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(Continued from Page 30) and E,. C. Olson, Diamond Gardner Corp., Beverly Hills, Calif.

Mr. Hood was elected to the NLMA Executive committee, with Mr. Bronson as alternate. Bronsou was renamed American Forest Products Industries trustee, with E. C. Rettig as alternate.

The following report for first quarter, 1959, production and shipments of Western Pine region lumber products and estimate of probable second quarter, 1959, shipments was released by W. E. Griffee, assistant secretary-manager of the Western Pine Association. The report covered all of the woods of the western pine region, about half of which are the pines :

"The -Fall upturn in both production and shipments of lumber by the Western Pine industry continued thro-ugh the first quarter of 1959. A preliminary estimate places firstquarter production at 1832 million feet, up 79.0/o from a year ago. First quarter shipments of 1978 million feet were up 23.6/o from last year. Estimating first-quarter performance was trickier than usual because many seasonal mills, which have contributed more than their share of the in- crease, do not report as promptly as do the larger yeararound mills.

"stocks of 1863 million feet at the end of the quarter are down 105 million feet from the same date a year ago'

"The booming rate of housing starts is holding up.fully as well as expec-ted. February starts were at an annual rate oi r,jzO,OOO Jnits for private housing alone,-compared with a total of 1,002,484 units. both public and private' started tn 1958. Predictions are that cost of all construction work rn ihe seco.td quarter will be tp l0/o and housing.work.up rrearly 2O/o irom last year. E-ven allowing for higher.labor and material costs, an excellent physical volume ot construction is expected. The swelling output of industry gen"r^lly, due to pass the 1'P57 high ahis month or next, takes incrJasing fooiages of Westein Pine region woods for a wide variety of uses.

"Based ufon the above factors and bll other available information .rpott p.o.p.ctive demand, it seems.probable that, clurins the siconh quirter of 1959, shipments (consumPtion) of lufrrber from the Western Pine region will approximate 2400 million feet, or about l5/o above those in the low second quarter of iq5g. Last year's second quarter was the lowesl since 1953."

New Hoo'Hoo Club ro Be Formed in Susonville, Cslif.' April 24

Susanville, Calif.-Lassen Hoo-Hoo Club No. ?? will be formed here'April 24, with an otganizational meeting and the first Concaf to be held in the Monticola Club starting at 6:09 p.m., reports A. L. Kerper, salesmanager of -the Paul Bunyin Lumber Company. A U;g turnout from all.parts of Caliiornia and Nevadi has been assured the founders, and photographs will appear i. ?l early issue of The CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT.

Dinner is down lor 7:09 p.m., with the big Concat to follow. Supreme Custocatian-Jack Berry, Sacramento. and Hoo-Hoo dignitaries from all- over will attend. Earl Deering, Vicegerent Snark for Susanville and general .chalrqan, r"id hi. ibmmittee plans the "best Concat ever,' 11d tley have a reputation for just that ! The Redding, Calif., club will put on the Junior Hoo-Hoo work, which the Kittens will ilways remember. If you wish hotel or motel reservations, rush a note to Keno-Gasperoni, P.O. Box 583, Susanville, and he will confirm the place; also your dinner reservations.

SDIA Publishes 'Plywood Guide'

The Plywood Division of the San Diego Lumbermen's Association^h1s_ prepared a "Douglas Fir Plywood-Simpli- fied Grade Guide" which they feel will assisl architects, -engineers, .contractors and designers in specifying, ordering and buying Fir Plywood.

The "Guide" is the result of many months' work on the part of _Perry _{cuff, \Mestern Lumber Company; Gordon Frost, Frost Hardwood Lumber Comoat-tv. and Marvin Fferrmann, M. Herrmann Company. the spiciat committee appointed !o work on the project,-reports V. M. Capesius, rnanager of the S.D.L.A.

(TelI them qou saw it in The California Luntber Merchant)

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RICH BROS. LUMBER BUILDING NEW VISALIA STORE

Visalia. Calif.The record-breaking number of building permits issued here during January included a $25,000 permit to Rich Bros. Lumber Co. for construction of a new stucco retail store and office building at 702 S. Bridge St. Another January permit was to Sequoia Lumber Co., 112 N.E. First Ave., $17,000, for construction of a duplex. Visalia Homes, Inc., took out two permits for construction of dwellings, each valued at $11.540.

Named To Commission

Ukiah, Calif.-Three Mendocino county men named to 4-year terms on the County Planning Commission are Walker Tillev. Ukiah forester for The Maionite Corp.; Albert Penitenti, Fort Bragg businessman, and John Philbrick. Lavtonville lumberman and former official of the Calif. Division of Forestry, who is the incumbent chairman of the Con-rmission.

New Wholesale Firm Enrolled

The new wholesale firm, Allison-Randall Lumber Co., Inc.,7221 E. Firestone Blvd., Downey, Calif., has applied for Associate membershio in the Southern California^Retail Lumber Assn. Officers are listed as Donald L. Allison, president, and B. W. Randall, secretary-treasurer.

Yosemite Yard All Dolled Up

The Yosemite Builders Supply, Merced, Calif ., is getting a complete facelifting, reports Owner Howard McCulloch. Foundations for a brand-new store front for the already attractive Valley yard were poured late last month.

ARTESIA YARD JOrNS SCRLA

The Timm-Wenholz Lumber Co., 12254 East Carson Blvd., Artesia, Ca1if., has applied for membership in the Southern California Retail Lumber Assn. Officers of the retail yard are listed as Alvin L. Wenholz and Lvle W. Timm, partners.

Fred C. Holmes Lumber Go. Storts New Arccrfa Procuremenl Offices

Fred Holmes, head of Fred C. Holmes Lumber Company, with production and general offices at Fort Brag-g, Californial announces that the wholesale distribution firm has opened its fourth district procurement and sales branch at Arcata, California.

Francis Holmes, for the past five years Los Angeles district assistant manager for Holmes Eureka Lumber Company, has been nameii manager of the new location and wili be in complete charge of buying and selling in his territory. He has a complete background in lumber p_roduction, procurement and sales. He started his lumber career as a teen-ager when he joined the logging crew as a "whistle punk," working his way up through every department bf lumber manufacture and distribution. He is 1 member of the well-known Holmes lumber clan and is popular throughout the woodworking fraternity.

Other locations of Fred C. Holmes Lumber Company include the buying branch at Ukiah, managed by Gil Sissons, and the Southern California sales department, Los Angeles, managed by Don Muller.

"Wi are-prepared to expand our services to the dealers whenever and wherever they are needed to assure a steady flow of Pacific Coast products to the trade," said Mr. Holmes.

38 New Tree Fcrrms to Western Pine list

Thirty-eight new tree farms added during February broughi the Western Pine Tree Farm program to 6,837,893 acres, reported E. L. Kolbe, chief forester of the Portlandbased Western Pine Association. Idaho continues to lead in Western Pine tree farm numbers with 667, with Washington's 307 second, and California third with 215. California leads in total area certified,2,116,569 acres. Altogether, the Western Pine program now lists 1,391 tree farms.

Ilews Briefs. . o

Herbert B. Cooper, nationally known president of the H. B. Cooper Lumber Co., Portland, Oregon, has been elected a director of the Oregon Mutual Savings Bank. He is a San Francisco native, UC graduate, and has been in business in Portland 41 years. He was a national director of the National-American Wholesale Lumber Assn. for six vears and has two sons both in the lumber business.

San Diego, Calif.-Three Riverside, Calif., construction firms were apparent low bidders March 25 for the 947-unit Capehart military housing project for Navy personnel. The 1lth Naval District public works office repbrted that the basic joint bid of Sun Gold, Inc., L. E. Diion Co. and the American Pipe & Construction Co. was $13,675,000 and, with some additive items, was $14,467,801.

Lift-Truck Service Corp., with sales and service centers in Fresno, Modesto and Stockton, Calif., has been named franchise representative for Yale industrial lift trucks in Central California. Thomas Egan, John Totten and Jack Stroud are in charge of the threi locations.

Eureka, Calif.-Purchase of the Walker Logging Co. at nearby Blue. Lake,- l\{arch 28, by U. S. Plywood Corp. was reported at- $700,000 by Walker's attoiney, Robeit Jennsen. Joseph Walker, Oregon and Washingtoh lumberman, founded the company in 1937.

S. A. (Jack) Whiteside has been appointed sales representative in the Los Angeles territory ior McKinney wtfg. Co., Pittsburgh, builderst hardware pioducer. He wiil woik under the west coast regional manager, Clark van Housen, contacting hardware specifiers. Whiteside has been in the business since 1936, for many years with California Hardware Co.

_The corp_orate name of Hamacher Lumber Company, Inc., Medfo_rd, Oregon, has been changed to Viking Foresi products,_fnc, announce Owner-operators Paul H. Sparso and Charles R. Mickelson. The wholesale lumber firm maintains a branch office in Sacramento, Calif.

Temple City, Calif.-Wayne Clift, a lumber yard worker and ex-convict, was captured by Sheriff's officeis early Feb. 2l af.ter he allegedly clubbed his estranged wife, tried to run over her with his car, and fired two shots at her companion. CIiIt, 32, of El Monte, trailed his wife Eloise. 40. and her friend to a cafe in Baldwin Park where the action occurred, deputies said.

R. P. Ganchan has been named vice-president and general manager of Wood-Protection Company, Houston, Texas, announces President T. P. Wier, Jr. The service organiza- tion treats and preserves lumber and wood productsl

I\{ill Valley, Calif.-Gerald C. Kott, prominent local builder, was arrested recently on charges he broke into the county office building in San Rafael-and stole building inspec- tion files on 24 of. his own homes. Marin county offiiials said the files would have been available to him at any time. Kott, a S-foot, 33-year old, was charged with burglaryg,nd theft of public records. He was freed on $2500 b;il ffiich he whipped out of his wallet. The builder has had several recent- dispqtes with county building inspectors over construction of his 2-story, barn-shaped houses.

State Steel Industries, Inc., Anaheim, Calif., has acquired Burr-Southern Corp., Pasadena, and the related lines of allsteel fireplace- units_ and barbecue grills and equipment will be available through a consolidateii distributoiship.

William G. Grimm replaces J. M. Babson as Wood Conversion Company building products salesman in the Salt Lake 9jty territory, announies Sales V.-P. M. S. Wolf, St. Paul, Minn. Babson has entered business in Florida. Grimm was employed the past two years by Hallack & Howard Lumber Co., Denvei, and will-now seil WC,s Balsam-Wool insulation and Nu-Wood insulation board to Utah lumber dealers.