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SO. PASADENA YARD: SYcqmore 9-1197

PYromid l-1197

855 El Cenlro Street

GARDENA YARD: Plymouth 6-l I l2 MEnlo 4-1196

1858 W. Rosecrcns Ave.

T\TENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY

As reporred in The California Lumber Merchant April 15, lg}g was the guest of honor at a dinner and concat held in the Mark Hopkins Hotel, in San Francisco, March 26. Many East Bay members were among those present, also Charles G. Bird, of Stockton, Supreme Custocatian. Bert Johnson was in charge of the concat.

The Hart-Wood Lumber Company, San Francisco, is now operating fifteen steamers in its lumber shipping business, seven company owned, and eight leased.

O. J. Evenson has been named manager of the Benson Lumber Company mill at San Diego. He has been located in tl-re mill business in Oregon for the past 19 years.

The California Retail Lumbermen's Association held a Southern California district meeting in the Alexandria I{otel, Los Angeles, on April 6, and passed resolutions reaffirming the action of the various lumber clubs of Southern California in favor of grademarking' They set July l,1929, as the date on which American Lumber Standards will become effeetive in this area. Kenneth Smith, A. J. Stoner, Paul Hallingby, Harry Lake, and C' W. Pinkerton rvere the principal speakers, while Hallingby acted as chairman. Orrie Hamilton, A. C. Horner, Walter Spicer, Dean Prescott, and H. G. Larrick took prominent part in the discussions.

Snark of the Universe M. M. Riner, of Kansas City, Mo.

Mrs. J. E. Fraser has resigned as secretary of the CaliIornia Retail Lumbermen's Association. Her office u'as in San Francisco.

R. T. Titus addressed luncheon on April 11 on the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club American Lumber Standards. at the IJniverse, lumber meeting visited the San held March 26,

M. M. Riner, Snark of Jose and Peninsula retail at San Tose.

The California Retail Lumbermen's Association has closed its San Francisco office and moved its headquarters to Garden Grove, the home of President Harry Lake.

Nomed Vice Chqirmqn of the Committee Of Americon lndustry

Ner,v YorkOwen R. Cheatham, president, GeorgiaPacific Plywood Company, has been named Vice Chairman of the Committee of American Industry, Colby M. Chester, chairman, announced.

The Committee will spearhead a $10,000,000 campaign to be conducted by the National Fund for Medical Education in support of the nation's 79 medical schools, u,hich are now facing a crisis that threatens both their teaching program and their academic standards.

Mr. Cheatham rvill head the Building and Construction Section of the CAI, which includes under it building materials and construction; industrial glass; plumbing and heating; engineers; sand, gravel and cement; and lumber. He is presently serving as chairman of the Lumber Division and will continue to maintain that position although he is taking on the larger duties of vice-chairmanship.

The National Fund for Medical Education, headed by Iormer President Herbert Hoover and S. Sloan Colt, president, Bankers Trust Company of New York, was founded in 1949 to establish a pattern of private support for the hard-pressed medical schools. Since its founding, the National Fund has raised and distributed nearly $5,000,000 for the medical schools.

Stan Eznekier, E. L. Bruce Co., Oaklancl attended American Lumber Company open house in Moclesto March 26 celebrating American Lumber's addition of E. L. Bruce lines.