GOSSIII|.HARDIIIG I.UMBER GOMPAIIY

POST OFFICE BOX 185

Arcqla

Hen4y Hording Mllton Brifl

Arcoto 281 Eurekq 3725-W

WEST COAST IU'NBER AND TIMBER PR,ODUCTS

Officers Re-elected

REDWOOD - DOUGLAS FIR - PONDEROSA PINE

Poles - Piling - Ties - Shingles

Tacoma, \\rashington, March 23-All officers and directors of the Wheeler Osgood Company, manufacturers of doors and plywood, were unanimously re-elected at the annual stockholders meeting ancl board of directors meeting held at the company's office here today.

Directors l,ho were re-elected are; Norman O. Cruver, Tacoma; \\'. M. MacArthur. Chicago; Lionel J. Phillips, Nerv York i J. Henry Gonyea, Tacoma; and Paul C. Kimball, Chicago. Officers re-elected rvere: Norman O. Cruver, President; \\r. M. MacArthur, Lionel J. Phillips and J. Henry Gonyea, Vice Presidents; Paul M. Smith, Secre: tary; R. H. O'Neil, Assistant Secretary and Leo A. NIcGavick, Assistant Secretary; J. F. Cushing, Treasurer, and H. E. Haagen, Assistaht Treasurer.

"The future for Wheeler Osgood looks very bright," said Mr. Cruver. "Demand exceeds supply and increased production is scheduled to meet the diversified demancls of home building and industrial development."

Ncrtioncrl Plyvood Associcrtion Directors Meet in Seattle

Kenneth Shipp, California Builders Supply Co., Oakland, presided at the meeting of the board of directors of the National Plywood Distributors Association, held in the Olympic Hotel, Seattle, March 23. He is a director of the Association for the Pacific Coast. There was a representative attendance from all parts of the country.

Fern Trucking Company

Ofiers Combined Service Of:

Trucking

Ccr Unlocrding

Pool Ccr Distribution

Sorting

Sticking lor Air Drying

Storing ol Any Qucntity ol Forest Products

Ten Hecrvy Duty Trucks curd Trcilers

Fourteen 3-Axle AII Purpose Army Lurnber Trucks

Seven 16,000 lb. UIt Trucks

Twenty-Seven Acres Pcved L(md at Two Locctions

Served by L A. Iunction Rcrilroad

Shed Spcrce lor Two Million Bocrd Feet

Spur Trcrck to Accommodcrte Thirty Rcrilroad Ccrrs

Bcrcked by Twenty-two yecrrs ol Experience in Hcrndling Lumber cnd Forest Products

This Compcrny Is Owned cnd Opercrted by FERN-tmdo J. Negri 4550 Mcywood Ave., Los Angeles ll

IEllerson 7261

1947 Lumber Production Highest In 18 Years

Total lumber production in 1947 is estimated at 36,635,000,000 board feet, the highest output since 1929, reports the Lumber Survey Committee in its quarterly report to the Secretary of Commerce. This is an increase of 5 per cent over 1946 and tops the peak war year,1942, by nearly one per cent.

There was continued heavy demand for lumber in the last quarter of. 1947, the Committee stated, but mill and dealer inventories were adequate to meet the demand.

A joint estimate of the Departments of Commerce and Labor indicates that 950,000 new permanent non-farm houssing units may be started in 1948. The Department of Commerce estimates that the consruction industry will require 26.5 billion feet of lumber in 1948, as compared with 24.3 billion Leet in 1947.

A decrease of. 521 million feet in ririll stocks during the fourth quarter was partially offset'by an increase of 366 million feet in retail stocks.

The current quarterly report is the 67th of a consecutive series prepared at the request of the Secretary of Commerce by the Lumber Survey Committee, a non-government agency; it is not an official government publication.

HIIFA Techniccrl Bulletin

Savings that can be effected through the use of preassembled wood roof trusses in small dwelling construction are cited with specific examples in the current issue of HHFA Technical Bulletin, compiled and published by the Technical Staff of the Housing and Home Finance Agency.

The HHFA Technical Bulletin is issued by the Housing and Home Finance Agency for the purpose of making available salient facts developed in research and testing projects sponsored at various Government and university laboratories, engaged in investigation of new materials, new methods, and construction techniques.

Lumber Yard Dcmcrged by Fire

Damage by fire to the A. K. Wilson Lumber Co. yard at Dominguez Junction, Compton, Calif., on April 6, lvas estimated at $40,000. The fire started in the heating system used to dry Redwood lumber. The company rvill abandon the heating plant.

Change of Ownership

A change of ownership of Buffelen Lumber and Manufacturing company, pioneer Tacoma, Wash., plywood, door and millwork firm, through purchase of stock by a group of Tacoma and San Francisco investors, has been announced by J. P. Simpson, vice president and general managef.

New president of the firm is A. E. Post of 'San Francisco. He succeeds Frank C. Neal of Tacoma who is retiring at his orvn request. Mr. Simpson remains as vice president and general manager, rvhile S. C. Pohlman of San Francisco, formerly western manager of Colorado Fuel and fron company, becomes executive vice president.

"All operating policies, including production, sales and distributing methods, will remain generally the same as those which have characterized the long-time successful operation of the firm," Mr. Simpson said.

"Of importance to our 650 employees and to firms u'ith lvhom Buffelen transacts business is the fact that the new ownership will assure continuous successful operation of the company."

Founded in 1913 as a fir door and lumber manufacturing company, Bufielen also has long produced Douglas fir plywood, mahogany plywood, other panel specialties and millwork. It l-ras distributed these quality products nationally for more than a third of a century.

Change of orvnership of the stock ll'as handled by the Bank of California in Tacoma and San Francisco.

Schcler-McHugh

Miss Marie McHugh was married to Albert M. Schafer in Seattle, April 10.

Mr. Schafer is a member of the firm of Schafer Bros. Lumber & Shingle Co., Aberdeen, \Vashington, and is vice president of Schafer Bros. Steamship Co.

Lumber Wcge Scale Increcrsed

Klamath Falls, Ore., April 6-The $1..15 lumber wage scale was extended today to the Klamath Basin region of southern Oregon and Northern California.

Negotiators for employers and the CIO International Woodworkers of America reached a settlement on a l2rl cent hourly increase.

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LL & Wholesqlers

Dennison 5t. Whcrf Phone ANdover l-1O77

FRESNO, CAL|F.

165 South First Street Phone 3-8933

MORTON, lNC. '1e48 of West Goost Lumber Products

General Office

Ooklond 6, Gqlif. lelerype OA 226

EUGENE, OREGON

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