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Vqn Beckum Elecfed Vice President The Pocific lumber Gompony

William G. Van Beckum has been elected to the new position of Vice President for Research and Development for The Pacific Lumber Company.

In his new position, Van Beckum will have administrative responsibility for The Pacific Lumber Company's research and development program, development engineering, new product and business development, as well as the Company's by-product program.

Van Beckum is currently accelerating Pacific Lumber's new product development activities. Recognizing its importance to both customers and the Company, Pacific during the past year assigned full time personnel to this new development service. Market research has been intensified to find wider uses for the PALCO lines of California redwood, fir lumber, fir plywood and by-products.

Pacific's research staff recently completed development of a new process plant to produce PALCOTE paint-primed lumber, and installation of new equipment to produce PALCO-LOC-electronically glued long specified lengths of lumber. Last year development studies projected the Company into the plywood industry for the first time in its 92-year history.