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Sterling Wolfe, sales manager MarquartWolfe Lumber Co., Hollywood, made a fast trip via "Jet" to the Pacific Northwest on a procurement trip last month. IIe reports conditions are much better at the mill level.

Chan Hart, Pacific Wood Products executive, Los Angeles, and Mrs. Hart, are on an extensive tour of the Orient visiting Japan, Hongkong and the.Philippines.

Representing Southern California Lumber Sales. Monrovia, at the Western Pine Association annual meeting in San Francisco (March 8-10) were Frosty Foster and Ray Lizotte.

Also in attendance from Ivory Pirre Company vr'ere Grant B. Potter, Bert Dennis arrd Terry Connolly.

William K. OpDyke, an experienced research and mSrketing analyst, has been appointed research manager of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. He will be responsible for direction of the Chamber's broad research programs and will serve as secretary of the organization's committee.

OpDyke served as director of market research and sales analysis for the Phoenix "Republic" and "Gazette" from 1957 until late 1959, when he became engaged in marketing and sales promotional activities for several publishers in the L. A. area. In the past he has held various key positions with governmental agencies and private organizations.

John L. Paxton, vice-president of the Frank Paxton Lumber Company of Fort Worth, visited the City By The Golden Gate last month and called on several of his suppliers and customers in the Bay Area environs.

Henry Alsaker and Bruce Walton toured the Eastern Territory on State Box Company business last month.

Eric Wagner, Del Valle, Kahman & Company, is slated to return to his San Francisco headquarters mid-April after '6 weeks in the Far East on business.

Palo Alto wholesalesman, Knute Weidman, who opened his own "shop" recently, flew to Portland for the WCLA Annual last month.

Mike Coonan, salesmanager of TW&J, Newark, and Buft Coonan did the bright lights bit at Las Vegas for a week last month.

Larry Owen, now associated with Dyken Lumber Company, has set up West Coast offices for the Chicago concern at 681 Market Street, San Francisco.

Charles D. Fratt has assumed the newlycreated executive position of Operations Manaser for the warehouse division, Portland, -Oregon, of Georgia-Pacific Corporation. A veteran G-P employee, Fratt has served since 1955 as assistant to Stewart W' White, division vice-president, and has been instrumental in the planning and development of the nationwide system of distribution warehouses operated by G-P.

Williram C. (Bill) Burk of Topeka, .Kansas' has been named manager of p'ublic relations for Santa Fe Railway with Chicago o Douglor Fir o Ponderocq qnd Sugor Pine o Redwood o Plywood o Shingles ond lqth headquarters, effective March 1. He succeeds George J. Handzik, resigned.

Following military service, Bill Burk ioined the lailroad in 7946 as system phoiographer in Los Angeles. He was appointed spEciil representative at Chicago in 1947, and in 1953 was promoted to a similar post at Topeka. In his new position he will be responsible for public relations throughout Santa Fe's 13,000-mile system, as well as ofi-line points.

Lynn & Brooks, manufacturers' representatives, has been appointed as exclusive West Coast agents for Speedway and Thor SpeedTool products. Headquartering in Los Angeles, the firm is headed by Wallace Lynn and Kenneth Brooks, and maintains branch sales offices in San Francisco and Seattle'

Bestwqll Gypsum lntroduces Twin Ploster On West Coost

Bestwall Gypsum Company, of Ardmore, Pennsylvania in February announced the introduction of "Twin" plaster on the west coast.

The new neat plaster is designed for either hand or machine application. It will be marketed in an eleven state area.

Twin plaster is the first dual purpose plaster to be introduced by Bestwall Gypsum Company.

Arnold L. Meyer, Sales Manager, said the product will be available in March.

Pocific Coost R,eports | 960 Operotions Loss

Pacific Coast Company, the San Francisco holding company that recently, compromised an incipient proxy fight, in March announced a 196O net loss from bper-atio-ns of $40,000, compared with a 1959 loss of $25,000. - loss, however, was offset by a $2,093,000 gain from the sale of the company's Mendoiino county tim-ber -p_roperties, which resulted in a net gain for the year of $2,053,000.

Chairman and president Hugh J. Jacks said Chicago industrialist Delbert W. Colem*itr, -*lio led the fight f"or control of the company, and his attorney, Hammond E. Chafretz, will be nominated to Pacific eoast's board of directors at the annual meeting May 10. Richard Fuite, another member of the insurgent group, has already been elected to the board.

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LMA's New Von Ness'Post Cenler Heodquorters in Heclrt of Growing City

Downtown traffic in San Francisco plainly heading for the worse in spite of the City's "No Trucks Ran," the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California has joined the fast-growing parade of businesses leaving.the cong-ested downtolv=n a.ei iot the fringe areas. In this case, T MA didn't have to move far from its old 24 California headquarters to find iust what it needed: ample parking for 'uisito.s and dealer conferences, a choice of several conference rooms in the adjacent new Jack Tar Hotel (a little "city" in itself) and a more central location at the heart of San Francisco's freeway system.

The Association's new headquarters is now located in the Van Ness-Post Center, 1255 Post Street, San Francisco, located adjacent to the City's newest multi-million dollar

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LMA exe<utive vicepresident, Jqck Pomeroy, selllel down in the Associotion's new Von Nesr-Post Cenler oficer to the big business ot hqndnomely thc coming LMA Yosemite Annuol ol rhe Ahwohnee Hotel, April l& lS...whilelongtime LMA "gol Fridoy," Cloire Zimmermcn, slorls cronking out lhe tremendout qmounl of corto3pondence necessory for eoch onnuol convenfion.

hostelry-the Jack Tar Hotel. Located on the 9th floor of the Van Ness-Post Center, the offices may be reached by elevator directly from the hotel garage, from the Jack -Tar lobby, or from the Post Street building entrance. Members and - associates are urged to correct their listing fpr LMA headquarters, including the new telephone PRospect 1-1891.

Lumber Production R.eport for Jonucry

The Nation's sawmill produced a total ol 2,263,000,000 board feet of lumber during January 1961, according to estimates of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. This was the lorvest January production since 1949. The January output was one percent above December 1960, but i6 perc-ent less than in January of last-year. Softwood lumber-production amounted to 1,863,000,000 board Jeet in January- 1961 while 400,000,000 board feet of hardwoods were produced.

Tot-al shipments of softwood lumber from the mills during January equalled the volume of production, while softwood new orderi were four percent greater than the output. For hardwoods, meanwhile, shipments exceeded production by three percent, and the volume of incoming, orders was ten percenl greater than the month's hardwood output.

Compared with the beginning month of 1960, new orde^rs for soffwood lumber this year were off eight percent, while shipments were down twelve percent. Hardwood lumber orders dropped l7 percent from January l96f, while shipments showed a 21 percent decline from last year.

Unfilled orders for both softwood and hardwoods increased eight percent during January but at the end of the month w{re 29 percent below year ago levels. Gross mill inventories of lumber at the end of january 1961 totaled 10,243,000,000 board feet, approximately the same, ?! a month earlier but up six percint over Jinuary 31, 1960.