lnlcrnd Lumber Compony Moves Orcrnge County Yord to Anqheim, Cqlif.

and Bloomington, Calif.; distribution yards being located at Anaheim and the general office at Bloomington. Eighteen units of mobile equipment, including truck and trailer rigs, Hysters and single truci< units are maintained by the company to keep lumber flowing to the many jobs and retail yards in Southern California.

The Inland Lumber Company maintains procurement offices in Redding and Arcata, Calif. In addition to all species of western lumber, this firm also distributes at the wholesale level Simpson building materials, the Johns-Manville line, Masonite, Olympic stain and shingles products, Kaiser building materials and many other nationally known and advertised brands.

Announcement was made last month by Fred Thomson, president of the Inland Lumber Company, that his company had moved its Orange County yard from Tustin to Anaheim, Calif., located on Manchester Boulevard and Santa Ana street, adjacent to the I-os Angeles-Santa Ana Freeway.

The new five-acre plant is centrally located and affords fast delivery io all of Southern California, including San Diego and Imperial Valley cities, Mr. Thomson declared. It has undercover storage for dry stock, a l4-car spur on the Southern Pacific Railroad and ample storage for prompt handling of building materials in this fast-growing area, he continued.

Bill Sharp, former manager of the firm's operation in Tustin, has been appointed manager of the Anaheim yard and Sylvia Benton, well known in Orange County lumber circles, has been placed in charge of the office and telephone sales desk.

In addition to the new Anaheirn location, the Inland Lumber Company maintains sales offices in San Diego, Bakersfield

During the past few years Inland has grown from the single distribution yard at Bloomington to its present status of six well-located offices. This company now employs nine salesmen in Southern California, in addition to 45 office employes and buyers, shipping and telephone sales personnel. Stark

Sowers is general sales manager with offices at Bloornington. Bob Bothwell is in charge of sales at Bakersfield; Stark Lester at San Diego and Bill Sharp at Anaheim. Norm Olson, well known in Southern California lumber circles, manages the Arcata buying office and Al lJrton is in charge of the Redding office.

"seventy-five percent of our lumber moves to our various Southern California yards via rail and 25/o moves via our own, or leased truck and trailer units," said Mr. Thomson. "We offer a complete wholesale lumber and building materials service to the retail lumber dealers exclusively, either by direct shipment or less than carload lots," he continued.