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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.

STUDS, BOARDS

Prtuaorlz

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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