plants merely become "doors or furniturs"-21d therefore do not show in domestic plywood production reports.

Another misleading factor, it was said, is that the figures on Japanese plywood are on a footage surface measure, rather than the American basis of /s inch net. Since approximately 8O/o of the Japanese plywood is in ){ inch doorskins, the actual footage on a ft of an inch net basis would be only about SO/a of the footage, on the American square foot basis surface measure.

The directors, in reviewing this report, stated, "We will present the facts to the public, and the Congress, for their fair evaluation of the facts, already proved." The meeting closed on this optimistic vein.

(TelI them you saw it in The California Lumber Merchant)

Hordwood Plywood Institute to Promole rhe Deoler Field

Renewed emphasis on promotion of American-made hardwood plywood and a continuing fight for relief from low-priced foreign imports of plywood emerged as the main activities in 1957 for the Hardwood Plywood Institute at its annual meeting in Washington, D. C., February 14, 15.,

C. U. Gramelspacher, outgoing president, issued a call for a quota on Japanese plywood at a banquet attended by senators and congressmen from plywood - producing states. He said that imports now take 46/o of the American market and have forced at least 18 plywood mills to shut down. Plans for promoting the value of the domestic product on the basis of the Institute's rigid quality control program were announced.

The HPI board of directors approved plans for steppedup activities in merchandising hardwood plywood products at retail level in the furniture and lumber dealer fields. Details of the twin programs, to be developed in cooperation with the National Retail Furniture Association and the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association. will be announced later, Richard D. Behm said.

At the HPI luncheon session, the new president of the National Association of Home Builders, George Goodyear, paid a tribute to the role of American-made hardu'ood plywood in home building, caused by improved quality. economies of installation and the value of the material in promoting the sale of homes.

YeS rr Mr. Deqler rr

We corry q complete line of Aspholr Rooftng, Roof Insulotion, Wood Roofing dnd Accessory ltems - - Moke I3S your heodquctrlers for oll of your roofing needs --Abundleorocdrlood.

L. A. Hoo-Hoo-Etles See Color Films nf Morch Meet; t3 Kiilens Get lt in Moy

Los Angeles lfoo-Hoo-Ette Club No. t held its March meeting the l1th at Raffles restaurant, Leimert Park, and welcomed prospective Kittens. The dinner was delightful, the surroundings attractive, and then President Marguerite Dixon paid special tributes to Members Betty Morrill, Violet Neal, Nelle Holland and Ruth Armand for their unselfish devotion of time and effort to flower arrangements, table decorations, favors and many last-minute preparations at the club's monthly get-togethers.

A letter of resignation from Gertrude Armstrong, second vice-president, was regretfully read following her inability to serve any of the 1956-57 term because of family illness. Orinda }Iazen of the Tarzana Lumber Co., who has served as program chairman for Mrs. Armstrong, accepted an official appointment to ,continue in this capacity the balance of the term.

Miss Hazen introduced Merle Reid. husband of Hoo-

Hoo-Ette Felicia Reid of Weyerhaeuser Sales Co., as the star attraction of the meeting. Mr. Reid narrated color films of an auto tour through Mexico, with its picturesque cities, rural districts and ancient points of interest. The speaker is with the Building Material Dealers Credit Assn., Los Angeles.

Nominating Committee Named

Dorothy Hagerman was appointed chairman of the Nominating committee for officers in the 1957-58 club year. Serving with her will be Eullale Matich, Pine Ridge Lumber Co.; Roberta Kinkade, Regal Door Co.; Faye Bolmer, Pacific Crate Co.; Violet Neal, Tropical & Western Lumber Co.; Felicia Reid, Weyerhaeuser Sales Co.; Marjorey Taylor, E. J. Stanton & Son; Bess Diffey, Fern Trucking Co., and Jeanne Serviss.

The prospective new Kittens, who will be initiated at the May meeting, are:

Margaret Mottola, The Bus McNeil Co.; Beverly Hall, Acme Plywood Co.; Regina Polin, Goldenberg Plywood & Lumber Co.; Ethyl Clark, Carl W. Baugh Co.; Elna Pavey, John Eells, Inc.; Betty Goodfellow and Patricia Douglas, Simmons Hardwood Lumbei Co.; Margaret Somerville and Mary Spence, Karpen Plywood; Mina Scher, Jameson Lumber Co. ; Virginia Rieke, Marquart-Wolfe Lumber Co.; Barbara Malley, Phipps Trucking Co., and Bernice Riddle, Roy-Mack, Inc.

The next meeting of the club will be April 8 at the Rodger Young auditorium.

KG Elevotes Tommy Donovon

Tommy C. Donovan has been named assistant general sales manager for the Kaiser Gypsum Company, with headquarters at the company's Oakland office, announced Colin L. Campbell, general sales manager. Formerly assistant district sales manager for the Southern California sales area, Donovan has been with Kaiser Gypsum since August 1947, starting as an order clerk in the Beverly Hills office.

0bltaafies

Paul E. Overend, member of the California Redwood Association staff and well known to retail lumbermen throughout the west, died in his sleep the night of March 10. Mr. Overend (left), who was approaching his 70th birthday, served in the Navy during World War I. He became associated with a San Francisco firm handling mutual fire insurance on retail lumberyards in the 2Os. During the early 30s he was secretary of. a retail lumber dealers' association in the Rocky Mountain states out of Denver. He returned to San Francisco in 1939 and went to work with the C.R.A., doing field work with dealers until World War II, when he served CRA-member companies and others on government-control problems and in procurement. After the war he resumed field rvork with Northern California lumber dealers and, since his semi-retirement in 1955, had served in the mail department of the C.R.A. Paul Overend was an early member of Hoo-Hoo and worked hard for the formation of the San Francisco club, of which he was secretary many years. He always had

time for the interests of lumbermen and their sincere objectives. He leaves his wife Carolyn and three sons.

Mcrx GARDNER

Max Gardner, 65, one of the founders of the Atlantic Lumber Co., Bell, California, died March 16 in a Huntington Park hospital following lengthy illness. He was a native of Iowa and had been a Huntington Park resident 34 years, where he was a charter member of the Kiwanis club, and a past president of the Bell Kirvanis. He had been letired from the retail lumber business since selling to D. C. Caspary, Jr.ten years ago his interest in the Atlantic yard, which he founded with Dee Caspary, Sr., the present owners and officers. Mr. Gardner leaves his wife of the home at 6705-B Seville Ave., Huntington Park; a son, granddaughter and a brother.

Williqm E. RODGERS

William E. Rodgers, 56, vice-president of the Pacific Coast Division - W. R. Grace & Co., died March 9 after lengthy illness. Requiem Mass was celebrated for the r,vell-known import-export executive March 13 in the Star of the Sea church in San Francisco, rvhere he had joined Grace & Co. immediately after his UC graduation in 1923. Mr. Rodgers had risen from the ranks to assume direction of the company's lumber and oil exports in 1953. He was widely known and respected by countless Northwest lumber producers, as well as users in South America, Africa and other parts of the world. The lumber division he headed for Grace will be 75 years old this year. He leaves his wife Madeline and a son, William E. Rodgers II.

Pcrul E. OVEREND

Rcrte-Position wqnted $2.00 per colunn inch

All others, $3.00 per column inch

Closing dctes lor .copy. Sth <rnd 20th

WANT ADs

Namer of Advertisrr: ln this Drporrment uring c blind oddrcrr cqnnot bc divulgod. All inquirio cnd rcpllo rhould be oddressed to key rhown in thc odvcdlrcncnl

-HELP WATITED- -POSITIONS WAMED-

SALES REPRESENTATIVE WANTED-

Large National organization requires capable representative, agc preference under 40 yrs., for L. A. territory. Prefer man with experience selling lumber dcalers and jobbers. Attractive earnings, salary, bonus, expenses, car furnished. Group life ihsurance, disability, hospital and surgical benefits, retirement plan. Our organization knows of this ad. Please submit complete personal and business history.

Address Box C-2620, California Lumber Merchant

108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

DEALERS AND SALESMEN WANTED

to hanclle PERMAWOOD and PENTAWOOD. Egtablished (12 years) lines of 5% PENTA Wood Pregcrvatives. Well and favorably known nmong architects, builders and users. Complete line ol 5/o Penta ready-to-use solutions and also Penta Stains. Good profit margin. Write or phone:

ADMIRALTY MANUFACTURING COMPANY

253G-18th Street, San Francisco 1O California; UNderhill 1-4441

WANTED: MAN or WOMAN

Age 20-50, for retail yard officc in heart of L. A. Knowledge .of line preferred. Good handwriting, typins, good on figures and good on will. State salary and apply in own handwriting, please, to:

Address Box C-2625, California Lumber Mcrchant

108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

SALESMAN WANTED

EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY for high-type salesman with locat, wholesale experience. Good Sources of Supply: Fir-RedwoodPine, and special items.

4521 Produce Plaza

F. P. BAUGH, Inc. Los Angeles 58, Calif.

LUdlow 2-7494 ilr,

SALESMAN WANTED

Wellestablished Plyrrood Pistributor needs a high-typc salesman with experience inSo. Calif. area. Write giving background, age and salary expected.

Address Box C-2589, California Lumber Merchant

108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Catif.

WANTED

Hardwood salesman with clientele to cover Southern California. Commission with excellent drawing account or abbve avcrage start- ing safary. Correspondence treated confidentially

Address Box C-2614, California Lumber Merchant

108 West 6th St., Room 5S, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

SALESMAN WANTED

YoggS.man with r-et-ail or wholesale experience in selling lumber and building materials. Send resume to:

WESTERN PINE SUPPLY COMPANY

5760 Shellmound Street

Emeryville 8, Calif.

POSITION DESIRED

After 37 yrs. of continuous activity in the Western Pine industry, I can not stand my present state of idleness and would welcome an opportunity to make a connection where this limowledge and experience would be of value and at the same time keep me occupied. Prefer desk or executive occupation but would not refuse any reasonab'le offer. WiUinS to move to meet employment location, either town or country,

Address Box C-2626, California Lumber Merchant

10E West 6th St., Room 56, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

RETAIT LUMBER YARD MANAGER

42 years of age, would like new connection with independent oper- ator. Presently and for more than 20 yrs. with large line yard operation. Would like proposition with working intereSt. Lots of experience and ability that can be mutually beneficial. Best of references. Can be available May l5th.

Address Box C-2621, California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

AVAILABLE -

Retail Lurnrber Yard Manager seeks good connection. Well qudified by 25 jrears' managerial experience. Sales, credits, purchaling, estimating, stock control. General KNOW-HOW. References.

Address Box C:2623, California Lumber Merchant

108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

EXTENSIVE SALES EXPERIENCE

in Plywood and allied products throughout Los Angeles area. txcellent relationship with majority of major distributors. Interested in position with full representative-Domestic or Import.

Address Box C-2605, California Lumber Merchant

10E West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

CONNECTIONS WANTED

Lumber salesman with good following among lumber yards in Los Angeles and surrounding areas wants to represent active mills, handling pine, Douglas fir, white fir, redwood, spruce, cedar, plywood and mouldings. Also consider setting up and running distribution yard in L. A. area to service smaller yards and industrials.

Address Box C-2601, California Lumber Merchant

108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

PART TIME CONTROLLER_

Experienced lumberman, available for limited engagement. WiU supervise your bookkeeping, prepare your financia,l statements, and attend to all your tax problems.

Address Box C-2618. California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

POSITION WANTED

By lumber, plywood and moulding salesman with 15 years of exper- ience, the last four selling lumber yards for Southern Califoinia wholesale jobber in Los Angeles vicinity. Young, aggressive, with solid knowledge and practical experience.

Address Box C-2604 California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

POSITION OPEN

$Bgressive pfuele,sale plywood concern wants a young m:rn for order oesK ln Los Angeles afea.

Address Box C-2624, California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

GOOD OPPORTUNITY

for young man with one of the largeet Direct Mill shippers. Creneral office duties, inventory control and lite typing. Some tiiephone sales work with the idea of working into a regulai sales territory. If you are alert, and want to learn the lumber diitribution business,-contict:

HALLINAN MACKIN LUMBE,R CO., INC.

4186 E. Bandini Blvd., Los Angeles 23, ANgblus 3-4161

-YARDS cmd SITES FOn SALEI.EASE-

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LUMBER YARDS FOR SALE

1. A branch yard near Arcadia, established over 30 yrs. Ground and buildings $35,00O; yard and office equipment extra; inventory about $0,m0. Sales for 1956-$156,000. A nice clean yard.

2. Three So. Calif. yards; one yard on R.R. lease for over 50 yrs.; one yard on owned ground; third yard on private lease. Price about $70,000, which includes improvements at all three yards, plus owned ground at the one yard; plus all yard and,office equipment. Inventory will run around 9150,000 additional. If you want to sell your yard, give us a ring

TWOHY LUMBER CO.-Lumber Yard and Sawmitl Brokers 7f4 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles 15 Rlchmond 9-87,t6

tfot4ld4jn Stliil lrfilh, !np,

fYlonufocturers of Premium Douglos Fir Studs Crosscrrms Ti

ilciling Address; P. O. Box 414, Gorberville, Cqlif'

FOR SALE

Complete lumber remanufacturing plant, all-electric. 120 miles north of San Francisco. Eighteen acres of ground.

Address Box C-2566, California Lumber Merchant

108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

FOR SALE-

Hardware and Lurnber Business in the heart of the expanding West' Agriculture and Mining Center-Uranium, Coal, Oil. Sportm^an's Paladise. Will sell invenlory and equipment at cost (approx. $50'000) and will lease or sell land and bui'ldings on long-term contract, low interest rate,. $175,0m annual gross with very low overhead. Onefamily ownership for 37 years. Good reason for selling.

Address Box C-26I7, California Lumber Merchant

108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

FOR LEASE_

6.000 Square Feet New Concrete Block Building. Suitable for Store and Minufacturing. Corner Lot. 9,000 Square Feet Parking and Storage. Easy Access. In busy Hawthorne. Available in 60 days. Owner.

Address Box C-2622. California Lumber Merchant

108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

NEVADA RETAIL YARD FOR SALE

For sale at cost of inventory & equipment, approx. $35,000, a retail lumber yard and general building supplies. Located in one of the fastest-gioing areaJin Nevada. Dbing approx. $200,000. Owner will carry lanrt ind buildings on ten-year contract or lease,

P. O. Box 661, Fallon, Nevada

FOR SALE-

One 1952 Gerlinger 16,000-lb. Fork Lift. Good condition-$4,500. One 1955 Gerlinger 20,000-lb. Fork Lift with Log Kickers and heavy forks. A real buy at only $7,500.

STAGECOACH LUMBER COMPANY, INC.

Route 1, Box 56, Gold Hill, Oregon-Phone: Medford 2-5281

FOR SALE

Late model Lumber Carrier<xcellent running condition.66" Blocks, can take 56" Blocks. TERMS.

1027 Terminal Way, San Carlos, Calif.; Phone: Lytell 3-7881

_SPECIAL SERVICES-

B UY-SELL-REPAIR_SER VICE

Fork Lifts and Straddle Trucks. Complete shop and field service. Portable Welding, Special Fabrication, Steam Cleaning and Painting. Service Available 7 Days a Week. All work guarantced.

COMMERCIAL REPAIRS AND SERVICE

1115 North Alameda Street, Compton, Calif.

Phones: NEwmark 1-8269, NEvada 6-4805

FOR SALE

100O feet and up to retail yards, 2x6 lleavy on f0f, L2', 18' -and,2O' tengths of DF -Utility, Standard and Better. Pick-up or delivery. rrave to remove'

HANS *ALL

8O5 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles 12 Mlchigan 4515

-EQUIPMENT FOR SAIEFOR SALE_USED LIFT

TRUCKS

Reconditioned late model &ton capacity Gerlinger; like new, 90-day warranty. Other used equipment. Also rentals available.

BURNABY and WILLIAMS

STate 5-6561 15220 Erwin St., Van Nuys STanley 3-2060

S-P-E-C-r-A-L !

f-U.D.-18 International Power Plant with Clutch and Pulley. p.T.O. Gas and Diesel. 91800.

f-D.T.-g International Tractor with Fork-Lift in good operating condition. 92850.

COMMERCIAL REPAIRS AND SERVICE

l1l5 North Alameda Street, Compton, Calif.

Phones: NEwmark l-92et9i NEvada 6-4805

FOR SALE

ROSS Model 70 Carrier-66-57. Like New condition.

SCHLOEZER & HARR

1465 Folsom Street, San Francisco 3, Calif., MArket 1-4564

HEAVY FOR,K-IIFT TR,UCKS RENTALS

Avenue

AND SALES

MacKay Mill Service Oakland 21, Calif..

sweetwood 8-942g

2-ll2l

EXPERIENCED Yard llelp available to work by the hour on a dav-to-dav basis. at vour vald, compound or railroad spur. Men diipatchei daily ior s6rting with grader, unloading, sticki-ng, shed & yari stacking,-helpers, load building, cle4n;up & tail-off men, etc. Contractors for ful-l yard operations. Established 1943.

CRANE & CO. AgencY

5143 Alhambra Ave. - Los Angeles 32, Calif. Phone CApitol 2-8L43, Collect

SAVE! FORK-IIFT BAR,GAINS SAVEI

Uced Good, Reconditioned or Rebuih & Gtd. 2,OOO-|5,O0O lb. cqp. Gibton...6,000-lb. Cqpocitv, hyd. tlrg' pn.u. tilot

Ctork, l95l . . . 6,000-lb. Cqpocitv, pneu. fir.3

Ross 19 HT 6,000'lb' Copocitv; raconditioncd

Clqrk . , . 6,000-lb. Copocitv; tobuill and guoronlaed

Ctork 3'000 ond 4'000-lb. Cqpocilv; rccondifloncd Towmotor tT56 . . ' 6,000-lb. Copqcily; rcbuilt ond guoronLrd Big Discounls on New Surplus Pcrrtg for All Mqkes and llodelc of Forkliftr

NEW CONTINENIAL ENCINES FOR FORKIIFTS AT BIG DISGOUNTS Fir ClqrklowmolorRotr. Srock limited. 17 CFIUI Poil. Gornpressort, Rsbullr --------------------------$375

HOII.YDAI.E,

WHOIESAIE LU'YIBER

Direcr Mill ShipmentsRoil or Truck

4230 E. Bondini Los Angeler 23,

Pine - Fir - Engelmonn Spruce - Hemlock - Sirko Spruce - Gedcrr ANgelus

llews erfufs , ..

Kenneth O. Smith, The Pacific Lumber Co., has been elected vice-president of the Willits, Calif., Rotary club.

The top prize of a week's allexpense-pzrid vacation for two in Paris, France, has been awarded a salesman for United States Plywood Corporation's Oakland, California, branch. The lucky winner is Gordon K. Hughes (left), 4017 Oakmore Rd., Oakland, 39 year-old, ten-year man with the company. In competition with salesmen from 103 branches, he finished ahead of 500 contestants. The sales contest was part of a promotion of decoratlve hardwood plywood featuring Samara, an exotic veneer from French Equitorial Africa.

Cause of a fire that did $25@ damage to a building at fleet Bros Lumber Co., La Habra, on Feb. 23 was still undetermined earlier last month. The blaze was controlled before it reached the paint storage and piled lumber areas.

D. N. Schneider of Fullerton has been installed as president of the North Orange County Building Contractors Assn.

How Lumber Looks (Continued from Page 1)

the previous week. National lumber production totaled 2,72A,000,000 board feet in January, 6/o above December bfi 7/o below January 1956, reported the NLMA,; shipments rose l}Vo above December and new orders gained 6/o. Janlary softwood shipments and orders were 2/o below production; hardwood shipments were 9/o and orders 8/o less than the output. . West Coast Lumbermen's Assn. reported orders of 106,134,890 feet and shipments of 92,225,L81 feet werc 5.1/o and 17.5/o below production of 111,852,114 feet at 164 raills reporting in the week ended March 16. Orders of 82,164,000 feet at 117 mills reporting to the Western Pine Assn. in the week ended March 16 were 5.4/o above production ot 77,943,000 f.eet; shipments of 78,310,000 feet were 0.5Vo above. . Production of 46,731,0W feet and shipments of 33,3%.,000 feet were 7 million feet above and 3 million feet below, respectively, the January figures in the 15 mills reporting to the Ca'lifornia Redwood Assn. during February; orders received in the month were 3 million feet above shipments, and orders on hand Feb. 28 totaled 50,209,000 feet; stocks on hand, 408,46O000 feet.

ADVERTISERS INDEX

*Advprtlrlng cppcor

Emrco Plywood ...----..-.... rt

Errley ond 3on, D. C. -.------.--.:-....-----.---..-72

Eubonk & son, L. H. ---.-...-.---._...-.-..-.-r..31

Eureko Redwod Co. ------.-...-..----,.......-,.-..-- !t

Exchnge Smllk Sote: Co. .....-....-..-....-*

h olllrmt. l[uer

Lmky Plonky Adr .-..---.---...-.--.--.--.---------'t

lerr.ll lwbel Co. .-------.---..-.--------.---.-.-.----*

Long-loll Div.-lntl. Pqper Co. -----..-..--....t 9

loop lwber & llill Co. -.-.----.....-...-..-.-.....34

Ior-Col lmber Co. --------...-...---.-.- --....--------75

5onlo Fo lumber, Inc. ...-......-.--.-..----.-......-.25

Securiry Point lrtfg. Go, .....-..-.........-........--.t5

Shively, Alon A, -.--..-.....--.......-..-.-......-..:.-. rt

Sienq lunber & Plywood, Inc. tt

Slerro Redwood Co. .--.......-.-...--.-....-...--.--.-*

Simonr Hadwood Lmber Co. .....-.-..--....1 |

5imp:on Rcdwood Co. .-..-,..-..--...-..---...-..---*

Smith, Hemon A. .-.....-.-.-......---.----.-...-.....-83

Smlth Lumber Co., tolph L. -------...--........--57

'

B*k co., J. wiilim .-........-...............-..... I r?:!i

Bough, Ccl W..--...---......-...-----------.-------.---26

l, Boxre. & Co., J. 11. -.--..-......-------...-....--.--.-. *

Behr. Jorcph & Sonr, lnt. .----.....................87

Bender lmber 5oler, Eorle D. ....--...-...--.-. rt

Bennett 2-Woy Pqnel Sqw --.---.---.-....-------...23

B.ton Cmpsy, lhe ---.--..------...-..-.--.-..---.-. :t

Blilr & Goter Lunb€r Co. -.------...-....--.--... rt

Blre Diqmond Corporolion .-...-...-...--....-..--'i

Bohnhof Lmber Co. --...-.--.--.-...-.--..-.-..----.. *

Bonnell-Ward & Knopp ---..-..-...-..---.--.---...8t

Bontinglff lmber Co. ---...-..---.--....--...-.--..75

B. C. Folst Produ(b, Ltd. .....-.-...-.....-..-...55

Brown & Co., Cloy ..-.--.--.......-..-....-..-.-..-.....!t

Bruce Co., E. l. -...--.-..-.-.------......----........-.56

B.6h Indu.triql lumber Co. ---.---...-.-..."..-..26

Col-Pcific Lvmber Co. -.----.--..--.--......----.--*

Cql-Pociftc Redwood Sqlerr Inc. ---...---.-.-*

Colovcros Cement Co. .,----.-----.-...-.---.--.--..--lO

Coliforniq Dor Co. of L. A. --------.--.--.----*

Colifqnic Lumber Sole: ----.--.---.--..-.---..----.'f

Colffornia Poel qnd Veneer Co. --.---.-....27

Collfornio Redwood Assn. -"...-..-.--.-.--.--.--.-*

Colif. Sugor & Wert. Pine Agency -.-....,-.64

Calow Co. ........-...-.-.-...8O

Corr & Co., t. J. -.----.-...-..-.-..-...-..-.--.--------!t

Cqrcqde Poriic lsmber €o. .-.---.----.---------- lt

C€co gfeel Produch Corp. ....-.---.----..---....... *

qqlotex Corporqtion, lhe --,---------.--.--.--.---. *

Chlckmougc Cedqr Go., In<. .-....--..---.---*

Ghko llovlding Co. ..-.-.-....--.....,--.--..------..-*

Chrlttentor lumber Co. -..--...-.-.-------.--..------82

Cloy Iumbcr Co, ....-......--.-----..-.-------.------.--64

Coo.l Kiln Compony ....-.---....-...--.-------..-----80

Con3olidqted Lunber Co, --.....-.....-,.---.-.-.----33

Continentol Lumber Sqler -...-..---..--.-.---,-----66

Cooper Wholerole Lumber €o., W. E.---..*

Coo: Heod lunber E Plywood Co. ...---.-...-8I

Cordr Lumber Co. .--.--..-.---.-...-.-.-........--..-17

Crown Lumber Co., The -......----.-----....-.-.-.. ti

Dolt6 t Co., R. W. -.-.----.-..-.-,---.....--...-.--- '+

Dont t Rusrell, Inc. .-...--..-...--..-...-....--.-.-.---28

Dwir Hqrdwood Co. .--.--..-.-.---..-..-.-------.---.76

Del Vqlle, Xohmo & Co. -....-..-.---.....--.-----76

Dolco lloufqcluring Co, ....--.---.....-.........-*

Dollqr Go.. The loben .--...-.-.-.-.,...-.....--.-..26

Douglor Fir Plywmd Arn,...--...-................. t[

Droke's Boy Iumbcr Co,, Inc. -...--...........- lt

Duroble Plywod 5qles Co. -......--.....-.-...6I

Ect Asiqtic Co.. lnc., The -...--..--....-...--.-..67

Erk:trm Plywood & Dor Co, -----..,-.-..... *

Edwordr lumber od ltfg. Co. -.----..-.---...8r)

Eelh, John ........-.....-..-.. {t

Fidler': llfg, Go., lnc. ...--...---..-................f2

Firk E jltogon

Gqlleher llsrdwood

Co. --------..--.----.-... rt

G.eot Bqy lumbcr 5oler ..-..-----.----.....----.--*

Holey Bror. .--..-----_-_....--.30

Holl Co,, Jmer L. ----.------.--..------..-,-....-----68

Hoflinqn llqckln Lmbgr Co. .---------.-------67

Hollmqk lcmbcr t Plyrood Co. -.------.-.--.60

Hmond-Cqllf. ladwood Co. -...-...-....-.--+

Horbor Plywood Corp. ..-....-......-.-.------...-..--'*

Horrir lmber Co., l. l. .....-........-..--.-..-.--. *

Heorin, F. L. lmber ..-.---.------......------...--- I

Hedlund lumber Solar, Inr, ...-...---.--.---..... *

Helmi-Brdn lmber Go. ..........-.--.-..-....---78

llerq lmber Cmpmy .-...-.--.---...-.....---..-..'t

Higginr lmber Co., J. E. .---.........--...-....-61

Hill E rt|orlon, Inc. -.-------..--.-..--...-...-..-.16

Hobbr Wqll Lunber Co. --......----.-....-.-.-..-.. rt

Hogo Wholerole Bldg. llqteriob Co.......9

Hollow ?ree ledwood Co. -....-..--..-...-.--.-..-31

Holms Eurekq Lumbq Co. ---.-.--...-.......-.... *

Holm$ Lumber Go.. Frad C. -...............-...32

Homosole €mpmy -.-.,-..-.-,-.--..--...-..-.--.....- rt

Hoover Go,, A. t. .-......-.....--...-.......--....--.". tt

Huff tmber Go. ........----..--.....---.---.-.-.--.....--27

Hyrl€. Conpmy --...-..---. I

lnduttriql lumber .-..-"-.----..-...-...--..,-..-.---...--'t

Inlod lunber Co. -..---.-..----...-..-.----...------.--18

Infernotionql Lumber & Plywood Co., lnc. {t Jolly Gior Lumber Co. -.-------.------.-.--.---..-.. *

Johnr-llonvllle Cdpolqtion ....--...........--.--*

Jqer Htrdwood & Plywood Co. ---------.----78

Joner lllorhlnery Corp., Fronk E. -..-----------54

Jordo Soh & Door Co., F. L... ------------75

Kclrer Gyprum Co., Int. --...-.--.------------------13

K.lley, Alb.rt A. --..---.-.-...---.--...-.------.,-.----- :t

Kochton Plywood t Venecr Co., Inc,------78

Koehf E Son, John W. .-.---.....-.--...-.--------77

t, A, Dry Klln E Storaio, lnc. -.................57 lmon lcmb.r Cc. ..................----------...--....-69

Lo Angelc lmbcr, lnc. -.-----.------------...---29

Lumber tofer Go. ---..-.--.----..-----.-----.---.-..77

llocBeoth Hcdwood Conpony .-..-...-...--.-..65

lltqle & Portinr ..-..--.------ 't

I$cplc lror, ..........----.-....53

llq.quort-Wolfe lmber Co. .....--...-.------..-. *

llonh Woll Productr, Inc. .....-..-.....--...-...-'t

llo.fln Plywood Co. ...-...--.-..-.....--.......-... tr

ltaro Suppllcr, lnc. --------...-...-.-....--.....-...-53

,116onile Corpolqtlon ..........--.--....--...-.---...rt

llcGloud Lunbcr Co, .....--....-......-.....-..---.-..'*

lleler lunber Co.. Herb .-....--.-.....-....O.8,C.

llmgel Co,. ?he ..--..--.--.-_.-......--.............-. *

lliddleron lurnber €o., fob .-...-.-......----....29

lliddletd Lunber tqler, D. R. .--........-..-- ,r

Mmtchle srud itilb, Inc. .......-.---.-..----.--.87

ilore Dry filn Co. .-.....--.---..---.-.---.-....-.--..60

llount Whifrey lmber Co, -__-_.__--...---.55

Itutuol t$ouldlng od lumber Co, -.---.--.--rt

Notl.-Aneri(o Whlre. Lmbr. Arn. .--.-_-.-- ,t

Nelmqn-need Lmber Co, ..----------.--.--...---..22

Ncw, Hwofd A. --..--.--...-..------.-.-------.---.------72

Newquirt, Jomes W. --..---..-.---..--..---.--....---.29

Olren Gmpony, T. E. ---.-------.--.--.--.-.-----.. *

Orlginol Millwork Co, ..--.----.--------..--.-...--... !*

Crtgood. Robert 5. ----.---.---.---.-..---- -----.--------72

O:lling Monufocturing Co. --....-....----.-.-----*

Oxford lmber Co., lex .-...-..-.--- ---------------74

Pqcl0c Cmcnt & Aggrqgoter, lnr. -_...-..-*

Pqclic Fi. Soler .-..---.----..-_---__.----_.--...-_-------63

Parlir lunbcr Co,, Thc .-------.------.--.---------21

Potifc lcmber Dolen Supply, Inc, .-...--.84

Pocific Wire Produttr Co. ..-..--..---...-....-.--..20

Poclfc Wood Producb Co. ------.--..--------..--- r.

Pock Rlvar lroc Fm Prcducts .--.--------.---.. *

Pcul lunyct lumb6r Co. ----...-----.......-------..30

Pecrferr lmber Co. ..-..-..------....-...--.-...--.--74

Ponberfhy lmber Co. --.---.--.--.-------------.---.-62

Phlllipr lmber Co., G. C, .._.---.........--....t4

Phippr Co., fhe --...---..-.......-.-............-...-..-.66

Prudan ProduGtt Co. ..-...--...-.-.,--.,-.-.-..---....-, *

Rcd Cedc Shlngle Buroou --...-..-..-..-.-.--.... *

legol Door Gmpmy ..-....-......--.--...--.-...-.---32

R€tdil Lmbe. Buyat, lnc. .-..--..-...--.......---85

Ilccl E Krurc tmber Cc. --......----..-.-.....--.. It

loberlr lmbs Go., Frltr ........-.....-.-.......--82

Rckporl lcdwood Co. .....-....----.....-...--.---...7

loddirrrcfi, Inc. ....--.......--....---....-...-..-.----...23

Roy For.tt Productr Co. .-...-..-.........-.......-...33

Sqn Rcfogl Lmber Co, --...-......--..-.--......-.--85

Sofor&lurlor, lnc. ..-----.----............. *

5o-Col Building lldteriab Co., lnr. -.--....--36 South Boy lumber Co, -.----.-.----.--------59

Southern Cqliforniq lumbcr Soler ---.-.-.-... tt

Southwert Plywood Corp. ---.--...-.-..---.-----...54

Soulhwertern Porllqnd Cemed Co. .--..-...-.. *

Stohl Iumbe. Go. --.---.....-.--.---..------..-.------...6E

Stqndord Lmber Co., Inc. --..--.-------.--.-----.7O

Stqtrton E 5o, E. J. ------....---.------..-.---------*

Sfeiner ond llqter, In.. --.-.-...--.--...-..--.-----'lt

Stewort Plywood Co., O. W. ------..-----------.68

Strdle lmber Cmpoy -.------...-..----------.. *

5t:olt Door llfg. Co. -..------.-------.--.---...----.--35

Sun3et F16r Goveringr --------......-.-.--...-.--.-*

Tccmo Iunber 5oler, Inc. -.-------...-----------,29

Tolbot lmber Compony ---...-.------..-----.----.. {.

Tordy. Joo --..-------.--.--.-- {.

Toilo., Webrler & John:on, lnc. -.-.-.--.-----24

foylor llillwork & Stoir Co., Inc. --..-----*

Tomotor-Gerling6r .--..-.--.---..-.-.-....-.-------... *

Trlongle Lumber Co. *

Trinity River Lumber Soler Co. --------.----..*

Tropicol & Werlern tumbcr Co. ------..---..--. *

lwin-Clty lmber €o. ..-.-.-....-.--.-.-.----.-.----*

Twin Hottorr lumber Go. ............--...."....... *

U. t, Plywood Gorp. .-...-...-.--....-..-.-.--..-..---'t

Unim Imbar Co. -..-.-..-.----......---.-....-..-.---- {t

Upron Compoy, lhe -.-.......-.-....-.-......--..-*

Virodor Co., Thc ..--.....-...-...-....-......-....---.,-69

Virklng Corp. .....-..-..--... 'l

Vollrtedt Kerr lmber Co., Th. .-..-...---.--..{.

Wqrren Southwaaf, Inc. -.-.--.--.-.....--..-.----.-..'i

Wendllng-Nothtr Co, .-..---.----....---.--..-....---20

Wert Coot Lumbermen'r A$n, .....,-....-*

Wert Cost 5creen Go, -...--.--.-......-......--.... t

We.t CoGl llmber Prodscb Agency .....-.. tl

W$tem Door ! Sch Co. .-............-.....------ tt

Werlern Dry Kiln -.-------.-.,......-- -------------......82

Weslern Iumber €o. -...--.-..---......-..-.-.------..7O

Werlern lllll & lmber Co. -----------.. *

We.fern Pine A$oclqlion -.-------.----.-...-..----65

Wettsn Pine Supply Co. --..--..--...-.--...--.--59

Wetlcm Slqle! Plywood Corp. .....-....-.---... 'i

Weyerhoeuser Soler Co. --..---...-..--.,..-----.-.. :t

Whife 8re3. ---..--.----O,F.C, Windeler Co,, Lrd,, Geo€e ...--.-.-------.-----*

Winfree & Tynon -------..-----....--------......-...---J4

Winton Lmber Sqls Co. -.-------.---.------l.F.C.

Wnlon Lumber Whl.e. Dirtrr., lnc.-.--l.F.C. Wod Converrion Co, --.---..--...-------.-.-..---.-. * Wod f,mber Co.. E. K. .-----.-...--.------..----71, Woodride lumbrr Co. -.-.-----.--..-.---..--.---.---. {t

Zcerno Plyurood Co. .--.---....--------.-..---..-.-*

Zlrl I Co., Inc. .........-..----..---.------.............. r*

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