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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.

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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.