The California Lumber Merchant - June 1966

nfierelila,nt

LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIALS

MAGAZINE OF THE WEST - SlNCE /922

*"a WESI[R]{ BUltDll{0 REVIEW

ROC BEVET SIDING

IS FACTORY SEALED

The advantages of this protective treatment are widely recognized, since moisture is the greatest single cause of problems with wood sidings. Now EVERY piece of Rockport Redwood Bevel Siding is factory-sealed with \TOODTOX water-repellent and a.t no extrd cost, This provides the established qualiry lumber dealer with an important extra advantage. He can now offer his customer a premium Redwood product at competitive pnces.

Your dependable statewide source for quality products

Fast service, complete inventories for all basic building needs - lumber, mouldings, plywood, millwork. Specialty products too -fencing, hardwood, beams, to name a few.

Whatever your customers' construction needs you'll do better at Tarter, Webster A Remanufacturing Plants \ & Johnson distribution yards.Buying Offices

Buildine materials for any needs at these ten conuenient locations :

LOS ANGELES

42OO Bandini Blvd.

LOS ANGELEg (Hardwoodf 4230 Bandini Blvd.

VAN NUYS

15150 Erwin St.

LANCASTER 4O5 West Newgrove Ave.

STOCKTON

Stockton Box Company 18OO Marshall Ave.

NATIONAL CITY

L64O Tidelands Ave.

RIALTO 555 West Rialto Ave.

FRESNO

1266 North Maple Ave.

NEWARK

5526 Central Ave.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA

Arizona Box Company

3203 Grand Ave.

An average yard-inventory of more than five million board feet assures customers of a diversified selection from stock. Specializing in kiln dried Douglas fir and redwood upper grades from 1x2 to 2xl2 and also a complete line of pine commons. Broad selection of other western species, green and dry, from stock or as direct mill shipments. [xtensive inventories of mouldings, millwork, fencing materials and AMTIIE exterior glued sheathing plywood grades.

Manager Merl Tanner inspects quality of custom milling being run to specif ication at Newark yard, one of the services available at TW&J's Bay Area lumber products distribution center.

LUU'EI AND IU'ID'NG fiATEI'A15

Ozd WESTERN BUILDING REVIEW

FEATURES

LOS ANGELES RETAILERS CLOSE UP AS BUILDING LAGS

WORK AND WAGER MIX WELL AT LMA CONVENTION

RETAILER REBUILDS AFTER DISASTROUS FIRE

MEET AN AD }IAN WHO BECAME A LUMBERMAN

GREAT SOCIETY IS ASSAILED AT NFPA CONVENTION

THE IVIERCHANT'S PLAN OF THE MONTH

THE MERCHANT WINS NIAJOR AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE

DEALER GROUP APPROVES NEW LUMBER SIZES

CALIFORNIA REDWOODMEN ON THE MOVE

SAN DIEGO ANNUAL NITE LAUDS OLD-TIMERS

NATION'S HOME FIXUP INDUSTRY SEEN SURGING

MIAMI-CAREY'S NEW WESTERN EXPANSION

DUBS INAUGURATES FIRST REDWOOD EMPIRE TOURNEY

HOUSING NOW AWAITS POSTWAR BABY BOOM

NEW FEATURE: THE MERCHANT'S VACATION HOME PLANS

STUDY TURNS UP NEW MARKET FOR PLYW'OOD FLOORING

MANAGEMENT TAKES HELM AT BENNETT

Publigher A. D. BeU, Jr.

Manaelne Edltor - - David Cutler

Assl8tant Editor anil AdvertiBtng r'rOductlon Menagor walden Muns

ClrculatlonAndreal)epartmentFrlece

Publlshere Repr€tontatlves

NORTHEISN CAIIT'ORNIA

Max Cook, advertlslng and news' 420 Market Street, San Franciseo, Callfornla 94111, Phone (415) Yukon 2-4797.

SOUT}fDNN CAIITONNIA

Jerry Hlckoy, advertlslng and ne\ils. 412 West Slxth Street, Los Aneeles, Callfornla 90014, Phone (213) MAdison 2-4ffi5 or MAdison 2-0670, PACTFIC NORTHWEST

Peto Klaner, advertlsing and news, Terminal Sales Building, Portland. Oreson 97205, Phone (503) CApitol 7-4993.

CIIICAGO

N,C, "Budd" Bellow, advertislng and news, 11250 South Hat. ted Street. Chicago, Illlnois 60628, Phone (312) 564-7722.

DDITOBIAL OT'I'ICES

CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCIIANT ls Dubllshed monthly at 4lZ West Slxth Street, hs Anselos. Callfornia 90014. Pbone (2lS) MAdison 2-4565 or .DlAdicon 2-06?0 bv Callfornla Lumber Merchant, Iirc. Please address all correspondence to offlce of publicatlon. Second-class Dostage rates Paid at Los Angele;s, Callfornla. Advertlsing rates upon request, Subecrlotlon Ratee-U.S., Canada, Mexlco- and Latln Amerlca: lD4one year; $? - two Years' Overgeas:'S5 - one year; $8 - two Years. Sinsle coples 50 cents. Back coples ?5 aents when available.

Chanse of Address-Send subscrlp- tion orders and address changes to Circulation Department, Californta Lumber Merch-ant, 412 West Sixth St.. Los Anseles, Calif. 90014. Inclide address label from recent lssue lf posslble, plus new address, zone number or zip code.

IteDrlnt ServicoeReprints, preDri-nts. cover folders (in both black 'and white and color) on California Lumber Merchant articles and advertisins are avallable on reouest witFin the month of issue. eontact our editorial olfices for irrformation and prices on any quantity.

CATIFl|RI{IA TUMBER MERCHATIT is an intlepend,ent rnagaz'ine published rnonthW for those nlernbers of the lumber and build,i,ng materials industries who need a,nd uant factual, aceurate news and an objectiue anaWsis of euents and, proilucts of coneern to them in busi'ness.

Vlctoria 9-3109

20 EAST ATAMEDA AVE., BUNBANK, CALIFORNIA

THornwall 2-2158

lumber company

I HEMLOCK

I WTSTERN RED CEDAR

atP Brand r Tight Knotted

I SPRUCE

I PINE

J INDUSTRIAL SPECIALTIES

I FACTORY.STATNED

Cedar: Siding, Decking Paneling

I SPRUCE & HEMLOCK

Pre-primed Facia, Decking

lf you have problems in plywood cut-to-size, pre-finish, or imports, would twenty years experience help?

Mike Murphy offers two decades of knowledge in hardwood plywoods both imports and domestic. This outstanding lumber man not only pioneered Japanese plywoods in Southern California but has directed all functions of plywood and given technical assistance to lumber yards and builders. With one phone call his twenty years of problem solving experience is at your disposal.

Vqcqtion Wos Greol

\f/E HAVE JUST returned from two delightful YV weeks of vacation in the Caribbean.

Imagine being greeted on return with a call from our slavedriver (editor to you) asking for editorial copy, as the deadline was upon him. And here we were scratching and yawning without a thought for the business at hand. What to do?

First, let's see what has accumulated on'the deskmaybe we'll get an idea. Here's a letter from an attendee at the NFPA annual meeting in Washington, who also took in sessions of the Inter-Association Public Relations Group. We quote:

'oThe four days which we spent at Washington last week were productive only to the extent of contacting many of the manufacturers who attended. Insofar as the meetings themselves were concerned, I would have been ashamed of myself if we had urged you to make a trip across the country for the purpose of being there."

Next; &s,!dorn Lentfu surfcsed. Pnces *idded $5i00. So what? Everybody knew they would. They proliebly will be up and down twice more by the time you read this.

Then came a letter from a Birmingham, Alabama wholesaler screaming to his Congressman about a Defense Department order to substitute materials for lumber and plywood, (presumedly on the grounds that prices were too high; they should have waited a week), and to seek out sources fior loreign lumber. This last is serious. It made us sit up a little straighter and even go so f4r as to start the ball rolling to gather more facts. Maybe next month we'll be asking you to write your Congressman.

Finding nothing on the latest developments in the ALS committee we made a couple of phone calls and found out everybody had calmed down and were even agreed they could cooperate to the point of eventually arriving at a standard suitable to meet Commerce's September ISth deadline, but that's life isn't it, Sub-committee Chairman Pierson Plummer?

The Redwood Park? Nothing new worth commenting on.

Oh yes, here's something. The University of Oregon, under the abh leadership of Dr. Stuart Rich, is having its third Lumber Industry Marketing Conference, June 15-16, in Eugene, just before the big Hoo-Hoo golf tournamento but unfortunately just before school is out on the l7th. Dr. Rich has lined up a distinguished group of panelists who will discuss The Forest Products Industries in Transition. We found last year's seminar fascinating and plan to attend this year. Well worth while.

Well, here it is noon and we can't get worked up about developments in the last two weeks. Let's go to lunch with the boys and check out business.

Promotion is Vitol

nNE OF THE eleven points that is being dis- V cussed in current labor-management negotip. tisns :lictrhrirr l,oi Arrgelts maqeiment crr; 'td; Lumber and Sawmill Workers Local 2288 is the Wood and Wood Products Promotion Fund clause that was enacted when the contract was agreed upon three years ago.

It was a major step forward for both labor and management, but if for any reason the parties concerned in the present contract discussions should feel it no longer deserves solid backing, then the forest products industry on all sides will have taken a giant step backwards.

While the achievements of the promotional efiort were not staggering in their impact upon the public, neither was the size of the budget. It is remarkable that so much was done with so little money, But much remains to'be done.

The ,benefits from keepingo possibly expanding, the clause will amply prove that wood promotion can be the key to expanding business for all concerned.

Your growing confidence in Good Housekeeping guaranteed Miami-Carey products has led to more and more shipments of our Bathroom Cabinets and Range Hoods into the West. So we've decided to manufacture Miami-Carey products in the West. This coming August, you can expect ready availability of Miami-Carey Cabinets, Hoods, Door Chimes and RadioIntercoms from our modern new facility at Santa Fe Springs (Los Angeles), California. You can also expect the same dependable quality and advanced design that led you to prefer Miami-Carey in the first place.

Until our new plant opens, you can get complete information on MiamiCarey products by writing Dept. CL-666, MiamiCarey Division, The Philip Carey Mfg. Company, P. O. Box 58031, Los Angeles , California.

No more cross-country trips for Miami-Carey hoods and cabinets. They'll soon be produced in the West.

REFTECTING A MARKET IN TRANSITION

Los Angeles Retailers Close Up Shop as Building Lags

A RASH OF retail yard closings hit the la' 1* Aneeles area last month as lumber and building materials dealers continued to suffer from a prolonged lag in new construction in the area.

At press tirne, a number of yards were closing and several others were reportedly planning extensive cut-backs in their operations with an eye to eventual liquidation'

One Los Angeles dealer estimated that the number of yards might reach 19.

The dealers seriously affected by the slowdown in construction are, of coursg volume yards specializing in lumber sales to tract builders, historically a "feast or famine" proposition.

Broad-line consumer yards with emphasis on the do-it-yourself and custom builder trade report more stable earnings.

It is significant that none of the yards which the yard was located. ooour property ruptcy; all are voluntary closings due to an unsatisfactory profit picture.

The decision to close was in many cases brought on by the value of the property on which the yard was located. "Our property is just too expensive to support a retail lumber yard," was the consensus of many of the dealers who plan liquidation.

A tightening of the money market through lending institutions and the resultant sky-rocketing of the interest rate has been a further inhibiting factor. The average interest rate reportedly stands at 7t/2 to 8 percent and "builders are damn luckv to get it at that rate," commented a dealer.

The following is a survey of several of the dealers who plan cut-backs in their operation or liquidation:

rAco TUMBER co. City of Industry, Colif.

Reports a major cut-back in their operation, according to Manager W. D. "Matt" Matheson, who says the yard plans to'oget completely away from the tract business."

Laco will not renew the lease on a 2l/zacre portion of their yard which now houses their fencing operation, ,which they plan to change to conform to Interstate Commerce Commission restrictions.

The firm will also attempt to sell its truss plant, one of southern Cali{ornia's largest with a capacity of 500 units per day, as an operating unit.

Laco will, however, retain its do-it-yourself operation, on which they anticipate sales of $60,000 to $75,000 per month to consumers. The yard is owned by S. C. Hunsaker & Sons. Inc.. a Los Anseles construction firm.

o'The business in southern California is entering a new phase. Those that can adjust to the new business conditions resulting from the decline in home building by applying manage' ment techniques successfully used in other industries will be leading the retail lumber business within the next year as demand for housing starts to move upward again." Wayne Gardner, executive vice-preei. dent of the Lumber Aeeociation of Southern California.

HAMMOND TUMBER CO. Arcodio, Colif.

Will close out their yard within the next few weeks because "the large volume oI tract business is gone and the property is too valuable to continue as a retail yard," according to Hal Hamilton. manager.

The Arcadia yard, in operation for more than 45 years, was bought out by Hammond in l94I from the now-defunct Kerchoff-Cuzner Lumber Co. The yard has posted average gross sales of $2/2 million per year. ln 1964, the yard operated 24 hours per day, averaging sales of five million b.f. per month.

During the last year, however, their sales have dropped off by more than 50 percent.

Manager Hamilton, 30, will team-up with another young Los Angeles area lumberman to open a new yard in Temple City, Calif., to be called United Lumber Co., at 9250 Lower Azusa Road. Hamilton's partner is 3S-year-old Pete lves, who leaves Marmion Lumber in Azusa after eieht years.

CARLSON'S CHINO IUMBER CO. Chino, Colif.

Will close down their operation as soon as equipment and inventory can be liquidated, according to owner Al Carlson.

o'The lumber business is currently unprofitable. We realize it and we plan to pay our bills and get out," said the dealer.

Chino, a volume yard catering to tract builders, suflered a loss of sales complicated by poor collections, Carlson reported, adding that he had been ooclobbered by credit collections."

The vard" situated on a five-acre lot" had for*"rly averaged annual gross sales of over $2 million.

"CL0BBERED by credit problems" for Chino Lumber's closing by JOHNSON

TUMBER CO. Altodeno, Colif.

Closed two months ago, reportedly another victim of soaring property values and slackening business volume. A small do-ityourself type yard, the firm was in operation for more than l0 years at their Lincoln Avenue location.

WILMINGTON LUMBER CO. Norwolk, Colif.

Has sold their property and will close out their operation by June 15.

76" $l/2-acre yard had catered to contractor and industrial accounts with average gross sales of approximately $100,000 per month. The do-it-yourself phase of the business, called Home Builders Mart, will also be closed.

The yard was founded 20 years ago on property rented {rom Consolidated Lumber in Wilmington, Calif. In 1948, they moved to a site on Slauson Ave., and in 196l to their present location in Norwalk.

The yard is owned by interests headed up by Oregon lumberman Coleman Whecler, president of Santiam Lumber, and Carl Davis, also an Oregon millman.

(Continued on Page l0)

CAtLlllG lT 0UIIS after almost hall a century in the lumber business is dealer V. A. "Van" Van Matre of Van Matre's U-Do-lt Lumber Co., Downey, Calif. The dealer had at one time operated three yards in the southern California area. His story is on page 10.

was reason gtven owner Al Carlson.

f\l,Sl'11'F. A (.1-li'f Al\ arrount oI tre])i-

|J tlulion its to tltt rrisrlotn of lrr,lrlirrg rt corrtt'rrlion in tht'r'r'nlt'r'r,I i1 lroslt glnrl'lirts art'u. tht' 26th turrrual L-\l \ r',,nrcrrliiin. tt ilalrlr's \\'ugorrrr lrt'r.1. Stltt'lirrt'. \r'ruria. rltr",r ,,tti' oI lltr' lrtlutst Irrlnorrls of lr)( nrl', r'- irr llr,' 1,lrrl 2(t r, rrt-. r'\r'' 1l;\r' \ i' r'plt'sitlerrl liolr Nlcllritrr rt'rtal..rl.

'' {r'trrlllv. llrt' \t'r'ltln uanrl,ling irrllrrt'n((' scer)ls a little tarne ('()nr])ilrt.rl lo lht ganrlrlt's tnost rif tts litkc t'r't'rt rlar irr tlris lntsirtt'ss." one ir.nonyn)ous rlt'alcr told tts as he st oopt'rl trp his st'r'ontl-in-a-r,l harcl uav rtitt.

As in Prcvious vears. tht'Lrrnrl,t'r'\lt'r'r'hants ,\ssoliation t orn t,ntiorr lrt'garr \'vith the arrnutrl golf tournament. Hudsorr Lee oI l-ec [,rrml,er' (,om1ranr-. litno, offit'ialing tlris l)leasanl par-t oI the l)r'oSrarn. llolrur,l (lraulit h arrl Alt'r (iallrraith slrun'rl irlerrtit'al lo* gloss r:arrls of fi,j as a r('slrlt ()f tht:ir \'lal l)av torrl aLorrnrl tlrt'l,t'autiful

Work and Wager Mix Well at tMA Convention

Irrt lirrt' \'illlge (lolf Ct.,rrrse. In tlre cnllol'ay rlivi,.ion. tlrt' u inncls n t'nt somelhins as follou's: l)ick (lross { lt't's cht'ck that handicap agairr- Hurlsott ). lialph Lamon. I)elt'Palrish. Ht'rlr \\"intlrraltl. lloh l)t'rrr. l)on (llt'mrnt'r. Al StockIorr. Horner llavl'ard" l)orr \\ralker. Terl \lrrllrerr. lrn,l I.,'s Hrt\,

(llostst lo I,hr' lrin tras lirt'rl l,t' .{lt'r Gall,raitlr. tht' krn;lt'st rlt'irc arr'altl rrtrrt to'li'rl \Iatlrcrls arrtl J,'r'rr li,,rrrrittgt,,rt lrtrrlt'rl tltt, lnosl sc\r'ns isir lri lrt' t'rucl t tltrl'ing his safuri urorrrrrl llr,' nrilr'-ltislr lottt.r'. .Jitn lioss took llrc ritri'iorts lton,tr r,l tht lri!-lrr'.1 lrolt t I I nrightr- srr irsr r arrrl (.hll "(.lrir'I \ arr.ll,ilr'1"' (.r'os: got t'xt t'1,liottallt 1t,,ot' rrrilelg,'arr<l us l n'sttlt la. ituitrrlt'rl lltt cot t'tt'rl "-\lost Iict'r'-r"' llolrltr'. Lihal. alorrg n ith his dltl Charlit'" Sr. an<l l)rrli (.lar ton ,f Chas. C. I'leck l-rrmlrt'r [-o.. fah,,r' \iallcr-. lt't't' ofirliul hosts ftrr t.lre LN'lA anrrual. 'fht threc rlarr- anrrual 'rr u,* llso tht' st ettc oi the "1'hn1lging oI tht'guarrl.'' (]harlit: l)arl stt'pping rlon rr a[tt'r t hig-hlr suc('ess{rrl lear ls plt'sident to lrt' replact'd }ry Salinas dt'aler lLrrncr' l{avu'arrl. lu'acl o{ thc lrig Honrt'r '1. Haluald ]-rrnrbt'r' (lo. r'hain opt'ratiorr. Anolltcl lrie chtrin opt'rator Irom tht' [ar sotrth t'nrl ,,f LJIA's tt'rlitort. Art -\lastt'rs. lrrcsi<lt'nt oI Tht' l(irrs Lurnlrer

C0NVENTI0NEERING ARE (1) Tom Gray, Evy and Bob Patterson of Central Valley Builders Supply. (2) Jerry Bonnington and Watsonville Lumber's Earle Johnson. (3) Hudson Lee of Lee Lumber, Reno, Homer Hayward and Joe Schram. (4) Roger and lVlildred Schuyler. (5) Anne and Paul Ward and Earl Tatman. (6) San Bruno Lumber's Al and Therese Stockton and Art and Gwen Wall. (7) Yaeger & Kirk's Steve Yaeger and Charlie Wiggins of Don's Lumber Yard. (8) 0wen Crick of United Lumber, Reno, Elmer Lewis and Brey-

Wright Lumber's Frank Baxley. (9) Art and Jean Masters with Cookie and John Hoover. (10) Elaine and Bud Barber. Dick Kennedv and Mrs. Louise Barber. (11) Virginia and Larry Whittaker. (12) Cappi and D0n Mark, Hales & Symons. (13) Les and "Mike" Hayes, Boise Cascade, Reno. (14) Bob Perry, Alex Galbraith and Cecil Rouse. (15) Truckee-Tahoe's Chal Cross, Bob Raymer and Len Viale. (16) Minton's Lyle Schafer, Anne Schram and Nancy Hayward. (17) Armin Speckert of Speckert Building Supplies and LMA pr man Joe

Schram. (18) Santa Cruz Lumber's Les Ley, Gene and Ruth Bell of Clovis Lumber Co. (19) Ed Young and Vern Garehime of Garehime Corporation. 00) New

Directors: Nlike Symons, Hales & Symons; Art Post, Delano Building Materials; Mark Kennedy, Gilroy Lum" ber Co.; Roy Parson, San Luis Mill & Lumber Co.; Lew Silvera, Silvera Lumber Co.; and Armin Speckert, Speckert Building Supplies. (21) Virginia Ruth, Dorothy and Ray Nelson and Parlier Lumber's Earl Ruth. Despite parties, it was a hard-working convention.

Company. Bakersfield. was elevated to a vice-Jrresidency and Al Stot.kton" San Bruno Lurnbcr Co.. \r as unanimouslv t'lected trcasurcr.

Although thcre wt rc st,r'crtrl exr:ellcnt programs. the thing that imprt'ssed us thc Inost rlils the vast improvtnrent in dt'aler participation in tht'st' programs. Nlonday morning. for instarrct'. morc tliatr 50 tlt'alt'rs atterrdt'rl arr open meeting of tht' l,MA lroard oi direr:tors. Anrl ther rlidn't just attend. tht,t- rvt'rc vor.al. At tht' samt. time. somc l5 rnnnufactun'rs and suppliers met in an adjoining room to n'restle rvith tht' knottr- problems of distribution and dealcr relations.

\LBN'IDA president Georsre Stein. head (Continued on Page. 74)

OFFICERS & EXECUTIVE COMMITIEE

P rcsiden t

Homer M. Hoyword, Homer T. Hoyword Iumber Co.

Vice-presidenl

Arthur E. l{osters, The King lumbcr Co.

T reosu rer

Alfred H. Stockton, Son Bruno Iumber Co.

Executive V;ce-President

DIRECTORS OF LMA

Tom Hondley, H&H Supply

Mork Kennedy, Gilroy lumber Co.

Roy Porsons, Son Luis Mill & [umber Co., Inc.

Arthur Port, Delono Building ,r{oleriols, lnc.

Bob Schlotthoucr, Willord [umber & Supply Co., Inc.

lcv Silvero, Silvero Iumber Co.

Armin Speckerl, Speckert Building Supplier, Inc.

Mike Symons, Holes & Symons, In(.

CONIINUING BOARD OT DIRECTORS

Bob McBrien, 4546 El Comino Reol, Suite O, Los Altos

Chorlie Dort. K-Y Iumber Co.

Duone Bennell, Meod Clork lumber Co.

8ob Butcher, 5on lorcnzo Iumber Co.

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

rysHomillon Knott, Yosemite Iumber Co.

Fronk Heord, Motroni-Heord Lumber Co.

lro E. Horton, South City Lumber & Supply Co.

NATI ATER

Fronk Heord, Moironi-Heord Iumber Co.

WGerold Derr, J. M. Derr Iumber Co., Inc,

Bob Adoms, Nool Adomi Lumber Go.

Duone Bennetl, Mood €lork l-umber Co.

Eill Bittenbender, Eitlenbender Iumber Co.

tloyd Corter, Sierling Iumber Co.

Corl Dietr, longfellow Iumber Co.

Cloyd Gorner, Son Jooquin Iumber Co.

R. B. Gortin, Home Iumber Yord, In(.

R. J. Gehring, Seryice Iumber Co.

Eorle Johnson, Wotsonville Lunber Co.

Robert Kimble, Sequoio Iunber Co.

Arlhur Mosters, Thq King Iumber Co,

Hudson lee, lee Iumiber Co.

Howord McCulloch. Yosemiie Builders Supply

Herb /r{cCoslin, Form & Home Supply

l-yle Schofer, /{inton s Lumber & Supply

tronk Wotson, South City Lumber & Supply Co.

M0RE THAN SIXTY convention early birds played the beautiful incline course, and would y0u believe Al Stockton (1) is about to put the ball on the green?

(2) Alan Gray, Ed French of Burton-French Lumber and Cr0ss Lu-mber's Dick Cross. (3) Pete Parrish, Neil Keefer and Jim Froggatt 0f Homer Hayward Lumber, and Larry Whittaker. (4) Safety awards: Howard Graulich accepting for Homer T. Hayward Lumber Co. (5)

More safety awards: Earl Ruth accepting for Paul Ruth of Reedley Lumber Co. co.chairmen Charlie Fowler and Armin Speckert presenting awards. (6)

Lenore and Ham Knott, Ralph and Suzanne Lamon.

(7) 0utgoing directors, Clair Hicks, Hicks Lumber Co.; Frank Heard, Motroni-Heard Lumber C0.; Bob Butcher, San Lorenzo Lumber Co.; Bob Patterson,

Central Valley Builders Supply; Charlie Cross, Sr,, Truckee-Iahoe Lumber Co.; "El" Haunschild, Chas, C. lVeek Lumber Co.; Charlie Fowler, Builders & Consumers Lumber Co.; and Jim Ross, Central Lumber Co. (8) Bob Raymer, Service Lumber's Bob and Lorraine Gehring. (9) Bob Whitney, Joe Graef and Dick Edmin. son of Rich Brothers Lumber amid Drettv surroundings. (10) Big turnout as the deaters aitended an 0pen meeting of LMA's board of directors. ('l l) Hick Lumber's Clair and Elsie Hicks with Linda and Clair Jr. (12) Truckee-Tahoe's Charlie and Sylvra Cross with Bernice and Tom Yancey of Yancey Lumber Co. ('13) LMA secretary Janet Johnson and PL's Bud Robey. (14) Mark Kennedy of Gilroy Lumber, Craig and Betty Gaffney. (15) Executive Committee' Bob McBrien,

Duane Bennett, Ham Knott, Al Stockton, Homer Hayward, Charlie Cross, Sr., Art Masters, Charlie Dart and Bob Butcher. (16) NLBMDA president George and Mary Lenore Stein, and LIV|A exec veep Bob McBrien. (17) Bill Grieve of BMD and NLBMDA president George Stein, chaired a special meeting 0f manufacturers and suppliers rn a "how to solve" session. (18) Can't turn 'em out for business sessions at Tahoe? Don't you believe it! This is just part of the turnout for the Monday mornrng manufacturers and suppliers sessi0n. (19) Genevieve Bonnington. Betty Gaffney, lVlarie and Jim 0akley. e0) LMA 0fficers: Charlie Dart, outgoing prexy; Homer Hayward, president; Art lVlasters, vice-president; and Al Stockton, treasurer. (21) Safety award to Roy Parsons, San Luis Mill.

VAN MATRE

. U.DO.IT TUMBER CO. Downey, Colif.

Is currently selling ofi their inventory and equipment and plan to cloge down their operation after 25 years at their present lo'cation. The buildings will be demolished and replaced by an auto painting firm.

'oThe property has just become too valuable to operate a small yard, so I've decided to close and retire,t' echoes V. A. "Van" Van Matre, a veteran of almost half-a-century in the business.

Van Matre started in the lumber business in 1920 with the Griffith Lumber Co.o which sold ofi their chain vards in 1922. A. C. Bowers and S. S. Skidmore purchas. ed the Downey yard and re-named it Skidmore & Bowers Lumber Co., where Van Matre worked until 1936.

At that time he and Lawrence Manning founded tlre Van Matre-Manning Lumber Co. in Downey. Manning died in 1953, and three years later Van Matre and his son, the late lVilliam F. Van Matre, re-opened the yard as Van Matre U-Do-It Lumber Co.

The firm later opened a branch yard in bwney and in 1959 opened another yard in Orange, Calif. The Downey branch was closed in 1963 and the Orange operation was sold to Rossman Mill & Lumber in 19&,

"Van" plans to leave for an extended trip in January, visiting friends in New 7.ealand, Australia; Ceylon and Bombay, India. He then hopes to continue around the world.

o'First off, I plan to do some fishing and relaxing at my mountain cabin near Bishop, Calif.," concluded the retiring lumberrnan.

TROJAN TUMBER CO.

Anoheim,

Colif.

Closed and liquidated their remaining equipment and inventory at public auction June 6.

t'The last two years haven't been too good, and we decided we could get a better return on our money elsewhere,tt commented owner Paul Campbell, adding that comp€tition ln sotthorn California had bcotno excessive for both lumber yards and contractors.

Trojan was in operation for 21 years. The yard was located in Burbank for 17 years, moving to Anaheim in 196I.

A volume yard, they specialized in framing and dimension stock to tract and apartment builders. Until recently the yard averaged gross sales of $150,000 per month, moving over lL/z million b.f. of lumber monthly. During the past year, sales dropped ofi by more than half.

Homebuilding in toulhern Half ol (alilonia

A comparison of three-month period which reoresented the crest of the boom with the m6st recent three-month period for which figures are available for 14 southern counties.

What's Happened to Home Building in Southern California by

Conrod C. Jomison,

TN THE 27 months since the all-time I peak of residential building activity was reached in January of 1964, new dwelling unit starts in southern Califor. nia have dropped sharply and persistent. ly. The decline during 1964-66 to date have been one of the steepest in the history of the area, and certainly the most severe since World War II. However, there has been some evidence of a bottoming-out tendency since last fall.

Homebuilding activity in southern California is now at the lowest ebb since Worl{ War II (1945).

Palnful as this situation may be to many builders, lumber and building material dealere, lenders and others, it actually represents a favorable development.

Residential starts outran the basic re, guirements of our rapidly expanding

vp ond economist, Security First Notionol Bonk, los Angeles

population during trro full years-mid. 1962 to mid-I964. Allowing several months between start and completion of the typical residential building, it appears that completions of dwelling units were at an excessive level in relation to basic requirements from the spring of 1963 until the spring or summer of 1965.

During the two years of over-building, an excess inventory estimated at 75,000 to 80,000 family dwelling units was built up in the southern half of California. That excess was equivalent to about six months production at normal rates.

In relation to the total housing supply of about 4 million dwellings, the excess amounted to about two percent.

The surplus of housing has leveled o4 and has started to subside. In otler

words, the worst is over. The residential vacancy factor for southern California as a whole topped out in mid-1965, and since then has declined steadily. This improvement probably will continue.

The greatest excesses in the 1962-64 residential building binge tended to be in the apartment category, which is where the sharpest cuts have occurred. From a peak rate of 151,800 dwelling units per year in multiples, volume has dropped recently to 39,900 units a year.

Despite the cuts in homebuildingi, however, it is noteworthy that southerrr Califorrria built more new dwelling units last year than any state in the nation except California iteelf. Thie has been true, of cour6e, for many years.

(Continunil lrom Page 6)

l{0W-tl0u|DAIED Trojan Lumber is backdrop for owner Paul Campbell, who decided to close the yard.

Retailer Rebuilds After Disastrous Fire

ITLEMI\C.HICHTOWER LumLrer Co..

r slaggererl lrv a devastatirrg $155"000 fire which swept through the yard last August. has come up swirrgirrg tu re.capture its position as a major factor in the competitive la-. Angeles area lumbtr market.

The fire, which engulfed the firm's rnill building, completely destroyed all the mill equipment along with thousands of feet of lumber. When the flames died out. cleanup crews hauled away over 100 semi trailer

loads of ashes and charred lumber.

"l'll have to admit that we had serious misgivings a'bout whether or not to rebuild," confesses Tom Flt:ming, youngcr half o{ the l'leming-Hightower team which has opcrated the Los Angeles yard since shortly after World War II. The other hall of the team is long-time lumberman Slim Hightower. now back in the harness after recovering lrom a stroke which he suffered several months aso.

"The luml,er mark"i *os ailing ancl

property values had risen to a point that we questioned whether or not it would be profitable to rebuild the mill," Fleming continued.

A quick settlemcnt of the insurance daim oflered impetus to a decision to rebuild. Bit by bit, the firm began replacing the fire loss with a complete new re-mallufacturing plant.

The company is now in full production in a 6,000 sq. ft. mill {acility that houses a brand new lin.e of equipment, including three stickers, gang, and band ripsaws, a Turner resaw, table saws and a new large toe-opt-.rated hydraulic cut ofi saw for cutting timbers.

One of the problems faced in the rebuilding project was converting the electrical layout to a more e{licient 440-volt systcm. Electricians devised a trench which runs the length of the mill building and r:arries conduits {or the wiring. Machiner1 is mercly wired in through the trench system at different points along the line, therebv eliminating costly ovcrhead wiring. The system makes it simple and inexpcnsive to move machinery or adcl a new unit.

The re-building project also included the aildition o{ a massivc ne w luml,,cr shcd for dry stock storage. When city building o{Ecials nixed a pole building, Fleming callt'd on engineers of the C&I Construction Co. to install an all-steel structure. The result is a fireproof cantilcver building which rests on a line of steel I-beams. The mill building is also a steel structure.

Offices also got a face-lifting as a part o{ the re-l-'uilding program, which included the addition of Weldwood paneling throughout the building. Fleming-Hightower is a headquarlers dealer for Weldwood products.

"Our nen, mill has opened a whole new rvorld to us." enthused dealer Fleming, who describes his operation as "a more modern and efficient set-up." Many of the firm's customers are other retail yards in thc area.

Situated on a 71/2-acre tract on San Fernando Rd. near Glendale. the yard is one of two surviving retailers in an area which 15 \'('ars ago supported 13 large yards. The other survivor is l,ounsberry & Harris's yard just down the street.

NEW MltL BUltDlt{G (upper left) spans 6,000 sq. ft. and houses a full line of modern equipment including stickers, gang and band ripsaws, a Turner resaw and table saw. Rebuilding program also included an all-

F0tt0wlllG DEVASTATIl{G FIRE at the Fleming-Hightower yard last August, clean-up crews moved in and hauled away over 100 semitrailer loads of ashes and charred lumber. Damase was estimated at $155.000.

steel lumber shed (upper right), a fireproof cantilevertype structure which rests on a line of steel l-beams. Lower photos show some of the new building equipment in operation at the yard.

150 millionreasons our dealers neuer frct

It's pretty hard for a Palco dealer to worry. This is what's behind him: large timber resources, managed for production on a perpetual yield basis. An annual production capacity of over 150 million board feet. And an average inventory of approximately 100 million board feet. For nearly 100 years we've been delivering the goods. palco

Meet "Ham" Knott: An advertising man who became a lumberman

T|HERE COMES A time in many a man's I life when he simply gets his fill. and that's just what happened to Hamilton

'oHam" Knott 20 years ago as he sat hopelessly stalled in a Los Angeles freeway snarl, "There's just got to be a better way," he heard himself mutter.

That night, after f inally completing his hour and a half homeward journey, Ham sat down with his wife" Lenore. and the two of them got down to the very serious business of replanning their entire future.

For Ham, it was a tough decision to make. His whole training at Fresno State and at the University of Mississippi had been in advertising. His whole business career was wrapped up in the Southern California Gas Company where he'd risen through the ranks to the position of advertising manager. It was a big company and a big job, but quite like the family in o'The Man In The Gray Flannel Suit," the Knotts decided to move back to Fresno where they both had been raised.

It wasn't without a certain amount of trepidation that Ham chucked his career with Southem California Gas, sold the homestead and moved back to FresnoIock, stock and barrel. But Ham was a realist. 'oI can always get another job. I can't get another life," he remembers thinking.

Using some of the equity money from the sale of their house, Ham abandoned his advertising career and bought an interest in K-Y Lumber Co. in Fresno from Walter Krumbholtz. The year was 1946.

In 1948, he sold his interest in K-Y Lum-

ber and purchased the 2l/2-acre site at 4840 North Blackstone, Fresno, where Yosemite Lumber Company stands today. Over the years the'business grew in a series of careful expansions, the latest being a brand new 9,000 sq. ft. store.

Althoueh Knott is a oolumber merchant" in the trul sense of the word, his advertising talents have not gone unused. He credits a good part of his business growth to a consistent, well-planned advertising program-and he budgets 4-5 percent of his gross sales to put the program across.

Regular full page ads in the Thursday issue of the Fresno Bee and a direct mail campaign are the backbone of his advertising program, but Ham has also had exceptionally good luck with radio spots. Here again he pretty well "covers all the bases" by using one local rock and roll station and one stereo-multiplex fine music station.

lVhile Ham has been busy the past 20 years, re-establishing himself in another industry and building a successful businesg he has not been too busy to lend a willing and able hand to his industry. As all the dealers who attended the recent annual convention of the Lumber Merchants Association at Lake Tahoe know, Ham did a truly magnificent job as convention chairman,

AtTH0UGll THESE interior shots would lead you to be lieve that this is strictly a do-it-yourself operation, Knott points out that "We're still very much in the lumber business and that's why we brought many lumber items right into the store. Lumber is still the major part of our volume." This shot (1) shows "Chief Yosemite" and two of his squaws entertaining the big opening day crowd. Largest of two checkout counters 0) is located up front in store. Total sales are currently running fairly evenly divided between cash and credit. (3) Paint and unfurnished section. (4) And even an "Art Bar"! Complete artists supply center is adjacent to paint department. (5) Rear checkout counter (note display of art by Yosemite Lumber's art customers). Knott's office is upper right in this photo; sales and adminiskative offices occupy rest of tloor.

MIf SI0RE fronts on busy North Blackstone with plenty of off street parking.-For convenience of retail

HAM XI{OTT

trade, store is open 8 to 5:30 Monday through Saturday, and l0 to 4 p.m. Sunday.

Great Society Seen as Threat at NFPA Annual Meeting

"The plumbing for the Great Society is in place, but the faucets haven't been turned on. As soon as we see any sigrrs of recessions we will see the welfare state turned on full blast!"

Thus did Dr. George Cline Smitho econ' omist for the National Forest Products Association, sum up current national industry problems in five critical areas where government rcgulations afiect forest products operation before a capa.city audience at lest month's three-day meeting of NFPA in Washingon, D.C.

Nearly 1000 attended the convention, whose mernbers had gathered to elect new officers to the association, listen to official government and industry spokesmen and participate in panel discussions.

Elected as 1966 president of the National Forest Products Association was Gene C. Brewer, president of U.S. Plywood Corp. Brewer succeeds J. B. Edens of Southwest Forest Industries, Inc.

New first vice president of the association is Rueo€ll H. Ellso president and general manager of Willits Redwood Products Co., Willits, Calif.

Following the theme "Speak Up ' . Speak Out," 1000 lumbermen, government, congressional and construction-oriented of' ficials met May 3 for a ool,eadership Luncheon" .and participated in a panel discussion probe of the question'ois the private sector of our economy being phased out by government?" Panelists were Senators Eugene McCarthy (D-Minn.); Thurston B. Morton (R-fy.) and Representatives Hale Boggs (D-La.) and Melvin R. Laird (R-Wisc.). f,awrence C. Spivak, producer of TV's "Meet the Press," was moderator.

, GOVERNMENT OFFICIAI.S

Top government officials attending the meeting were Interior Secretary Stewart L. Udall; Undersecretary of Interior John A. Carver; Philip N. Brownstein, assistant secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development; Harry McPherson, Jr., special counsel to the president; James S. Duesenberry, member, president's council of economic advisors, and Joseph A. Califano, Jr., presidential assistant.

Udall complimented the industry on its "rational approacht' to recreation issues and pointed out that ". . you are more rational tlran some of your opponents."

Presidential assistant Joseph A. Califano gave the assembly some optimistic news with regard to the boxcar shortage. He stated that a supply of military boxcars in

storage for defense purposes would be made available within the next two months. Presidential spokesman James Duesenberry pointed out that the White House is work' ing closely with the Interstate Commerce Commission and the American Association of Railroads to speed up turn-arounds and improve allocations of cars.

Gene Brewer explained the competitive structure of the lumber industry and plywood industries, the history of price trends, the efiect of boxcar shortages, defense orders, labor negotiations and seasonal factors of home construction.

Raw materials problems were aired by Charles Gray of American Forest Products Corporation, who pointed out that timber withdrawals are a serious threat to local industry modernization and expansion programs and to community stability. He requested '0. . . a greater opportunity for industry to participate in government planning," to reduce this instability.

BOARD ACTS

NFPA's board of directors took action at the meeting to improve the position of the industry-nationwide-and to implement NFPA programs. The board:

Formally accepted the application of the National Woodwork Manufacturers Association for membership in NFPA;

Urged the association and federated members to concern themselves with efiorts seeking reimposition of export controls on black walnut logs by the Commerce De-

partment to.relieve a shortage oI such logs in the country;

And recommended the NFPA pursue public relations policies aimed at telling the industry's story to the general public and opinion leaders on raw materials and natur' al resources.

At a luncheon meeting Sen. Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) told industry members that American businessmen are ". . fre. quently tongue-tied when it comes to building local support for their position on vital issues." Dominick urged lumbermen to ". . . start developing programs through your employees who share .your stake in national issues."

Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman reviewed industry-government progress over the last year on joint .programs. He said the departrnent would continue ". to maximize timber available from national forests with a new record cut in fiscal 1967 oL 12.75 billion board feet!"

Freeman urged the industry to hold price increases within the President's guide. Iines of 3.2 percent.

Several new names appeared as NFPA officers f.ot 1966. Elected to serve as regional vice presidents were Loran L. Stewart, president of Bohemia Lumber Co.o Culp Creek, Ore., reprerenting the West. ern Wood Products Association; C. Russell Johnson, president of Union Lumber Co., San Franciscq representing the California Redwood Association; and W. L. Tabb, sales manager, Georgia-Pacific Corp., Augusta, Ga., representing the Southern Hardwood Manufacturers Association.

AWARDS DINNER

Another highlight of the three-day event was the annual Awards Dinner and the presentation of the forest products industry awards for 1966.

Top honors were presented to J. F. Koellisch, editor/publisher oI *Wood, and, Wood Prod,ucts," Chicago for building journalism; Dr. N. V. Poletika, vice presidenl research and development, Union Lumber Co., Fort Bragg, Calif., for applied research; John Storrs, Storrs and Associateg Portland, Ore., for wood structure design; Mark J. Schoknecht, logging manager, J. Neils Division, St. Regis Paper Co., Libby, Mont., for forest management; William A. Oliver, professor of civil engineering, University of Illinois, for industry cooperation and the Red Cedar Shingle & Handsplit Shake Bureau, Seattlg Wash., for industry leadership.

Prefabricated N oyo Redwood F enci ng.

you'll find many of the features that are usually only available in much larger homes.

To begin with, the outline of the home is a simple rectangle which is the easiest and most economical to construct. The dis' advantage with the majority of rectangle homes is the poor exterior design. This is certainly not true with this plan' The large glass stationary windows in the front wall of the garage extend to the gable roof. The exterior design of the garage is further en' hanced by the circular planter in front of the windows. The two planters at the front wall of the bedrooms are tied together with a wide screen, supported by posts which rest on the inside walls of the planters. The final touch which adds much to the at' tractiveness of this home is the exceptionally wide eave overhang at the front of the home. This allows the facia of the garage to continue across the front of the house with no break between the two.

CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT

PtAN @T TTHE NN@NTH

by HIAWATHA ESTES, A.|.B.D.

These excellenl house plons ore for sole qs ore Mr. Esles populor Plon 8ooks. rllony retoilers olreody sell or provide his Plon Eooks os o customer service of proven populority. Mr. Esfes house plon column oppeors in mony publicotions in the West. Use the coupon on this poge for informolion without obligotion.

Nationwide Plan Book Go.

Dept

G.L.M., Box 4l!f

Northridge, Galif.

ilease send me complete information about the special volume discounts to retail dealers, on complete workhg plans and a full selection of home plan books. I realize there is no obligation involved.

A recessed entry ofiers protection for your guest from the elements. All areas of the home are accessible lrom the entry. Very little space has been used for halls.

Cabinets separate the kitchen and family room. A dining table can be used here for both everyday dining and when entertaining. If preferred, an eating bar for family meals could be attached to the cabinets which now separate the two areas.

The modern kitchen, which is the heart of the home, makes chores fun. To install all essential kitchen equipment today and allow for sufrcient storage space and work counters is a real challenge. It has ,been accomplished here.

Laundry facilities-with overhead siorage-together with the Iurnace and water heater are in the garage. The door opening from tle garage to the kitchen does not route traffic through the kitchen.

The living room is enorrnous in size when compared to those offered in most homes of this square footage. It seems even Iarger with the wide sliding glass doors opening to the patio.

Back-to-back baths are an econondcal feature.

Redwood Mill Chooses San Antonio!

BILL BRAUNING OF ASSOCIATED RED$TOOD MILLS, ARCATA, SAYS:

"f gave San Antonio a call when we decided to erect a sawmill and green chain building at our Eureka area location. I had heard that San Antonio had done other work in our area and their good reputation helped me decide on them for the job. I'm glad I did !"

San Antonio pole buildings

sell for as little as t/s the cost of conventional buildings.

I.ET (}UR EIIOIlITTRT HEI.P Y(lU WIIH Y(}UR DTTIOlI PR()BTTMS

Pioneer of pole conslruction, Sqn Antonio experience ond know-how builds long-losting rigid pole buildings for every use. Give us q coll! Our stoff of engineers will be hoppy to help you design the building thot best suils your porticulor needs,

r' Al.buildings engineered and designed by licensed engrneers

y' Insurance rates considerably less-yet full coverage

r' All poles cemented to a depth of six feet

y' Never needs painting-won't rub off on clothes

y' No odor

J Safe against earthquake, wind and weather hazards

J Designs meet all building code requirements

ASS0CIATED REDW00D MILLS Chose San Antonio to Erect This Sturdy Building

Son Antonio will occept lumber in lieu of cosh, or will orronge finoncing to suit

for a quality line of pressure-treated wood products' fast service.technical assistance

Ready and waiting lor immediate delivery from Koppers' plants at Wilmington and Oroville, Calif. are large inventories of-

1. WOLMANIZED@ sill stock

2. NON-COM@fire-protected studs, plywood and other lumber

3. CELLON@ pressure-treated lumber and plywood (a paintable, exceptionally clean treatment with deep penetration)

4. PRESSURE-CRE0S0TED poles, piling, ties and lumber products

The brand in demand !

Wolmanized lumber is the leader in the salt-treated lumber market, accounting for more than SOol oI the total volume. Capitalize on this demand. Next time order "Wolmanized" lumber. You'll profit so will your customers.

And here's a new market for you! NON-COM fire-protected wood now qualifies under FHA Minimum Property Standards (FHA 2600) and ICBO Research Recommendation (No. 1921) for use where formerly only non-combustible materials were permitted.

California lumber dealers can get fast, expert service whenever pressure-treated forest products are needed. Each plant is staffed with highly-trained technical personnel, and maintains the most modern treating and handling facilities.

Remember-all Koppers pressure-treated forest products conform tothe governing Code requirements: UBC, FHA, Los Angeles City and County. Send for Koppers informative Design i Build Manual that describes preservatives for all applications. c-25a

GALENBAR

JUNE

Dubs, Ltd.-June 10, Annual Ladies Weekend, Pasatiempo Country Club, Santa Cruz.

Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club 2-June 10, Golf, dinner and entertainment, California Country Club, Whittier, Calif.

Lumbermen's Annual Invitational-June 10, Alta Sierra Country Club, Grass Valley.

Black Bart Hoo-Hoo Club 181-June 10-12, Family Weekend, Forest Lake Lodge.

California Redwood Association-June 13. Board of directors and Redwood Inspection Service, CRA Office, San Francisco.

Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo-Ette Club 1- June 13, monthly meeting, Olympian Inn, Los Angeles.

American Plywood Association-June 13-15, Annual meeting, Gearhart Hotel, Gearhart, Oregon.

Plywood Research Foundation-June 15, Annual meeting, Gearhart Hotel, Gearhart, Oregon.

Willamette Valley Hoo-Hoo-June 17, 25th annual golf tournament and Fun Fest, Eugene Country CIub, Eugene, Oregon.

Salt River Valley Hoo-Hoo Club 72-June 17-18, "Final blow-out," Pinetop, Arizona.

Humboldt Hoo-Hoo Club 63June 19, Annual Beef Barbeque, Georgia-Pacific Grove on the Van Duzen River.

JUtY

Dubs, Ltd.-July 15, Monthly tournament, Peacock Gap Golf Club, San Rafael, Bob Kilgore host.

Los Angeles lloo-Ifoo Club 2-July 15, GoIf, dinner and entertainment, Fox Hills Golf Course, Culver City, Calif.

Western Wooden Box Assn.-July 20-21, Membership meeting, Hotel El Rancho, Sacramento, Calif.

Black Bart Hoo-Hoo Club 181-July 22, Annual Barbeque at Bill Moores, Ukiah.

AUGUST

Lumber Association of Southern California-August 19-20, Quarterly directors meeting, Ojai Valley Inn, Ojai, Calif.

SEPTEMBER

Society of American Foresters-September 12-15, 66th annual meeting. Theme: "Foresters and Resource Policy," University of Washington campus, Seattle.

California Redwood Association-September 12, Annual meeting, CRA office, San Francisco, Calif,

Western Wood Products Association-September 14-16, Semi-annual meeting, Portland Hilton, Portland, Oregon.

Hoo-IIoo International-September 18-21, Annual meeting, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Red Cedar Shingle & Handsplit Shake Bureau-September 23, Annual meeting, Olympic Hotel, Seattle, Wash.

Portlqnd Deoler Exponding

A $100,000 expansion and remodeling program is under way for Cash & Carry Builders Materials, on Swan Island, Portland, according to Newton A. King, president.

Cash & Carry is one of the largest building supply centers on the Pacific Coast with showrooms, warehouse facilities and parking area covering over 5.5 acres.

When the new project is completed, the company will have over 62,000 square feet under cover, including 10,000 feet for the enlarged kitchen and appliance department and kitchen planning center.

The planning center will show seven kitchens complete in evmy detail in traditional and contemporary styles. Also to be shown for the first time in Portland will be a complete display of builtin cabinetry for bedrooms and playrooms, designed by a firm in Hoquiam, Wash.

The main showrooms are scheduled to 30 percent to make room for several new added by the company.

be enlarged by about lines which have been

Merchqnt Wins Moior Awq

rd

GEI{UINE

FOR R(l()M DIVIDERS, SCREENS, SHUTTERS, D()()RS, ETC.

DO-IT-YOU RSELF ROOM DIVIDER

KIT

/flTf\ [t'J','lli'#3'3

/ \l\l\ \ FT. PotEs, Iwo

I "*9 I CR0SS PTECES, \ lJ.. I 4 BRASS rEcS, \ Q-) / cLuE & stMPtE INSTRUCTIONS.)

3'r8'

4,x8,

FRAME WIIH

2'x6' 3'x6' 4'x6'

ffi ffi ffi ffi

BOLEK ': '('([$]IOIU'0/qRV

Calilornia Luntber X'Ierchant's succcss{ul campaign to expand the -"cope trnd territory of the magazinc throughout the cntire wcst has lrccn rt'cognizcd b,v the prestigious \I-r.stern Societr- of Business Puhlications lhich alardcd it first prize [or weslrnr,i uARr(ET IDENTIFICA'f ION.

The contcst. rlhich drerv more than 300 entries. save offcial salute to The llercltant for "the most effective job of identifying and selling the western market."

A Strike This Summer?

Negotiations for a new, three-year contract between most of the West's lumber and plywood producers and the two unions representing 27,000 workcrs, had still not resulted in a settlement at presstime. Despite last minute concessions and meetings, it appearcd that the possibility of a strike would remain unsettled until the last minute,

Some 200 companies are afiected by the nepJotiations over the contract which was scheduled to end June 1. Weyerhaeuser and Crown-Zellerbach arc among the manufacturers involved.

Proposed Merger Collopses

Negotiations preceding a proposed merger of Amt-'rican Forest Products Corporation of San F'rancisco into Reed International, Inc. of Houston, Tex., wcre terminated last month, company spokesmen said.

No rcason was given by the companies for the breakdown of talks. Original talks began April 22 when Recd International announced it had negotiatcd to "acquire firms that would complement and diversify its opcrations."

American Forr:st Products apparently was considered one of those firms.

4C' Boxcqr Preferred

A T0UCH 0F ELEGANf,[-Dealers can cash'in on the current popularity of decorative plant-ons with this hot new do-it-yourself product. Made of finest quality tlakeboard, t/2" thick, Bolek Custom Carv Plant-Ons offer elegance at an unlievably low price. Sales aids include painted door display (standard 3i0 x 6/8 door with plant-ons both sides) and merchandise rack that holds one carton of each size.

OF LOS

Los Angeles Worehouse

Colton Worehouse 340 West "G" Slreel l7r41 825-78rr

Vestern lumber producers still prefer the 40' boxcar in direct conllict with the current railroad philosophy of building larger equipment designcd to handle more volume at lower rates. This difference in viewpoint was revealed in the tabulation of returns from a just-completed survey of 74 large, medium and small western lumber producers. Dealers and wholesalers were not polled on their opinion.

The sun'ey, conducted by Western Wood Products Association's traffic committce, reports that the cstimated total annual car nceds of the 74 replying rvas 17.X,I14 units of which 142,249 units rvere boxcars. Fifty-five percent prelerred cars not exceeding 42' while forty-five percent favored cars 50' and longer. The remaining cars, 31,865, were flatcars, reflecting the increased volume of shipments of wrapped lumber.

James G. Manning, WWPA traffic manager, said that the conict in philosophies between shippers and carriers will receive much attention in future efiorts to resolve the problem.

ACCEPTING AWARD from contest queen Sharon Nelson is David Cutler, "The Merchant's" managing editor.

SEM I-TRANSPARENT TO AGGENT \^'OOD GRAINS

Here is a new stain you'll sell with confidence. It's the new approach to that "effective weathered appearance on wood." Semi-transparent stain provides a tint of color to accent the grain and texture of natural wood. Made especially for cedar and redwood, though it works equally well on other woods, too. In eight colors, and one.or fivegallon containers. Attractive label sells on sight.

HEAVY-DUTY STAINS FOR SOLID COLOR GOVERAGE

Here is a companion stain that rounds out the line, opaque stain for full couerage. Proven in years of use on Shakertown's pre-finished cedar shingles and shakes. Its special formulation brushes on wood evenly and easily there's no dripping! It's a great way for adding or changing color to previously stained surfaces also.

COMPLETE MERCHANDISING PROGRAM

Proven advertising for this proven stain. Throughout the nation, Shakertown dealers will tell you of the Shakertown success. it sells without a comeback, and you get repeat sales! The merchandising program to architects and builders lets you tie-in with window banners, radio spots, and in-store promotion pieces to cash in on Shakertown's multi-media advertising. Call your distributor or write:

HE LAW OF the survival of the fittest is going to go on as it always has. It's as imperishable as the law of gravity. And, the law of supply and demand is going to continue to rule business and economics as it always has, and no silly, modernistic effort at repeal is going to last long enough to have its picture took. The only way to beat the law o{ gravity is to stay put. The only way to beat the law of survival of the fittest, is to build oneself more fit. And, the only way to beat the law of supply and demand is to commit suicide and get out o{ the picture.

I don't want to *" .r*",rdon "li.ni,lut.a. I don't want to seo industry regimented. I don't want to see human ingenuity worth any less of a premium than it has for the past gencration. I want to see the man who can think, and do, and work, and produce better than the other {ellow, get the gravy. I want to see him tolerant of tht' weaker man, and help find a plar:e for him in the picture. And, this he has been dc,ing during the past generatiort more than ever before. But I object to having this grcat nation with its innate love of brains, and virility, and efficiency, and usefulness put under any plan or way of living that will make those characteristics less valuable than they have 'been in the past.

BY JACK DIONNE

1882-1966

We're never going to plant the people of this country in even rows like r:orn, the weak and the strongl the active and the inactive, the uscful and the useless-all gauged alike.

I{ your e{forts are .ntiJr"d, you must have done something worthwhile, and you may earn something valuable.

If your business rival plays more gol{ than you do, you have more time to attend to his customcrs than he has.

If your neighbor drives a better car than you do. that doesn't make your old car any the worse.

If someonc calls you a fool. go into silence. He may be right.

I{ your competitor gets business by unscrupulous methods, he can't hold it that way.

If the rvorld laughs at you, laugh right back at it. It's just as fu'ny as you are'

BE OR NOT TO BE''

William Lyon Phelps says that outside the llible the six most Iamous words in all the literature o{ the world are Shakespeare's "To be or not to lie" {rom Hamlet. Thesc six words contain only six of the letters oI the alphabet, and yet, says Phelps. into those words are packed most of the wisdom of thc world.

Treating Plant Adds Capacity

THE SELMA GRAPE Stake Yard was r originally founded by R. J. Petery in 1936. The products then consisted of grape stakes and fence posts. When he retired in L962, the business was purchased by his son, Jerry Petery.

In early 1964, the company name was changed to Selma Grape Stake Yard and Pressure Treating Company and one 6'x60' commercial wood preserving retort was installed. The engineering and construction was furnished by Osmose Wood Preserving

Company of Griffin, New York.

and Bufialo"

The purpose of the plant is to force Osmose K-33, which is a chromated copper arsenate preservative, deep into the cells of the wood, under high pressure. Osmose K-33 is highly recommended for both inground and above-ground use. Material pressure treated with Osmose K-33 is clean to handle, paintable, odorless, and non-corrosive, and yet ofiers permanent protection from decav and termites.

YESWE ST()Cl( BAXC(I-PYRESOTE fire-retardant LUMBER & PLYWOOD

Pressu re treatedfu I ly ki I n dried. Underwriters' Laboratories labeled. Meets all code requi rements. Fi re-retardant treated wood is now almost universally acceptable for uses formerly restricted to "non-combustible" materials. We can supply your growing demand.

Strabls

LUMBER CO.

STRABLEWOOD QUALIW

Hardwood & softwood lumber, flooring & plywoodl Fire-retardant and termite.resistant pressure treated wood. Masonite, Marlite, Upson, Celotex and hardwood mouldings.

255 Second St., Oakland 7, California Phone (415) 882-5584

Petery's plant meets federal specification TT-W-S71, Federal Housing Authority specifications, State of California Title 2I, Uniform Building Code in research recommendation 1971.2 and the American Wood Preservers Association Standards.

Early this year, a seeond retort of equal size was installed to keep up with the ever increasing demand for pressure treated lumber.

In addition to agricultural wood products, pressure treated lumber and poles have been added to the inventory. The pressure treated lumber is used for foundation plates, sills, and sub flooring as well as wherever decay and termite infestation are prevalent. The pressure treated poles are used for both utility and construction applications.

In an ideal location for treating dealer's lumber in transit, it is on Highway 99, just south of Fresno, on the Southern Pacific lines.

The plant operates seven days a week, 24 hours a day to insure customers prompt and efficient service.

Condon-King Purchose

Condon-King Company have purchased the manufacturing and marketing rights for the Manchester-Pierce prefabricated metal line of fireplaces. Purchase was from Pacific Steel Products Company in Seattle, Washington.

PRESSURE C0NTROL valves and their accompanying plumbing are seen in this shot of the pressure trealing controls. There are two cylinders at the olant.

IHE IWO wood preserving retorts at Selma Grape Stake Yard and Pressure Treating Co. are seen on the right of the picture. Lumber loaded cars are seen on the tracks that enter the treating cylinders.

r[lnY.f,lrlUll, president 0f thr blg retsit chsin (utr por lefU, pauses at the handsome entrance to the firm's new offices in Tarzana Calif. At risht. Mullin inspects attrative fireplace installation a-t ihe new headquarters. Ralph Baker (second row, left) is op. erations manager and supervisor of branch yards for the firm. Photo at right offers exterior view of new

office building, Al Lewis (lower left) is head of purchasing for Los Angeles area yards. Virginia Lailonte (center at lower center) is chief accountant, assisted by (l-r) Rose Mary Willey, Ruth Vesely, Virginia, Ruth Kahl and June Porter. At right is Orinda hazen, who lends a hand in sale pricing control. The new offices are the hub of activity for the Terry Lumber operations.

Mullin lumber Heodquorlers A Study in Quiel Elegonce

A N ELEGANT office building highlighted fI 5t unusual and exciting applications of wood products is the new "home" of the general ofrce stafi of the Terry Lumber companies.

The new offices, located in Tarzana, California, form a showcase for many of the lumber products handled by the group of companies, which includes Tarzana Lum' ber Co., Burbank Lumber Co., Terry Lum' ber Co., in Northridge and in Ventura County and a milling operations in Burbank. The new facility also functions as a general office for the Flagstaff Lumber Co., and the Verde Valley Lumber Co., both in Arizona.

'oAll we wanted was a quiet and peaceful place to work," mused aggressive young lumberman Terry Mullin, who masterminded the building.of the new offices.

Mullin, who calls himself a "frustrated architect," not bnly engineered the erection of the building but also served as its interior decorator, designing its custom ofrce furniture, light fixtures and even the doors.

Quiet elegance is the theme tlroughout the building. Handsome mahogany entrance doors, designed after similar ones which Mullin saw in Mexico, open on to a spa(Continued, on Page 72)

OLD-GROMH BAND.SAWN RElltv(ltlll from Bojock Lumber Co., Manchester OLD.GROMH II(|UGLAS FIR from Spacek Bros. Lumber Co,, Manchester

Precision-trimmed STUDSDouglas Fir o White Fir . Redwood

Deoler Group OKs Sizes

New lumber standard sizes were proposed and adoptcd by the NLBN{DA at its special meeting in Washington, D. C., on May 11. Cht'-.ter T. Hubbell, t'hairman of the national dealer group's standards and industry alTairs committee.,"aid the as-qociation shoul<l take a "positivt' starrd"' on lunrlrt'r star-rdards "inasmuclt as thr ledcral governmcnt would surclv do it" for them by the errd of the year. Ht' rcmindcd them of the Department of Com' mt'rce's notice to drop present standards September 15 il the industrv did not reach ar:t'ord.

The newlv-endorscd sizt's are equivalent. HLrbbell said. an<l conform to the government's requirement they be so designatecl. Thel are:

Nominal: 2" :1"

Dry: I-9,iI6" 2-1i2"

Gret:tr: l-5/8" 2-5/8"

\ominal '. []" 10"

l)rr : 7-I/+" 9-1/4"

Green: 7-I,'2" 9-l 12"

x" 6" :l-l/2" 5-I/2" 3-5/8" 5-5/8" 72" 14" I7-l / 4" l:l-l/4" lI-9i16" 1:l-9/'tI6

Following adoption of the sizes, \\'-a)'le Gardner, Lumber As' sociation of Southt'rn Cali{ornia" askcd that the board's action be communicatetl -.lviItl)' to all members anrl c-,rganizations r:onr:t:rned.

Hotch's Own Home Show

Twent"v-three demonstrations and displays highlighted Portland, Orcgon's Hatch Building Material's own Home Show, hcld the first thrce days in April.

llolr (lhaprnan, rnanager o{ the largest yard on Portland's east sidc, said the demonstration tied in with thcir sale and was an efiectivc sale,* tool. Stan and Harold Hatch founded the firm and Bob Hatch is now the president. Lloycl Blake is the 'r'icepresiderrt and Mrs. Alice Mitchell is the o{fice manager.

NIore than $1,000 was givt:n awaf in door prizes to an overflow crowd.

Hordwood Distributors Huddle

L.vall 0. llcll has been elected tht: ncw president of the Pacific Coast Wholt'salt' Hardrvood Distrilrutors Association at their recent '1,3rd annual convcntion, held in Maui" Hawaii.

Other officr,rs tapped to servt' rvere lst vp, Al Frost, Jr., San I)iego; 2nd vp, John I'{. Higg-ins. San l'rancisco; antl Rob Kahn, San Francisco. rs secretarv-tr('astlrer. President Bell is from Vancouver. B.C.

PCWHDA dirt:r'tors for the lrew tcrm are: Eddie Bauer, Los Angeles; K. Il. "NIac" MacBeath, Berkcley; Carl E. Johnson, Los Angeles; F'red Ahearn, Portland. and James Sullivan of San Dieeo.

HARDW|)0D DISIRIBUT0RS at Hawaiian convention were (l-r), Leroy Stanton, Jr., Verne Christmann, Leroy Stanton, Sr., Bob Grimm, Ken "Mac" MacBeath, Bud Radditz, Fred Ahearn, Jbe Cortese, Lyall Bell, Bruce McLean, Dick Smith, Eill Smith, Gordon Frost, Jack Higgins, Fred Smales, Jim Sullivan, Ed Bauer, Dick Quarg and Bob Kahn.

here's how to make a better profit without increasing yna r inventnry, . ,

The best way to make every sale is to keep an inventory of everything you could possibly need. You know that's impractical in your yard because slowmoving items would take up space you can't spare for occasional sales.

+ SOLUTION: Use our warehouse as you would your own inventory. Pick up directly from us and deliver to your customer. lt's the fastest way to do business. And we've got everything... all the time... at a local competitive price . . planned to help you make a better prof it.

Paneling Siding Sheathing Moulding Overlaid Plywoods Hardwood Plywoods . Bestwall Gypsum Hardboards Flakeboards . Doors . Redwood . Susoended Ceilinqs

Redwoodmen on the Move

Robins and Spring are synonymous and when the Chief Robin(s)-Jack, that is. president of the California Redwood Association, ordered his flock to {ly, the CRA staffers took off in all diretrtions.

Philip T. liarnsworth, vicc president and general manager of CRA, flew to the National American Wholesalers' annual meeting iri Phoenix. the NFPA meetings in Washilgton, D.C., the American Society of Landsdape Architects' convention in Yosemite Valley and, later, the AIA meetings in Deriver.

Bernaar "Barney" Bates, head of CRA's product publicity department, called on the

DOMESTIC and IMPOFITED HARDWOODS SO FTWO O DS

3" and 4" DOUGLAS KILN DRIED . VERTICAL FIR CLEARS & MIXED GRAIN

press in southern California and made a low to high swing from Death Valley to Mammoth Mountain to check uses of KD redwood siding in resort areas. Then he flew to see the Denver press in that growing market area. He is one of CRA's "birds" who rvill not be returning to the nest. After eleven years of handling CRA's conservation and publicity assignments, Barney is going to retire to his "tree farm" at Point Reyes to grow Christmas trees, draw his retirement pay from the Navy (Captain, USI\R) and take on a number of writing assignments. He is probably best known to lumbermen as the man who handled the publicity for the 65th annual convention of Hoo-Hoo International in San Francisco in 1956 and as thc creator and director of CRA's successful "stage show" sales meetings throughout the U.S. in 1959 and 1960. His two daughters are champion ice-skaters and he and his wi{e, Sally, hope to be traveling to Grenoble, France, for the 1969 Winter Olympics.

Pete Johnson, head of CRA's technical services, has presided at the meetings o{ NF'PA's technical advisory group in Oregon and in Hawaii with a group from CRA's promotion committee conducting rneetings for architects and specifiers and, in July, will attend the annual of the Forest Products Research Society in Minneapolis. Lee Rappleyea will accompany Pete to Hawaii then hurry back for the Western Dry Kiln Clubs annual in Eureka as general chairman. Also on the Hawaii trip was CRA's new advertising manager, Keith Lanning.

In the forestry and conseryation fields, Kramer Adams and Jack Keane are the air. lines' Jrest customers these davs.

Tom Porker Forms Firm

Tom Parker, one of the pioneers in the imported hardwood plywood industry, recently established Thomas A. Parker Co. in Burlingame. Parker, who for many years was associated with M. S. Cowan Co. in San Francisco, will be active in sales and will also be available as a plywood consultant.

Covers

His first two assignments as a consultant include a "disinterested third party" settlement on a large claim, and a market survey on a specialty product involving both distribution and promotion.

While Parker was a director and past president of the Imported Hardwood Plywood Association, his most notable contributions have been in the area of grading rules. In 1963, he prablished a critique on Japanese grading rules which ultimately resulted in revision of those rules. He is also credited with writing IHPA Rules 1-64 and is currently chairman of a committee working on U.S. Commercial Standards for Imported Hardwood Plywood.

BARNEY BATES

Son Diego Annuol Nite

Louds Club Old Timers

q {N l)lF;(;o Hoo Hoo (.lrrl' 'l-hr,','. J ur',1,., 1111' ;q,'gi: of , lul, I't,.i,1,'rrl (llvclt. .ferrrrirrgs of \\','stcrn l,rtrnlrt'r' (.o. irr \atiorral (litr'. lta. .tagetl tlris l t'iLr't urrrtrtal Bosst's att<l Old Timt'rs \itt'. Arnong tlu' oltl tirners applatr<lt'rl Itl' the grortD at tht'ir Lake San N'Iar<os mt't't ,n,'.., T)i (iohb. I-ylc Seibert antl (,t'Ite (lauthier.

'lht' real lu<'k-out of the er-ening \{as [Juzz l,r'e. Casc ['rotltrt'ts in San l)iego' l'ho lr as the ralllt'-lr'irtttt'r atrd got tt) r:nrt home a trew Flnrt'rson portable 'I'V st't as his prize. Rurrnt'rs trp got jugs of jo1' juicc.

l,a Jolla fiountrl' Cltrlr gt,lf pro Paul llurrvorr r,vtrs the speakt'r oI tht everting. He rt:rnirrist'rd for the t lulr alrout his lotts anrl colorlul sports ('al'('('t'.

ENJ()YING DINNER are (1) Ken Fritz, TW&J, San Diego; Hank Barbera, Sullivan Hardware, San Diego; Dave Palash, San Diego. P) Bill Hansen, Encinitas Lumber; Cal Wvss. Reseive Wholesale,0ceanside. (3) Warren Wexlei and Ray Bell of Prne Tree Lumber. (4) Lyle Seibert, Dixieline Lumber, San Diego; Larry McDonald Frost Hardware & Lumber, San Diego. (5) Gene Gauthier. Encinitas Lumber; Ty Cobb. T. M. Cobb Co., San Diego. (6) Flo Tschogl, Frost Hardwood Lumbel; Bob Ransom, Ransom Brothers Lumber, Ramona. (7) Al Kiefer, Guest; Perry Smith, Empire Lumber, San Diego; Don Armstrong, Solana Lumber, Solana Beach.

Home Fixup Surging

The home improvement industry will soon surpass the total number oI consumer dollars spent on new tract homes.

- ooThe major shift in emphasis from new tract homes to home improvement is primarily due to a sociological revolution rather than the economic factor," Sanford R. Goodkin a market researcher has said.

Home improvement annual volume is expected to go from $14 billion at present to $20 billion in the next five years while new home construction will probably remain constant at an annual rate of $tB billion, said Goodkin, whose firm is the official west coast statistical source for the National Association of Home Builders.

Goodkin cited five reasons why home improvement volume is expected to outstrip new home construction:

(l) Society has evolved from a patriarchal'society to a teenage culture which would rather not move.

(2) The rise of the mobile home industry has been greater than expected.

(3) Political leaders have failed to provide plans for public transportation to suburbia.

(4) 'oThe builder of today has no leverage and no flexibility, he is overpaying for land and money while his overhead goes up and confusion reigng" said Goodkin.

(5) The merchant builder is beset with too many problems to really grow even with public capital.

According to the Goodkin survey, seven out of ten did not want to move simply because they were more s@ure in their present environment.

White House lumber Conference

Top government policymakers and key forest products leaders met at the White House in early May to discuss means of assisting President Johnson in finding ways to hold down lumber prices.

Lumbermen attending were: Gene C. Brewer, president, U.S. Plywood Corporation; L. L. Stewart, president, Bohemia Lumber Corporation; Walter W'. Black, Custer Lumber Co.; Starr W. Reed, Simpson Timba Company; Charles T. Gray, president, American Forest Products Corporation; F. Lowry Wyatt, Weyerhaeuser Company; and J. B. Edens, president, Southwest Forest Industries.

Meeting with them were: Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the Interior; John A. Carver, Undersecretary of the Interior; James C. Dusenberry, economist and member of the President's Council of Economic Advisors; Joseph A. Califano, Jr., special assistant to President Johnson; and Phillip M. Brownstein, head of the Federal Housing Administration.

Willomette Volley Tourney

The Willamette Valley Hoo-Hoo Cub's 25th annual Golf Tournament and Fun Fest gets underway at the Eugene, Oregon, Country Club June 17, club chairman Fred Farrior reports.

The day begins at 7 am with registration of guests and members, and continues through till midnight. Bufiet supper is scheduled from 6 to B p.m.

Eight committees are in charge of the tourney. Co-chairmen are John Prince and Clark Miller; publicity is handled by Fred Farrior; awards, Diek Jones; gin rummy, Don Barker and Ross Carter; registration, Dick Clark, Ken Broadwater, Jack McDonald, and ooMiss Hoo-Hoo"; house committee, by board members; finance, Al Hallstrom.and hotel registration, Donn Thomas.

A charge of $20 per person covers bufret supper,.golf, swimming and refreshments. Food and drink will be served from noon till 9:30 pm, Farrior said.

ROOKS LUMBER CO. DGE

rhe symbor thot stonds ro,. DIRECT

MILL SHI PMENTS

from our mills in Colifornio, Oregon, ldoho ond Utoh direct to oll of Centrol ond Southern Colifornio ond Nevodo.

ALL SPECIES -\MHOLESALE ONLY

273-444r

twx 578-1272

P.O. Box 32O

GRASS VALLEY, CALIF.

58s-86s0

TWX-722-6405

7II5 TELEGRAPH ROAD

tOS ANGETES 22, CATIFORNIA

Chub Durnell

A shell game only pays the pitch-man!

Unless you like to gamble, you'll consult your most experienced building materials dealer if he's Ind'epend,ent, that is, and free to advise you without pressure from any lnrticular brand. \Fe're Ind'epend'entand 47 years in Southern California adds up to experience,

Specialized, tirne-saving senice on Fortnica . , aad tbe best in softutood atd bard'uood Plyutoods, Morkeypod. Plyutoods, and Masonire Brand Hardboard.

"Jerry" Dodge Elmer Lewis Bob Turner t'Frosty" Fosler

Miomi-Corey's Weslern Exponsion

Construction of a major manufacturingdistribution center in the L.A. area has been revealed by Philip Carey Mfg. of Cincinnati, Ohio.

The new facilities will provide the com' pany's MiamiCarey division with a Western base of operations to meet increased demand for bathroom cabinets and accessories, range hoods, ventilating fans, door chimes and home radio-intercoms.

"Our sales in the western states have increased substantially each year to the point that we can best serve dealers, home' builders and consumers with a regional plant which will be in operation about late summer," explains General Manager Harold Mears.

Miami-Carey has selected a S-acre site immediately adjacent to the Santa Ana Freeway at Spring Street for construction of the 87,300 sq. ft. plant that will include 3000 feet of office space.

llEW WTSIERN manufacturing and distribution headquarters for PhilipCarey Mfg's Miami4arey Div. is this modern plant at Santa Fe Springs, near Los Angeles. The $540,000 facility will manufacture bathroom cabinets and aceessories, kitchen range hoods, bafiroom and kitchen and laundry ventilating fans, door chimes and home radio-intercoms,

The $54O0@ building will use 24x24foot tilt-up concret€ panels produced at the job site. Some of the panels will be embedded with decorative aggregate.

Miami-Carey reports manufacturing will

Easy to get attached to:

BAI(C0-PYRE$0TE rire-netardant W00 I| STUI|S

begin about August lst and will involve modern conveyor systems which will speed movement of parts from fabricating lines to bonderizing ovens and spray paint areas.

Plywood Wholesoler Exponds

California Plywood Corp. has moved into new quarters in Emeryville, Calif. as part of a big expansion program, company president Pat Cardin has announced. The plywood wholesalers' new 27,0@ sq. ft. quarters at I40l 45th St. replaces a smaller space at 4246 Hollis St., just around the corner from its new location.

The history of California Plywood goes back to 1929, when it opened as a branch of Wanke Panel Company of Portland, Oregon. Leo Fleitz, the current vice-president of the firm, came to work in 1931, and when the business incorporated in 1936, he became one of the major stockholders. The current Cardin-Fleitz ownership came into being in 1953, when Pat Cardin resigned his interest in California Builders Supply to purchase a major portion of California Plywood's outstanding stock.

WAlong with the warehouse expansion, Cardin and Fleitz also announced the return of Bob Blacksher and the addition of Bob Leachman and John Corgiat to the sales staff. Blacksher, who was originally with California Plywood, had more recently been with Watson Plywood. Leachman comes to the firm from Evans Products and Corgiat from sales with Chas. McMurray, Inc., of San Francisco.

AFTER ALL_YOU R CU STOMERS WOULD RATHER USE WOOD

And easier to use: you can saw them, bore them. nail, notch or fasten to them work with them as only wood works. and now. more than ever, cut costs with them-spacing on 24" centers instead of 16". BAxcO fire- retardant wood studs are now almost universally acceptable in Type I buildings for framing within one-hour, non-load-bearing partitions. Fire tests prove BAXCO-PYRESOTE WOOCI studs perform on24" spacing. Each is U.L. labeled... For full information write. wire or

WOOD phone

M00RE CAIIADA'S new manufacturing plant in Richmond, 8.C., will require 300,000 b.f. of lumber, nearlv ten carloadsfull Total cost for land, facilities, dquipment and buildings is an estimated $400,000. M:C'is said to be wolld's largct manufacturer of lumber handling/drying systems.

lroquois Elm

Seneca Gherry

Gherokee Birch Navaho Oak Apache Birch Ghippewa 0ak

New Weyerhaeuser TRONTITN PANEI.INO

J rs eomtng yorrr way

Coming your way- in June and July! The unique Weyerlqeupgr Slagecoach p_lomotion introducing Fronlier prefinished hardwood paneling.

-_Once again Weyerhaeuser has produced what you have all been_asking for: SiI genuine haidwood prefinish-ed panelgrgs a-t budget-prices f or aolume soles. The rustic quality of Frontier paneling emphasizes the natural beauty and giain characteristics of these fine true hardwoods.

See the Weyerhaeuser Frontier Stagecoach. initial stock and watch it sell! Capitalize on making opportunity NOW.

Order your this profit-

_ Another BIG prornotion on the way soon: The Forestglo Paneling "Save G-Dollars Sale!" Ask your Weyerhaeuier Sales Representative about it.

MAIL TO.

Weyerhaeuser Company

1415 Rollins Road, Burlingame, California

Gentlemen: I'd like to know more about Weyerhaeuser Frontier paneling and the Forestglo "Save 6 Dollars Sale!" Please have your representative set up an appointment to see me soon.

Firm Address City

Full sized Frontier panels will be displayed in Stagecoach trailers (above) and smaller samples in Stagecoach car-top'carriers (left). Look for them in your area soon!

Dubs' Redwood Empire Tourney

Dubs, Ltd. inaugurated its First Annual Redwood Empire Golf Tournament last month with a resounding turnout of 69 dubbt'rs aud guests. Tcam play was in Iorce with tht' East Ba1'" Satt I'rancisco & Pcninsula arrd Itedwood l,mpirt' teams all shooting for first position.

The East Bay team captained bv Bill Johnson was the et'entual winner' John Prime headed the San Francisco and Penin' sula contingent. Roy Sjolund was captain of the Redwood Empire tcam, and Carl Travis led the guest team'

Other awards were made to Ed Blunt {or his astonishing high net and to Bill Johnson {or lou' net. Dubs prex,v Bob Kilgore was also presented the coveted sand trap trophy.

Committeemen who put the successful event together were Chet Dennis. Art Bond, Tom Gray and Ro1' Sjolund.

Sponsors for the big e't-ent rvere: Seaside Lumher Co.. L,nion Lumber Co.. Art Bontl Lumber. Ito,val Wootl Products. Molalla l'orest Products. Al Thrashcr Lumber, Georgia-Pacific, Hol-rbs Wall, E. A. Padula Lumbcr Co., California Iledrvood Salcs.

Knute \lrcidman Lttmltt'r. Iirltert Kilgore Lumber. Crown llcdwood Companv, Warnock Sales, Simpson \Vholt',"ale, l-red C. Holmes Lumber" Ilo<'kport lledwood. Nlt-'ad Clark Lumber" R. A. Schenck. Fluor Prod-

ucts, Pioneer Pallett, Peerless Lumber and Emprise Lumber.

The next big Dubs function will be its annual weekend, June l0-12, at the Pasa' tiempo Country Club in Santa Cruz.

Portoble Yord Romp

TW&J's National City (greater San l)iego) wholesale lumber distribution yard has cut car unloading costs in half by using a new portable loading ramp de' signed by Tarter, Webster & Johnson manaeer Ed Boies.

The ramp c,an be moved by a lift truck and was built in two sections, the ramp

itself and a working platform' {or easy handling and storage. When not in use the two components are stacked together.

Boies designed the ramp' as a perma' nentl,v constructed loading ramp created too much r:ongestion and the cost o[ urrloading , ars irr t('rms ()f litne ittlrl equiptn,'ttl ttserl was c'xcc-ssivt'.

Ilefore it took two men and two fork lift trucks to unload a car. Now one man and one lift truck do it. This, needless to say, means time saved!

The ramp has been so successful that T!(/&J rnunog".. at Los Angeles, Van Nuys and Fresno have asked Boies to build them a similar one.

tJ :tufl"*"

P()RTABTE LOADING ramp, designed by TW&j manager Ed Boise, is unloading shipment of wall paneling at firm's southern most California distribution center.

PERS@NALS

Canby Builders Supply in Canby, Oregon has celebrated an anniversary for Cal Lewis and LeRoy Damm, both of whom have worked for Canby for 20 years. The firm was called the G. G. Makin Lumber Co. when they joined in 1945.

Joe Rogers has left the California scene for the Oregon scene to become manager of The lVliller Lumber Company. The company has 5 retail lumberyards in the Central Oregon area with the home office at Bend.

Dlaine McClellan is the new lumbergal at Oregon-Pacific's southern Calfornia office, where she assists Ralph Cardwell and Mac McAllister.

George Frederickson, manager of Master Coaters' Longview, Wash. plant, returned to his old stomping grounds in southera California recently for a meeting with bossman Dean Jones and sales manager Larry Koeneke.

Ilarold Logan of California Door Co., Los Angeles, is currently vacationing in Italy, France and Turkey, where he will visit his son Ronnie who is stationed there in the Air Force. Accompanying Logan is his daughter Jacqueline Kay and her friend Susan Armstrong.

Popnunting.

Brian Bonnington hit the Oregon Trail on a Bonnington Lumber Co. mill safari during late April.

Harold E. Worth, has been appointed a member of the technical services department of Western Wood Products Association by T. K. May, WWPA technical services director.

Milt Pernell, cutstock sales manager at Summit Lumber, Los Angeles, recently visited the northern California and Oregon mill country.

Don White. head of White Brothers and president of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, presided over the association's board of directors meeting in Chicago on April 28.

Charles M. Porro, of Home Owner Lumber of Sebastopol, has opened The l{ome Owners Lumber Co. of Cotati, with Ben Hyden as Cotati store manager. William A. McCurdy remains Sebastopol manag€r.

Bernard R, Kahn has been named to head western sales for the Minwax Co. of New Jersey, D. H. Henderson, the sales vp has affirmed. Kahn will work out of Burbank, Calif.

Los Angeles importman Jack Baser tooh time away from his Baser & Company desk for a trip to Scottsdale, Atiz. in April for the National Building Materials Distributors Association annual meet.

Edwin \M. Larson has joined Lodi-Fab as structural engineer, according to company president Fred Baybarz. Larson will team with Bill Eriksen, design and sales engineer for Lodi-Fab.

Don Freytag, manager of the Ferrell Lumber Co. in St. Helens, Oregon, reports their expansion remodeling project nearing completion. Doubling floor space and expanded product lines are the final goal.

Ed Ludwick, general manager of the Santa Barbara Mill and Lumber Co. is recovering nicely from a recent operation, according to Arcata Redwood's Ken Conway.

Max Baker is Weyerhaeuser's new area sales manager for the Southwest territory with offices in Los Angeles. He was formerly manager of Weyerhaeuser's distribution center in Charlotte, N.C.

Bill MacBeath returned to Berkeley during mid-May after a month trip to New York and London on lVlacBeath Hardwood business.

Jacqueline McKinney, head gal at McKinney Hardwood Company, spent the first week of May with friends in Sacramento and Lake Tahoe.

Stan Eznekier spent the flrst two weeks of last month in Hawaii on E. L. Bruce Co. business.

Don Dayen, genial manager of the Sun Handling Dock in Wilmington, Calif., is back at home in Manhattan Beach after a bout in the hospital.

Hobbs Wall's Mike Coonan, and his better half, Bufry, vacationed the first two weeks of May in.Mexico City and Acapulco.

Wayne Gardner, Lumber Ass'n of Southern Calif. manager, attended the lumber standards rneet in Washington, D.C. in early May and then was elected vice chairman of the advisory council of NLBMDA at their meeting a few days later. Also at the NLBMDA council were association officers King McKee (and his Veva) and Terry Mul- lin. Representing LMA were Bob McBrien and Frank Eurd. Ross Kincaid, Major Domo of WRLA was there as uras Joe llarley of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and J. M. Bettis of Caldwell, Idaho.

Twenty-year lumberman Bill Falls, most recently with Mullin Lumber and Anawalt Lumber's southern California operatiens, is now president of Chemstop Sales Corp., Burbank, Calif., distributors of Chemstop water?roof materials. Bill's partner is former insurance-man Carl Doria.

Charlie Schmitt, executive secretary of the Imported Hardwood Plywood Association, has returned to San Francisco after two weeks in the East and South conferring with IHPA and TIAA members.

Bobert J. Boyd, director of financial and administrative sereices for Calaveras Cement Company has been elected to the board of directors of the ,Credit Managers Association of Northern and Central California.

Hobbs Wall's Johnny Polach and Burt Tlheeler of Larkspur Lumber Co. enjoyed poor fishing, but excellent martinis during a four day expedition to Lewiston Lake with .their wives last month.

Hawaii was the scene of an early May Technical Services Program attended by many leading redwood executives including: Lloyd llecathorr! Arcata Redwood Company; John Jones and Potter Stafler, Union Lumber Co.; Bob Hoover, The Pacific Lumber Co.; Ford Conger, Georgia-Pacific Corp.; and Leo Hulett, Willits Redwood Products Co. Representing the California Redwood Association were Keith Lanning, Pete Johnson and Lee Rappleyea.

Bob Turner and Chub Durnell, of BrooksDodge Lumber Co. were seen trying to match the weather (108) on the golf course during the Riverside lIoo-Hoo's big event at Palm Springs. We understand they came close.

Larry King, Civic Center Lumber Co., Bakersfield, recently logged some time in a Santa Barbara Hospital to get in trim for a class reunion party back in Kansas.

Chick Ilanson and Earry Kenyon last month joined the sales staff at Hanson Wholesale Lumber, Encino, Calif. Chick, the brother of partner John Hansonn is a former Dallas, Texas lumber and hardware man, Harry, a 20-yeat lumberman, was formerly with Cal-Pacific.

Wally Fall, former sales manager at the now-defunct Trojan Lumber Co. retail yard in Anaheim, Calif., has joined the sales sta,fr at Mullin Lumber Co., North Hollywood, Calif. Wally was with Trojan for the past 12'years.

Ray Kellner of Kellner Lumber Company, Fresno, made the last issue of the National Geoga'aphic which featured E E resd on Ray's beautiful "Sky Ranch" home in an issue devoted to California living.

Phil Butterffeld has joined the sales team at Fir & Pine Lumber, Burbank, Calif. Phil was formerly with Tarter, Webster & Johnson's Newark, Calif. operation.

Frank Westlake, manager of Lincoln Avenue Lumber in Altadena, Calif., and his missus, Sylvia, spent the month of April in Hawaii. It was the couple's first trip to the Islands, according to Frank, who added "I put it off as long as I could."

Roy Engstrand and his wife Ruth are on a month-long trip to Europe, with scheduled stops in London, Switzerland, Rome, Nice, Paris and the Scandinavian countries. Roy retired two years ago from his post as vice president and bperating manager at the Wilmington Lumber retail operation in Norwalk, Calif.

Leo Seidner, bossman at Summit Lumber Co., Los Angeles, reports that his firm recently landed a big government contract to service military installations in southenr California.

Atlas Lumbet's Ed Bauer acted as host at the Terrible Twenty's 40th annual meeting and golf tourney held last month at the Los Angeles Country Club.

Bob Inglis, Associated Molding Co., Los Angeles, took in the Western Dry Kiln Clubs' annual meeting in Eureka last month.

Jack Young, formerly with HallinanMackin Lumber and Bohnof Lumber, Los Angeles, is now a salesman for Brush Industrial Lumber, Montebello, Calif. Jack will cover the Ventura-Santa Barbara terrircry.

u!a ffindviews

by BOB McBRIEN execuiive vice president of the Lumber Merchonts Associotion of Norlhern Colifornio

THE ONLY PROBLEM with running a successful convention is r that you give yourself a tough act to follow the following year. Last year. as you may recall, LMA showed a 60 percent attendance increase of the Nlonterey convention and set an all-time record. This year, I'm pleased to report. we equalled last year's figures.

Convention Chairman Ham Knott of Yosemite Lumher Co. in Fresno, has done such a great job in plannir.rg what dealers and suppliers would like to hear and do at a convention that once asain he's been gir en the task of outdoing himself He's our man for the 1967 convention which will be held at {re Ua;t< Thomas, Monterey.

It rvas a real plcasure to obscn'e dealers and suppliers discrrssing mutual problems during the conr,'t'ntion just finished at Lake 'lahoe. It gives onc the sati,sfaction of knowins that "r'ommurrir.ations" are improving and worthwhile progrcs,* is in sight. That's one of our goals.

Speaker aftcr speaker at Tahoe commented on thc need for communications and cooperation among all segments of <iur industry. Despite the fact that each speaker had a difierent topic. this idea always lvorked itself into the presentation climax.

Sometimes it takes a convention ]ike ours to spark more action . and I hope that the sparks remain alive and keep the wheels of progress moving. One specific idea we would all like to see develop further is the establishment of a manufacturer-supplier marketing and distribution committee which can present facts and opinions akin to those developed by the dealer's committee. This will give us both sides of the picture-and then we can really move ahead.

From a social standpoint also. the convcntion was a great success. The manufacturer-supplier receptions were packed, our banquets were happy gatherings and thc entertainment supplied by Andy Williams and others left most with wondering amazement. Our golfers are still talking about the "Niagara Falls" streams which crossed most holes, sometimes two and three times. The golf ball manufacturers had a field day! *

As detailed elsewhere in this issue of Calilornia Lumber XIerchant. new o{ficers. board members and executive committee members were elected at the convention. These men have pledged to give of their valuable time and experience in making our association more valuable to all members and we hope that you will give them vour support and encouragement.

Venet<r, Oregon Yqrd Sold

George Brett and Colin Summers have purchased the Stinson Lumber Co. in Veneta, Oregon, and have renamed it Fernbridge Lumber.

Brett is the former manager oI the Allied Surplus Store in Eugene and Summers was formerly associated with S. C. Summers & Son masonry contractors.

For more on TECO-TESTED Particleboard write DePartment 112

SUCCESS and significance of this year's convention is discussed this month by LMA veep McBrien.

rhe TtC0 -TESTID mark is your assurance of dependable, uniform quality par' ticleboard. Make it your first choice for all of your particleboard requirements.

NEWS

By R0SS KINCAID executive vice president

rFO ASSURE THAT there be no conflict, r tlre dates of September 25 and 26, 1966 should be circled and reserved by all western segments of the distribution chain -lumber and building material dealers, wholesalers, and manufacturers.

Why? Because these are the dates of the second annual All-Industry Marketing Con{erence and Western Closed-Open Golf Tournament. The location will again be the popular Pacific Ocean resort, the Gearhart Hotel, Gearhart, Oregon.

Those attending the initial conference last year will surely be returning; thus it is urged that you return your registration form soon after it is received in the mail. The announcement will be sent in June. If you want to be certain that you receive this, we would encourage you to advise the WRLA office, 333 First West, Seattle, of your interest and your name will be placed on the mailing list.

Monday, September 25 will see the Western Cloeed-Open Golf Tournament fol' lowed by the All-Industry social hour and dinner {or men and their wives. All golfers, those with established handicaps or rank beginners are encouraged to participate and join in the fun.

There will be a multitude of prizes and a lot of enjoyment in the foursomes made up as far as possible of a mix of manu' facturers, wholesalers and dealers.

Tuesday, the 26th, manufacturers, whole' salers and dealers will gather in small' group roundtable discussions of topics o{ mutual interest. This is a wonderful time for idea sharing in the interest of improved relations and a more efiective marrketing approach. Donot miss this opportunity to participate in what is heralded as one of the industry's top events.

Accounl Clossificotion Study

Review of a new standardized system of accounts classification and coding has been undertaken by the National Lumber and Buildine Material Dealers Association.

The system is intended tg aid dealers in converting this accounting and recordkeeping procedures to automated or electronic data processing.

Raymon H. Harrell, of NLBMDA, said the designers have considered the needs of large and small dealers; retail and wholesale distributorsl component and millwork

manufacturers.

He also disclosed that plans are being developed to assist dealers in switching their recordkeeping procedures to data processing systems.

The standardized chart of accounts is based on a five digit plan, although most dealers will only use three or four digitsr There are eight general categories of accounts, including assets (code numbers I00199) ; liabilities (200-279); capital accounts (280-299); operating revenues (300-399) ; cost of sales (400-499); operating expenses (500-699) ; manufacturing expenses (700-899) ; and other income- expenses (900-999). While the three digits immediately to the left of the decimal point identify accounts, the fourth and fifth digits can be utilized to designate difierent yards or locations. Digits to the left of the decimal provide for sub-categories under any sccount heading.

The decision as to how detailed a breakdown of accounts is necessary for effective operations and control is left to the dealer.

to more and more California dealers and distributors. For year around supplies of dimension lumber and precision-trimmed studs, depend on D & R and these 4 Oregon and Washington mills:

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

Hemlock Studr from Warrenton Lumber Co,, Warrenton, Oregon

Hemlock Dimension from Westport Lumber Co., Westport, Oregon

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

Housing Awqits Boby Boom

The nationwide housing picture will continue on a slight down' ward trend in 1966 before it begins the upward surge anticipated from the postwar "baby boom," Sanford R. Goodkin, research expert, has said. He sees a decline of three to five percent from 1965.

o'Despite vigorous aclivity in almost every other aspect of the nation's economy,. the housing picture will continue the down' ward trend begun two years ago," said Goodkin, whose firm is the official West Coast statistical source for the National Association of Home Builders.

Among factors he cited for the continuing dip are: a pronounced decline in the birth rate, slowing of the population growth, and the recent one-half percent hike in the Federal Reserve Discount rate.

Ferrell Tokes Over Holbrook

Ferrell, Inc. has taken over operation of Holbrook Lumber Co. in St. Helens, Oregon, according to Gordon Ferrell and Mrs. Lucille Clammer.

Plans are that the Ferrell firm will purchase tlle property in the near future. They presently own and operate lumber yards in Longview and Kelso.

Gordon Ferrell said the firm plans to expand both the inventory and buildings. Personnel at the St. Helens plant will remain the same, with Don Freytag the manager.

Nisbets Buy Yord

The Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co. at Wasco has been sold to W. A. and Gerald (Pinky) Nisbet of Wasco. They will change the name to the Wasco Lumber Co., the name of the business when it was purchased by Tum-A-Lum in 1930.

Robert Nisbet will continue to operate the business and there will be no change at this time in the complete stock of building materials carried in the yard at T(Iasco.

Bill Nisbet said he started working in the W'asco Lumtrer Co. yard while attending Wasco High School and is glad to be back.

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

Now, ov€r 5,000,000 feet of dimension lumber and studs monthly . manulactured 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 872-1280 or 783-0544.

Another Moore Kiln In Plqce

Moore Oregon, formerly Moore Dry Kiln Co. of Oregon, has installed an l8-section, 6-line dryer at Kogap Manufacturing Co., in Medford, Oregon. It will be used primarily for drying white fir veneers.

The new dryer is a conventional, direct gas-fired dryer for green and dry veneer operation. It utilizes a jet-type cooling system and 60 inch diameter steel-bladed fans. Other equipment includes a Moore incline discharge belt assembly and a MannRussell gross tipple-type moisture meter.

llffftY lllslAttEll Moore Oregon dry kiln.

VAGAT!@N H@NNTS

WORKING PLANS YOU CAN BUY

Engelfrome Tqhoe

rf1HIS !l-\CII'ING new lcisule

I home is a t'ef I'eshitrg rlelrar:ture flom the A-frame concept that has been popular in vacation home areas rluring the past decade. The simplicitl' of design, rvith a stlong roof line, cleates greatel usable space undel the same roof alea than atr A-flame. It has none of the disadvantages common vvith the Afi'ame, such as ri'astetl heatetl aleas, an important factol in coltl al'eas '"vith consitlelable sno\r. The Engelflame Tahoe creates a lomantic effect rvith its elegant, two-story living loom ovellooked by a balcony off the mastel bedroom. The secontl story ittclutles a lalge stolage area and half-bath. The lorver' fiool plan has trvo bedIooms, a lalge bathloom, compact kitchen antl spacious living room. 'l'he kitchen is acljacent to an ealing alea and can easily be concealetl from view by closing

the bifokl dools. The size of the redlvoori deck is optional and can be incleased for inclivitlual familv lequilements. 'I'he design can be motlifierl s'ith the main entrance entering florr the deck lather than flom the sitle into an entry hail. The stolage closet is an ideal location fol stolage of bedding, hunting, fishing and ski equipment. r'ecleational clothing and loll-a*'ay beds. There are large ciosets in each of the beth'ooms plus zr small hall closet on the lorver' floor'. 'l'he sweepirtg tleck lailirrg "up- polts accent the strong, steeprvalled appealauce of the house.

Trouble - Free

$liding Door Pockets

Specify Nordahl, and your sliding door troubles are nrier irrherhpr f nr nrra! lrr nr hrrdopt ennqlrt re tinn Nordahl sliding door pockets are so oerfectly al;gned, the hal'-bearinp'rollers seern to ol,de alonp the aluminum tracks forever. Pockets frame-in easily and quickly rigid metal reinforced jambs require no stnnq Shinned enmnlpfc aq naek:oc rrn,tma(95 installation a breeze. Do the best by yourself and \/n I rr .rtqtnmprcnrrl l' l.l:^^ ^^cr. r rn nu nI:i -*. JJ rU rlg cus.s - up pr0rrts. lnsist on Nordahl.

CATIFORNIA TUMBER MERCHANT

412 Wesf Sixth Street

los Angeles, Coliforniq 90014

Cost of bosic plon {including three seis of blueprints ond specificoiions outline)

Exrro sers of blueprints @) $lO.S0 eoch

Airmoil posioge (no chorge for regulor postoge) $1.00

4 % Soles Tox if Colifornio Resident Totol Enclosed-.

Code Study Turns Up New Mqrket for Plywood

f]REATIVE SELLINC bv an aggressive V young Tarter Webster & Johnson pitcirmurihas opened up a new market for plywood from the firm's big Bandini distribution yard in Los Angeles.

Ken Vise, who handles plywood purchasing and sales at the yard, recently felt the squeeze on his supply Ior 5/s" Douglas fir plywood widely used as flooring in construction in southern California. Government buying for Vietnam construction and the boxcar shortage sent the price Soaring and the supply tumbling. The plywood had risen from 12 to 5 on the sovernment priority list and the price haJcor,r"-

CATIFORNIA TUMBER TYIERCHANT

quently vaulted to 35 percent higher than the November level.

Casting about for a substitute specie, Vise turned to ;/s" white fir plywood produced at TW&J's Amador mill. Though the stress grade is lower, the mill's Amtite (white fir solid-face C-D plugged and touch sanded) nevertheless falls within most building code requirements {or flooring.

Vise had seldom sold the white fir plywood for construction purposes, used primarily by industrial accounts for crating, storage bins, etc. It could, however, be used for construction at a saving of five to eight percent over Douglas fir. The near-by Amador mill also meant a short freight rate.

To double-check, Vise contacted building ofHcials in Los Angeles suburbs, and surrounding areas and put one question to them: would they pass the white fir flooring if it were called for on a set of specs. Their answer was a unanimous "yes."

Vise's next step was to find a retailer who could sell his contractor customer on substituting white fir for the hard-to-get Douelas fir.

His initial order came from retailer Frank Linde at Orbit Moulding Co. in Hawthorne.

Linde's first order was a cautious 250 sheets. Several days later he came back with an order for two truck and trailers. Within two weeks, he had bought another T&T from yard inventory and had another load on order.

"Frank proved that dealers can save their contractor customers big money on flooring by pointing out to them that the 5/a" white fir is fully approved by building officials," concluded Vise.

Chorlie Bressoud Retires

Long-time lumberman Charlie Bressoud, whose lumber career spans almost half a century, retired last month.

Bressoud got his start with Hammond Lumber in Los Angeles in 1921, and spent 32 years with Blinn Lumber (later PattenBlinn Lumber) as assistant manager. For the past seven years he has been employed at Lounsberry & Harris' San Fernando Road vard in Los Aneeles.

AI J0B-SlTE, building materials supplier Frank Linde (right) points out use of white fir plywood as flooring to Ken Vise, TW&J's plywood specialist.

GRADE-STAMP on TW&J's 7e" white fir plywood bears out that the grade is acceptable to building officials in Los Angeles suburbs and surrounding cities as flooring when joists are spaced 16" on center max.

over 55 lumber mills

Twenty'FlveTears Ago

As Reported in the June L94I, Issue of California Lumber Merchant, Est. 1922

Robert C. Parker, chairman of the Pacific Lumber Carrierst Assn., San Francisco, left on a business trip to Washington.

W. R. 'Bill" Morris, manager of the New York ofrce of the Union Lumber Co., has recently been on a visit to their mill in Fort Bragg, ,Calif. and the San Francisco ofrce.

H. Sewall Morton and Ed La Franchi of HilI & Morton, Inc., Oakland, returned recently from a trip to the Northwest where they'called on the company's sawmill connections.

Carl Reeder, formerly with Hobbs Wall Lumber Co., has joined the sales steff of the Hammond Redwood Co. and will call on i the retail lumber trade outside the Los Angeles metropolitan area.

I. N. Tate, vice-president of the Weyerhaeuser Sales Co., St, Paul, has been elected first vice-president of the West ,Coast Lumbermens Assn.

Jeck Murphy, Owens-Parks Lumber Co., Los Angeles, has been on a trip to the Northwest.

t Jar. E. (Jimmy) AtklnsorL Atkinson-Stutz Co., San Francisco, was in Los Angeles conferring with Fountain-Smith, his firm's Southern California representatives.

F. A. r'Pete" Toste, manager of the Los Angeles office of Bockport Redwood Co. and Rounds Trading Co., recently made a business trip to San Francisco, traveling both ways by the air route.

D. E. McDufiee of Tarter, Webster & Johnson, San Francisco, left for a business trip to the Eastern States.

Milton Taenzer, vice-president and J. W. Smith, sales manager of American Hardwood Co., Los Angeles, returned from a tour of the Pine mills in Northern California and Southern Oregon.

Robert S. Osgood has been appointed sales manager of the Washington Veneer Co. with headquarters in Olympia, Wash.

Lloyd Cole, Hammond Bedwood Co., Los Angeles, is back from a trip to the company's San Francisco office and the mill at Samoa.

Eric M. Ilexberg, sales manager of Anglo California Lumber Co., and Mrs. Hexberg have left on a three weeks'vacation trip to tlre Dsstern Stotes end Canede.

Ed Fountain of Fountain-Smith, Los Angeles, is back from a trip to the Pacific Northwest.

E. J. (Tommy) Thompson has resigned his position with Hull Bros. Lumber Co. and is developing his ranch at Thousand Oaks.

W. E. (Bill) Fahs, manager, California Plywood & Veneer Co., Los Angeles, returned from a business trip to the Northwest where he called on plywood manufacturers.

Harry Mcleod, Hammond Lumber Co., Los Angeles, spent a few days in San Francisco last month.

Frank J. Connolly, vice-president and general man4ger, Western Hardwood Lumber Co., Los Angeles, is expected back in his office from a 30-day business and vacation trip to New York.

R. A. Mackin, Ilallinan Mackin Co., Ltd., spent e few days at the company's Los Angeles office the latter part of May.

Charles A. Ilammond, formerly with W. A. Hammond Co., is now covering the San Francisco Bay district and Peninsula for Seth L Butler, San Francisco, who is Northern Caliionia rcpresentative of Dant & Russell, Ine.

Lyman Taft, Hammond Lumber Co,, Los Angeles, recently called on the Pine mills.

Bennett Company Changes Management

f)ALPH E. BE\\ETT & Associales Inc.

I\ huu" come under nen managemenl through the purchase of controlling in. terest by John Eells and Don R. JacobsonJohn Eell-", {ormer director of architectural sales for flnited States Plvwood Corp. in -\eu York Citv rras. for more than ten years. active in the Lo,. Angeles market in the sales of architectural doors and plywood.

Don Jacobson, former vice president o{ Kraftile Company, is well known in the sales area of masonry products, and is well acquainted with the architectural pro{ession. He recently servcd as president of the Los Angeles chapter of the Producers' Council.

lialph E. Bennett & Associates, Inc. is located at 7237 Crider Ave.. Pico Rivera. where their principal business is the sales and di-.tributicn o{ rvood {oldine doors. lrarlitions and wt,od rrindows, as manrrfa,.turt:d by the Rol,screcn Company of Pella. Iowa.

"Mr. Bennett has built a solid comDanv which rrill serre as a basis for r"asorial,le and orderly grorvth in this great market," said John Eells. "We are sure that lhe employment of sound business procedures and

good communications will permit us to expand our sales rapidly."

In addition to a complete list of Pella products, the company is also distributor for Conductile, a grounded floor tile {or hospitals and industrial installationsT marrufactured by the Vinyl Plastics Institute of Sheboygan, Wisconsin; and library stacks and shelves, as manufactured b1 GlobeWernicke of Cincinnati, Ohio.

The company will employ four salesmen throughout the greater Los Angeles area, and will serve sub-distributors in Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Bakersfield and Las Vegas.

Bennett will remain in a consulting capacity and as chairman of the board.

J()HN EEttS

DON JAC()BS(]N

t{EW ADDlTlOt{ to the sales staff at South Bay Redwood Co., Hawthorne, Calif., is popular redwo6d-man Freeman Campbell (center), shown flanked by South Bay general manager Bob Halbert (righil a-nd Max 0verton, general superintendent. Campbell was formerly with Cal-Pacific Sales'southern Calif. office.

Ncw LEtenatun@

TO HELP YOU PLAN YOUR PATH TO PROFIT

Spec Sheet Avqiloble

' Timber Engineering Company (Teco) has announced the availability of a product design and specification sheet on its line of Du-Al-Clip framing anchors. Presented on the sheet is detailed information on sizes and types available as well as recommended safe working values.

ucts have been used and gives detailed construction data, including corner, door, window, and joint details.

Included are examples of protected exterior uses for soffits and ceilings; also use of Masonite sidings for fences and patio walls. The 24-page booklet contains information on working and finishing.

WBITE: Masonite, Box B, Chicago, Ill., 60690, requesting Form 6604.

Tronsporl Sovings

'Fifty Ways To Reduce Transportation and DistributionCosts" has been published by Carmichael Traffic Corporation, for shipping clerks, purchasing agents, warehousemen and plant managers on cost reduction in shipping and physical distribution.

There are comparison charts and numerous ideas for the most economical methods of shipping and distribution. Book sells for $2.50 the copy.

Folder Shows Stoin Uses

With the trend toward increased use of stain finishes on wood, the Shakertown Corpora- tion has prepared a full-color folder describing uses of their semi-transparent and heavyduty opaque stains.

Shakertown Stains, in the two different formulas, are designed to meet the varied requirements for special color efrects on wood.

In the folder, both the semitransparent and heavy-duty stains are illustrated in their true colors to provide the reader with information on use and application.

\ilRITE : Shakertown Corporation,20310 Chagrin Blvd., Cleveland, Ohio 44122.

Brochure on lominated Wood lighling Stqndqrds

Kitchen Soles Help

A spanking new collection of idea kitchens is available as a sales aid from National Plan Service. "New Kitchen Ideas" is a book of 20 color pages featuring fresh, livable ideas that women all over the country a.re demanding in their kitchens. This new edition of "Kitchen Ideas" has all the latest developments in planning, decorating and storage. The book is designed to create customer desire for new kitchen featwes and custom improvements you can nrovide.

Manufactured from 18 gauge zinc coated steel in a single style with both right and Iefthand pieces, the Du-Al-Clip framing anchor is designed as an all purpose economy framing device. It can be used economically in the framing of roof, walls, ceilings, floors and other similar "woodto-wood" connections,TilRITE: Timber Engineering Company, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.

New Mosonife Cqtdlog

A revised catalog from Masonite Corp., "Exterior Hardboard Siding," shows typical houses in which various prod-

WRITE : Carmichael Traffic Corp., 656 S. Los Angeles St., Los Angeles, Calif. 90014.

Wiring Device Cotolog

A new 132-page publication (No. 5A-153) covers every item in General Electric's complete line of wiring devices. Included are more than 100 new products.

Prices appear right with product listings, for quick access to all information on a particular device. A new technical section includes wiring diagrams, dimensional drawings, ete.

WRITE: G.E. Wiring Device Dept., 95 Hathaway SL, Providence. R.I. 02907.

Laminated, pressure-tleated, wood lighting standards, produced by Koppers Company, Inc., are illustrated in a new brochure recently released by Koppers.

Included in the brochure are specifications, general desigl details, photographs of typical installations, installation instructions, and a color selection guide.

Twelve pre-stained finishes, developed exclusively for laminated Southera Pine, are available in three basic models.

All models, whether standard or custom-designed, can be utilized for electric or gas illumination.

WRITE: Koppers Co. Inc., Forest Products Div., 750 Koppers Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa.

The book is invaluable to those who sell home imProvements from kitchens to hardware and cabinetry. It's Photographs appeal to women-the best sales prospects for new or improved kitchens-with dozens of inspirations to spark their imagination ., it directs them to you. for customized planning and installation.

A starter package of 50 "New Kitchen ldeas" books, reproduction proof sheet, and your 4 line imprint on the cover of each book is available for only $22. (Add $1.50 for handling).

WRITE: National Plan Service, Inc., Dept. CLM, 1700 West Hubbard, Chicago, Ill. 60622.

Teco Spec Sheet

50 New ldeas!

Weyerhoeuser Plon Book

If you sell an idea, rviil product sales follow?

Weyerhaeuser Company thinks so. It's currently offering to dealers a promotion package designed to sell "14 Big and Little Storage Ideas." Interior Designer Richald Himmel 'w'as commissioned by Weyerhaeuset. to come up u.ith useful, practical storage ideas.

Weyerhaeuser has selected 14 of the storage designs and produced a full-color idea olan book complete with illustrations, working clrawings and material lists. The storage idea pian books retail at 50 cents each. Storage

They are shipped to dealers in point-of-purchase counter display packages with 25 books to a carton. Retail value of 25 books is $12.50, available to tlealers at $8.75. Include 50 cents fot youl copy of the plan book.

WIiITIl: Weyelhaeuser Company, Box B :1320, Tacoma, Wash. 98401.

Siding Booklet

-{ color'-illustrated booklet on Colorlok X-ninetS' sirling is available. Included are the text of the material's 10125 year guarantee, data on installing both the lap and panel styles, samples of the four colors and

photos showing the product installed in homes.

WRITE: lVlasonite Corpora- tion, Box B, Chicago, Illinois, 60690.

Tempered Hqrdboord

Super Dorlux, Masonite Corporation's tempered hardboard door facing, is described and illustratetl in a four-page color brochure available free.

Cost savings, appearance antl durability are discussed. Characteristics, fabrication details, and e.ccessories are described.

WRITE: Masonite Cornoration, Box B. Chicago, Ill. 6b690, for Brochure Number 6645.

ldeas: Hot ltems!

Lominqted Beqms Offer Strength

Vertically laminated beams in three quality grades and in a wide selection of depth and width sizes are now available from Potlatch Forests, Inc. The beams will be manufactured in all standard lengths, plus nonstandard lengths on special order.

long-Losting light Fixture

An all-aluminum residential light fixture -built to "last a lifetime"-was recently introduced to the building industry by Dellectra Products.

Vertically Laminated Beams

The beams ofrer strength and economy benefits. Board foot for board foot, vertical laminating gives high structured efliciency because the normal milling loss is a smaller part of a boards width than of its thickness. Because of this, a vertically laminated member is deeper and narrower than a horizontally laminated beam of the same nominal size. This makes the vertieally laminated piece stifrer and stronger.

WRITE: Potlatch Forests, fnc., Wood Products Division, Department VLF, 320 Market Street San Francisco, Calif., 94111.

Simpson Tiles with UL lobel

A new line of ceiling tile products, meeting the Class II fire safety requirements of code authorities and rating bureaus, has been introduced by Simpson Timber Company, with no increase in price.

The products are the first of any manufacturer to have the Underwriters'Laboratories label on each ceiling tile. Price is competitive with woodfiber tiles which do not have this fire protection.

The UL label provides the guaranteed assurance that products meet the standards of fire safety required by most authorities for schools, multi-family dwellings and light commercial and industrial buildings. Acoustical tiles are called Forestone II and decorative tiles, Dectile II. Both product lines offer a complete selection of fissured and embossed patterns.

All tiles ate 12" x 12", either tk" or 9/76" thick with a flange joint for either staple or cement application.

\MRITE: Simpson Timber Company, 2111 Washington Building, Seattle, Washington 98101.

Decro-woll's New Pockoging

A price change in its standard 8-panel Decro-tile package and the introduction of a neur 4-panel package hag been announced by the Decro-wall Corporation, Yonkers, New York.

The price-tag on the regular $3.98 Decrotile package was reduced last month to $3.79, the company said.

Molded Aluminum Light Fixture

The fixtures are ideal for lawns, patios, driveways, pools, sidewalks, entrance steps, par*ing areas and playgrounds. QrDli-Craft Fixtures are distributed throughout California, Arizona, Clark County, Nevada and Hawaii.

\ilRITE: Del-lectra Products, 1061 Crestview Drive, Fullerton, Calif.

New 4Panel Package Retails for $1.98

The new 4-panel package carries a retail price of $1.98. It features attractive, fullcolor photos of Decro-tile room settings plus an eye-catching installation photo to invite consumer interest.

For additional sales appeal and product protection, the company has introduced shrink-packaging for all its Decro-tile and Natural Cork boxes. This process completely covers the package vrith a crystal-clear transparent plastic film.

WRITE: Decro-wall Corporation, 21 Saw Mill Road, Yonkers, New York.

Simpson has U.zL rating on the tile

Disploy Setls wilh Smetl

Republic Lumber Co., one of the leading building-material retailers in the Chicago area, recognizes the value of store displays. They have built into their large display of mom settings a 3' x 5' cedar closet, complete with shelf and hanger bar. Lining is applied to floor and ceiling to provide maximum cedar aroma.

Glass-panel door permits shoppers to view the cedar-lined closef while retaining cedar fumes inside. Sample pieces of the lining are attached to the hanger bar, permitting sales clerk to point up the ease of installation. Colorful display banne4 supplied by Aromatic Red Cedar Cloget Lining Manufacturers Association, contains pricing information and calls attention to benefits of a moth-repellent storage.

WRITE: Aromatic Red Cedar Closet Lining'. Manufacturers Association, 22L North LaSalle St, Chicago, Ill. 60@1.

Eye-Cotching Sompte Cord

An eye-catching plant-on card featuring a sample of textured Travertine Marlite paneling has been introduced for attachment to the versatile Color Selector Display. The plant-on card has an easel back and can be used separately as a counter or wall display. Other plant-on cards showing samples of Clantilly and Wormy Chestnut Marlite panels are available for use with the Coloi Selector Display.

Quick, Easy Modernizing

One of the eight scenes and designs in the Marlite Mural line, such as this interesting seascape design, can be used efrectively on the main wall of a bathroom to set the dominant decorative theme.

This 5'wide panel also can be positioned on the back wall of the tub-shower unit. Gold-on-white artwork helps establish a bright, modern look.

Gold anodized moldings are available for use with the mural panels, which are attached to any solid backing with wallboard adhesive.

WRITE: Marlite Paneling, P.O. Box 250, Dover, Ohio 44622.

Cqldoor to Distribute Bolek Line

The California Door Co. has been named southenl Giliforrria distributor for the Bolek line of decorative products, according to a recent announcement by Lee Petersen, general manager of Bolek Corp., Azusa, Calif.

New lumber Pockoging Unit

A new lumber packaging unit, the Stan- +: ley CUL Lumber Compressor Unit' com- l bines a fast strapping cycle, exact. I compression and automatic operation to reduce manpower and handling costs for t1 dimensional lumber and stud mills. ,i

WRITE: Marlite Paneling, P. 260, Dover, Obto 4&22. O. Box

Bolek manufactures a popular line of carved plant-ons, custom carved plant-ons, carv-grille filligree and sculpture scroll frlligree.

Bolek carv-plant-ons and custom carvplant-ons are a hot new do-it-yourself product desigrred to add a touch of elegance on doors, walls, ceilings, cabinets, wainscotting, softts, pillars. Made of highdensity flakeboard \h,' thick, the plant-ons are easily applied with glue, nails or screws.

The ffrm's carv-grille filligree is available in 20 difrerent desigas for use as room dividers or accent panels. Carv-grille is ofrered in ready-to-install units or in do-it-yourself kits which includes screen, poles, crosspieces, brass legs, glue and simple instructions. Optional scroll tops also are available.

California Door ofrers regularly-scheduled free delivery twice a week to dealers in their distributing area which ranges from San Diego to Santa Barbara.

WRITE: California Door Co., 4940 Dietrict Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. 90068.

A new strapping head gives the CUL unit ': high-tensile aftap (Y*" and %") for fast, secure sealing. A 300-seal magazine auto- :li matically reloads the jaws after each cycle. .j

a compression-strapping cycle of as little as ; 10 seconds, or less than 80 seconds per lumber unit. The head has high strap- :' tension capacity, up to* 1;d0 ffi; J"t-'ir ' i air-powered for greater strapping power and i flexibiliW. It maintains full strap tension ,: ,l until sealing, for tighter, more compact .r:i shipping units. Sealing jaws easily crimp 'i

;

The compressor includes a Stanleydesigned 3-ft. section of heavy-duty, poweltd 'i conveyor. The conveyor moves stacked lum-. ; ber units into the compressor where a top ,$ platen exerts up to 25,000 lbs. pressure and 1:: -side platens op to ZO,riOO lbs. side pressure. :l The lumber is strapped under compression r: to form compact, easily-handled, durable shipping units without investment h d, necessary compresslon power. .,;t:

Requiring a lower initial investment thari conparable installations, the CUL unit canl be set up for semi-automatic, one-man op-'., erations, or for. fully-automatic operatioa_ without operaton

WBITE: Stanley Steel Strapping divo' The Stanley Works, New Britain, Coni. ,

Retailer's red cedar closet display.

Look and Feel of Marble

Bolek Plant{ns Are Hot Dolt-Yourself Product

Seascape sets design theme

Straps Lumber to Form Easily-Handled Shippirrg Unlts r:,

sACRAMENTo: Paul Phelps

Phone: (916) 921.4201

P.0. Box 3158

North Sacramento

FRESN0: Mailon Snead

Ph0ne: (209) 439-1765

5587 North Moroa

Unique Sonder Tokes Bow

Norcal, Northeln California Plywood, Inc., recently installed a Timesavers Sanders, Inc. textured finishel in its Crescent City mill. The new machine produces the efrect of rough sawn lumber on plywood, and is the first of its type to be installed by a California plywood producer.

A crew of two is requiled to operate Norcal's Model T-10 sander, Plywood panels are inserted into the machine which scores the surface with revolving steel drums coated with sintered tungsten carbide. Finished "Surf Sawn" (Norcal's trade name for the rough finished paneling), are manually removed and stacked on the opposite side of the sander. At present Norcal is producing a half-million sq. ft. per month of rough textured plywood.

When introduced several years ago, rough textured plywood paneling was used almost exclusively for exterior siding. But that situation is changing, according to Norcal. Because of its pleasing rustic appearance, rough sawn panels are gaining acceptance for interior installation in restaurants, public building offices, even homes.

WRITE: North Robbins Plywood, Inc., Seattle. Wash.

Indion-Nome Ponelings

Apache, Cherokee, Chippewa, Navajo, Iroquois and Seneca, the list reads.

War council ?

Nope. Varieties in new Frontiel prefinished hardwood paneling norv being introduced by Weyerhaeuser Company. And, staying in the vernacular, it retails for about eight "bucks" a panel.

Frontier is the latest addition to the broad line of Weyerhaeuser panelings which include Craftwall and Forestglo hardwood panelings, Muralwood hardboard and solid rvood paneling.

Budget priced for volume sales, Weyerhaeuser Frontier paneling offers the consumer genuine hardwood paneling at low cost. Builders or home remodelers can choose from a variety of veneers and colors: Iroquois Elm, Seneca Cherry, Apache Birch, Cherokee Birch, Chippewa Oak and Navajo Oak.

Frontier's surface is protected with a special finish which is stain-resistant and permanent. The panel is 7+-inch,3-ply, prefinished hardwood plywood manufactured in a selection of hardwooo veneers.

Weyerhaeuser recommends its new paneling for use in both new construction and remodeling. It is good for residential interiors and commercial buildings where low-cost paneling is desirable.

WRITE: Weyerhaeuser Company, Tacoma, Wash. 98401.

Norcal's textured plywood

Machine Produces rough-sawn effect

Fancy-Named Paneling

JUNE. t966

Peterbilt Tilt Hood

An exclusive air assist device for raising and lowering the hood plus multi-piece, all-metal hood construction are features of two new 90-deg. tilt hood conventionals introduced by Peterbilt Motors Company.

Ofrering "walk-in" accessibility to the engine, the new 2and 3-axle models are engineered for all general purpose and limited off-highway duty.

Air assist cylinders ease raising and lowering of the hood. Many conventional tilt hoods are difficult to open particularly when mud and ice form under the hood and fenders.

Cleaning windshieldsnormally a difficult procedure with conventionalsis simplified by a cast aluminum step mounted on each fender of the 288 and 358 models.

Peterbilt models 288 and 358 are identical to conventional models 281 and 351, with the exception of the new tilt hood feature. Popular for many years among truckers for all pu{pos) highway service, Peterbilt conventionals are available with a variety of frames, axles, suspensions and power packaees to meet every hauling requirement.

WRITE: Peterbilt Motors Co., 38801 Cherry St., Newark, Calif.

Lumber Yard, Tnrcks Loadcd Witlncct Delay For

OAK, BEECH, ond MAPLE FLOORING

Bruce Prefinished Lominoted Block Flooring

Horris BondWood Porguet ond RiBoc Plonk Flooring

Ook

J

Water and oil check are simple with Peterbilt's new tilt-hood truck.

Dove Dovis Billond Dick Norris

We haven't the biggest inventory or the largest sales staff in Southern California. What we have is prompt, etficient service and all

Disploy Rock Wins Top Aword

A first-place award for an outstanding merchandising achievement has been made to Weyerhaeuser Company by the Point-ofPurchase Advertising Institute in its sixth annual merchandising awards contest.

Weyerhaeuser was singled out for its Idea Center, a unique literature and product display rack which is also available in counter and floor models. It is an eye-catching unit that invites immediate customer interest.

Symbolized by OMA, an American Indian Statuette which is the Point-of-Purchase advertising industry's "Oscar," the award was accepted for Weyerhaeuser by Richard E. Hansen, design and presentation manager for the firm's Wood Products Group. Hansen originated and developed the Idea Center.

\ilRITE: Weyerhaeuser Company, Box B803, Tacoma, Wash. 98401.

Rock Disploys Squore Tubing

Available for immediate stocking is a complete display which includes an assortment of new Amco Craft Designer Tubing and all required parts and accessories.

Free pass-along booklets show how it is used for everything from simple rack and shelf assemblies to more elaborate projects such aS modern tables, room dividers, patio furniture.

Self-locking aluminum corner castings join the tubing in a simple force fit. The corners come in a variety of types.

WRITE: Amco Engineering Co., ?BBB West Ainslie, Chicago, Ill. 60656.

HARDWOODS

Weyerhaeuser's Award-Winning Display

A NEW, SEIF"ERECTING GANTRY crane series with capacities from 1 to 30 tons has just been announced by the 94-year veteran crane manufacturer, Cyclops, Inc., of San Francisco. Called the Cyclops SAlf-trecting-Gantry, crane can be set up easily by two men in 30 minutes, or disassembled and loaded on a truck for quick transport from job to job. A dis assembled Self-Erecting-Gantry can be moved inside building through a small door and erected "on-the'

spot" in minimum time. lt eliminates unreliable makeshift apparatus and improves safety conditions. Smooth rolling caster wheels assure safe, easy movement and control while carrying a load. Assemblv operation is shown (from left) in three phases. GJntry is convenient and economical for hundreds of uses including warehouses, and fabrication and machine shops. WRITE: Cyclops, Inc.,1476 Donner Ave., San Francisco, Cali| 94124.

Alternote

A new plant-on counter card featuring a sample of textured wormy chestnut Marlite paneling has been developed for use on a versatile color selector display.

Marlite dealers utilizing this colorful counter display now can alternate plant-on cards with a Chantilly pattern sample as well as the wormy chestnut panel. Both 11" x l4lz" cards hold Iarge 77/a,, x l1Y+" sample panels. Contact your Marlite wholesaler or representative or:

\MRITE: Marlite Paneling, Box 250, Dover, Ohio 44622. New

"Tailored-Deck," a new underlayment available in panels of any length for the manufacture of mobile homes, has been in-

Specialists in Quality lmported Hardwood Plywood LAUANoSEN.BIRCHoSHINA

DEPENDABLE DELIVERY

Exclusiae ParcAsio Board Inrporters

PATI ASIATIC TRADING COfrIPANY, INC.

troduced by Vancouver Plyvrood Co., Vancouver, Wash.

Designed primarily for use in floor systems of mobile homes, "Tailored-Deck" is premium grade underlayment with a resin fortified glue line, C crossband, and a full sanded face. Panels over 10 feet long are finger-jointed.

Because "Tailored-Deck" can be produced in any length, it is actually tailor.ed to the exact requirements of each mobile home manufacturer, to reduce lvaste and speed construction time.

The product wiII be mar*eted dilectly to mobile home manufacturers throueh Van- ply's Industrial Suppty Centers at -Elkhart, Indiana, Thomasville, Georgia, and Boise, Idaho.

WRITE: Vanply Softwood Plywood Division Sales Department, Vancouver', Wash., for more information.

Fost Opening Fire Pockoge

A new fast opening package has been developed for the pure asbestos fire smother blanket made by North American Asbestos Corporation of Chicago. The fire smother blanket can no*' be removed from its plastic package in a fevr seconds and dropped ovel accidental fires on kitchen ranges, waste baskets and near open fireplaces and rvorkshops in the home. The new package is matle *.ith an open-enrl flup that does not require tearing the package.

The 3 by 4 foot fire smother blanket is completely incombustible.

WRITE: Midland Trading Co., Chicago.

Fire-smother blanket in fast-opening package

TELEGRAPH ROAD, IOS ANGEIES, 9[Fl22, cAttFoRNIA . PHoNE 72g.3221

Blt L "M00sE" sK0wRoN of the Chicago White Sox throws major league fast ball against Masonite's new Colorlok X-ninety siding to demonstrate material's dent resistance lor more than 100 builders, architects, home builders, and municipal building department officials at meeting in St. Petersburg, Fla.

MAKE L'NITED YOUR LUMBER SUPERMARKET for Pine & White Fir

1,n,n

Unlike mony wholesolers, our yord inventory is mointoined with the retoiler in mind _ you con olwoys depend on United to fill oll your Pine ond White Fir needs.

UNITED HOTESALE TUMBER CO.

1200 Mines Avenue, Montebello, Cslifornio OVerbrook 5-5600

"Quolity

CATIFORNIA TUMBER'IAERCHANT

Slugger Skowron Goes io Bot For Mosonite's New Colorlok

Slugger BilI "Moose" Skowron of the Chicago White Sox went to bat for Masonite Corporation this spring as the company threw out the first pitch for a series of trade meetings opening a national promotion for its new Colorlok X-ninety siding.

Skorvron, then training at nearby Sarasota, Fla. is the White Sox star first baseman, tho played in seven world series for the Neu' York Yankees and in one for the Los Angeles Dodgers, batted and threw a dozen basebs-lls against a display of Colorlok to demonstrate its extreme dent resistance. This is one of the themes in Masonite's current national advertising program.

WRTTE: Masonite Corp., 29 N. Wacker Dr., Chicago, Ill.

ro /1" S"kfttute f* Sn*;,, anJ Q"'/ity

Wesl Coost Lumber for Every Purposo"

(lur 5-truck fleet brings our mills to your door! Redwood . Oouglas & White Fir o Sugar & Ponderosa Pine

Mqsonite's Mustong Conlest

A new Ford Mustang, g3and prize in Masonite Corporation's,.Match-n-Win, TV commercial contest for building materials dealers and wholesale personnel, was vron by John P. Dane, a Phoenix, Ariz., employee of O'Malley Building Material.

Standing around winner Dane are (from left) John O'lVlalley, general manager of Mallco Dr:otributors; James C. OMalley, past-president of the National Lumber and Building Materials Association, and O. R. Braun, general sales manager of Ulasonite.

More than 56,000 persons entered the coltest and represented nearly ?000 Masonite dealers and wholesalers.

Prizes were awarded on the basis of answers given in completing a 25-words-orless statement on Masonite commercials.

"Box Beom" Suspended Ceiling

ttBox Beam," a new type of suspended ceiling system with the look of an authentic open-beamed ceiling, has been announced by the Armstrong Cork Company.

In the Box Beam System, the exposed. beams are actually an integral part of the grid system supporting the ceiling panel6. This eliminates the need for "snap-on" ceiling beam attachments which require additional installation time and extra ex-, pense.

Made from heavy gauge steel, the beamg r are lithographed with a realistic natural wood graining and extend 2" below the sur, faee of the ceiling.

The Box Beam suspension members are available in 12' main runners and 4' cross tees which can be installed in various com-

binations to create unique, custom ceiling designs. White cross tees in both 2' and 4' lengths and a wall molding in matching white can be used in combination with the Box Beam elements.

Among the merchandising aids Armstrong is providing retailers are 4' x 4' and, 8' x 8' showroom displays with Box Beam main runners mounted on 2' centers, a compact sample kit for outside calls, four-color self-mailers with illustrations of the Box Beam System installed, and special ad mats featuring the new system.

XTRITE: J. O. Sampson, Armstrong Cork Co., Lancaster, Pa.

Unique Roof Decks

The new Moore Oregon High Temperature dry kilns recently completed at Plum Creek

New

Redwood

Douglas Fir

Red Cedar Shingles

ALBERT A.KEIIEY

Wholesole Forest Products

EUGENE, OREGON

P. O. BOX 654 . I OBO PATTERSON ST.

PHONE s43-4124 (AREA CODE 503)

A Medford Corporolion Representolive

CAIIFIORNIA LU'YIBET IIETCHANT

Lumber Company, Columbia Falls, Montana, are equipped with unique Turnall Cavity Roof decks.

This roof is designed to improve the life of the roof under high temperatures and humidities. It also gives good insulating qualities more necessary at high temperatures and prevents leakages back through onto the lumber due to condensation within the roof.

To stop vapor leak at ends of building, asbestos sealant is installed on the outside, and sealant is used at cap of the wall on the inside. Preformed aluminum flashing overlaps the cavity deck and the end wall.

WRITE: Plum Creek Lumber Co.. Columbia Falls, Montana, for additional details.

G(IAST tU IIBER G(|TIIPA lIY

IuMnIWIalIAalaLurrrbp,l

ilo*{rrt, pt* o[ Rpilrmod,

S p fF P ndult'& Sam'P',odrr,fu.

REDIY(I(ID, FIR AI{D PIIIE TUMBER

SPTIT REDWII(|D POSTS MI|RTISED

RAII.S, PAIIiIG & H(lTTYW(l(lD SHAKES

We Speciolize in Mixed Loodsl

Jim Moher Cordes Longley

PO. BOX 723

Ukiah,G?lif ornia

(7o7)462-s6o7

prompt, efficient service

Treoting in Tronsit Priviledges SELMA GRAPE S'TAKE YAFIT) & PFIESSIJfi?E TREA-TING CO.

896-1234 (AREA CODE 209)

High-temp Dry Kiln

Ponderosa & Sugar Pine

BONN INGTON LUMBER co.

Trussembler

It takes just 80 seconds for two men to make a truss with the new Idaco Trussembler; and for light production, one man can do the job.

Only the most expensive truss machines can equal the man-minute savings of the Trussembler, the manufacturer states; and in its own price class it is 50% faster than others.

Easy truss removal that does not require jiggling is provided by heads that move out of the way. A push of a button automatically assembles the truss after the pieces are placed. There is no need to flip the truss! A-no-nail gusset eliminates nails and nailing labor and makes a strong joint.

Set up time is said to be five to ten minutes, instead of the usual thirty. I{eads are set on rollers, rolled into place and locked. Space required is only 25' x 50'.

It assembles Fink, King Post' Multi-King Post, Scissors, and Flat trusses up to five panels, with chords to sixty feet. Crowns are built in automatically as required.

The Trussembler was designed and field tested and is built by Idaco Engineering and Equipment Company, who are themselves in the truss business. T\ro men can put up a roof in two hours after Idaco delivers the trusses at the plate line with a crane.

TilRITE: Idaco Engineering & Equipment Co., 3233 Peralta St., Oakland, Calif.

5 Garlow Gompany

Warehouses

fo Serve All Southern Colifornio Deolerr

l7O3 N. 8lh Street

COITON, Colifomiq

TAlbot 5-0672

ll3dl Brodley Ave.

PACOIMA, Cqlifornio

899-5208

z'38 Eost 59lh Slreel

tOS ANGELES, €olifomio

Pleqsont 2-3137

6807 McKinley Avenue

tOS ANG€LES, Colifonrh

Pleosont 2-3136

25lO N. Chico Street

lL llONTE, Cqllfornio

Gllberr 2-3050

CUmberlond 686-0641

iloncil 000ns

lor Every Usc

il"f00 lnterchangeable Panels

Entrance 0oors-ill fypcs

SED0RC0 Louven & Golonlal-ltlodern Hardwood

Flus[ Panel Doon

ttusll llooRstsll-ilAil0GANY -BtRCflilAs0lllTE-B[Ecll

fln P[YWoollJAPAIIESE PTYW(!|!D

NOnDCO DOORS

TOUVER DOORS

3 PANET DOORS F.3

FOUR PANET RAISED F-4,1

X.8UCK FRONT DOORS

sAsH DooRs F-13

MISE PANET TOUVER DOORS

SCREEN DOORS

FRENCH DOORS

DUICH DOORS

FANCY FIN DOORS (EMRANCEI

IOUVER BTINDS

MONTEREY TYPE DOORS

,,SOUTHERN AIR- DOOiS

Estobllshed 1896

WHOIESAIE ONIY

Illombcr

3oul{rrm Golllomlo Door Inrlltstc

Lettetrs

California Lumbr Merchant Gentlemen,

I look forward each month to the latest edition of the "California Lumber Merchant," to keep me advised of the latest happenings in the industry.

It was with much pleasure that I reviewed your last publication and the feature treatment you afrorded this firm and its recent move to Black Point' Novato and I want to sincerelY thank you for it.

Sincerely, R. J. Gehring, Service Lumber Co. Sausalito, Calif.

David Cutler

California Lumber Merchant

Dear Dave,

In going through some of mY belongings I found a copy of the program of the Millwork Institute of California, March 26-27, 1926, held in Stockton.

In looking over the names I can only find two that are not dead. Jim Mclntosh and mYself. I had copies made but they did not come out, but I thought You might make some good out of them if you just publish the names of the committees.

I didn't know I had this copy. A lot of prominent people who were in the mill business at that time brought back to me many fond memories.

Yours truly, Bill O'Keefre Industrial Millwork & Supply Co., Inc. Hialeah, Florida

The nannes BiIl sent were: H. W. Gaetjen, E. R. Maule, A. W. Bernhauer, E. A. Nicholson, H. T. Didesch, Geo. C. Iacobs, H. H. IlIitchell, W. I. Glasson, W. F. O'Keeffe, I. L. Picrce, Io H. Shepard,, Curtis Cutter, F. Fisher, George Buntett, George Little, T. Gard,ner, Porter Roberts, J. Mclnnsh, Felix Cunthi.er, Al Fisher, Bruce Martin, William Curtis, C. D. Chipcha,se, O. D. Ruse.-Edinr.

California Lumber Merchant Dear Sirs, You've finally started to get some real news about us up in the Northwest, and it's good to know what's going on. Keep up the good work.

Sincerely, IIal Sturmer Portland, Oregon

Telephone Area Coile 714 875-20ffi

PROFESSIONAL DOOR UNIT MACHINERY

Morketing Wood Flooring

Forrest Wood Flooring, manufactured by Forrest Industries, Dillard and White City, Oregon, has now been distributed by Hallinan Mackin Lumber Co., Inc., 32 year old wholesale forest products firm, exclusively in the Bay Area {or two years.

Since that time over 2.5 million sq. ft. have been specified to architects and engineers. All sales have been through established lumber dealers and flooring dealers.

Forrest Wood Flooring products are manufactured from graded wood particles bonded together by synthetic resins under high pressure and heat. It is factory finished with two coats of vinyl. The result is a tailor-made wood product ideal for the requirements of today's floor. Forrest Floor' ing provides the rich beauty of cork, yet is harder than oak or maple. Even women's spike heels or heavy furniture, which quickly ruin most flooring materials, won't dent or mar this flint-hard product.

Forrest Wood flooring is manufactured in 9t' x 9" squares L/ott and. /g" thick (wood block flooring), 312" and)7/r" wide -B' long tongue & groove strips (strip flor), and 2' x 4'square panels (2 x flor) and 4' x 4' panels (quick {lor) in autumn oak and Kashmir walnut colors.

PRODUCT ACCEPIANCE

KVAL 95O

KVAL 99ORCD KVAL 920

Looking for the ultimate in machining doors and jambs? Ask for information on the KVAL Model 990RCD Routing-Boring machine for doors only, the KVAL Model 950 Hinge Jamb machine and the Model 920 Strike Router Jig and Stand. Three doors per minute can be machined on the KVAL Model 990RCD RoutingBoring machine for doors only. Approximately five jambs per minute can be machined on the Model 950 Hinge Jamb machine and also about this number can be comoleted on the Model 920 Strike Router Jig and Stand. lf you are producing 75 doors per day or more, this combination is recommended

KVAL MACHINERY

P. O. Drower A Phone l707l 762-4363

PEIALUTTAA, CAUF. 94952

This product has received remarkable popularity in such a short time mainly because of the following features' The bonded wood particles have a density and hardness greater than all other wood floors, plus it has the natural appearance of a forest prod' uct. Secondly it is prefrnished with two baked on plastic vinyl coats that gives the product a brilliant lustre and protective surlace that will wear for years to come. Thirdly it is a product that saves labor and time in installation and is already prefinished so contractors can eliminate this extremely costly and time-consuming phase of flooring application. The sheets and strips can be nailed over old 'wood floors or particle board and plywood much faster than the small strips of other hardwood llooring. The blocks are placed on concrete with mastic. Last of all it is economical because the price is approximatelv 30 to 40 perccnt lower than other n'ood flooring.

Thc product has been used in living rooms, dining rooms, party rooms, dance hall studios, gymnasiums, churches, apartments and roller rinks and remodeling of older buildings. The product now is being considered for urban renewal projects in very great quantities. Shipments have been made in carload or truck and trailer quan' tities direct to dealer applicators or jobsites' Factory sponsored promotion is through newspapers and customer mailings. For additional information, displays and literature contact Hallinan Mackin Lumber Co., Inc., I4B5 Bayshore Blvd., San Francisco.

PIIRtt$$ Tl|ilIBIR [0.

JOBBERS

DIRECT UII.I. SHIPPERS

,t,TUttIN

HEADQUARTERS

(Continu,ed lrom Page 28)

cious reception area, presided over by secretary Orinda Hazen and sales-pricing specialist Morris Woods. The area is paneled in L2" and wider butternut.

Down the hall is the birch-paneled accounting department, where chief accountant Mrs. Virginia LaMonte and her stafi hold forth. A "quiet sectiono" where the gals work on the books, is separated from the noisy din of clattering accounting malvdhines by means of a glass partition. Acousll, tical tile and carpeted counter tops keep the ' noise to a minimum. Each desk is especially designed to accommodate a particular piece ' of office equipment.

ALSO OTHER WEST

COAST FOR,EST PRODUCTS

Mrs. LaMonte's office, which faces the accounting area, is paneled in rough.textured western red cedar.

Next door is the office of John Stobbe, general credit manager for all the Terry yards and Mullin yards. John selected sandblasted walnut paneling (that's rightsandblasted).

Across the hall sits AI Lewis, head of purchasing, who chose pecky cypress panel. ing. His desk is custom made from the same species to match the paneling, as are the deslc in all the offices.

Next is the office of operations manager Ralph Baker, paneled oriental camphor. Cabinetry is faced with Tapa cloth which Terry Mullin picked up during his three

years in Fiji where he ran the Pan American Airlines operations. Desk top is a handsome hunk of myrtlewood.

Highlight of the new building is the office of bossman Mullin. The spacious room is spanned by a open beam ceiling, crisscrossed by clear cedar beams on top of mahogany beams on top Douglas fir beams. Paneling is 12" and wider walnut and the desk and cabinetry is of pecky cypress inset in walnut. The desk top is rnonkeypod with inlaid brass.

Nestled in one csrner is a free-standing fireplace. The tile floor is covered with a deep-pile shag rug.

All the offices are designed to face a garden area to the rear of the building. Every-

o Dougfqs Fir in sizes 24" x 24"

o Pfoner copocity for surfocing lo 24" x 24"

o Re-Mfg. fqcililies for resowing to 34" x 34t'

Huntington Drive, Son Morino 9, Colif.

Gus Hoover

Bob Hoover

Dick Hoover Stuort Joner

ASSOCIAIED REDWOOD TIIIIIS

Redwood From Reliqble Mllls

Los Angeles LGL Yod

o Dry Aye & Btr

. Fence Moteriols

o GorqEe Door Siding

P.O. Box Y, Arcof,o TWX: 707-827-0433

Phone: VAndyke 2-2416

Bill Brouning Norm Hordy

one had a hand in choosing plants for the garden, and tlle selections range from such exotic species as Japanese silk trees and fountain ferns to the lowly daisy.

Not even the rest rooms were overlooked. The men's room is paneled in teak and the ladies' room features a damask and marble textured wallpaper and a gold toilet.

Surveying his handiwork, dealer Mullin had but one comment: "It sure was fun!"

Goodrich Opens Sqles Firm

Goodrich Forest Products, Inc., a new Portland, office-wholesale firm has entered the national building products field, accord. ing to R. L. 'oBob" Goodrich, president.

Arizons Gmup Adds Members

. Green Commons

o Bender

o Loth

Also Direct Rqil ond T&T Shipments 7257 Telegtoph Rood, los Angeles ClVerbrook 5-8741- PArkview 24593

Corl Dupruy Joy Brouning

Ken Slrawser

Among the big turnout of members at the recent Arizona Retail Lumber & Builders Supply Association annual convention at Chandler, Arizona, April 14-16, were the following 13 new members who have joined the association since the first of the year:

Ocotillo Lumber Co., Phoenix; Foxworth' Galbraith Lumber Co., Casa Grande; Hamman-McFarland Lumber Company, Kingman; Arizona Booth & Fixture Mfg., Phoenix; Pioneer Paint Company; Tucson; Inter City Supply, Tempe; Lyle Schwieder Sales, Phoenix; A & H Building Materials Company, Tucson.

Forest Fiber Producrc Compann Tucson; C & S Building Materials Co., Phoenix; White Mountain Lumber Co., Pinetop; Zircon Building Specialties, Inc., Phoenix; and O'Malley Building Materials, Tucson.

Sunset Industries Buys Yord

Sunset Industries of Southern California has reported that it has purchased the Farm and Home Supply Yard in Arroyo Grandg Calif. Arroyo Grande is a small central California town near Santa Maria. The seller of the yard, Herb McCaslin, did not disclose the sale.price of the property. Sunset Industries reportedly will operate the yard as Sunset Builders Supply.

Standard Lumber Compan!, Irn

LMA CONVENTION

(Continued lonr Page 9)

of Currell Lumber Co., Lawton, Oklahoma, rvas tht: kcynote speaker at the May 2 luncheon. His fable of "Omar the Tent Supply Dealer" was an absolute classic. Stein, who flew his own plane from Oklahoma, is a credit to the industry and another example of the new breed which are rapidly sweeping the cobrvebs out of our industry.

One o{ the highlights of the convention for many came when LMA moved across the street to Harrah's Club for dinner and a top flight per{ormance by singer Andy Williams. As far as Andy's per{ormance goes, "superb" doesn't cvcn do him justice. That's going to be a hard act to follow next year, Bob McBrien !

'fhree exceptionally good talks on Tuesday morning concluded the business sessions of the annual. John Hagen, public relations director of National Plan Service.

spoke on "Woo Women and Win Salt:s." "Why the Extra Nickel for Nlortgage Money," was the timt:ly subject of William Barkan, Wells Fargo Bank. and "National Itesearch and How it is Workine for Deal.rs Todav" v,-as explain,,cl by Ceorge St.'irr. speaking in place of NL,BMDA vice-prr:sident Raymon Harrcll who was unablc to attend the convention due to ill health.

The closing luncheon on l'uesday was the scene of numerous awards and introduc-

Arcoto Redwood Co,

Armslrong Cork Co,

J. H, Boxter & Co.

Berry ndustries

Boire-Coscode Corp.

Bonninglon Iumber Co.

Wolter N. Boysen Co.

Building Moleriol Distributors

Colifornio Pocific Soler Corp.

Colif. Sugor & V/estern Pine Supply

Col-Soc Iumber 5oles, Inc.

The Celotex Corp.

Chollenger Iock &

tions, but the two awards that really caught our attention were the "apprcciation" awards made to Ira Horton, South City Lumber & Supply. who served as treasurer of LMA for so many )'ears, and to George Adams. head of the bie Noah Adams Lumber Co. delta-region chain. The first "appreciation" award was presented to the {amily of the late Joe Kirk of Santa Maria who was a LMA director-at-larse at the time of his death.

Fresno Rerqil Yord Rqzed

Marion Nine Lumber Company, 3l year old retail yard in Fresno, has been leveled by fire. Marion Nine, firm owner, estimated damage to his buildings, lumber and plumbing supplies at $200,000.

At least 10 buildings were destroyed and the exteriors of a number of small rental homes and a two-story apartment house adjacent to the yard were scorched.

It was later determined that two boys, 5 and 7 years old, started the blaze while playing with matches in the vacant shed.

Nine, who is 75 years old, established

1935, after operating a sawmill in nearby Pine Ridge. The yard was expanded and a new store constructed at a cost of about $125,000 in 1953.

Along with all of his buildings, the April 2I blaze destroyed his inventory which included electrical, plumbing, building supplies, power tools, appliances, hardware and about 100,000 b.f. of lum,ber

ttAlmost worse than the money," Nine lamented, "is losing all those knick-knacks I've been keeping all these years.

"'We lost our best truck, but what I'll really miss is that old 1934 Ford we had parked out in back.

HEXBERG LUMBER SALES, rNc

1{0 PTACE tllG H0ME for Independent Building Ma terials Co., who liked their office building so huch they took it with them to their new location in Dominguez, Calif. The building was sawn in half and moved at night by trailer from the firm's old site in Torrance. lt is now being remodeled. the business an old machine shop

and Incanse Gedar

C]lSSlnED A0YERllSlll0Position Wanted $2.00 per line, minimum $4.50. All ofier $3.00 per line, minimum $.00. Two lines of address (your address or our box numbed count as one line. Closing date lor copy is 20th.

CTASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS

Names of Advertisers in this Departneil using a 8c Number cannot be released. All replies should be aO dressed to box shown in the ad c,/o Calitomia brnbcr Merchant, 412 W. Sixth St, Los Angeles, Calif. 9Ol{.

POSITION WANTED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

IFHOLESALE LUMBEBMAN-I8 years experience with major companies in So. Calif. References on request. Write Box 226.

WANT POSITION IN outside sales, prefer retail. Will also consider wholesale, industrial or inside. 26 yrs. experience at all levels of selling. \Mill relocate anywhere in central, southern Calif. TVrite Box 245.

HEIP WANTED

.RETAIL LUMBER-EARDWARE SALESMAN to work in our :Newhall, Calif. yard as inside salesman. Figure estimates, assume .gome merchandising, buying & other departmental responsibilities. 'Should be informed in all phases of retail lumber & bldg. rnatrls. imerchandising, knowledgeable in paint, hardware, plumbing & elecItrical supplies. Write for interview: Anawalt Lumber & Materials '.Co.,22427 Market St., Newhall, Calif.

EXPERIENCED BLDG. MATERIALS MAN wanted for well-established northern California retail lumber organization. Excellent future for right man. Major medical, life insurance, pension, and profit sharing program. Replies confidential. Write Box 244.

SflJPPING UANAGER, full cge, wsrehouse. Routing 7 truckt & 'drlvem. Age 25-40. Must b€ exp., conscientious, capable. Gd fut. & 'pay. Alhambra Metal Products and Bel Air Door, 814 S. Date, Al-

hambra.

EXPERIENCED WHOLESALE SASH AND DOOR in L.A. area as inside slsmn. Duties are figuring pricing orders as they are sold over phone. Should knowledge Sash&Door field. Write Box 247.

SERVICES OFFERED

man to work ests., writing have w'king

JOHNNY TIIE LUMBER LOAD SIGN PRINTER

Specializing in paper danger flags, side-load signs, job cards, etc. John Weilels Printing, 14417 Hawthorne Blvd., Lawndale, Calif. Phone (213) 676-7522 or 6762295.

LET US HELP YOU WRITE YOUR WANT ADS FOR QUICK RESULTS

IN SOUTIIERN CALIFORNIA

Modern Truss and Cutup Plant. ,Capacity 600 units plus per day. On concrete slab with underground electrical and air installations. Good land lease with railroad spur. '

WRITE BOX 248

LUMBER & BLDG. MATERIALS STORES for sale in the valley of opportunity. One main yard, two branch yards. Write Box 240.

FOR SALE: old est. lumber & bldg. materials yard. Present owner retiring after 35 yrs. For particulars write Milpitas Lumber Co., Box 84, Milpitas, Calif.

EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

FOB SALE, LUMBER TRUCKS: '64 Ford dual dr., with 18' sup. trlr., $11,000; '62 T850 Ford dual Dr. with 18' sup. trlr., $9,000; '55 R190 Intern'tl dual dr. with 17'trlr, $3500; '54 F8 Ford tdm axel vee-belt dr. with 17'trlr, $2500. All above are lgt wgt roller beds for max. payload. Also, '54 Intera'tl trac. with 35 semi trac. equipped with hiab crane for roof truss delivery. Laco Lumber Company, 16002 E. Nelron Ave., Inductry, Calif. (218) 888:;1262 or 288-3266.

TRANSFER CRANE FOR SALE, 25 ton cap. Single hook fixed gantry, 22 ft. lift,46 ft. travel. Transfers loads from trucks to BR cars in one lift. Price less controls $2,900.00 firm, loaded our yard, Tracy, Cal. Contact F. L. Botsford Co., 582 Market St., or ph. 362-8710.

LOVSTED DIRECT-FLOW DRY KILN, 60,000 bf capacity, ?0 hp boiler. Compressor, valves, bearings, motors, coils. Perfect condition. Complete-nothing else needed. Sac: $12,000. Write Box 241.

FOR SALE _ SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA LUMBER YARD, medium-large. Balanced retail & contractor sales in fast-growing area. Good store and facilities. Owner other ints. Lease or purchase. Write Box 246.

FOR SAIE

Approximately FOUR (4) MILLION FEET GREEN OLD GROWTII CANADIAN IIEMLOCK. Roush blanked and surfaced. Stock is 4/4, 8/4, t0/4, 1214. Widths 3-12 inches. Lengths 8-42 ft. Grades are utility through clears. All avail. for insp. See/Call: LUMBER SPECIALTIES,:ll69yz TELEGRAPH ROAD, Los Angeles, Calif. 90022. Phone Howard Wray, OV 6-8658.

(uII0M MILLlll0-DIIAIL M0U1Dlil0S-lilL]l DRylll0

Sewing All Southern Cslifornio Lumber Yords - Cobinet ShopsFurniture Monufocturert ond Wholerole Lumber Dirtributors

IN.TRANSIT MILLING A SPECIALTY

fflutual filoulding and Lumber Co.

slNcE 1928QUALTFTED By EXPERTENCE TO BE OF SERYTCE

DAvis 4_4SSl

621 West'l52nd Slreel, Gordeno, Cqlifornio John e. Brewer FAcultY l-0877

BUYER'S GU IDE

tOS ANGELES LUIITET AND TU'|IIEI PIODUCIS

Ancricon Hordwood Co. --.-.-----..-..-..-----.J19-1235

Ang.lus Hordwood Compony ---------.-.-[Udlow 7-6168

Arcoto Rcdwood Co. lKcn Conwoyl---.WEbrter 6-4848

Ascociotcd Rcdwood l{ills --.-----OVcrbrook 5-8741

Atlcis Lunber Co. --------------.----.----.JrAAdison 7-2326

Bock Lumbcr, J. Willion --------------..--REpublic l -8726

&ugh Foresl Produclr Corp.-----.-..--.-...12131 330-7451

8litr lumber Co., lnc. ----.-.-RAymond 3-1681-3-3454

Sohnhofi [umber Co., Inc. .-..-.--.-----.-.--........-263-9361

Brooks-Dodge [umber Co. .---.-.--...OVcrbrook 5-8650

Erookr-Sconlon, lnc, .--.-.-.---.--.--.- ----"----..171 41 529-21 49

E. [. Bruce Co. lJim McFodden).-..-.---.l2l3l 622-9845

Brurh Induslriol lumbcr Co. .--------.RAynond 3-3301

Col-Pocific Solcr Corp. ---.--685-6450

Col-Soc !umber Soles.-..-..--.----.-----.-----(2131 685-5288

Conrofidqtcd lumber Co. ------.-----*.SPrucc 5-3477

Gowford, lumber, F. l "--.--....-..-----.- ---.---J7 1-2461

Evons Products Co. ([umberl-....-....----...-.-..-..---879.1 833

Evonr Producls Co. (Plywood)---."---.-..RAymond

Son Anlonio Construclion Co. ...------UNderhill 5-1245

Treolcd Pole Euilder--...-------- ---------------17 1 11 986-1166

sASH-DOOts-mt LLWORK-SCREE N5 ,YiOULDING.-.IUITDING'YIAIERIALS

Arlcsio Door Co., lnc. ....--..-.---...-.UNderhill 5-1233

Associotad Molding Co. .--.--.-.-.-......RAymond 3-3221

Rolph E. Bennett Co. l2l3l 723-9156

Colifornio Door Co.---.----.--------...-..-...l.Udlow 8-2141

Colifornio Ponel & Veneer Co. ....-.-.t\tAdison 7-0057

Corlow Compony --------------..----.Plcosont 2-3136

Eckstrom Plywood & Door Co....-..-...-.12t3, 233-1228

Moplc Bror,, lnc. --.--------.-...--..-...-...OXbow 8-2536

lAoson Supplics, Inc. ---------.-----.ANgalus 9-0657

Nordohl Monufocluring Co. .-.-..-.....-...-........-.849-267 5

Reody Hung Door lilfg. Co. -.--.-...-.-.---Vlcloria

8-8351

Woodlond Producls Co. ---.----------(7141 YUkon 6-7981

SPECIAL SERVICES

A*ocioled }iolding Co. .........--..----RAymond 3-3221

Berkot Mfg. Co. .-.-....-.........

C.olif. tbr. Inspcclion Scrvicc ..---NOrmondy 5-5431

trocnon & Co., Slephcn G. ....-------.---ORiole 3-350O

Franont Forcrt Produclr ------.--.---.--Rdynond 3-9643

Gollchcr Hordwood Co. --------.-.---.-.Plcocont 2-3796

Gcorgio-Pocific Corp, ([umber) ..-..--RAymond 3-9261

Gcorgio-Pocific Corp. (Plyroodl ..-.-.RAymond 3-9261

Gcorgio-Pocifc Corp. ----------.----.-..-..-.TRionglc 7-5643

Globc Inlcrnolionol ..--.----......-.--.-.-.......UPton 0-6456

..lildllaon jttlockln twrbcr Co. ------*...585-a5O6

'ffcrbcrg lumbrr Sqlo .------------.---l Unoy l-6ilE6

Fill lumbor Co., O. M. --.----------l2l3l lrtUrroy 4-261O

Hoover Co., A. 1.. ....---.---.------------CUmbcrlond 3-9078

Hufi Lumber Compony ...------...... ..Ptymouth 6-8191

dughes Lumber Soles -----.-..---------.---......(21 31 245-5553

Indcpendenl Bldg. /vloteriols Co. ---..---.----.....636-8345

lnforrlole Conlqincr Corp. ..-.--------..-.-----.-..--JE 1-67 68

Jomb Dondy lumber Co. .------.-------.--RLymond 3-7382

Jcwctl Lumber Soles ........"-.--..----.-...FRonlier 8-8292

lorhlcy, Dovid E. --.Chopmon 5-8805

los-Col lumber --(213) tUdlow 2-5311

Morquort-Wolfe [unrbcr Co. --.-----.----..--...--.77 5-2693

Muflcn lumber Co., Floyd ---678-5331

Muluol Aioulding ond Lumbcr Co. .----FAculty l-0877

Nclh lumber Soles, A. W.---.-..-...-.--.---....---.972-128O

Ollvcr tumbcr Co. .--*---.---...-*---...---RAymond 3-0053

Orgood, Robert S. .-.-DUnkirk 2-8278

?ocif,c Fir Soles .-..-..-..---.......-.--.-.-.---...MUrroy 2-3533

Pocific [unber Co., The .--.----..----CUmberlond 3-9078

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

Pon Ariofic Troding Co- lnc, --------...Rlchmond 7-7521

Pcircc Compony, Al ---.---.--------...-..--NEvodo &10O9

Pcnbcrlhy lumbcr Co. LUdlow 3-4511

Rockporl Redwood Co. .--.------------....-.-..------.115-2896

Roy Forcrl Producls Co, --.-----....-...-..TRiongle 2-lO7O

Sonford-Lussicr, Inc. ..----.-.---.-.--..-.-.AXminsfer 2-91 8l

Sinmons Hordwood Lumber Co, .-...-..-.SPruce 3-l9lO

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

Soulh Boy Redwood (Howthornef ----..OSborne 6-2261

Stohl tumbcr Co. -...--.-.-----.-----...-..-..ANgelus 3-6844

Stondord lumber Co,, Inc. --------------(2131 685-,f041

Stqnlon & Son, E. J. ....LUdlow 9-5581

Sumnif lumber Co. ----------------.--.ANgelur l-2161

Suttle & Keller lumber Co. -------.-.-.--.-.-Gllbcrl 3-89O9

Tocorno lumber Solcr, Inc. -------------.-.MUrroy l -6361

Torfcr, Webster & Johnson, Inc, .-.-.--.ANqelus 9-7231

Twin Horbors Soles Co. ....-.625-9133

Union Lumber Co. ....--.-..-.-..--.-.--------.--l7l41 542-5669

Uniled Whlse, [umber Co, -..--.------OVerbrook 5-560O

Unifed Sfotes Plywood Corp. .------.--.-.LUdlow 3-3441

U.S. Plywood Corp, (Glendolel -----.----.-..Cllrur 4-2133

U.S. Plywood Corp. (Long Bcoch) ------HEmlock 2-3901

U.S. Pfywood Corp. (Sonfo Ano) ------Klnberly 7-1691

Wending-Nothon Co, ----..-.--.--...CUmberlond 3-9078

Wectern Hordwood [umber Co.----------...----.-...655-8933

Wcyerhoauser Conpony -..--..--....---Rlchmond 8-5451

Worehousc (Anohcim) -..-..--..-.-.---PRospect 2-5880

Wholesole Foresl Producls ..583-6013

TREATED TUTTBER_POIES-PIII NG-TIEs

Eqrlcr & Co., J. H. ...-DUnkirk 8-9591

Koppcru

C-Q Trucking Co, --....-......-......---.---.--RAynond 3-6557

Coo:t Ploning A ill -....-.-.......-..-.------lvtAdison 2-ll8l

Hunlcr Woodworks .--..--.----..---...--------SPruce 5-2544

NotPok Corp. ----(2131 LUdlow 3-1056

Security Point Mlg. Co. ----.------.---.-.--ANgelur l-0358

Willis-lrtoore Point Specioltiar.-.-.-----.LOrroine 4-4501

LUTIIBER HANDIING AND SHIPPING; CARllElS

Grcenfirld & Sco, Inc., H. il. -.-..-.-.NEvodo &1783

Son Bernqrdino - Rlverside -

Sonto Ano Areo

Colifornio Door Co. of [.A. .--------.-------.-----825-781 I

Corlow Compony ...--. TAlbor 5-0,672

Evons Products Co. (Plywoll Div.l--------.-(7141 737'0651

Georgio-Pocific Worehouse --.-.--.-.-OVerlond 4-5353

Horbor Lunber (Al Wilsonl-..-.--.----......--..Ov,{'8956

Hobbs Woll Lunber Co., Inc'.--...------..-...511'5197

Inlqnd lunrber Compony .---..------.-..--.-..TRinity 7-20O1

Key Corporolion .-.--.-..---.-..------------------------875'2060

So-Col Com rr erciol Steel.-.-.---- -.--------. --17 | 41 82 5 -677 O

Torfer, Wcbsler & Johnson ...------.-.-fRiongle 5-1550

Twin Horbors Lum ber Co.-------

SAN DIEGO AREA

LU}TBER AND I,UMBER PRODUCTS lndcpendent Bldg. l'{otcriolr Co. --.----(213) 636-83/t5

Inlond [umber Compony .--------.------.GRidley 4-1583

itlople Bros., Inc. -...-.....--..-..-..-..-.--------.Hlckory 2-8895

Reitz Co., E. t. --.-.-----.-----.--.-.-.-...---.(714) Gt 9-,1166

South Boy Redwood Co. (los Angeles)---.ZEnifh 2261

Torler, Websler & Johnson .-.--.-.-------GRidley 7-1171

Weyerhoeuser Compony .----------COngrcsc 1-3312

BUII,DING IAATERIALS

Arf esio Door Co.--------.--...-.-.-- ---.-.-.-.-.--.--.-..112-77 8S

Georgio-Pocifi c Corp. ....--..--.-.- --------V 1 41 262-9955

So Cof Commerciol Steel--.-..-....---.-----V l4l 23,{-l 851

Unifed Stotes Plywood Corp. ...-....--..BElmont 2-5078

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

ARCATA

Arcoto Redwood Compony .--.----.-.---.---Hlllsidc 3-5031

Associolcd Rc.dwood AAills ..-.------.VAndyke 2-2416

Col. Pocific Soles Corp.

EUGENE

7 52-2955

Fremonl Forest Albert A. Kelley Productr ----------------Dlomond 3-9267 €o. -.----..---------.-------(5031 3131124

Pocific Fir 5-0151

U.S. Plyrood Corp, .-..------..-.---.--.-..Dlomond 2-llll

Cccil E. Wingord lunbcr Co. ..----.---.--.----......345-0328

HOOD RIVER

Edwqrd Hines lumber Co......-...-.----.----(503) 386-2or'.l

MEDFORD

Ed Founloin lunrbsr Co.

Wen dl ng-Nolhon Co. ---.--.--- ---------------J7 2-m63

oswEGo

Slongc Lunber Co, .-------.------.-----.--(503) 636-7681

PORTLAND

Dont & Russcll, Inc. .-.--...--.......-------.--.....CA 6-2311

Engineered Softwood Producls .---.-.---.---------228-236

Evons Producls Co. -----.-.--.--.. -.-...----------*---222-5592

Forcsl Fibcr Produclr Co. ---..-.------------Ml 4-9158

Georgio Pociftc Corp. --------222-5561

AAoore Dry Kiln Compony .---------.----AVenuc &O636

Pope & Tofbol ----------------228-9161

Twin Horbon lunbcr Co. ---2281112

Tunoc Lumber Co. ----------.-..-.-.....--CApilol 6-6661

U.S. Plyrood Corp. .-.---.---.--...-.-..--CApitol 7-0437

Wcycrhoeuscr Co.

BUYER'S GU I DE

WASHINGTON

TONGVIEW

Inl'f Poper Co. (Lon9-Bell Div.)-.--..-.--.--.(2061 423-2110

SEATTTE

U.S. Plywood Corp. -..-.--.------.--.-.----------.------PA--2-65OO Tumoc Lumber Co. --------....----..-..-.-...-.-------AT

VANCOUVER

Int'l Poper Co. (l.ong-Bell Div.)-.--.......---(503) 285-1300 wtNtocK Shokerlown

SAN FRANCISCO

TU'\,IBER AND TU'VIIER PRODUCTS

Redwood Co. .-.-.-...--------.-.-.-__-.-YUkon 6-2062

Col-Pocific Soles Corp, YUkon l-8620

Evons Producls Co. .-----.---.---.--.....---..---.-...826-2411

Georgio-Pocific Corp. .--...-.------....-._-.-DOuglos 2-3388

Holl Co., Jomes L, ....----SUtter l-7520

Hoffinon Mockin Lumber Co. .-----..--.-JUniper 4-6262

Horbor Lumber Compony ...-.------.-..--_..YUkon 2-9727

Higgins lumber Co., J. E. ....------..-.--VAlencio 4-8744

Hobbs Woll [umber Co., Inc, ....-..-----Flllmore 6-6000

Lomon Lumber Co. ....--.-.--------..-.--..----..YUkon 2-4376

MocBeoth Hordwood Compony ----------Mlssion 7-0772

Torfcr, V/ebsler & Johnson, lnc. .----PRospect 6-1200

Union Iumber Compony -------.-.-----...-----SUtter l-6170

Uniled Stotes Plywood Corp. -.--...----.JUniper 5-5005

Wcndling-Nolhon Co. .------..--.-.......-------SUtter l-5363

Weslern Forest Producfs of S.F. .-..--!Ombord 1-876O

Weyerhoeuser Compony ------319-1411

SASH-DOORS-WI NDOWS-i OUtDl NGS BUITDING MATERIALS

Arlesio Door Co..-.,----------.--------.--...".--..--.-.-----589-997 4

Coloveros Cement Co. .--------.---.-----.DOuglos 2-4224

TREATED TUMBER_POIES

BAY

Georgio-Pocifi c Corp.

OBITUARIES

Robert H. "Bob" Meyer, popular East Bay retailer, died April 21, in the Veterans Hospital in Nfartinez, after losing a valiant year-Iong battle with a malignant brain tumor. He was 46.

A native Californian, Bob Meyer graduated from the University of California while working part-time for the old Oakland Lumber Company. He served in the South Pacific during the Second World War and it was in Austr"alia that he met his bride-to-be, Joyce. The couple were married shortly

SERVICE IS OUR MOST IMPORTANT PRODUCT

after Meyer v-as discharged from service.

With the assistance of a small GI loan, Meyer opened a retail lumber yard at 14511 Ijast 14th Street in San Leandro. The business opelatecl successfully and on January 1, 1963, lleyer bought out Wyllie Lumber Conrparry aL 1,4200 Washington Avenue in San Leandlo and moved his Home Lumber Company into the big three and one-half acre operation, This business was sold to Larsen Brothels Lumber Co. three months ago.

Bob Meyer was active in the community affairs of San Leando and was a Hoo-Hoo member.

He leaves his witlow, Joyce, of their home at 637 Ascot Drive, Oakland; three small children; and his father, Henry A.

M I T LUMBER COMPANY

Huntly A. Wark, 75, retired u'holesale lumber salesman, died March 19 in Lancaster, Calif., after a long illness.

Mr. Walk formerly ll'as associated with Hammond Lumber Company, Monarch Screen and Manufacturing Company, Los Angeles, and the E. K. Wood Lumber Company. He was all active Hoo-Hoo supporter. He attencleil high school and college and spent some time at Oxford University, EngIand. X{r. Wark was a pilot in the Royal Air Force in World War I and was wounded in that conflict.

Mr. Wark is survived by his widow, Nellie, of Lancaster; two daughters, Mrs. Eileen -F orte of Los Angeles and Mrs. Diane Gravatt of Lancaster; and five grandsons.

PI(IZZ.ITI.IIIGi- ?

Puzzling over a dependable source of quality redrruood lumber? Try ARCO and see how neatly the pieces fall into place.