Davrs HenowooD Conaplruy ANNOUNCES THE NEW LOCATION OF OFFICE. B. R Garcia llallic Service

Monodnock Bldg., Son Froncisco 5, YUkon 6-0509

Complete Seroice on AII Traffic Problems

25 Yecns specir'lizcrtion in the trrilIic and trqnsportation problems oI the lumber industry.

Freight Bills Audited on contingent bcrsis

C. \f. Dietterich Named Managing Director

Em,barking upon a long-range plan of product betterment, members of the Southern Plywood Manufacturers Associatiorr have moved tq institute industry-wide testing of their panel products and named C. W. Dietterich, a quality control authority, to effect the program.

Dietterich, for several years inspector for Douglas Fir Plywood Association, the trade-promotion organization for Pacific Northwest panel makers, is the new managing director of the southern plywood organization. He was named at a recent annual meeting of the group at its Atlanta, Ga., headquarters.

At the same time, the southern ,manufacturers elected E. B. Meyercord of Mobile, Ala., association president and Joseph Gall of Dillon, S. C., vice president. Meyercord is president of Meyercord Compound Lumber Co., and Gall is manager of Wilson Smith Veneer Co.

Board members named include Norman M. Mclnnis, Jr., general manager of Bacon-McMillan Mfg. Co. of Stockton, Ala.; G. Colucci, president of Southern Box & Lbr. Co. of Wilmington, N. C., and V. L. Toussaint, president oT Perry County Plywood Corp. of Beaumont, Miss. The two officers also serve as board members.

In selecting the Tacoma, Wash., man to head their new industry program of production improvement, southern plywood manufacturers are patterning their undertaking after the outstandingly successful quality control program maintained by fir plywood producers of the Pacific Northwest. Testing of plywood from the various member firms of the southern organization constitutes the initial step; other dev.:lopments in the over-all program will follow later.

In addition to several years experience in inspection of plywood production, Dietterich also is familiar with actual plywood production having worked at Elliott Bay Mill Co. at Seattle. He is a forestry graduate of University of California. During the war, he served as.captain in the corps of engineers.

The Southern Plyr,r'ood Manufacturers Association is comprised of firms operating 28 factories in seven southeastern states. They produce hardrvood plywood both in stock panel sizes and for furniture uses. The association was formed in 1946.

H. I,t. Blackshear, Jr., who has been managing director of the southern plywood trade association since its incep. tion, has accepted a position as assistant attorney general for the state of Georgia and is assigned to the state highway department.

Trinity Ncrtioncl Lumber Corp. Scwmill Now Opercting

Trinity National Lumber Corp. began operations on May 1 at their mill at Fort Seward, Humboldt County, Calif. The mill is a modern, steam electric plant, with 9-foot band saw, 7-foot resaw, slasher, and 13-saw overhead air trimmer. It will have an estimated production of 125,000 feet per 8-hour shift. They expect to distri,bute their Douglas fir lumber solely in the California market, and sales will be handled through the San Francisco office in the Balboa Building.

Officers of the corpor4tion are Charles H. Noble, president; F. A. Dudley, Jr., vice president and treasurer; D. A. Hughes, secretary, and Carl E. Streberg, resident manager.