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Angeles visitor at the home of his father, the veteran southern California lumber dealer who recentlv sold his yard in Artesia.

The Golf committee arranging the Southern California Lumbermen's Golf Tournament at Brentwood Heights, May 17, sponsored by Legion Lumbermen's Post 403, included Leo'Hubbard, Don Philips, Francis Boyd, Frank Burnaby, Ross Blanchard, Harry Graham, Roy Stanton, Kenneth Smith, Herman Rosenberg, A. D. White, C. M. Freeland. Clint Laughlin, Stuart Smith, J. E. Martin, E. H. Biggs, F. M. Slade, E. B. Culnan, Roy Myers, Tack Thomas and E. Steffensen Cook" was the subject of the "Fifth of a Personal Interview Series With Palco F'olks" in the Cover advertising of The Pacific Lumlrer Co. in this issue. Under a photo of him with a huge turkey slung over one shoulder, the Caption said: "Max Cook, farmstead engineer, engaging in fowl play. This 22-pounder according to Max, was born in a Redwood coop and raised on a Redwood feeder-yet he insists it was not a woodpecker." In more serious vein, the copy of the Ad read as follows: "Some seer said that you must see a man in his home to really know him. Guided by that idea, your inquiring reporter hied himself to the Max Cook home. There, too, dwelt one wife fondly called 'Patty,' one seven-yearold image of his father called 'Mickey,' and 'Wimpy' the dog, 'Skippy' the cat, and Happiness. Yes, sir; Happiness with a great big'H.'From that fireside comes the Farmstead Engineer. Max's vision of better farm structures caused him to interrupt a career as successful architect and become identified with the California State Land Settlement Board, for whom he designed and built more than 2,000 farm structures. In 1925 he organized the Farm Structures Bureau for the California Redwood Association. Now he's a valued link in the Palco chain that serves you. The Palco Redwood sectional septic tank was fathered by Max Cook because he knew it would fulfill a very real need."

A. P. Yost returned to his Los Angeles desk from a trip to the Holmes Eureka mill at Eureka and reported an acute shortage of Redwood dry upper gtades at all the Humboldt county mills The California Lumbermen's Council met in Sacramento, April 25, with George Ley presiding. Reports were submitted by W. K. Ilendrick' F resno, and D. C. Essley' secretary, Retail Lumber & Building Materials Code Authority, San Francisco. The new secretary, I. L. Walker, was present, succeeding Merlo D. Btshop. The Council was to open new offices in the Merchants Exchange Building, May 15 . The advertisement of the Hammond Lumber Company in this issue declares: "When Grant was President of the U.S.A., Mr. A. B. Hammond laid the foundations of the Hammond Lumber Company, and we have enough virgin Redwood timber in our forests in Humboldt County to last at present rate of cutting, 100 years or until May 75, 2035."

W. B. Nettleton, president of Seattle's Nettleton Lumber Co., was elected president of the West Coast Lumbermetr's Assn., and F. R. Titcomb, \Meyerhaeuser Timber Co., was elected vice-president for Washington. Victor Larson, Forcia & Larson Lumber Co., Noti, Oie., was named vicepresident for Oregon, and R. W. Condon of the Charles R. McCormick Lumber Co., Seattle, was elected treasurer.

Bonnington Moves to Ooklcrnd

Headquarters of Bonnington Lumber Company were moved to 430 40th Street in Oakland on Mav- l. -after a decade of doing business "in the same stand"- on Market street in San Francisco. Friends, customers and suppliers are requested to changg !h9ir records, noting Bonnington's 19w plroqg (Olympic 8-2881), mailing address (P.O. Box 3041, Oakland) and teletype (OA-410t.

The feeling is that Rapid Transit for the Bay Area is still just a dream and not even on the drawing boards and "it's getting darned dangerous on that Bay Bridge." All three principals, Jerry and Erian Bonnington and-George Haas, live in nearby Contra Costa countv.

-For Jerry Bbnnirigton, the move ends inore than 40 years of commuting to work in San Francisco, including 18 years on California street and the last 10 at 717 Markei St. -

FHA Reduces Down Poyments

- Washington, D.C.-The Federal Housing Administration_, April 29, reduced down-payment requirements on medium-priced homes, both old and new, by up to $500. The action, designed to spur construction oi new homes, cuts__d_own-payment minimums by $50 on homes appraised !y_{I{e at $15,000; by 9100 on 916,000 homes;by-$300 on $17,000 units, and by $500 on homes valued at $18,000 or more.