IUSSIER, INC.

Improved longshore productivity in the San Francisco Bay area is attracting business at the expellse of Southern California ports, The San Francisco Examiner reported March 31. To avoid costly delays in the Port of Los Angeles, some firms in the south of the state are shipping their merchandise by truck or train to San F.rancisco piers. where turnaround time (the time required to unload and reload a ship) has dropped since the Pacific Maritime Assn. adoptecl a get-tough policy against contract violations.

"But the Los Angeles longshoremens union local did not take so well to the PMA program," reports The Pacific Shipper, steamship industry publication. "Though there have been a few overt demonstrations there, an attitude of'passive resistance' has prevailed. Steamship operators report that the worse-thau-usual gang shortage has tied up ships from tu'o to 10 days in Los Angeles," contir.rued the magazine. "The general feeling was that the Los Angeles sl-rortages constituted retaliatory moves against the management crackdown, and that the trend would probably accelerate in the three remaining months of the curreut PMA-ILWU contract."

Tuesday's program, a panel discussion will be held on "Component Sections" as they relate to the wholesale distributor. Outstanding architects, builders, and retail dealers will participate in this panel.

A second panel discussion, "Changing Markets-Cl-ranging Ideas," composed of national manufacturers aud outstanding wholesale distributors, will also be featured. The formal program will be concluded on Tuesday evening with the semi-annual reception and group dinner.

On Wednesday morning, May 13, an optional program has been developed for all distributors and a round table disc\ssion will be held on "Idea Trading Post."

D6n Richardson also stated that the advance registration pointed to the largest attendance yet developed at a semiannual meeting, indicating that between 450-500 distributors and manufacturers would be in attendance.

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Roy Vcn lde Opens Lumber Sqles Office in Posodeno

Hollywood Jr. Twins Are All.Purpose Doors

Say goodbye forever to old fashioned screen, sash and storm doors... for here are two all purpose doors...COMBINATION SCREEN AND METAL SASH DOORS that fit all types of wall construction and harmontze with any interior styling.

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Ray Van Ide and Andy Anderson weren't "foolin" April 1 when tl-rey established wholesale lumber sales offrces at 234 East Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, to offer a complete service to retailers via direct shipment of all species of Pacific Coast softwoods.

Van Ide is a ZO-year veteran in Southern California lumber sales. He is active in civic and social affairs in the Crown city and his hometown of Altadena. He has been a member of Hoo-Hoo Club 2 for the past decade.

Andy Anderson was born to the lumber business. He grew up in Nebraska and Colorado, where his father operated retail yards for almost a half-century.

Rq1'-and Andy were officers in the 3rd Bomb Wing of the U.S. Air Force during World War II. They both saw action in the South Pacific, Europe and Korea conflicts and were discharged as captains in the reserves. During their military days they planned to enter a business venture fol-, lowing the close of the wars, but it took several years to get around to this civilian action.

These two men have finally pooled their resources and business "know-how" and will represent Oregon and Washington mills in the efficient wholesale distribution of all species, sizes and grades of quality lumber products, it was said. Direct shipments via rail, truck & trailer and cargo are now available for immediate delivery, they declare.

len R.obinson Stqrts Silverodo Supply ot Colistogo

Leonard Robinson, former manager of the Bailey Lumber Co. yard at St. llelena, has established his own yard at Calistoga. The new yard, located on the main highway through Calistoga, is known as Silverado Supply Company.

Gordon-MocBeoth Completes lts Gonsolidqtion to Beller Serve Deolers on Delivery, Prices

Recent acquisition of an additional 22,000-square foot, lumber-storage building next to their Sacramento rvarehouse has enabled Gordon-MacBeath Hardwood Company to consolidate their operation in Sacramento. The GordorrMacBeath salesmen with whom Bay Area and Peninsula retailers are familiar will continue to call, and regularly scheduled free deliveries will be made to serve yards in tl-re Bay area and Peninsula, as well as to the Sacramento Valley.

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"This has been a move we have been anxious to make for a long time," said T. D. Bennett, president of Gordon-NlacBeath Hardwood Co. "It gives us maximum operating efficiency and we are confident it will reflect real savings as well as better service to Northern California retail lumber clealers."

Key personnel from the Oakland operation have moved to Sacramento with the consolidation, and Ed Cryer, manager of the Oakland yard, remains available on a part-time basis.

A feature of the new Gordon-MacBeath operatior.r is a "foreign exchange" telephone line, on which ill calls from the San Francisco-East Bay area placed to the old LOckhaven 8-2578 number for the Oakland r,l'arehouse are automatically cl.ranneled ir.rto Sacramento at no charge to the person making the call.

Deqler Exposition Post to Old Hoo-Hoo

Oertell Collins of Savannah, Georgia, has been appointed general chairman for the 6th annual NRLDA Building Products Exposition, scheduled for November 14-17 in Cleveland, an-nounces Herbert W. Blackstock, president of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association. A colorful personality, Mr. Collins is well known among' lumbermen throughout the country. He has been active in the building materials industry for three decades and is also State Deputy Snark for Georgia, one of the highest state offrces in the lumbermen's fraternity. the International Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo. '

With Mr. Collins on the NRLDA Committee for the 1959 Exposition are Frank Heard of l\{otroni-Heard Lumber Co., Woodland, Calif., and Thomas J. Fox of Fisher Lumber Co., Santa Monica. Calif.

Cqlco Appoints Rondolph

Calco Supply Company has appointed George B. Randolph as sales engineer. Calco is a wholly owned subsidiary of Calaveras Cement Company, and is manufacturer and marketer of the company's new expendable pallets and distributor for other corporations in the industrial supply field.

fTl Gets Word of Worning on Golf, Geography ond Morols

The 394th Terrible Twenty tournament was held at Annanda-le Golf _Club, Nlarch 20, with Syd Alling acting as host. Frank. Kilg- rygn ^th9 day's prize in the low handicap bracket with 79-9-70. Syd Alling won the high handicap bracket 85-13-72. We are now down to the dnals in the second 6-months tournament, with Bob Dilworth playine I{arry_Whittaker in one bracket, and Bob pierce i,toylrr[ Vern Huck in the other. These matcl-res are this rnonth] with the winners playing Reeder and Bauer in May for the annual finals.

Frank King chalked up his win and left for a bon voyase dinner. His wife wants io celebrate her birthdav in NaJnville, Tenn., in J-llI so they are leaving soot-t, jtopping in Japan, India, and England enroute. Kini must fravti ituEiea his. geography in Pasadena public schbols, or maybe he didn't.

Our next tournament,is at I,akeside, Friday, Aprll 17, or possibly Thursday, the 16th. Virg Oliver is our hoit. ,.Lakeside in April," not Portugal, islne of our choice tournaments, so keep the date in mind and mark your wife's calendar. Warn your wife that the tournameni includes dinner. and if there's any--cheating on our tournament dates, please reform-I{. M. Alling.

G-P Stqrts Another Plqnt

Construction of a plant at Samoa, Calif., to produce sanded Fir P_lywood has been started by Georgia-pacific Corporation. The new mill is_ part of the companyt p.ogr"- to integrate its Samoa-Eureka operations irl. o.der io illake better use of the logs available lnd extend the life of ma- ture timberlands. Completion. is scheduled for June 1. Georgia-Pacilc ha; just-placed in operation a Fir ilywood sneatnlng' mlll at Samoa.

Ken Bowes Heqds New Wholesqle Lumber Firm

Ken Bowes, whose long experience in the lumber business goes back to his schooldays in Portland. Ore.. announces ihe formation of a nerv lumber wholesale firm, the American River Lumber Company, Inc', of Sacramento, Calif. Bowes will serve as president and general manager of the company.

For tle oast tl-rree vears Mr' Bowes has been sales manaser of the Ostrom- Lumber Co. wholesale division, in Marysville, Calif., where he initiated an extensive advertising program in regional and national trade publications which emphasized the use of dominant, high-readership positions and two-color reproduction. Prior to this he was iales mattager of Winton Lumber Sales Co. (Calif.) from 1951 to 1956.

Bowes began a long career in lumber as a schoolboy in his native Portland, wheie he graded, tallied and unloaded goldolas for the Ward Lumbe? Co. He continued lumber work during vacations and on weekends and holidays while attendiig the lJniversity of Oregon. Following a tour of duty *ith the armed services, he worked- tl tbe export lumber dept. of the Wilcox-Hayes Co., of Portland'- and later was ictive in wholesale lumber for Fir-Pine Products Cor of Oswego, Ore. For the D. M. McClintock Co., of Poitland, he Jerved as lumber buyer, traveling throughout Oregon.

Airerican River Lumber Co. has offices at 1601 Fulton Ave., in Sacramento's Town and Country area. The firm will handle five of the most popular Western varieties : Douglas Fir, White Fir, Sugai Pine, Ponderosa Pine and Incense Cedar, and has a Continuity of supply from responsible mills in California and Oregon.

Long Bell Creqtes Two New Jobs

Henrv A. Rieckers has been named field supervisor, factory saies, for the Long-Bell Lumber division of International Paper Company. The new position in the Lo-ng-Bell division was created to achieve a more vigorous sales program for millwork, plywood, and specialty items, it wa-s ieported. Rieckers will'assist customers and salesmen in all saies territories in the sales of these Long-Bell products.

W. A. Andreassen has been named to the newly created position of logging manager of the L-ong-Bell .division of international PapJr Company, and will have direct :qpef- vision of all logging op-erafions at Lon-g-Be.ll Division's Longview, Wasliington, and Vaughn and Gardiner, Oregon, branches.

Kingsburg Yqrd's Store R.emodeling Aida Contrqctor, Shoulder Trqde

Carl Nystrom, owner of the Kingsburg (Calif') Lumber Co., recently remodeled and expanded. his showroom and vard and rdports that he has since enjoyed a steadily inLreasing business from both contractors and the shoulder trade.