The California Lumber Merchant - June 1964

California Lrrrnber nfierchailrt

Andrea Sanders

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NEED NEDWOOD

Remember our big "R". It stands for RUSH as well as ROCKPORT and of course REDWOOD.

You want fast action? Our telephone is TWinbrook 4-3362, area code 707..When our phone starts ringing it's like a fire alarm, the waywespring to action.

You can rely on Rockport for Redwood at its very best, whatever the grade. And nothing surpasses Rockport's Certified Dry Redwood Bevel Siding and Finish.

OLLOWING RHYMES have all been in my scrapbook manr r years. I do not know the author of any of them. But let's give them a whirl anyway. ***

O, when I am safe in my sylvan home I laugh at the power of Greece and Rome. For what are the1. all in their high conceit When man in the woods his God may meet.

Spring has came Winter has went, It was not did by accident. The birds have flew As you have saw, And Spring has came to Arkansas?

Not the laurel-but the race, Not the quarry-but the chase; Not the dice-but the play May I, Lord, enjoy always.

Out of the window the trees in the ,qouare Are covered with Crimson MuyYou, that were all of my love and my care, Have broken mv heart today.

But though I have lost you and though I despair Till even the past looks grayOut of the window the trees in the souare Are covered with Crimson Mali

Which is the Rieht Life

The simple or rh; N ighr Life?

When, pray, should one arise

At sunset or sunrise

Which should rle upper

My breakfast or my supper?

Which is the Rieht Life

The simple or the Night Life?

Which life?

BY JACK DIONNE

Girls who sit around a lot Seem lor-grow in jrrst one spol.

Cirls. r,r'hen they went out to s\.{im. Once dressed like Nlother Hubbard; Now thev have a bolder whim, Thev dress more like her cupboard.***

My heart leaps up when I behold a peacherir.ro passing by. So it was rvhen life began, so it is, I am a man. So be it uhen I grow old, or let me die.

There is a tide in the afiairs of u'omen. which. taken at the flood leads-God knows where. *-F*

Commend me to that generous heart Which like the pine on high. Llplifts the same unvarying brorTo every change of sky; Whose friendship does not fade awar. When wintry tempe,sts blou' But like the winter's icy crown Looks greener through the snow.

If l-ou have a friend worth loling, Love him. Yes, and let him knouThat you love him, ere life's er,ening Tinge his brow with sunset glow. Whv should good word-s ne'er be said. Of a friend-till he's*dead? *

They said she was a shameless flirt, Their gossiping incensed her. The little hen was pure of heart But appearances were against her'.

The sun has riz

The sun has set And here we is In Texas yet.

Cresent Lumber Co. ond the FTOO D

HEN THE Good Friday tidal wave hit Crescent City" Ray Schach was down at 2nd and N Streets trying to batten down the hatches at Crescent Lumber Company and get his merchandise ofi the floor. But as the water switfly rose, Ray's mind understandably turned from that chore to another with higher priority self preservation.

Making a fast exit out the back way, he jumped into the company pickup which almost immediately flooded out. Being a resourceful type, Ray then sought higher ground on a nearby logging rig (compliments of McNamara & Peepe Lumber Co.) and there met a mechanic who was also getting a little uncomfortable with all that water around. Together they fired up M&P's trusty diesel and ground the rig out of deep water to higher ground.

Schach, who operates Crescent Lumber along with Ben Spalding of Grants Pass

Lumber Co., took it on the chin like most of the merchants in the low-lying downtown area. His store was wrecked and ended up over 100 feet out in the street, some of his lumber inventory is probably ofi Baja California by now, and his rolling stock (including the balky pickup) was ruined due to salt water damage.

The next few days were spent retrieving inventory scattered over a half mile radius. Heavy five-gallon cans of roof coating were found a quarter of a mile away and, of course, lighter yard and store items (Ray had bought heavily since March lst for a sale after F,aster Sunday) were gone for eood.

But, like most Cresoent City businessmen, Schach and Spalding have their roots in the community (since J945), so they salvaged what they could and set up tem' porary quarters in the Dickson Concrete building in the 100 block of N Street.

That's where you'll find Schach today, still doing business and planning rebuilding of his 2nd and N Street yard. Incidentally, Ray would very much appreciate receiving information on new store and yard layouts; information on storage and handling of Iumber, plywood, doors, sheetrock, roofing, pole type construction, etc.

In other words, he wants to build the next one so it won't float!

THIS lS Att that remains of what was once the 9500 so. {t. combination showroom-warehouse and 4000 sq. ft. sheds of Crescent Lumber Company after the Good Friday tidal wave. Equipment was demolished and inventori was literally scattered in a half-mile radius.

ASSISTANT MAIIAGER Bill Marshall (left) with Mary Lou Walters, one of the two ful-time gals they've hired to clean and oil flooded merchandise. Fixtures and much of the inventory in the store was salvaged and purchased from other flooded out businesses. With typical Crescent City spirit, Ray Schach (center)

tacks up the ol"'SMlLE" sign in his new leased quarters (there was a little more to that sign which Ray found in the downtown wre:kaqe, but we can't print it here). Putting in a lot of overtime, Schach figures a job (right) for a customer. The rebuilding boom is going full blast and there's little time to plan new yard.

WI{ATEVER TI{E JOB...

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UNION LUMBERGOMPANY

Redwood Tree Farrners and Manufacturers

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(F IRST I V-ANT to thank Joe Mc(lracken for giving me a safe conduct pass to get out of San Francisco alir-e after I finish my talk to you here this morning.

I came hcrc under a llas of truct:" I carne to talk pea,'e. I came lo smoke lhe peace pipe rvith 1'ou. And I came to assure you that I am still vour friend even thoush you and I rlon't always quite seem to agree on technical questions.

Some of you ma\- think I came here to argue with you about dry lumber sizes. but let me assure you right awa1. quick that nothing could possibly be further {rom mr. purpose.

Believe it or not. I came here for just one purposeto see if I can't tell you u few things you don't seem to realize, ir.r the hope that lry helping you open your eyes to these things I can help all of you rnake a lot more money than you could otlerwise make or else a lot less money than you would otherwise lose,

Year after year other industries have been horning in on a bigger cut of the market that used to be all yours. and year a{ter year you are going to lose more of the market unless and until the,whole lumber industrygreen producers and dr1' producers alikeadjusts its standards and adjusts its grading so the homebuilding industry can take full engineering advantage of all the qualities and all the economies wood can offer.

Now first let mc assure you I know you've had a lot of problems and a lot o[ troubles, and let me assure you that yor-r have m1. deep sympathy aboul these troubles and problems.

All this is tough, and you have all my sympathy in your troubles. You also have my respect and admiration lor the way you have borne up under the adversities that have put so many other gret'n lumber producers out of lrusiness. I think it is nothing less than norrrler'[u] that so many of yc,u are still going strong. and I'm delighted to hear that ,some of you ure still able to bu.y. Cuditlncs.

Next, having assured you of my sympathy with 1'our trouliles, let me consratulate you on the terrific fight you have put up. The fight you put up has been magnificenteven though I'm tempted to add what the French seneral said when he watched the suicidal charge of the Light Brigade"[1's magnificent. but it's no way to win a war."

More particularly, I congratulate you on the great selling job you had to do to make so many politicians believe you green producers are such bad businessmen that you all go broke unless you can keep dry lumber handicapped by a standard that calls for prrtting 8l/o more lumber into a dr,r.

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The Bitter Struggle Over Lumber Standards Goes to the Wire

((T A\l Joseph S-. ]lt Cra,'ken. execu---f tive .r ice president uf I estern For-est I ndustries .{ssociali,,tr. a trade trssocriation of sawmills and plywood plants in lV'ashingt6n- ()regon, California, Mon' Iana. and Idaho.

lJefore discussing the proyrosal for the modification of lumber standards. let me ernphasize that we are not a "small minorit1'" as has been represented. We have sii4ned statements {rom the producers of over one-half of the lumber made in the Westthcy oppose tlie ALSC proposal. In addition. among us we represent the point of view of ports. domestic un-subsidized water carriers, marine labor. longshoremen and lumber dealers.

Ste oppose the pending proposal because:

l. It discriminates against all green lumber, against air-dried lumber and against the dry lumber of several important species lo thc advantage primarily of the owners of large tracts of other species of tim,ber;

2. It will cause serious economic disruption in the Western and Inter-mountain States and among ports. maritime interests. lunrber dealers and large numbers of wood users throughout the countryl and

lJ. It fustrates the benefits to be had Irom one of the most startling technical improlements in the history of lumberthe electronic stress grading machine.

It is important to bear in mind two ke,v lspects of the American Lumber Standards (lommittee's proposal :

a. It would reduce the standard size of all lumber that is 2" thick or less; and

b. It would create at point of manufacture a differential in lumber sizes depending upon whether at that time the lumber is at or. on the other hand. over '19 percent in moisture content.

'Ihere have recently come on to the market machines that will electronically stress grade and automatically stamp the stress rating on the individual piece of wood. A dozen or so of these machines are alreadl. in use in various mills and others are being ordt'rcd.

Tbe uords fleut tbick and. last at tbe Western Forest Ind,ustries association meeting in San Francisco ooer tbe proposed meu lumber size stand.arcls, clrrrently in tbe ballot-coanting stage at tbe Department of Commerce in lYashington, D,C.

Again, CLM presents the opposing sid.es ol tbe controoersy in bopes tbat tbis breech in the lumber business's none too soli.d front against competitioe ntaterials can be bealed utirb reasonable satis{action to all inooloed

We regret tbat at press time u)e are unable to report the fi.nal results of tbe balloting on tbis controuersial issue.

'Ihese machr'nes are shorving not onl,v that ilrest Coast species are far stronpler than necessary to meet construction requirements: they are revealing, too, that several species in the Intermountain region which have not been thought suitable {or construction are in fact appropriate and useful {or that purpose.

If the stress grading machine comes into widespread use, as rvill soon be the case, then the owners of large tracts of West Coast species will find a new source of competition from the Intermountain species. As this development takes place over the next few years, there will be a gradual adjustment in competitive relationships within the industry. As a consequence,

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ATTER CONTR0VERSIAL SPEECH was given by Perry Prentice (right) discussion really got rolling. Ralph D. Hill of 0wens-Parks lumber company is at left.

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iltA frlakes Far Reaching Proposals

rnHE NATIONAL Lumber Manufacturers I Association has urged major building rnaterials manufactureri to launch a $3.2 million-a-year promotion program designed ' to encourage increased home ownership.

Endorsement of "Project Home" climaxed the association's four-day meeting at Portland, Ore., attended by more lumbermen than any other spring conference in the

association's 62,year history.

"The Project Home" proposal was presented as a means of increasingo or at

least sustaining housing's share of"ihe consumer's dollar, reported to have slipped

from 25 percent a few years ago to about 11 percent today. Basic objective of the program would be to pull all major build. ing materials manufacturers together in a

rsta:.

nt nationwide promotion program to

the building and buying of single-

' family homes and generally upgrade the tration's housing standards.

IUMBER STANDARDS ATTERNATE

The chairman of the American Lumber Standards Committee suggested considering .an alternate lvay of putting into effect the new size standards for softwood lumber, should there be further evidence of "political influence to delay implementation of the starrdards, stalled in the Commerce Department since last August."

A. J. Agather, resident manager of the J. Neils Division, St. Regis Paper Co., Libby, Mont., continued to say that propouents of the improved standards have encountered a "stacked deck . thus far in the Department of Commerce" in their efiorts to gain acceptance of the new size

and quality criteria, the efiect of which would be to make 'ogteen" and o'dry" lumber ultimately the same size in service.

He noted that Commerce officials had put the standards question to a vote among wood producers, distributors, users and related interests. But he added:

'oEven in the format of the acceptor ballot, it would appear that every handicap has been placed in the way of securing an affirmative vote."

Agather corrtinued: "Should the American Lumber Standards Committee's best efforts, through established Department of Commerce procedures, be defeated as a restrlt of the circumstanceslhave described, what is to prevent our national federation from adopting these standards as oNational' standards ? W'e have every assurance that they are in the consumer's best interest and will provide far more effective promotion of lumber."

NLMA Board of Directors also called for revision of the Johnson Administration's proposed Appalachian Program to enable the forest industry to make 'oa maximum contribution to the alleviation of poverty in this and other depressed areas of the nation."

The program as presently constituted, the Board said, "contains elements harmful to both the economy and the forest industry of the Appalachian Region." Specifically, the Board stated:

"Because past experience has shown that federal acquisition of commercial forest land and federal participation in corporations formed to conduct timber growing or (Continued, on Page 89)

A. J. AGAIHER, chairman of the American Lumber Standards Committee, posed this question to lumbermen, "lf 'political pressure' Continues to block promulgation 0f the proposed new size standards for softwood luumber, what is to preient our na. tional lederation from adopting these standards as 'l{ational' shndards?"

R. V. HAIISBERGER, president of Boise Cascade Corp., prwiewed a proposed 93.2 million-a-vear promotion program, "Project Home," designed to bolster. singlefamily housing starts and generally up grade the nation's housing standards.

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WHY have so many mills installed Moore Kilns over the past half century? BECAUSE they know Moore's reputation in ' the lumber seasoning f ield is unsurpassed . . . they can depend on Moore Kilns to provide the f inest kiln dried lumber at lowest cost!

MOORE DRY KILNS are producing prof its all over the map . .-. you're apt to f ind them most anywhere in the world where lumber is produced! Superior engineering, design, and above all, the superior lumber seasoning which increases profits for mill operators, have made Moore Dry Kilns the standard of the lumber seasoning industry for many, many years.

Before you invest in any type of lumber seasoning equipment, it will pay you to check with Moore.

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Cedar-Sawn and CedarEtched have a natural beauty thai speaks {or itself. 4. LESS APPLTCATION T'ME Cedar-Sawn and Cedar-Etched go up faster than other types

siding such as board & batten or horizontal siding.

LMA's 24th Annual

Blends Hard-Hitfing Business Sessions, Sightseeing, Golf

CATIFORNIA TUMBER IAERCHANT

IrOUR

WELL-PLA\\ED

and presented r business sessions tucked convenientlv in with some golf and gawking at Yosemite's grandeur highlighted the 24th annual Lumber Nlerchants Association's threeday convention.

Ed Libbey. secretary of NLBMDA of Washington, D. C.. stepped up to the podium and was counted on the controversial Civil Rights issue and the Wage Hour Larv as it affects the California dealer.

San Bruno Lumber's Al Stockton urged a closer working relationship ,between members of the Six Bay County LMEA (Lumber & Mill Employers Assn.) and LXIA members.

Jim Williams of CHIP National (Comprehensive Home Improvement Program ) gave the group many pointers to help combat growing competition in the home improvement field.

Austin Zellmcr, president of W*estern Building Materials Assn.. created a good deal of dealer interest in the use of bonded stop notices vs. regular liens.

FOR MORE PICTURES

SEE PAGES 50 & 55

The whole convention started ofi on a sunny note with the annual LMA Golf Tournament at Vawona on Sunday, April 19, Craig Gaffney again in charge of this division.

Winner of the low net trophy this r-ear was Hobbs Wall's Bill Johnson, and the low gross award went to Dick Holt of Holt Lumber with an 81 card.

An informal cocktail nartv and dinner that cvcning u-as presided over by LMA prexy Clair Hicks and vice-president Bob Adams, both o{ whom will continue in their respective offices until LMA's spring elections next year.

With the automatic retirement of Dick Cross. Jim Ross, Dale Ruse and Armin Speckert from the board, the following six new directors were elected to seats on the board o{ directors.

Al Corrigan, United Lumber Yards, Nlodesto; Bob Cehring, Service Lumber Co., Sausalito; Lloyd Carter, Sterling Lumber Co., Oakland; Cloyd Garner, San Joaquin Lumber Co., Stockton; Burt Gartin, Home Lumber Yard, Inc., Turlock; and Elie Destruel, Mead Clark Lumber Co., Santa Rosa.

During the Monday morning sessions, both Libbey and Stockton urged association solidarity in the face of growing federal bureaucracy and union organization. "You can't have freedom and Bie Brother governmenl," Libbey told the group, while (Continued on Page 50)

LMA C0NVENTIOI{EERS: (top left, L-R) Therese and Al Stockton with Lenore Knot. (Top right, L-R) George Coe, Norm Cords and Charlie and Sylvia Cross. (Second row, left, L-R) Margorie Hance, John Thompson and Terry Hance. (Second row, right) Rex and Claire Zimmerman. (Third row, left) Bob and Marv

Butcher (left) and Pati and Bill Johnson. (Third row, right) George and "M" Coe (left) with Sue and Herb McCaslin. (Bottom row, left, L-R) Helen Hansen, Ruth and Earl Johnson and Larry Hansen. (Bottom row, right, L-R) Bob Williams, Wilda Bishop and Meryle Thomoson.

l'm Leo . on my way to Bakersfield, Fresno, Stockton and Sacramento. Maybe

l'll be seeing YOU

Many of our customers all over California have had little personal contact with anyone in our f irm but Leo. Leo Skaggs /S Angelus Hardwood to them. He is the Iiaison between order and delivery, a key man in our six truck f leet who makes our 30 year policy of service and integrity a reality

lf you don't know our "roving ambassador," give us a call . . . maybe you'll meet on hrs next trip. I 6700

CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT Plan of the Month

by HIAWATHA ESTES

ERE IS A small home that has moet much larger home plus a great amount of charm.

It is much more difrcult to design a small home than a larger one. There are only so many square feet of space and no matter where this space is located or how the rooms are arranged, you always receive inquiries from prospective builderso asking why you didn't design an entirely different floor plan.

Hoping to meet the requirements of more builders, we have designed tlrree different floor plans but all with the same exterior dimensions and square footage. The illustrated exterior was drawn on Plan ooA," but exteriors of Plans ttB" and "C" would be the same except for window arrangement and the design of the storage area at the rear of the carport,

All of the floor plans have several things in common. This includes an attractive carport at the side which gives the house more width which together with tle roofed porch and used brick planter eliminates it from the "square box" design usually asso. ciated with most one-bedroom homes. A series of storage closets plus a water heater closet has been located at the rear of each carport. A wall furnace has been specified to provide heating in all of the plans. Each layout features a pullman lavatory plus a wide fireplace.

In Plan "A," part of the wall between the kitchen and livine room has been eliminated to form " Ii.ting space. This design has a separate service area. Plan ooB" is more of an open design as only cabinets separate the U-shaped kitchen from the living room. Part of these oabinets is a long eating bar.

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In Plan '0C," the kitchen is completely separated from the living room. Space has been provided for a nook area. The bedroom in this design has a walk-in closet while the other two desisns have wardrobe closets.

excellent house plons ore for sole os ore Mr. Estes populor Plon Books. Mony retoilers olreody sell or provide his Plon Books os o customer service of proven populority. Mr. Estes house plon column oppeors in mony publicolions in the West. Use the coupon on this poge for inform,olion without obligotion.

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And that's supposed, to rnake you smile. Seriously (we are occasionally) you'll find that doing business with Cal-Pac spells more than just the finest quality redwood available. 0r that you can be sure of 48 hour delivery of any size or grade ordered. Or that Cal-Pac insists on saving you money and headaches by keeping right on top of your order. Or that Cal-Pac maintains an inventory of over 4.5 million board feet. Doing business with Cal-Pac (sometimes referred to as the purple hat gang), can be fun as well as profitable. Cal-Pac's feeling is that the two belong together, in any business relationship.

You say you want more proof. That they let us do these ads for them should be proof enough. If you agree, order soon from Cal-Pac Redwood.

the above is intended as a clever method of attracting your attention. Please don't let us down. . the ad agency.

Madera Lumber's Coupon ldea Can Help

You Exploit the Home Remodeling Market

HE "House o{ Friendly Services, Nladera Lumber & Hardware Co., recentlY hosted a three'day open house after comDletins an extensive store and yard mod".r,irulion program. Over 1,000 customers and {riends dropped by to have a look at "their'' complete one-stop center for everl' buildins need.

\{ " tuy "their" because Madera Lumber & Hardware is the only lumber and building material yard in the quiet, unobtrusive iown of NIadera, California, population 14.000.

But more about that "House of Friendly Service." As hackneyed as it may sound' that's u'hat really built this business. Owner Ehner Rau and his pretty wife. Eleanor, have worked iust a little harder than most to make a success out of Madera Lumber.

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l{EW TUMBER SI0RE faces due West. The 32'by 112'building (top left photot employs a clever solid wall design to protect merchandise (and customers) tr0m the rdlenless afternoon Valley s-un. A big diversified invent_ory is apparent from this interior shot (top righ0.- In addition to a full line.of heavy.building ma' terials, Madera Lumb6r st--ocks a complete inventory of plumbing, electrical. supplies, doors and sash, hardwood plywood and lumber. All inventory is individually tagged, as is evident in this general view of the store looking back.t0 the ottlces in-the rear (center left photo). Lighting gives the entire store a "clean as a pln'

aooearance. Mall between the new store and storeroom (lower le{t).has proven a'n'eitJctiue display area for garden equipment, patio supplies and otier outdogroriented merchandise. Building at left houses panellng, celllng. Ille an0 0o0r Oisotavi anO doubles as a co-ntractor's conference room. 0peration covers twg acr'es,' on a spur, with 20,000 sq. ft. undercover (mill. build.ing in lower. rlght ot'oiot. fen employees keep thingi humming. Business breakdown is about twolfriiiJ coniumei, 6ne-third'contrictor. In iniet at lower right is Elmer Rau, go getting owner of Madera Lumber & Hardware.

GALENDATRi

JUNE

Wegtern Red Cedar Lumber Assn.-June 11-12, Qualicum Beach, Vancouver Island, B.C.

IIoo-IIooEtte Club 6--fune 12, Buffet dinner at Budweiser Brewery, Sepulveda,,Calif. All you can drink.

San Joaquin lfoo-Iloo Club 3l-June 12, Annual Sports Day, Visalia Country Club.

American Plywood Assoc-iation (formerly DFPA)-June l4-l?, Annual Meeting, Gearhart, Oregon.

National Association of Home Builders-June l4-I?, Sales Manage- ment Skill Clinic, Los Angeles.

Forest Industries Marketing Conference-June 1Z-18, first annual, University of Oregon School cyf Business Administration, Eugene.

National Fire Protection Association-May 18, 68th annual meeting, Statler llilton, Dallas, Texas.

[,os Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club 2-June 1g, Election night. Golf, dinner, show, Palos, Verdes Cbuntry Club, ?:89.

Ettq Ltd-Ime t$30; Anhral Iadics Weekend, Pasatieirpo Country Club, Santa Cruz, Roy Sjolund tournament e"hairmarr.

Forest Products Research Society-June 2l-25, IBth Annual Meeting, Sheraton-Chicago Hotel, Chicago.

Black Bart lfoo-Hoo Ctub 181-June 26-27, Annual Family \Meekend, Iloberg's Resort, Lake County, for reservations write Club 181, P.O. Box 683, Ukiah.

Pacific Coast Wholesale Hardwood Distributors AssociatiorrJune 28-30, 41st annual convention, Empress Hotel, Victoria, B.C.

JUtY

World Championship Timber Carnival-July 2-5, Albany, Ore.

National Particleboard Assn.-July 7-8, semi-annual meeting, Olympic Hotel, Seattle.

Western W'ooden Box Assn.-July 28, Holiday Hotel, Reno, Nevada.

lVest Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau-July 28-24, executive meeting, Village Green, Cottage Grove, Ore.

AUGUST

Rogue Yalley Hoo-Hoo Club-August Z, golf tournament, Rogue Valley Country Clu!, Ashland, Ore.

SEPIE'tABER

Western Pine Assn.-September 8-11, semi-annual meeting, Hilton Hotel, Portland,

California Redwood Assn.-September 14, annual meeting, 61? Montgomery St., San Francisco.

Western Saw Filers, Educational Assn.-September lg, third annual meeting and conference, ,Sheridan Motor Inn, portland.

Forest fnduetries Equipment Exhibition-september 19-22, second annual, Lansdowne Park, Ottawa, Ont.

Dependobility hos olwoys been synonymous with Dont; ond these ore'the men who prove it everytime they wrife up your order.'

Coll ony one of the 4 "D" men pictured obove for mou ld i n gs, mil lwork, cut-sfock, l u mber o nd plywood.

, These "D" men ore of Your { ,"r"i." to dispotch orders for \ lumber ond specioltY Products.

Dont feotures corlood or lruck ond troiler deliveries of true quolity Ponderosq Pine, Sugor Pine, White Fir, Douglos Fir, Hemlock, Cedor ond Spruce from prime sources. lndentified in our leodin'g lines ore: White Swon Lumber Co. ' High Sierro Pine Mills . Meodow volley Lumber co. . Tohoe Timber co. of Nevodo o Dont Forest Products, Inc., Redding, Colifornio.

Jerry Wilcox

Fiank Morrisette

Automation Sends Sales and Oufput Soaring

[.lCHt \t.{lts A(i0 Charlje strail cs- ! tablished tlre Strait l]oor & Plrrn,,od Corporation irr El IIontc, Calilornia. rr ith a total of nine emplovees.

Todav this iasi-giowing manufacturing concern has more than 150 production workers on it's payroll, and has grown from two small buildings to 1,'1, manu{acturing and storage warehouses.

"Our initial output in 1956 was about 4,00 doors each day," reminisced Charlic Strait. "We now pass the 6000 mark every day and will produce more than a mii.

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Our hat's in the ring AS AN I1\DEPE]TDEI{T!

In every primary, we solicit your vote as an Independent. In representing you, we elect the materials and products our 46 years of experience tells us are best for Southern California needs1'ozr needs! Our platform is: freedom of choice.

Time-saoing seroice on:

The bect in soltwood and hardwood. plywoodt Fornica . . Illonkeypod Flyu,oods Masonite Brand Hardboard.

CllARLl-E STRAIT points out the company sales chart. So swift were sales that the chart had to be added onto to show new highs in the firm's upward trend.

AUT0MATIC MACHINERY at Strait Door plant include (l-r. top) the MereenJohnson #800 dbor finishins machine. The Double End Tenoner, also lookins as ii it had escaped from a science-fiction movie,hakes

the stiles and rails. Fully conveyorized, air operated chop saws (lower left) and (right) the Burile Hot Press. The largest made, it hand-les 5,x10' ooeninss_ Automatic machinery allows tremendous outo"ut.

Self Nails For More Safes

-use steel nails !

The nail can be a sharp promotion item

',whin dealers and clerks are familiar with

.$ei1 sales-buildlng possibilities. So says .l Ste€l Products News Bureau. Nails. savs !,'tle Bureau, can create added sales, buiid ii.,----.^-^^- -- -a I I r - ;! customer confidence, lead to repeat sales itil.l$ eltab.ljsh,a store's reputation of ; helpfulness to the home-owner.

$ you went !o nail down added sales ing, Iumber or hardware items. So. rather than promptly asking, .'How many?', (Even though nails are sold by weight), a good salesman should find out with a few judicious questions what the customer" whether home-owner or builder, intends doing with the nails. This added understanding leads, directly or indirectly, to the various tools or other items the store has in stock which could be useful for the customer in doing his job easier or better.

,,.. To begin with, a simple request for ,'"tsome nails,'o indicates the customer is en-

,g1guq in a repair, remodelling or building job that may lead to the sale of other buildl

In case you've forgotten, nails are made from wire which is the strongest form of steel.

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SPECIAI PURPOSE nails (L-il: A-ring-shank; B-drive screw; C-.gypslm board dry wall nZil; D-masonite srorng ffiil; t-ring-shatk staple, for attachins tencing to cremoted po6ts; F-drive screw for floorl ing and stair treads, ard G-pole barn nails.

And to spark this whole discussion, make up a o'Nail Board" on which a variety of basic and special purpose nails are mounled snd hbdod for diday. Similer to the old-tirne l'ammunition boards,' on which as many as a hundred difierent kinds of cartridges were mounted, the nail board can be an attention-getter. The cataIogue of any American manufacturer of steel nails will present a wide selection of nails for such a board.

It's a fairly sure bet that the average home-owner will be fascinated by the variety of nails available to him. All that,s needed to drive home the messase of the board is the sales clerk's kncrwiedeeable explanation of the purposes these nails serve. Here's how far we've come from the round nail with a flat head that rnost customers think begins and ends the subject of nails:

o ]\{odern American steel nails can be square, grooved, ringed and some are made in a screw-type spiral and revolve when they are hammered into place.

o Modern steel nails have as many as nine difierent kinds of points ranging from diamond to chisel to pointless. One manufacturer alone produces nails with 16 difierent kinds of heads.

o As for head styles, these include oval, cupped, counter-sunk, diamond, checkered, numbered, lettered and umbrella-shaped heads--as well as nails with two heads.

DON PHILIPS, Jr.

o Finish is still another option. There are blued, cement coated, acid etched, hot dip and electro-galvanized among others.

With this list of variations and sizes ranging from half an inch to six incheso

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An alertness to the growth potential and capabilities of Western Forest Products, Co., led us to embark on a far-reaching diversif ication program, other than supplying lumber to our customers.

To support the new growth and activities of the great lumber products industry, we have invested substantially in automation. Special high speed milling, gluing and finishing equipment to produce special products such as: glued clear Pine and Douglas Fir shelving; assorted furniture parts; door cores; door stiles and many others,

For f urther information on how our specialized service and products can be oriented to meet your specif ic demands, please contact our representative today'

SEtt NAITS FOR MORE SATES

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itns easy to see how there can really be 4(D difierent kinds and sizes of nails. bach has- been designed to perform a specific nailing requirement, and anyone who uses a "common" nail for a purpose for which there is a special nail may be making a serious mistake. Here are some nailing iips your customers will appreciate:

When fastening shingles or shakes to the side of a house, don't use smooth nails that will pop out in a few years. The proper nail is a ring-shank or.h"k"nail which has a series of tiny rings or corrugations around it. These nails have extra holding power and resistance to vibration. When galvanized, they produce both a powerful and a long-iasting grip.

Variations of the rins-shank nail are used for gypsum board] dry walls, siding and nailing subfloor to sleepers. (By the way, ring-shank styles are also avaiiable for jobs that require an extra tight - tlrp). "

The bven more ingenious screw.shank or drive-screw nail also has great hold. ing qualities and is used foi fastenins flooring roof rafters and even cabinets. Once hammered firmly into place, these

nails stay put. Tests have shown them to have eight times more holding power than "common" nails. In such a iest a four-inch long drive screw nail required 120,000 pounds of force to removi.

Still another nail that's far better than the o'common" nail is a square nail with serrations running across its four faces. This nail won't turn in wood, holds better, minimizes splitting and gives up to more than 50 percent more shlar strength. (You also get about one fifth more nails per pound with square nails because they use about 20 percent less steel, and consequently weigh less than round nails).

Use leak-proof galvanized roofing nails with umbrella-shaped heads to nail galvanized roofing or siding into place.

When you engage in exteniive concrete work and want to save money on the nails used for forms, buy two-headed 'oscafiold" nails which are made to be removed easily for repeated use.

While the home-owner is unlikely to use manl of the other special nails now avail. able, nor will dealers want to stock them all, it may 'be of intereet to show some of them on your display board. They include nails for berry boxes, brooms, tile, barrels, slating, beer case straps, hinges, fiber board, gutters, acoustical tile, apple boxes and many other specific uses.

With an extensive nail board display like this,.many's the customer who'll learn, as he cannot from hidden nail bins, that there's a nail made just for his job. And many's the sales conversation that will lead into that job and the other sales oppor tunities it holds.

New Southern Plywood Plcnt

'Weyerhaeuser Company will enter the southern pine plywood field with construction this year of a plywood sheathing plant at Plymouth, N. C., President Norton Clapp has announced.

Weyerhaeuser will build the plant on a 40-acre site adjacent to its pulp and paperboard mill and the construction site of a new fine paper mill.

Construction of the 150,00O sq. ft. sheathing plant is scheduled to begin this summer and be completed early next year. The plant will cost in excess of g4 million and will have an annual capacity of about Z0 million feet of sheathing.

About 175 persons will be employed on a three-shift operetion with an annual pay. roll of approximately $900,000.

The project will include facilities for log handling and storing, barking, peeling, drying, veneer processing, lay-up and panel processing.

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'fhr-' ncrv WES'fERN WOOII PRODIiCII'S ASSOCIAl'lON includes matrufacttu't:rs it.t 13 Wcster:r States, an area procluciug Inore than ti5 pcr cont of all the soflu'ood lumber in lhc Unitetl States.

Thc nen'glade malk, that r,r'ill appoar on Iurnber prodr:ced b5'the conrbinecl member mills, is an assuranc(.' of lumber quality for spccifiers. scllers ancl usct's of lrtmbcr.

'l'hr: samo practical varictv of graclcs i,r,ill be availablc, using the samc names.'l'he onl5' rlifferenr;t: nill bc that thr: one new hallmark of qualit,u' w ill appcal on all of thcm, as 1'our' ilssnr:lnco of satisfar;tiotr.

'Ihe high t;thical standarrls and intcgrity of both olganizatior-rs * ill bc combined and continuccl in lhc nr:n' Associalion.

Thc ncn' graclt: merrk rvill appeal on thc folIorr, irrq, spcr;ir:s: Dorrglas Fir', Errgelntirnn Splur;c, Idaho White Pine, Incense Cr:dar. Lorlgr:pole Pinr:, Larch, Ponderosa Pine, Sitka Spluce, Sugar Pine, \rucstern I Iemlock, \Arestern Rcd Cedal and White Fir.

For further information, write: West Coast Lumbermen's Association 14f 0 S.W. Morrison St., Portland, Ore.97205

FIRST CALL

Home lmprovement Highlights

Part of the picture of home remdeling is shown in this summary of a recent Bureau of Census report. It originally appeared in House Beautilul magazine. Highlights:

o Of an $11.3 billion market 56/o oL all expenditures were for improvements--44/o fior lupkerlp.

o 53% of all expenditures were by owner-occupants of single family housing units.

o There is relatively little variation in expenditures each quarter.

o 23% of all expenditures were by the do-it-yourself market.

o Of the $6 billion spent by owners of single family houses,62/o was for improvement, 3B/o for upkeep.

o 36% of all expenditures were by a% of the market.

o Families with incomes of $15,000 plus spent over twice the national average.

o Homes valued at $20,000 plus spent nearly 5O/o more than the national average of $200 and accounted for 29Vo oL all expenfitures.

o Households where husband is under 45 account for the highest per property expenditure.

vo Households where husband is under 4.5, living in homes valued at $20,000 plus, spent 6O/o more than the average U.S. household.

r ft{ore money is spent on additions and alterations by owners of recently-built homes.

o Recent movers spent relatively more per property than longterm occupants of homes.

IHPA Elects Durrq

Imported Hardwood Plywood Association directors have elected lot.p! Durra to the office of executive vice-president. The young Getz Bros. & Co. executive succeeds Jon Gudmundsson. Woodl Mosaic Industries, Inc., of Louisville. Kentucky.

Other actions taken at the May 8, San Francisco board of directors meeting included the election of Tom Parker, M. S. Cowen Co., to the board of directors of IHPA, filling the vacancy created by the earlier resignation of O. A. PavlousJk.

IHPA directors also voted through a proposal establishing an executive committee comprised of Durra, Parker, Eric Walgrrer of Del Valle Kahman & Co., and Gunter Sih.. of Silmarco, "Inc.

IHPA is a national association of import-export firms whicl last year- soldnearly 7O/o - 9f.- all the imported' hardwood plywood panels and doorskins which went into commerciar and resiie"tial building_in_lhe U. S. IHPA maintains national h.udqu"rt"r, "t the World Trade Gnter, San Francisco Il. California.

Big Socrqmento Blqze

The H. C. Setzer Forest Products plant and the California pine Box factory in Sacramento were struck by a general alarm fire the last day of April that caused "r, "rti*"tJd million dollars damage. The box factories were adjacent to the Setzer remanufacturing plant.

_ Fanned by 30 mile-per-hour winds the fire spread sparks as far as seven miles away. A nearby house was ra"ed arri several other homes in the area were damaged.

It took l7 Sacramento unitg 12 engines and fire eompanies from neighboring-towns and 170 fireman a hard-foughi four hours to put out the fire.

Neither company has revealed when or whether the plants will resume operations.

Wood Preservers Elect Officers

G. C. Eaton, general plant superintendent of the T. J. Moss Tie Co., St. Louis, Mo.o was elected president of the American Wood-Preservers' Association at the closing session of its 4.day meeting in San Francisco. The association, national in scope, sets standards for the nation's wood preserving industry.

Retiring president is R. M. Alpen, manager of wood preserving plants for the Southern Pacific Railway at Oakland, Calif.

Other officers elected are L. C. Collister, manager of treating plants for the Santa Fe Railroad, Topeka, fire vice president; Harry Dunstano president of Southern Wood Preserving Co., Atlanta, Ga., second vice-president.

BMD Wins First Three Plqces

The Sacramento branch of Building Material Distributors, Inc. has been awarded a plaque for the greatest increase in sales of Armstrong building products in 13 Western States at the company convention held in Lancaster, Pa.

The Stockton and Sacramento branches won second and third places. William Grieve, president of the four-branch division, said it is believed this is the first time that one company has ever won first, second and third place.

BMD, Inc. is the largest wholesaler of the Building Products division of Armstrong Cork Co., in the 13 Western sta-tes.

Vaughn L. Pipes, assistant secretary of BMD, was one of five nationally chosen to sit on Armstrong's wholesaler policy committee.

APA Invqdes Europe

A two-year pilot program aimed at creating overseas markets for American structural plywood is under way in West Germany, according to Arthur H. Jones of the American Plywood Association.

APA will spearhead the program in Europe, branching out to other areas later.

t'irst efiorts are directed toward gaining a foothold for plywood in prefabricated housing, concrete forming and industrial applications, such as materials handling systems.

Jones will supervise the overseas operation. A primary goal in Europe will be revision of building codes to permit use of plywood in light construction, the industry's major domestic market.

Plywood is new in Europe for structural applications.

Field representatives will be stationed, probably at Hamburg and Cologne, with Germans to be added to the U.S.-trained stafi later this summer.

STAl{T0t{ SALISMEI{ SIAtfll by their all-new "great white fleet" of Chevrolets that the E. J. Stanton & Son and Stanline, Inc. sales forces will use to cover the southwest for the two distributing divisions.

Ken Colenrcn |o E-Z Glide As Asst. Generol Monoger

Ken Coleman, 23-year veteran in tlle lumber, door and allied products field has been named assistant general manager of the E-Z Glide Sliding Door Frame Co. bv general manager and president I^ee Kramer. Ken has a well-rounded backeround in sales and administration. both wholesale

lMVo. The l7-year-old El Monte, Calif. concern has shown steady, healthy growth by consistently ofiering service and quality products.

The expansion program in both produc. tion and sales will also widen the coverage of the manufacturing and distri,buting firm to include mid-western and southwestern states. The plant is a model of o'good housekeeping" and is geared for peak-production and rapid handling.

Ken ,Coleman has spent his adult life in tle Los Angeles area, where he was born. He lives in his new home in Hacien. da Heights with his wife Dolores and their two ch_ildren, Craig and Kathi. Ken is presently Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club 2 secretary-treasurer.

Bill lqwson Returns to Simpson

Hqllinqn Msckin Represents Forrest Wood Block Flooring

Hallinan Mackin Lumber Co., Inc., has been named exclusive representatives in the greater San Francisco Bay Area for Forrest Wood Block Flooring, a product of Forrest Industries, Dillard, Oregon.

Forrest Wood Block Flooring is a high density particleboard that is approximately 30 percent harder than Oak or Maple. It is finished with a baked on ooMirror Bright" plastic vinyl coat. This flooring will not dent under furniture or women's stiletto heels and is resistent to spots and stains. Grease will not affect it. Forrest Wood Block Flooring is an economically priced floor with built-in lasting beauty and durability. Ertimates are that it costs 25 percent less to install it than other hardwood floors.

and retail. He is a native Californian and Fg, *arted his career with the old E. K. Wood FSi.;

W. S. "Bilf' Lawson, one of the best known executives in the redwood industrv. has returned to Simpson Timber Co. in'a key role in utilizing to the fullest Simpson's resources in the Redwood Region.

It is produced. in 9"x9" sqaarer, l/ntr ar.d 3/g" thick, in two colors, Kashmir Wal. nut and Autumn Oak. It is also produced in 3/e" thick 2'x4l and 4lx4' panels, and 31/2"x8'long strips. It is applied by the use of mastic or nails, depending on the installation requirements.

LumbelCompany upon graduation from

luuruer wurp4rry upulr rrom

operations, procurement and sales.

ke Kramer also disclosed that his firm has increased its plant and ofrce area by

As raw materials planning director at Arcata, he has the job in Simpson's prepa. ration for redwood area pulp operations, He also will give close attention to all projects dealing with full utilization of trees,

All flooring products and mastics will be stocked for immediate delivery.

Distribution will be to retail outlets only.

For further information and prices, write or call Hallinan Mackin, 1485 Bavshore Blvd., San Francisco, California.

lGtl G0tEMAl{ (left) and Lee Kramer. Ken has joined E-Z Glide company as assistant generat ma'iragii.

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NBMDA's Annuol Spring Convention

A healthy 30 percent increase in attendance was recorded at NBMDA's l2th Annual Spring Convention held recently in French Lick, Indiana. W. G. Grieve, president of Building Material Distributors, Inc. of Stockton, Calif., and vice president of NBMDA, said the large attendance was due to the merger of tlle National Plywood Distributors Association with NBMDA which occurred January l.

The Board of Directors recommended a marketing seminar to be held later this year composed of top executives f"rom leading suppliers, National Building Material Distributors Association members and retail dealers. Objectives of the seminar would be to review basic trends in the marketing of building materials. The Board also voted to provide funds- for a natiJnal catalog contest among members. Awards for the best judged catalogs will be made at the November Convention in Chicago.

In opening the convention, acting president W. G. Grieve stated, 'olt is my belief that changing patterns in the distribution of building materials have not occurred and that the constant search for a changing trend has done serious damage to our industry.

ooToo many in our industry use a desire for a change as an escape device to cover their own inability to meet demands of improved methods of modern commerce and society.

"The history of our industry reveals that there have really been no basic changes in the distribution of building materials. RegardIess of methods used, the products must be moved from the source of manufacture to the ultimate consumer-at a cost."

Record Redwoods Discovered

Redwood trees of record-breaking height have recendy beerr discovered on a 200 acre tract owned by Arcata Redwood, about 380 miles north of San Frdncisco.

The trees are about l0 feet taller than the prior record holder, the 356.5-foot monster located at Bull Creek Flat, about 30 miles away from the new discoveries.

The National Geographic Society, in conjunction with a government survey team, found the big trees. The survey was part o{ a project, in conjunction with the "Save the Redwood League" to preserve the redwood trees that grow in a 250-mile belt alone the northern California coast.

Howard Libby, president of Arcata Redwood Company, said the National Geographic people had been looking at his land, but he declined to say if his company would be willing to sell.

Dr. Melville Bell Grosvenor, president of the society, said that the conservation group hoped to buy the area to keep the trees from being cut down. The conservation group, among other activities, are trying to prevent a freeway from being built in the vicinity of the redwoods.

Dubs Sizzle Under Sun

Dubs, Ltd. held its 1?9th monthly turnout at Silverado Country Club, Napa, under sunny skies and ideal course conditions. Ralpl Lamon took first flight honors with a sizzling 75-Il-64 card with Art Bond and Fred Ziese in second and third position.

_ Bill Bonnell led the pack in the second flight, Hollis Jones and Duke Warnock settling for 2nd and 3rd in that division.

In the third flight it was Bill Leonard, Jack Crane and Dick Merritt in the winners circle.

Comes next the big Annual Outing with the wives, June 19, at Pasatiempo Country Club in Santa Cruz. Members and guests are urged to fire their reservations in right away as accommodations are limited at this outstanding "ouitry "lu,L.

Wood Moulding Business Hits $l0O Million Mqrk

Wood mouldings represent a $100 rnillion a year industry in the United States, .'according to a recent survey of its members by the Western Wood Moulding Producers.

This first survey of the group showq ' says Manager Warren Jimerson, that the industry had about $85 million in sales of finished mouldings last year and more than $15 million in sales of allied products such as jambs, frames and cut stock. Members of the Western Wood Moulding Producers, located throughout western United States, rnanufacture more than two-thirds of all the mouldings made in the nation, the study demonstrates.

California and Nevada lead tle producing areas accounting Lor 53/o of the total volume. Oregon and the Inland Empire of Washington and Idaho produce about2l/s, and Arizona and New Mexico accognt for more than 22/o of the volume.

The western wood moulding industry

consum€s more than 300 million board feet . annually of shop and better grades of stock

ir the manufacture of finished mouldings ind an additional tOO million bd. ft. fJr pl:i - allied products, says the report. To step up .,.-- the utilization of each board foot. more than 2O/o of pine mouldings being shipped

THIS lS TllE lfElV lSSOCllTl0l{ embtem for Western Wood Moulding Producers. the emblem is the outline of a bed moulding pattern. "lt has been designed for easy recognition," says Warren C. Jimerson, of the association. "The pattern is easily identifiable in the lumber and wood products trado is a common moulding, ald Western Wood has been emphasized."

are now finger.jointed allowing longer and more uniform lengths, says Jimerson.

The 35 members of the Western Vood Moulding Producers ship more than 4800 railroad cars of finished mouldings annually, according to the survey.

Organized last August, the moulding trade group is already conducting market research and surveys, issuing production bdrometers, developing extensive prontotions, has group insurance available for members and will sponsor with Westem Pine Association the WPA moulding pattern catalog.

Home lmprovemenl Seminor Co'liforniq Lumber Deolers

A free seminar for lumber dealers interested in developing home improvement and remodeling service was recently staged by CHIP National Inc., accordins to Jim Williams, company president.

All phases of the CHIP (Comprehensive Home Investment PIan) were demonstrated with special emphasis on management, financing and utilization of the CHIP pricing system.

Principal speakers were Williams, whose topic was "Will you fight or quit?" and guest speaker John Taylor, Security. First National Bank, who discussed home improvement financing.

Jim Gladd, CHIP regional manager, introduced other CHIP stafi members who spdke briefly on their special fields. They were R. B. Burt Hall and John C. Clee, district consultants, Geo. Siddall, director of training, George Jacobsen, regional manager, and C. H. Barney McClure, advertising director.

A second all-day session in Los Angeles was held two days later, Thursday, May 28, lor CHIP dealers, managers and sales personnel. It was devoted to sales prospect. ing, closing and kitchen remodeling trainirg.

Presiding was Geo. Jacobsen.

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PERS@NALS

Lewis Mack of Missoula has been elected president of the Montana Building Material Dealers Association.

Kurt Grunwald. owner of Western Lumber Company, San Francisco, treated the family to a week in Las Vegas during the end ot' March rvhile he dutifully attended to business around the desert spa,

Attending the National Building Material Distributors Association meeting in French Lick, Indiana from southern Calif. were Paul Sink of Mason Supplies, Leonard Crofoot of Western States Plywood and Floyd Yates, Southwest Plywood.

It's a girl for Hallinan Mackin's Dave Mackin. Karen Louise, born May 8, and mother Kristin doing just fine thanky?r.

Wayne Foote recently took over operation of the old Marin Lumber Company yard in San Rafael.

Rex Sorick and Norman Fligel are the new owners of Franklin Building Supply in Boise.

Jim Linderman, Long Beach wholesale'r, sailed his "Prelude" in the Cinco de Mayo yacht to Ensenada, Mexico, with a crew of seven, from Newport, May 2nd, Just a guess, but he probably won.

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Johnny Myers, Sacramento, and Art Batliner and Tena5 Dejong, both of Los Angeles, received national sales awards at a recent annual sales conference in Dallas of International Paper's Long-Bell Division.

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Bill Kofford, Diamond National Corp., and his wife, spent a week calling on various wholesale distributors in southern California, including Hobbs Wall,s, Don Muller, Jack Gibson of Standard Pacific and others. Sterling Wolfe, entertained the party aboard his yacht Kahuna II at Newport Beach and George Cudworth of Ward and Harrington joined the fishing cruise.

Roddis Jones has been appointed branch manag'er in the recently acquired Oakland panel plant of WeyerhaeuselCompany.

Vincent Marions was named general manag'er fo,r the newly opened Central Valley Lumber & Supply in Los Banos, Calif. The half-million dollar ve'nture will stock for the lumber, building and farm trade.

Lynn Hansen, San Fernando valley wholesale distributor, seen covering the mill area 'round Sacramento and lVlarysville.

Charles Albers, buyer for Consolidated Lumber Co., visited the mill country in northern California and Oregon during the first week in May on a buying trip for his Los Angeles wholesale firm.

Floyd Adkins, with Sola.na Beach Lumber & Buildet's Supply for four years, has joined Georgia Pacific's San Diego operation as head of the inside sales department.

Morris Tropp, west Los Angeles wholesaler, is spending June in Australia visiting his brother Theo and family. This will be quite a family reunion for the Tropp brothers, who haven't seen each other since they both left their home in Austria in 1938, Morris also plans to tour Malasi,a, Japan and Hong Kong and will be back the first of July. He was formerly the owneroperator of a retail yard in Inglewood, Calif.

Dick Cross, head of Cross Lumber Company, Merced, spent the end of April and early May in Oregon on business,

Gunter Silmar, head of Silmarco, Inc., San Francisco, returned to the grind during late May after a month's vacation in Europe.

Mabel Staser spent last month on the Adventure Cruise to Alaska. Enroute home she stopped to visit her daughter and family in Greenbrea, Marin County. 'W}lile Mabel is away Corrine Adams, who formerly covered the Max Hill post before she retired, will hold down the desk at O. M. Hill Lumber Co., Montebello, Cal.

Sun Valley Lumber's Tom Jacobsen, Sr., and Mrs. Jacobsen are currently vacationing in the Northwest with planned stopovers at V,ancouver, Banff and Lake Louise.

Stan Dick and Bud Byard are again calling on the trade under the new monicker of BiS Four Lumber Company. Formerly Trinity River Lumber Sales Co., Big Four Lumber will headquarter at 3931 Geary Blvd.. San Francisco.

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(Coninueil lrom pge 38)

Bill Stuart, Lashley Lumber in LaCanada, ..t, took a 10-day business trip to the Hawaiian iLl Islands. Bill will call on his old customers in Honolulu and visit the outer islands,

Joe Broeteck, manager of Sterling Lumy- ber's Chico store is enjoying expanded . business since opening the new store in ,,r. May, The old store was demolished last t January.

Mac Mclearn has been named salesmanager of Van Vleet Wood Products, Arcata.

Pete Kepon, recently transfered to eastern sales at Arcata, Redwood Company, has been in the Southeast calling on ARCO customers.

Hobbs Wall office romanrce blossoms in

Los Angeles. Jan U'Ren and Lyls Brew-

sler lvere_marlied last month when they

eloped to Reno, Nevada. Congratulations!

Ilarold M. Frodsham, southern California

Redwood lumberman seen vacationing on

the beach at Honolulu. Harold and his wife

spent a couple of months in the green isles.

Marge Knipper, veteran lumber secre-

tary with E. J. Stanton & Son in Los Angeles for more than 25 years, has retired. : s\" will live in San Diego county with her sister.

Jack Crane of Crane Redwood and his better half spent part of April in Seattle on business and pleasure.

Drnie Nailor, has adopted "Bill Ding', as Nailor Lumbefs symbol of customer service for Port Angeles and Clallam county, shoppers.

Joe Durra of Getz Bros. and recently elected executive vice-president of the Imported Hardwood Plywood Assn., attended the NBMDA annual in Chicago last month.

George Rhinehart, and his wife. sailed aboard the Lurline for a three.w6ek vacation in Hawaii. They returaed via air afte,r spending the maximum time in Honolulu and the outer islands.

Ken Santee, Woodla.nd Park Lr;mber, staged all-day demonstration of woodwork finishes recently. Ken reported that once informed on uses and quality customers were much more apt to buy.

Knute Vleidman has moved his wholesale lumber offices to ?70 Welch Street in Palo Alto.

Paul Marstall is the new ,'Operations managel' at O'Neil and Ellis, Campbell, Calif., according to J. K. O'Neil. Paul has been with the company six years.

Bert lfasselberg, currently recovering from a severe auto accident, has joined Jack Crane as anehor man at Crane Bedwood Sales in Walnut Creek. Berb comes to Crane Redwood with a high redwood rating, having spent several years with Arcata Redwood, and later with Twin City Lumber and TW & J Newark.

CALIFOTNIA LU'VIBCR METCHANT

Mr. and Mrs. Sabin Carr have spent two weeks seeing the sights at the'World's Fair and visiting in the New England states. Carr, fomerly from the East, is president of Sterling Lumber Company in Oakland.

Owen Stebbins made a swing through the Eastern states contacting TPL customers last month.

Lassen Lumber's Sti Stibich is recuperat- ing at home after a return engagement at St. Mary.'s Hospital where he underwent surgery for a collasped lung.

Roy Stanton, Sr. reports a successful tho exciting trip thru the Orient. Seems four of the cars on his fast train were derailed. Happy to see you back in one piece, Roy.

Charlie and Jessie Dart, of K-Y Lumber Company, Fresno, returned home during early May after a six weeks trip to Europe via the Panama Canal aboard a Norwegian motor ship.

The King of Coco Palms, Lihue, Hawaii, and his wife, left for the islands to spend his annual vacation with Mrs. Wolfe. They also will visit other islands before returning late this month.

Fred Y. Holmee, retired president of the old Holmes Eureka Lumber Compa,ny, and Mrs. Holmes, are currently vacationing in Europe and plan to return home later this month.

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LASC Meeting Recommendotions

Recommended adoption of one stud length, election of officers and proposals to allow fire retardant wood a greater role under the building code, highlighted the Lumber Association of Southern California's quarterly board meeting.

Prior to passing the recommendation that the industry in southern California adopt one stud length, discussions had been conducted with drywall contractors and lathing contractors with no serious objections being voiced by either group. As a result a standards length oI 92L/z', has been recommended for adoption. The effective date will be announced and a more detailed explanation is promised by LASC.

The board re-elected the present officers at the Santa Barbara meeting and passed amendments to the byJaws whereby the term expires January l, 1965. Officers are: Kingston McKee, president; Dennis S. Gilchrist, vice president; James G. Maynard, treasurer, and Peter V. Speek, secretary. This change will make the term of office coincide with the association's fiscal year and the calendar year. New officers for 1965 will be "nrrourr""d at the Palm Springs Conference, which is held annually in November.

Terry Mullin, alternate dealer-director from LASC to the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association, reported on action taken by the NLBMDA board of directors at its meeting May 12 and 13, in Washington, D.C. He pointed out the legislative service offered to LASC by NLBMDA. The Washingtonbased association has staff members concerned with bills gling throuBh the Congress which aficct the Iunnber industry. and prevent adoption of bills which are not in the ,best inteiests of the industry. This is a part of the services available to Associations with membership in NLBMDA.

After lunch, to which the wives were invited, the new plywood requirements for the City of Los Angeles were discussed by Ed Paul of U.S. Plywood Corp. He had samples of some of the defective plywood which had been found on jobs and which precipitated the action taken ,by the Board of Building and Safety Commissioners.

Don Johnson of J. H. Baxter & Co. save a talk about fire retardant treated wood and its usage in ion,bearing permanent partitions of Type I & II buildings. Some of the cities in southern California have accepted FRTW as well as it being written into Tide 19 o'Public Safety" of the California Adminiitrative Code.

Title 19 applies to public schools and places of public assembly and is administered by the state fire marshall. Acceptance of FRTW by the 1964 Uniform Building Code and orher codes mentioned is opening a market now unknown to the retail lumberman.

Wolnut Quolos Colled lmportcnt Step

The government's new quota program for veneer-quality black walnut logs has been called an important slep forward in assuring a continuing supply of this hardwood for the nation's producers of paneling by the American Walnut Manufacturers'Association.

Donald H. Gott, executive director, says the industry is taking immediate steps to comply with the order, which is a i6 p". "".i reduction from the 196l-62 base period.

The order was issued under provisions of the Export Control Act, which provides for restriction of exports "to protect the domestic economy from the excessive drain of scarce materials and to reduce the inflationary impact of abnormal foreiga demand."

First of its kind in the wood industry. the order climaxes nearlv three years of efiort by groups to obiain curtailment of exports. Unrestricted exports in the last few years had threatened the future supply of walnut veneer, Gott pointed out.

Terrible Twenties Meets Monthly For

TT WAS the 456th Terrible Twenty tour- I nament held in the 38 years of monthly golf meetings and this particular contest attracted exactly 38 players of various ability with the old golf clubs.

a Good Go at the Golf Green

In all the 38 years of tournament play there has been only one postponement. As usual May 8 was a beautiful spring day and the course was fast and perfect.

Arrangements for this clamtbake were handled by lumber executive Ed Bauer, who is also historian of the Terrible Twenty fraternity, which was established on May 19, 1926.

The first meeting and tournament of this oldest orsanization of its kind was held at Flintridg" C.C. with 29 mem,bers on hand to adopt the by-laws and start the action under the guidance of Eric Lange, the first o'Most Terrible."

Ther,e are many lumbermen who are members, including retailers, wholesalers, contractors and builders. Active members in the wood products industry in addition to Ed Bauer: Clarence Bohnhoff^ Hervev Bowles, Tom Fleming. Laythrop Leishman, Emil Lug, Virgil Oliver, Bob Osgood, Orville Stewart, Elmer Vivian, Roy Stanton, Sr., Dee Essley, Spud Jordan, "Pick" Maule and Sid Simmons.

Architect Robert F. Fields was elected The Most Terrible for the ensuing fiscal year at the banquet following the tournament.

IERRIBTE TWENTY tournament tigers take ten before for '64-'65 (inset) is Bob Fields. Closely knit fore tee-off at (top lefO LA country club. Group (top right) some at lower left are John Parr, Fields, Elmer Vivian is: Virgil 0liver, Glenn Dunlap, Bob 0sgood, Sid Sim- and Ray Drepes. Right, Spud Jordan and Bob 0sgood. mons and Hervey Bowles. Elected "Most Terrible" This was the 456th meeting of the 38-year-old club.

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Free Film On Plywood Use

An updated version of the film, "Miracle in Wood," tracing plywood from the first pressed veneer for fine Egyptian furniture to its present use as a structural building material, is now available from the American Plywood Association (formerly Douglas Fir Plywood Association).

The revised "Miracle in 'Wood" will emphasize the end uses of plywood-for evervthing from homes and vacation cabins to boats and industrial applications.

A portion of the film illustrates briefly how plywood is made and why it is called a miracle in wood. The reasons for its strength (pound for pound stronger than steel), rigidity and other properties are described.

The film demonstrates the versatility of plywood by showing it being used for such items as cargo vans and other containers, pallets, boats (including hydroplanes) and home-building.

The engineered uses for plywood as large building components that make possible new architectural designs and help cut building costs, are also outlined.

The longest single portion of the half-hour film is devoted to plywood's primary use-home construction. The documentary also discusses anticipated future uses for plywood.

The "Miracle in Wood," along with five other films, is now being distributed by the plywood association with no booking fee. The only cost is return postage and insurance. For a print of the film or a list of films available, write to: Movie Library, American Plywood Association, Tacoma, W'ashington, 98401,

Deocy Stumps fhe North

Ted Deacy, owner-operator of the Ted Deacy Company, and Bob Goetze, sales manager, have just returned from a l0-day buying stump that took them from San Francisco through southern Oregon and 46 mills.

The purpose, other than buying, Deacy stated, "was to see a lot of old friends and brief them on the new operation."

Deacy was able to visit nearly everyone of his contacts, past and present. This included the suppliers of over 90o/a of. Deacy redwood, fir and pine. Deacy said he intends to make several more such trips before the year is out.

Of the 2,000 plus miles Deacy and Goetze motored, over half was through the redwood country, where Deacy started his lumber career and from where he is supplied his chief line.

The Ted Deacy Company opened for business early last month.

B0B G0EIZE fleft) and Roy Rice look on as Ted Deacy signs acknowledgment for first order received by his newly-formed Ted Deacy Company of Los Angeles.

Higbquality mouldings, stocked in quantity

Maple Bros., Inc. carries a complete stock of all standard Ponderosa Pine Moulding patterns ' all soft-textured and srttooth-finisl'ted in uniform quality. Special patterns will be milled to your specifications' Your order receives prompt attention and on-schedule delivery at Maple Bros., Inc'

Copelond Buys 17 Centrol Volley Rerqil lumber Yords

J. W. Copeland Yards, one of the West's largest retail lumber and building supply organizations, has purchased I7 lumber and building supply yards in the San Joaquin valley, J. W'. Copeland, president and general manager, has announced. The transaction was efiective May 4.

The yards belonged to United Lumber Yards, which is a division of Winton Lumber Sales Conr,pany of Minneapolis. They are located in the rich San Joaquin agricultural valley, from north of Modesto to north of Bakersfield. They do business

in: Atwater, Chowchilla, Empire, Exeter, Kerman, Lindsan Livingston, Modesto, Oakdale, Orosi, Porterville, Riverbank, Strathmorg Visalia, Waterford, Woodlake and Madera.

Copeland said the yards at Atwater and Madera, closed for some time. will be reopened shortly. He said the purchase 'oinvolved a considerable sum of money." The purchase does not involve United's retail yard at Lake Tahoe, Nev., or Winton Lumber Sales' sawmill, ply'wood and moulding plant at Martell, Calif., or United States Wholesale Company at Modesto.

The new aequisition makes the J. W. Copeland organization one of the largest

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retailers of lumber and building supplies in the West. Copeland now has 88 yards. The number would have been one more, but presently a yard at Vancouver, Wash., is being abolished. The latter is involved in that city's urban renewal project and another site was not available.

The first Copeland Yard was established in Portland on November 12, 1912. Yards are now located in Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada, and Idaho. The CopeIand system sells more than 5O million feet of lumber annually. Copeland also operates a wholesale company in Portland. The United Lumber Yard chain was established about 25 years ago. Copeland said he hoped to retain most of the United Yards' personnel.

Huge New Shed Added By TW&J in Von Nuys

Tarter, Webster & Johnson has added another lumber storage shed at their Van l\uys distribution yard. The yard is managed by Bill Bright. The shed is modern in every detail and is 6O' x 180 with 10,800 square feet of under-cover space.

With the additional building the complex now has three large warehouses to house the million feet of dry lumber stock the four-acre yard carries. The new building was erected by Commercial Structures of Los Angeles and sports a Iaminated beam roof with six foot overhang, skylights, and open end doors for convenient, efficient inside operation.

Dick Lambert is sales manaser for the yard, which sells to retail dealers in the San Fernando Valley, South Bay cities, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.

"W'e stock in excess of three million feet of lumber for immediate delivery via LCL and also offer rail and truck ship. ments." said Dick,

The Van Nuys set-up has a five car in-the-yard railroad spur with an additional five car hold track. Much of their stock is also received via truck and trailer from the various company mills and suppliers.

NIMA PROPOSAI.S

(Continued lrom Page 14)

discussing recent developments in the pending Civil Rights Bill and the $1.25 Mini. mum Wage [,aw which goes into effect in 1965 (it's not the $I.25 an hour that will afiect ,California dealers, Libbey pointed out. Rather, it's the overtime aspect under the new law).

Stockton spent a good deal of his time at the rostrum outlinine the activities of LMEA to the interested group. Originally formed for the purpose of representing employers in the Six Bay Counties in negociating with labor, LMEA recently,branched out into the field of wood promotion. The association represents over one-half of the eligible firms, and its services cover some

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TUMBER MERCHANTS ASSOCTATION OF NORTHERN CATIFORNIA

1255 Post Street - Son Froncisco

OFFICERS qnd DIRECTORS

Cloir Hicks, President

Bob Adoms, vice-presidenl

l. E, Horfon. Treosurer

Jock Pomeroy, exec. vicepresident

Bob Adoms, Nooh Adoms lumber Compony

Eugene Bell, Clovis lumber Compony

Rod Bronson, lvlelrose lumber & Supply Co.

Bob Bulcher, Son Lorenzo Lumber Compony

Uoyd Corier, Slerling lumber Compony

Al Corrigon, United Lumber Yords

Bob Gehring, Service lumber Compony

C. F. Goodwin, George C. Jocobs Compony

Norm Griesboch, Lompe lumber Compony

Ston Gustofson, Sierro A{ill & lumber Co.

Rolph Hogle, Hogle DeCou Lumber Compony

E. H. Hounschild, Chos, C. Meek l-umber Co.

Bill Holt, Holt Lumber Compony

Cloir Hicks, Hicks lumber Compony

l. E. Horton. Co. City l-umber & Supply

Elmer Rou, Modero Lumber & Hordwore Co.

Herb Crowford, Weslern Sierro Lumber Co. Eorl Rufh. Porlier Lumber Compony

Chorlie Cross, Sr., Truckee-Tohoe Lumber Co,

Elie Deslruel, Meod Clork Lumber Co.

chorles Fowler, Builders & consumers [umber co.

lew Silvero, Silvero Lumber Compony

Horry Sfeworf, son Rsmon Vclley Milt & tumber Co.

t. wolfenborger, J. c. wofienborger & son

Burt Gortin. Home Lumber Yord, Inc. Sleva yoeger, yoeger ond Kirk

Cloyd Gorner, Son Jooquin lumber Compony Tom yoncey, yoncey Lumber Compony

J. H. Kirk Lumber & Building Moteriol Co.- lumber Compony-direclor ol lorge ond execulive Direclor ot lorge; Fronk Heord, Molroni-Heord commiltee, NTBMDA

KEYI{0IE SPEAI(ERS' (top row, L-R) Al Stockton of LMEA; CHIP National's Jim williams; NLBMDA's Ed Libbey; wB[4A's President Austin Zellmer. (Second row, left) featured speaker De Loss Walker at the rostrum. Seated at head table are (L-R) VicePresident Bob Adams, Mrs. Hicks, Mrs. Adams, and President Clair Hicks. New directors: (center) Lloyd Carter, Cloyd Garner, Al Corrigan, Bob Gehring. 0ther directors (not pictured) are Burt Gartin and Elie Destruel. (Center row, right) Vic Riolo of WPA (right) chats with an unidentified guest. (Lower lefO Lyle Schafer, Jim Webber and Ross Rasmussen. (Lower right) LMA Treasurer lra Horton and f ieldman Bob McBrien at LMA lnformation Board.

These generous firms were hosts of the Convention

Aborigine Lumber Co.

Americon Distributing Conpony

Cel,olex Corporction

R. H. Emmerson & Son

Arcolo Redwood Compony Evons Products Co.

Armstrong cork compony Fibreboord poper products

Besiwoll Gypsum Ccnpony corporotion

Blue Diomond Conrpqny

Uoyd A. Fry Roofl.ng Compony

Bonnington lumber Compony Garehirne Corporotion

Building tVlateriol Distributors, Inc.

Coliforniq Redwood Associotion

Cqlifornio Werlern Stofes life

lnsurq'nce Compony

Georgio-Pocific Corp.

Horbor Lumber Compony, lnc.

Hobbs Woll Lumber Co.. Inc.

Johns-i/lonville Soles Corporotion

Koiser Aluminum Building Producls Reid ond Wright Inc.

Lomon Lumber Compony

Mo6onite Corporofion

Notionol Associoies, Inc.

Notionol Plcn Service, Inc.

Pocific cament & Agglegotes, Inc.

The Pocifc Lumber Compony

Poromino [umb* Cornpony

Permonenlc Cement Compony

Torfer. Webster g Johnson, lnc.

union Lumber compony

united sEnes Gypsum Co"

wendling-Nolhon compcny

Wesl CodSt Lumbermen's Associotion

Western Pine Associolion

Western Pine Supply Co.

Pickering Lumber Corp. Weyerhoeuser Cornpony

Plywolt DivisiorrEvons Products Co.

Wholesole Building Supply, Inc.

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Extra-dry and more uniform lumber

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1. Lighter-saves on 2. More compact-saves storage space

freight costs

Engineered 4-Square lumber is lighter than unseasoned or regular Kiln-Dried lumber. A 40,000-foot car of unseasoned lumber weighs almost five tons more than a car of new Engineered 4-Square lumber.

The slightly smaller size of Engineered 4-Square lumber allows you to stnre 57o Savings on shipping costs to Chicago are at least $240, to to 87o morc footage in the same area.

Miami $300 and to Boston $275. Savings over regular KilnDried are $107 to Chicago, $123 to Miami, $112 to Boston.

3. Better performance- 4. Quick, easy identification easier to sell of quality

Engineered 4-Square lumber looks better and is better. There's no costly fall down in stock. The grade you buy is the grade you sell. And Engineered 4-Square lumber virtuallY eliminates such problems as cracked walls, nail popping, squeaky floors and sticking doors or windows. Builders get better allaround performance. You get repeat sales and enhance your reputation as a quality dealer.

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More than 50,000,000 board feet of Engineered 4-Square lumber has been used in construction throughout the nation. It was selected as the framing lumber for all three homes at the New York World's Fair House of Good Taste exhibit. The new size and improved moisture content has the endorsement of the American Lumber Standards Committee, the National Association of Home Builders, the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, the Western Pine Association, the United States Savings and Loan League and the American Institute of Architects.

Engineered 4-Square lumber is distinctively colored with

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We'll be advertising and explaining the advantages of Engineered 4-Square lumber to builders and architects everywhere. To help you sell this improved product in your area there's a wide choice of merchandising materials - literature, job signs, ad mats, demonstration units and banners.

The technical story of why Engineered

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Green

When it is first cut, a green S-foot stud may contain as'much as three gallons of water. There are about three pints of water in the same stud (at 30lo moisture content) when it gets to market.

Allowing lumber that has not been Kiln-Dried to ,drvout" within the framework of a house only invites troubl"e. The wood cell di_agrams at_the left will expiain our point.--- As lumber dries out the "free water',- between ihe cells leaves first, then the water in the cell wall. A,s the celi-waGi evaporates the_lumber begins-to shrink (at about ZS/o mois_ ture- cpntent). Now if you build a wall with green stuls cpn_ taining variolrs percentages of water you aie bound to ;;t u.neven shrinkage. The result can be warping, twisting aid checking_of thJlumber. This is *it"t "aG"J'uneven foalls. stickin_g doors and windows, plaster cracks and other aefect"l With Engineered 4-Square lumber ttre *ater- that -can cause trouble is removed at the mill. pvery piece is preshrunk to a narrow margin.of moisture uniformity. Nothirig is over 79/o moisture and the average js l5To.

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Kiln-Dried

When the same stud is Kiln-Dried to the prevailing 19 per cent average moisture content (no maximum limit) it will contain about two pints of water. This makes for good lumber, but it no longer fits today's needs in engineered-type building.

Engineered 4-Square

A Weyerhaeuser Engineered 4Square Kiln-Dried stud will contain about one pint of water. This is close to the moisture content the wood will attain in service and it's ideal for all types of precisely engineered wood construction.

Why the smaller size?

There's a place for green lumber. Weyerhaeuser has alwavs made it and probablfl .a.lways will. However, _the size of a lumber framing member should be directly related to the moisture content the lumbei will attain in use.

Green lumber dressed jg 75/a' will shrink down to about 112,, when it finally dries- out. Since lew Engineered 4-Square Xil"-n.i"a lumber -is pre-shrunk at the mill it doesn't make sense to use the larger size when the l/2" thickness will meet the requirements of all existing span tables.

How to order Engineered Lumber

For complete service and additional information contact vour r representative at the area office neirest you or write us at Box 8-100, Tacoma, Washington.

Y()SEMIIE C0t{VEt{Tl0NJl) Ham Knott and Charlie Cross, Sr. (2) (L-R) llarry Hood, Henry Hulett and Larry Hansen. (3) Bob Bolton (left) and Bob Gehring. {4} (L-R) Jay Ludlow, Bob McBrien and President Clair Hicks. (5) Harry Hood (left) and Joe Kirk. (6) Jim Hopkins (left) and Gene Bell. (7) Armin Speckert. (8) (L-R) Ruth Bell, Jane Ross, Jane Clapham, Gene Hall and Jim Ross. (9) Paul Ward (lefU and Dave Davis. {10} Tom Yancey. (11) (L-R) Earl Ruth, Art and Alta Post and Art Wall. (12) (L-R) Bob Butcher, Lyle Schafer, Jim Webber and Fred Riedle. (13) Frank Baxley (left) and Art Post. (14) Clair and Elsie Hicks with Mr. and Mrs.

Ed Libbey of Washington, D.C. (15) One of the models who exhibited the latesi in ladied styles at the convention fashion show. (16) Rich Stanley (left) and Lionel Stott. (17) Tournament chairman Craig Gaffney (standing) with low gross winner Dick Holt (left) and low net winner Bill Johnson. (18) (L-R) Duane and Eileen Bennett, Fran and Steve Yaeger and Karen and Pete Parrish. (19) Duo of models from the Patio Shop in Palo Alto who were 0n hand for the fashion show.

(20) Steve Yaeger (second from right) surrounded by the Pacific boys, Bud_Robey, Jim Hopkins, Harry Hood and Earle Tatman. (21) Jay Ludlow (lef0 and lke Zafrani.

Twerty'FlveYears Ago

As Reported in the June, 1939, Issue of the Cali{ornia Lumber Merchant, EsL L922

tarue 'lMoodeon of 'Wheeler Osgood Sales Corp., is on a business and pleasure trip

i through the East where he will visit the

New York World's Fair.

Otis R. Johnson, executive vice president of the Union Lumber Co., San Francisco,

returqed last week from a business trip to

ea.stern and southern cities.

E E. Arthur, sales manag'er of the cargo department of Weyerhaeuser Sales Co., Tacoma, was a recent visitor to San Francisco and Los Angeles on a business trip.

tournament held recently at the Fox Hills Country Club. Low net winner was A. If. Hoel and the low gtoss prize went to W'alter Metz.

Carl Blackstock, Blackstock Lumber Co., Seattle, was elected vice president of the National Retail Lumber De'alers Association at the group's annual meeting held in W'ashington, D.C.

Howar,il Ilarline recently purrchased full interest in the Walteria Lumber Co., Walteria, from his former partner, R. L. Ericsson. The company is making additions and improvements to the storage yard and buildings.

T. B. Lawrence, Lawtence-Philips Lumber Co., Los Angeles, attended the hearings of the Maritime Commission at San Francisco on June 13.

*ittt the California Roofing Bureau and the

P.air.rtins and Decorating Contractors Asso-

,. George W. Greene has succeeded Charles L. Tripler as secretary of the Coast Counties Lumbermen's Club, with headquarters at Watsonville, Calif. Greene was formerly ciation.

J. E. Bassett and his son Thomas have sold their interest in the Bassett-Teachout Co., Los .A,ngeles, to David W'. Teachout. The elder Bassett has taken a position as head of the door and plywood department

E U. Wbeelock of Los Angeles. IIis

son has joined the pubtcity stafr of Ameri'can Air Lines.

D. D. McCallum won the low net prize for golfers at the 'Wholesale Sash & Door 'Association of Southern California golf

W-. K. Kendrick, Valley Lumber Co., Fresno, Calif., chairmanned a meeting of retailers of the Redwood Relationship Committee at Rio Del Mar Country CIub on Monterey Bay, Calif.

Fred Jaekle reports that his planing mill and more than a million feet of lumber were destroyed by a fire at the yard in Napa, Calif., in late May.

Fred S. Palmer of Sante Fe Lumber Co., San Francisco, has returned from a twoweeks business trip through Texas.

David H. steinmetz rrr has joined stan{3rd

Ernest A. Blackma& formerly with Blackman & Anderson, Oakland, Calif., has opened a wholesale and retail lumber business at the foot of 5th Avenue at 9th Avenue Pier, metropolitan Oakland's lumber terminal.

George M. Graves, formerly with Union Mill & Lumber Co., Santa Barbara, and Ilonald Bufkiu formerly assistant manager, Building Materials Exhibit, Los Angeles, have been appointed field men by the California Redwood Association.

-Lrunlel cor- a5- vieg r15$l$t luccgfdlng rri# r"rnu"r co., la the tuv.itv as a lum- his father, the late Dovid H. Steinmetz Jr., Ler salesman. who was killed in a trag"ic airBlane crash in Cajon Pass while flying his private plane

Edwin Pohle has been named general manto Bishop, Calif. for a fishing trip. Young ager of the Southern Lumber Co., San Jose, Steinmetz is a June graduate of the Cali- according to H. G. Ililton, president of the fornia Institute of Technology. concern.

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New Col-Pqcific Appointments

California Pacific Sales Corporation has appointed Pat Benson as general manager, and Freeman Campbell as sales manager, it has'been announced by William J. Pendola, president of the firm.

Benson's appointment is of particular note as it follows by just five years his joining the company after graduation from college. His experience is broad, having worked through the company, first on the green-chain during college summers, then sales, accounting, and now general manager.

Benson's progress has been geographic as well, with Cal-Pacific general offices moving from the mill at Arcata to San Francisco, and then last year to their present address on Telegraph Road in Los Angeles.

Freeman Campbell's appointment as sales manager brings over 20 years of experience to that position. It also brings a man well known throughout the Cali{ornia lumber industry. Campbell. a past secretary of Los Angeles Hoo Hoo No. 2, has worked evervthing from retail yards to custom-mills, all in the Southern California area.

Cal-Pacific also announced their biggest first quarter in company history. Records were set in both volume and net profit. Benson anticipates a record 1964 as well.

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Duke Elder has announced that Hirt & Wood Lumber Co., manufacturers and wholesalers in California, Oregon and Washington, has merged its southern sales offices with H. E. Markstrom Lumber Sales at Newport Beach, Calif. o'Brownie', Markstrom will continue with Elder in the sales operation of the southland office.

Dyke Elder, manager of the southern offices, is a graduate of the University of Oregon with 16 years in wholesale lumber. He started his career at the sawmill level 18 years ago in the big northwest timber country. Recently he has held responsible posi-tions in-the wood products industry and is corporation ,""."tury of Hirt & Wood Lumber Co.

In southern California, 'oBrownie" Markstrom needs no introduction. He worked from the northwest l1 years ago where he learned the business from the ground up. He has conducted his own wholesale distribution concern in Compton and Newport Beach for several years representing quality shippers in the three west coast states. He is active in lumb.er association afiairs. Hoo. Hoo and civic affairs.

"In addition to the exclusive representation of all mill sales fo-1 Murphy Creek Lumber Co. at Murphy, Oregon, we ship from all other mills in the pacific northwest," said Duke Eldei. ,,We also specialize in long dimension," he continued, ..and insure fast service in connection with all insuiries."

Lumber Employers Council Meets

o'Development of Positive Labor-Manaqement Relations in 196465" titled the talk by Dr. John Van de Water, associate professor of industrial relations and business law, UCLA, before the recent annual meeting of Lumber Employers Council in Los Angeles.

"A {irm approach, based upon sound principles, is the first step towards initiating and maintaining practical working relationships with unions," Dr. Van de Water stated. "Without such a foundation, management cannot convince labor of its true objectives," he told the assembly of executives representing more than 3l lumber and wood working firms.

In addition to the principal speaker, brief reports on the activities and plans of LEC were given by various members of the association.

New Design Uses Pole - Type Construction

Use of a new design concept involving pole-type construction has enabled hangars for 40 aircraft at Brackett Air Field to be built at a cost of less than $2,000 per unit.

Just completed on leased ground at the La Verne, Calif. field are two buildings, each 420 feet long and 50 feet wide. Each provides T-hangar space for 20 planes. Brackett is "home" for about 250 privatelyowned planes and the 40 hangar spaces were leased even before the buildines were completed. Rental is $55 per month]

The hangars were designed and built

by the Forest Products Division of Koppers Company, Inc., using I42 poles and 42 timbers of 4 x 12 size. Before erection, poles and timbers were pressure-treated to protect them from attack by decay and termites. Poles were pressure-treated with creosote oil, while the timbers were treated with Wolman Salts.

Two rows of poles were first "planted" in holes drilled five feet deep, carefully aligned and concrete was poured around them. On either side of these, a row of timbers was "planted" to a four-foot depth.

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These were used at the sides of the building instead o{ the eight-inch-diameter poles in order to allow a few additional inches for entry of the planes. With this system, each hangar space has a clear opening span of 39 feet, 8 inches-adequate for entry of twin-engine planes such as the Piper Aztec and the Cessna 3I0. Height of doors is 12 feet, l0 inches.

Sides of the hangar buildings are a series of sliding doors on tracks and runners. These are made of galvanized sheet steel and each door can be locked without interfering with operation of the adjacent doors.

Roofs and ends of the buildings also are of galvanized steel sheeting and asphaltic concrete is used for flooring. While the new Brackett field hangars do not have partil tions between units, Koppers engineers said these could be added, if desired, at an additional cost of about $400 per unit.

UNDER COVER STORAGE

.. . JUST ONE OF MANY STEPS

Under cover storoge doesn't moke the lumber good, but il keeps it cleon, dry ond os beoutiful os the doy it wos milled. {And, Hemlock is q bequtiful lumber olong with its mony other quolities|.

We stort with old growth Hi-Altitude Oregon Hemlock, we mill it with the most modern equipment ond kiln-dry it to mointoin the fine quolity. Our Hemlock is 100% KD, DET, Double End Stomped ond Associotion Grode Stomped. We store it ond ship it under cover to moke certoin thot you ond your builder hove o fine piece of lumber reody to use.

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Spoce Age Uses for Wood

Wood, nature's only renewable natural resource, is the only basic material to have found so many uses in the space age. Today's list of lumber by-products has grown to include such products as vanilla extract, industrial wax, rayon for tire cords, and space missile explosives.

The labels on many reducing tablets show that the basic ingredient is wood pulp. Toothpaste, ice cream, cold cream, and shaving cream use wood pulp as a stabilizer. Industry is using wood pulp to stabilize bricks, cement, ceramic products and gypsum board. Another wood derivative, cellulose, goes into more than 6,500 different products.

Traditional wood-derived standbys are such products as pitch, turpentine, and rosin rvhich have been produced in the United States from wood since the mid1800's.

BUltDll{G just completed, showing poletype constructjon. Two 2Ghangar buildings using pressurecreosoted poles and Wolmanized timbers. A 50 percent saving over estimates for concrete and steel construction were made.

Fountoin Lqunches Lumber ln the lond of Lqwrence

Some people will go a long way to'sell lumbero and Ed Fountain is no exception. In case you didn't recognize the sheik aboard that humped-back station wagon, it's Ed. This picture was taken during his

tried to peddle his wares through Jordan, Israel" North Africa and a few other inde' scrible places.

The customers were apparently pretty rough because he's back doing business behind his desk in los Angeles. He says to come in any time for a complete travelog and description oI real sales resistance.

Jewett Lumber Soles Buys Arcolo SEwmill

Don Jewett, president of Jewett Lumber Sales, has announced his wholesale distribution concern has bought the Heistman sawmill operation in Arcata, Calif. The property and machinery were purchased late in March and production \tras immedi' ately started to fill the demand for oldgrowth Redwood.

sales program the firm has started. Ofi. shore shipments to Hawaii and the Orient established several months ago, are working out smoothiv.

While prexy Jewett is busy at the mill level Jack Campbell will watch the store at Redondo Beach headquarters and Bill Wickett, former Hollow Tree sales manager, will handle direct mill shipments from his office at 1215 ooM" St. in Arcata. The new rnill operation employes 25 men on a one shift basis to produce the 12 million feet:r of lumber. Production will be expanded i this summer.

No More Remodeling Stotistics?

ED FOUNTAIN

recent visit to Egypt where he tried to conlince Nasser the Aswan dam should be made of laminated timbers. It obviously didn't work because his act was followed by a fat man named K??? Undaunted, Ed

"We have established a long-range cutting program of bandsawn lumber and quality manufacture will be emphasized throughout," stated Jewett, "and will produce more than a million feet monthly to augment the demand for our full line of green commons and kiln dried uppers." In addition his firm will offer small cut, lathe and special industrial items.

Jewett Lumber is continuously expanding it's marketing and distribution to anticipate additional changes in service to include all areas of the United States in a national

The National Home Improvement Council is urging all those who are interested in remodeling to write or wire the Bureau of Census, Dept. of Commerce and urge them to continue publishing remodeling statistics. The bureau, which began issuing the re. ports in 1960 has begun to wonder aloud if they are worth the $300,0@ per year that it costs to get them out to business.

NHIC feels that the department issues the only reliable statistics on home remodeling in the entire home improvement industry. The council urges that the flow of numbers continue so that those in home remodeling will be able to better inform and thus be able to do a better iob.

Technicol Informqlion qt Convention

"The forest products industry will practice a form of intraindustry cooperation to an extent largely unknown in many industries, through its open exchange of basic industry research information at its lSth annual meeting," reports Charles M. Kreider of Brooks-Scanlon, Inc., chairman of the Forest Products Research Society's 1964 annual meeting technical program. The FPRS meeting will be held in Chicago, June 2l-25.

This four-day conference, Kreider points out, is a strong program of over 80 technical papers to be presented in 21 technical sessions. That is why. it has taken for its theme "New Breakthroughs in Research for Better Forest Products" indicating that three major degrees of progress in research and development rvill be covered.

There will be presentations of the wood industry's newest techniques, processes and products now in pilot plant or trial stage but ready for commercial development; advances in applied research programs at or near the point of industrial application; and the continually all-important pioneering and basic research programs from which all "breakthroughs" eventually stem.

Hqwoiion Wood Report

Information about robusta eucalyptus wood recently gathered from milling experience and research in Hawaii is set out in a new publication by Roger G. Skolmen.

The report, "Robusta Eucalyptus Wood: Its Properties and f/ses," was released this week by the U.S. Forest Service experiment station in Berkeley. Assigned to the Station's Forestry Research Center in Honolulu, Skolmen is conducting research on the uses, properties, and processing of 11"*a1i-grown forest products.

Robusta-the most abundant of the timber trees introduced to Hawaii-is a fairly heavy wood, Skolman reports. It compares favorably with oak and hickory. In strength properties other than shock resistance and hardness, robusta is stronger than most mainland woods of comparable density. But robuJta has high shrinkage in drying-slightly more than comparable mainland hardwood. Consequently, advises Skolmen, the wood must be carefully dried in manufacture to avoid excessive loss.

Skolmen concludes that robusta is excellent for purposes requiring high strength and for finish work where an atiractively figured, dark reddish,brown wood is desired. He lists potential uses for the wood as single-wall house siding, small-membered furniture, highway guard iails, and sliced veneer.

Interstote Contqiner Sold

The Diamond National Corp. has purchased the Interstate Container Corp. of Red Blufi, officials said.

The price was not revealed.

W. D. Schwab, president of Interstate, manufacturer of plywood and wood veneer, said the New York firm took over on May, 29 without a work halt. AU f25 employees of Interstate kept their jobs, Schwab said.

New Wolnul Creek Yqrd

Ed French, former partner in Crane French Co., Walnut Creek, has opened a retail yard at 2190 Oak Grove Rd. in Walnut Creek. The new yard is operating under the name of Burton-French Lumber Company and is catering to the do-it.yourself trade. Fencing and patio materials are a specialty of the house. Prior to his interest in Crane French Co., French was a partner in Monument Lumber Co. with Jim Giles.

JAMES REDWOOD

Firms Cited for Wood Promotion

Eleven firms affiliated with the lumber industry, nine in Oregon, one in California and one in Missouri. have been honored for contributing to the industry's National Wood Promotion Program each year since its inception in 1959.

The firms are among II5 nonJumber manufacturing companies, principally machinery and equipment producers and retail and wholesale lumbermen, who have been consistent subscribers to the NWPP throughout its five-year history.

Representatives of the lI firms cited have been presented with special wood plaques, expressing the "recognition and respect" of the American lumber industry.

Those honored were: Henry T. Eaton, Eaton-Young Lumber Co., Eugene, Ore.; Robert A. Schott, Forestglen Lumber Co., Ore' gon Ltd., Medford, Ore.; K. R. Michel, Michel Lumber Co., Lake Oswego, Ore.; M. B. Murphy, Murphy Lumber, Inc., Blue River, Ore.; C. J. Madden, Patrick Lumber Co., Portland, Ore.; Clar' ence M. Jewett, The Jewett-Cameron Corp., Portland, Ore.; Elon Ellis, Timber Structures, Inc., Portland, Ore.; David Prentice, E. V. Prentice 'Co., Inc., Portland, Ore.; R. H. Alley, Alley Brothers, Medford, Ore.; Alfred D. Bell, Jr., Hobbs Wall Lumber Co., San Francisco, Calif., and E. M. Lynn, Lumbermen's Underwriting Alliance, Kansas City, Mo.

lofoyette Lumber Opens Brqnch

Pat McBrider'owner of Lafayette Lumber Co., 3680 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette, has opened a new branch yard at 525 Monument Blvd. in Concord.

Open seven days a week, the new branch carries a complete line of building materials including lumber, doors, room dividers, fencing, paneling, ceiling tile, patio covers, cement and hardware. McBride purchased Lafayette Lumber from Piedmont Lumber Co. early last year.

Builders Lumber Rqzed

Fire swept through Builders Lumber Company in Dos Palos on May 13, completely leveling the facilityr before it could be brought under control. The long established yard is owned by Fred Riedle. Jr.. an active member of the Lurr.r,ber Merchants Association of Northern California.

U. 5. Plywood Doubles Siding Output

Expansion of U. S. Plywood Corporation's PF'15 facility at Lebanon, Oregon, has been announced by operations manager William A. Whelan who stated the department will double papacity on completion of a 70,000 sq. ft. addition.

"Many years of development in cooperation with E. I. DuPont to provide an exterior siding guaranteed paint-free for fifteen years has assured minimum maintenance costs as well as providing an exterior siding cornpetitive to other materials," he said.

Diqmond Notionql Hos Record Yeqr

Sales and earnings of Diamond National Corporation in 1963 set new records for the fifth consecutive year, representing the highest in the company's 92-year history, William H. I7alters, chairman and chief executive officer, has reported.

The directors have increased the quarterly dividend for the fifth successive year, he said.

Diamond National showed a 9.6 percent gain in earnings last year and net sales in 1963 increased by $24,133,000 to $278,075,000 against $253,942000 in 1962.

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Bright Lighting in Display Areas Can Brighten Your Profit Picture

Schools or offices using daylight from a side window wall as primary source of light, and artificial lighting as a supplement, have more effective illumination than buildings with overhead lighting only, a university study reveals.

In fact, about one-half as much illumination is needed if daylight walls are used as

the primary source. Most ordinary reading and writing tasks require twice as much illumination if it comes only from overhead sources rather than sidewall lighting.

These are conclusions drawn from a research project which analyzes the effect on visual performance of direct lighting from a side window wall. The effect of

reflected glare was studied by Professor J. W. Griffith, internationally known daylight authority at Southern Methodist Univereity. Professor Griffith has been associated with Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company for 15 years in studies of daylighting.

Professor Griffith researched the quality of light from a side window wall and from overhead sources on visual tasks. He studied the efiectiveness of each type of lighting on tasks, rather than merely how much light each system produces on a given task.

He measured the contrasts of tasks utilizing pencil, ink and ballpoint pen, as well as tasks involving typed material and print. Simulated daylight tests were made on illumination from an overcast sky and uniformly bright sky, as well as light emitted when venetian blinds were drawn halfway. He also tested overhead lighting from a luminous ceiling and from fluorescent luminaires.

The tests showed a considerable loss of contrast from reflected glare on tasks Iighted only by overhead systems as compared to tasks illuminated only by a side window wall.

Four basic factors in seeing, Professor Griffith notes, are (1) time, (2) size, (3) brightness and (4) conrrast. Seeing is made more difficult by reducing any one of these factors. To maintain equal visibility any loss of vision must be made up by changing one or more of the other factors. But the professor's research showed additional illumination cannot be obtained by increasing the brightness of the luminaires without increasing the loss of contrast at the task.

(Continued, on Page 94)

Reduction of reflected glare by use of simulated daylight from a side window wall is demonstrated by reading on the miniature table of a model classroom. lt's difficult to read when only overhead lighting is used. By providing sidewall lighting, reflected glare is minimized sirce this light strikes the printed matter at a relatively large angle.

Protect now against costly damage from termites or decay. Build foundations with McCormick & Baxter lu mber, pressure-treated with Boliden Salt or Penta. Complete dry kiln facilities are also available.

WHOLESALERS

DFPA Book E*plores Second Home Mqrket

The second home, one of the housing industry's most exciting but least explored nerv markcts, is eramined in depth in a new 66-page publication by the American Plywood Association, formerly the Douglas Fir Plywood Association.

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"SERVICE is our poromount stock-in-trode"

The "Builder's Guide to the Second Home Market," published by APA in conjunction with the National Association of Home I3uilders, effectively slices arvay thick slabs of conjecture surrounding the phenomenon of the leisure home market to expose a factual image of both the potential and the problems of an emerging market,

The Builder's Guide is another in a APA series which includes a Retirement Housing Guide. The DFPA Second Guide points to a big and growing market, adding that intelligent exploitation is required if the full potential o{ the market is to be realized.

However, the Guide cautions that it is a complicated market and dispels the ideas that there is easy profit in it. The book attempts to strike a careful balance, and from the first paragraph there is a tone o{ both promise and caution. The keynote is struck in the opening page: "A growing population, with more income and more leisure time than ever before, has created a market for second homes that may be as high as 75,000 a year from now, could double in a decade. However, this market requires a highly specialized sales approach, and a lot of money has been lost, as well as made, in it."

The book is based both on original research by the plywood association and on interviews with dozens of second home builders, land developers, bankers and pre{abricators across the country.

When drawing on its own research, the plywood association speaks with considerable authority: DFPA pioneered the second home market, beginning its investigative work in 1955. Since then the association has done extensive workwith builders, dealers and land developers.

The final chapter is a bibliography which provides sources for additional information, including both market information sources and sources for merchandising and design.

The book is available for 50 cents from the American Plywood Association, 1t19 A Street, Tacoma, Washington 98401.

Retoiler Wins Prize

A Retailer-of-the-Year plaque was awarded to Lloyd Lumber & Supply of Mankato, Minnesota, in the Brand Name Retailer-ofthe-Year Awards Competition, Building Materials category. The award was presented by Brand Name Foundation, Inc., sponsors of the annual Competition.

Accepting the award was the president of the firm, Robert J. Lloyd who founded the firm after returning from World War II in 19,1,6. Since that day Mr. Lloyd has developed his firm into one which "handles only quality materials and believes service is more important than price." Much o{ their business is devoted to contracting, including remodeling and new construction. Lloyd attributes the company's continuous growth to the "top trained personnel" which he employs.

Demqnds Close Mill

Wirth Lumber Products, Susanville, Calif., has been closed, affecting 7I jobs.

Walter Wirth, president, reported that the firm could not economically justify the increased wages asked bv union representatives.

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Prefinished Redwood Folder

A beautiful, full-color dealer sales folder is now available, describing PALCO's factory paint-prefinished redwood siding.

Suitable for counter or display, it shows how attractive homes can be built with this new redwood siding that requires no painting at the job site.

make them self-aligning. One man can handle these panels with this self-aligning feature, and it assures the builder of a neater, faster job.

E-Z Ply panels are manufactured by Shakertown Corporation, the manufacturers of Shakertown Glumac Panel, and distributed nationally through building material distributors and dealers.

Write: Shakertown Corporation, 20310 Chagrin Blvd., Cleveland, Ohi.o 44t22.

Bi-Fold Doors Ofier Clossic Sryling

Stalwart Metal Bi-fold Wardrobe Doors are prceision units ofrering elcan clacsic styling that blends beautifully with ahy interior decor. The top half louvers allow free air conditioning while the solid lower panels keep out dust,

Heovy-Dufy Step Ladders

A new line of aluminum step ladders and step stools, that combine extra strong construction with very light weight, is being placed on the market by White Metal Rolling & Stamping Corp. The new ladders, sold under the Easylight trade name, feature 3 inch reinforced non-skid fluted steps securely riveted to full channel side rails. Bottom steps are double-braced, and the full channel rear sections have diagonal bracing and channel cross struts. Hard rubber, non-skid feet are standard. The new ladders are extremely compact when folded for storage.

Easylight Aluminum Household Step Ladders are available in 2, 3,4, 5, and 6 foot sizes ranging in weight from 3Y+ pounds for the 2-foot size to 9% pounds for the 6 foot size. Full size bucket r:acks are included on all but the 2-foot size. Easylight Alum-

Also included is information highlight- ing the special concealed fastening system that provides automatic venting and eliminates faae nailing.

Write: The Pacific Lumber Company, 100 Bush Street, San Francisco, California.

Eight-Foor Cedor Shoke Ponels

Eight-foot panels of cedar shakes are now available in a three-ply thickness to give builders a really durable red cedar siding with exceptional economy as well. The manufacturer says there are up to 70/o savings on application costs as compared to individual ceddr shakes.

Each panel consists of three layers of wood. The first, or outer course, is unstained or gray-primed cedar shakes. The second layer is a cross-bind of plywood veneer and the backing is an under-coursing grade of cedar shingles. All three layers are bonded together with exterior glues for a strong, rrrgged panel.

The shake panels are called E-Z Ply, reflecting the fact that they are easy to apply. Panels are nailed twice on each stud with 8d nails, one LYz" from the butt of the shake and the other midway between butt and tip. Where code permits, the panels can be applied without the use of sheathing in the same manner as various other siding materials.

A unique application feature has been incorporated into E-Z Ply shake panels. The backs of the panels are notched to

Unlimited opening possibilities are provided through the use of combinations of multiple stock door sizes. Stalwart Metal Folding Doors provide a lifetime of worry- free service since they are not affected by rvarpage, not affected by extremes in temperature. They are ideal for new home construction and older home modernization.

Maxon Construction Company built two triplexes for Mrs. Mary Lou Flanagan of Long Beach, Calif. (in photo above), and installed the Stalwart Metal Bi-fold Doors at her request in both of her newly-constructed units.

Stalwart Industries is a subsidiary of White Lighting Cornpany and recently announced the addition of Redi-Shelf Metal

Strong, Light-weight Ladders inum Step Stools are also offered as part of the Easylight line. These stools are 24" in height, weight 3% lbs. and have 3 steps. Write: White Metal Rolling & Stamping Corp., 443 Fourth Ave., N.Y. 16.

U.S. Plywood Ofiers Pomphlet on Pollets

fire properties of Weldwood Oak-Dek and Bolt-Blok, cvmponent parts which represent a totally new approach in wooden pallet construction, are described in a new four-page brochure ofered by the United S.tates PIywood Corporation.

"With Weldwood Oak-Dek and Bolt-Blok, it is possible to get pallets that are tough, precision units to make modern handling equipment pay ofr," says William Benassi, U.S. Plywood's sales manager for Weldwood packaging materials,

Both Oak-Dek and Bolt Blok work to form strong, uniform, lightweight and practically indestructible pallets. Oak-Dek was designed especially for the industry. Bonded with e:<terior glue, with face and back of 'Western oak, Oak-Dek pmvides the deck of the pallet. Bolt-Blok, the split-proof spacer between the two faces of Oak-Dek permits the use of interchangeable parts, easily assembled or repaired.

The brochure points out further advantages and uses for Weldwood Oak-Dek and Bolt-Blok as well as important data material from recent tests.

Expanding Shelves to their popular line of Metal Bifold Wardrobe Doors. For further information, write: Stalwart Industries, Norwalk, Calif.

Write U. S. Plywood'C'o4>oration, Pallet Department, The United States Plywood Building, 777 third Avenue, New York 17, New York.

E-Z Ply Saves on Application Costs

Attractive Metal Doors

New Orientol Escutcheons

Two new escutcheons designed to complement Oriental-type architecture have

framing anchors are formed in right angle sections L\h" in width with an overall length of 4%".

Write Timber Engineering Company' 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C.

Murol ls Versotile Accenl Ponel

Complements 0riental Decor been introduced by Dexter Industries, Inc., Grand Rapids, Michigan. The escutcheons can be used with any'Dexter lockset on either interior or exterior installations' Dexter's No. 58 Oriental Square is a solid escutcheon in brass with a dramatic black or Chinese Red interior background and is 6%" square.

No. 5? Oriental Round is gracefully contoured in brass with a cut-out desigrr, and is 7" in diameter.

Both units are pictured along with Dexter's complete line of accessory trim in the compan/s "Dexter Door Hardware" catalog. The catalog is available free.

'Write: Dexter Lock Division, Dexter Industries, Inc., 1601 Madison Avenue S.E., Grand Rapids, Michigan 49602.

"All Purpose" Frqming Anchors

Timber Engineering Company (TECO) has announced the addition of a new "all purlrose" framing anchor to its product line. The new anchor is designed for use in framing rafters to plates, joists to headers, studs and solid blocking to plates, and in other applications where 2" nominal thickness lumber is used.

Available in a single style with special t'slots" provided to permit accurate and easy bending on the job site, TECO's new

Although designed t,o fit the rear wall in a tub-shower unit the new five-foot wide Marlite Mural panels also can be used as a decorative accent panel in other areas. Here an eye-catching South Pacific design lends eye appeal to a bathroom vanity area. The distinctive go'ld-on-white murals harmonize with most color schemes. Gold anodized moldings are used inconjuction

,,Flashing, and ,,Weathersealingf' on the 8 lb. In addition, each of the sleeves bears' a printed guide to many of Terne's uses and qualities, with illustrations of both complete roof and accessories uses,

I'he new sleeves are the first result of Follansbee's planned 19il program for the sale and use of the product, an alloy of lead and tin on a base of copper-bearing sheet steel. The5r were designed to make Terne easier to sell and warehouse for the distributor, jobber and building materials dealer and easier to use for the roofer, eontractor and home-ownet, at no additional cost.

Write: Follansbee Steel Corp., Follansbee, West Va.

New Ceiling Tile Disploy

A new point-of-sale ceiling tile display which offers flexibility of installation is now available to lumber dealers from Simpson Timber Company.

The new display is a combination of two-foot-squares of ceiling tile patterns framed in redwood, Additional two-footsquare redwood frames with display signs and full color pictures of attractive room installations can be used with tfte tile samples.

Lumber dealers can make overall display as large or small as display space

Fills Variety of Framing N'eeds anchor ca.n be formed into any one of six different configurations for use in a wide variety of framing applications. The one style anchor not only simplifies purchasing and stocking, but it provides for increased flexibility in the use of the anchor in the field.

Precision manufactured from 18-gauge zinc coated steel TECO "All Purpose"

with this new line of paneling, which has the cloth. Periodic refinishing is eliminated with this new plastic-finished hardboard paneling, which can be installed with adhesive over any solid backing.

Write: Marsh Wall Products, Dover, Ohio.

Pockoging for Meto| Rolls

New, brightly-colored, instantly identifiable 14" wide "sleeve" wrappers are currently being introduced by Follansbee Steel Corporation of Follansbee, West Virginia' for Follansbee Terne 60 seamless rolls in the 8, 20 and 40 lb. coating weights and 20", ful' and 28" widths.

The sleeves are color keyed to coating weight, with 8 lb. in green, 20 lb. in red, anil 40 lb. in blue for immediate identification. White lettering at the center of each sleeve indicates the specifie uses of the

of the Western Retail Lumbermen's Association and 4Gyear club m'ember.

permits by merely adding or deletilg the nurnber of two-foot-square units used.

Write: Simpson Timber Cornpany, 2041D Washington Building, Seattle 1, Washington.

Lifr Truck Sofety

A 36-page, two-color booklet containing 34 tips on how to be a "professional'-at safe fork-truck driving has been issued by the Clark Equipment Cornpany of Battle Creek, Mich.

Produced with the assistance of the National Safety Council, the new safety booklet uses lively drawings with text to help train driver-operators in the proper technique of expert fork-truck handling.

Entiiled "The Professionals," the booklet covers the key causes and cures of most lift truck mishaps, and is designed to help plant management in prograrns for accident reduction.

Write: Industrial Truck D{vision, Clark Equipment Company, Battle Creek, Mieh.

Mural Complements Bathroom Decor

Frank Dunn (left). owner of Frank Dunn Lumber Com' Dany, Seattle, Washinston, and his assistant manager, 'Denny Loushead, are lhown in front of part of Simpson Timbei Company's new ceiling tile display. Dunn is a former bohrd'member

coating weight, with "Flashing" and "Roofing" on the 20 lb. and 400 lb. sleeves and

New "Sleeve" WrapPers

Knotty Cedor Siding From Evons

A new Knotty Cedar siding that combines a board and batten effect with an interesting textured surface has been introduced by Evans Products Company.

The pattern is actually a reverse board

available in two other patterns, Texture 1-11 and Channel Groove, as well as without grooves for board and batten installation.

Panels are five-ply with top, bottom and center veneers of Western Red Cedar. Grooves are cut to the inner ply so that all exposed sudaces are of Cedar. Each panel is factory sealed, including backs, edges and grooves.

Evans Knotty Cedar siding blends well with other exterior finishes, such as brick, stucco or horizontal siding, and weathers well for a natural effecr.

In the Texture 1-11 patter-n, panels are

ft" wide by 3/32" deep grooves on 2, 4, 6 and 8 inch centers.

All patterns of Evans Knotty ,Cedar siding are available with a smooth surface as well as with the etched (brushed) surtace.

Write: Evans Products Co., Building Materials Division, Portland, Ore.

Accounts Receivoble System

A new simplified accounts receivable system for lumber and building materials dealers has been announced by Monroe Calculating Machine Company.

The new method, known as the President Accounts Receivable Plan, make5 it possible for ,any general clerk in the dealer's office to process acco,unts receivable in a quarter the time required by manual bookkeeping methods, according to Monroe,

and batten, with 7/+" deep grooves, l1/2" wide, on 12" or 16" centers providing a shadow line which gives the appearance of a batten without the additional cost of materials and labor. Long ends are shiplapped for concealed joints. The surface is etched (brushed) to accent natural graining.

The new siding, 5/e" thick, is available .in 4'x8', 4'x9' and 4'x10' panels. It is also

5/e" thick with % " wide grrooves r/a" deep on 2, 4,6 and 8 inch centers. The Channel Groove pattern panel is 7a', thick with

Key to the plan is the Monroe President accounting machine, in a program designed especially for building supply dealers. In this systern, the customer statement, ledger, and daily charge sales journal are prepared in one easy machine operation, which eliminates the need for a trained bookkeeper. Because accounts are always up-to-date, end of the month overtime that frequently occurs with less efficient methods is unnecessary with the President, according to the company.

Write: Department P, Monroe Calculating Machine Company, 555 Mitchell Street, Orange, New Jersey, or any Monroe branch office.

Texture One-Elaren pattern

Hollywood Jr. Twins Are All.Purpose Doors

Say goodbye forever to old fashioned screen, sash and storm doors. for here are two all purpose doors...COMBINAT|ON SCREEN AND METAL SASH DOORS that fit alt types of wall construction and harmontze with any interior styling.

Note these 4-in-l ADI|ANTAGES

Gomfoil

o The Hollywood Ji Twlns p€rmit nort light in kitchen and senic€ porchs.

a Give adequateea3yventilation.

a lnsect-tight, rust.prmf scrcens.

o Sash Glass may be cleaned with €ase.

Convenience

a No more detouring aroundasuperflu' ous €rtra door with an armlul ol bundles.

a No more slgglng' tlimsy 3creen doors which invite intrudeE.

a Acts es an additional prot*tion for h@sewifc. Sho may conye6€ without' sidersthrough sash opening wlthout unl$king thr d@t.

a Burglar-pmf. A slmplc touch of fin. ge6 lcks sash.

l9l Economy

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a Sas buying a sash, Scre€n tnd Storm D@r. Hollldood Jrs. ar€ 8ll 3 combined into I door.

a Saves on hardware, hanging and painting.

a Saves on expensive replacements.

a Saves space The Hollywood JL Twins may be hungtoswing in or out. Leaves availabl€ floor spac€whichis usually lost in f,itch€n or entry way.

(lPonel or Flush

O Hollywood Jr. Twins give you your choice of a Danel or flush door to harmonir€ with anystyle srchttectura or intefior design.

a Flurh d66 available in Philippin. Lulun, Oriental Ash (Srn) or Birch.

a Pand d@6 avail|ble in pine onlY.

Redwood Properties ond Uses

Redwood Properties and Uses is the title of a newly revised six-page data sheet published by the California Redrvood Association.

The booklet details redu'ood's unique physicai properties, and outlines the architectural, industrial and farm uses for which these characteristics make redx'ood lumber.

Association, 617 Montgomery St., San Francisco, California 94111. Quantities of the revised data sheet also are available at cost, $4 per hundred, Single copies flee.

Distinctive Nome Plote System

With the addition of numbers to the versatiie and distinctive name plate system, Persona,/Plates have now made possible every combination of numbers and letters necessary for names, titles, directional and information use. This, just announced, by Colbert Die Cast Co., Inc., South Gate, California, who manufactures and distributes them.

Persona,/Plates are easily assembled by anyone. Simple illustrated directions are furnished. It comes in two attractive color combinations: Gold, or Satin Chrome frames, numbers and letters. Both with a contrasting black background to provide high visibility. Each Persona,/Plate is endowed with a richness and quiet dignity befitting any office or nome.

l\{ounting Flexibility: Persona/Plates Frames can be mounted almost anywhere. The blocks and panels are of walnut, and beautifully hand-finished.

CALIFORNIA

The standard number frame is 7r/2" long and holds 10 characters. The number kit contains 2?5 numbers and arrows. The standard letter kit also contains 20 frames -each 11" long-and holds up to 17 characters. This letter kit is furnished with 335 letters and includes "the," "&" and "'s" in an apportionment guaranteed to filI the 20 frames.

Write: Colbert Die Cast Company, Inc., 10107 Adella, South Gate, California.

Operoting Costs Survey

National Building Material Distributors Association has released its report on 1963 operating costs for the building material distributor industry.

The operating ratios shown in the report are based upon the 1963 figures submitted by wholesale building material distributors on a voluntary basis, and are analyzed to provide management with a guide for making decisions and locating potential trouble areas, says association president, L. H. Jenkins.

The report analyzes participating companies by earnings ratios, and shows comparative operating ratios over a five-year period.

Write: NBMDA Headquarters, 22 West Monroe Street, Chicago.

especially suitable. Handsome photographs illustlate redwood's use in architect-designed homes and churches, imaginative gardens, and in farm and industrial installations.

Write. Dept. P-66, Califolnia Redwood

Brighten Up Your Entronce

Nothing cheers up a visitor more fhan a bright and cheerful entrance way. IJse light colored woods like west coast hemlock for wall paneling.

++ + + CARGO RAII TRUCK &. TRAILERShipments from mills ot Gold Beoch, Mopleton ond Roseburg, Oregon HUnter 6-3519 lnventory of Port Hueneme And Los Angeles Horbor DOUGLAS FIR . PINE REDWOOD Construction & Better Rough Cutting WHOLESALE FOREST PRODUCTS DIVISION OF U. S. PLYWOOD 4480 PACIFIC BLVD., LOS ANGELES 58, CALIF. LUdlow 3-6013

Redwood

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tMA CONVENTION

(Continued front. Page 50) two-thirds of all the emplovees involved.

Since the Bay Area sets the wage rate for all of northern California and Hawaii, and because labor problems are no longer confined to the six bay counties. Stockton urged members oI LMA to join with other employers in order to get the most equitable wage agreements for all.

De Loss Walker, who labeled small business "The World's Greatest Risk Svstem." headlined the Monday luncheon altei which the gal's enjoyed a lashion show in the main lounge of the Ahwahnee (some of the guys enjoyed this, too, after word leaked

out that Models from the Patio Shon in Palo Alto were also modeling bikinislt.

Jim Williams, general manager of CHIP National, was lead-ofi man at the Tuesday morning session. Williams warned of increasing competition from cash and carry operators in the remodeling field as they more and more tend to add servioe along with discount prices. Recent entries into the building materials cash and carry field include White Front Stores and Safewav Stores, Williams disclosed.

Villiams urged dealers to consider getting into contracting at the remode[ng level. noting that builders are becomins inr-reasingly active jn the retail buildins

materials business. "A lumbcryard shouldn't just be a contractor's warehouse," Villiams emphasized, "it should be a full service organization."

Austin Zellmer, president of WBMA and credit salesmanager of Central Supply Co., Watsonville, was the final speaker on the program. Credit Salesmanager? That's the credit man who's trained to hold the cus. tomers you've worked so hard to Fet, Zellmer explained.

Zellmer, a strong advocate of regional credit meetings among dealers (like his own Coast Counties group), drew considerable interest from the assem'blage when he

"Our 5 truck fleet brings our mills to your door"

discussed the use of bonded stop notices instead of resorting to liens (a lien is filed against land and improvements whereas a bonded stop notice is a claim against the actual construction fund). In his o$,n ex' perience, Zellmer pointed out, recovery has been from ?5 to 100 cents on the dollar when using bonded stop notices, against an average recovery o{ 35 cents on the dollar where a lien was imposed.

Tuesday a{ternoon, members and guests enjoyed exploring the wonders of Yosemite National Park, an enjoyable switch {rom the usual format of business sessions right

Personalized Seruice

up to the wire. Willing. but weary dele' gates were given a chance to rt'st up and do a little sightseeing before the third and final industry-sponsored cocktail party in the main lounge, compliments of the generous sponsors listed on page 50. LMA also expresses its thanks to Beringer Bros' Winery which hosted the enjoyable wine tasting gathering, to the courteous stafi o{ the Ahrvahnee, and most of all to you and yours, Mr. Dealer, whether director, mem' hers or guest, for your support to the asso' ciation of northern California's great retail building materials industry.

U.C. Forest Field Doy

The University oI Caliiornia School of Forestry has announced plans for its third annual Blodgett Forest Field Day, set for Saturday. J:une 27.

A program built around thetheme, "Con' tinuous Production from the Forest," will be presented in connection with a tour of research areas on the experimental forest in EI Dorado county.

f)ean Henry J. Vaux of the University's School of Forestry in Berkeley said the i964 field day program will include forest researchers from other departments.

STANDARDS STRUGGTE (Co*itw.ed lrom Pa.ge 8) piece than you put into a green piece antl then requires lumber dressed dry to be IO/o stifrer and I2/o stronger than the green you sell in the same deminsions -IO/o stifrer and l2/o stronger than it makes any sense for it to be !

And now, most particularly, I want to congratulate you on your success in actually making Congressman Roosevelt believe you haven't been given a chance to register your objections when the truth is that the American Lumber Standards Committee delayed its decision nearly a year to give full consideration to your arguments, ihat every trade association in the lumber in-

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dustry has been deluged by your protests, that at your insistence even the technical decisions of the Government's own Forest Products Laboratory have been submitted to a re-check by a university of your choice in your own local area and, in brief. vou have come so near deafening all of us'with your outcries that most of us have had to buy ear plugs so we-could hear ourselves think.

But you can't eat sympathy and you can't cash congratulations, so now I brine you a third peace offeringa peace offerl ing that should be,lvorth millions of dollars to you.

I bring you news that you can,t afiord not to act on fast.

CAI,IFORNIA IUXIEER MEICHANT

I bring you news that the war over, whether the standard for drv lumber stavs Llg" or is changed 1s lrlr';-that war ls all over and there is no use doing any more fighting. While you've been doing such a great job on the political front intimidating FHA and intimidating the Department of Commerce and stirring up Congressman Roosevelt and his Small Business Committee, the dry forces have just by-passed you the way MacArthur by-passed the 100,000 Japs at Wewack. As some of you may recall, MacArthur just sailed past the Japs who were waiting for him at Wewack and land way behind them at Hollandia, and after that the 100,000 Jap soldiers bypassed at W'ewack nearly starved to death.

When you bry Von De Nor you get QUALITY Redwood!

In somewhat the sarne way, while you've been putting up such a big fight in FHA and the Commerce Department, the dry lumber manufacturers have just by-passed you by switching to IVz" dry as a nonstandard, size.

Whether you win or not in your fight to keep l5/8't the standard, the plain fact is that by next year hardly anybody will be making l5r1g" dry, because next year almost nobody will want to buy l5/8" &y when everybody will be able to bly lt/r" dry cheaper.

So that's that. L$/e,, dry is a thing of the past, whether or not the standard stays If/st' dry or not. All the codes will accept 1t7r" dry for the same spans as I5/8" green,

because the Forest Products Laboratory has supplied the technical data needed to justify that acceptance. Many FHA local offices are already passing I)/2" dry even if the FHA Commissioner in Washington is notl and the plain truth is that there is no legal way FHA can stop the :use of I\/r" dry lumber in FHA houses, because rilht now the present lumber standard recognizes the use of non-standard sizes when plainly so marked. And the U.S. Savings and Loan League, whose members finance three times as many new homes as FHAin fact, they finance more than half the houses in which green lumber has up to now been used-has not only accepted Ir/2" dry i it has advised all its members

in writing to recommend the use oL ll/2" dry to all the builders whose houses they finance.

So, as I've now said twice before, that's that. l1/e" dry is dead, and there's no use fighting any more about it. The beginning of wisdom is to know when to stop fighting, so you might as well call off Senator Morse and Congresswoman Green and Con' gressman Roosevelt this morning and start planning how you can best adjust your business to the reality oI lr/2" dry and stop worrying about the ghost of I5/8" dry.

'fo that end, I'm going to ofier four suggestions:

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First,I'd. call off the civil war right here and now before it gets any more publicity. Li/e" dry lumber is a dead issue now, whether the American standard stays l1/"tt or changes to Ir/2", All the publicity you give the green-vs.-dry battle will just be bad news.

Second,, I'd make as long a list as you can make of the many uses for which green lunrber is just as good as dry lumber, and when you make your peace with the rest of the lumber industry I'd insist that one of the first articles of the peace settlement should be their promise to give green

lurnber what the radio people call equal time and to promote green lumber lor use where green lumber belongs just as hard as they promote dry lumber when dry lurnber is worth its higher cost.

Third. I would repeat to you the best of all political advice"If you can't beat 'em, join oem." I'm pretty sure that in the next few years the market for dry lumber will grow faster than the market for green lumber, so it should be smart for as many of you as possible to get over into tle dry lumber market and put in drying equipment yourselves. Iom told that drying equipment for three earloads a day can cost as little as $50,000, and I can't think of a

MAKE UNITED YOUR LUMBER SUPERMARKET for ne & white Fir

1,n,n ;o fl" S"kfttute fo, S,,tn anJ Q,./tty

Unlike mony wholesolers, our yord inventory is mqintqined with the retqiler in mind .:::- ,you con ofwoys depend on United to fill oll your Pine qnd White Fir needs.

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better investment you could make.

And, finally, I would urge you just as strongly as I possibly can to close ranks with the rest of the lumber industry to fight the battle of wooddry wood and green wood togetheragainst the new industries lhat are now challenging wood's age-old eminence as the one best material for homebuilding.

Fence Posts

Four by four redwood posts are usually adequate for fences up to six feet in height; use four by sixes or six by sixes for higher fences, or where there are strong winds.

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New Pqnelboqrd Areo Monoger

f'rank C. Patter-son. a former General l\'Iotors sales erecutive. has been appointed Western regional manager of the Panelboard Manufacturing Company, the Nervark. N.J.. ba-sed-lirm. has announced. Panelboard is a leading national producer of melamine-coated wall paneling and hart{lroard grillcwork.

Patterson. whost: oflices will be situated in Panelboard's West Coast plant. will lre in charge of salt-'s and distribution in the W'estern states.

He had been assor:iated with CM for 15 vears before joining the company and formerlv lvas manager in t:harge of sales and

distribulion oI a building specialty in GM's Delco Products divisiorr.

Patterson graduated from Los Angeles City College and the flniversity of Southern California as an industrial engineer and has attended the Ceneral Motors Institute for Marketing.

Redding Oftice Reopened

Vance Lumber Co. is re-opening their Redding, Calif. buying and wholesale office. Don l\{ichaelson has revealed. Michaelson rvill be in charge of the office.

The firm's main yard is in Los Angeles where they ('arry a completc softwood and hardwood line.

RS tobhins

FRANK C. PATIERSON

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Lettctrs

California L'umber Merchant

Dear Mr. Cutler

We very much appreciate our subscription to CALIFOR,NIA LUMBETR ME:RCHANT. The current issue is kept on the magazine display rack in the foyer of the Los Angeles Building Exhibitio,n Center and we find that it is used quite often by architects, decorators and landscape architects for reference and to show their clients interesting illustrations and articles. Many manufacturers refer to it when they are considering advertising.

In San Francisco we have a Building Ekhibition Center too. It is located on the gro'und floor of a building: in the center of Jackson Square which has been modernized to include studios and showrooms of all types of decorative materials and ofrces for the three profession"al groups. We have a magazine display rack there, too, which should include CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCIHANT.

W'ould it be possible to add our San Francisco exhibit to your list of subscriptions? The address is The Btrilding Center, 40 Gold Street, San Francisco, C'alifornia 94111.

Very sincerely,

M. L. Schmidt Architect and Ehgineers Service Los Angeles,

California.

California Lumber Merchant.

Ole May Dear Ole:

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the page and a half coverage you devoted to our seeond National Hoo-Hoo-Ette Convention.

There are a few corrections that I found while reading the article, and taking into consideration the several difterent events taking place during this week-end, and also realizing the deadline date, I knew you would want the correct information.

The main correction is the place of the 1965 convention. It will be held in Redding, CaIifornia, May 15 & 16, and not in Sacramento.

The second correction would be in regard to the business sessions held on Saturday, conducted by National President Myrtle lfeney, San Francisco Club S3, Lamon Lumber Company, rather than by convention chairwoman, Mary Williams, Blanchard Lumber Company.

OIe, so that our Eugene, Oregon, club won't feel neglected I wanted to let you know that

the nine clubs range from Eugene, Oregon, to San Diego, California.

Again, Ole, I would like to say thank you from Hoo-HooEtte Club f6, and also from the National Order of Hoo-HooEtte, for the excellent coverag'e and pictures for our second convention.

Very truly yours, Hoo-Hoo-Ette Club f6, Lois Jones, Burbank Lumber Company.

Ole May

California Lumber Merchant

Hi Ole, How in heck are you anyhow ? I wouldn't miss getting the Lumber Merchant for theworld!

Keeps me up on all my pals in the lumber business. Me ? Retire? Don't kid yourself! Wanen Hoyt trIoo Hoo 46O17 (next to Harvey Koll!).

The California Lumber Merrchant

Dear Sirs:

Just a short letter to thank you for renewing my subscription for the Merchant. I'm back in the business again and I'll need it to keep abreast of what is going on in the building industry.

Also I would like to congratu- late you on the great job you did on wood promotion in your March 1964 issue. I was much impressed like many others who have read this article.

If possible could you send me an extra copy of your Mareh issue for a gentleman who is interested in subscribing for your magazine.

Again, thanks for the renewal and keep up the good work.

Sincerely,

D. E. Friese

California Lumber Merchant

Your story on how well wood performed in the Alaska earthquake (May issue, page 10) reminded me again of the seismologists recurring predictio'ns that California is due for another big shake.

Dr. Richter, the man who invented the scale the whole world uses to measure the intensity of quakes, said this week that he figured southern California w.as overdue for a big one. Perhaps even more sharp than the San Francisco'06 earthquake.

Let's hope that our local codes are as good as those in Alaska. If they arert't, then it seems to me that their omission would be criminal negligence!

Sincerely,

Paul Iloward Santa Rosa, Calif.

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Old Growth Fir Dimension from F.S.P. Lumber Co., Port Orford, Oregon

Hemlock Studs from Warrenton Lumber Co,, Warrenton, Oregon

Hemlock Dimension from Westport Lumber Co,, Westport, Oregon

Douglas Fir Studs from Shepherd & Dasher Lumber Co., Longview, Wash.

Fast, regular ocean shipments by barge from Southern Oregon and the Columbia River direct to Southern California.

Now, over 5,000,000 feet of dimension lumber and studs monthly manufactured especially for Southern California construction needs.

Art Neth would appreciate an opportunity to tell you how you and your customers will benefit from using dependable D & R dimension and studs. You can reach him by calling TRiangle 3-2663 or STate 3-0544.

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SIANDARDS STRUGGTE

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vast tracts of privately owned timber in the West Coast area will gradually undergo a nominal reduction in value and then, in another few years probably regain full value.

Confronted with the short-term prospect, however" W'est Coast timber owners are racing to adjust construction lumber sizes in order to frustrate the results that the stress grading machine would otherwise bring. To achieve their aims, they propose a reduction in the size of construction lumber. The reduction is such that the electron. ically stress-rated West Coast species will continue to be strong enough for con-

struction purposes. But many of the Intermountain species, when reduced to the dimensions proposed by ALSC, will not be strong enough for general construction use. Hence the race to speed the promulagation of thinner sizes of construction lumber before there is general understanding of the benefits that the new electronic stress grading machine will bring.

Paralleling the development of the electronic stress grading machine is a great study to find the relationship of wood strength characteristics to wood density. Over the past few years, with the financial cooperation of the lumber and plywood industry, the United States Forest Prod-

ucts Laboratory at Madison, Wisconsin, has collected thousands of samples of wood from standing timber. From the scientific studies of these samples the Laboratory is showing that wood strength is directly re' lated to wood density. More, the studies are showing that wood density varies not only with the individual species. More to the point it is also showing that within a single species, wood density and therefore wood strength is grown. For example, a Dorrglas fir grown at a lower elevation is likely to have more strength than a Douglas fir tree grown at a higher elevation. The wood density study was scheduled for completion on January L, 1964, but this completion date was postponed to March l,

Floyd Mullen

Larry Larson

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FLOYD MULLEN LUMBER COMPANY

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196.{, and now until July I, 1964. Here is a vast body of new scientific knowledge about wood and its strength properties. It is apt to show that some of our cherished notions about the strength of various species require rethinking. This, then, is a second reason for the race to speed promulgation of new lumber size standards.

To sum up the situation, it seems remarkable that in the name of 'oengineering" unbelievable pressures are being put upon the Department of Commerce to rush the issuance of a new standard in order to out-race a whole new body of scientific &nowledge that is coming to us from the electronic stress grading machine and from the wood densitv study.

Within certain limitso as lumber dries it shrinks. The ALSC proposal fixes the difference between seasoned lumber and unseasonetl lumber at 19 percent moisture content. Lumber at or below 19 percent mc is deemed to be seasoned and may be manufactured to one set of sizes, Lumber that is surfaced at more than 19 percent will be deemed to be unseasoned and must be manufactured to a set of larger sizes. The resulting confusion in the manufacture, distribution and use of lumber that is surfaced above 19 percent mc is likely to drive the unseasoned producers from the marketplace.

Today, there is modularity in construction lumber sizes. This means, for example

that in the course of manufacturing a 2x12 can be ripped into three 2x4's. Nlanufacturing efficiency demands this type modularity.

Similarly, this modularity permits the user of construction lumber to place a 2xL2 alongside a 4x12. But under the ALSC proposal this will no longer be possible except in the case of seasoned lumber.

The unseasoned sizes that have been adopted assume that all unseasoned lumber will be surfaced at 30 percent moisture contentthe ,lvood cell saturation point. But a great deal of our unseasoned West Coast construction lumber is less than 30 percent at the time of surfacing. As it is used, unseasoned lumber naturally dries to (Continueil on Next Page)

complete sales, dictlbudon and milling servlces

(Continued, lrom Page 85) the point where its moisture content is the same as the kiln-dried product. But the unseasoned lumber surfaced at less than 30 percent mc will end up larger than the kiln-dried size. The producer of unseasoned lumber, therefore, will have had to pay for more standing timber and pay the costs of logging and hauling it and the consumer will bear additional transportation costs.

'Ihis is serious. Better than 60 percent of all the lumber produced in Western Oregon and Western Washington is unseasoned. Until today this had been our nation's foremost source of prime constmction lumber. Under the new proposal these mills

must either find the capital to convert its seasoned product or go out of business. No other economic alternative is reasonably open t<i them.

And because much of this lumberand not unseasoned lumberis shipped by water, our merchant marine and ports will suffer accordirrgly.

In the Intermountain area, P.A.D. (partially air-dried) is a major product. This is typically air-dried to about 2I percent moisture content and then surfaced. Yet. under the ALSC proposal it will have to be surfaced at a size which assumes that it is at 30 percent moisture content and that it has undergone no shrinkage. Again, the

added cost are likely to drive this product from the market.

The pending proposal will create eco' nomic chaos. Reduction in the size of lum' ber will overnight glut a relatively inelastic lumber market. Many mills, their j"b opportunities and their dependent communities will be forced out of existence. These mills are apt to be the independent rnills that are owned by the men who operate them.

We urge a careful, full study of the economic impact of the pending proposal and then its resubmission to a reconstituted. broadly representative American Lumber Standards Committee.

CAI.IFORNIA TUIIBET NERCHANN

Lumber Yard, Trucks Lmded Witbout Delay For

GALLEHER HARDWOOD CO.

643O Avolon Blvd. los Angeles 3, Colif.

Commerce Secretory Hodges Proises Weslern Mill Men

Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges paid tribute to the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, during a region' rvide Modernization Conference held at Pordand State Colleee for what he termed their self-help p.og.u*..

Secretary Hodges singled out the association's lumber trade mission to Europe last summer, which has stimulated sales o{ West Coast lumber to Europe as an example o{ self-help programs by an industry. He said he was hopeful that WCLA would send a similar trade mission to Japan and Australia this year to pep up buying o{ W'est Coast lumber in those countries.

He was strong in his commendation of the west coast lumber industry for another phase of the self-help program, which he de{ined as the modernization of their plants and efforts to develop a uniform and reliable product so they can remain competitive in the markets of this country and the world.

Nils B. Hult, president of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, in one o{ the key addresse-" at the modernization conference, said his region's forest products industry has spent one billion dollars in plant modernization in the past five years.

Hult said the investment of one billion dollars in new plants to make all sorts of neu' products out of wood, shows clearly

what is happening to the old sawmill business.

Hult said that one of the greatest utilization programs in the lumber industry's history has been the recapture of once-waste material, the pulp chips at sawmills and plywood plants which now total 4 million tons a year, worth $35 million. This wood once went up in smoke in wigwam burners {or lack of a market.

Dowmon Disfributor Announced

Mason Supplies has announced they are the new southwest distributor for Dowman building material products.

A complete line is now being stocked hy Mason Supplies and is ready for immediate deliven'.

Plywood Associotion loqns Execulive To Lumber Group

The American Plywood Association has granted its chief executives a leave of absence to work with the newly-formed Western Wood Products Association, an organization created from a merger of 'W'estern Pine Association and West Coast Lumbermen's Association.

James R. Turnbull, executive vice president of the plywood association, will serve as chief executive of the lumber group during its first months of operation. Jackson Beaman, plywood association president, said the agreement was for a 90-dayperiod.

Beaman said the request for Turnbull's services was made by John S. Richards,

WPA president, and Nils B. Hult, president of WCLA, who met with the plywood association's trustees.

Richards said Turnbull was asked to take on the assignment because o'we think he is the top man in the industry on organization and effective programming." Turnbull was a professional business.consultant before joining the plywood association, specializing in management problems.

At the end of the leave of absence, Turnbull will return to his duties as executive vice president of American Plywood Association.

Beaman also is chairman of the Western Wood Products Study Committee, formed to determine the feasibility of coordinating

activities of all forest products associations, but he said the loan of Turnbull is not "a roundabout way of merging the plywood association with the lumber associations." Beaman's committee recommended the merger of WPA and WCL,\ but specifi. cally left the plywood association out of the merged organization, which has its headquarters in Portland.

Richards said furnbull's major assignments with the new lumber association would be to realign the combined stafis; to provide the best possible service to both large and small members of the combined organization, and to make the industry more sensitive and responsive to changes in its major markets.

NLMA PROPOSATS

(Continued lrom Page 10) manufacturing operations do not foster economic development, the lumber industry urges that these elements be eliminated from the program."

The resolutions said the lumber industry supports these elements of the Appalachian Program:

"1. Multiple,use public road systems to encourage economic development.

o'2. Basic product research which can be used by the forest industry to develop a broader employment base.

'03. Intensification of national forest management, including sale of the

allowable cut and road and recreational development, so that national forests contribute their full share to the economy of the area.

"4. State educational programs to enable residents of depressed areas to take advantage of improved employment opportunities."

OTHER RESOTUTIONS

(l) Directed the stafi of the association to 'ocanvass forest-based industry organizations to determine the extent of interest, active support and possible financial assistance for a Congress of Forest Industries, to be held in Washington, D.C., about May 1966."

(2) Authorized the establishment of a "Public Affairs Council'o oI the lumber industry, one purpose of which will be to conduct an annual Public Affairs Conference in Washington, D.C., to improve liaison between lumbermen and Congress.

Meanwhile, the lumber industry's National Wood Promotion Committee, charged with administration of the National Wood Promotion Program, took several actions designed to bolster that activity. Resolutions approved by the Committee:

(l) Authorized the appointment of a special 'oProduct Preference Seal Committee" to consider various proposals for identifying sponsors of national and regional

All species of Pocific Coosf Soflwoods. Speciolizing in prompl shipment of White Fir Dimension ond Resown Pine Commons LCL from yord stock. Cuslomer milling. Serving retoil lumber deolers ond industriol users. Give us q cqll!

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promotion efiorts. The Committee was asked to report its findings to the next meeting of the NWPC Steering Committee.

(2) Asked various committees of NLMA to consider and develop recommendations on the o'several detailed suggestions for spe' cific lumber promotion programs" advanced by the Economic Council of the Lumber Industry, long-range planning agency for lumber and wood product manu{acturers. The recommendations were requested in time for discussion at the next meeting of the NWPC Steering Committee.

(3) Sought to improve the opportunities for wood construction of building of "total rnodular design." In this connection. the

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Committee called for appointment of a task group of industry principals "to conduct a feasibility study with a view to the establishment of a cooperative industry facility rvhich could develop and provide complete rnodular designs for school and commercial structures and coordinate with the design the requifed heating, air - conditioning, plumbing and electrical facilities."

(4) Asked the cooperation of NLMA's 17 regional associations in the development of o'improved eoordination of information activities" between NLMA and its member groups. In this regard, the Committee proposed a meeting in Phoenix, Ariz., next November "to work out programs."

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Elmer readily admits the shortcomings o{ the area, a below normal farm income population, but he's met the challenge and prospered while outside competition has come and gone.

Rau began his career at 19 with the old C. S. Pierce Lumber Company as a lumber piler in Fresno. This occupation might be enough in itself to make most of us change our minds and seek greener fields, but Elmer stayed with it and gradually made his way into outside salespicking up a little stock in the Pierce outfit to boot.

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MADERA LUMBER

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lrom Page 90)

Meanwhile (while Elmer was piling his lumtber) Dean Cook, George Talladay and C. J. l,esan were selecting Madera as a site for their new yard. All graduates of Sugar Pine Lumber Co., the threesome established Madera Lumber Co. in 1937.

In 1945, several of the Pierce stockholders, among them Rau, purchased Madera Lumber Co. Rau became manager of the business and in 1953, he purchased controlling interest. He reached the top rung in 1959 when he bought out the remaining stockholders.

All along this long climb, Rau has been an active industry supporter in addition to

his local civic activities. Madera Lumber has been a member of the Lumber Merchants Association since 1937, and Elmer himself has been active on the LMA board of directors since 1956. He served as president o{ LMA during 196l-63, and is currently chairman of the association's enecu. tive committee.

From his long background in the indus. try and his participation in LMA activities, Rau has earned a lot of moxy in the field of retail lumber and building materials merchandising. He is a consistent advertiser, allocating better than Ir/z% of his gross sales to direct mail, the local newspaper, the local shopper and Popular Home.

His employees all participate in a profit sharing plan and regular meetings are held to review the firm's financial progress. Rau likes to see his employees make money because after all the boss takes home a bigger poke under this plan too.

Run by obsolete old line yard methods of the past, especially in this modest income town with big cash and carry operators to hoth the north and south, Madera Lumber rvould be an instant failure. This is one case where the town didn't grow around the business. Looks to us like it was the other way around. Swing off the freeway next time you're in the area. You'll see what we meanl

BONNINGTON TUMBER co.

CAUFONNIA I.UIIBER }IERCHANT

We Sp" eialize

BRIGHT TIGHTING

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The reason you get a loss in contrast is quite simple, Professor Grifrth explains. For example, in the pencil task, paper reflects more of the diffuse or uniform light than the pencil mark reflects. This difference in brightness is the contrast which allows a person to see the writing on the Paper.

In his tests, Professor Griffith used a onetwelfth scale model room 30 feet by 30 feet with a l0-foot ceiling. He simulated lighting conditions, since it was difficult

to obtain ideal test conditions with a full size room. The model's window wall was 30 feet long by 6 Leet 9 inches high from a 42-inch sill.

In summarizing the results of his test, Professor Griffith said the gain in task contrasts wherr sidewall lighting is used would indicate "the need for changing illumination recommendations to specify different levels depending on the lor:ation of the major source."

For good vision it doesn't matter whether the sidewall lighting comes over the left or right shoulder. Either provides good illumination for readins"

Poll Vetoes Numbers

By a vote of nearly two to one retail lumber and building material dealers have gone on record as preferring the use of numbers rather than names in the grading of lumber, according to a poll by the National Lumber and Building Materials Dealers Association at the request of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association.

The great majority of dealers responfing to the poll said they felt mrmbered grades would mean more to customers and result in less confusion.

AUIOMATION AND

GROWTH

(Con.tinued, lront Page 22) lion doors in '64 lor the California market."

ln addition to a new San Antonio rigid pole hrml'er sloragc n archoust. Strait Dt or ha-r also installed several units of modern new production machinery. Included are the latest Mereen-Johnson #800 door finishing unit. a new Burkle Hot Press and Double End 'fenoner lor stiles and rails. A Tri-Statc air-operatcd chop saw rrnit, fully <ronveyorized with all attachments rvas also recentll' placed in operation.

During the past eight-year period Strai,; Door has lroa,qtcd constant erowth.

The plant is renovated ollce a year an,l modern new equipment is placed in operation as nerv methods are develoned. "Our charl shows a sleadv. healthl'graph ancl that is the rva\: we ilte1d to keep it." said Clrurlie. "And most ,,I all rtt, inlerrcl lr.r rrrodrrle the finest door in California for CaliIornia homes,'' he emphasized.

Diqmond Noti'onol Goins

Diamond National Corporation achievetl the highest first-quarter sales and earnings in its 813-year history in the first 12 weeks of 196'1., \{'illiam H. S'alters" chairman and

chie{ executive officer, told thc annual stot'kholder-. meeting. On a sales gain of 18 pert:ent, the compan)' increased its profits 25.ti percenr,

l-P Profits Rise

A quarterly dividend o{ 30 cents a shat'tr orr the common stock of International Paper Compan,v was declared by the directols at their meeting held immediately after the Annual Stockholder. Meetting. This represents an increase o{ more than 14, per cent as compared to thc 261/+-<'ent a shart' cash dividend which has been paid quarterlv since December 1960.

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California Lumber Inspection Service

GtASlFltD AltYERTlSlllGPosition Wanted 92.00 per line, minimum $4.50. All other 93.00 per line, rninimum $6.00. Two lines of address (your address or our box number) count as one line. Closing date for copy is 20th.

POSITION WANTED

CTASSIFIED ADVERTISEfiIENTS

SALESMAN with extensive eastern redwood experience seeks challenging sales work with redwood producer. Available July lst. Resume on request. Address Box 108.

EXPERIENCED IN MANAGEMENT of retail and do-it-yourself lumber and building materials yards. prefer So. Cal. area. Pregently employed, but desire change. Full details upon request. Address Box 98.

OUTSIDE WIIOLESALE LUMBER SALESMAN with 18 years experience in hardwoods and softwoods with well-known L.A. yard. Desires position in So. Calif. as mill representative with large hrstclass softwood mill or progressive wholesale hardwood and softwood yard. Resume on request. Address Box 101.

PORTLAND LUMBER BUYER

Experienced all species Rail and Cargo from Oregon, Washington, B. C. Seeks association as northwest representative for substantial California firm. Address Box 105.

HEIP WANTED

EXPERIENCED LUMBER SALESMAN for old, welt-established California firm. Direct mill and LCL shipments. Salary open. Send resume to Box 104.

WANTED IMMEDIATELY

Experienced building materials anVor plumbing salesman. Car allowance, benefit program, excellent opportunity, Call BEacon B9220, Montgomery Ward, Richmond, Calif.

EXPERIENCED MAN needed for counter and sales work in retail hardware and lumber yard. Southland Lumber & Supply Co,, Inc., Inglewood, Calif. ORchard 8-8580. ORchard L-4942.

WOODWORKING MACHINERY SALESMAN WANTED. Experienced in planing, sawmill, cabinet and moulding equipment. Nortfrern California. Address Box 100.

EXPERIENCED LUMBER SALESMAN wanted for old-line wholesale company. Direct mill and local stock selling in established southern Calif. tenritory. Car, expense account, salary and commission. Address Box 97.

YARD FOREMAN RF,TIRING. Independent 10-man Tulare County yard needs aggressive leader for yard sales and supervision. Re- plies confidential. Address Box 99.

EXPERIENCED INSIDE SALESMAN for order desk. Reply by mail only stating experience and compensation expectea. Unitea States Plywood, 4480 Pacific Blvd., Los Angeles 88.

l{ames of Advertisers in this Department using a Box Number cannot bc released. All replies should be ad' dressed to box shown in ttre ad c/o Califomia Lumber ilerchant, 412 W. Sixth St, Los Angeles, Galif. 90014'

MANAGER for a new hardware and appliance store now under construction. Ready in November. Lumbet and building materials experience would be helpful. 35 miles from Los Angeles, lz mile from freeway, Send letters giving complete experience, age and references, Address Box 96.

FOURTEEN DRMRS (14) plus thirty-five (35) dependents need work for seven truck and trailers and seven bob-tailed lumber rigs. Call C.Q. Trucking at RAymond 3-6557, RA 3-6658, RA 3-6559 or RA 3-2138. 7157 Telegraph Road, Los Angeles 22.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

RETAIL LUMBER YARD, excellent location in M-l zone, Alameda St., Compton, Calif. At one time operated as DGIT-YOURSELF retail lurnber yard netting as high us 18% profit. Approx. 37,000 sq. ft. with 11,000 sq. ft. sheds & ofrces, chain link fence, blacktopped, no inventory to purchase. Real'opportunity to buy, $59'(XX) to close €ltatc, teirns.' Or leae€-# mo. Writ6 or Dhmc qwnerr II. E. Scott, 646L La Pasada, Long Beach, Calif., GE 8-4481.

REIAIL LUMBER YARD, modern offices, showroom and sheds, 60,O00 sq. ft., choice central location in Sacramento, ofrering terrific investment growth potential. Yard is fenced, served by spur and additional land may be leased if desired. No inventory to purchase. A real opportunity with attractive terms to experienced operator. Address Box 93.

LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIALS STORES for sale in the Valley of opportunity. One main yard and two branch yards. Main yard located on most-traveled road in county. A real buy! Interested parties contact Box 102.

EQUIPMENT WANTED

20 to z4rt. 1o-wheel,:Xttl?XtT""il33""0," equipped to haul lumber) all air, must be in good condition, ready to work. Ask for Mr. Carlson or Mr. Miller, Chino Lumber Co., NAtional 8-1281 (area code 714).

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Anoricon Hordwood Co..*----.-nlchnond 9-1235

Angrlur Hordwood Conpony...-------...l.Udtow 7-6168

Arcoto lcdwood Co. (Kon Conwoyt.---WEbrfcr &.f848

Arizono-Co! Pino Co. ---.----SZ3-5390

Arociolad Rrdwood *tillr-----....-..-..OVcrbroot 5-EZ4l

Allor lunber Co.--------------------.-.--l*Adiron 7-2325

Awlon }{ouldin9.-...-.-.--*--...---------..*---DAvir 9-{l l5

Bock lunbcr, J. Williom-.--.-----.......REpublic l-8225

latcr & Co., Inc. .._---WEbstcr 8.6261

Slonlon&Son,EJ...

Sf.phcnrcn & Co., Goo. ,rl" ..---..-...tudlow E-2141

Surtb & Kollcr lunbor Co.-.---------.-.--Gllbarl 3-8909

Tqcono Lonbcr Solct, lnc..----.------.----MUrroy l -6361

Torlcr, Wrbrlcr & Johnron. lnc,-.-.-lNgclut 9-7231

Twdcdy Wholesole Forest Producls ----:---------67 8-5619

Twin Horbon [unbrr Co.--------------SPruco 5{318

Union lumber Co. -..-.---.--.-.---- -....--.----17 1l 511ffi9

Unifed Whlse. [umber Co. ------.....-OVerbrook 5-5600

Uniled Slolcr Plyrood Corp.---.-----.[Udlow 3-3441

U.S. Plywood Corp. lGlendolc)--.-..----...Cltrur 4-2133

U.S. Plyrood Corp. (l,ong !cqch)-------HEmlock 2-3901 U.S. Plyrood Corp. lSonfo Ano! .--Klnbctly 7-1691

fdc, Roy -----.-----------------------...lAundy 11668

Blir lunbcr Co., Inc.-.-----.Mynond 3-1681-3-3.154

Scnco lumbrr Solcr Co. ---.-..--.*-CApitol 51216

Bohnhoff Lumbcr Co., lnc.-.-.-----------Rlchmond 9-3245

Brolsch Wholesole Lunber Co., Chet.___(7l41 633-8Zlg

- Nolhon Co.-------.---..-..CUmbcrlond 3-9078 Wcrfcrn torarl Productr Co.-----.----...ANgclur 3-6138

Weslern Stotes Plywood ------858-6271

Wcyorhocuror Conpony.-.--.-------..----llchmond 8-5451 Worchourc lAnohcim)..-..-..-..-..-.-.-.PRospcct 2-588O

Wholcrolc Forcrt Productr Div.------....-.----.-583-601 3

Whitc, Horry W. .....-..--.-.--.--.--.-------...-SPrucc 5-3400

Wilson, Forrest W.------------.---- ---..----..--.-..-...449 -1 47O {*{ocMillon, Bloadcl & Powcll Rivcn B. C. Forcrt Produclr ltd.lTIEAIED LUIIIEI-POLITPI.INO-TIE3

Bqxlcr & Co., .t. tl..-------------.---------.-Dunkirk 8-9591

Downey Kiln Co. ----.----SPruce 3-2603

Kopperr Co., Inc. .-.-.HUntlcy 2-2852

I'lcCorm ic k & Boxfer.-.---.---- - -.. - - -- ---- -17 1 41 87 | -897 4

Son Antonio Conslrucfion Co.----------UNderhill 5-1245

2-3796

-. GrergicPocifk Corp. {tunbcr}..--...lAynond }9161

Gaorglo-Paclfic Corp. (flt'woodl.-.*.-.tAtnsnd 3-t261

Gcorgio - Pocific Corp.---------....-..TRicn9lc 2-5643

Gclz Bros. & Co.--.-.--------.--.-.-------..-..-SYlvan 0-1767

Globc lnfernotionol..-...-------..---.--.-...UPfon 0-6456

Goodmon lumber Sqles .-..-.--941-OlOl

Greof Wcrtern Lumbcr Corp..-..----.-.--..SPrucc 3-4931

Hcllihon i{ockin Iumber Co. .-----...-.."--....---.-685-4506

Honsen Wholesolc lumber Co. ----..-.-..(213't 783-7510

Hoynes Soles Co. "-."-,..--..--.----.------.------SYlvan 0-6482

Hcdlund lumbor

Worrcn Southwcsf, Inc.----.-----.--.--...----FAirfox 8-3165 sAsH-DOORS-|/ilttwORK-SCiEENS itouldNrBurtDrNo t{ArEilA[3

Artario Door Co., Inc.-------------.-..UNdcrhill 5-1233

faociatotl rlclC.e 6-------fAynod 3-t2ial

Big lcn Sorh

Compony.---.----.-.--.-.--.--.-....----Plcoronl 2-31 36 Cobb Co., T. M.----.---.-.------..----.-.-.-------..ADoms

Hqrdwood Lumber Co. .--.-.-.ANgclus 2-1123

Mullen lumbcr Co., Floyd --..678-5518

Muluol Moulding ond Lumber Co.---.-...FAcully l-0877

Ncimqn-Reed [umber Co.-.---.--.-----.TRionglc 3-1050

Nelh [umber Soler, A. W.--.---...----.-TRionglc 3-2663

Olivcr lunrber Co.--.---.-.--.---...--.-...RAynond 3-d)53

Osgood. Robert S.--.-..-....--------.--------..DUnkirk 2-8278

Owens-Porkr Lumber Co....-.-...-------.---.--ADoms 2-5171

Oxford Lumber Co., Rcx--.--..--------.------.....f75-3633

Orford lumber Co., Rex--.......-----.----.--...----835-2854

Pocific Fir Solcs.-.--.-------.---.-.................i\tUrroy 2-3533

Poclfic lumbcr Co., Thc--.----------..CUmbcrlond 3-9078

Pocific-Modi:on Lumber Co.....--.......--.SPrucc 3-2292

Pon Asiolic Troding Co., Inc..-----.---.-Rlchmoad 7 -7 521

Peirce Conpony, Al--.-----------------.-..------NEvodo 6-1009

Penberlhy Iumbcr Co..-.--.--.-.-.-.-.--.-..-..-l.Udlow 3-451 I

Phifips. Don, Jr. -.--------.------.....--..-.-..-...---ZEnifh 2-O721

Pinc Ridge lumber Co. .----.------EDSewood 3-5271

Rockport Redwood Co..---.-..--.--..- ---------------115-2896

Roy Fore:t Products Co. ---.--------..--.---TRiongle 2-1070

lygcl lumbcr Soler.....----.....---.-..--.--.--.SPruco 5-321 I

Sonford-lussier, Inc. --.-----*--...--.Alnlnrter 2-9ltl

Shivcly, Alon A.--..-.....-.--.-..-.---.-.-----CHopmon 5-2O63

Simmont Hqrdwood lumbcr Co.....-----...SPrucc 3-l9lO

South Boy lumber Co.-.------------.--SPring 2-5258

South Boy lumbcr (Howthorne).-.......---Orbornc 6-2261

Stohl tumbcr Co..-.-.----.-..--------------ANgrlur 3-684.1

Slondord [umber Co., Inc.----.-----.----.---...655-7151

Coort Ploning r\Aill--.------.----.-.-..-----.JAAdiron 2-ll8l

lndepcndent Bldg. Motcriolc Co..-.----FAirfox 8-3557

lyliner Ave. Trucking Servicc ----------------------RA 3-3691

Nordohl Monuf octuring Co....--------.------- ----919-257 5

Rcdwood Inrpcction Scrvicc.--.-...-.....MAdiron 8-6306

Security Poin? Mfg. Co. ----..-.-..---------ANgclus l-0358

So. Colif. Arn. Cqbincf Mfg.--.-Plyrnoulh 6t341

Tri-Stolc lr{ochincry of Cqlif .-..-.-.-.-.. --.---------583-9977

Wolco-Dennis Corp. --------.--.-------..----.--..------.-395-5525

LurlllEt HANDLINO AND SHIPPING; CAlllElt '

Grcenficld & Son, lnc., H. AA---.--------NEvodo 61783

Lcc Lunbcr Houling...-....----.--..--.TOpoz | -1E22

/tAothony Cor Unlocding Sotricc-*--CApirol 2-!143

Mincs Avc. Worchourc ..-___RA 3-3691

Sqn Bernqrdino - RiversideSonto Ano

Arrowhcad tumber Co.---.... -------------.V1 11 885-751 I

Cofifornio Door Co. of [.A. ----....-----..-...-.----825-7811

Corlow Conpony.-...---------------.-.-------..TAlbof

BUYER'g GU IDE

PORTIAND

Donl & Rurrlll, lnc. --...-...-.....-.-------...-.-..-.-.CA 6-23t1

lAoorr Dry Klln Conpony----.--..--..--.AVcnuc 606i16

Tunoc lumbrr Co.----.----.---..---.....CApllol 66661

U.S. Plyrood Corp...-......-..-.----....-.--..-.-CApltol 7-Otil7

Wcsl Coort [umbermen's Assn. -.-.----..--.-.-----..222-1591

TURNER

North Sqntiom lumber Soles 713-2118

TACOIIA

Woshington

Chcncy Lumbcr Co.-.-..--.--.-.--------FUlron 3-2424

wtNrocK

Shokedorvn Corp. ..----.---..------..,...-.----."SUnsel 5-3501

SAN FRANCISCO

LUriiBEn ANd rurrtlEr ProDUcTS

Arcolo Rcdwood YUkon 6-2067

Cql-Pocifi c Soler Corp..----..-..----------------YUkon l -8620

Evons Products Co. --".."--......----- -.-------.-----------826-241 1

Gcorgia-Pocific Corp---------.----DOuglos 2-3388

Gilbrcolh Chemicol Co.-----...---------.----.SUltcr l-7537

Holl Co., Jomcr l.-..--.--.---......------......-Sulter l -7510

Hollinon Mqckin lumbcr Co.------------.JUniper 1-6262

Horbor Lunber Conpony-----.-.- -----.-.----YUkon 2.97 27

Higginr Lumber Co., J. E,..-.--.------.---.VAlcncio 4-8744

Hobbs Woll. Lumbcr Co., Inc.-.-----..-Flllnrore 6-60O0

Lomon [urnbcr Co..-..-.----.-......-.--.......--YUkon 2-4376

MocBcof h Hordwood Compony.----..- -Mlssion 7 -O77 2

Pocilic [umbcr Co., Thc-.----.--.---.-..--GArficld l-3717

Ricci & Krusc Lumber Co.--..--.-.------.---Mltsion 7-2576

Silnrarco, lnc.---.-.---------------..---------.-.EXbrook 2-8268

Torfer, Webster & Jchnson, Inc..-,.--..PRodpecf 6-12@

Union lumber Conpony .--..--.----.---..SUttcr l-6170

Unitcd Slotct Plywood Corp,-........-.-....JUnipcr 6-50O5

Word & Xnopp--------------------.---.cArf icld l-l 840

Wcndling - Nolhon Co..-.-----------------.--SU[cr I -5363

Wcsl Coqsl Timbcr Producfs-...----GRoystonc 4.3931

\rl/crlern For.rt Productr of S.F.--.-----tOnbad 1-876O

Wcslcrn Lumber Compcny .---..--.-----....P[ozo 6-71 I I

Woycrhorurer Conpony ----------------P[ozo 5-6781

Zid & Co., lnc.-----------*----..-..-.-..YUkon l-0210

SASH-DOOnFWTNDOWS-rilOUlDrNGS

U,IIDING MATETIAF

Blur Diomond Co.---.----*...-..--..-..-----.-YUkon l -l 0l I

Colovcror Ccmcnt Co.-------.-.--------.DOuglos 21221

ITEATED LUIIBEI-POT.ES

Boxtcr & Co., J. H.---.------.--.-------------.YUkon 2-0200

Hof f Co., Joncs [.-----.-----------....---.-Sultcr 7 -7 520

Koppers Co., lnc. ..----.-.-YUkon 6.26@

BAY AREA

dl-Bcqcon Lumbcr Co-------.-..----.-831-l16/

Eonnell Iunber Co.-------....-.-...-......----Dlonond 2-l,l5l

Bonnington lumbcr Co..-.--.-..----..-------Olympic 8-2881

Eruce Co., lnc., E. t..-.---.-.- --..28,{-1300

Colifornio lumbcr Soles .-.-.-..--...-...---....KEllog 4-lOOt

Colif. Sugor & W::fcrn Pinc ---.----.Dtqmond 2-1178

Donl Forest Products, Inc..-.-..-----.---.-.--..--.321 -0620

Duroble Plywood Solcs Co.--.-..---.DAvcnpoil l-2525

Evons Producls Co. --------------------..---------.------.-533-8E66

Gcorgio-Pocif,c Corp. --..---....-.---....-..--.-.-----..849-0561

Gcorgio-Pocific Corp. (Son Jose)..-..---CYpress 7-7800

Gofdcn

OBITUARIES

William'Wallace Mein, internationally known financier and mining engineer, died suddenly in San Francisco on May 5, a few hours after suffering a heart attack while participating in a business conference at the Bank of America. of which he was a director.

Born in Nevada City, Calif., on July 19, 1873, Mein was the son of "Captain" Thomas Mein who in the 1860's helped to introduce hydraulic mining methods into the California gold fields.

Mining was in his blood. While still in his teens he went to the South African Rand to work in the metallurgical department of the Robinson Mine, which at that time was the largest producer of gold in the world. He returned to Berkeley to earn a B.S. degree in mining engineering at the University of California, graduating from the University with the class of 1900.

A-fter finishing at the University he returned to South Africa where for another decade he served successively as manager of the Durban Roodeport Deep, the Robinson Mine, and a network of eleven Central Administration Mines.

Later, in New York, he became an asso-

ciate of the late Ambrose Monell, president of the International Nickel Cornpany, in development of that company's Canadian Dome and Sudbury mines. Ife ser"ved on International Nickel's board of directors for twenty years.

Mein was president and chairrnan of the board of Bishop OiI Company and Calaveras Cement Company, both of which he founded. Calaveras, established in 1925 and merged into The Flintkote Company in 1959, now is headed by his elder son, 'Wm. Wallace Mein, Jr. Bishop, founded in 1920, was an independent producer of oil in the United States and Canada until absorbed by Shell Oil Company in 1961.

Mein was until recently a member of the board of directors of The Flintkote Company, and at the time of his death was a memhr of the board of directors of Bank of America, N. T. & S. A.

His maniage to Miss Frances Williams, daughter of Gardner F. Williams, developer of the South Africa diamond mines, was a high point of the 1907 social season in Washington, D.C.

She surrrives him at their W'oodside home. Other survivors are sons Wm. Wallace Mein, Jr., Woodside, and Gardner Williams Mein of San Francisco. and

CAI.IFORNIA IU'VIBEN MERCHANT

daughters Dorothy (Mrs. Charles Fay) of San Francisco, and Frances (Mrs. Charles de Bretteville) of Woodside.

Edward W'. Mayer, 70, for 24 years general manager of Ambrose Mill and Lumber Co., Santa Barbara, Calif,, died April 8, in a local hospital.

Born in Staceyville, Ia,, Aug. 26, 1893, he attended schools there and entered service from Fort Dodge, Ia,, during World War I, to serve overseas.

After his discharge he went to Long- view, 'Wash., in 1923 as a mill foreman and in 1925 came to Santa Barbara. He had been with the Santa Barbara Lumber Co. and Wagner Lumber Co., before his employment by Ambrose. Mr. Mayer retired five years ago.

In 1926 he married May Padden, who survives him at the family horne. Mr. Mayer leaves a son, James Edward Mayer, Goleta; four brothers and three sisters living in Staceyville. They are Herbert, Ernest, Ralph and Ray Mayer, Mrs. Martha Heinmer, and Misses Marcell and Leona Mayer.

He was a former director of the Southern California Retail Lumbermen's Association.

A filillion Doors and tt[ORE in '54 with The World-Famous and Pafented

Placarol Consfrucfion

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Placarol core has won universal fame

The core of the STRAIT PLACAROL flush door is composed of smoll wooden spirols which ore firmly pocked together, thus giving the core o honeycombed struiture. This stiucture is o_ potented process thot hqs proven itself oll over the world.

r EXCEILENT STABILITY ond RtGtDtTy

o NO DANGER OF WARPING

o NO "telegrophing" There isn'f ony

o UNBELIEVABTY TIGHT

O EVERY SPIRAT SUPPORTS A MAN'S WEIGHT

o Doorskin Bqcks ore 1OO% SEATED with glue-spreod ond HOT PRESSED

EXTERIOR SPIRAT DOOR SPECIFICATIONS

Stifes qre | 5/e" wide ofter trim. End roils sre 23/t,, wide ofter trim. lock blocks, including sliles, ore Ss/e', x 2O,, c,nd cenlered in door.