Hoo-Hoo-Elle Club No.3 Holds Concol in Son Froncisco

Marion Dillon, Union Lumber Co.; Nes Young, California Redwood Association; Minnie Wicklund, Union Lumber Co.; Audrey Rayer, Dant & Russell Sales Co. (Lumber Division); Sibil Larsson, Union Lumber Co.

For the time being, the San Francisco Hoo-Hoo-Ette Club No. 3 will continue with its present temporary officers, which are: Bessie Pappas, president; Tilo Trethewey, treasurer; and Claire Zimmerman, secretary.

Plywood From New Guineo Enters Son Froncisco Horbor

(San Francisco Chronicle)

It seems fitting that something new should come into the port of San Francisco during our observance of Foreign Trade week. And something is on the way.

It is the first shipment of Klinki plywood from New Guinea. It arrived for unloading in our Foreign Trade Zone.

There is an interesting story of international cooperation as well as trade behind this first import of a new product. That story is told by Hugh J. Jacks, president of The Pacific Coast Company, and A. W. Agnew, president of California Pacific Plywood, Inc., of Sonoma, a u'hollyowned subsidiary.

Friday evening, May 2I, marked a successful Concat for the San Francisco Hoo-Hoo-Ette Club No. 3. The meeting was held at the Bellevue Hotel in San Francisco, and saw 21 "Kittens" enlightened as to "Hoo-Hoo Land" in a full Hoo-Hoo Concat ceremony. Ann Murray, founder and organizer of the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo-Ette Club No. 1, made a special trip from Los Angeles to be present for this first No. 3 Club Concat, and in addition, the following San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club No. 9 members were present: Bob Bonner, Hedlund Lumber Sales, Inc.; Al Bell, Hobbs Wall Lumber Co.; John Driscoll, Simpson Logging Co.; Jack Dollar, The Robert Dollar Co. and photographer for the event; Jim Ramsey, Weyerhaeuser Sales Co. ; Earl Carlson and John Saner, Santa Fe Lumber Co.; Herb Schaur, South City Lumber & Supply Co.; and Max Cook, The California Lumber Merchant.

Following is a list of the "Kittens" given the full treatment at the Concat, however some of the bystanders noted that during certain parts of the ceremony the gals seemed remarkably informed.

Claire Zimmerman, Lumber Merchants Assn. of Northern California; Janet Johnston, The Robert Dollar Co. ; Tilo Trethewey, Santa Fe Lumber Co.; Sally Haddox, Weyerhaeuser Sales Co.; Lucy Lipe, The Pacific Lumber Co.; Ruth Belvin, Union Lumber Co.; Elise Wahlund, Simpson Logging Co.; Delores Swift, Simpson Logging Co.; Peggy Brooks, Wood Conversion Co.; Florence Barnes, Gillon Lumber Co.; Avonne Akey, A. M. Hardy Co.; Mildred Machtowski, The Pacific Lumber Co.; Emily Bassonville, Simpson Logging Co.; Doris Belber, Hobbs \A,'a11 Lumber Co. ; Lois Dobberstein, Geneva Lumber Co.; Lee Braden, Dant & Russell Sales Co. (Fir-Tex Division) ;

Klinki plywood is produced in a new $3,000,000 plant just erected in New Guinea. The plant was built by Commonwealth-New Guinea Timbers, Ltd., and was financed jointly by Bulolo Gold Dredging, Ltd., a company r,vhose stock is largely owned by Americans, and by the Commonwealth Government of Australia.

So it's a partnership of government and private enterprise.

The mill itself is the biggest and most modern in the Southern Hemisphere, and it was designed by American engineers-Industrial Engineers and Contractors of Tacoma, Wash. It is equipped with the latest Arnerican plywood processing machinery, and operated by Australians.

The plant is running two shifts on a five-day r'veek, and its output is moved 75 miles over a mountain highway to the port of Lae for overseas shipment.

It was put there, in tough back-country jungle, because that's the site of a virgin stand of timber of exceptionally high quality. It's almost grainless and has an exceptionally low persentage of knots.

So the logs yield a maximum of high-grade veneer and plywood. And incidentally, a program of reforestation has already been inaugurated.

California Pacific Plywoods is importing the l(linki wood, both as veneer and plywood. It plans to utilize the veneer for the faces of plywood panels, with the inner plys made from tin-rber stands of the company in X'fendocino county.

The product will be offered for sale by California I'acific Plywoods and by Fiddes-Moore & Co. of Chicago.

Twin-City lumber Go. Gets Exclusive on Production of New Tiller' Oregon' Mill

Tr,vin-City I-umber Co., San Francisco and Los Angeles, announces that they have obtained exclusive sales of all Sugar, Ponderosa and Idaho White Pine produced by the neu. Nlogan Lumber Co. sawmill at Tiller, Oregon.

Approximately two years ago the Sottthern Oregon Sugar Pine Corp. sold their entire operation, sawmills, dry kilns and remanufacturing plant. Just recently the Mogan Lumber Co. took over the former Southern Oregon Sugar Pine Corp. sar,vmill at Tiller, Oregon, and also the dry kilns and entire remanufacturing plant at White City, Oregon. The mill l-ras been completely remodeled and is no.n, capable of cutting 90,000 feet per shift.

For the time being, the new Mogan sawmill will feature 4/4 through 16/4 Sugar Pine Selects, 4/4 through 8/4 Sugar Pine Shop Commons and a limited supply of Ponderosa Pine and Idaho White Pine; however, full consideration is being given to the possibility of mixed car sl"ripment of Pine, K.D. Fir Clears and green Fir Dimension, in addition to cutting orders for thick Shop and Commous.

Fir Door Instifute Officers

The nerv officers of the Fir Door Institute elected at thc recent meeting in Tacoma, Washington, were: Robert N. Kelly, Portland, Oregon, president; vice president, Joseph H. Manley, Washington Door Company, Tacoma; secretary, C. L. Emery, Simpson Logging Company, Sheltor-r, Washington; treasurer, James L. Buckley, Georgia-Pacific Plywood Company, Olympia, Washington; and trustees, A. C. Peterson, E. A. Nord of E. A. Nord Company, Everett, Washington, and Douglas Gonyea, Clear Fir Products, Inc., Springfield, Oregon.

The Fir Door Institute includes 12 West Coast manufacturers who produce nearly 60 per cent of all house doors used in the nation, over 90 per cent of the fir panel doors sold. The Institute is charged with quality control of all doors produced, as well as handling the advertising and promotional activities and merchandising aids for dealers.

Olson Lumber Gompony Discontinues Retqil Business

Frank Olson, president of the Olson Lumber Company, Inc., .,Alhambra, California, anounced last month his firrn had discontinued the retail lumber department and would concentrate all effort in the wholesale and sawmill divisions of this old established Southern California lumber business. The wholesale lumber concern will continue its business at 10Ol South Fremont Ave., Alhambra, where the yard and offices are located.

Joins Hqllinon Mockin lumber Co.

The Hallinan Nlackin Lumber Co., Inc. announced recently the association of L. J. "Larry" Ort'en with their San Francisco office at 681 Market Street effective April 1, 1954. Larry will assist Jeff Tully in the Pine Department atrd with Eastern sales.

Larry Owen has had a lifetime of experience in the lumber field. He has had over 20 years of experience in the California lumber industry and prior to his present association, was with a Chico wholesale lumber concern for several Years.

lmprove Wooden Bridges

Bureau of Public Roads officials announces that they will develop a set of improved wooden bridge specifications. The decision was announced at a meeting r,vith various members of the wood industry.

This meeting, which was held under the auspices of the Forest Products Division of the Business and Defense Services Administration of the Department of Commerce, presented an opportunity for industry spokesmen to discuss the over-all policy of the Bureau of Public Roads regarding use of wood in the highway construction program, with particular emphasis on bridges.

Poper Mill Poy Boost

PORTLAND, Ore.-A 2/o wage increase across the board is provided for 18,000 pulp and paper mill workers in 37 Washington, Oregon and California plants in a new agreement between two A. F. L. unions and the Pacific Coast Association of Pulp and Paper Manufacturers. The new base rate will be $1.80 an hour for men and 91.5071 an hour for women.

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