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Lumber 'Gift Ship' to Alqsko

A single telephone call by an Oregon forest indu'stry man has touched ofr a groundswell of giving by forest industries throughout Oregon and Washington which rapidly piled up inro a shipload of lumber, plywood and other forest products destined to help re. build earthquake-ravaged Alaska.

Convoys of loaded trucls rolled into Portalnd almost daily from mills throughout the Pacific Northwest to be put aboard the "gift ship." The lumber and plywood, consigned to Alaska's Gov. William Egan, was expected to total well in excess of three million feet of material.

It all began March 30 when millowner Jack Brandis called the Portland O re gonian newspaper.

to more and more California dealers and distributors. For year around suppties of dimension lumber and precision-trimmed studs, depend on D & R and these 4 Oregon and Washington mills:

Old Growth Fir Dimenslon from F.S.P, Lumber Co,, Port Orford, Oregon

Hemlock Studs from Warrenton Lumber Co,, Warrenton, Oregon

Hemlock Dlmension from Westport Lumber Co,, Westport, Oregon

"What are we doing for those people in Alaska?" he asked. o'They need help. How about me starring it ofi with 50,000 feet of half-inch exterior plywood?"

That did it. Business editor Gerry Pratt's story of the gift ofier touched off a wave o{ offers by other forest industry men. By the beginning of the next week, approximately 45 carloads of mater. ials had piled up on the docks in Portland.

Brandis, who now finds himself chairman of a quickly-formed industry committee, said the lumber, plywood, particleboard and other building materials will be a direct gift to the State of Alaska.

"If they want to sell the goods for a nominal sum and put the cash into the state treasury, okay," he said. "If they want to give. it away wherc it is,nepde{ drat is otcay, too. A[ we want is to $et something up there."

Association Merger Plqns Proceed

Plans are moving ahead for the consolidation of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association and the Western Pine Association into one 'powerful promotional force for western lumber.

Consolidation committees of the two associations have already selected a name for the new big western lumber trade group. It will be called Western Wood Products Association.

The committees have also agreed that W. E. Griffee, secretarymanager of the Western Pine Association, will continue in that capacity with the new association until a permanent executive is chosen,

Now, over 5,000,q)O feet of dimension lumber and studs monthly . manulactured especially for Southern California construction needs.

Art Neth would appreciate an opportunity to tell you how you and your customers will benefit from using dependable D & R dimension and studs, You can reach him by calling TRiangle 3-2668 or STate 3-0544.

G. C. Edgett, executive vice president of West Coast Lumbermen's Association, has been named assistant to the president of the WWPA. In addition he will serve as executive vice president of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association and manager of the W'est Coast L'-ber Inspection Bureau until such time as a permanent change is effected.

Present plans call for the actual physical merger of the two big Iumber groups about the first of August, Edgett indicated.

Peovey Lumber Estqblished

Paul V. o'Bud" Allen, long-time member of the lVest Coast lumber industry, has established a new firm, Peavey Lumber Company, at Alder Grove Road in Arcata, California.

The company, which employs 30 workers, with an annual pay. roll of over $250,000, specializes in the manufacture of studs and posts in old growth Redwood, Douglas fir, and white species. Capacity of the mill, formerly known as Pacific Studs Mill, is two million board feet per month per shift. At present the company is operating on a two-shift basis.

Allen has been in the lumber business for l8 years, as a buyer and salesman, having been formerly associated with Tacoma Lumber Sales and Pacific Fir Sales.

Wayne Spurling is office manager and Bob \flyatt is log buyer for the company.