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Moss, Dunbor, Phelps qnd Sneqd Form North Volley Lumber Scrles

North Valley Lumber Sales, Ltd., has been formed by four well. known northern California lumbermen. Principals in the new wholesale company are Roy Dunbar, Charlie Moss, Paul Phelps and. Marion Snead. Headquarters for the firm will be at 1800 Shasta Street in Redding Dunbar and Moes in charge at that point. Phelps will run the firm's Sacramento office and Snead will be in charge of San Joaquin Valley sales with headquarters in Fresno,

In addition to conducting a general wholesale business, North Valley Lumber Sales, Inc., is also the exclusive representative for Moss Lumber Company at Burnt Rancb, Trinity County, a long established mill operated by Hollis Moss.

Weyerhoeuser Buys Ponel Plant

The Oakland plant of the Welsh Panel Company of Longview, Washington has been purchased Weyerhaeuser Company, it has been revealed by Norton Clapp, Weyerhaeuser president.

The purchase price was estimated in excess of $750,000 for the East Bay plant that prefinishes hardwood plywood on a custom basis.

The acquisition is part of a three year Weyerhaeuser capital spending program that has budgeted $225 million for investment and erpa.nsion.

Buying the new plant illustrates the trend oI the company from being essentially a producer of wood products to one more concerned in business with end uses, such as paper and pulp. The plant, formerly known as Albrite Plywood Company, is located at 85th Avenue and G Street in Oakland.

Stewort White Retires

Stewart W. White, vice president of Georgia-Pacific's building materials distribution operations has retired from Georgia-Pacific to become an independent consultant. He will specialize on the marketing and distribution aspects of the building materials industry.

Mr. White is widely known in the forest products industry and has been closely associated with Douglas fir plywood and build' ing products distribution for over 30 years. He joined G-P in 1948 and was responsible for development of their distribution network to its present level of 82 building materials distribution units throughout the United States. Prior to his service with Georgia-Pacific, Mr. White previously had been with Pacific Mutual Door Company.

For years was a director of the National Plywood Distributors' Association and is presently a director of the National Building Materials Distributors' Association. He has also been closely asso' ciated with the Douglas Fir Plywood Association.

Consulting Service Formed

A consulting service business {or the Western hardwood industry has been opened by Delbert Palnter, in Reedsport, Ore.

Primarily the firm will deal in hardwoods, but will also con' sult on problems in all domestic and imported species. A special feature of the business will be a training course in quality con' trol procedures for hardwood production workers.

Pakner, with 30 years experience in sawl4ill design, production and management, holds a National Hardwood Lumber Association grading certifrcate and is also a member of a number of industry associations.