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Trqnsferred Beottie to Woshington

Regional Forester Clare Hendee announced recently confirmation from the Washington Office of the Forest Service of the transfer and promotion of Byron B. Beattie, Supervisor of the Sierra National Forest to his new post as Assistant to the Chief of Fire Control of the Forest Service with headquarters in Washington, D.C. The effective date of Mr. Beattie's promotion to the Chief Forester's Staff, was May 9, 1954.

Plywood Plqnt for Ssnto Glqra

Santa Clara-The TriStates Plywood Company of Olympia, Wash., will construct a $5@,000 plywood manufacturing plant here on three acres of property at Martin Avenue and the Southern Pacific tracks, it was announced recently.

Owners of the plant are Victor Olson and S. R. Black of Olympia. Olson said that the plant will be the first one to manufacture plywood in this area. It will employ seventyfive persons to start, with plans calling for doubling of employment in a year.

Pennsylvunio Lumbermens Mutuol

Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company, Philadelphia, announces that Fred H. Ludwig, of Reading, Pa., has been elected president of that organization, and Herman J. Pelstring has been moved from the presidency to chairman of the board.

Woodwork Institute Boqrd of Directors Meet in Los Angeles

The second quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Woodwork Institute of California, San Francisco, was held Friday, May 21, at the Jonathan Club in Los Angeles, president Robert Hogan, Hogan Lumber Company, Oakland, presided.

On Thursday evening, M"y 20, president Bob was host to a group of lumbermen during the Good Fellowship Hour from 4:00 to 6:30 p.m.

Members of the Board of Directors attending this important meeting included: J. L. Pierce, Byron Tavlor, James Moore, W. Perry Acuff, E. F. Atkinson, Stanley Gustafson, H. Truxton Jones, Harry M. Libby, Jack Little, C. E. Morrison, Seth Potter, Rex Sporleder, Tom Work, Jr.; Ray L. Young and manager-director of the organization, Russell Bjorn.

Rolf Stolesen, sales manager for Durable Plywood Sales Co., IJkiah, was a visitor to the San Francisco Bay Area during the week of May 17th. The Durable Plywood firm operates a mill at Calpella, California.

Maymie Sue Peter, secretary to Joe Terrell, president of the Lerrett Lumber Company, Compton, Calif., spent the last week of May vacationing at the La Jolla Hotel, in La Jolla, Calif. She returned to her desk sporting a beautiful sun tan.

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23 years out of 50 years that we have had good years and about 27 years that we have had years not very good, and some bad to poor. But these Old Timers will not argue with me but will agree that over a period of 50 years, this industry has been very good to lumber dealers. That the people here and the people in our industry are engaged in a mighty fine business.

"As we have a long program about the best we can do is to introduce each Old Timer and let him take a bow.

"Probably the oldest Old Timer in California with experience in the lumber business in California and still active, is FRANK CURRAN. Frank Curran and his brother Charlie started a yard in Pomona in 1892 called the Curran Lumber Co. Frank has had a lot of experience in the lumber business, having been manager of E. K. Wood for many years and is now active as President of the Frank Curran Lumber Co. in Santa Ana, with three or four other yards in that area. And so f would like to have Frank Curran take a bow.

"Probably the next Old Timer in point of service in Southern California is FRANK GIBBS. Frank Gibbs started his lumber career in Southern California in 1898 with the old California Planing Mill which was then located on South Main near Western. Frank Gibbs was, f think, with Ganahl for a long time too. Frank is now active and is President of the Gibbs Lumber Co. with headquarters in.Anaheim and other yards in that area. I might say that in that regard, that in the earlier days Frank did a tot of work for the industry, being on various committees in our Association.

"The next pro'bably in point of service (I am sorry he is not here) is HAL BALY who started with the old Kerhoff-Cuzner Mill & Lumber Co. in 1899 and was for many years with E. W. Wood and with Consolidated. He is the President of the San Fernando Lumber Co. in San Fernando which he started in 1918. Frank Curran tells me that he thinks he is down in Mexico now.

"CHESTER KNIGHT who is associated with Hal Baly at San Fernando Lumber Co. is probably the next Old Timer, having started in 19O1 in Mendocino County. In 1904 he moved to Wilmington where he acquired one-half interest in the Lumber Surveyors Association which you fellows probably remember in the old days. He sold out in 1908. He continued in the lumber industry and is now, as f say, with the San Fernando Lumber Co.

"The next Old Timer is GEORGE LOUNSBERRY who started in lX)Z with the old Rozell Brothers at 19th and Main St. in Los Angeles. In 1903 George organized the Lounsberry & Teagarden Lumber Co. in Alhambra and this was sold out a little later. In 1904 George took over the operation of a yard which his father had started. In 1905 he formed an association with Mr. llarris, a partnership which has lasted for about 50 years. George is the Vice President and Secretary of Lounsberry & Harris Lum,ber Co. with yards in San Fernando and Hollywood. George has done a tremendous lot of work for our Association, has been to meetings all over this State and has done a lot of good work, and I myself have sat on many, many meetings with him on labor relations in the last fifteen years, and I can say that he is most effective, and besides being most effective in these labor negotiations he has the respect of all the labor negotiators as well as the respect of the lumbermen.

"The next gentleman probably, and by the way this was quite a research job-next year Orrie is going to start earlier-there might be several in Southern California that we may have missed.

"The next is SYD SMITH. He embarked on his lumber career in 1903, in San Diego in the old Indio Street Planing Mill. In 1905 he went to work for the Western Lumber Co. where he was employed until 1917. He continued in the lumber,business and then \n 1937 opened his own yard in San Diego.

"The next Old Timer in point of service in California is probably HERSCHELL LARRICK. His first experience in the lumber business came in 1904 cleaning up the shavings and sacking sawdust and kindling up in San Francisco. In 1907 he became the office boy for the South City Lumber Co. in San Francisco and continued in the industry until 1910 when he went to San Diego and was with the Benson Lumber Co. until 1920 when he went with the Barr Lumber Co. and was their manager in Santa Ana and left there to start and organize his own yard in Solana Beach between here and San Diego.

"The next in point of service is probably WALTER HARRIS. He embarked on his career in California in 1905 when he became associated with George Lounsberry in the firm of Lounsberry & Harris. They have a big yard on