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Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary

Mr. and NIrs. N. H. (Nate) Parsons celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary on May 11, and they were the recipients of many congratulatory messages from their friends. They r,vere married in Winnebago, Illinois, on May 11, 1898, and they still have tl.re clipping from the newspaper, Winnebago Reflector, giving an account of the happy affair.

At that time Nate was working for the Woodruff and Nfaguire Lumber Co., and soon after, he bought a branch yard from this firm in Rockford, Illinois. After twentyfir'e years in Rockford, he sold the yard to his four competitors there, who still conduct the business under the name of the Parsons Lumber Co. Nate then came to California where lre has been associated r,vith the lumbe-r business ever since, and is with the San Pedro Lumber Co. in Los Angeles.

During the early days in Rockford, he and his wife first rode a red tandem, "bicycle built for two," but in 1903 they bought their first automobile, a six-cylinder Oldsmobile, on 'ivhich Nate mounted iron brackets on the fenders to carry small deliveries of lumber to customers wantlng qulck servlce.

Mr. and Mrs. Parsons live in Pasadena, also their son, N. Vinc.ent Parsons, his u'ife, Rhuey, and their tr.vin children, Bob and Ann Nfarie, reside there.

Home Show at Los Angeles lune 10-20

Los Angeles, May Z2-Milton J. Brock, president of the Construction Industries Home and Building Exposition, June lO-20 at tl-re Pan-Pacific Auditorium, Los Angeles, has announced that of 225 exhibit spaces only 14 nor,v remain open.

The displays are now being prepared for tl-re opening of the show Thursday night, June 10.

Construction of the $15,000 ultramodern model home is being completed. This dwelling will be given away on the last day of the show. Anybody is eligible to register rvithout charge and without paying admission to the show.

Awqrded First Place in 1948 Red Cross Cover Contest

First place in the 1948 Red Cross cover contest for industrial publications has been au'arded to The Celotexer, employee magazine of The Celotex Corporation, Chicago. The contest was sponsored on a national scale by the American Red Cross in coniunction with its annual fund campaign.

Cover artist for the winning entry rvas Robert O. Brightman of Chicago. Halt Green is the magazine's editor.

New Pcneling

Reid & Co. Lumber land 6, is ll'orking on both Ponderosa pine expected to be ready

& Supplies, 401 10th Avenue, Oakdevelopment of a new paneling in and redwood, called Reidex. It is for the market about Tulv 1.

Father and Son Associated fn Business for 12 Years

Dee Essley and his son Jerry have nor'v been in partnership in D. C. Essley & Son, in the wholesale lumber business since 193,6, with the exception of Jerry's three years of war service. Their ofifices are at 909 South Atlantic Boulevard, Los Angeles 22. This location has r,r''orked out well, as it saves a lot of time in driving to the office in the morning and getting home in the evening,-as both partners live in Whittier.

Wayne Wilson has been associated with the firm for two years. During the war he was a Lieutenant in the Navy for three years. He spends most of his time calling on the trade and is very much interested in the lumber business.

Nctioncl-Americqn Wholesclers Meet

The National-American Wholesale Lumber Association will hold its 56th annual meeting at the Edgewater Beaclt Hotel, Chicago, June I-2. Stanley Horn, Nashville, editor of Southern Lumberman, will be toastmaster. Congressman Everett M. Dirksen will speak at the banquet on "The Challenge of the American Businessman."

Business session speakers will include C. H. Kreienbaum, president of Simpson Logging Co., Shelton, 'Wash.; Norman P. Mason, president, National Retail Lumber Dealers Association; and George M. Fuller, vice president, National Lumber Manuf4cturers Association.

Directors will be elected at the first session.