Flush Combinotion
Louvre
Folding
Fir Sosh
Joponese ond Domestic Birch
Ash
Beech
Selected Philippine MohogonY
Ribbon Mohogony
Mosoniie Hordboord
Mosonite Hordboord ( Prime-cooted )
CALISORNIA WOOD PRODUCTS, lNC., Sonto Roso, Colif.Single Gopies, 25 cents; Per Year, $3; Two Years, $5
San Diego Hoo-Hoo Club 3 open meeting, San Diego Club, Mav 1.
Western Dry Kiln Clubs llth annual meeting, Eureka Inn, Eureka, Calif., May 7-8. Host: Redwood Seasoning Committee, chairman: Bo'b Newman, The Pacific Lumber Co.; Planning committee chairman: Bill Brubaker, California Redwood Assn.
Sacramento HoeHoo Club fO9 Concat and dinner meeting, Manhart Legion Hall, Sacramento, May 8, following Golf tournament.
Redwood Ernpire Hoo-Hoo Club 65 golf tournament and dinner, Santa Rosa Golf and Country Club, May 8.
National Retail Lumber Dealers Assn. Board of Directors Spring meeting, Shoreham hotel, Washington, D.C., May 10-14.
National Building Material Distributors Assn. annual Spring con-
Californian hotel, San Francisco, May 12.
Arbona Retail Lumber & Builders Supply Assn. (4740 N. Ave., Phoenix) annual Convention, Hassayampa hotel, Ariz., May 14-16.
Santa Clara Valley Hoo-Hoo Cltr,b 170 Dinner meeting, Red Coach Inn (Los Gatos Road), May 14.
Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club 2 Concat and "Old-Timers" Awards Nite, 7:29 p.m., following Golf play, 10:29 a.m., Fox .Hills Country Club, May 14; "Movie Sports" following dinner.
San Joaquin Valley Hoo-Hoo Club 3l com'bination annual Sports Day, Barbecue and Concat, Madera (Calif.) Golf & Country Club, May 15; Elmer Rau, general chairman.
Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club 39 annual Reveille, Claremont hotel, Berkeley, May 15; Chris Sechrist, general chairman. Annual Reveille Golf tournament, Claremont Country Club; Paul Gaboury, chairlnan.
Dubs, Ltd. monthly Tournament, to be run in conjunction Oakland Reveille, Claremont Country Club, May 15.
National-American Wholesale Lumber Assn. (3 East 44th St., York 17) 67th annual meeting, Shoreham hotel, Washington May 19-21; Sid L. Darling, executive vice-president.
Shasta-Cascade Hoo-Hoo Club 133 dinner meeting, Riverview and Country Club, Redding, May 28.
One day the great Frenchman, Voltaire, highly praised a man in the presence of another. His listener said: "Your remarks are the more admirable because the man you speak of does not speak well of you at all." "No?" said Voltaire. "Then maybe we're both*wtol*."*
It was different with Robert E. Lee, who was once asked his opinion of a certain man, and praised him highly. He was told that the other man did not speak at all kindly about General Lee. Said he: "You did not ask me what he thought of me; you asked what I *thought of him."
A lot of the automobile advertising we see ioday sorta reminds us of the following, which may or may not be true:
"A certain automobile owner who read the auto advertisements installed a new carburetor that was guaranteed to save 200/6 in gasoline consumption. Then he installed some special sparkplugs that were guaranteed to increase his gasoline mileage 20o/o. Then he put in an intake superheater that was also guaranteed to save 20o/o in his gasoline consumption. Then he installed an overdrive that was guaranteed to save Z0o/o in his gasoline consumption. Finally, he drained his crankcase and put in a new oil guaranteed to make the motor run so smoothly it would save 20o/o oI the gasoline use. So now, with a fuel-economy guarantee of. L20o/o, he has to stop every hundred miles or so and bail out the gasoline tank to keep it from overfowing."
However, like many of the auto advertisements, the story may be exaggerated to some extent.
And there was the ""Xur"**"Jer at the golf club who said to the new caddie: "All right, hop to it and grab that bag. Don't just sit around and look dumb, like you was a member of the club."
"If you catch one of |o.rJ cniiaren lying, don't grab a club and rush at him like an ogre. Be honest with him. Tell him you've told hundreds of them yourself. Tell him that,
BY JACK DIONNEIn this issue, we welcome these new advertisers into the family of California Lumber "Merchant-isers" :
between truth and lying, truth is the best policy. Tell him you know-you've tried both."-Robert Ingersoll.
Brain service can u" ilo.rgi,. iip ""r.ri"" can be hired. Physical service can be contracted for. But Heart service is the kind you get when you pay in lhe coin of appreciation, kindliness and consideration of others.
The late George Bernard Shaw once spoke as a layman in an English church, and made the following original remarks: "I like to think of my God as a young man with His career still before Him. I hate to think of Him as an old man who strikes bargains with His creatures about the salvation of their souls. or as one who has to be bribed or begged." **t<
A famous English writer of other days used to say that "the greatest of human miseries is boredom." Well, that's one thing you can say truthfully about the Commies; they never give the world " **o*Ta to get bored.
And then there was the man who boasted that he and he alone could cope on equal terms with bootleg liquor; he was a circus sword-swallower. and his wife was a snakecharmer.
Eugene Field, during his newspaper years, was always in (Continued on Page 77\
Lassoed and hog-tied without even a struggle. Matter of fact you won't havc to utter a word when your Cowpokc C)ustomers come face to face with Lam-Loc Fronticr Wood. They'll do all the talkinl And the nice easy goin' price will seal the deal beforc you can say kimosabe. You can give up stage robbin' forever. We've printed a wanted poster that describes the merchandise and tells how you get your sheriff's badge. Hand branded sample panels come free of charge. All will be shipped pony express as soon as we hear from you. Ed Fountain Lumber Company, 6218 South Hooper Avenue, Los Angeles, California.
ses:im begins,
The second annual Yard Foreman Seminar of the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California was held Monday, March 23, at the Hacienda motel in Fresno. An excellent class of 16 men from leading California yards was on hand to absorb the practical knowledge and experience passed on by the five topflight instructors. The program was originated by the LMA last year and met with such favorable reception from both the attending yard foremen and management of the participating yards that the followup tlris year was a "natLrtal."
The missing "P" in Profits can normally be found in People, declares Jack Pomeroy, executive vice-president of the LMA, and when you consider that your yard foremau supervises about 50/. of your payroll personnel (and approximately 100/o of your mobile ecluipment), you cau readily appreciate his importance toward the overall profit position of the retail lumberyard. The yard foreman's contribution will be particularly valuable as the industry's volume increases in the months ahead, for it is in these periocls of heavy. activity that costs are all too often given seconclary consloeratlon.
So the annual LMA Yard Foreman Semiuars are designed to alert your yard foreman to possible existir-rg or potential costly profit leaks in vital areas of materials handling, yard'layout, scheduling of deliveries, etc. Dttring tl-re meetings, he also receives a better uuclerstar.rclirrg of the r.reeds of his subordinates so tl.rat they can r,vork more closely together and, in consequence, with l\,fanagemerrt.
The instructors were again key specialists from the retail lumber and buildinq materials and alliecl in<lrrstries. ll'o insure maximum possiFle individual instruction arrrl classroom discussion, enrollment is limited at the annual Seminars and applications are acceptecl on a first-corne, firstserved basis. The Registration fee of $17 inclucles all uecessary texts and materials usecl during the program, as 'rvell as lunch and refreshments. The rooms at the rnotel. if needed, were additional.
The program for the 1959 or.re-day Yarcl Foreuran Seminar \vas as follows:
7 :45-8:15 a.rn.-Supervisors' Responsibility to X,Iar-ragement and suborclinates : 8:15-9:15 a.m.-Human Relations in persDective to effective personnel relations betrveen the Yarcl Foreman and his suborclinates and its importarrce on procluctivity (with discussion of the role of human telatior-rs in buildine customer goodu'ill ancl the t-reecls of the inclividual) ; 9 :45-10:45 a.m.-Safety in organizing arr eFf'ective fire and persor.rnel safety program and the contribution of such a program in reducing insurance rates :rncl achieving more efficient yard operation; 10 :45-12:00 a.m.-Yard Layout and Materials Handling metl-rocls of laying orrt
YARD FOREMAN SEMINAR
March 23. L959
ROSTER OF STUDENTS
Ora Auernheimer
Citizens Lumber Co.
Reedley
Richard F. Cipra
Sun Lumber Co.
San Pedro
Lawrence Olivarez
The King Lumber Co.
Bakersfield
Bill Ray
Seouoia Lumber Co.
Visalia
Leroy Coperton Arthur L. Smith
Easton Lbr. & Supply Willard Lbr. & Supply
Roy J. Gilmore
Sunnyvale
Donald Hendrickson
Earl Stewart
Sunnyvale Lbr. Sales Central Lumber Co.
Fresno Madera
Allin Hodge
Sylvan Lumber Co.
Citrus Heights
Harley Lenser
Denair Lumber Co.
Denair
Howard Ladd
Yosemite Lumber Co.
Fresno
Hanford
Carl O. Ward
Madera Lbr. & Hdwe. Kellner Lumber Co.
Fresno Fresno
Bill Watson
Porterville Lbr. Co.
Porterville
George T. Webb
Sarr Lorenzo Lbr. Co.
Santa Cruz
C. M. Williams
NIcCoy Lumber Co.
Hemet
various types and sizes of yards ancl importauce of goocl layout in reducing materials-handling costs through efficient use of mechanical equipment.
I :15-4:00 p.m.-Materials Handling (continued) practices and trends in current profitable yarcl operatious tlorv being utilized tl-rrougl-rout the industry; 4:15-5:00 p.m.Scheduling of Deliveries in planning and executing the schedule to best maintain the equipment, build customer gooclwill and correlate these activities in reducing the costs of deliveries.
The instructors this year. and their discussion topics, were:
Elmer Rau. Madera (Calif.) Lumber and Hardware Co. -"Role of tl-re Supervisor" ; Dr. Victor Jepsen, Fresuo (Calif.) State College('fls11211 Relations" ; David R. West,'Division of Industrial Safety, Dept. of Inclustrial Relations, p1s5n6-"$afety"; Richard FI. Kerr, U.S. Gypsum Company, Los Angeles-"Yard Layout and Materials Handling," and Carl Travis, Wilmar's, Inc., San Jose"Scheduling of Deliveries."
READYMADE wos designed for ollroclive, low cosl, eosily inslolled fence, but home owners hove odopted this moteriol to the moking of gorden houses, romodos, lonois, portoble ploy yords, wind screens ond mony olher home improvemenls. Ereclion of READYMADE inferlocking ponels ond posls is so eosy lhol cuslom looking fence or gorden improvemenls con be ossembled wilh the leosl effort. READYMADE Fence is built of nolurol, weolher resislonl, knotfree Colifornio redwood thot will keep its beouiiful oppeoronce ond lost o lifetime.
Some Distributorships ore ovoiloble. Wrife us.
Upland, Calif.The W. F. Rugg Lumber Co. held a grand opening, April 3 and 4, of its newly remodeled store and enlarged yard at 120 S. Euclid Ave. The firm is now in its 30th year here and the remodeling of offices and salesrooms has been going on the past seven months to enable the retail yard to offer better service to its trade.
The salesroom sDace was doubled and new hardware lines added. New parking areas were also laid out for customer convenience. Offrcials of the yard said various types of materials were used in the remodeling to effectively display the lumber, wall panelings and ceiling materials handled in the retail store.
Many manufacturers' representatives were on l.rand during the 2-day grand opening to display and show applications of new products in the homebuilding and reoair field. Free gifts and refreshments were offered everyone visiting the store during the celebration.
The W. F. Rugg Lumber Co. carries a complete line of Iumber, paints and hardware for contractors and tl-re do-ityourself trade. The Upland yard was founded by W. F. Rugg, who remair.rs active in the management as vice-presiderrt of the comoanv. He came to Uoland ]n l9l4 and is active in church work, Rotary and civic activities. He was an early member of Red Hill Country Club.
W. F. Rugg's son, W. S. Rugg, is now president of the retail yard. He is also active in civic affairs, Rotary and Scouting activities.
The preliminary estimate of 120,000 new nonfarm dwelling units started in March, a new high for the month, is 38,600 units more than March a year ago. Private starts were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,390,000 units.
Arr upward revision of 100 in June and 2N in December brought.the final total of starts for 1958 to 1,209,400. This was an rncrease over 1957 of 167,500 units.
' Quolity products from lhe world's best Mills
' Dependoble service from quotolion to finol delivery
' Over 50 yeors experience in the export'import field
t Prime imporlers serving lhe wholesole lumber trode exclusively
Coll the Atkins, Kroll represenlolive neoresl yov {or dependoble ond qccurote informotion ond quololions on oll imporled wood Products
Secretary Mitchell, commenting on the Nonfarm llousing Starts for March 1959, said, "These figures represent a real increase in construction; they mean that our economy is confidently pushing ahead, and they will mean more jobs for more people building more houses. New housing starts also mean new appliances, new furnishings and, of course, increased demand for building materials. For many trades, from lumbermen to plumbers, this is good news," reports the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association.
Nonfarm housing starts in March increased more than seasonally, bringing the first-quarter total to 295,000 units, exceeding the record established in 1955, according to preliminary estimates of the U.S. Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics. The vear's first ouarter total was uD 37/o from 1958. with privite housing accounting for all of the gain over the year.
The 1l7,OO0 privately owned dwelling units begun in March 1959 represented a seasonallv adiusted annual rate of 1,390,000. Wh"tt averaged for the firit quarter, the annual rate thus far in 1959 amounted to 1.353.000 units42/" above the relatively low rate for the same 1958 period. Tl.re uptrend in private housing reflects wide expansion of activity under FHA and VA programs, as well as considerable strength in conventionally financed new housing (u'hich includes unmortgaged units).
Paul B. Shoemaker, vice-president, Masonite Corporation, Chicago, Illinois, was re-elected a director of Brand Names Foundation, Inc. at the annual BNF Members' Day business meeting at the Waldorf-Astoria. Before joining the Masonite Corporation in 1949, Mr. Shoemaker was affrliated with the Georgia-Pacific Plywood Company. He is also a director of the Home Improvement Council and is treasurer of the Hardboard Assoiiation.
IIouselfu,l o1f beautg, too. For Long-Elell
West Coast llemloch is handsorne eueryuthere !
It's handsome everywhere-siding, paneling, sheathing, flooring, casing, cabinets, ceiling beams, shelving, decking, millwork.
Inside or outside, versatile Long-Bell West Coast Hemlock makes for good looks and good living. In the most modern spirit.
That's why it's steadily becoming more and
more popular. And all its advantagesbeauty, strength, durability-will guarantee you more home improvement business. More new construction business, too.
Call your Long-Bell representative for 'West Coast Hemlock right now.
All inquiries regarding NEW PRODUCTS, New Literature or booHets and other items mentioned in this section sbould bC AddrESSEd tO THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT, Room 508, 108 West 6th St,, Los Angeles 14. Your inquiries will be promptly forwarded by us to the manufacturer or distributor, who will then answer your inquiries direct,
Rudiger-Lang Co., manufacturers of Rollaway, Tension-tite and Tru-Frame window screens, are now offering aluminuur screen tloors, combination doors, patio screen doors, screen components and hardware from their plants in Berkeley and Van Nuys, California.
Addition of a new type penetrating stain makes Olympic Stained Products Co., Seattle, the first manufacturer to offer a cornplete line of exterior and interior stains, according to Olyrnpic President Philip W. Bailey. The new stain series, said Bailey, has been formulated to allow the grain of the wood to show and, at the same time, to have long durability. "This new series was developed to meet the mountin€f requests from architects for the soft brown and gray colors now so much in demand," Bailey said.
The 14 brown and 14 soft gray colors are designed for use on new woods or refinishing colors of the same shade. Pignents for the new Olympic penetrating stains are ground in pure linseed oil like all other Olympic stains. And the new stains are combined with phenyl mercury oleate to assure lasting color as well as wood preservation.
Bailey said Olympic intended to continue to develop its stain line to keep pace with the rising demand for a finish that will not crack, peel, or blister. "During 1958 more than 400 retailers throughout the nation were added to the list of dealers signed by Olympic as major dealers," Bailey said.
Because stain leaves no lap or brush marks and can be brushed, rolled or sprayed, stain is in great demand 'by do-it-yourself homeowners and by painters and contractors, the Olympic president said.
Four-wheel drive for solving the rough terrain operating problems of logging, construction and other industries where adverse grades and muddy, uneven ground conditions are encountered, is announced as optional equipment on Hyster Challenger Lift Trucks, 15,000 to 20,000 pounds capacity. The addition of 4-wheel drive to these already jobproved trucks gives them up to 47/o more gradeability, an increase in truck tractive effort that results in accelerated production under the most extreme load and s'urface conditions. These 4-wheel drive equipped units are the first in the industry that are available with a full line of job-proved options and accessories. Power steering and brakes, four-speed synchromesh transmission, and heavy-duty uprights and load carriages are standard equipment. For additional information contact your nearest Hyster industrial truck dealer or write to Hyster Company, 1003 Myers Street, Danville. Illinois.
"In addition to the Monterey extruded frame screen door, which we introduced two )'cars ago, we are now producing a combination door. Also this Spring we have added a ro11 formed screen door whicli we call the Catalina," states Morris Levin, sales manager of the firm.
The expanded line being offered the trade includes screen frames, corners, channels, rlullion and spreader bars, plastic and aluminum splines, clips, hangers, latches, nails, locks, patio frames and componellt sections, screen door frames, kickplates, adjustment channels, grilles, aluminum wire cloth, Kaiser shade screen, and Fiberglas screen cloth.
The new OH-10 tightener is, according to Stanley Steel Strapping, division of The Stanley Works, of New Britain, Conn., the only heavy-duty friction wheel steel strapping hand tool on the market today for use with Cold Rolled 11" x .031 and .035 Steel Strapping. The addition of the OH tools to the "O" Series the OL for light duty and the OM for medium duty strapping, completes Stanley Steel Strapping's latest contribution in the field of modern, streamlinecl hand-strapping tools for a wide range of strappir-rg applications and at a low cost.
up to 720" wide in bifold and accordion-fold styles. All doors are 80" high and come comphte with all hardwood attached. With beautiful carved panels framed in %" solid California Redwood, Wood Art folding doors are claimed to be ideal for use on closets, between rooms, and for room dividers. A1l hinges are mortisecl between the panels. Brass door pulls, smooth-acting spring loaded Nylon guides, and all other hardware necessary are attached to the doors at the factory. Aclditional information may be obtained by writing Wood Art Products Corpotation, 273 Fifth Avenue, New York 16, N.Y.
"The biggest news in wood paneling since trees" is announced with the introduction of Poly-Clad Plywall, the new "carefree" wood paneling developed and produced by Plywall I'roducts Company, Inc. of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Corona, California. Claimed to be one of the toughest wood finishes ever introduced, Poly-Clad Plywall combines plasticising agents with essential catalysts to form a tough protective shield against fading, mars, scuffs and stains. It is backed by a written lifetime guarantee against structural defects and delamination, also against fading from direct or indirect sunlight. New PolyClad Plywall is available in twelve beautiful wood grain finishes.
Company officials stress that although the Poly-Clad process has necessitated installation of expensive machinery and the expansion of plant facilities, there will 'be no inclease in the wholesale or retail price of the product. A complete catalog may be obtair-red by writing to Plywall Products Company, Inc., P. O. Box 625, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
For the first time, lumber and harclware dealers have an opportunity to cash in on the growing demand for aluminum siding. Wepco, Litchfeld, Illinois, now manufactures siding which, like all Wepco aluminum building products, will be retailed exclusively through lumber and hardware dealers. Announcing the development of the firm's new products, Harold Horowitz, president, stated:
"We feel that there is a definite need for a quality aluminum siding available through dependable lumber and hardware dealers. People depend on these reputable businessmen for other building and remodeling supplies, and Wepco is making it possible for them to buy aluminum siding with the same confidence. In addition, families will now have an opportunity to buy aluminum siding for 'do-it-yourself installation if they wish."
The new Wepco Aluminum Siding is available with or without laminated insulated backer-board, F.H.A. approved, and can be
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Seven beouliful veneers to molch your house doors. All oluminum rust-free, smoothly operoting unit' Sosh sections eosily removed for cleoning. Enfire door ond unil weotherproof ond woter proof. All wood interior ports of kiln dry lumber only. Hot plote pressed with exterior glue-smoolhly belt-sonded ot mill for exciting noturol finish or smooth pointed surfoce. Fiber gloss, non-rusl, no-sog screen is used exclusively.
Assures lmmediqte Delivery From Compleie Stock
Wirh the All-Wood Horizontql Qelspriced fight ior today's highly competitive matkel
We qre equipped lo produce Custcm-designed doors of oll kinds Our Speciolty deportmenr is qr YOUR Service Regordless of your requiremenls,
hqve THE Door to fit every purpose. C A t t
purchased on a Title I Loan. Construction is of heavy-gauge alodized aluminum with baked-on enamel finish. Wepco siding also features a special interlock for t,ight, rattleproof installation. Colors are Cloud White, Sea Gull Grey, Mist Green, Sunrise Yellow, Coral Pink, and Sand Beige.
A complete line of siding accessories and installation supplies is also available from Wepco, and two siding displays are offere<l , one for store use, the other for home demonstrations.
A ready-made, redwood point-of-sale merchandising program has been offered lumber wholesalers and retailers throughout the U. S. by the California RedwooJ Association. A fold-out broadsicle is being mailed to offer the most complete merchandising kit ever prepared by the Association. In addition, field representatives of the CRA are introducing the merchandising material to lumber dealers in major redwood marketing areas selected for field promotion activity.
tr{ajor element in the merchandising "pack- et," which is designed to h,elp dealers sell redwood high-quality upper grades, is a selection of specially designed point-of-sale pieces to enable dealers to link themselves with the CRA's national aclvertisins campaign. These include matchbooks, *in,lo* streamers and door stickers, product tags, package stickers, stationery stickers and counter-top literature dispensers for CRA booklets.
Repetition of the new CRA trademark in bright red and the repetition of illustrations from CRA national ads, will help create "instant recognition" on the part of lumber dealers' customers, and enable dealers to capita'lize or1 consumer interest generated by the adveltising program.
Other elements of the merchandising program offered in the mailing reflect the wide scope of the CRA's redwood promotion program. tr{aterial offered dealers inclucles oublicity packets, free ad nrats, envelope siuffers, tl.re use of CRA-prepared movies, revised pattern and standard spec booklets, data sheets, and CRA "idea" booklets.
For further information, write the Redwood Dealer Service. California Redwood Association, 576 Sacramento St., San Francisco 11, Calif.
Building supply and lumber dealers can now sell garage-door operators without maintaining inventory or handling installation and service uncler a new plan announced by the Alliance Manufacturing Co., Alliance, Ohio, division of Consolidated Electronics Industries Corp.
Under the program, a dealer refers completed sales of Alliance "Genie" operators to Alliance Contractors in the area who carry through installation and service. The contractor installs the unit, and services it during the warranty period at no charge to the customer. Service after the warranty period also is handled by the contractor.
Ernest R. Davis, Alliance service manager-, said the prog'ram is designed to simplify sahs by building supply and lumber dealers whose customers are in the market for auto-
matic garage-door operators. "The new Alliance program now makes it possible to sell for a substantial profit a high-quality, garagedoor operator without ever seeing the unit," Davis said. Approved Service Contractors appointed by Alliance throughout the counttry take complete responsibility for installation ancl service, relieving dealers of the need to maintain an electronic technician for this purl)ose. The contractors are selected for their proved ability to handle garage-door operator work, and receive factory-approvecl training.
"Alliance is extending the new program to all parts of the country as fast as possible," l)avis saicl. "Interested dealers should contact their nearest Alliance representative for information wl.ren the program will be avail:rlrle in their area."
Adaptable for spans from 20' to 37, the new roof frame design has a roof slope of 5" in 12". TECO Wedge-fit split ring connectors are used at lapping joints for even distribution of loads at connecting points.
Timber arch frames are ideally suited for stores, warehouses, schools and churches. Ease of fabrication and erection, and economy in closing the structure, have also influenced their selection for low-budget farm structures such as storage and anin-ral shelter buildings. By spacing frames 4' o.c. additional economies are realized in material and labor. Light roofing and sheathing materials can be used with the combination roof and wall frame, holding the cost of buildings lo a mlntmum.
The new typical design, number 683, is available without charge from Timber Engi- neering Company, 1319 18th Street, N.W., Washington 6, D. C.
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A handy rack for display and sale of polyethylene. film has becn rlcvelolred lr.v the Plastics Division of Visking Corrrpany, Division of Union Carbide Corporation, Chicago. Visking also introduced a four-roll "Rack Pack" of film as a cor.npanion piece. To be marketed through distributors of the company's Visqueen film, the rack is approxi- nrately three feet wide and will hold four large rolls of film. It features a cuttins bar at the top, with a colorful heading showing various uses for poll'ethylene film.
Designed primarily for lumber dealers and farm supply stores, the rack offers a convenient method for storing and displaying different types of film simultaneously. It will also aid general consumer outlets such as hardware stores and "do-it-yourself" shops.
Made of lightweight, strong heavy-gauge wire tubing, the rack will stand on t,he floor or hang from the wall. It folds comoactlv for storage. The com'panion "Rack Fack;, contains: two rolls of 4-mil Visqueen film, one natural and one black, in |Z-foot widths. folded to 36 inches; one roll of natural 2-mil, l2-foot-wide film; and one 100-foot roll of rib mat film, 30 inches in width.
Designers and builders of light commercial, industrial, farm and other structures with roof spans of 32' or less will find a new TECO arch frame design offers economical, clear-span roof construction. The new typical design, developed by the Timber Engineering Company, engineering-research affiliate of the National I-umber Manufacturers Association, has the added advantage of spacing frames 4-feet on center.
Printed copies of the new 5th edition of tlie Commercial Standard for Ponderosa Pirrc Doors are now available from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, according to the Commodity Standards Division, U. S. Department of Commerce, Washington 25, D.C. The standard spells out minimum specifications, designs, and sizes of ponclerosa pine doors produced for stock, and includes methods of grading and labeling those doors that comply. About 110 standard designs are illustrated, including new designs for the popuIat louver doors. Also, new screening, seasoning and adhesive requirements are speci- fied. Copies of the Commercial Standard CSl20-58, Ponderosa Pine Doors, are on sale at the Government Printins Office for 30 cents each.
A new conservation bibliography by the Redwood Region Conservation Council, "A Bibliography to Assist Teachers in Teachitrg Conservation," is a 1S-page listing of currerlt source material on the natural resources of America and their wise use. Includ,ed are books, industrial and governmental agency pamphlets, films and other types of classroom aids dealing with forests, water, soil, minerals and fish and game. Copies have been sent to most region county schools offices and are available free, upon r,equest, to classroom teachers from tl're headquarters of the RRCC, 223 Rosenberg Building, Santa Rosa, California.
Mechanical unloading. Eight-page folder clescribes new method of unloading studs f rom boxcars based oll lrew compression lumber packaging system and car loading techniques developecl by Sun Studs, Inc., of Roseburg, Ore. Sun Studs says customers consistently report unloading times of less than two hours for average-size cars because of the mechanization made possible by Sun Studs methods. Write Sun Studs, Inc., Dept. CL, P. O. Box 789, Roseburg, Oregon.
Plan Hold Corporation, manufacturer of vertical and ro11 filing systems, has just issued its new catalog for 1959. New ancl inrproved items are included of special interest to engineers, designers and architects. The 2-color catalog has large illustrations of all products. Catalogs are available from engineering supply and office equipment dealers or from Plan Hold Corporation, 5204 Chakemco Street, South Gate, California.
These huge stocks of AIRDRYING Redwood are indicative of the rapid progress made by Cal-Pacific which has become one of the leading Redwood producers, in only eight short )/ears.
Write us for infonnation and the name of Aour nearest Wholesale Distributor of Cal-Pacific Red,wood.
TOP-: - Suprme Cuitocatiqn Berry reodr Bob Golloghe/:
TCRLA spech, q Seer Lerr{Gte?, Preridentr Cechettini od Schntk loo& m.
IOWER: Represating corkfoil tpon!6 ore tfrm leftl Bob fdor, Nodr Admr lmbq to.; H. J. Hqe, Lunber Deolcn ffiotaiols; Art Bmd, Drr*etr Bcy tmbd, 'qd Tm Zorivy, Vocwillc Lmber. (Hobbr Woll?s Bill Johnron od Jck Croe gove their proxie: for photo to rh" ds. i
Nearly 100 lumbermen attended the second annual "Tri-Club Meeting" put on by Black Bart Hoo-lIoo Club iSl,
I"OWER:
Wall Lumber Co., Vacaville Lumber Co. and Lumber Dealers Materials.
The "Pleasant llour" was followed by a big roast beef banquet, introductions and, finally, a few words from
Master. Club 181. 65 and 109 Presidents Gil Sissons, Bob Schenck and Pete Cechettini.
The firral speaker on the program r,vas California's "big boy" of Hoo-Hoo himself , Jack Berry of Sacramento, Supreme Custocatian of the Nine, who read a message from Snark of the Universe Bob Gallagher (who also (Continued on Page 34)
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More than 400 loggers, foresters, equipment dealers, and other logging industry representatives and their wives gathered at the Flamingo hotel in Santa Rosa March 12-13 for the 2lst annual Redwood Region Logging Conference. Theme of the Conference was "Changing Times in the Log- ging Industry," and the program presented to Redwood Region loggers offered a balance between new and expected developments and current problems which must be overcome.
Walker B. Tilley, Masonite Corporation, Ukiah, was elected president of the 1960 Redwood Region Logging Conference, which will be held at Eureka, March 17-18, 1960. He succeeds 1959 RRLC President William E. Baker. of the Holmes Eureka division of The Pacific Lumber Co., Fortuna.
Other new RRLC officers include John B. Yingst, Simpson Redwood Company, Orick, vice president; and Fred L. Landenberger, Calif6rnia Redwood Association, Eureka, reelected secretary-manager. Newly elected directors are Earl Shipley, Hammond-California division of Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Trinidad; Gene Pickett, Wolf Creek Logging Company, Orick, and Earl Maize, Firco, Inc., Willits.
The conference ended on a gala note with the annual Sawdust Bowl, sponsored by equipment dealers, followed by the annual Logger's banquet.
"Great things are ahead in the logging industry," predicted Keynote Speaker E. P. "Pat" Ivory, president of Ivory Pine Co., Dinuba, Calif. Ivory said a "new era" was in store for loggers, an era in which remote control would play a large part.
Ivory told RRLC delegates that a prediction made five years ago that helicopters would be used to gather logs from remote and inaccessible spots was already being borne out by a few operators.
"Today," Ivory continued, "f ask your permission to stand boldly before you and predict that television will, in the not-too-far distant future, be used by logging supervisors to check their operation, examine problem areas and accidents to equipment."
^ Redwood loggers were welcomed to Santa Rosa by Leigh S. Shoemaker, chairman of the Sonoma County Board bf Supervisor_s, and Charles P. Toohey, Santa Rosa mayor.
Carwin- Wooley, secretary-manager of the Pacifii Log- ging Conference, who spoke in place of PLC President Goidon MacGregor, told delegates that the time is envisioned when every lqeg in a company stand is on file, and every log in the cold deck is cross-indexed.
"We live in change in a changing world," said RRLC President Baker. The successful logger, he said, must learn to accept change. Today's logger has at his command more equipment, more varieties of equipment and more ways of using it than ever before. But added that there have been, and will continue to be, rnany other changes-not only in equipment but in .attitude as well. The changing logging industry _will require men of greater capacity, greater all-around ability.
O_th_er_ speakers on Thursday's opening day program included Jean S_indel, state forest ranger,"Fori bralgg, *ho spoke on the Jackson State Forest operation, and Kinneth Boe, state project forester, Klamath, who talked on the f-urof Redwood Experimental Forest operation. Larry T. Marshall, forest consultant, Arcata. described Humboldt County producers' progress in mutual fire-protection programs.
A panel discgssion on tractor operation and maintenance, moderated by John Yingst of Simpson Redwood Company, brought out that proper selection and training of equipment operators were the keys to the successful use and upkeep of logging equipment. Other panels Thursday considered falling and bucking methods and problems, und-er moderator
Stewart M. Snyder, Paul B. Ketly Timber Co., Cloverdale; and a panel on safety in the woods, with Jack Murdock, Simpson Redwood Co., as moderator.
Friday's program began with a panel discussion on logloading methods and equipment, moderated by Earl Shipley, Hammond-California division, Georgia-Pacific Corp., Trinidad. The discussion brought out that yarding and loading of logs was apt to be one of the major bottlenecks of the logging operation. The loading operations of the individual companies were described by panel merybers.
Young-growth logging methods and equipment was the subject of another discussion, with Silas Carr, Gualala Redwood Tree Farm, Gualala, acting as moderator. The discussion also centered on the costs involved in logging young growth.
One of the most interesting of the panel discussions was concerned with salvage operations. Moderator George Stoodley, The Pacific Coast Co., Willits, steered the conversation to include salvage methods, equipment and the marketing of the finished product. Panelists suggested that improvement of primary logging would reduce the need for salvage logging.
The economic feasibility of salvage logging was shown by Gene Loo, Arcata Redwood Co., Orick, who said his company's salvage mill at Orick was getting a surprising 85-%% recovery of salvage material, and that 40% of this fell into the upper grades of redwood.
Also on Friday's program was an address by Harry W. Falk, Jr., of Falk, Johnson & Cleland, Attorneys, Ukiah, who spoke on legal problems and tax considerations for the logger, quoting freely from his new book, "Timber and Forest Products," published by Howell-North Books.
Robert Grundman, chief forester, Ijnion Lumber Co., Fort Bragg, showed a series of color slides entitled "The Ultimate in Forest Practice," accompanied by his usual witty but biting commentary.
A number of resolutions passed by RRLC delegates covered such subjects as federal and state timber-cutting practices, labor unions, conservation, and the proposed Wilderness Bill.
The conference resolved that the U.S. Forest Service and the State of California "be commended for their efforts toward the attainment of the full allowable cut" on federal and state timberlands, which were described as "an importan_t adjunct to the operations of this region."
Congress was urged "to enact laws to insure the control of unions by the membership thereof, to make unions subject to anti-trust laws, to effectively eliminate secondary boycotts and to safeguard health and welfare funds," as a result of "glaring abuses of power and trust in labor unions disclosed and made public by Congressional committees in recent months."
Loggers urged Congress to postpone consideration of any
wilderness legislation until the report of the National Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission was made available and the need for such legislation demonstrated. The resolution stated that the proposed bill "would establish a new governmental body which would duplicate functions of existing land management agencies and exert undue influence in the direction of a single special interest use of public lands."
RRLC gave a strong endorsement to the Tree Farm system and urged forestland owners in the Redwood Region to manage their lands in accordance with the principles and practices of tree farming.
In other conference business, delegates elected to increase the membership on the RRLC board of directors from seven to nine members, and to increase directors' terms from two to three years.
The logging conference also voted to establish annual awards to Redwood Region newspapers, and radio-TV stations for outstanding news coverage of forest and logging activities. Special plaques will be awarded annually by the RRLC to one Redwood Region newspaper and one region radio or television station for outstanding industry coverage. Purpose of the awards is to encourage and foster better understanding of the logging industry by the general public.
Hemet, Calif.-George E. Lyell has been named llraltager of tl-re Dill Lumber Company's branch yard here to succeed the late Edward Gustafson, who was fatally ir-rjured in a traffic accident near here Marcl.r 8. Lvell is a 2S'-vear employee of the Dill firm and manager of iis Elsiuore yard the past six years. He is a past president of the Lake Elsinore Chamber of Commerce, member of the Rotary and past master of the Elsinore Masonic lodge an<l past patron of its OES chapter. He and his wife Helen are the parents of four daughters.
Competitive forestry field events will open the 7th annual Redwood Region Conservation Council Junior Logging Conference on Sunday, May 3, at the Mendocino Woodlands, annorlnces F. J. "Jack" FIyman, Jr., chairman of the JLC Committee. 110 students from high school forestry, logging and lumbering classes in the region will be on hand to match skills in log bucking, distance chaining, tree identification, chain throwing, pacing, lumber grading and estimating tree measurements.
The formal program will begin Sunday evening with talks to welcome the students and a keynote speaker, as well as a presentation by members of the C. R. Johnson Safety Committee. The next two-and-a-half days will feature an intensive training period, designed, according to Hyman, "to teach these boys what makes the forest products industry of this area tick."
Featured on the morning field program will be a visit to the Big River Unit Tree Farm of the Union Lumber Co., and the thinning plot at Jackson State Forest.
Following lunch, students will visit the Durable Fir Lumber & Plywood Co. log landing on Jackson State Forest, where Sam Arness of the company will explain the operations in progress. The afternoon session will er.rd at the airstrip of Union Lumber Co. to demonstrate the work of the cooperative air fire patrol flights over region forest lands.
The in-camp program will include a tour of the Union Lumber Co., with stops for demonstrations and talks at the barker, sawmill, veneer plant, green chain, truck and tractor shop and museum. Foremen from each section will serve as mentors during this session and the museum tour will be led by John Philbrick, an authority on early-day logging methods. Otl-rer in-camp events will include the showing of a tractor-safety film and talks by Larry H. McCollum, forester, The Pacific Lumber Co., Scotia, and John P. Sweeley, forester, Nlasonite Corp., Ukiah.
Members of both the CDF and U.S. Forest Service will demonstrate various aspects of fire equipment, and Ralph Talvola, chief inspector, California Redwood Association, will give a demonstration of lumber-grading methods.
The evening program for Monday, May 4, will include a presentation by Dr. Fred E. Dickinson, director of the Forest Products Laboratory in Berkeley, on "\,\rood-Our Most Universal Structural Building Material."
Tuesday evening, May 5, will be highlighted with a panel presentation on "Job Opportunities," a subject of extreme interest to the boys who will be graduating in June and seeking work. Moderating the panel will be Walker B. 'Iilley, Masonite Corp., Ukiah. Awards to outstanding RRCC Junior Loggers, from the Redwood Region Logging Conference, rvill be announced.
\Arednesday morning, following camp cleau-up and pack- iug, the boys will hear a talk on "Aerial Photography," after which they will return to their respective communities.
Hyman expressed his personal thanks to more than 40 members of his committee who worked to put the program in final form. He urged anyone interested in the forest industries to lend support to the program as a Senior Sponsor. According to the Redwood Region Conservation Council, sponsor of the Junior Logging Conferences, it was expected that the annual Senior Sponsorship appeal will be in the mail within the next two weeks.
A new West Coast distributor of Wepco building products is Harbor Plywood Corporation, 3095 Third Street, San Francisco. Malcolm Hill of Harbor Plywood said he expects to be able to start shipping Wepco products immediately. These products include the new Wepco selfstoring, pre-hung door and Californian screen door.
I. M. Hoffman, president of Globe International of California, Inc., Southern California importing and distributing concern, announces that his firm is starting an expansion and diversification program which will double the Los Angeles warehouse space and increase inventory items by more than 100%.
The program includes the additions of a complete line of hardboard, and perforated hardboard, from thE Scandinavian countries, stocks of processed hardboard panels resembling popular species of hardwood prefinished wall surflrcing, acoustical and ceiling tile and marble tabletops. Globe International also has been appointed an authorized distributor for all Masonite products, including Pegboard and Pegboard hook fixtures.
For the past 12 years, Globe International has supplied dealers with stock panels, doors and imported plywood.
In order to maintain its position as a direct importer and distributor, ofifrces have been established throughout Europe and the Orient. These representatives control the quality of the materials and expedite Globe shipments to the United States.
Through the personnel of the foreign staffs and the employes of the local offices, this progressive firm is now in the process of developing for many American firms sources of supply from world markets of various kinds of industrial merchandise, which 'rvill be stocked for the needs of its customers, according to Lou Massing, secretary and director oI lmDorts.
Globe International was established to service lumber dealers following the close of World War IL Srnall offrces were opened on Wilshire boulevard by I. M. Hoffman and Lou Massing. The business soon moved to its present loca-
tion on La Cienega boulevard in the heart of the southwest industrial area of Los Angeles and close to airports and harbors. The present 10,000 square feet of warehouse storage space. is.being doubled to accommodate the tremendous increase in inventory. In addition to the many and varied items stocked by Giobe, this firm now carriJs a full line of domestic birch plywood and future plans call for other hardwood items later.
"We are doing our own fabricating now and we intend to add services and items for our customers as the demand increases," said President Hoffman. "Our warehouse stock will always be complete and we shall continue with our policy of free delivery any place in the metropolitafl area," he continued.
With a start of two employes some 15 years ago, Globe now has more than 25 on the service line and serves all of Southern California and the 11 western states, including Hawaii. This close-knit sales staff is headed by Mike Mur-phy, popular wood products executive and v-eteran salesman. lIe is assisted in sales by Sid Rosenthal, Don Roberson and Sid Chattler. The key personnel includes Dorothy Boy", accountant ; Larry Brown, inventory control; Betty Naka_shim_a, order department; Shirtey Halperin, billing, and Cal Hacker, warehouse foreman.
"Our policy h-as always been to please the customer, give the very best of service regardless of cost, and then leithe quality of our stock take care of the rest," says Lou Massing.
, Dunsmuir, Calif.Aladino Peiruccini, a box factory employee with the McCloud River Lumber Co. for 48 yea.., has retired from the firm where he started at the age of 13. Fellow employes gave him a farewell party X{arch- 13 and presented him with gifts. His brothers Alex and Aldorico are also McCloud employes.
Gegrge T. Wiley, owner of the George T. Wiley Lumber Company in I ong Beach, California, died suddenly of heart failure, April 9, at the age of 44. The prominent'and highly respected young dealer had started in the building materials business in the 1930s with Johns-Manville Corp, but soon turned to the retail end and went to work for the Rossman Mill and Lumber Co., Wilmington, where he was employed _for six years and attained the position of yard manager. In 1947 he opened his own retail yard at 6925 Atlantic Blvd. and, in his short lifetime, saw it grow into one of the most progressive and merchandising-minded retail lumber operations in Southern California. He was a member of the Kiwanis, Elks and Junior and Senior Chambers of Commerce in Long Beach.
Mr. Wiley leaves his wife, Catherine L., of the home at 9661 Halekulani St., Garden Grove; a son, Phillip, and two daughters, Susan and Leslie; four brothers: Ted, Tom, Coy and Loy, and a sister, Iola Wiley.
Douglas M. Parsons, vice-president of the San Luis Mill & Lumber Co., San Luis Obispo, California, died there April 15 of cancer at the age of 39. The young dealer had grown up in the retail firm founded by his late father in 1883 and was chief buyer until shortly before his death. He was well known and hignly regarded by both the customers of the yard and the wholesalers, jobbers and mill representatives throughout the Central California area. lIe was a member of the Masonic lodge, the Native Sons, American.Legion, Elks, and was active in various local sportsmen.s groups.
Mr. Parsons leaves his wife, Geraldine ; a son, Gary; his mother, two sisters, and two brothers who are active in the firm. Masonic fur.reral services were held April 18 in San Luis Obispo
Harry \\,'. Cole, 86, well-knou.u reclrvoocl lumber industry figure, died April 1 in San Rafael, Calif., where he hah macle his home since l-ris retiremerrt. N{r. Cole was born near Ottawa, Canada, in September 1872. After attending NIcGill university in Montreal, he carne to California with Mrs. Cole in 1909, travelir.rg by stearner from San Francisco to Eureka, and by horse and buggy to the present site of the mill at Cranell. lle became manager of the Little River Redwood Co., which merged rvitl.r-Harnmond Lumber Co. in 1930. He was vice-president of the merged company w-heq he resigned in 1936 to enter the independent timber brokerage business in San Francisco. Mr. Cble was elected a director of the California Redwood Association in the late 1920s, and in September 1933 he was named president and chief executive officer of the association, serv- ing until January 1936. He held office during the NRA days, when the C.R.A. functioned as the Redwood Division of the Lumber Code Authority, and spent much of that period in. Wasl-ringt_on, D-C., valuably representing the Redwood industry. His affiliation with the C.R.A. between 1933-36 was in addition to his position with the HammondLittle River Redwood Co.
Mr. Cole later joined other well-known redwood firms ancl was secretary-treasurer of the Arcata Redwood Comp.any and gene.ral manager o-f Hill-Davis Company at the time of his retirement in 1957 at the age of 84-for reasons of ill health. During his long career in the industry, he had also served as president of the Humboldt Stevedore Company, president of the California Forest Protective Assn., director of the former Bank of Eureka, and area chairman of the Red Cross. He maintained a strong and active interest in community and industry afiairs, was a longtime
member of Hoo-Hoo and active in San Francisco Club 9. He belonged to the Pacific Union Club of San Francisco and his fraternal affiliations included the Elks, the Blue Lodge, Royal Arch, Knights Templar, Scottish Rite and AAONMS orders.
Mr. Cole leaves his wife. Ollie Mae. of the home in San Rafael; two married daughters and four grandchildren.
Russell Smith Edmonston, 65, vice-president and general manager of Diamond W Supply Co., Los Angeles, died April 12 at his home from a heart attack. Mr. Edmonston was respected by all who knew him for his amiable personality and ability to make decisions with fairness ; to the end, his associates say he never stopped looking to the future with energy and vision.
Russ Edmonston was born in Ohio in 1893 and came to California at the age of 12 to complete his education and commence a business life destined to be connected with the distribution of lumber or allied products. After working sev_eral years in a small Boyle Hiights lumber compan| in Los Angeles, he joined the E. K. Wood Lumber Co. in 1917, where he worked a short time as a lumber handler before he was made the shipping clerk. His sales and executive ability were early recognized and he became salesman, industrial salesmanag'er and, finally, general sales-
manager for the old company in Southern California. On January 12, 1951, he was selected to be the general manager of Diamond W Supply Co., a corporation organized by shareholders of the E. K. Wood Lumber Co. Tor the wholesale distribution of building specialties. He was elected vice-president of the firm in early 1958 and held this capacity at his untimely death. He was a member of the Masonic lodge and the Vernon Rotary, of which he was a past president.
lVIr. Edmonston leaves his wife, Esther E., of the home at 3500 Grayburn Road, Pasadena; a daughter, Mary .fane Kay, and a son, Russell, Jr., and four grandchildren. Honorary pallbearers at the funeral services and interment in Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, April 15, were John B. Wood, William Harrison, Everett Andrews, |ohn Freeman, E,arl Hoffman and Clarence Cornell,
William C. Cornutt, who spent all his life in the lumber production industry, passed away at his home in Garden Grove, Calif., April 12, following a short illness. He was general manager of the Sequoia Pine Lumber Co. of Clingans Junction, Calif., for the past five years. He leaves his wife and one son.
Mrs. Fanny W. Sappington, 87, of El Monte, California, died April 9. of Frank Sappington, early El Monte ber of the City Council there. She daughter and a great-great-grandson.
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The general membership of the American Institute of Timber Construction, at its seventh annual meeting at Boca Raton, Florida, approved development of the AITC proposed Quality Control and Inspection Program. Executive Vice-President Frank J. Hanrahan said, "This action will insure the maintenance and further development of souncl standards by the engineered timber construction industry for the manufacture of glued laminated structural lumber and for the design, fabrication and assembly of both sawn and glued laminated lumber for the framing of roofs and other structural parts of buildings."
Sacramento.-The Senate approved April 1 an investigation into alleged sharp practices in the building alteration, repair and remodeling industry. The upper house passed a measure authorizing a crackdown on the so-called "suedeshoe boys" who contract with homeowners to do repair work at a high price, then sell the contracts to someone else at an extremely low figure, take the difference and flee the area.
Appointment of Robert C. Moore as assistant general sales manager of The Celotex Corporation is announced by Marvin Greenwood, vice-president and director of mercl-randising. He will headquarter in the company's Chicago general offices.
The Lumber Merchants Association was pleased to welcome the following firms into membership during March: Anderson Lumber Company, Sacramento-Fred Anderson, managing partner; and Builders Supply Company, Stock- ton-Henry Ratto and Tony Moreira, managing partners.
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. . and the trend continues strongDealer Frank Boileau raised the curtain Aoril 3 and 4 on his handsomely remodeled Fairfax Lumbei Co. with an Open House announced to the public in a full-page newspaper advertisement . . King Lumber Company will also shortly complete modernization of its store in Delano and Howard McCulloch's Yosemite Builders Supply of Merced will soon "sport" an attractive new front . . PastPresident Hamilton Knott of the LMA expects to shortlv return operations to his Yosemite Lumber-Cornpany storl in Fresno which has been undergoing improvements and Carl Nystrom continues to enjoy an increasing consumer business attracted by his recently modernized Kings- burg Lumber Company quarters.
Fire continues to plague the industry. Latest casualty is the Mead Clark Lumber Company of Santa Rosa, whicl
experienced a $15,000 loss April I and closely followed the total loss of the Aisthorpe Lumber Company store in Chico.
The Modesto Lumber Company is now displaying an ey_e-catching new neon sign which announces, in part: "Over 80 Years in Business." Our congratulations to Francis Christiansen, Clark Bradford and issociates on a record of community service shared by few.
Visalia Lumber Company's Ray Noble has started construction on a new dry-storage warehouse whicl-r, perhaps, is a sign of the times in and around Visalia, as Bob Kimble of Sequoia Lurnber Company has only recently completed a pole-type warehouse shed.
- Hyster Company announces a new name-Challenger- for its entire line of pneumatic tire lift trucks. The ehallenger 60, 70, and 80 lift trucks are the first to be released under the new name and represent a major step forward in industrial_truck design. SpJceSaver will'continue to designate the Hyster cushion tire line of industrial trucks.
Behind the name Challenger is Hyster Company's intention to meet and solve the handling problems of- industry with the best engineered, most productive lift trucks on the market. Functional machine styling and appearance, plus sound, rugged construction, results in productive, costcutting equipment that is challenging in design-construc- tion-productive capacity. The Challenger l-ine is represgnJgd by 17 basic models ranging in caplcity from one to 40,000 pounds.
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Dealer Earney J. Thompson of the Thompson T,umber Co., Oxnard, Calif., sends a clipping from The Oxnard Press-Courier of April 3 headed: "Lumbermen in Area Not Huppy Or.er Dock 1 Distribution Yard." The article with a Port Hueneme dateline says "Local lumber dealers are concerned over a change in operation of the lumber distribution yard set up at Dock 1 two years ago."
For the past several months, the article contiuues, small yards l.rar.e been unable to fill orders at the dock's yard, apparently because of a change in management. The Ocean View Lumber Co., with mills in Oregon, has been shipping the lumber to the local port. Ocean View holds lease of dock space from the Oxnard Harbor Comm. Until recently, Dean ereath was employed by Ocean View to operate the business at the dock, but he left Ocean View's employ and formed the Hueneme Port Co. to handle stevedorirtg and distribution of lumber at the dock.
Since ther.r, Ocean View's shipments have dwindlecl. Its last load for the wholesale distribution yard was in October. Othcr shipments have come to the dock but they are for larger customers who buy the whole bargeloacl. Oxnard Harbor District Manager Lawrence said most of the October shipment has not moved off the dock. "!\'e just look at it," he said. In 1958, 22 ll;'illion b.f. of lumber moved across the dock.
Lawrence said there is "a lot of double talk" and that he does not intend to force the matter now. Frecl Shatfurd, local representative for Ocean View, declared his firm will soon seek some new arrangement with the Harbor district. He pointed to the difficulty of supplying local dealers who have immediate and variable demands.
Lawrence added that a distribution yard is not really in line with what the district is trying to do to increase shipmerlts at the dock. He pointed out that the lumber, sometimes stored at the dock for a long time, takes up valuable room.
"It was set up strictly as a distribution yard," the newspaper quotes Dealer Thompson, "but it isn't functioning that way." The Oxnard dealer explained that the yard at the harbor was a benefit to all local lumber dealers, particularly in providing means to fiIl gaps in inventories quickly. The small yards cannot have large inventories, 1-re said.
Dealer Jim Dovey of Oxnard Lumber Co. said the op_eration at thi dock was a benefit but "we can't depend on tl-rem like we used to."
Harold Wilcox of the Port Hueneme Lumber Co. said "tl-re change in the dock operation is hurtittg us.".He said he now gets lumber trucked from Los Angeles that adds about $50 to his cost per load.
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said he.had very satisfactory service under the old operatlo-n and was sorry to see the change.
Mr. Creath of the Hueneme Port Co. could not be reached for a statement but a representative of the firm declared it was interested only in'seeing business conrirrg over the dock. Both Lawrence and Shatlurd said thev be-lieved lumber shipments will be coming again soon.
The 25th Anniversary convention of the Arizona Retail Lumber and Builders Supply Association, fnc., which was incorporated in 1934 in Phoenix, will be held Mav 14-16 at the Hassayampa hotel in Prescott, same as the scene of last years rouslng' meetil1g.
According. t9 G, R. Michaels, secretary-manager of the p.rogressive .Arizona dealers' group, the coirvention program this year will try as vividly as possible to call to the ilember's attention sonre of the serious competition they are facing from applicators of substitute materials. After ihese facts have soaked in, the constructive convention program will show the lumber dealers what their industry is doing to get back on top with the sales profits.
_Thg convention program will start right off on Thursday, May 14, with one of the leaders of the substitute materiais gro_ups telling the Arizona dealers just what his industry is doing right now in the field of home construction. W. M. Patterson, west coast sales director of Reynolds Metals Co., Los Angeles, will show the following Reynolds aluminum products: roof shingles (baked enamel colors), windows, ram carrying equipment, sofifit, fascia materials, foil insulation, corrugated farm roofing, duckwork, nails, accessories and other items. Other aluminum manufacturers feature residential siding, hardware, louvers and ventilators, light fixtures, etc.
On Friday, May 15, a Panel representing the National Lumber Manufacturers Assn., West Coasf Lumbermen's Assn. and Western Pine Association .ivill tell the dealers of tl-re extensive plans-already in operation-that lumber manufacturers are developing to further assist the retailer. The Panel will include J. B. Edens, president, Southwest Lumber Mills, Phoenix, Ariz.; Willaid A. Constans. vicepresident, Ralph L. Smith Lumber Co., Arrderson, Calif.; Russell J. Hogue, vice-president, Medford Corporation, Nledfqd, Ore., and Loren Dorman, director of Advertising a_nd Merchandising division, Natl. Lumber Mfgrs. Assnl Washington, D.C. The arrangements for this outstanding. panel were made by Pete Gaffney, vice-president of Southwest Lumber Mills.
_Thg highlight of the third convention day, Saturday, May 16, will be the Arizona performance of the now famous playlet, "The Case of the Employer's Dilemma" (or "Who's Strangling Your Business ?") with this all-star lumber dealer cast:
Eresiding Judge Harrell Gannaway
Clerk of the Court Bill C. Bell
Counsel for Management . ..Joe Ralston
Counsel for Employes ... .Jeriy Kelleher
Employer Charlie Mann
Salesman ...Ace Mason
Truck Driver .....Red Meeks
Assistant Manager .. ..George Ross
Foreman of the-Iury .Howaid Beals
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Washington, D.C.- More home units were put under construction during the first three months of 1959 than in any first quarter in history, reports the Department of Labor. The total ol 295,N0 dwelling units exceeds by a few thousand the first-quarter record set in 1955 and is 42Vo above the relatively low rate of 1958. The 120,000 home units started in March also set a new high for that month.
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bar of the printing press. It opened the tubes of Galileo until world after world swept before his vision; and it reefed the topsail that ruffled over Columbus in the morning.breezes of the Bahamas. It has held the sword with which freedom has fought its battles, and poised the axe of the dauntless woodsman as he blazed the way of civilization. ft turned the mystic leaves upon which Shakespeare and Milton inscribed their burning thoughts, and sustained and soothed the heroic soul of Thomas Jefferson in his declining days.
Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything that is great. Without it, no man is to be feared. With it, no man is to be despised.
The Central California Dry Kiln Club's second regular nreeting of the year was held March 6 at the California Forest Products Laboratory, University of California Engineering Field Station, Richmond, California. Twenty-six members and friends participated in the all-day meeting. T- aboratory technicians conducted small groups throug-h tlre Labo,ratory from 10:00 to 12:@, exptalning the equfoment and the research underway. Of special interest were the large experimental kiln (one standard kiln crib), the two -smaller kilns, and solvent-drying equipment.
After a no-host lunch at Dyer's Chlclc Wagon, the club held the business meeting and technical meeting in the Conference room of the Laboratory. Jim Jacobsen presided in the absence of President Tohn Owens.
Bill- Br_ubaker, in. charge of ttte annual meeting schedulecl for May 7 and 8 in Eureka, has asked the -Club to present the results of the recent "Survey of Moisture Content of Wood in Use in California."
A nominating committee of Larry Goben, Fabian Ream and .Bob Keiling offered the following (amended) slate: Presiclent : Flavel Grubb, Scott Lbr. Co.f Burney, Caiifornia; Fjrst V.-P. : Joe Hughes, Hughes Bros. Lbr.- Co., Foresthill, Calif.; Second V.-P.: Bud-Kinney, Western D. K. Co..
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An election will be held at the annual meeting in Eureka in May.
Suggestions were offered to Larry Goben on methods of reducing damage to lumber in pulling kiln cribs with the transfer cable, including a protective plate, described in the proceedings of the 1955 Annual Meeting, and the use of a bar inserted between the courses of lumber part way up the side of the load to which the cable is attached and then passed around the projecting end of the bolster immediately below. The cable does not come directly in contact *i[h the lumber.
Doug Skirmager, Stockton Box Co., West Fork, reported damage to the channel iron body of kiln trucks. Welding a plate to the top of the truck to increase the bearing space, or "beefing up" the channel iron by welding on a pipe or angle-iron beneath the top flange were both suggested.
-Harvey H. Smith, Sec.-Treas., Central California Dry Kiln Club.
Donald R. Meredith, Madison, Conn., president of the National-American Wholesale Lumber Association, addressed the 65th annual meeting of the New England Wholesale Lumber Association at the Harvard Club, Boston, Mass., Aprll 23.
President Meredith's address stressed the wholesalers' essential link in the chain of orderly distribution of lumber and wood products and the part wholesalers plan to play in supporting the National Wood Promotion Program so as to insure its success.
Says Meredith, "The success of lumber wholesaling is 'saleimanship.' Salesmanship is the art of convincing-the customer of the quality, beauty and economy of the products we have to offer. In our expanding economy, the opportunities for the lumber wholesaler were never greater. They can and should take advantage of their opportunities by gearing themselves to do a selling job. It is estimated that wholesale lumbermen distribute somewhere aronnd 70o/o of the domestic production of lumber. Just imagine the chaos that would exist without the wholesaler, his ability and know how. I have never been more confident of the essentiality of the lumber wholesaler. His future was never brighter."
E. T. Stanton & Son moved April 20 into new (temporary)-general offices in the Rawlins Brothers. Bldg., 5975 S. Alameda St., Los Angeles, where Stanton's telephone number will be LUdlow 9-5581. The plant, mills and shippins offrces will remain at2050 E. 38th St. (Vernon), while -the ne* Stanton & Son plant at Dominguez is under construction.
"Research for Profit" is the theme of the l3th National
Meeting of the Forest Products Research Society. according to General Chairman.Raymond H. Berry. The'meetins will be held in San Francisco from June ZB-to July 3, witfr headquarters at the famous St. Francis hotel in fhe'heart of the city.
Feature attraction will be 20 technical sessions presentecl by the 14 divisions of the Society. In addition, the'divisions will conduct business meetings, committees will meet, delegates will choose from a vq4ely of plant trips, many kinds of social entertainment will be aviitabte, and the ladies will be well supplied with special activities.
Chairman of the technical sessions, Dr. E. S. Harrar. who is also president-elect of the Society. has announced thrit the sessions will be built around the presentation of papg.rs, floor discussions, and panel discu.rior.. Economic implications of'research resultJ will be emphasized at these sessions, which include:
-W."."{ Composition. Board, Veneer and plywood, Wood Yachining, Glues and Gluing, Chemical Iltilization, Wood Preservation. I ogging. Wood Drying. Wood Finishing, Lumber Manufacturing, Packaging, Joint Session Lumber Manufactrrring and Wo_od Diying,- Industry Education, Merchandising,. G^eneral Technical Session, W6od Composi_ tiorr Board, and Quality Control.
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At its l9th annual convention, April 19-21, which will be reported in the May 15 isiue, the Lumber Merchants Assn. of Northern California elected the following 1959-60 slate of officers and directors :
President-Frank Heard, I\{otroni-Heard Lumber Co., Woodland; Vice-president-Elmer Rau. Madera Lumber & Hardware; Secretary-treasurer-t. E. gorton, South City Lumber & Sipply Co., South San Francisco. DirectorsFrank Bixley, Brey-Wright Lumber Co., Porterville; Bob Cross, Selmj Lurn6er & Hardwarg Co.; Mel Hirsch, Dolan's Building Materr.als Co., Sacramento; Wayne Inman, San LuG Mill & Lumber Co., San Luis Obispo; John Mensinger, American Lumber Co., Modesto; Sam Nigh, Hebbr-onNigh Lumber Co., Santa Cruz; Steve Ross, Central Lumber Co., Hanford; Ed Schlotthauer, Willard Lumber Co., Fresno; Al Stockton, A. L. Stockton Lumber Co., Daly City.
Registration will begin at I :30 p.m. on Sunday, June 28, and continue throughout the week. Registration fees have been set at $12 for members and $14 for non-members including admission to all technical sessions and division and committee meetings. Ladies registration fee is $6.
Activities on Sunday -afternoon will include meetings of the National Executive board, the Employment committee, the Membership committee, and the pubiications committee. Also on Sunday afternoon, the newly-formed American Institute of Wood Engineering will hold a technical session ancl business meeting. On Sunday evening, the Northern California Section will be hosts af a .eception for all those attendilg the rneeting, an event providing an excellent op- portunity to meet old friends and make new ones.
The official luncheon is scheduled for noor.r on Tuesdav. l_une 30, and will feature a speaker of national importance. Events of interest in the iocial line inclucle the ,,paul Bunyan" on Tuesday evening (planned as a. cocktail cruise around San Francisco bay) and the traditional FpRS banquet on Wednesday evening.
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Plant trips to suit a- wide variety of interests are plannecl for the latter p.art-of the week.-On Thursclay, tiips are scheduled to Fibreboard Products Corporatioir. Antioch: lVtichigan-California Lumber Company,-Camino; and the University of California Forest Producis Laboratorv. Richryold On Friday, three all-day trips will be available in- cluding visits to Uniol Lumber -Company, Ft. Bragg; Masonite Corporation, Ukiah; and Diamond Garclner Ciiporation, Red Bluff. Trips to other plants and facilities in the area can be arranged upon requeit.
An important "added attractiori" will be tl-re booth ancl tabletop wood industry exhibits. The exhibit area is ideallv located on the second floor of the St. Francis hotel, immediately adjacent to the meeting room for the technical sessions. Victor Roth, exhibit cl.rairman, has announced that the exhibits will be open Sunday, June 28, and all through the week. (A booth 8x8 feet rentj for $200, and an 18x"60 inch tabletop for $75). Exhibits will include portable equip- ment, products, and photographic displays.
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Age not guoronteed-Some I hove told for 2o yeors-some less
Grandpappy Morgan, a hillbilly of the Ozarks, had wandered off into the hills and when supper time came he had not returned. Young Jake was sent out to find him. Jake located Grandpa standing quietly in a clump of bushes.
"Gittin' dark, Grandpa," said Jake.
"Yep," said Grandpa.
"Supper's ready."
"Yep."
"Ain't ye hungry, Grandpa?"
"Yep."
"WaI, ain't ye comin'home?"
"Nope."
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"Standin' in a b'ar trap."
Architects, designing in modern engineered structures of wood, have won awards in practically all types of construction including churches, schools, homes, libraries and civic c.enters-, reports Frank J. Hanrahan, executive vice-presi- dent of the American Institute of Timber Construction.
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fMinner,of the top award in School Executive magazine's 6th..annual competition for better school design, t[e John J. Shaughnessy School at Lowell, Mass., is plained in ihree clusters of four classrooms each which form the three sides of. a partially covered play area and entrance court. To brrng out the intimate, friendly atmosphere of the plan, engin-eered timber framing was s-elected. The all-purpose room is framed_by -six SO-foot glued laminated arclies,-spaced at 16 feet. Roof decking was applied over glulam'purlins. Glued laminated beams support-the roof structure over the halls and classrooms. It has a student capacity of 400, and cost $14.70 per square foot.
- Noteworthy among church awards is Church of the Magdalene in Tulsa, Okla. Glued laminated beams were used while.3x6 inch tongue and grooved, striated, wood clecking provided natural beauty, acoustical value and insulation ai it spans the beams. Designed for a seating capacity of 500, the Church of the Magdalene was construaed ^at a unit cost of $14.00 per square foot.
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Grand Rapids, Mich. Strict functional utility, featuring exposed glued laminated beams and columns, won a State Fair of Texas award for the North Dallas Municipal Center. The versatility and widespread acceptance of engineered wood is further highlighted in the constructicin of an A-framed house on a narrow, ocean-front lot in Honolulu. About half the upper portion of the laminated timber "A" frame forms a balcony of 828 square feet which is used as a master bedroom, accessible by an open stair. The vaulted ceiling of the living room, supported by laminated beams, and its dramatic window, facing the sea, use the entire two-story triangle of the A. Designed by Wimberly and Cook, architects of Honolulu, the house won an award at the 1957 A.I.A. Centennial.
The 1959 Do-It-Yourself House & Garden Show will be presented at a new location, announces Producer Ted Bentley. The 7th annual exposition is billed for August 6-16 at the ultra-modern Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, which is slated for completion in late July. The largest show of its type in the nation, it will be one of the facility's lirst major events.
Selected as the site for the 1960 Democratic National Convention long before completion, the fabulous Sports Arena is located in Exposition Park next to Memorial Coliseum and right off the Harbor Freeway, making it easy to reach from any area in Southern California.
"With the Arena now available, we are able to expand the show's scope in all fields, and especially that covering lumber products and materials," Bentley reported. "The size and special features of the Arena will certainly amaze onr exhibitors." Among the many Arena features are air conditioning, outstanding lighting and a truck entrance that will allow giant pre-assembled displays to be transported directly to their exhibit area.
Bentley also revealed that an all-new, giant advertisingpublicity-promotion program for the Do-It-Yourself House & Garden Show has been designed to assure exhibitors of top attendance. This, plus producing the show in the New Sports Arena, points to a record attendance mark.
Jack Blanck, show general manager, reports the Do-ItYourself llouse & Garden Show's floor olan for the new
buitding has been completed and that manag'ement is now accepti;g reservations-for space. Show offices are located at 666 N. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles 46; telephone OLeander 5-7700.
Passenger cars were involved in over 78/o of all U.S. traffic fatalities in 1957 and in 860/o of traffic injuries. C)ur
Charlie Cross, Sr., president of TruckeeTahoe Lumber Co., who was recently reported on an extensive trip through England, Scotland and Ireland, ran into something on his return trip that wasn't in the guidebooks. It seems the dealer was aboard ship on the Atlantic crossing when he met a lady named Sylvia, who was leaving her native England to visit friends in Montreal. And it seems that after several days of shipboard shoptalk, then some sight,seeing with Charlie in New York, Miss Sylvia decided to cut short her Montreal visit, cash in her return ticket to London, and join Charlie at the Lake for what turns out to be a one-day engagement and WEDDING. The happy couple recited their vows in Reno on Saturday, April 4, with Charlie Cross, Jr., as his Pop's best man. Don't recall the name of the
boat but it wasn't the S.S. Courtship or was it?
Malcolm Post, Jr., of the California Redwood Assn. worked the southern California area during April, calling on local retail lumberyards with the latest promotion ideas and displays of the CRA to boom dealer sales,
Twin-City Lumberman Hac Collins visited business connections in Seattle last month and, in that corner of the Pacific Northwest, ran into Humboldt County Lumbermen Sam Witzel and Art Milhaupt.
Frank Bader of the Ed Fountain Lumber Company, his wife Florence and their children Melonie, Eric, Frank and Tim recently
spent twb wonderful weekends at Lake Arrowhead.
Ardis Bowes will serve as treasurer to the president, Ken Bowes, of the new American Iliver Lumber Co., Sacramento. She is a longtime "director" of the Bowes household while Ken was ,breadwinning with Winton and Ostron.r.
Art Evans and his wife Ivalee have moved from Santa Barbara, Calif., to Phoenix, Ariz., where he will head a sales organiza- tion covering warehouses in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, selling plywood at the wholesale level. Evans has been in lumber and plywood distribution in Hawaii and California more than 25 vears.
E. A. Nord, president of E. A. Nord Co., Everett, Wash., was in Los Angeles recently to confer with Bob and Jack Carlow, who distribute Nordco products exclusively in southern California through their Carlow Company.
About the time this issue goes to press, Fresno Wholesaler Bob Wright should be boarding his plane at Honolulu Airportresplendent, of course, in Aloha shirt, suntan and three weeks'glow from rest and relaxation in his tropical paradise.
Some 5O Hoo-Hoo, their wives and families attended the Tucson, Arizona, Boys' Chorus, Sunday, April 19, at Chaffey auditorium, Ontario, Calif., as guests of David J. Cathers, board mernber of the LeRoy Boys' Home in LaVerne.
Lew Godard of Hobbs Wall Lumber Company's San Francisco redwood sales headquarters, visited Los Angeles in April and called on several dealer friends with the cornpany salesmen, Don Bufkin and Jack Campbell.
Certigroovelabelled cedar shakes put the accent on quality. Quality you can see. Quality you can sell. Available in a wide range of factory-applied colors, Certigroove shakes stimulate sales and build your reputation for featuring good merchandise. Whenever you order shakes, be sure to specify Certigroove. The famous label assures you of No.I grade throughout.
Oakland Dealer Len Edelmann, Bay City Lumber Co., is now happily perched atop the Oakland hills in his new home at 12830 Skyline Blvd., overlocking the entire Bay area.
Dee Essley and Roy Stanton and their wives played hookey from their lunrber businesses the week of April 19 to golf and loaf in the sun country at Scottsdale, A,riz.
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"Control the Sale With Lumber."
Snark Gallagher's speech warned dealers that "indiffereni lumber mercl.randising" can eventually convert a lumber dealer's operation into nothing lnore than a "hardware store." Hii talk urged dealers to "think woodto realize wood sales."
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On Founder's Day, March 17, Gonzaga University announced that the DeSmet medal will be conferred on Cyril J. Fairhurst, one of its most distinguished alumni. The Board of Regents, in announcing its decision, stated that Mr. Fairhurst, since graduating from Gonzaga with distinction in 1912, has been a most exemplary Catholic, and has consistently and substantially assisted the Church and the Society of Jesus in many ways, most of them known only to a very few people. The Board recognized the fine examole of Catholic life which Mr. Fairhurst. his wife. and childfen have always manifested. The Fairhursts have six children and 2l grandchildren. Their three sons all attended Gonzaga University, including Al Fairhurst, S. J., who died as a Novice at Sheridan, Oregon, ln 1947. Mr. and Mrs. Fairhurst reside in San Rafael.
Mr. Fairhurst was chosen by the Board of Regents for the high moral principles he brought with him from Gonzaga into the business world, where he is respected as much for his integrity as for his ability. He is president and coowner of the Fairhurst Lumber Co., The Fairhurst Lumber Co. of Oregon, the Athena Mill, Co., the Oregon Western Timber Co., the Fairhurst Mill Co., the California Eastern Timber Co., The Fairhurst Enterprises, Inc., The Trinity National Lumber Corporation, The Industrial Plywood Corporation, The Fairhurst Plywood Sales Co., and the Fairhurst Lumber Co. of California.
The DeSmet medal was established in 1930 to cornmemorate Father Peter DeSmet, S.J., who came to the Northwest in 1840 to work among the Indians. It was awarded annually, until the outbreak of the war in 1942, to a prominent Catholic who has advanced the cause of Catholicity. This year the Board of Regents decided to revive the awarding of the medal, which is the highest honor that Gonzaga University can bestow. Mr. Fairhurst was the unanimous choice of the Board, after due consideration of the list of nominations. He will be the 14th recipient of the DeSmet medal, and the first since 1942. -Ihe medal will be awarded on Commencement Day, May 24, at 2 p.m.
PortlandLeonard C. "Len" Tewett. chief of the Western Pine Association's statisticai department here, retired March l after 51 years of service as a lumber industry accountant. He started his career in the Kalispell-Eui-eka-
Columbia Falls area in Montana as a lumber bookkeeper in 1908, and joined the Western Pine Staff at its Portland lreadquarters in 1929.
As chief statistician for the huge western pine industry, Jewett has headed a staff of 15 which processes information on some 200,000 carloads of lumber per yearabout 20/o of the total softwood production of the United States. This involves about 750,000 punch cards annually.
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There was something for every dealer, something for every wholesaler, distributor, jobber and manufacturer-and their ladies -at the 42nd annual Convention and Trade Show of the Southern California Retail Lumber Association, April 7-9, at Los Ang:eles' plush Ambassador hotel. The 1959 convention takes no back seat to any of the other annual gatherings of the general membership of the SCRLA, and at least one record was set when an unprecedented 700 dealers and suppliers and their families descended on the hotel for the Open House and Exposition.
Registration started at 10:00 a.m. in the main lobby, with "something new" added for the delegates this year, a "Message
Center" where incoming calls could be received and the lumbermen kept in close touch with their yards or offices if the need arose.
The Board of Directors Breakfast officially started the convention, as usual. The annual election produced this new slate of offlcials of the association for 1959-60:
Secretary-Kingston Mcl(ee (left), Forest Lumber Co., Pasadena; Vice-PresidentsBobert Sutton, Dixieline Lumber Co., San Diego; Frodo B. Kilstofte, Rossman Mill & Lumber Co., Wilmington; Norbert Bundschuh, Myrtle Avenue Lumber Co., Monrovia (shown second, third and fourth, respectively), and llomer Burnaby' Sun Lumber Co., San Pedro (not shown in the photo), and TreasurerRobert II. Leishman (right), Crown City MiIl & Lumber Co., Pasadena.
President l{al Brown presided at the l(ick-off Luncheon, Tuesday noon, and, following: the Invocation by Dr. PauI F. Huebner of the First Methodist church, Inglewood, Hal kept his audience of more than 200 well entertained with his salty, timely remarks about the world in general and lumber in particular. Hal always does things up "Brown" and this year was no exception.
The opening luncheon had added flavor this year when past presidents of the SCRLA and their wives were all honored. Each past president was presented a scroll attesting his achievements while serving the general membership, and each lady was given a beautiful orchid lei from Hawaii. The audience enjoyed this thoughtful ceremony as much as the recipients, and Orrie Hamilton and the SCRLA officials are to be highly commended for the idea.
One thing for sure-Bernard L. Orell, a vice-president of Weyerhaeuser Timber Co., Tacoma, and the principal speaker of the luncheon, is well informed about lumber from seeding to siding. His fascinating talk covered every phase of production from timber to retail yard and the ultimate consumer. He expressed great faith in the abilities of the manufacturers to keep ahead of the demand for lumber products, and in the thousands of retail lumber dealers of the nation to properly present the many end products of the forest to the homeowner. Weyerhaeuser's Orell was loaded with statistics, covered every step of his subject thoroughly, and was given a standing ovation by his large audience at the conclusion.
The first of several daily awards of many exceedingly handsome and useful prize gifts was held before the luncheon adjournment. The afternoon was devoted to attendance at the outstand-
Ole MAYThe California Lumber Merchant.
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Reod PORTERThe California Lumber Merchant.
ingly attractive exhibit booths and suppliers' displays, with a terrific added incentive this year in Attendance Cards which were punched with every visit for later prizes.
The record-lreaking 700 dealers, suppliers and families who visited the anhual Open House and Exposition Tuesday evening never had it so good. The event was open to the entire building materials industry in Southern California (SCRLA members or not), and besides seeing products and applications at the many displays by the courteous manpower staffing them, the visitors enjoyed excellent free refreshments, a genuine Polka Party with John Meloch's Original Hofbrau Orchestra imported by Orrie Hamilton from the El Mirador in Palm SpringJ where they entertained 'the SCRLA Conference last Fall, and complete with
hats and favors, and Attendance prizes! George Kelly, salesmanager of the Sun Lumber Co., San Pedro, presided at this event. The only morning' session of the convention, the annual ,,OldTimers' Breakfast," started at 8:00 a.m., Wednesday. This year the SCRLA honored not only the lumber and building materials
fW&J's young eqletmo wc right thse of full qttdtiil to dmostloti the lotett Gompffy produ.ts
Weyerheuser Sole Cmpcry olwoy: hc q fdulour ex' hibiJ od the oe for the 1959 Gffvenlid wor rc exceplid Dick F|ffio ( leftl 6d B. J. Lecoclie of Secol Suilding Mqleriqlc tolking to q Pro.Pecl
Dq Cmltock (rightl of oofher lmber Glociqtion, cme oysr lo viril hi: opposite or the WCLA exhibir
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Sole:mooger Grdrffi (rightl of 5o Frocirco, o rpeoka .t lGt ye;'r covfftid' or his Hytter b@th
Eric Nqd (le{tt the well-known No'rthwesl door moufqcturer, visited lhe disploy by Corlow Cmpmy with JqGk Corlow (righll
Jock Pfeifier ild Jq.k Gm helped mq lhe erhibit by Horbor Plywood ond moke friends for the (o.npoy
Geooe Mys:3tqfted the Koibqb Lumber booth; rePorlt "toyi" were won by lJlullin'r Hqrly Quintmyer 6d On' forio'c McCquley
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nren \\'ho hacl completc(i -1[) \'e:r|s of :rctiYc sc|r'it'e in the inrlrrst|v lsonre ol all of \\'hich s-as selved in Sor-rthern Citlifornia). bllt llso theil l:rclies.
H. Pnlli Alnold of lhe I,'o\-\\'oodslun Ltrntbc'r'Co., Glenrltrle. :rgain lrlcsidecl at this cvcnt as onlv he ctLr.r. irr.rcl c:rlled off :Lt.l illtrsttiorrs loll of clistingrrishecl dealets anrl srrlrpliels of \\-holtl the cntilc indlrstll'can hc jrrsLlv prorrd for their rriltnv achievenrents:ln(l c'rhical dealings. Eltch "old-tinter"':rnd his laclv stood at thcil lhails as the n:rnrcs s'cre cl,.lled.
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bard, corrnscl lol enrploves; Delk'r' Tcr11' ]}Ittllitr. thc eurplover; Dealer' \orlrert ISrrndst'httlt, the srllesntiln; Dealer Thornls l). Slrpple, the tluc'l<dlivcr': De:rler' (iul ll:rrnctt, the assistant nr.lnilger. antl Dealer' lirrss lrrit<'he.\'. forenutn of the jlllv
This plavlet s':rs tilst perfolme(l at thc NRLDA tr)rposilion in Oi'ricagc last \Yintcr and has been sincc'plaved at l'tottrc" bv nranl c.rf the l'crlcr':rLccl :rssociations. The convention :tttclience is inclebtecl to thc SCli.LA for staging it on tltis occ:rsi(,n.
While Maesti'o I'onrpj.ng \:ila s erc'itmg' ol'gan solos filletl the :rir'. the cro\\'(l grrthelccl for'lhe seconrl clar"s lrtncheon. \Vltl'ne Mrrllin. l'hose polisl.rcti pl:rtfolm appeilllrn(:e never dims. prcsiclccl
Tnis Blcrrkfast was lrlso thc memor':rble occasir-rr.r of the pel'fornrlLnlc uf ;r stirling dranla. "The Case of thc F)r'nplover"s Dilentma" {ol' "\\rho's Strangling Yolll llusiness?"|.'Ihe ":ill-star" ctrst {and it relrllv u'as, too:) inclu(lecl \\'holesaler Stcrlirrg \1'0lfe, clerk of the court; Atlolne\' .lrsr'ph li. fLrrton, plesiding jtrrlge; Attor'nelz Rtrl' ('. l'oote, cor-lnsel f,,r' ]nirnrgenlent; Derrlel l,r'0 E, Hub-
L. to R.: ]Irs, Il:rrnilton, I)r. [\'trtts, ()rrie Hanrilton. \\'rr1'ne lllrrllin. FIal Ilrorvn.
:Lt lhis session. FoJlori'ing ltrnch. thc lrlesi(lent of the Mttllin Ltttlbcr Company intlotiucecl the first spc:rlier', Joseph E. Brtrget of a P:rsaclena public lelirtions fiu'n. \\'ho \\'l'ilpped ttp solict:tttclic'nce intelesl in a neat par'k:rge ri-ith his t:rlk. "Hou'to Get Bettct." The tllrr"s second speal<er u'irs Dt. V. Olval Watts, Altadena lttthor'. lectrue| and consult:rnt. His topic wils " und Not to Yield."
Honlel H. Burn:rbv q':ls master of c:etentonies at the annttll Banclrrcl. \Vednesd:rv evcning. Dealer Bltluab\'. ll'esident ,,f Sun Lrrnrliel Conrpany :rnri senior'-r'ice plesiclent of the SCRLA. h:rcl his u'or'h uut out for hinr :rncl clid it excellcntlr'
I:'r'esi<lent Hal B|o$'n \\-:rs plesented iL g0lcl \\-at(ih inscribecl in appreci:rtion of his ts'o telnrs of SCRLA offic:e. Then PastPresiclcnt I'rLrk Alnolcl 11'11-s plesented one of the c()veted scrolls mat'king hinr a Plesidenl Enlelitus of the SCRLA anrl a lifetinre
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Always respected for their ability a,s retall lumbermen, Lemolne ha^rl just proved hls popularit5r in the Aprll 7 electlons. presentation to Arnold. The Emeritus scrolls are now held only by Dealers Paul Hallingby, Parker and Arnold since the death of George Lounsberry.
A tremendous floor show starring The Wiere Brothers, Rose Marie, June Rudell, Buddy Freed and Mildred Seymour-headliners all-concluded the banquet and the second convention day.
The convention's largest crowd for a regularly scheduled session, 400 strong, was as usual on hand Thursday for the Hoo-Hoo luncheon, sponsored by Los Angeles Club 2 but peppered with officers from other clubs in the state. They were out to honor Snark of the Universe Robert E. Gallagher, the neighboring New Mexico lumberman. His stirring talk (which will be printed in an early issue) was unique in painting a complete picture of the
Even Hal Brown's a,ttention was rlveted to Bob Gallagher's talk. aims of Hoo-Hoo and its place in the Lumber industry in less than 10 machine-g:un minutes during which the audience scarcely took a breath in its sincere interest.
Club 2 Snark Don Braley was toastmaster for the event, introducing the various visiting Hoo-Hoo and prominent ladies of the Hoo-Hoo-Ettes. The Fashion Show annually staged at this day's luncheon was a gasser this year-and hard to tell whether the gals did more for the gowns than vice versa.
The guest of honor at the convention was also heard briefly at this session. He was H. W. "Herb" Blackstock, a Seattle, Wash., dealer of the lumberyard of the same name, and His Excellency, the 1958-59 president of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Assn., Washington, D. C. Dealer "Herb" is right out of the head of the class of the "old school." His wry remarks made remarkably good common sense, and he told his fellow dedlers more in a few moments than a month of speakers could ever do.
Mr. Blackstock is the "convention catch" of the season in more ways than one and the entire audience hoped the NRLDA holds
Many supplier firms held Open llouse as usual this year in their hospitality rooms at the Ambassador during the convention. One of the most enjoyable afrairs was a cocktail party g:iven in the Dolphin Court by Bill Hanen, Southern California manaS:er, and Tom Duncan, assistant manag:er, to introduce their boss, James H. Whitty, new president of the Al Peirce Lumber Co., Long Beach. The many dealers and wholesalers who dropped by to meet him found Jim Whitty a g'ood guy who knows his business from many years in Pacific Northwest lumber production, distribution and sales. This was Whitty's, second trip to L.A. since his election as president of the Peirce company last year, and this time he expressed a wish to meet the men and women of tlre Southland lumber industry on a social basis.
Following the well-organized cocktail party, the guests attended the annual SCRLA banquet and entertainment, Wednesday evening, and there Peirce's President Whitty found more old friends and made many new ones.
ASOVE: Ourgoing Pre:idenl Hol Brm, NRLDA Preridqt Herb 8l*kstotk ond Incming Preidat Gil Word (1. lo r.).
tOP LEFT: Four big Hoo-Hoo qnd lhree 5nqkr of the Univene in ore photo (1. to r.lDwe Doir od Roy Slolon, ex-Snorkri Jock Berry, Sup.me Custcatio of the Con.otenoted 9, od the pro5dt Srcrk, Bob Gcllogher.
GENTER, lefl: Crrie Hmlll6, Seqttle Dols Blockrtock md lm Fox, Sdtd llfficd deoler od mmba of the NRLDA Execulivc cffiillee.
IOWER lefi: t. A. CltS 2 Ho-Hoo Jim Forgie, Suprffie Cutlocotio Berry ond Son Diego Club 3 Srk, Dsler Jofin Collinr (1. to r.l.
BELOW: Do Brqley, 5nck of ClrA 2. with the big Snork, Gollogher, md lhe big Deqler, Blqktto(k of the NRLDA
him over for another term so he can come back and juice up many another dealer get-together. This retailer punctuates his "National" remarks with experiences on the local level. And he's the new Champ!
Climaxing the convention was the annual Dinner-Dance Thursday night, held again this year at the popular Moulin Rouge in
World."
Yep ! And a wonderful time of year when Dealers and Suppliers tors of the SCRLA
time and effort away
can break bread together and compare notes at the never-failing, busy yards to put'on meetings like this one was.
Martin N. Deggeller, president of Harbor Plywood Corporation, announces the addition of four new sales warehouses. On March 1, a 50,000-square foot office and warehouse was opened in Memphis, Tennessee, under the direction of J. D. Prince.
Purchase of Lundgren Door and Plywood, Inc., Fresno, Calif.; Lundgren Wholesale Supply, Inc., Yakima, Wash., and Vancouver Door Sales, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona, from Art Lundgren was completed on April 6, 1959. Lundgren, according to the announcement, will continue to operate his Seattle and Tacoma branches. The three warehouses range in size from 12,000 to 17,000 square feet, with land set aside at each location for future expansion.
According to R. L. Stelzer, Harbor's director of sales, all of the present personnel will be retained. Managers for the three branches are: Fresno, Loyd Snuggs; Phoenix, Ed Merrell; Yakima, Don Young. Stelzer also announced plans to enlarge the building and expand the sales force and product lines in the Phoenix location. In all four branches the complete line of Harbor products will be carried.
"The four new warehouses and the addition of new product lines at all Harbor warehouses," said Deggeller, "represents the beginning of a sales-expansion program announced earlier this year. Current plans call for the addition of several warehouses during the next few years and a general strengthening of our distribution pattern to include company branches or distributors in all maior marketing areas."
(Tell them Aou suD it in The California Lumber Mercharrt)
(Continued from Page 26) have performed it. After a practice session by the Arizona dealers the other night, one of Secretary Gus Michaels' "stars" said, "It's so true, it hurts." For the Prescott convention presentation, the scene of the play will be "The Supreme Court Room-Yavapai County Court House."
Also scheduled on the convention program is a peppy talk by Dick Hills of the Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co., "What Your Phone Means to Your Busi11eSS.
Jay O'Malley, Phoenix dealer and immediate past president of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Assn., is flying back home to Arizona from the May 10-14 annual Spring meeting of the NRLDA in Washington to bring his fellow dealers up to the minute on the latest National matters.
An important item of business at this 1959 convention will be a revision by the membership of the association's bylaws at its present Z1-year milestone, according to law.
On the "play-sure" side of the business gathering will be Golf every morning at Hassayampa Country Club and Antelope Hills Golf Course, the Barbecue on Friday night with cocktails courtesy of Phoenix Cement Co., the annual Banquet and Dance on Saturday night with cocktails courtesy of Arizona Cement Co. There will be a Hoo-Hoo Concatenation on Saturday afternoon-and the Arizona Cats really put one on.
For the Ladies, Gus Michaels and his staff have provided golf, a Hospitality headquarters in the Prescott room of the Hassayampa hotel, Bridge and Canasta with rolls and coffee daily, the annual Ladies Luncheon at the Pine Cone Inn with a westerll theme and entertainment bv Gail I. Gardner, nationally known writer of poems and'songs of the cattle range; a tour of the Noggle plant where works of noted sculptors are reproduced in bronze, a visit to the Rodell Diorama Studio, and a tour of homes and gardens sponsored by the Alta Vista Garden Club.
Secretary Michaels reported late in April that advance registrations indicate the largest attendance at any Arizona annual so far, with more than 150 already on the lir.re at tl-rat early date. Reservations may be made through the Prescott Chamber of Commerce, or through the Association's offices at 4740 North Central Ave.. Pl.roenix.
Six Northern California associations of home builders revealed April 14 that they plan to create a single employer bargaining unit to deal with construction trades unions, reported The San Francisco Examiner. Incorporation papers may be filed by The Northern California-Conference of Home Builders before the first 1959 contract is negotiated with a basic building craft by builders of San
Francisco, the East Bay, Nlarin county, San Mateo cotlltty, Santa Clara county and the Sacramento valley. Discttssions were scheduled to coordinate the bargaining activities of the new group with the Northern and Central chapters of the Associated General Contractors.
Sacramento Lumberman R. F. "Bob" Nikkel announces that the veteran lumberman and pine specialist, Bob Bonner, joined the R. F. Nikkel Lumber Co. in Sacramento, April 15. Bonner, who for the past six years l-rad represented Hedlund Lumber Sales in the Bav area. will move to Sacramento irnmediately and will be aitive in both buying and selling for the Nikkel organization.
Lumberman Bonner is a native of Vancouver. B.C.. and a long time resident of the San Francisco Bay area. He attended the University of California at Berkeley and, after choosing lumber as a career, cut his teeth on dimension and boards as Bay area sales representative for Chapman Lumber Company of Portland. He later spent l0 years in outside sales for Gamerston & Green Lumber Company, working out of that firm's San Francisco headquarters both before and after WWII. During the war, Bob served with the 45th Infantry Division, where he spent most of his time around Anzio. After a few years back stateside with G&G, Bob accepted a position with the U.S. Engineers in its San Francisco lumber procurement division, where he remained until joining Ricci & Kruse Lumber Co., San Francisco, some four years before his Hedlund affiliation.
Besides an active career in lumber. Lumberman Bob has been one of the Bay area's leading lights in Hoo-Hoo, having served as president of San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club 9 (1953-54) and been instrumental in the formation of Santa Clara Valley Hoo-Hoo Club 170, of which he is currently servlng as vlce-presrdent.
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Door Fromes
Window Frcmes
Double-Hung Windows
Sliding Windows
Acme Sliding Door Fromes
H. W. Trask of the Interstate Lumber Co., Missoula, Montana, was elected president at the 1934 annual of the Western Retail Lumbermen's Assn.. held in Spokane. R. L. Brown was reelected secretary-manager. . . American Legion Lumbermen's Post 403, Los Angeles, set May 25 as the date of its annual "lli Jinks," to be held at the Hamilton Club,623rl S. Grand. Harold W. Brown was in charge of arrangements. Charles P. llenry, Phoenix representative of the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., visited the Los Angeles office. Frank H. White, assistant salesmanager of the Hammond Lumber Co., visited the mill at Samoa for a week Recent yard improvements and remodeling of- the showrooms was reported by the Dixon (Calif.) Lumber Co. and- the P. C. F{ansen Co., Centreville. H. H. Smith, Daly City lumberman, was reelected mayor.
The Stanislaus Lumber Company has just about completed some- improvements to the yard that include a new of,fice and salesroom, and R. L. "Dick" Ustick writes a description of
them for The California Lumber Merchant's issue of May l, 1934. Says Dealer Ustick:
"We have endeavored to adhere to a style best described as 'frontier.' Our siding is 3x8 log cabin (Redwood No. 3 in grade to show enough knots and imperfections to appear attractive). Logs on the porch -are also redwood from a pile we found hidden in Warren Tillson's lumber yard. Verge boards, window frames and door frames are also built f rom the log cabin siding, mitred on cornets and put together with white lead. Space in front is left for drive-inan aciessory more valuable to a lumber yard thair to a grocery store. In the interior we have our main salesroom containing also nails and builders hardware. Othei rooms are for paint and rough hardware, private offrce, lavatories, vault, an attic room for drafting and executive sessions (if any) and basement for depression records and heating system. Our counter is of Oregon Pine plywood with Presdwood top. All other trim and woodwork is Knotty Ponderosa. Walls and ceilings are of
beaver insulating board, battened with 1x3 battens and panel mould. Ceilings are beamed. Floor in rear of counter is of 6x6 and l2xl2 T&G Presdwood, front floor being lx3 Oak No. 2 Common, finished to show color streaks and imperfections. Doors are Knotty Pine inside-front doors Philippine Mahogany outside with adzed face. Plate glass windows throw ample light from a point of vantage favorable to the eyes of those working at desks. We have mnch to do yet to complete our 'six-months plan.' We are attempting to pull all of our most called-for stock close to the office. Doors, windows, mouldings, panel boards, roofing, lx2 and 1x3 in both clear and common-all of these are rhaterials the quick sale of which can be made from ihe office, money taken, clelivery made and customer on his or her way rejoicing in less time than it takes for a yard man to reach the office. We have cut 'steps up' and 'steps down' to a minimuin (customers do not like obstructions) and have aimed to make ample passageways that a customer may be taken on a bee-line
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to whatever he wishes to see or buy. There are still a great many ragged ends to pick up, but as far as we have gone (pardon our immodesty), we're a bit proud of our new plant and its workability."
(Editor's note: Dealer Dick tlstick, back there 25 years ago, sounds to us even today in 1959 like the original modern-day merchandiser and pointof-sale promoter.)
H. Sewall Morton returned to Hill & Morton in Oakland from a trip to the Booth-Kelly mills in E,ugene, Ore., on which he was accompanied by the Sacramento salesman, Harry Terrell
The Corning (Calif.) Lumber Co. remodeled the offices and showroom.
63 took part in the Lumbermen's Golf Tournament at Brentwood, April 6, in which H. O. Warde of PattenBlinn, Los Angeles, won low-gross, and Paul Hill, Lounsberry-Harris, won low-net. H. \V. Brown oi The Celotex Co. had the high-gross score. Dinner was served to 60. The Arrangements committee included Don Philips, chairman; Ross Blanchard, Kenneth Smith, E. L. Reitz, Harry lIanson, Ed Seward, Walter Harris, C. M. Freeland, Frank Burnaby, Bill Chantland, Jack Thomas, Harry Graham, Roy Stanton and Ed Martin. . . . Ed A. Horr ioined the Ry-Lock Company, San Leandro.
The National Control committee of the Lumber Code Authority authorized
lumber production of 4,550,000,000 feet for the second quarter of 1934, with this to be made up of 3,650,000,000 feet of softwoods and 900,000,000 feet of hardwoods. Schafer Bros. Lumber & Shingle Co. changed the name of its steamer, the C. D. Johnson III, to the Anna Schafer. The big Chinese market for Douglas fir ties was likely to be lost to American producers unless amendments are made to the Lumber Code, reported William Denman, president of the Coos Bay Lumber Co. . . Elmore W. King, King Lumber Co., Bakersfield, and F. Dean Prescott, Valley Lumber Co., Fresno, left for Washington to attend Code hearings on behalf of Subdivision No. 4.
New York City, N. Y.The St. Regis Paper Co. has acquired Northwest Door Co., Tacoma, Wash., in an exchange of an undisclosed number of St. Regis shares for all of Northwest's outstanding capital stock, the two firms disclosed April 15. The Northwest stock was held by Her-
man E. Tenzler, the Tenzler family and the Tenzler Foundation.'Northwest Door Co., employing 450, will continue under present management, with Hermat-t Tenzler as general manager. Besides a door and plywood plant, the comparly has cutting rights to 4,665 acres of timberlands and runs a log dump.
Don Philips, Jr., prominent young lumber executive o{ Southern California, has opened wholesale lumber offices at 2613 Wilshire Boulevard, in Santa Monica. Don is a member of the pioneer Pliilips lumber family and l-ras been associated in lumber distribution since the close of World War II. He is well known in Southland civic and social circles and is an active member in Hoo-Hoo Cl:ub 2.
Don was raised in the lumber industry and spent most of his holidays at the sawmills during his-youth. Following the completion of his formal education, he joined his father at Lawrence-Philips and has been identified in lumber sales there and elsewhere since that time. "We shall represent the better mills and shall offer our customers fast, efficient service," said Don.
Independent Building Materials Co., Torrance, Calif., has applied for Associate membership in the Southern California Retail Lumber Assn. Officers of the wholesale firm are listed as W. E. Upton, president; Raymond T. Estes, vice-president; Leo K. Gold, secretary-treasurer, and Don Jewett, salesmanager.
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Independence, Calif.The Inyo County Board of Supervisors has given the green light to the Sage Flats-toOlancha Pass road project and place it in the federal aid Secondary Board syitem. The application calls for building a high standard road by 1960. The project is seen as of great economic benefit to southern Inyo county and the eastern slope of the High Sierra.
The route would serve as a timber access road to bring timber to a lumber mill in the Olancha-Lone Pine area under the USFS program for timber harvest in the Cannell Working Circle in the south end of Inyo Natl. Forest. The Forest Service reports there is sufficient timber to offer a sustained-yield cutting operation for many decades. The road would eventually be connected with present routes into the timber-cutting area from the west side 9f the Sierra. It will also open up a vast recreational area.
The 1959 Los Angeles Home Show will be the first mated in the new Nfemorial Coliseum ,or exposltlon presentecl rn l\remorlal \-ollseum Sports Arena, announce Dale J. Missimer, president of the Home Show, and Frode B. Kilstofte, president of the Coliseum Commission. They declared the multi-milliorr dollar Home Show would run for 11 days, either in July or early August, when it was expected that the 163,500 sc1. ft. Arena would be completed.
l!fissimer declared, "It's indeed fitting that the constrttction industry which built our magnificent Sports Areua will be privileged to open it with the l4th Annual Home Show. We now can present many more new ideas and products which rvill stimulate business growth in Southern California."
Missimer publicly acknowledged the job done by Wilmington Lumber Dealer Kilstofte and the Coliserrrn Commission and Bill Nicholas to transform the Arena frorr-r the planning board into a building all Los Angeles citizens would be proud of. He said it was a titanic job clorre with imagination, beauty and utmost functionalisrn.
Lumberman Kilstofte said the opening of the Arena would presage a new golden era of business and sports in Los Angeles. He said the Coliseum Commissior-r was proucl to have the Los Angeles Home Show as the first Exposition because it would provide a magnificent foregrouncl when the building is open to the public.
Arena Manager Bill Nicholas paid tribute to the construction Industry for the speed with which it rvas completing the Arena, declaring the Los Angeles Home Show would be a premiere of magnitude and brilliance befitting the opening of the finest Arena in the world.
"The Reveille is ready," report General Chairman Cl-rris Sechrist and Oakland Hoo-Hoo boss-mau Jerry Mashek. This year's big Hoo-Hoo spectacular will be held at the Claremont hotel in Berkeley, on the evening of May 15.
Starting time is set for 6:39 p.m., and for the more athletically inclined, Club 39 has arranged a Reveille Golf Tournam-ent at the Claremont Country Club. Tournament time is 11:39 a.m. on, with Paul Gaboury and Jack Crane in charge of that division.
The always great Reveille evening will include the usual big cocktail party, a big steak dinner with all. the trimmings, and the "Reveille Revue," this year headlined by MC Bob Karl, "The Madcaps," the "DeSoto Sisters," the "O'dells," the Mason - Kahn Chorus Line and three "exotics."
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Mead Kibbey, head of Black Diamond Lumber Co. in Sacramento, recently purchased the planing mill formerly operated by Bercut-Richards Lumber Co. at Richards Blvd. and North 7th St. in Sacramento and will operate the plant under the name of Black Diamond Planing Mill. Lee Roark,
former plant superintendent of Heffernan Planing Mill in West Sacramento, will be in charge of the new Black Diarnond mill, which occupies eight acres of paved property aud has a monthly capacity of better than 1,000,000 b.f.
George Bonitz, vice-president and production manager of the Regal Door Company, El Monte, announces that the rnauufacturing concern has been reorganized and is now in full production to serve the Southern California dealers.
Pete Bingley has been named general manager and secretary of the firm, it was said. Pete has been identified in nrauufacturing and sales for the past six years and is well l<uown at both the manufacturing and distribution levels.
"\A/e have started mass production of all species of doors for dealers in Southern California and Arizona," saicl Bingley, "ar.rcl our plant is being geared to operate on a two-shift production schedule to meet the heavy demand for quality doors for homes, commercial ancl industrial use."
Regal Door will occupy the old plant at 10176 Rush Street, El X'{onte, Califomia, where tl.rey are presently turning out hardu'ood and softwood doors in all sizes for tlre tra<le, it is said.
llotrolnlu, Oahu, Harvaii.-Hawaiian Cement Crtrp. plans to builcl a $12 million plant here starting in August. It would commence oDeratior.r in 1961 with a schecluled caDac- ity of a million birrels a year, saicl President lLoberf D. Fisher. Stockholders are American Cement Co., the Cyprus Nlines Corp.-both on the mainland; Alexancler & Balclwin, the Dillingham E,state, Gaspro Co., and tl-re Hawaiian Dredging & Construction Co.all of Honolulu.
Henry J. Kaiser's Permanente Cement Co., which ships cement here from the mainland in his own vessels, has heretofore had the llawaiian cement market alone.
Penobscot Investors Co. has been approved a 148-acre, 2O3-single family residence subdivision in the East Whittier Zoned District, north of Whittier boulevard and east of Colima road.
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Oslrom tokes greot pride in producing o finer product-o good reoson for choosing the finest setlsoning equipment ond "following-through" with occurote moisture content checks by dependoble, economicol moisture mefers.
In obove photo, Ostrom's Cecil Schiffner, co-monoger ond heod of plcnt production (right), confers wirh (lefi fo dghr) Bud O'Shounes3y, pldnt supt., ond Merl Kennedy, dry kiln supl., in checking o stock of K.D. l"xl2" $2 and befter common cedqr rough with TAG-HEPPENSTAII lloistur6 iAeter.
Two district warehouse managers have been named by Georgia-Pacific Corporation, according to S. W. White, vice-president of the warehouse division, to "give closer suoervision and more effective assistance to the warehouse unjts in the California and Pacific Northwest areas," White explained.
Named District manager of G-P's Central California warehouse group was R. L. Brazelton, manager of their Salinas warehouse. His territory now includes Salinas, San Jose and Fresno. A. W. Wright, Seattle warehouse, will be responsible for the Pacific Northwest warehouses including Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, Spokane, and Pasco, Washington, and Billings, Montana.
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Suppliers to the building industry have just received the first official announcement of the 6th annual Building Products Exposition of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association, to be held in Cleveland, Ohio, November l4-I7.
New in the building material dealers' 1959 show, according to the l2-page announcement folder, will be an "Avenue of New Dimensions in Selling," to which standard regulations pertaining to height and depth of display will not apply. Exhibitors buying space on the "Avenue" are encouraged to use creative imagination in their displays and utilize the "entire cubic volume-from floor to ceiling, from aisle to aisle-to create a dramatic background for introduction of new products or 1960 lines."
Our elected representatives seated in the California State Assembly have passed A.B. 1223, which would establish a $1.25 minimum wage. It now is in the Senate Labor committee. This bill would cause infationary price increases or result in unemployment, reports the Merchants and Manufacturers Association, Los Angeles.
It would hurt employesthe elderly and handicapped who would not be employed if their services are not worth 25o/o more than they now receive. It would stimulate self-service with the customer supplanting the present work of employes. Increased wage costs causing increased prices decrease consumption, thus resulting in fewer jobs. California manufacturers would be placed at a competitive disadvantage with other states.
These are just a few of the many reasons why A.B. 1223 to establish a $1.25 minimum wage would be harmful to the people of California, declares the M&M.
The brochure also points out the key position of the building materials dealer as the "only distribution outlet selling all the light construction market-builders, contractors, homeowners, farmers, and commercial firms."
Exposition General Chairman Oertell Collins of Savannah, Georgia, indicated that about 4O/o of the suppliers who participated in the recent NRLDA Exposition in Chicago have already requested space in the Cleveland show before the first announcement was made.
"This is an indication of the wonderful optimism pervading this industry today," Mr. Collins said. "The spontaneous enthusiasm which was generated at the 1958 NRLDA show will be reflected in an even more dynamic Exposition in Cleveland next November."
Adding to the "spectacular" atmosphere of the 1959 Exposition will be a full-scale Est-her Williams swimming pool which will be awarded as a prize to some lucky building materials dealer attending the show. Inquiries concerning the show should be directed to Martin C. Dwyer, NRLDA Exposition Director, 302 Ring Building, Washington 6, D.C.
State Forester F. H. Raymond announces the appointment of Joseph C. Springer as state forest ranger in Humboldt Ranger Unit, consisting of Humboldt and Del Norte counties in the North Coast District, effective April 20. His headquarters will be at Fortuna. Springer is iransferred from the Southern California district headquarters of the Division of Forestry at Riverside, where he has been in charge of forest fire control planning operations.
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The 1957 \Arood Preservation Statistics compiled bv Gordon D. IVlerrick of the Forest Service, U. S. Dioartment of Agriculture, show an increase of 16.6 million cubic feet of wood treated for protection against decay, termites, marine borers or fire over the amount similarly treated in 1956. a_c_cording to P. B. Mayfield, president- of the American Wood-Preservers' Association. -
The. _19-V survey, prepared by Merrick in co-operation with. AWPA, r?resents the production of 339 wood-pre- serving plants, 250 of. which are pressure-treating plants, !f _1on-pressure and 22 equipped foi both pto...r..l During 1957 these reporting plants (14 more than reported in 1956) consumed a total of 235,224,111 gallons of liquid preservatives and 21,937,295 pounds of solid preservatives. -
Tlre use of creosote-coal tar solution increased 26/o, probably due to the large increase itr treatment of crossties (22%). The use of straight distillate coal tar creosote decreased 3/o, while the use of creosote-petroleum solutions increased 8/o. Eighty percent of all material reported in the survey was treated with creosote or a creosote solution. Tlre use of pentachlorophenol showed a drop of 9/o (the first decrease in six years) from 1956 consumption, being employed for treatment of 13/o of the material. All other preservatives combined treated 7/o.
Pressure processes were used for approximately 95/o of tlre total volume of wood treated in 1957, with crossties and poles together accounting for 68/o of the total, lumber and timbers l5/" (up 2/o f.rom 1956) and fence posts 5% op 5/o fuom 1956. Poles, piles, crossarms, wood blocks and miscellaneous production showed decreases from 1956.
Dinuba, CalifE. P. Ivory, president of Ivory Pine Co. here, was re-elected president of Western Lumber Manufacturers, Inc., March 14, at the association's annual meeting in San Francisco, at which he presided. The association of lumber producers who purchase government timber has grown under President Ivory. Its purpose is to encourage better forestry, greater social and economic bene-
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A highlight of the March meeting was an outline of the USF's new "unit-area-control" marking system presented by B. H. Payne, assistant regional forester. The new method of selecting trees for harvest will be put into general use on the west side of the Sierra Nevada.
International Lumber and Plywood Corporation of Inglewood and Fresno broke all existing import records with the recent receipt of over 1,500 tons of Swan Hardboard f rom Sweden, according to Harry Perry, president of International.
Mr. Perry revealed this record in announcing that International has been appointed the exclusive distributor for the Southland orr all Swan Board products by the SwanBoard Company of Gotenburg, Sweden, one of the world's largest manufacturers of hardboard products.
International stocks both Standard and Super SwanBoard in ll{', 3f16", and l/4" thicknesses, and both types are also stocked in perforated panels. This outstanding line of prodncts also includes primed-surface hardboards and the new and revolutionary Birch-fibre surfaced "Birchboard."
This new program for International augments its regular line of the finest imported and domestic softwood and hardwood plywoods, Kaiser-FirTex insulation and acoustical products, Turnbuckle perforated board fixtures, and related building materials. All of these products are under one 30,000-square foot roof at 820 Isis Street in Inglewood, where service and delivery are the keywords of the entire operation.
Phoenix, Ariz.-Whiting and Kutch Lumber Co., Payson, Ariz., wag high bidder March 10 on the purchase of 20.810.000 b.f. 6f timber in Tonto Natl. Forest with its offer of $10.55 per M of pine and $6.05 per M of white and Douglas fii. The bids were to be submitted to the USFS regional office at Albuquerque and, if awarded the contract, Whiting and Kutch would harvest the timber at its newly acquired mills in Payson formerly operated by Owens Brothers.
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The big Spring Concatenation is all set for Thursday evening, May 14, following an Awards dinner to be held at Fox Hills Country Club, reports Snark Don Braley of Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Cl:ub 2.
"The committee has arranged a full day of activities," he said. "Starting with the Golf tournament at 10.29 a.m., through cocktails at 5:29 and dinner promptly at 7 :29 p.rn. and then the 'awards' for those 'old-limeis' who have- devoted their time to the progress of Hoo-Hoo, it will be a big night," declared Braley.
Follorving the Awards presentation, a Concatenation will get undern'ay with about a dozen Kittens expected to be initiated into fhe hallowed halls of Hoo-Hoo.
Food and grog are always good at Fox Hills and, witl-r this full program and also-a ibp Sports film to be shown
a{ter the Concat, the May 14 meeting is going to be one of the most gala the Los Angeles "Cats" have ever celebrated.
Snark Braley says, "Bring as many guests as you wish for this terrific program, but be sure to bring Yourself so that the Kittens can see Club 2 at its full manpower and get the .righ.t idea of the caliber of the organization they're Jolnlng.
George Eastman, formerly with Steiner Lumber Company in Sacramento, has just opened his own retail yard on Auburn boulevard in the capitol city. The dealer has selected Standard Lumber Company as the name of l-ris yard.
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The varying lengths of tin.re that company records must be kept in regard to incone and excise taxes, social security, payrolls, etc., have been tabulated in a new report by Controllership Foundation, Inc., New York, research arm of the Controllers Institute of America.
The 242-page study comprises Volume 1 of a series entitled "Corporate Records Retention," and is subtitled "A Guide to U. S. Federal Requirements." Prepared by Robert B. Wheelan, research associate on the Foundation's staff, it lists the general requirements of tl-re Internal Revenue Service, the I-abor Department and the Securities and Exchange Comn'rission, plus those of other agencies and departments concerned with government contracts, Defense Material transactions and export and interstate shippers.
"In the battle to cope with tl.re mounting pile of documents
which must be stored against future needs," explained Herbert F. I(lingrnan, research director of the Foundation, "Managel.nent must decide not only which records to keep but also l.row long to retain them. Government requirements are a vital determinir.rg factor, and these vary according to the agency or clocument involved."
In some instances, Dr. Klingman pointed out, the regulations specify a definite time, as is the case with the federal unemploynrent tax, where the retention period is four years. Others range from "optional" to "so long as the contents thereof may become material to enforcement," whicl.r applies to most records for federal income tax purposes.
Others cited in the study include: "Not specified" "Perlnanent, except as otherwise authorized" "Destroy only upon consent and approval of the Commission" "Destroy at ootion after annual audit and six months after account is settlid."
The guide was developed, Dr. Klingrnan said, to save colnpanies and their legal counsel the chore of making up their own. as nrar.rv felt forced to do before the volume was issued. "There is a -subtle difference," he explained, "between a requirenrent which specifies tl.rat certain records must be kept in perpetuity ancl one which simply reads that they must be l<ept, or mtlst be kept as long as necessary. What is reasonable and realistic in these latter two circumstances was difficult to determine without reference to requirements of other regulations appliecl to sinrilar companies or similar classes of records by other governmental units. The burdensome search had to be repeated in the case of each company concerned, involving wasteful duplication, tedium and effort.
"Rather tl.rau nndertake this, management and counsel nrore ofterr than r.rot clecidecl to keep records permanently in the face of vague or incleterr.r.rinate laws and regulatiorrs. Consiclering the volume of paperwork in business today, this has proved very costly."
-lhe book will be followed shortlv bv Volun-re II of the series. the Iiounclation executive said. Now- in completed manuscript forur, it covers Canadian federal and provincial records retention re:luirements. The thircl volume will tabulate those of state goverurlents in the United States.
Copies of Volunre I are obtainable fror.r.r the Founclation, wlrose offices are at 2 Park Avenue, New York 16, N. Y. They are oriced at $10.
Keith Garrick's 20-acre, 76-lot single-family residence tract has been approved south of Covina boulevard, west of Lone Hill avenue in the San Dimas Zoned District. Also approved was M. W. Finley's 9-acre, 37-lot single-family residence tract south of Cienega avenue, east of Valley Center avenue.
A meeting with the Laborers Union, Aprll 2, kicked oft' the 1959 negotiations between Southern California contractors' groups and 85,000 building-trades craftsmen on wageincrease demands and working-condition changes affecting construction costs in the Southland.
Meeting were scheduled to follow with the Cement masons, April 6; with the Teamsters union, April 8, and with the Carpenters union, April 9. For the next two months, the series of negotiations calls for weekly meetings with each craft, depending on progress made, according to spokesmen for the Southern California chapter of the Associated Gene:al Contractors, the Home Builders Assn., the Building Contractors Assn. of California, and the Excavating and Grading Contractors Assn.
Facing the employer groups are wage-boost demands ranging f.rom 25c to nearly $1 hourly, plus a wide variety
of fringe benefit proposals and suggested changes in travel and subsistence allowances and iob reclassifications-total costs of which are difficult to detirmine.
Laborers, carpenters and cement masons each have S-year master contracts which they are reopening, while the teamsters, whose 2-year contract does not expire until June, are reopening on all issues.
Bailey Lumber Company, successor to llammond Lumber Company's Northern California retail yard chain, has moved its purchasing department to 2717 North Main Street in Walnut Creek. In charge of the new office. and responsible for all yard purchasei for the Bailey chain, is E. W. Kelley, Jr., former Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. executive who joined the Bailey organization early this year.
Pacific Cement and Aggregates, Inc., a leading producer of cement, sand and gravel, and ready-mixed concrete in Northern and Central California. has purchased the ClarkeHalawa Rock Company of Honolulu. as a Hat'aiian Division, Pacific Cement and Aggregates, Inc., according to R. K. Humphries, president of PCA.
Clarke-Halawa was founded by the late Chester R. Clarke in 1940. Facilities include a rock quarrv on the outskirts of Honolulu and a sand pit at Haleiwa, o11 the other side of Oahu Island. Included ln the purchase are ClarkeHalawa's subsidiaries: Transit Mix Concrete Company, which operates a fleet of 14 modern ready-mix trucks; Prestressed Concrete Company, and Construction Services Company-all of Honolulu. PCA has also bought the limestone quarry and rock plant of Western Rock Products Companv at Larrlaulei.
PCA is retaining all personnel from the Clarke-Halawa Rock Company. Robert Clarke, former president of the firm, has been named a vice-president of PCA and will be manager of the combined Hawaiian Division. Allan Clarke, formerly vice-president and treasurer, will be sales manager of-tl-re Division.
-The Clarke-Halawa Rock Company was founded o11 property leased from Queen's Hospital. It soon won customers throughout the Iilands and ioday its quarry operations rank as the second largest in the state of Har,l'aii. In fact, the majority of the Highways on Oahu use Clarke-Halawa's select material and base course material.
Elsinore, Calif.Robert L. Bennett has been named manag'er of the Dill Lumber Company's yard here to succeed George Lyell, who was transferred to. management of the Dilllard in Hemet, Calif. Bennett had been assistant manager oi the local yard the past several years under Nlanaler Lyell. Bennett and his wife are the p^a1-en_ts of two sons Jnd two daughters and came here in 1945 from San Bernardino. The new manager has named Earl Butler as the yard's new assistant manager and engaged Bi1ly Joe Robb as a fulltime employee. Bill Butler, a son of the new assistant manager, is employed part-time at the Elsinore vard while a senior in hieh school.
The Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commi,s.sion has approved -Pioneer Land Company's 72-acre, 308-lot sinsle-family residence subdivision in Lancaster, Calif ., -soii-th of Avenue T, west of 1Oth St., East.
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Santa Ana, Calif.-The County Counsel has ruled that the.Orange County Planning Commision is not empowered to disapprove the proposed housing development near the Los Alamitos Naval Air Station. The ruling was made after Capt. C. L. Westhofen, commander of the air station, voiced strong objections to the planned development on a 320-acre site east of the busy airfield. He told the Commission the project would place homes under the landing pattern of aircraft using the station and this would be "fraught with danger to life and property."
The_ county counsel's ruling followed a similar opinion passed some time ago involving the Rossmoor housing project near the station, which is 50% complete and will comprise about 4,000 homes.
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The Inter-County Regional Planning Commission, Denver, Colorado, received a $49,750 federal grant to continue preparation of comprehensive plans for development of the metropolitan area, announced Urban Renewal Commissioner Richard L. Steiner. Current population estimate of the city's urban area, covering 1,800 square miles and spread over five counties, is 820,000. Refer: Chairman H. M. Shulenberg, I-CRPC, 2150 S. Bellaire St., Denver, Colo.
Saint Mary's college of California, 15 miles east of Oakland and founded in 1863, received Community Facilities Administration approval of a $350,000 loan to build a dormitory for l0) men students in its 703-student enrollment. Refer: President Roy Joseph Flotz, St. Mary's College, Calif.; Project No. Calif. 4-CH-65 (D).
CFApproval of a $6,600 advance for preliminary planning of school facilities at Blackfoot and Wapello, Idaho, was announced iby Commissioner John C. Hazeltine. Construction is expected to begin in 1960 on the $467,800 project 25 miles north of Pocatello and include a l4-classroom elementary school in Blackfoot and additions to the Wapello elementary school. Refer: Albert Carlsen, chairman, Board of Trustees, School Offce, Blackfoot, Idaho; Project No. Idaho l0-P-3013.
The Delhi, California, Water District has received a $4,000 CFAdvance to plan sewer and water facilities for the Merced county community. Construction is expected to begin by March 1960 on the $457,000 project. Refer: Leroy Taylor, Delhi Water D'istrict; Project No. Calif. 4-P-3316.
The Class "8" School District 161 of Clark County, Idaho, has received a $1,700 CFAdvance to plan construction of an estimated $192,400 elementary school and modernization of an existing school at Dubois, Idaho. Work is expected to begin in 1960 on the 6-room elementary school with multi-purpose room. A new Air Defense Command Station and USDA Experimental Station in the area are bringing new families. Refer: Supt. David T. Ross; Project No. Idaho l0-P-3012.
The Monterey, California, City School District has received CFAdvances totaling $32,000 for planning of two elenrentary schools to cost an estimated $770,000 each and start construction during 1960. The schools will serve children through the 6th grade and each will consist of administration building, 24 classrooms, 2 kindergartens and a multi-purpose building. Elementary school enrollnrent increased from 6,625 last year to 7,846 in the current term. Refer: Eldon J. Covell, Supt. of Schools; Project No. Calif.4-P3111, and Calif. 4-P-3112.
Ennis, Montana, has received a $2,330 CFAdvance to plan a water system to serve the town of 500-plus populatiolr between Bozenran and Butte. Construction is expected to start cluring Novetnber on the $170,912 project. Refer: Town Clerk John F. Scully; Project No. Mont. 24-P-3068.
Great Falls, Montana, received HHFApproval of its workable program to eliminate slums and blight and guide its orderly development, the first locality in the state to receive such approval and the 44th state in the nation with such programs. The citl' at the confluence of the Missouri and Sun rivers grew from a 39,214 population irr the 1950 census to an estimated 19,262 today. The city's building code will be updated and a housing code prepared early in 1960. Great Falls has 156 units of low-rent public housing under management, and temporary war housing now substandard will be demolished this year, with public and private guaranty of standard housing to be provided. Refer: Mayor John W. Steffani.
South Pasadena, California, will carry out its 31S-acre "Nfonterey Hills" urban renewal project with a $4,533,000 federal loan approved by URA Comm. Steiner. The area of open land less than a mile from the central business district contains a handful of structures, all residential and mostly substandard. Project land will be prepared for sale to private redevelopers for construction of single-family homes. The South Pasadena Community Redevelopment Agency indicates it expects to sell project land for about $5 million. Refer: Lloyd A. Mannes, director, CRA, 1424 Mission St., So. Pasa., Calif. Portland, Oregon, received HHFA recertification of its workable program to eliminate slums and blight and guide its orderly development. The city has the South Auditorium urban renewal project underway adjoining the central business district and is adding seven field inspectors in the building department. Under study are the Multnomah and Hillsdale business districts, with proposals advanced for renewal of the St. Johns business center. Existing housing is expected to be available for renewal-site residents. In addition, several older multi-unit structures are being renovated and will augment the supply of housing. The city has 525 units of low-rent public housing under management. Refer: Mayor Terry D. Schrunk.
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Bozeman, Montana, has received a $6,500 CFAdvance to plan improvements to its sewerage system. Construction is expected to start by October 1960 on the $785,750 project in the city of 11,325 (1950). Refer: Mayor Howard Erwin; Project No. Mont. 24-P-3081.
Tlte Mid-Willamette Valley, Oregon, Planning Council received flRApproval of a $12,400 federal grant to prepare plans for the growth ;rn<l <levelopment of the Salem metropolitan area of 97 sq. miles with a population of 75,000 involving the city of Salem and Ma.rion and Polk counties. The project is expected to be completed in one year.
Refer: Chairman Robert K. Powell, Mid-Willamette Valley Planning Corrncil, Room 308, Marion County Courthouse, Salem, Ore.
The University of Washington, at Seattle, received CFApproval of a $1,m0,000 federal loan to be used wirh 9274,942 of the applicant's funds for construction of housing and dining facilities. Project will include a
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Florence, Oregon, has received HHFA recertification for the second year of its organized effort to eliminate slums and blight. The community of 1,700 on the Siuslaw river in western Lane county, about three miles from the Pacific ocean, hopes to adopt a housing code at an early date and has started planning 30 units of low-rent public housing authorized by the Public Housing Administratiorr. Refer: Mayor E. A. Davidson.
Ten Oregon communities will receive U'RAid through a $24,350 federal grant to the University of Oregon Bureau of Municipal Research and Service to prepare plans for their growth and development. The communities are Albany, Corvallis, Florence, Grants pass, Medford, Newberg, Newport, Oswego, St. Helens and Toledo. The work will include preparation of subdivision regulations and is scheduled to be completed in 18 months. Refer: He,rman Kehrli. director, Bureau of Municipal Research and Service, University of Oregon, Eugene, Ore.
Legs to the right of us, legs to the left of us; Legs in front of ushow they display them. On they go trippingly, daintily and skippingly, Frost that bites nippingly does not dismay them.
Straight legs and bandy ones, bum legs and dandy ones; Awkward and handy ones flirt with the breeze.
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(Back in 1917, a young advertising man in New York named F. R. Feland wrote an article about a man whose place could never be filled. It was a classic entitled "Who Can Fill Brown's Job?" and was reprinted and quoted perhaps oftener than any other writing of its kind in history. It follows:)
Brown is gone, and many men in the trade are wondering who is going to get Brown's job. There has been considerable speculation about this. Brown's job was reputed to be a good job. Brown's former employerswise, greyeyed men, have had to sit still and express amazement as they listened to bright, ambitious young men and dignified older ones seriously applying for Brown's job.
Brown had a big chair and a wide, flat-topped desk covered with a sheet of glass. Under the glass was a map of the United States. He had a salary of thirty-thousand dollars a year. And twice a year he made a trip to the Coast and called on every one of the firm's distributors.
IIe never tried to sell anything. Brown wasn't exactly in the sales department. He visited with the distributors, called on the dealers, and once in a while made a little talk to a bunch of salesmen. Back at the office he answered most of the important complaints, although his job was not to handle complaints.
Brown wasn't in the credit department either, but vital questions of credit usually got to him somehow or other, and he would smoke and talk and tell a joke and untwist the telephone cord and tell the credit manager what to do.
Whenever Mr. Wythe, the impulsive little president, working like a beaver, would pick up a bunch of papers and peer into a particularly troublesome and messy subject, he had away of saying: "What the heck does Brown say? Well, why don't you do it then?" And that was disposed of.
Or when there was a difficulty that required quick action
and lots of it, together with tact and lots of that, Mr. Wythe would say: "Brown, you handle that."
And then one day the directors met and decided to fire the superintendent of Mill No. 2. Brown didn't hear of this until the day the letter was gone. "What do you think of it, Brown?" asked Mr. Wythe. Brown said: "That's all right. The letter won't be delivered until tomorrow morning, and I'll get him on the phone and tell him to start East tonight. Then I'll have his stenographer send the letter back here, and I'll destroy it before he sees it." The others agreed "that's the thing to do."
Brown knew the business he was in. He knew the men he worked with. He had a whole lot of sense which he used without consciously summoning his judgment to his assistance. He seemed to think good sense. Now he is gone, and men are applying for his job. Others are asking who is going to get Brown's job; bright, ambitious young men; dignified old men.
Men who are not the son of Brown's mother, nor the husband of Brown's wife, nor the product of Brown's childhood: men who never sufrered Brown's sorrows, nor felt his jobs; men who never loved the things that Brown loved, nor feared the things he fearedare asking for his job.
Don't they know that Brown's chair, and his desk, and the map under the glass top, and his pay envelope, are not Brown's job?
Don't they know they might as well apply to the Methodist Church for John Wesley's job?
Brown's former employers know it. For Brown's job is where Brown is.
If I knew the box where the smiles are kept, No matter how large the key Or strong the boltI would try so hard 'Twould open I know, for me.
Then, over the land and sea broadcast, I'd scatter the smiles to play, That the children's faces may hold them fast For many and many a day.
If I knew the box that was large enough To hold all the frowns I meet, I would like to gather them, every one, From nursery, school, and street. Then, folding and holding, I'd pack them in By turning the master key. Then i'd hire a giant to drop the box In the depths of the deep, blue sea.
The San Gabriel Vallev Lumber Co.. established there in 1904, closed down April 1, according to W. V. O'Brien, company controller. The business offices of the retail yard were moved to the firm's Arcadia vard. and the inventorv and equipment were added to the firm's yard in Temple City.
H. J. Muller and W. F. Marmion founded the San Gabriel yard 55 years ago and developed it with the growth of Alhambra and San Gabriel, later adding four branch yards to the east. The yard at 311 S. Mission Drive was in continuous operation since 1904. O'Brien said that the bulk of the yard's eastern trade had moved to the eastern end of the San Gabriel Valley.
"We found that the yard location was no longer advantageous to us or to the city," said O'Brien. He pointed out
that the 2.45 acres can be used for light industry and will ofier a key site adjacent to the railroad. Frank Knutson, former manager of the San Gabriel yard,, was moved April 1 to the management of the Temple City yard, and the San Gabriel office equipment was placed in the Arcadia yard. at 946F E. Las Tunas Dr. Manager Knutson is a past president of the Tournament of Roses committee.
The retail yard employed 25 people, most of whom were transferred. "We disliked moving and our company will miss the friendly cooperation of San Gabriel," CfBrien said. Officials of the firm were active in community affairs. with Mr. O'Brien serving two terms as president of the Chamber of Commerce, from which he reiigned from the board with the move of his offices to Arcadii.
Federal Built Homes' 4O-acre, 176-lot single-family residence subdivision has been approved north- of Avenue R, west of 35th St. East in the Palhdale Zoned District.
At the 67th annual meeting of the National-Arnericau Wholesale Lumber Association, May 19, 20 and 21, at the Shoreham, Washington, D.C., a tailor-made educational and training program for the marketing and selling of lumber and wood products will be made public.
National-American's president, Don R. Meredith, says "Our objective is to make available a practical, down-toearth program to strengthen the sales methods of all who are qualified to enroll in the course which will add an important link to the growing chain of activities designed to capture for wood its rightful share of the building materials market. Sponsoring the course is but part of NationalAmerican's endeavor to insure the success of the National Wood Promotion Program being conducted by the National Lumber Manufacturers Association."
National-American has retained Sidney Edlund of Sidney Edlund and Company, management counselors, to prepare and present the program at the annual meeting. For the last 15 years N{r. Edlund has beeu developing and directing marketing and sales programs for leading organizations of American industry.
This National-American program utilizes proved tecl.rniques for promoting the broadest exchange of experiences and ideas on specific industry, marketing and selling problems. The plan provides a simple means for each participant to contribute his most productive ideas and experiences iu rnarketing lumber and wood products. He receives back a many-fold dividend of carefully culled promotional methods and selling techniques-not theories and ideas from other industries-but proved methods which have brought in profitable business in the lumber industry.
The following subjects will be covered:
Building a clientele ; sales management; customer relations ; human relationships ; competitive factors ; applyirrg
technical knowledge; terms : and recruitment.
credits and collectior-rs ;
This educational and training program will not be couhned to National-American members or their salesrnen but opened to all who market or sell lumber and wood products -wholesalers, manufacturers and commissionmen. It is designed so that anyone may participate fully in each subject, even though he cannot atterrd any of the 36 meetings whlclt will be personally conducted by Sidney Edlund in nine different regional centers throughout the country.
The piogram will start in September 1959 and run through May 1960. Each month will be devoted to one general topic. For example, when "Building a Clientele" is the topic, each participant will re.ceive several really good presentations in the mail illustrating such things as selling lumber to a dealer; millwork to a dealer ; hardwood to a furniture manufacturer; crating material to an industrial, etc.
Each participant will be asked to record his constructive srrggestions on blank forms to be furnished either at meetingJ or, if he cannot attend, by mail. Prizes are planned for the most constructive suggestions which will be publicized with full credit to the suggestors and incorporated into a "Manual of Improved Selling Methods for the Lumber Inclustry" that will be furnished to each enrollee.
As the program progresses, this Manual will become a truly compre6ensive textbook on marketing and selling of lumber and wood products-ready at any time this year or in the years ahead to give constructive help when needed. "In getting behind this program and putting our experience into it," adds President Meredith, "we all not only hope but have every right to expect that all will profit. I'rn all for it !"
Address inouiries to National-Americarr Wholesale Lumber Association, 3 East 44th St., New York 17, N. Y.
San Francisco.-Homebuilding in the U.S. may rvell break all existing records this year, predicted Julian H. Zimmerman, now in his third month as Federal Housing Administration commissioner, on a recent visit here. He said that at least 1,200,000 new houses are expected to be built this year.
Commissioner Zimmerman, former general counsel of the FHHFA, was here to meet with FHA directors of nine western states, Alaska and Hawaii. He said the present level of home building will be adequate until 1965, when the rate will have to be increased. He noted that construction prices are more stable now due to improved building techniclues and materials.
The comn.rissioner believes the increase in west-coast
building costs is due more to the rising prices of land than to increased construction costs.
He added that the FHA program has been self-supporting since 1954, when it paid back all the money it had borrowed from the U.S. Treasr,rry in 1934. He said tl-rat "There has been a revolution in home financing, and three out of live American families now own their own homes."
The most direct new Lien Law bill which has beeu iutroduced in the 1959 session of the State Legislature is S.B. 814, sponsored by Ser.rator Edwin J. Regan of Weaverville, and which has an almost unanimous inclustry backing. It was slated to be heard in committee in mid-April. The bill would require written notice beir.rg served on an owller no later than 15 days before the expiration of the lien period as a prerequisite for lien rights.
The Woodwork Institute of California. in coniunction with other associations in the woodworking field,'participated in a 5-day "Trouble-Shooting Course" sponsored by the Forest Products Research Laboratory at Richmond during the week of March 16. The course covered just about every imaginable problem, both common and rare, that can arise in the manufacture of woodwork and wood furniture.
Probably the one outstanding feature of the course was the caliber of the instructing staff and their ability to put their subjects on a level easily understood by the millwork and furniture men in attendance. The course operated from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. each of the five days, and several of the instructors were men who have won international recognition for outstanding work in their fields.
The instructors dealt with subjects and problems that are common to the industrv. as well as those seldom encountered, and. gave solutions to all, in many cases actually using laboratory equipment to demonstrate the terms and physical changes that take place as a result of specific conditions.
The Forest Products Research Laboratory is giving the lumber and millwork industry valuable information that no single firm could afford to develop by individual effort. This information is available to all-large and small alikeand is responsible to a considerable extent for much of the modern techniques used in the manufacture of .many of the new lumber products on the market today. Director of the laboratory is Dr. Fred Dickinson, who was instrumental in developing and presenting the 5-day course for the benefit of the woodwork industry.
Trouble Shooting in the Woodwork and Wood Furniture Industries Richmond, California-March 16-20, 1959
Course Outline
MONDAY
8:ff!- 8:30 a.m" Registration and introduction of staff
8:30- 9:15 Tour of Laboratory
9:15- 9:30 Intermission
9:30-ll:00
"3fii?t of Defects as to Cause and Remedy
11:00-ll:45 Wood Structure and IdentificationMr. Cockrell
1l:45- l:15 p.m. Group Luncheon
l:15- l:N Group photograph
TUE.SDAY
8:00-10:00 a.m.
10:ffi-10:15
WEDNESDAY
Density and Strength Properties Related to Use
-Mr. Schniewind
Defects in Wood Related to Use-Cockrell
Intermission
Factors to be Considered in Selection of Species for a Particular Use-Cockrell Equilibrium Moisture Content-Shrinkage and Swelling of Wood-Schniewind
Demonstration period-Effect of cross grain on wood properties-Cockrell, Schniewind
Discussion period on structural and physical characteristics of wood as related to useCockrell, Schniewind
Factory problems related to moisture contentMoisture in wood related to use includins shrinking, swelling, warping, kiln drying, air drying, moisture content determination and specification, surface treatments to minimize shrinking and swelling-.-Mr. Ellwood
Intermission
Factory problems related to moisture content. continued-Ellwood
Lunch
Factory problems related to moisture conteltt, c on t inue d-E llwood
Intermission
Gluing of Wood-characteristics and properties of various types of adhesives, selection for various uses, factors influencing durability of bonds, preparation of surfaces for bonding, and making and testing of glue bondsMr. Marian
Special problems-Stafi
8:00-11:45 a.m. Gluing of wood, continued-Marian
ll:45- 1:15 p.m. Lunch
1:15- 5:00
Machining of wood-consideration of factors influencing the surface qualities of wood in
we qre EDWARD T. (lefi) ond "BETTY DEE,,
From Our Stock or Yours!
Lebanite Products Co. Fabricaled Parls:
o Eliminqte Problems of Moteriols Worehousing.
o Eliminote Problems of Woste Disposol
o Eliminote Costly Equipment lnveslment ond Expensive Mointenonce.
o Low Priced lo Reduce Your Monufociuring Costs
. Speed Up Your Production by Being Reodily Avqiloble.
o Assure You of Top Quolity Moteriols for o Top Quolity Product. (Rernembeeif you hove your own boord mqteriql on hond, we will pick ir up, fobricote it. deliver the component ports to you.)
Soys'Betty Dee': "lf we hod ony horse sense ot oll we'd bolh be in clover now insteod of lumber . . ."
'We are fully equipped with the most modern machinery to mass produce comPonent parts from hardboard, Lebanex, or Particle board. We can saw or bandsaw to any size or shape, shiplap or shape the edges, drill. rout, or dado exactly to specifications.
YlSlT OUR NEW PLANf-ond see our modern focililies for fost, low-cosl produclion of your hordboord componenl porls requiremenls. Lel us see specificolions ond,/or blueprinls of your producl. We will be glod to quote on cosls wilhoul obligolion.
7:30- 9:00
THURSDAY
8:0O-10:fi) a.m. 10:00-10:15 10:15-11:45 11:45- I :15 p.m. l:15- 5:00
7:30- 9:00
FRIDAY 8:00-10:15 a.m. l0:15-10:30
N o w R E A D T H t s
such operations as sawing, planing, shaping, routing, sanding-Mr. Franz, Univ. of Mich.
Discussion period-special problems-Stafi
tr4achining of wood, continued-Franz Intermission
Hardboards-particle and fiber: physical properties and use characteristics of various types of boards-Mr. Dickinson
Lunch
Finishing of wood-techniques and procedures, equipment, test and evaluation proceduresFranz, Univ. of Mich.
I)iscussion period-special problems-Staff
liinishing of wood, continued-Franz
I ntern r ission
:45 P H o N E G L I N T o N 4 I 2 I I I
Product clesign as related to production and
1l:45- l:15 p.m.
1:15- 2:15
2:15- 4:O0
4:00- 4:30
performance problems-Lester Harter, Calif. Division of Architecture
Lunch
Quality control in the plantSchniewind, Dickinson
Defect evaluation
Review of course and awardins of certificates
Don Bufkin, sales manager of Hobbs \Arall Lumber Company in Southern California, has opened new offrces at 475 Huntington Drive, San X{arino. In line with the expansioll of facilities to service Southern California and Arizona dealers, Jack L. Campbell, popular lumber salesman of Los Angeles, has joined the staff and will assist Bufkin in covering the territory.
Campbell is a native Californian, born and reared in Fresno. He attended Fresno State College and was a B-77 pilot during World War II. Following his discharge in 1945 with the rank of major, Jack decided to make lumber sales his career. He spent the next eight years in retail yard sales, marketing survey and wl-rolesale lumber distribution. In 1953 he joined the Los Angeles staff of Holmes Eureka Redwood Company, where l-re remained until early this year when the firm discontinued business. Jack is well known to all Southern, Central and Northern California lumber dealers and will continue calling on the retailers, it was said.
Don Bufkin, veterarl Hobbs Wall sales representative, needs no introduction. He is a past member of ihe Supreme Nine of Hoo-Hoo International, active in social and civic affairs in his home town of Alhambra. and he, too, is a native Californian.
$ 12 Per Doz. Inquire for Quontify Price DEALERS WANTED
The Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission approved March 3l a 652-acre, 233-single family lot subdivision for Bonita Ranchos in the Antelope Valley West Zoned district, south of Avenue F, west of l90th Street West, in the Valley.
From the vast rain forests of coastal British Columbia comes Western Red Cedar - the wood with "built-in" weather resistance. This exceptional durability combines with Red Cedar's light weight, working ease and high insulating properties to make it a natural choice for every type of construction, indoors and out. With its distinctive grain patterns and warm "woody" color variations, Western Red Cedar may be stained, bleached, varnished or used as is to harmonize handsomely with any setting.
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xRanchpanel Verlical Siding - revetsc board and batten
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Phoenix, Ariz.-Ray Lumber Company, with head offices at 1839 W. Culver, has opened a new yard, warehouse and retail store at 4450 W. Camelback Road. iust west of Grand avenue here. The new lO-acre location -will be known as the Ray-Camelback Lumber Co., according to E. lU. ("Charlie") Ray, president of the firm. The yard has two railroad spurs. The retail store has 6,000 sq. ft. and the warehouse occupies 16,000. Roy Harper, formerly at the main office, was named manager of the new operation, which was said to represent an investment of around $175,000.
The new yard has two Urea treatment plants for chemically seasoning lumber. Some 6 million feet of lumber will
be treated in the plants for use ln 750 hornes being constructed at Luke AFB.
Charlie Ray started the company in Phoenix in 1946 after coming from Hot Springs, Ark., where he was in lumber manufacturing. Its operations now include 602,500 feet of land and 63,000 sq. ft. under roof. It has 118 employes in its four operations, with an annual payroll of $500,000. Besides the Ray-Camelback yard and the Culver hq., Ray Lumber Co. also owns the Ray-Scottsdale yards and store in suburban Scottsdale, and United Wholesale Distributors at 1100 N. Arca Drive.
Thousand Oaks, Calif.-J. E. Denham of Canoga Park submitted low bid of $148.433 for construction of the Waverlv Elementarv school in the Coneio School District. The arihitect's estimate was $165,000. ' "lhe
peok of sqlisfoclion"
Southern California launched $342,802,000 worth of construction projects in March 1959 to set an all-time high and put the year's first-quarter total at a record-shattering $857,408,000, reports the Research department of the Security-First National Bank. The figure was 41.5/o over February and 27.7% ahead of the prior March.
The N{arch activity was featured bv a rise in homebuilding to an all-tim! high, with a record-breaking 17,113 dwelling units listed at 9193,187,000 valuation. The number of housing units was 49.8% above February and 63.90/o higher than March 1958. Multiple dwelling units in the month totaled 6,375-highest number of rental projects since last July.
March building records were also shattered in both Los Angeles city and county, when the new-construction valua-
Washington, D.C. (Special)-To meet the growing timber demands of a growing nation, wood-using industries of the United States are spending $56,875,000 a year in management of commercial timberlands owned by themselves and their neighbors.
American Forest Products Industries, making public the results of its first nationwide survey of forest management on industry lands, said lumber, pulp-paper, plywood and other industries now spend $14,300,000 a year on forest fire protection, $1,750,000 on insect and disease control, $38,725,000 on general management practices, and $2,100,000 on forestry research.
AFPI said the survey showed 92% of. timberlands owned by the wood-uiing industries is under permanent management for future timber crops. In several instances, companies have projected planned timber harvests well into the next centurv.
tion in each reached the highest volume ever recorded in the month. It was the third consecutive month that a new high in building was reached in the city, reported Gilbert E. Nlorris, general manager, Building and Safety Dept. The pern.rits totaled 567,209,657 -agair.rst $+4,413,039 in February and $61,050,228 in the previous Nlarch. Since the first of the year, 6,496 housing units have been completed in the city, Morris said. The city's first-quarter construction totals $160,403,228, compared to 9145,581,296 in the first 1958 cr uarter. -
The March figure for Los Angeles County ancl areas served by the County Building Dept. was $37,140,170, compared to $21,659,281 in February and 924,014,579 in the previous March, reports County Engineer John A. Lambie. Tl-re San Fernando Vallev oermits for Nlarch u'ere a $16 million increase over the iarire 1958 month.
The Research department of the Los Angeles Chamber of Corrrt.nerce reports residential valuation up 2.3fu for 1959's first cluarter to $151,235,100, compared to 9147,839,400 in the same 1958 period. Total units is up 2.8/o to 15,832. Single units uncler construction jumped 18.5/o over last year, witl-r the first three months of 1959 shorving 7,355 single units compared to 6,208 a year ago.
The April meeting of Los Ar.rgeles Hoo-Hoo-Ette Club No. l was held on the 13th at Mme. Portier's French restaurant. The excellent dinner was followed by an interesting color motion picture on the history and manufacturing of fine paint and glass.
BlLt HANEN, Mgr.
526 Ocean Center Building r Long Besch 2,
Phones: HEmlock 5-5647 o NEvsds 5-2445
Diamond Gardner Corporation has purchased 55,000 acres of timberland and the nearbv Coeur d'Alene. Idaho. mill facilities from The Ohio Mitch Company, a division of Hunt Foods and Industries, Inc. Robert G. Fairburn, Diamond Gardner president, who made the announcement, described the transaction as "another step toward Diamond Gardner's goal of integrated manufacturing facilities for lumber and wood products in the Pacific Northwest." The timberlands lie east of Spokane, Washington. Plant facilities include a sawmill, a match block factory, dry kilns and a planing mill.
Leo V. Bodine, vice-president of the company's Forest, Lumber and Retail Group, added: "These holdings, together wi;h the company's other timberlands in the Northwest, will be managed on a sustained yield basis insuring
TOIUI DUNCAN, Asst. /llgr. Coliforniq
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a permanent supply of raw material and uninterrupted operation of our manufacturing facilities."
Alt told, the timberland holdings of Diamond Gardner now total more than 453,000 acres. Diamond Gardner also purchased cutting rights to more than 300 million board feet of lumber from The Ohio Match Company. Diamond Gardner already has many logging operations in the Northwest area, three mills in Idaho, Montana, and Washington, and a match block plant in Spokane. The company also has timberlands in California, Maine, Minnesota and New York. It also distributes lumber and building materials through 86 retail stores located on both coasts.
Terrace's SO-acre, 155-lot single-family resiNorwalk has been approved south of Imeast of Santa Gertrudes road.
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lo Serve All Southern Cqliforniq Deqlers
341 Wesf G Street 738 Eost 59th Street COLTON, Ccrlifornia tOS ANGELES, Colifornio TAfbor 5-0672 Pleosonl2-3137
f 4348 Bessemer Streel 6807 McKinley Avenue VAN
Washington, D.C.-Labor and management in the construction industry announced a plan to tackle their mutual problems, to promote the welfare of the building and construction industry in the public interest, and to preserve and promote the contract method in constructibn. An-
nouncement of the formation of the Construction Industry Joint Conference followed a joint meeting of general presidents of national unions engaged in the construction industry and executives of national associations of general and specialty contractors. The affiliation of each national union and each national contractors association is subiect to its own decision to affiliate with the Joint Conferet-rci.
Details of the plan adopted April 7 were worked out over a two-month period by a l6-man negotiating committee set up at a construction industry labor-management meeting on January 28. Since that time the task committee has met on a number of occasions to make plans.
The building and construction industry is the largest industry in the country. It directly employs more than threemillion workers on site and indirectly employs several times as many in supporting occupations. The value of construction is approximately $60 billion a year. This includes the building of industrial plants and commercial buildings, the construction of highways, dams and military installations and the orovision of schools. churches and homes.
The announcement was made 'by John T. Dunlop, who was named Impartial Chairman of the Toint Administrative Committee of ihe Construction Industry Joint Conference. Dr. Dunloo is Professor of Economics at Harvard University.
Construction of a new plywood lay-up plant on a portion of the property occupied by Cloverdale Redwood Co. is announced by Robert Kelly and George Van Vleet, Jr., president and vice-president of Kelly-Van Vleet, Inc. in San Francisco. Officers of the new Cloverdale plant, which will operate as KVV California Mills, Inc., are Robert Ke1ly, president; George Van V1eet, Jr., vice-president, and Mabel Van Vleet. secretarv-treasurer.
KVV California Mills, Inc., which has purchased the outstanding stock of Gualala Veneer, plans to complete its new Cloverdale hot press installation by late Spring. The plant will have a maximum monthly capacity of 5,000,000 sq. ft. and will be able to fabricate panels up to 5'x10' in standard thicknesses. Sales will be I00/o contracted through independent jobbers, the officers announced.
(Tell them Aou sau it in The Californin Lumber Merchant)
EVERY NEED
We Are Gontinuing ,. ar-, . I Full Line of the Highesr Quclity I of ALL Hordwoods, ond Maintoin Gomplefe Represenlotion in the Field in Order to Properly Serwice Your Accounl
(Continued from Page 2) debt. One day a friend named Smith blew into town and told Field he was going to stay right there until he collected the money Field owed him. That day Field's newspaper printed the following: "John Smith, of Quincy, is in town. He came to look over one of his permanent investments." *{<*
And the pessimist says: "Love doesn't really make the world go round. It just makes the average man so dizzy that he thinks it's going r:""1." *
Advertising gives industry the opportunity to show its clean hands to the public. If industry is clean and has no dirty hands to hide, it should be proud to display that fact.
Several thousand years ago, some long-forgotten thinker in China wrote the following profession of faith:
"I believe in the deep blue sky and the shining water; I can see through the clouds, and am not afraid of the waves of the sea. I believe in the loving friendship given by the flowers and the trees; outwardly they die, but in the heart they live forever. Little paths through green woods I love, and the sound of the leaves on the ground, or of a nut falling, or even a broken twig. I believe that the days that are to come already feel the wonder of the days that are passed, and will permit the wonder to endure and increase. I believe in and love my belief and my love for all those things and, most of all, I believe in and love the source of my belief and my love."
Ratc-Position Wantad $2.fl1 per column inch
All othcrs, f3.00 per column inch
Closing dates for copy, 5th and 2llth
Young man interested in selling. Sales experience not necessary. For interview, phone Pleasant 3-3221.
RAY HILL LUMBER COMPANY
2510 Hyde Park Blvd., Los Angeles 43 WANTED_
Division Manager of a modern Millwork plant. Wonderful opportu- nity in leading company with national distribution of Douglas Fir products. Must be experienced Manager thoroughly familiar with all phases administration and production. Write complete details of experience and qualifications-including references.
ARROW MILL COMPANY
244O So. Arrowmill Ave., Los Angeles 23; ANgelus 9-0521
EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY
For topfight Plywood salesman to represent well-established wholesale warehouse. Several territories open. Must be experienced and able to produce. Permanent position-salary plus commission.
Address Box C-2865, California Lumber Merchant
108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.
SALESMEN, ATTENTION!
Established Bay Area wholesale hardwood distributor has opening for aggressive outside salesman, Position ofiers security and advancementplus outstanding earning opportunity. All replies strictly confidential.
Address Box C-2861. California Lumber Merchant
lOE Wcst 6th St., Room 508, Los Angclee ld Calif.
WANTED
25 years in Retail Lumber and Hardware Business. Have owned and operated yards, Wish to locate in Southern California area, as manager with responsibility.
F. E. LEWIS
125-L2th St., Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Phone: FRontier 3-1200
POSITION WANTED
E_xport-Whole5ale lumberman, 8 years' experience with present emqloyer-manufacturing, buying, selling, exporting Fir, Redwood, Pine lumber and plywood. Desires S. F. Bay Area position in Ex- port Dept. or will open Export Division for manufatturer. IJniversity graduate. 32 yrs., married, excellent health, available mid-May.
Address Box C-2866. California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.
Riverside small lumberyard and building materials store For Sale. pil! cos! ground and buildings $35,0OO (subject to mo,rtgage $12,000). Inventory about $33,000; fixtures and equipment g6,100. Pripjrid insurance $1,500, Total about $63,000. Property might be leased. tery- good yard in Southern San Joaquin Valley; long-established !u! glgsed 4 ye4r ago. R.R. lease $60 monthly. Prite forlll buildings $15,000. Sales & Profit figures for last 10 years, with photos of improvements, sketch of ground plan, etc., available.
-If you want to sell your yard, Give us a ringTWOHY LUMBER CO.
o Lumberyard and Sawmill brokers for over 4O years o
714 Weet Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles 15; Rlchmond 9-8746
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BUY _ SELLREPAIR- SERVICE
Fork Lifts and Straddle Trucks. Complete strop and field service. Portable Welding, Special Fabrication, Steam Cleaning and Painting. Service Available 7 Days a Week. All work guaranteed.
COMMERCIAL REPAIRS AND SERVICE
1115 North Alameda Street, Compton, Calif.
Phones: NEwmark l-8269. NEvada G48O5
Everyone Reods These Poges-Just like You Cqliforniq Lumber tflERCHANl -,ZE All Your Wonts Here
FOR SALE:
l-195*7/2-ton Gerlinger Fork Lift, perfect condition, good tires with scales
l-1955-7 y2-ton Clark-completely overhauled
l-Ross 7rl-ton 15 SH-completely overhauled
l-Ross 15 HT-good condition
1-f946 Ross carier Model 90'6156-good condition, excellent tires
2-L946 Ross carriers Model 90-7968-in good running co,ndition
1-6" Vonnegut all electric moulder
May be seen at-
MacKAY MILL SERVICE
822-69th Avenue, Oakland 21, CaliL.; Phone: SWeetwood 8-9428
RENTALS AND SALES
MacKay Mill Service
822 - 6!Xh Avenue Oakland 21, Calit. SWeetwood 8-9428
Yates A-66, 15" bottom profile, 3 tnotors, fe€d table trans.fer chain, now operating. Price $6,950. Newman No. 512, 16" top and bottom profile, 2 motors, feed table. Price $7,950.
VIKING MACHINE.RY
100O Foothill Blvd., La Verne, Calif.
Phqre: LYcoming 3-3021
FOR SALE:
8" Ekstrom Carlson Sticker with Extra Heads. Chain and roll feed. Woods 227 Head, Grinder. Blower with 2tHP motor. Will sell-Trade for Lumber-OR? Terms to qualified buyers. NORTH STAR LUMBER CO.
13413 Van Ness, Gardena Calif.; Phone: FAculty 1-2299
FOR SALE
Two Hyster Straddle trucks in good condition. Approximately $2,00O each, as is.
E. J. STANTON & SON,INC.
LUdlow 9-5581
Los Angeles, Calif.
FOR SALE:
PLANER-24"x8" Yates American, 7%-IlP, nearly new. Cost $2,7AO; sell $2,00D or offer.
SHAPER, Porter, 5-HP heavy daty, l-/g" spindle; $600 or ofrer. TABLE SAW, 5-HP; $150 or ofrer. Ilome made, but good.
42A DaIe Street, Sebastopol, California
Phone: VAlley 3-4640
MOULDER
Woods 6" Moulder No. 133-M, l0 HP top & bottom, 7l HP on sides. Now in operation. Only $4,250.
VIKING MACHINERY
lffiO Foothill Blvd., La Verne, Calif.
Phone: LYcoming 3-3021
FOR SALE
l-Gerlinger Fork Lift, 15,000 lbs 6-cylinder Industrial Engine
l-Gerlinger Fork Lift, 16,000 lbs. V-8 Engine
CALL:
P. C. Knowlton TOpaz 2-O338
FOR SALE:
Completely Rebuilt Lift Trucks
15-HT Ross
l9-HT Ross
Will consider Rental.
POWER EQUIPMENT COMPANY
15720 E'rwin Street; Van Nuys, Calif.
Phone: STate 5-6561
Art Penberthy, Sr., head of Tacoma Lumber Sales, Arcadia, made a survey trip of the northern California mills last month.
l-albot Lumber Company's Dave Davis attended the SCRLAnnual in Los Angeles early last month and then headed off to Fort Worth for the 73rd annual of the Lumbermen's Assn. of Texas, where the exSnark of the Universe greeted old friends before heading back to lun-rber sales in Sarl Rafael.
George Myers, salesmanager in southern California for Kaibab Lum,ber Co., visited the firm's home office and mills in Arizona during April.
Lumber Treating Expert Warren lloyt worked his way from the SCRLA convention in Los Angeles to the Texposition in Fort Worth in the interests of Dierks Forests and Warren Southwest during April, and plans to pay his respects this month to Gus Michaels' dealer members at the Arizonannual in Prescott.
Carmel Dealer J. O. Handley (now to be known as "Conrad" Handley) has opened a 25-unit super-motel behind his Carmel Builders Sup,ply yard. Complete with swimming pool, the new "Trade Winds" offers the works: latest decor, Continental breakfast, etc.
Active L. A. Club 2 Hoo-Hoo Don Bufkin was enroute to San Diego, May 1, to attend the Club 3 meeting that night and hang around the border city in the company of friends and Hobbs Wall customers.
Bob Heberle, Georgia-Pacific's southern California salesmanager, has returned from a sales swing through Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.
Charlie Sch,mitt, Atkins, Kroll & Co.. lumber division chief, flew to Washington for ten days to attend the Tariff Commission hearings on Japanese imports.
Norman \Minsor, president of Great Westeln Lumber Corp., Glendale, has established residence near the company mill in Fresno courlty and will move his family to the High Sierras at the close of school.
Sinrmons Hardwood salesmen are living "high on the hog" these days in beautiful new offices finished in Pacific Coast alder. The boys have some of the best-appointed offices in the industry and Russ Swift, salesmanager, says it increases their morale as rvell as their sales efficiency.
San Rafael Wholesaler Fred Talbot visited business connections in Los Angeles for a recent week.
Horace and Sterling Wolfe attended the annual banquet at the Sutter Club in San Francisco, April 20, as guests of the Union Pacific R.R. Then the executives of Marquart-Wolfe Lumber Co. continued north to visit friends and mills in the Ukiah-Redding area before returning to their wellknown Hollywood & Vine haunts.
I. S. Brown and Ray Sedall, executives of Industrial Lumber, Glendale, are sporting a completely refurbished office setup in their headquarters: new desks, new equipment, chairs and a beautiful new tile floor but a few of the items noticed these days by dealers visiting the place. It was just about a year ago that "Brownie" completely renovated his new location but when Ray became a partner early this year the firm went all out for comfort and decor. Industrial Lumber is probably the only wholesale firm in southern California that grows "samples" of the various species it sells right on the premises.
Rolf Stolesen, Durable Plywood Sales
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Associoled Redwood A{ilb --,---.--,,. *
Atlos Iumber Co. ........,---.-,.,-,,--.*
Atkins, Kroll & Co. ....,-...,---.,..-.- 6
Avrom Iumber Co. .......-.---.........- |
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Be ond De Soles Co. -.------------71
Bock Co., J. Willion
Equgh 8ros. & Co. ........-------------,..62
Bough, Corl W. ..........-.-..-,---.---.---'
Boxtcr & Co., J. H. -.-.--,--,---.-.----.-.
Eennqft 2-Woy Ponel Sow .----------.16
Berger Soles Co., l. ---.-.-,--.-----.,-. *
Berry Iumbcr Soles, Jqck ------------66
Big Bcn So:h & Doq Co. ..-....-....17
Slirr Lumber Co., Inc.
Blue Diomond Corporolion ..-..-.*
Bohnhofi [unbcr Co. -.--.----.-.-.-.--51
Eonninglon Lumber Co. --------------72
B. C. Forest Products, Ltd. -.-..---73
chief, spent a recent week in the Eugene, Oregon, area on business.
Mildred Dutton, well known in hardwood circles ir.r southern California, has joined the ofifice staff at E. J. Stanton & Son to handle the secretary post for Stanton Swafford, vice-president-sales, at the new Los Angeles headcluarters.
The story of one millwork distributor's solution of his material-harrdling and storage problem is described and illustrated in a case history now being distributed by The Raymond Corporation. The Western Moulding Company, of Milwaukee, is the subject of the study. Modernization of their warehouse has cut operation. costs and brought about many other indirect benefits. Copies of the report are available without charge. Write to The Raymond Corporation, 52-12 Foundry Street, Greene, New York, and ask for User Report No. 22.
A new literature folder, "11 Ways to Reduce Costs and Improve Your Packaging of Steel," is now available upon request from Signode Steel Strapping Company, 26Cf North Western Avenue, Chicago 47, Illinois.
"Anniversary Celebrations I,Iade Easv.', written by John Donald Peel, will be oublished by the Chilton Company on Aprii 18. This book presents the actual machinerv and programs for public anniversarv cele-blations, and gives ways to exploit the pub- licity and public relations values of such oDsefvances.
In 1958, more than 490/6 of. the traffic in- juries resulted from weekend accidents.
*Advertiring oppeorr in qlternqle l$uet (TeII them vou sau it in The California Lumber Merchant)
Dollo. Co., The Robert ---,-.----------25
Donover Co., ln". --------.--....--..- '
Dooley & Co. --.---.-..-..-------..-
Douglor Fir Plywood Assn...-.---. i
Droke's 8oy Lumber Co., Inc. --.*
Dry Pine Mouldings & Millwork---*
Duroble Plvwood Soles Co, Covcr I
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Empire St@l Bldgs. Co.
Emrco Plywood
Essley & Son, D. C. ....,,-.........-----.70
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Foirhurrf lumber Co. .........-..---.--..28
Forris Iumber Co. .....-......--.-..-..---70
Fern Trucking Co. -------.-.----...-....--35
Fidler's Mfg. Co., Inc.
Fisk & Moson
Founlqin [umbq Co., Ed ...-..--.-.- 3
Smith Hordwood Co., L, R. --.--.-I
Smith Iumbq Co., Rotph L. ----..-.59
Snith-Robbins tumbor Corp. -.---.33
So-Cof Building Moteriols Co. ....61
South Boy Lumber Co, -...-.._..-_.,.-61
Southern Colif. Iumber Soles .,_, *
St. Regis Poper Co.
Slohl lumber Co. .,---....__.-.,_._....,,,,60
Huff fumber Co. -------------------.------67 _N_
Hoover Co., A. L. .,.,----,-,---.-.,-..--. *
Hunler W@dworks 62
Hurst Pfosti(r --.....-............-......-....72
Hyster Compony _t-
lmperiol Iumber Co. ..-.----------.,-. *
Independent 8ldg. Mfls. Co. -.-.----17
lndustriol Lumbq Co.
Neimon-Rred Iumber Co. -.-......---25
Nelson Lumber
Neth Lumber Soles, A. W..-.---.-58
Newquist, Jomer W. .......-..........,.74
Nikkel Lumber Co., R. F. .-...---...-50
Stondord lumber Co., lnc. _,....,*
Sfonton & Son, E. J. -.........__.,_.-.,_13
Stroble [umber Compony
Stroit Door l'{fs. Co. Covor 4 Summit Lbr. & Ptywod 5o1es......73
Sun Iumber Co. .--.---..--.............--.15
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Olsen Compony, T. E, -......--------.-. I
Olson & Co., Oliver J. ......-.-,.--..*
Osgood. Robert S. ...-..,-,-,-.---,---,--i
Oslrom Lumbqr Co. ---..--.--.-.,...,.*
Oxford [umber Co., Rex -.-..,.-,.-.-- |
Johns.|{onville Producl3 -----.,---..-*
fnfond Iunbq Co- -----.---.-.---.-.----26 Intl, lumber & Plywood Co. .-..--23 -J-
Johnron-Flqhorly, Inc.,---..-.--....---.52
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Pocific Cemenl & Aggregotes .-----30
Pqcific Fir Soles .-.........- 5l
Pocific Hordwood Soler Co. ....--.-49
Pociffc [umber Co., The
Pocific Lumber D*lerr 5upply....63
Erurh Induitriql Iumber Co. --.-.-.- 2 -c-
Freemon Co., Stephen G.
Fremont Forert Producli .-.....-----..46
Joidon Sorh & Door Co., F. t.---- * -K- Koibob lunber Co. --,-----.-....-.-.....32 Kellcy. Alberl A. ....-...-...---.-----.-. * Kcni, Poul E, .---.--..--.----...-......----.. * Kilgore, Roberl P. -.,.--,--...----..--.."*
C & D Iumber Co. ----..-.-.----.-..---..*
Col-Pdcific Redwood Soles ----.-.-.-ll
Cqlovcros Ccmcnt Co. .-.---------------21
€olif. lbr. Inipoction Service ----.-22
Coliforniq lumber Solcr
Colifornio Po,nol & Vcneer Co. --..63
Cofif. Sugor & W.st. Pine Aect. 26
Cqliforniq Wood Products --Caver 2
Corlow Compony --...---,.---.---.--------76
Coscodo Pqcific [umber Co. ..-.---- t
Cclotex Corporotion, The -.-----..-*
Chrirlsnron Lumber Co. -.-.-.-.---...--,16
Clqy Brown & Co. -...-....-.-----.--.-.---r
Clqy Iumbcr Co. ........----.----..--...-J8
Coosl Iumbqr, Inc. ....----.-.--.----.-.--.55
Cobb Conpony, T. M. ...-.-,.--,-.-.r
Commerciof Iumbqr Co. -.--,-----------2'l
Conrolidqtod Iumbcr Co. ----..-.....52
Continentol Iumbar Sqlct
Cook, Inc., D. O...-....-----.--.....-..- |
Coo3 Heod lbr. & Plywood ...-.-.- t
Corolilo Co.. The ..,,.--.,---,---...-.--r
-D- Doni & Rurtell, Inc. -.-..---....58.59
Dovir Hordwood Co. ........-..-..-.-.-.76
Dqvi6s Lumbr, Cqrl -------...-.-.-.....30
Dcl Volle. Kqhmon & Co. ..-..-.--.-.69
Dicbofd Lunba Co., Cqrl -.-.-.-...--18
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Gollehor Hordwood Co. ........-...-- r
Gomorllon & Gren lumber Co.46
Gorgio-Pocific Corp. .............-....-*
Gilbreoth Chemicol Co. ---,----....-.-*
Globe Intl. of Colif., Inc. -.....--.*
Golden Gqte Lumbs Co..---..-.---. *
Gosrlin-Hording Iumbs Co. -----*
Grore & Co., W. R. -.--.............-.-.
Gi@f Boy Lumbq Soles
Grdt W€3lern lumber Corp. ---*
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Hofey Bror. ----.--.-----....-..--..-...........29
Holl Co., Jqnes L. .--...--....-------.-.70
Hollinon A(qckin [umber Co. ..-..-63
Hqllmork lumber & Plvwood ------67
Honton Forcrt Products Co. -..--..-35
Horbq Iumber Co., Inc. -...--.-..-.56
Hcqrin lunbq Compony ..........-.12
Hedlund tumbcr Soles, Inc.....---. *
Hcndrick Co., J. W.,--.......-.......--33
Hcxbcrg lvmbcr Solcs ........-----,-..- |
Higgin: Lumbcr Co., ). E......-...-22
Hill & A{orfon, Inc. -..-..........-..--.----45
Hobbr Wqll lumbcr Co.
Hogon Wholerdla Bldg. A,tilt. -----. *
Hollow Trqc Redwood Co. -...-..---69
Holmcr [unbcr Co,, Frcd C. -....-65
Pocific Wire Products Co, ......-.....2O
Pocific Wood Products -----.-.-.-.....,1
Podulo [umber Co., E. A. ----....-*
Pordmount Pole Conrt. Co. -,-,---.36
Pouf Bunyqn Iumber Co. ....-.-.....51
L. A. Dry Kiln & Storoge, Inc. -.-*
Kvolhcim r{ochinory Co, ..............25 -t-
Ionon Lumber Co. .....-.-.....-..------53
Iqwron<s-PhiliDi Lumbcr Co. .--.-.7,1
lebonile Producls Co, .-.-...---.-.....-71
Ierretl Iumber Co. ---...-.-----------.---.56
[indermon Wholesole Lumber -...--19
lons-Bell Div.Int'l Pqpor Co. 7
Loop Iumber & l'{ill Co. ----....--....33
Los-Col Lumber Co. -------.
Lumber Soles Co. -,----,--... -rr4-
MocBeoth Hordwood Co.
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Mohogqny lmporling Co. --....-.-..-28
Moole Bros
Mqr5hqll Shinsle Co. --.-.-.-,-......--35
Morouorl-Wolfe lumbq Co. -.-....-'
Moson Supplies, lnc. -.-,.....,.......... *
Moronile CorDorotion
Mox Hordwod Crmpqny .-.---,-..-.5,1
M€loud lumbq Co, -.--......-.........' Maier lunb.r Co., Hab
Peerless Iumbg Co. .-,,.....---.,,..,,*
Penberthy [umber Co.
Phipps Co., The .-------.--,..-.--,--,------57
Pickering Iunber Corp. -...-.-.-,,..... *
Peirce Co., Al ..-..,--...,--.--.---..---,---75
Plocerville tumber Co.
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Red Cedqr Shingle Eureou --......--34
Regql D@r Compony -...---. Cover 3
Ri<<i & Xrure Lumber Co. ----.-..-. *
Rounds lumber Co. -----.....-......-..17
Roy Forert Producls Co. -.------------17
-s- S & S Lumber Co. .--..-.,--.,--.-----....29
Sqn Anlonio Pole Conri. Co..----- *
Sonford-Lurriq, Inc. .---.-..........---*
Sonlo F. Iumbcr, In<. -----.-...-.....31
Scorburgh €o., Inc.
Sccurity Pqlnl l{fg. Co. .,-.-..-.-.-----32
Shiyaly. Alqn A. ..------..-......-".,----*
Sicrro Lumbq & Plywood
Siarrq Rcdwood Co, .-...--.........----.*
Sinmons Hordwood Iumber.--.-.-- t
Simpron Rqdwood Co. ......-....-.--. r
Smith Co., C. B. ......-.....--....-.-.....53
Tocomo [umbq Soles, Inc.._.,--.. *
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Tqhoe Millwork Co. ..--.-----..--_...,--_ *
Tolbot Iumbd Co. --_...,,._-_..,_-.---*
Torler, Webster & Johnson ....-----. 5 Triongle Iumb* Co. -.-..,-.,-..-..-.-.*
Trinity River Ibr. Soler Co. -.-....-77
Twin-City tumbcr Co.
Twin Hqrbors lumber Co.
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U. S. Plywood Co..-.-..........--.------- *
Union Iumbcr Co. .-..----_.._.---...-.-.,.. *
Uniled Wh3lo, Ibr. Co,...._.--_.---- *
-v- Von lde [umber Sqles, Roy ,----...60
-w- Wqrd & Knopp --....-...-.,,_.---._...---.75
Wellr Curtom A,tillwork --....__._-,...-26
Wendling-Nothon Co. -...-.....--,_.._-36
\rte.t Coqsl Lumbgrmcn's Arsn. --.. *
Weit Coo3t Scr*n Co.
Wc.t C@51 Timber Produclr,,_.,--- *
Wesfern Dry Kiln -...........-_....,--_..55
We3le.n Fore3t Produclr of S. F. *
We3lern Forest Productr Co. ..----.,54
Weslern Iumber Co. -...,._...,,._.-_
Western |{ill & l"unbsr C". -......-
Wesfern Pine A.sociqfion ....--..---.27
Weste.n Pine Supply Co,
Weyahowser Soles Co.
White, Horry H. .----_.....,....,.--.,--...- |
Wholesole Forcst Productr Co. -..- t
Wickershom, H. H. ......._.....--.--.-17
Wilhold Productr Co. .._...----_...-.-- t
Windeter Co., ttd., Gsorg. ....-.-- t
Winfre, W. H. ....----..-...-.._.,_--...-.29
Wood Convcrsion Co. ---._--_--....---_ *
Woodsido lumber Co.
-Y- Yonccy Compony
-z- Zicl & Co., Inc. .-.....---....-_.,__..-..-
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