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1034 Wilshire Blvd.

Los Angeles 17, Cclilornic Phone HUntley 2-7630

Fred Vlf. Rofh Representing Colifornio lumber Sqles

Veteran lumberman F'red W. Roth is now associated with Don Coveney in the operation of California Lumber Sales in Oakland. Oldtimers will best remember Fred from his years at the helm of the Sudden & Christenson retail yard in San Francisco, where he served until 1939 when he left to take ! position with City Mill Company in Honolulu. During WWII, he served as co-ordinator- for the Oahu Railway & Land Co. in Hawaii. Following the war, Frecl organized Oceanic Traders, Ltd., which engaged in tl-re husbandin_g of ships, and also later acquireii ihe Pacific Lumber Company, a Chinese firm he operated as a subsidiary of Oceanic Traders. During 1951, he sold out his interests in these concerns and returned to the mainland. where he worked for California Lumber Company, Sarr

Carlos, a_nd Seaview Lumber Company until joining Coverrey in Oakland.

Severin on Committee

Nels G. Severin of the Severin Construction Co., San Diego, past president of the National Assn. of Home Builders, has been named to the National Committee of the Voluntary Home Mortgage Credit Program by Norman P. Mason, former lumber dealer now administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, Washington, D.C.

New Wqrehouse for Visqliq Yqrd

In need of additional dry-storage space for some time, Visalia, Calif., Dealer Ray Noble. owner of the Visalia Lumber Co., recently co-pleted installation of a fine new warehouse.