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FIVE YEARS AGO

FIVE YEARS AGO

INSUTATI.NG BOARD PRODUCTS

. INSUI.ATING BUITDING BOARD

O INSUTATING DECORATIVE TITEBOARD

. INSUTATING DECORATIVE PTANK

O INSUTATING SHEATHING

. INSUI.ATING LATH

Efficienfly hqrveslecl-properly mqnufqclured REDWOOD is our slock in trode . Commons qnd Uppers-.ovoiloble rough, or milled lo your speciftcotion, Kiln Dried or Air Dried moy be obtoined in ony quontity desired when you cqll us. We qre Volune Wholesqle Distributors to Retoil Lumber Deolers Only.

Pacilic Cout Lumbcr Exportr Incrcrrc

Pacific Coast waterborne tumller exports for .Fetiruary were 9/o above the previotts month and more tltan four times as large as a year ago, the I'acific Coast l'umber Inspection Bureau rePorts' l)omestic shillntents rvere about the same as Januar.v bttt under the 1950 uronth' The report covers ports in British Colunrllia, Ituget Soutrd, Grays\Villapa Harbor, Colurnbia River, Oregon Coast and California Coast,

Felrruary exlx)rtrr totaled l3l,3S7'744 board feet, compared with 121,n9,595 the previous month. February domestic shipments totaled ll0,2l5'35ti, against l@J21,189 in January.

British Columbia's Febrttarl' exports rvere 78,309,029' against 7(t,273,594 the previous month. R. C. exports for the first two m<>nths of the year were 1.54.51i2,(r23 as c()rrrlrared to 40,302,278 for the same periotl in 19.50.

B. C. shipments to U' S' ports in Febrttary rvere 11,225,78, compared to 27,667,368 the previous nr<tnth. For the first two months of tlre year the totals u'ere 38'893'007' against 113,18tt,3(r6 llst year.

Pacific Coast totals for thc first trvo nronths of the vear were: Exports, 252,637,339 this year, against 6.5.743.ft31 in 1950; domestic shiprnents 219.93(r..547 this year, ag:rinst 344.345,667 last year.

So-Ccrl Distributes Sckrete

So-Cal Building I\Iaterials Co.. Inc', Los Angeles, ltas taken on the distribution of Sakrete Concrete Mix' 'fhis product is packed in 90 lb. paper sacks' 4-ply, one of u'hich is'waterproof. This enables it to be stored under all conditions.

John Scoullcr of So-Cal says: "Sakrete is the practical answer to small concrete and mortar jobs. It is necessary to add only rvater aud ttse as shrlrvn in the directions printed on each bag. It is quick and easl', and alnlost fool-proof to use." Sakretc is handled b]' lumller dealers.

Ed Sewcrd Wilh Orban Lumber Co.

Ed Seward is nou' associated u'ith the Orban l-umber Co. of Pasadena. Ed, rvho rvas formerly Southern California representative for the Dolbeer-Carscln I-urnller Co.' for tu'ent1'-seven years, is tvidely knou'n to the lumber trade.

lmployeee Enrolted in CP$Blue Shicld

The Fox-Woodsum Lumber Co., of Glendale, Calif., one of the West Coast's leading building supply firms, this month announced that its enrployees have been errrolled in California I'hysicians' Service, the lllue Shield voluntary prepaid health plan.

According to H. I'ark Arnold, vice presdent and general nlanager of the lutrrber company, 3tl ernployees have signed for Surgical - Hospitat and Medical - While - Hospitalized bene6ts.

The Fox-\\''oodsum employees join more than a million other Catifornians rvho have enrolled in CPS-Blue Shield since the non-profit organization was fotrnded in 1939.

C)rganized by California's drrctors to permit residents of the state to "budget in advance" against the economic shock of illness or injury, Cl'S-Blue Shield rv:rs the nation's first statervide medicall-v sponsored health plan. Doctors supporting the plan throttghottt Clalifornia norv number alrnost I1.000.

On Howaiian Vacation

I t. \V. Neuman, iropularly knrtrvn lrs "7.ip" to thottsands o[ lunrber rvholesalers ancl retailers throughout the \\Iest, ;rnrl a prirrcillal of thc Colonial Cedar Company, Inc. of Scattle, is enjoving an extentle<l sojourn in the Hawaiian lslands rvith I\[rs. Neutrran and claughter Rorvina. The trip serves as a spring vacation for Rorvina, a student at the Universit-r. of lVashington. The Neumans are making their hea<l<lttarters at thc 1l<.tllttlar Kelekulani resort on \\'aikiki lleach.

Personnel Chcrnges Announced

In tu'o personnel changes announced by the U. S. Forest Service, San Francisco, Iildon E. Rall was promoted from stafi officer <-rf the Ochoco National Forest, Prineville. Oregon, to supervisor rlf Inyo National Forest, Bishop, Calif.

Harold S. Coons \\'as promoted from assistant supervisor of the Stairislaus National Forest, Sonora, Calif., to supervisor of Whitman National Forest, Ilaker. Oregon. The changes became effective APril 1.

Fire Dcmqges Plcnt

Fire damagecl the Modern Cabinet Co' at 29. The damage u'as estimated at $75,000.

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