Lumber Entrepreneur Announces New Firm

Prominent urest coast lumber executive, Carl Poyner, disclosed last month that he and a group of associates had established the llueneme Handling Co., Port Hueneme, California. The new cor,npany, which will offer the southland lumber industry a complete wharfinger service, is located at dock number 1 at the coastal Ventura County shipping and receiving facility.

"Hueneme Handling Company 'vvill service the lumber comoanies in Santa Barbara, Ventura. Kern, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, Imperial and Sqtr Diego counties carloading and storage service, Poyner revealed.

"The new concern will specialize in the efficient handling of lumber, plywood and forest products only within its trade area," he concluded.

Responsible for the success of the llew venture are a group of well-seasonecl lumber people-headed by Carl Poyner, owner-president, they include: Bob Pallor.v, sales; John Tranberg, procurement and purchasing; Hoyt Bishop, auditor and Lynne Isgar, girl friday.

His more than 26 years in the business have gained for Carl Poyner a lvicle variety of experience in all aspects of the lumber industry. He has

CARI been associated with sales, purchasing and shipping and in the executive capacity, president of the Wholesale Forest Products Company for the past four years.

Now head man for the two lumberitg enterprises, Wholesale Forest Products and the new Hueneme IIandling Company, Povner plans, nevertheless, to continue his many social and civic activities of which he is rvell-known, including Hoo-Hoo International Lrrmber Fraternity.

Quite proud of his three years in "Seabees," WW II, Poyner saw action rvith five brothers.

Bob Pallow, although a relative novice in the lumbering game compared to Poyner, 5 years, greets the future of Hueneme Handling with great gusto. He will be in charge of sales.

A veteran of the war, Pallow is also ex-F-BI, Clay Brown and Company and 3 years Wholesale Forest Products Company.

John Tranberg, traces his background to 1938 when he on the green and planer chain a dogger on the mill carriage

Procurement and Purchasing agent, Iumber worked and as for the

Trans-Pacific Lumber Company.

Seventeen years later after a stint rvith Uncle Sam, the Sutherlin Timber Products Company, Gardiner Lumber Company andthe Siuslaw Forest Products Company, he became yard and shipping foreman and assistant sales manager for the Ntt. Baldy Lumber Company. In January l, 1962, he joined forces with Hueneme Handling.

Auditor, Hoyt Bishop claims a direct line to Dixie by virtue of his university, Emory, located in Georgia.

FIe traversed the globe, compliments of the US Navy, taught governmental accounting in Arizona for one year, obtained his CPA here in California and worked for the Union Bank until he became associated with Hueneme Handling Company as auditor.

Lynne Isgar, girl f riday, for the trio, has spent many vears in the timber country, living in a logging camp.

She attended high school at Lennox High, class of 1960, has been lvorking q'ith the firm 6 months and likes it very much.

Port llueneme with its heavy ship- ment of lumber and anticiPated grovvth is an ideal site for the new enterprise-and with a team like this -the future looks great !

How to Right rhe Antioch

The tugboat Antioch, after hitting foul weather on her intended trip to Los Angeles and San Diego, trudged slowly into San Francisco, February 16, with part of the two million board feet of lumber she was towing about to slide into the water.

Skipper George Ducich attributed the mirage and its 35-degree list to a storm which hit the barge almost immediately after leaving Coos B^y, Oregon.

The tug and its battered load was tied uoat the Oakland Dock and Wareh-ouse Company. The tug's owners, the Oregon Coast Towing Company, said the barge was the property of the Puget Sound Tug and Barge Co.

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