MARTI]I P1YWOOD COMPANY

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS

The Port of Stockton, with its 88-mile, $5 million deepwater channel to the Pacific, was formally dedicated April 5. Many lumber executives were in the crowd and thousands of visitors inspected the McCormick Steamship Company's freighter loading lumber cargo for Atlantic ports. Peter B. Kyne gave a short talk and A. J. "Gus" Russell gave the day's major address, "What the Port of Stockton Means to the Lumber fndustry," which was reported on a page of this issue Supervisors amended the new Los Angeles building code following the recent Long Beach earthquake Mason Kline of the Union Lumber Co., San Francisco, visited the company's L. A. office . . Frank McNulty resigned as salesmanager of Hobbs, Wall & Co., San Francisco, to manage his own McNulty Lumber Co. in San Bruno.

The Santa Fe Lumber Co., San Francisco, discharged a large shipment at the Port of Stockton April 20 . . W. E. Rutledge was named eastern salesmanager for the Hammond Lumber Co., and John G. Klopfenstein was named his assistant in his N. Y. office . The U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled April 4 that California White Pine may be sold as White Pine although really of the Yellow Pine family . Fred Burgers rejoined the Union Lumber Co. to cover his old San Joaquin Valley routes.

W. P. Nlclntvre & Son of Fortuna started its new sawmill on Howe Creek M. William Davis, well-known hardwood lumberman of San Francisco, died at his home there March 31. \ Iith him in the Davis Hardwood Co. were his two sons, William and James, and his brother Ben. Survivors include his widow. Lulu. another brother, and two sisters, Mollie Davis and Mrs. Joseph Cheim The California Redwood Assn. had a page advertisement in this issue regarding the specie in Long Beach schools. The theme of the ad was "Rebuild With Wood-It Stood !" Roy Grenfell, owner and manager of the Grenfell Lumber Co., Colusa, Calif., was elected president of the Rotary Club there.

Geo4ge Adams, well-known Northern California retailer, son of Noah Adams of the yard of that name in Oakland, and Kera Schumacher of Walnut Grove were married April 15. Young Adams manages the yards at Walnut Grove, Isleton, Rio Vista, Clarksburg and Fairfield. They will make their home in Walnut Grove . . . Fire destroyed the Durango, Mexico, sawmill of the Compania Maderera de Durango, which had been managed in 1926-27 by Frederic S. Palmer and C. C. Stibich . .'John Crawford, president of the Tum-A-Lum line of retail yards in Washington and Oregon, was a Los Angeles visitor Moore Mill & Lumber Co., Bandon, Ore., re-entered the fir market, reported Carl R. Moore of R. O. Wilson & Son, San Francisco.

Jack Rea, SoCal representative of W. R. Chamberlain & Co., moved his Los Angeles offices . . . P. R. "Bob" Kahn of Forsyth Hardwood Co. reported that the return of legal beer has resulted in the sale of an average of three bar tops daily and much other building material. His firm has or- dered 100 Philippine mahogany bar tops Andy Donovan returned from a trip to the San Francisco headquarters of the Santa Fe Lumber Co., which he represents in Los Angeles . . . S. A. Bishop of the lJnion Lumber Co., San Francisco, returned from a trip to the Rocky Mountain states.

Max E. Cook, farmstead engineer with The Pacific Lumber Co., says he is about ready to introduce a revolutionary new septic tank . George MacPherson, advisory architect of the Long-Bell Lumber Sales Corp., visited the Southern California territory in the interests of the firm's Enterlock Lumber product . . C. B. Lyons of the Hammond Lumber Co. was low-gross winner in the April 19 golf play of the Orange County Lumbermen's Club at Santa Ana. D. E. Liggett and A. H. Hoel were other winners.

The California Lumbermen's Council met at the Hotel Leamington, Oakland, April 21, on legislative matters.

George Burnett of the Burnett Lumber Co., Tulare, Pr€sided until the arrival of President George N. Ley, Santa Cruz Lumber Co. . . . F. "Tom" Tomlinson took on a redwood line for The Pacific Lumber Co. in the Bay area . . ' The H. A. Browning Lumber Co., Los Angeles, completed a large government contract for treated structural lumber' Retail lumberyard news notes in this issue reported a new yard at LaManda Park, Pasadena, to be opened by F. M. Pitt, formerly with the Republic Lumber Co. there . The Altadena Lumber Co. was sold to the W. E. Cooper Lumber Co. . . The Oceanside Lumber Co. purchased the Hayward Lumber & Investment Company's yard there . . . The Associated Lumber Co. has opened a yard in Los Angeles . . C. R. Reynolds is back in the retail business with opening of a yard near El Monte The Auburn Lumber Co. purchased the yard of the Newcastle (Calif.) Lumber Co.

San Joaquin Hoo-Hoo Club 31 celebrated its tenth birthday with a dinner dance March 22 at Fresno's Sunnyside Country Club. The afrair started promptly at 7:29 p.m. with cocktails and a social hour. A delicious prime rib dinner with all the trimmings was served on schedule at 8:39 p.m.

Following dinner, Club 31 members, their wives and l,tORE OF THE SAME il. to r.): '1.

T€ilmo3ler Rou now gr@ta Po3l Prcri. danl Jim Duorl. 2. And hae Rou prcranh hi! Post Pro.idcnt'. pin to Club 3l's FIRST preriddt, Bob Rcid- 3. Rqu bring3 on Pott Prgidanf Joe Aimor. 4. And-Rqu ond Porl Prcsidsnt Wolly Kennedy. RAUI RAUt RAUt+r-Roht

Rohl Rqhl Chss for o grond bunch of lumbcr guyr-ond golsl g'uests, danced to the music of Frank Bailey and his orchestra and enjoyed intermission entertainment by a Calypso quartetie-from Edison High School, Fresno.

As part of the ceremonies, Bob Reid lent his baritone ( ?) t_g th. occasion by singing a bit of "Happy Birthday to Club 31" in honor of the Club's l0th birthdav. and Eimer Rau held forth most capably as master of ceremonies.