LOS-CAL TUAABER COTAPANY

Union Lumber Now Figuring Log Scole Electronicolly With Univoc Computer

How the Union Lumber Company of Fort Bragg, California, computes lumber log scale electronically with a Univac 60 Computer is the subject of a colorful new 60Second Management Interview published by Remington Rand Division of Sperry Rand Corporation.

Union Lumber originally installed a computer for general accounting and other routine office work. Since log scale formulae vary, and it is necessary to make adjustments to keep the scale in line, they did not think it could be put on the computer. Experience proved the Univac 60 can handle it.

They are probably the first lumber company to use a computer for this purpose. In their transition from manual computation through punched-card recording, and now into electronic computing, they have facilitated computations and achieved an improved log scale record.

According to J. L. Pryor, office manager, the important benefit Union Lumber derives from the use of the computer is in this area of fast and accurate log scale computation. Other uses are increasing steadily. Mileage hauls are totaled daily, a running inventory of the cold deck is produced, company payrolls for 900 employes are computed with year-to-date totals of earnings, taxes, deductions, etc., within a 3f-how period, and numerous other accounting and statistical applications are being utilized.

A copy of this 60-Second Interview can be obtained at any Remington Rand branch office, or by writing to the company at 315 Park Avenue South, New York 10, N. Y. and requesting U 1526.

"Oul to the (New) Boll Pqrk" tor Ooklond Hoo-Hoo Glub-April | 4

Baseball "as you like it" will be the theme of Oakland Hoo-Hoo Clubfs April meeting, chairmanned by Bud Kinney and Paul Gaboury. The club has set aside April 14 for its annual pilgrimage to the shrine of the S. F. Giants, in this case the new Candlestick Park.

Tickets are limited and now available from any of club's directors. Price of the ducats is $5.75 each, which includes two free drinks, dinner at the Channel Inn, 900-3rd St., San Francisco, and, naturally, a reserved seat in the Club 39 section for the Giants-Chicago contest. Meeting place will be the Channel Inn at 5:30 p.m. sharp. Dinner will be served promptly at 6:30 p.m.