Bliss & Gqtes Lumber Co.

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Davidson Opens Watehouses in San Diego and Salt Lake City

Davidson Plywood & Lumber Co., Los Angeles, announces the opening of a San Diego office and warehouse at 3225 Bean Street, and rvill carr)- a complete line of hardwood and softwood plywood products, including Etchwood and Etchwall. Flush doors, hard boards, and a new plastic laminated product for u'alls, counter tops, known as Dino-Lite, will also be included in stock. The San Diego warehouse rvill serve the greater San Diego area, and portions of Arizona and Nevada.

David R. Webb has been appointed manager of the San Diego office, and will be assisted by Charles Francis and Roy Thomason. Mr. Webb joined Davidson several years ago, and prior to that he rvas identified with the lumber business in the Northwest. He sen'ed as an Air Corps offrcer during the war. He is a past commander of Lumbermen's Post of the American Legion, and is a member of IIoo-Hoo.

Thomas E. Adwin rvill manage the newly established Davidson rvarehouse at 854 Richards Street, Salt Lake City, which will serve the dealers in Utah, Nevada, Wyoming and Montana. This warehouse lvill carry all the products distributed by Davidson Pl1'rvood and Lumber Co.

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FHA Receiving Applications for De(ense Housing in Victorville Area

The Federal Housing Administration office at 112 West 9th Street, Los Angeles, California, began receiving applications from builders to construct programmed defense housing in the Victorville, California critical defense housing area on April 7, 1952, it rvas announced by John E. McGovern, FHA district director. Builders' applications n'ill be received through Aprll25, 1952.

The program of 130 housing units to be built in the Victorville, California area was announced recently by the Housing and Home Finance Agency in Washington. All of the programmed housing is intended for in-migrant defense workers (or military and civilian personnel) of George Air Force Base, the designated defense establishment in the area.

The announcement by FHA that it is ready to receive applications from builders means that the program can now get started, Mr. McGovern said. Construction of housing under this program rvill be assisted by the aids provided in the Defense Housing and Community Facilities and Services Act. These include suspension of real estate credit restrictions and a special type of FHA mortgage insurance under Title IX of the National Housing Act.

Application Forms may be secured from the Federal Hotrsing Adr.ninistration offices at ll2 W. 9th Street, Los Angeles, California, or 480-5th Street, San Bernardino, California.

Installs Moore Dry Kilns

(Continued from Page 52) it passes betrveen two vertical lumber eveners that move the various lengths of boards to the proper position just prior to the lumber passing onto the stacking hoist. The Iumber eveners are adjustable for each length segregation and eliminates the manual operation of positioning each board. After the individual boards have been positioned by the eveners, a standard stacking mechanism cletermines the proper number of boards per course and moves the course onto the stacking hoist.

An automatic sticker placer rvith higl-r sticker magazine holding sufficient stickers for approximately 7f packages of lumber then lays the stickers Lretween each course of lumber, insuring proper alignment and spacing. Each sticker magazine or pocket can be individually placed in operation or locked out of operation, depending on the lengths Lreing handled.

Carrier blocks from the incoming solid packages are carried underneath the stacking table by rubber belts and deposited on tl-re outgoing side feed floor chains to receive the stickered packages from the vertical hoist.

The stacking crew consists of three men 's'ho handle the stacking mechanism, filling the sticker ,pockets, handling of bunks if required and general clean-up. This 3-man crew rvill stack from 8O M/ to 100 M/ of lumber in eight hours, depending on the length and thickness of stock going over the machine.

After the lumber has been seasoned in the kiln, the clry stickered packages are transported by a fork lift truck a short distance to the end feed chains leading to the dry sorter breakdown hoist. A 4-column Moore tilting hoist feeds the lumber onto the sorting chain where the lumber can be pulled to any desired segregation. Tr.vo NIoore E,lectric Swedes remove the boards designated by the graders to the trim saw and rip sar"'.

N{en working along tl-re sorting chain pull the lumber into solid dry packages 'r,'v'hich enables the bridge crane to handle packages to the storage area, loading area, or the remanufacturing area.

A unique and versatile remanufacturing area is located to the south of the main dry shed but under adjacent roof so that all lumber to or from the area can be handlecl by the overhead bridge crane through a series of Moore pre-

Mack Giles Joins

Dave Davis Lumber Co.

Mack Giles, whose picture is reproduced here, is now with Dave Davis Lumber Co., San Rafael. He r,r'ill be calling on the trade in Northern California territory, and will also assist in buying. For the past 15 months he has been with James L. Hall Co., San Francisco.

Mack was in the Navy Air Corps for three years, the last year of u'hich was spent as a test pilot in the Hawaiian Islands. He 'ivas discharged early in 1946 rvith the rank of Lieutenant (J.G.).

In the summer ol 1946 he lvent to rvork for the Willits Redrvood Products Co. as log scaler in the rvoods. After about tn'o years, in which he gained experience as lumber grader, and assistant yard foreman, he resigned to go to r,vork for the Simpson Logging Co., operating ottt of the San Francisco office. In July, 1949, he started rvith The Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco as salesman in the San Joaquin and Sacrarnento Valleys. In February, 1951, he u'ent 'ivith James L. Hall Co. as salesman, and resignecl to take his present position.

fabricated roll cases. The entire dr1' sorting chain, craneway, remanufacturing area, loading area, employee's lunch and rest area, shipping ofifice and dry storage area are located nnder one large shed unit to provide a compact and vear-around operation.

The nerv construction at Arcata Nas under the clirect supervision of \\r. A. NlcKenzie, director of engineering, and Engineer Curt Onstad. James R. Perry is plant sttperintendent and the operation of the kilns is supervised by IIenrv Dreckmann.

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