The California Lumber Merchant - June 1957

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Our Field Representotive, Jock Bostrom, will mqke iob-site demonstrotions of TYCO PRODUCTS-ond ihe nome brond moteriols we distribute to Retoil Deolers ONLY'

He will contoct Architects, Builders ond Clients selected by ihe deolers ond will exploin lhe solient feotures of R.O.W. Wood Window Units, Tyco Aluminum Cosements ond Polio Doors.

This new DEATER SERVICE is NOT iniended to conflict with normol trode proctices. lt hos been estqblished qs o ioint venture wilh our deolers to bring our products to the ottention of the consumer. Also to help in the soles promotion of oll moteriols ot the building level.

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THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT

HOW LUMBER LOOKS

While the market shows some sisns of firmness. Crow's Lumber Price Index declined again in the feriod ending May 31. Standard & Btr. green Douglas fir dimension got some support from strike threats in the Northwest, especially 2xi0, but lower grades showed no hopeful signs. White fir dimension is moving in good volume, common-grade Ponderosa pine boards were softer with seasonal appearance of air-dried stock. and selects and shoo srades were slow at rnost mills. Plywood sheathing continued firm .-. The log market

CATENDAR of CO'NING EVENTS

June

LOS ANGELES HOO-HOO CLUB 2, Lakewood Country Club (Long Beach), Golf and Dinner meeting and Election of 1957-58 Officers, June 21.

PACIFIC COAST WHOLESALE HARDWOOD DISTRIBUTORS ASSN. Annual Meeting, Ojai Valley Inn, Ojai, Calif.-June 23-27.

tuly

PHILIPPINE NTAHOGANY ASSOCIATION 24th annual meetins, La Valencia hotel, La Jolla, California, July 8-9.10; \\ralter G. Scrim, president.

NORTHWEST HARDWOOD ASSOCTATTON (3253 Commodore Way, Seattle 99) quarterly meeting, Hotel Leopold, Bellingham, Wash., luly ZO.

October

NATIONAL HARDWOOD LUMBER ASSOCIATION, 60th annual convention, Hotel Sherman, Chicago, Ill., October 1-2-3.

in western Oregon remained steady with only minor price adjust- ments. Labor-contract negotiations and federal housing legislation underway were expected to have strong influence on future market condltlons.

- Shipments of 497 mills reporting to the National Lumber Manufacturers Assn. in the week ended-Mav 25 were 4.8/a above oroduction; new orders were 3.1/o above. Foi the year to date, ordeis were 0.5/o abov e production.

Orders of 127,796,763 feet climbed a tremendous 36.1% over productiorr of 93,725,798 feet at the 164 mills reporting to the West Cbast Lumbermen's Assn. in the holiday week ending-June l; shipments were 10.7/o above production; perhaps foreshadowing a .eturn to (Continued on Page 79)

P. O. BOX 73I, ARCADIA. CALTFORNIA

TWX ARCADIA CAL 726I

Herb Meier

Andy Jones

Morsholl Meyer

Lumber Monufqclurers Toke Strong Stcrnds on Government qnd Union Pressures on Business

l3oston, May 1S-Spokesmen for the nation's lumber producers called on Congress and the Administration today to cut taxes and federal spending and end all government subsidies not vital to national security. Concluding a three-dav Spring meeting in this historic city, directors of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association also appealed for legisIation which would:

1. Ban compulsory unionism.

2. Curb union "terrorism" in labor-management disputes.

3. Make the unions subject to existing anti-trust laws.

4. Repeal federal statutes regulating wages and working hours in private employment.

NLMA directors urged these reforms in adopting a ne\\r 3,000-word policy statement bolstering the association's stand on a wide range of public issues.

Central theme of the new policy declaration is a call for less government control and greater reliance upotr "private initiativq, individual responsibility and sound economic principles."

Special attention is given to the dangers of inflation. In this connection, the association warns that inflation rvill give Communists an opportunity to step up their promotion of "government interventionst' in private industry affairs.

"The aftermath of inflationary spirals may well be the destruction or confiscation of property and incomes, nationalization of businesses, rigid government control of all activities and the loss of individual freedom," the association emphasized.

A section on forest policy reaffirms the lurnber industry's position in behalf of sound forest management practices, maximum utilization of the nation's forest resources and a minimum of federal interference rvith industry operations.

Follorving are excerpts from the nerv policy statement:

LABOR RELATION$-"Q1sa1 progress has been made through the enactment of the Labor-Management Relations Act of 7947 (Taft-Hartley Act) in correcting injustices and inequities in the field of labor relations and in creating reasonable limitations upon both labor and management. But compulsory union membership, feather-bedding, secondary boycotts, monopoly unionism and usurpation of police pou'er of the states still need correction.

"We have witnessed repeated instances of terrorism in labor drsputes which should not have been tolerated. Defiance of federal and state laws enacted in the interest of a rvell-ordered and stable society should,not be permitted. Especially the states should not be deprived of their sovereign power to enforce police measures for the protection of life and property and for the good order of the community."

WAGE-HOUR LAWs-"Legislation of wages and hours of work . is a disservice to those it purports to benefit. Wage-hour larvs are inherently inflationary. They stifle industrial arrd business expansion, reduce opportunity for employment and prevent a free florv of capital into all areas and regions of the nation. We urge their repeal at the earliest possible date."

SOCIAL SECURITY-"Jhe federal old age benefit system should be operated only on a pay-as-you-go basis. Un-

einployment compensation should be administered strictly and only for the Purpose intended' Idleness must not be made attractive by excessively liberal unemployment payments. The federal social security system should not be extended into the field of health and medical insurance'"

TAXATION-"Both individual and corporate income tax rates are too high and should be reduced. Particularly are the progressive individual surtax rates unjustifiable. It can be bluntly said that there is no justification for our steeply graduated tax rates except it be the confiscation and redistribution of incomes and property accumulations on an equalitarian basis. This is the 'Open Sesame' to socialism."

FISCAL AND FINANCIAL MATTERS-"Fiscal integrity cannot be assured without a balanced budget. Primary emphasis should be upon economy in government rather than upon increased taxes. Federal grants to the states should be gradually curtailed with complete cessation as the final goal. All government subsidies not vital to the de{ense efiort and national security should be discontinued as quickly as possible. Present lending activities of the federal 'government should be eventually reduced in scope. Pending their discontinuance and transfer to private responsibility, they should be so conducted as to avoid confusion rvith the political functions of government."

MONOPOLY AND COMPETITION-"The individual seller must be permitted in good faith to meet the prices of his competitors. Labor organizations have now attained such a degree of economic power that they should be made generally subject to the anti-trust .larvs, provided the right to organize and bargain collectively is preserved. Specifically, the larv should provide that no person as a condition precedent to employment or continuation of employment shall be required to be a member of a labor union."

INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS-"Areas for federal or state action should be distinguished and separated by applying the test of which government can best serve the (Contiirued on Page 74)

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The annual lumber convention period has ended, and much good has undoubtedly been done the industry by those meetings. Ttrey used to say that God helps those who help themselves, but in modern times the fact that God helps those who help each other has been proven in innumerable ways by the following-through of the association idea. The man who belongs to his rightful association, and puts a lot into it, no doubt gets a lot out of it. And he profits about in proportion to his investment.

One of the great lumber manufac,turing associations devoted much of its attention at its recent annual convention to promoting the use of more and better advertising and publicity for the entire lumber industry, and the opinion was expressed that such action would not only be a good idea, but practically a must, if prosperity in the lumber and building business*is*to be had.

Associations, largely through their conventions, promote more and better ties of friendship between men in the same industry. There is an old Arabian proverb concerning friendship that goes like this: "A friend is one to whom one may pour out all the content of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping and, with the breath of kindness, blow the rest awayJ' *

"Regardless of the c.hanges that take place in business, there always remain unchanged and undimmed the eternal verities of character, &ronesty, integrity, truthfulness, fidelity of purpose, and loyalty to* trust."-Roy Gaither.

Long ago Henry Ford became the father of high wages for working men, when he started paying his men, without t&reir suggestion, more wages than any of them had ever thought of asking. And Henry made a remark at that time that is unforgettable. He said, "I am looking for a lot of men with an infinite capacity for not knowing what can't be done'tt

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The Bible tells of the futility of human riches. And the Federal Income Tax blank brings it right up to date, and translates it into terms .Tttt* ulderstood.

Perhaps the most famous of the many impressive things said by Henry Clay was this: "I .have heard something said about allegiance to the South. I know no South, no North, no East, no West to which I owe my allegiance. Sir, f would rather be right than Presid.?a.'; q

The famous self-written epitaph on the tomb of Robert Louis Stevenson, on a mountain top in Samoa, is often misquoted. Here is the text: "IJnder the wide and starry sky, dig

BY JACK DIONNE

the grave and let me lie, glad did I live, and gladly die, and I laid me down with a will. This be the verse you grave for ms-hs1q he lies where he longed to be, trome is the sailor, home from the sea, and the

home from the hill."

If you have not the text in your scrapbook for your children to read in days to come, here is t*re farewell address that Abe Lincoln made to his friends at Springfield, Ill., when he was leaving for Washington. For grandeur it classes with the Gettysburg Address. Here it is: "No one, not in my situation, can appreciate my feeling of sadness at this parting. To this place, and t&re kindness of these people, f owe everything. Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and passed from a young to an old man. Here my children have been born, and one is buried. I now leave, not knowing when or whether ever I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested on Washington. Without the assistance of the Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance, I cannot fail. Trusting in Him who can go with me and remain with you, and be everywhere for good, let us confidently hope that all will yet be well. To His care commending you, as I hope in your prayers you will commend me, I bid you an affectionate farewell."

John Ruskin, great thinker, thoroughly diagnosed men of the Lincoln type when he wrote: "The first test of a truly great man is in his humility. Really great men have a feeling that greatness is not IN them but THROUGH them, and they see something divine in every other man, and are endlessly, incredibly, foolishly merciful." t<*t<

In 1798 Napoleon, seeking more worlds to conquer, sailed for Egypt and took with him many of the foremost engineers and scientists of those times. One night on deck these men got to discussing religion, most of them atheistic in their beliefs. They argued scientifically against the existence of a God, and many orthodox beliefs. Napoleon only listened. Finally he rose to go to bed, and as he did so he pointed with his hand toward the canopy of the heavens, where billions of stars were shining, and asked that learned audience: "Very ingenius, gentlemen, but who made all that?" * ,r *

In the history of modern warfare, no telegram made up of Biblical words has ever been so thoroughly and frequently quoted as the one that Cecil Rhodes sent to Dr. Jameson, when they were both fighting for England in South Africa. Rtrodes heard that Jameson was contemplating what has since been called his "ill-fated" raid into the Transvaal, and he sent Jameson this wire: "Read Luke fourteen thirty-one." And when Jameson read it, he got this message: "Or what king, going to make a war against another king, sitteth not

"Babe, this here's a ree-tort," explained Paul Bunyan to his faithful Blue Ox. "Fer pressure treatin' wood. Them Baxter folks never dunk it, er spray it, er paint it. They got a real fancy process: They stick the wood inside this ree-tort, lock her up fer zo hours. and when she comes out she's BAXCO pressure treated-chock full o' presarvatives." The great logger scratched his head with a pine tree. "I dunno how they do it, Babe, but them Baxter boys shore treat wood good-they make it last forever." :S

PRODUCTS

;t Not quite.t'oreuer, Paul-but wood, properly pressure treated, does last up to ten times longer. For maximum long-life protection against insects and rot, authorities agree that wood preservatives should be applied by pressure treating-and BAXCOT Forest Products are a/ways pressure treated. As \\'est Coast pioneers in the wood preserving industry, our experienced engineering staff can assist in supplying you with the right preservative, the proper treatment, for any job. For a prompt quotation-inquire today.

Pres erca t te lrent me n t s auai lab le : Creo s ote, Crco s ote- P etro le um solution, Creosote-Ptnta solution, Penta, Chemonite, ChromatedZine-Chloride, and Protexol fre retltrdnnts, @ J. H. Baxter & Co. 1956

5 REASONS

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\\|/E AssocIATE with Banking, the idea of valuablesW motr.y, stocks and bonds, deeds, insurance policies, jewelry. These are articles of d'epeulable aalue which the banker keeps safe for us-against our needs.

In the present building market-with its ups and downsthe builder and the dealer will do well to consider and weigh the depend,able aalue of the building materials they handle. Doubly important is their involvement and investment in the bread-and-butter, $2l-billion modernization market. If they work with known quantities, they can Protect themselves against costly surprises.

KllOWll POLIGIES

There was once a bank president who said, "I keep my desk in the bank's front window. The least I can do is to let the customers and the stockholders know where I am at all times." Similarly, you always know where Flomasote stands. Homasote's business policies are knov/n policies-made clear to all by every Homasote Representative, frequently reaffirmed in writing by Homasote Management. I7hether it is a matter of allotmenq distribution methods, or discounts, there are no variations. By this adherence, the interests of the retailer and the distributor are just as fully protected as are the interests of Homasote Company.

QUALITY

is one of the yardsticks of depend'able aalue. As the makers of Homasote, we are not suggesting that Homasote Boards are so precious they require storage in bank vaults. 'We can establish Homasote qualiry with on€ simple fact. there are no storehouses at the Homasote Mill. \Tinter or Summer, any Homasote on hand is stored outdoors-as it has been for 42 years. That is why Admiral Byrd could build Little America with Homasote-and find the material "as good as new" 16 years later. That is why you can use this true "outdoor board" for exposed exteriors as safely as for the finest interiors. Homasote can wait wecks, months, or yezrs to be painted, if need be. That is why leading architects and builders now specify this top-quality product for their top-qualiry homes.

All Homasote Products are Quality Products-born of almost half a century of American pioneering. They have stood the test of time-and of every kind of climate and weather condirion. They are made-each piece individually molded-by careful, scientific engineering. Every end use is the result of extensive research, backed by the experience of satisfied users over periods as long as 40 years.

Homasote Products are usually cheaper applied-always cheaper in the long run. And-Homasote akttalls stands back of its products.

In essence, you can feel that your ttading in Homasote Products is a dependable lifetime investment-the kind of business and the kind of securiry on which there is never any buying or selling on margin, never any under-the-table dealings.

DEPE]IDABLE PRIGES

There is no greater proof of known policies than dependable prices. Over the past 2O yeas, Homasote prices have slowly increased by 407o; the prices have never receded. In the same period, many other products have gone up in price by some 707o; this increase v/as on a fluctuating and frequently unpredictable basis. The end result is that no retailer or distributor of Homasote has ever bought at a given price and found, the next day, that the price had been cut.

WIDE RA]IGE

Given quality and dependabiliry, a wide range of products becomes an asset-to the dealer. the distributor. aod to the manufacturer. One stand- dealer, the know-howgoes into every product. ard of research, field testing, and Lnow-howgoes

The multiplicity of products and applications enables you to place combination oiders with one manufacturer-on the basis of true economy.

SHEAIHING -The fqmous Homosoia One-Mon Sheolhing, in 2' x 8' V-iointed ponelr, ir in o closs by itself. In sizet up to 8' x l4', Homqsofe rN/' BiS Sheets ore the economicol shecthing motcriolr for oll types of finishcd extcriorr.

AIR.FIOAI CONSTRUCIION"Conlinuout dry-woll conrtruction" is ot lost possible for cailings-wirh fhe Wilson Airfloof method. Homosole ponels ore suspended from ccilings,

WAIIS-Stqndord Homosofe (with linen finirh) ir qvsiloble in 2 fhickneses ond 17 clock :izes-for inieriors ond exteriorr, Slrioted ond Wood-textured Homosole ponels ore ovqiloble in 3 widthr, for decorolive use inside or out.

AIR.FTOAT ioists, roflers, or collor bcomr, wilh greot cconomies in lobor ond mqleriolr.

PRECISION.BUITT CONSIRUC.

TION-When you wdnf fo sell the whole house-or the pods insteod of the piecer-you con rely on lhis reseorch-tcstcd occomplishmenl in prefobricolion. By the Precision-Built Syrtem, $36-million

ROOF DECKINC-Homosole Type RD comes in 2'x 8'slobs, in 4 fhickners.s. Proparly opplied, lhese poncls rupport shingles, tilcs, built-up roofing, or 1" ol lighrweight concrete.

SIDINGS-A beoutiful oxporure of either 10" or 11" is providcd by economicol, duroble Homosote Bevclcd Siding. Now olso ovoiloble is Homosole grooved verticol siding for rtrikingly inodern designr AIR-COR PANElS-Scientificolly engincercd lo ovarcome condcnsotion problems under roofing, lhele multiloyer ponelr use Nqlurc'g own principlc of weolher-oir vanfilotion fo drqw off moislurc-reduce haoting ond cooling cosls dr wcll. Wilron Air<or ponels qlso mokc excellenl round-deodening portitiont.

UNDERIAYMENIS%" Rcsilbo

ond 7e" Homorolc Underloymentboth in I' x 1' chccls-orc rcsilienlfor wolking comfiorl ond for thc longcr life of quolity floor coverings.

Rcrilbose toker thc plocc of o pod under woll-lo-woll corpoting.

SOFF|TSOTEThir sroovcd roffif mqicriol-onother Airfloot opplicotionis fhc dnrwer lo thc soffit problem. Soffiirtc molches lhc mgdern dcsign of lorge

overhongs-eliminotec the need for boxing fhe rqftcrr for rupport.

of housing hqr bcen builFin record fimc-wirh quoliry unqucr!3oned.

SUPPORTINGYOUR EFFORTS

The Homasote Estimating System gives you the means for estimating the cost of a whole house in less than one hour. The 68-page Homasote Handbook gives you complete, practical detail -dre brow-how of consruction-for every part of the house. Easi-Bild * paslernsfsj the do-it-yourself market-enable you to rurn (on the average) an initial investment of. 520 into a profit of fi35.36. Motion pictures are available for your use on basic construction, on do-it-yourself proiects, on the rich Christmas figure market. Sales literature for use with consumers, architects and builders, is supplied for every line. This is practical literature with specification data, application insuuctions and blueprint detail. Homasote's nationwide advertising reaches consumers, architects, builders, dealers, and the farm market.

rD[e invite you to have a special meeting with a Homasote Representative. Let him help you re-appraise the present building market; let him show you in detail and with facts, 6gures, and films, why you have five good reasons'to bank on Homarcte.

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dorvn first and consulteth whether he be able, with ten thousand, to meet him that cometh against trim with twenty thousand?" * * >F

Thomas Jefferson, in addition to his other great personal qualifications, was the best-mannered of men. Rich or poor, peasant or prince, everyone who knew him liked him. He was a gentleman in every way that word could be interpreted. He was gentle, affable, kindly and courteous to everyone of high or low degree. Although he lived in times when personal animosities ran riot, and quarrels were the order of the day, he was untouctred by it. He never had an altercation or personal misunderstanding with anyone. He was never challenged in any personal way. He never entered into public debate, not even during the writing of the Declaration of Independence. He did not enjoy florid oratory. He spoke once of "logical reasoning and chaste eloquence, disfigured by no gaudy tinsel of rhetoric or declamation." He was born on April 13th, whictr made that a lucky day for America.

Mark Twain said that courage means "resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear." Robert Louis Stevenson said that courage consists in doing something you are mortally afraid to try. And General MacArthur was once quoted as saying that most soldiers are afraid facing death, but do th,eir duty just the same.

Victor Hugo wrote: "Man is neittrer the master of life nor of his fate. He can but offer to his fellow men efforts to diminish human suffering; he can but offer his God his indomitable faith in human liberty."

Hundreds of lumber and building materials dealers are cashing in on the popularity of Calaveras quality cements. Calaveras gives you a full line of cements under one brand name, from a single source of supply: l.

give you another advantage-rapid delivery to all parts of Northern California (and in the case of Calaveras white, throughout the eleven Western states). Start stocking Calaveras today!

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T&re Fr,ench Convention of long ago gave to the world a definition of liberty that has been aocepted by generations as practically perfect. He wrote: "The liberty of one citizen ceases only when the liberty oJ another citizen commences."

Disraeli thu.s describes th,e art of conversation: "The art of conversation consists of the exercise of two fine qualities. You must originate, and you must sympathize; you must possess at the same time the habit of communicating, and the habit of listening."

A philosopher is a man who can't enjoy life because he's so busy trying to figure out what it's all about.

And the country phil..;h"*; .fy" tt "t life is mostly made up of praying for rain, and then.rvis.hing it would clear up.

"Most arts require long study and application," said Lord Chesterfield, "but the most important art of all, that of pleasing, requires only the desire."

And the cynic sugger," in.l ol, tor.ign policy is simply a game of give and take: give everything-take nothing.

TV Show Promoles Wood Use

The rnoclern rvoocl scl'rool'n'as thc subcct of a spccial featttrc on Dave (iarrorvay's "To<lat"' program, lla,r' 13. 'fhe coast-tocoast tclecast was arrangetl u,ith the Nation;il llroadcasting Company in the iuterest of acquainting thc public rvith the valrres of the modern u,oorl school.

HYSTER MAKES THE RIGHT INDUSTRIAL TRUCK FOR YOUR JOB

Picturcd above is one of many typical examples of horl'Hyster@ Industrial Trucks are helping to effect tremendous savings in the cost of handling Lumber.

Er.en if you are now using lift trucks or have never used industrial trucks of any kind, your Hyster dealer can show you how you can quickly realize more profit from your operation s'ith these multi-purpose utility tools. Your Hyster dealer knows materials handling. he is an expert on the problems and thcir solution. He can help you rvith special techniques and cosr reducing methods. Call him today...rvhy nor rake advantage of his materials handling knc'w-how? He is listed under "Trucks-Industrial" in your tclcphone directory.

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PIANNING-your Hyster Deoler will plon your moteriols hondling operqtion from scrolch. or will onolyze your presenl syslem lo see if il con be improved.

THE RfGHT TRUCKlor yovr iob from Hysler's complete line of industriol trucks (1,000-30,000 lbs.) ond over 100 iob-otlochmenls for economicol lood hondling.

THE RIGHI SERVICE-omple spore porls stock, shop focililies, foclory-lroined mechonics ond qn efficient field service lhol keep your Hyster lifi lrucks going on your iob, wherever your iob might be locoted. Hyster lrucks ore noled the world over for lheir low downlime.

Materiuls Handling Trucks from 1,000 to 30,000 pound copdcities

One Hyster 150 'Kins of !ifl Trucks" does the complete hondling iob for this lumber deoler.

NRLDA Spring Meeting Finds Deolers Optimistic; Riding Crest of Repcrir, Remodeling Business Wcrve

Retail lumber dealers can look forward to gradual improvement in the mortgage situation, helpful changes and innovations in FHA's programs and regulatibns, an expanded_ progr-a- 9f- employee training, ind a bigger and better NRLDAtsxposition planned to appeal to both srnall and larg.e dealers, according to reports made to the board of directors of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association at its well-attended Spring meeting held in Washington last month.

Paul R. Ely, the association's president, told the board that in his travels to state and regional conventions he found a decided spirit of optimism among dealers everywhere Dealers, he said, are foru'ard-looking and progressive and are gearing themselves to give the public increasingly better service, so that their associations also must gear themseives to the needs of their members and help them provide those services. Mr. Ely also said that it was highly desirable to broaden the membership of the state and regional associations and urged that the problem be given prompt consideration.

H. R. Northup, NRLDA's executive vice-president, reported that the associa-tion rvas continuously cooperating with other industry organizations to increase the flow of mortgage money and predicted that the mortgage situation will improve gradually, although not as rapidly as the industry would like. He said NRLDA vvould continue to urge the adoption of a system of flexible interest rates, 'ivhich would go far toward preventing shortages such as have been experienced in recent months.

Miles L. Colean, construction economist, supported Mr. Northup's opinion that a gradual improvement in the flolv of mortgage money could be expected and said that,'while 1957 u'ould be a year of readjustment and turn-around in housing, 1958 definitely would be a year of expanded homebuilding activity. Another encouraging factor in the home building picture, aside from the better outlook for mortgage money, he said, is the fact that tl-re number of vacant and unsold homes is lower than at any time since 1950.

' He pointed out that dealers currently are faring better than the home-building trend would indicate because of ttre strong demand for repair and modernization.

Huge Remodeling Morket Seen

"We expect a minimum 1957 national market of $10 billion for additions, remodeling and repairs in the residential field alone, compared with an estimated 9 billion in 1956. For every dollar now being spent on new construction, approximately 80 cents is being spent on additions, alterations and repair of existing homes," recently declared Harold R. Berlin, Johns-Manville Corp. vice-president.

Tl.re association's national affairs counsel, J. H. Else, reported on NRLDA's legislative activities and on the legislative outlook. He expressed the hope that Congress rvould refrain from extending the n'age-hottr bill to include retailers but said continuous, aggressive rvork rvottlcl be needed to prevent such action. It is tt>o early to tell just what the terms of the nevv housing bill rvill be, he said, but it should include some far'oritble features, including lower dorvnpayrnents on FHA loans. There is little likelihood that the interest rate on GI loans rvill be increased, he added.

NRLDA also is urging Congress to defeat the freightabsorption bill, supporting the Passage of the Federal Tax Lien bill, rvhich rvould recluire the Internal Reventte Service to file a notice in the state before snch a lien can become valid against a mechanic's lien, and endorsing the repeal of t!'te 3/o federal tax cin transportation of propertv.

Byron Gray, attorney rvho has been representing the association in opposing the increase in freight rates, saitl that the outcome of the railroads' request is in doubt lrrrt should be decided within six to eigl-rt rveeks. He said the request of the railroads lvould increase the nation's freight bill by about $1,500,000,000 in addition to the increase of $500,000,000 already granted, and explained that NRLDA

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NRDTA Resolution on Plug-Door Box Cqrs

W.HEREAS, mechanical handling has become an important function of many retail lumber and building materials dealers in all sections of the country and a means of major savings in operating expenses for these dealers, and

WHEREAS, a large part of mechanical-handling savings is in the unloading of rail cars by mechanical means, and

WHEREAS, boxcars with wide-door openings are recluired for. the loading and unloading by mechanical means of most products of the building industry, and

WHEREAS, at the present time there are not enough boxcars with lvide-door openings in operation on the American railroads to fill the requirements of all shippers, and

WHEREAS, the Operations and Maintenance Department, Association of American Railroads, has recommended to all railroads their serious consideration of the boxcar which provides a rvide-door opening by rneans of a regular eight-foot door and an eight-foot plug door, known as the PLUG-DOOR boxcar, and

WHEREAS, several major railroads have had a successful experience with the plug-door boxcar and it has proven satisfactory for the shipment of lumber and other building products as well as all other commodities normally transported in boxcars, and

WHEREAS, the Materials Handling committee of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association, through a thorough investigation of the plug-door boxcar, has confirmed the facts set forth herein and recommends this boxcar for adoption by all railroads.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVFD that the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association, assembled at their semi-annual meeting in the Shoreham hotel, Washington, D.C., on this 21st day of May, 1957, recommend to all railroads that future boxcar replacements and additions be of the plug-door type, and that the railroads continue their eftorts to provide even better boxcars for the shipment of lumber and other long commodities, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all retail lumber and building materials dealers and all others interested in the retail lumber and building materials industry strongly urge all railroads to provide the plug-door boxcars in sufficient quantities to meet the needs of this industry, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be gent to the Operations and Maintenance Department of'the Association of American Railroads ; the members of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association; associations representing manufacturers of lumber and building materials, and any other interested individuals or organizations.

w.as opposing the increase on the grounds that it would unduly raise the cost and reduce the volume of construction.

James C. O'Malley, NRLDA's first vice-president and chairman of the Materials Handling comrnittee, reported on recent meetings with railroad representa-

tives and lumber manufacturers on the freight-car situation and said that both groups have showed gratifying interest in helping to provide and in using cars which can be unloaded at minimum expcnse. The ultimate goal is to make it possible to unload one thousand board feet a minute, hc said, through unitized shipping and mechanical unloading of lumber in boxcars.

The board approved a committee resolution recommending to the railroads that future boxcar replacements and additions be of the plug-door type and that cars of that type be provided in sufficient quantities to meet the needs of the lumber industry.

Arizona's O:Malley also reported that 220 dealers have offered to participate in the test shipment of unitized lumber in boxcars and said a form was being prepared on which those dealers could give the association uniform reportg on results of the tests.

Following a detailed proposal by John Dillon, sales trainr ing specialist, the board authorized NRLDA's Committee on Industry Relations ,to proceed with the development of a comprehensive training program for dealer employes, with the objective of devising an improved program that would expand the scope and coverage of the industry's training activities.

Watson Malone III, chairman of the Committee on Education and Merchandising, reported that there was a need to revitalize NRLDA's training program in view of the decline in the number of employes registering for the Retail Lumber Training Institutes.

Andrew Watt, general merchandise manager of United States Gypsum Company, told the board that manufacturers are eager to help dealers do a better job of employee training. He said the need is to prepare a sound plan that will make it easy for the employee to learn and then sell that plan to him by using the principles of good salesmanship.

Paul V. DeVille, Exposition chairman, stated that plans for the 1957 Building Products Exposition, to be held November 4 to 7 at Philadelphia, are far ahead of schedule and that the number-one objective this year is to plan clinics and demonstrations that will appeal and be of direct, practical value to small dealers, as well as large ones. His job as chairman, he said, was being made far easier because he had the assistance of a group of two-fisted, hardworking, experienced, and dedicated men who know what dcalers want. Mr. DeVille said the dates, the location, and the types of clinics being planned, in addition to the high type of product displays, would result in attracting to Philadelphia twice as many dealers as were present at the well-attended Chicago Exposition last year.

The Exposition Clinic chairman, T. Merritt Ludwig, said that a tentative schedule of clinics calls for two breakfast clinics on each of three days, a luncheon clinic each day, and three action clinics dealing with materials handling, store merchandising, and the merchandising of homes and house components. He emphasized that over half of the clinics will be beamed specifically at smaller dealers, while others will appeal to dealers of any size.

Martin C. Dwyer, Exposition director, reported that space sales for the Philadelphia Exposition already had passed the mark set at Chicago, that the space was B2/o sold, and that another new record in revenue, attendance, and dealer interest was assured. He said it was especially gratifying to

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observe the number of new exhibitors and the number u'ho had returned after dropping out for one year.

Chester T. Hubbell, chairman of the Stanoards committee, reviewed the recommendations which the committee had made to the American Lumber Standards Committee with respect to the thickness of one-inch boards and two-inch dimension when identified as American Standard in size, to the efiect that in the public interest the Standards should relate size-to-moisture content.

Don Campbell, dealer member of the American Lumber Standards Committee, then reported that the committee had met in a one-day hearing and had rejected NRLDA's resolution after brief consideration, that no new action had been taken by the committee, that American Lumber Standards remain unchanged, and that there are in the Standards for one-inch boards and two-inch dimension no provisions relating size-to-moisture content.

ALS Committee Rejects Change In . Size and Moisture Content of Boards and Dimension

At the hearing of the American Lumber Standards Committee in Washington, D.C., Thursday, May 16th, rvhich was attended by Orrie W. Hamilton, executive vice-president of the Southern California Retail Lumber Assn., as a witness, to consider certain amendments pertaining to the moisture content and minimum thickness of ALS boards and dimension, it developed very clearly, through testimony of the proponents (mostly representatives of Southern Pine mills) :

(1) That unless Southern Pine lumber is dried before stacking, to about l9/o rnoisture conterit, it develops a dryrot, especially in hot, humid climates; and

(2) That about 90/o of the Southern Pine boards and dimension stock is either air-dried or kiln-dried before leaving the sawmill; and

(3) That it is in the public interest for the Committee to fix a minimum thickness of the board, and the thickness and width of dimension in all species of lumber at the point where the lumber has been dried to a fixed moisture content. This, they maintained, would bring about more uniformity in thickness of'walls and floor joists, as well as sub-flooring, and eliniinate to a large extent plaster and stucco cracking and unevenness of sub-floors which, they maintained, lvas the main cause of squeaky floors.

However, the proponents brought out another interesting reason for the change when stating that Southern Pine mills are losing a substantial part of their trade to the west coast lumber mills that are shipping /4" green boards and green dimension into their territory, Mr' Hamilton reports.

The opposition, horvever, brought out, through a number of witnesses, that the effect of the proposal, if adopted, would be:

1. (By a West Coast mill representative)-That the green lumber they produce would have to be surfaced thicker and wider than at present, upping the surface size of green 2 x 4's, which presently are sawn I%" * 35f", to at least l/q" x 3t/q", depending on the moisture content used, which would raise the cost of this lumber, aporoximately $4.00 per MBM.

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Arizonq's Jordqn Tqlks in Colif.

I'h9enix. Ariz.-Jack Jorclarr, mzrnager of the Lumbe r Nlerchandisers Assn. here, r'isited in California last month to make talks before lumber groups. On N{ay 17 he aclrlressed the U. S. Corps oi Engineers hcad<luarters staff in Los Angeles on the Arizona-rleveloped rnethod of chenrically seasonirrg lumlrer. Jordan, u'ho u'as active in devising the rnetl-rod, said it is locally ilccepted as a leacling ans\ver to the high-heat and lou'-humiditl' conditions in the Southrvest.

On May 20 hc adclressed the l-umbermen's Assn. of Fresno on "Integrity in Nlarketing I-uml;er," zrnd repeated the talk on XIay 21 lrefore the l,umber N[erchandisers Asst.t. of llakersfiel d.

Remodeling Aids J-M Sqles

Nerv York City-"The high level cif repair, remodeling ancl additions" rr'as helcl largell' responsible for the increase in Johns-Mzrnvillc Corp. building material sales over 1956 in this year's first four months, saicl Flarolcl It. Ilerlin, building products division. "l)espite a drop in ne'rv housing starts, n-roderniz:rtion is hirving the best year ever recorded," Rerlin saicl.

The J-NI executive adcled that total construction in this vear's first four months exceeded last year's by 2/ in dcillar volume and, despite ct-rsts, is onlv :rbont 2/, belo*' 1956 in phvsica'l volttme.

Fillmore Yards See Boom

Fillmore, Calif.-The tu,o local lumbervards, the I'eolrles l,umber Co. and the Fillrnore I-unrber Co., have been very busl' the past feu' u,eeks laying in a supply of l-,uilding materials. The Fillmore Heralcl reported last month. Iloth yards are optimistic for the future of Fillmore the nen'spaper said, rvith ne'n industry moving in, citrus returns, zoclming oil activity :rt an ail-time high and, u'henever a customcr decides he's going to build :l new housc, the tn'o yards are going to be rcady.

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A veritable epidemic of lumberyard remodelings has been spreading throug.hou! the West Coast during the past few years. One of the most recent _ya1d-s to succumb to this "urge' is Steiner Lumber Compfry, +449 S..ond Arrenoe, Sacramento. Headed by fggressive lumberman-George Steiner, the firmSpoiting a "new look" in every direction-held a two-day grand opening, May 3 and 4, which was attEnded -by well over 2,000 residents of the Capitol City.

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The Sieingr yard, of which dealer Steiner is president, was originally established at its present location in 1945, and for the following 10 years was devoted exclusively to serving Sacramento's booming home-building industry. llowever, following a severe fire in February 1956 which completely destroyed Steiner Lumber's ofifice facilities, George Steiner decided to incorporate a retail showroom into his plans for a new office building.

The new 6,000-sq. ft. showroom and office building rvas completed during June 1956, but it was not until earlier this year that Steiner was satisfied that his new retail division was "right" and ready for its debut. A few months before the scheduled opening, Steiner and the other officers of the company-including Vice-President Jim Dowd and Secre-tary-treasurer Orville Eastman-called in the grand opening specialists and lumberyard store design experts, the Garehime Corp., to smooth out the final details and map the grand opening strategy.

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Glasteel .....Santa Monica

Kwikset Sales & Service ......Anaheim

U. S. Gypsum Co. ...Los Angeles

CaliforniaPaint Co. ...Sacramento

DryMixProductsCo. .. ...LosAngeles

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Stanley Power Tools . ....San Francisco

with stiff competition from other city attractions, Steiner Lumber employed extensive advertising to announce the opening. Full use of all media, including radio and TV, was

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Over $2,000 in door prizes was awarded during the two days, including the big main prize-a three-day, all-expensepaid trip to Las Vegas and accommodations at the Riviera hotel. The Las Vegas trip prize, which actually cost Steiner considerably less than many first prizes given away by other dealers at similar grand openings, proved to be a spectacular drawing card.

Steiner was particularly gratified by the support given his opening from his suppliers-both local and national. "I was surprised and pleased with the way that so many of

our regular suppliers got behind our opening," he said. "Not only did they donate prizes for our drawings, but many of them set up demonstration booths and lent us a hand witfi the crowd."

In all, some 40 manufacturgrs participated in the event, 10 of whom sent in qualified men to set up booths and demonstrations and assist Steiner Lumber personnel with the crowd.

As a result, a major portion of Steiner's door-prize expense was borne by his suppliers. fn return, participating manufacturers were afforded a particularly good chance to get in some first-hand consumer advertising.

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United Lumber Yords Eventuolly to Merge Two Riverbsnk Yords

I{iverbank, Calif.-\\rillis Kellel', l'hose local retail ltimberyard :rt Sierra and the llighl'ay u-as solcl \Iay 1 tcr United Lumber Yards (CLM, 5/L5/57). tolcl The ltiverbank Neu's last month that the sale u.:rs :tgreed to because he felt "that United Lumber Yards management s'ould continue to operate the lrusiness in a manner in n'hich I 'ivould be happy to be associated 's'ith." He said that after 20 years' experience in the lumber brrsiness, 10 of tl.rem herc, it rvr,iuld be diflrcult tc.r shake the sau'dust from his hair and that he intended to rcmain associated for some time rr ith the nerv orvnership.

Unitecl Lumber \-arcls told the ne\\'sl)aper that it s:ts

r-erv h:1ppy to be ablc to merge n'ith \\'illis Ke1le1' ancl it u'ould be their goal to maintain the standard of service ancl materials. The neu' rllanagement sai<1 it rvould for a short time operate the tu'o local 1'ards separatcly and later move their present l{ivcrbani< 1'ard to the Keliey locatiol.

I)ealer Kelley started his vartl hcre immediately after W\\'II and macle a steady gron'th. United Lun-rber Yarcls, or theil predecessors, have been in ltir-erbank ever since the tou'n hrst started. During th:rt timc. the line has opened 1'ar<ls in all oi the principal t()\\'rrs oi the section, n'ith the main office in N{odesto, Calif.

The Kelley family planned to continue resiclence in Riverbank. u'here the lun'rber dealer hits been active ir-r local afiairs, sen'ing on the city corrncil. as president oi the chamber o{ commerce, Lions club and City l{ecreatior-r Commission.

Hoze A. Wqllqce, Wood Conversion Jr. Appointed Products Sqlesmon

Haze A. Wallace, Jr. (left) has been appointecl a Wood Conversion Company s:rlcstnan in the I-os Angeles territory, according to X'{. S. \\rolf , gcneral sales managcr. \\'allace r.r'ill sell Balsam-Wool ir-rsulation antl Nu-\\'oocl insulation boarcl protlttcts to retail lrrmber clealers. lle n'as formerly a principal stockholclcr and p:rrtuer in H. A. \\'all:rce Company, zr hardwood flooring contractor finl in Pasaclora. Hc attended both the University of \\rashington ancl Stanford University, rnajoring in liusiness Aclministration. Wood Convcrsion Con-rpany heaclquarters are locatecl in St' Paul, r,vith protluction facilities at Clocluet, \'[innesota. The companl"s n'estern tlistrict sales oflicc is in San Francisco.

Olson & Co. Into the SCRTA

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A New York police official says that bogus check-passing is the fastest-growing criminal operation in the country' and that it is a steadily growing business.

All over the country merchants report that they are getting more rubber checks this year than ever before in history. Bad checks are divided into two groups. The first is made up of sloppy people who do a sloppy job of balancing their check books and make the overdrafts by mistake. The other group is made up of those who deliberately defraud.

L. A. Sets New Moy Building Mork

New construction in Los Angeles during May 1957 set a record valuation for the month ol $52,076,683, bringing the year's total to $43,206,095 more than the first five months of 1956. The city's May mark compares to $38,230,934 in the 1956 month but was below the $57,095,189 hit this April. Value of building in the county's unincorporated area reached $28,005,37O last month, an increase from April's $24,64,642 but a drop from the May 1956 figure of $38,350,961.

For 1957's first five months, Los Angeles building totaled $2D,5I3,885, against $186,307,790 in the same period. The city set a new annual peak of $484,962,749 in last year's 12 months.

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There are more banks with more depositors in the country than ever before, so the percentage of chances of mistakes is larger than ever before. And there are, therefore' many more people-who pay by check as they go shopping. The merchant is exposed to chances to get rubber checks more frequently than ever before.

Go into almost any food market in the country, and there at the cashier's stand you will see more people paying for t&reir groceries by check than in any past era. Paying by check has become a national habit, and so the opportunity for both error and fraud grows steadily.

Most bad checks are small in size, which makes them easier to put over. Reports from several business centers show that bad-check passing has grown as much as 25 to 33 percent in a year's time.

So it appears that prosperous business conditions develop unpleasant as vvell as pleasant activities.

Sth Annuql L. A. D-l-Y Show Due

With the addition of several new-product exhibits and general show features, all indications point toward the 5th annual Los Angeles Do-It-Yourself Show being the best in the series, according to Producer Ted Bentley. One of the major features will be the "Before-and-After Duplex," half in its original form and half completely remodeled with "do-it-yourself" materials and methods. The project is sponsored by the women's division of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. Show offices have been moved to 66 North Robertson Blvd.; Oleander 5-77A0.

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To end your lost space problems, use Johnson & Flaherty "Plyracks" and use I00% of your plywood storage space-they're economical, too-call or write for free quotations.

Ooklqnd Hoo-Hoo Club Turns Out More Thcrn 5OO Lumbermen for Spectqculcrr 25th Annuql 'Reveille'

]Iore thrtn 500 Northcrn ('ltliforttiit ltttrtlrerlttcri retlrilers, u'holesalcrs ;n11 millnren ltlil<e-ilathered itt thc ( astlcu-oocl Countrl Clrrlr rrear.l)ulrlirr, Ma-v 13, to tltl<c plrrt in the OlLk1an<1 [Ioo-lIoo club's silvcr lLttnttltl lrtntlrcrtr.tctr's ller-cil1c. The throng, 1.'0 of u-honr :trrived earlv irt thc rlltv to participate irr thc Silr-er l{eveille goli tourtr:tnrerrt, lraicl high trilrute t() Joe I)epetone. gcrreral ch:rirtt-rlLrt oI the er-ellt,;ttl<1 his co-u,orkers for the stlrging of otrc t,i thc ll1()st enj()\'it'l)lc

irnnual get-togcthcrs irr Iieveillc hist,rrr-. 'lhe stlrff lLrr<1 {ltcilities of the coutrtr,r'club also tlren-lrrltise frotlt thc gr()tl1), :rrrrl scveral reconrnrcn<latiot-rs \\'crc rcgisterc<1 1o tltltl<c: ('rrstleu'oorl rr l)crlnaltcltt site ior itlttlre lieveillc sl)cctltctll:r rs.

Topping thc list oi ltclcillc c\-cnts u'as thc sol l- tottruanrent, cuptrLincrl lrr' l'iili .lohnsorr oi F{oblts \\':tll Lttnrllcr (Contilut-rl on I'age 5J)

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l. Deoler Tom Rollinson, Gortin Lumber €o.; Ed Dreessen; Deoler Tom Hondley. H. & H. lumber Co.; Berl Hosselberg. 2. Verlon McKinney (left) chqts with his ex'boss, K. E. MqcBeoth. 3. The Eostshore qnd Beqver Lumber gongs froternizing. 4., 5, ond 6. From the "eyes right" positions of mosl of the men in these groups, fhere's lirtle doubr they,re wotching the (you should pordon the expression) show; Ben Word heqds the bunch in Photo 4., while distinguishoble in Photo 5. ore George Hull, soon to be heoded for Dutch Guiono; Lee LeBreton, Club 39 post president, ond President Herb Fqrrell (for right); Horry Hood is ploinly seen (ond seeing) in photo 6, (ond we resume stoiion identi{icotion). 7. Deqler John Figoni (lefr), Steiner Lumber Co., ond Brion Bonningion. 8. Poul Word, Eorl Corlson AND son, Al Kelley (left to righr). 9. This young tody no doubt dropped in to ploce qn order with Pete Hohn rhrough the deoler's Weslern Sierro Lumber Co. lO- "Zook" Todd ond tie Western Door & Sqsh Co. boys. Il. Bud Kinney,lhe Silver Reveille tournomenl winner, ond his trophies. 12. Deolers Bob Beileck ond Joe Perry, the Mulford Iumber Co.; ,,Zook" Todd (stonding); Don Coveney, ond Deoler Nels Nelsen of the Hoyword Mill & lumber Co. Yes, sir! When Club 39 osks 'em to "Come Bock"-

Thunk Yoa o o o sPoNsons

Your financial response made possible the succes-s of the 25th Silver Annual Reveille

HILL & MoRToN, INC.... .....oakland

HENRY M. HINK. .San Francisco

R. G. HISCOX..... ......Berkeley

HOBBS WALL LUMBER COMPANY. ...San Francisco

HOGAN WHOLESALE BUILDING MATERIALS......Oakland

FRED C. HOLMES LUMBER CO..... .....San Francisco

HOLMES EUREKA LUMBER COMPANY. .......San Francisco

INTERBAY LUMBER COMPANY. ....Oakland

INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO., LONGBELL DMSION .......9an Francisco

ALBERT A. KELLEY ......Alamedd

LAMON LUMBER COMPANY. ..San Francisco

LOOP LUMBER & MILL CO.. ...Alorneda

LUMBER SALES C.OMPANY. ....San Francisco

ABORIGINE LUMBER CO\,IPANY. ..Fort Brass

ANCHOR BAY LUMBER CO.. .....Richmond

ARCATA REDWOOD COMPANY .San Francisco

J. H. BAXTER & CO.. .....9an Francisco

BAYSIDE LUMBER & MILL CO..... .......San Mateo

EARLE BENDER LUMBER SALES. ...Oakland.

JACK S. BERRY-LUMBER. ........Sacramento

AL BOLDT LUMBER CO..... ........Richmond

BONNELL-WARD & KNAPP. ....San Francisco

BONNINGTON LUMBER CO..... .San Francisco

CLAY BROWN & COMPANY.... .....Portland

E. L. BRUCE CO., INC... ........Oahland,

CALIFORNIA BUILDERS SUPPLY OF OAKLAND..Oakland

THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT.....San Francisco

CALIFORNIA LUMBER SALES. ...... .Oakla^nd

CALIFORNIA PLYWOOD CO.. .......Emeryville

CHEIM LUMBER CO..... .....San lote

CHRISTENSON LUMBER CO.. ..San Francisco

CLINTON MILL & MANUFACTURING CO..... .......Oakland, CORDS LUMBER COMPANY. ..Oaklanil

CHAS. S. DODGE. ..... .Berkeley

DOLAN LUMBER CO. .. ..El Cerrito

THE ROBERT DOLLAR CO..... .Son Francisco

DURABLE PLYWOOD SALES CO... .. .....Menlo Park

EASTSHORE LUMBER & MILL COMPANY. .Oakland

EMPRISE SALES COMPANY. ........Richmond

EMSCO PLYWOOD .Ookland

FAIRHURST LUMBER CO. OF CALIFORNIA...... ..Eureka

GAMERSTON & GREEN LUMBER CO..Sar Franci-rco. Oahland

GETZ BROS. & CO.. .......5an'Francisco

GOLDEN GATE LUMBER CO.

Walnut Creek

GOSSLIN-HARDING LUMBER CO..... .Walnut Creek

HARBOR LUMBER CO.... .....9on Francisco

HAYWARD MILL & LUMBER CO..... ......Hantward

J. W. HENDRICK CO.. ..;..........ian Liandro

J. E. HIGGINS LUMBER CO..... ..San Francisco

HILL LUMBER & HARDWARE CO..........Albony, Richmonil

MacBEATH HARDWOOD CO..... ....Berkeley

McCLOUD LUMBER CO.. ... ......9an Francisco

L. W. MARTINEZ CO.. ....San Francisco

MELROSE LUMBER & SUPPLY CO..... ......Oahlawl

R. F. NIKKEL LUMBER CO.. .. .. ..Sacratnento

THE PACIFIC COAST CO..... ..Willits

THE PACIFIC LUMBER CO..... ..San Francisco

PARAMINO LUMBER COMPANY. ......San Francisco

PEERLESS LUMBER COMPANY. ..Oakland

RODDISCRAFT. INC.... .....Palo Alto

ROLAND LUMBER CO., INC.. .....9om Francisco

ROUNDS LUMBER CO.. ...San Francisco

SANTA CRUZ LUMBER CO.. .Santa Cruz

SCAMMELL LUMBER CO.... .Oakland

SIMPSON REDWOOD COMPANY. .San Francisco

RALPH L. SMITH LUMBER CO..... ........Anderson

STOCKTON BOX CO.. .Stockton

STOWE-LIMA LUMBER CO.... ......Hayzaard

STRABLE LUMBER COMPANY. .......Oaklanil

SUN VALLEY LUMBER CO..... .....Lafayette

TARTER, WEBSTER & JOHNSON, INC........San Francisco

TRIANGLE LUMBER CO. . .Oakland

TWIN HARBORS LUMBER CO..... .Menlo Parh

WENDLING-NATHAN COMPANY .....9an Francisco

WEST COAST TIMBER PRODUCTS AGENCY.Sov Francisco

WESTERN DOOR & SASH CO..... ....Oaklanil

WESTERN PINE SUPPLY COMPANY.... .Emeryville

WESTWOOD-INGRAM CQ.... .Oahland

WEYERHAEUSER SALES COMPANY...... ........Da|y City

WHITE BROTHERS .....Oaklawl

WHOLESALE BUILDING SUPPLY, INC.... ...Oaklanil

WILLITS REDWOOD PRODUCTS COMPANY. .....,.WiII|IS

WINTON LUMBER SALES CO..... ..Sacramento

E. K. WOOD LUMBER CO..... ...San Francisco

WOOD PRODUCTS CO..,. ......Oahland

WOODSIDE LUMBER CO..... ....San Francisco

ZENITH MILL & LUMBER CO.. .. -.Oakland

One last toast to the more than 500 lumbermen who attended this year: Thanks-vou were swell. Please come back next year.

GENERAI, REVEILLE COMMITTEE

Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39, Oakland, Calif.

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,DFPA Completes Field

Deportmenl Reorgonizotion

I , With a rearrangement of regional boundaries and plans

for the addition of eight new field promotion representatives, the Douglas Fir Plywood Association has completed

a year-long reorganization and expansion of its field promotion department, according to Joseph Weston, field promo-

rtion director.

The DFPA Field Promotion Department was established

in 1938 to provide field level assistance to plywood produc-

sellers and users. Local activities of the field promotion

' representatives include calls upon and sales meetings with

retail lumber dealers, assistance to architects and specifiers in their utilization of plywood, work with building code

$ALE$ IDEA$ Burnefl Lumber Co.' Tulqre, Uses Newspoper Adverfising to Boost lts Fence Soles

Tulare, Calif.-"We never believed we could sell so much fence material," Al Scheetz, manager of the Burnett Lumber Company yard here, told The Tulare Advance-Register this spring. "We used newspaper advertising exclusively during our 1o-day fence campaign and, during that brief period, we sold more fence material than we sold during the 'ivhole six months preceding our special eft'ort." The local manager said the event was very successful in all the line's yards but especially in Tulare.

Manager Scheetz also mentioned that the yard's One-Cent Paint Sale this March went over the top and exceeded their sales goal, which was based on the record sales of the year before. He has personal hopes of winning the paint distributor's Trip-to-Mexico contest for dealers with. the most paint-sales volume in one year. Last year the yard's Keith Munger, then yard manager, won a trip to Hawaii in a statewide corrtest.

The John Haslam Advertising Agency represents all of the United Lumber Companv yards in this area.

officials, and sales promotion calls upon builders and other large users of plywood. Rapid expansion during the last five years has culminated in the above territorial alignment, with a total of 34 men on the field staff.

Under the reorganization, DFPA regional managers are now headquartered in the following cities: New York, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Dallas, Cleveland, Chicago, Minneapolis-St. Paul, and Richard E. Anderson, Los Angeles; Earl Pennington, San Francisco, and Stanley A. Taylor, assistant field promotion director, Tacoma.

Formerly headquartered in Dallas for five years, Anderson has been regional manager in Los Angeles since early 1955. He is a graduate of the University of Washington College of Forestry. Pennington joined DFPA in 1954 following extensive retail lumber dealer experience. Taylor, who holds an M.A. in forest products, serves simultaneously as regional mana-ger in Tacoma and as assistant field promotion director, having held the latter title since January 1955.

Arizonq Decllers Tclke Srond in Resolutions Voted

(Edi,torts Note: The foltozvi'ng Resoluti'ons were passed' at the May 2-3-4 annual conz,ention of the Arizona Retail Lurnber and Build'ers' Suppty Association in Phoenir last month. They are pre.tentetl here as a supplement to the coaerage of the Arizona d,ealer! annual meeting zuhich appeared, in the lune 7 issue) :

RESOLUTION CONDOLENCE

WHEREAS, since our last convention our Association has lost three of their beloved and active members: Roger Belfiore -Jdy 3, 1956; Earl Hoctor-October 13, 1956; Keith Owens -January 26, 1957, and

WHEREAS, they have been good and honorable citizens, assets to their communities and state, and highly regarded in our industry,

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the membership of the Lrizona Retail Lumber and Builders Supply Association stand with bowed heads in reverent memory of the departed members, and

FURTHER, that a copy of this resolution be sent to loved ones of the deceased.

May 4,1957

Litchfield Park, Arizona

RESOLUTION LUMBER STANDARDS

WHEREAS, the American Lumber Standards has requested suggestions and recommendations before May 10 on the following proposal:

"The Committee considers whether or not it would be appropriate in the public interest to amend Article V-

Superior lumber Products Urged

Phoenix, Ariz.-Jack Gordon, secretary and executive manager of the Lumber Merchandisers Assn. here, told the ARL&BSA convention, May 2-3-4, that use of structural steel and aluminum hasn't destroyed the lumber industry-and won't-but that the dealers would "have to deliver a superior product if we are to stay in business." In his speech to more than 150 dealers, Gordon outlined the new chemical treating method that may end warping and cracking of lumber. This "lJrea" treatment, involving a chemical compound with a urea base, causes the outside of a timber or plank to dry as slowly as the inside, with this evendrying eliminating the cracks and warps, Gordon said.

The chemical compound, which can be applied either by hand or machine, is non-toxic, non-corrosive to tools and nails, and inexpensive. ft soon will also contain a fire-resistant and insect repellant. Gordon declared the treatment has been "I00/o efiective on several Valley construction jobs."

Section F-seasoning and/or Section 8-Size Standards, to fix the maximum moisture content at which minimum American Lumber Standard sizes would apply and what amendment would be appropriate in the public interest."

WHtrREAS, it is clearly indicated in the proposal of the American Lumber Standards that the paramount issue is that of Public Interest. For more than thirty years this industry has served the customer with the "size he bought." Only during World War II and since have the mills departed from this

IHESE OFFICEnS horlcd lhe trerncndourly rucccsrful 1957 convenrion of thc Arizono Retoil lumber & Builderr Supply Asrn. lost month in Phoenix. From left lo righr: Fronk Honey, Phocnix, lrecsurer; ltikc It/lcdigovich, Cotlonwood, president; llorvin Smith, Yumo, vicc-presidenf, who war elecred 1957-58 President ol lhr recenl convonlion, ond Howord Beols, Phoenix, vice-Presidcnl

The following mills produce 'CRA Certified DRY' redwood

ARCA?A REDWOOD COTPATY

P. O. Box 218, Arcata, California

HATNOilD-CAIIFORlIIA REDWOOD CO. 417 Montgomery St., San Francisco 6, California

HOI]OW 'REE REDWOOD COMPAilY

P. O- Box 178, Ukiah, California

HOI,TES

THE

THE PAGIFIC COAS' COMPAIIY

P. O. Box 611, Willits. California

SIMPSOII REDWOOD CONPAilY

3100 Russ Building, San Francisco 4, California

U]IIOII TUTBER COilPAilY

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historic practice and now West Coast Lumbermen's Association has taken the arbitrary action of setting sizes on their production without consulting other branches of the industry, and

WHEREAS, in Arizona because of high temperatures and low humidity the moisture content of lumber is often reduced to as low as 3/o resulting in shrinkage in thickness of boards of as much as 3/32" and in width of 12" the shrinkage has been as much as l/2" below the recognized A.L.S. Standards;

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Arizona Retail Lumber & Builders Supply Association, Inc. that we endorse minimum size standards of lumber and think they should be established at once with sizes built upon scientific data for area use. We strenuously object to careless and reckless establishment of lumber sizes which are neither functional nor practical, and

FURTHER, BE, IT RESOLVED, that we urge our members to so conduct their own buying and selling practices that they will demand that standard items be shipped and that they will be discouraged from acceptingany item that is sub-standard. In this manner we will indicate our sincere interest of the Public need.

May 4,1957

Litchfield Park. Arizona

RESOLUTION STATE LEGISLATION

WHEREAS, several legislative matters which will directly afiect our industry will be considered at the next session of the State I-egislature, and

WHEREAS, our position on these issues has been stated in the past. We feel that the membership in session should again express their views:

(1.) TAXES

The question has arisen whether to increase various types of taxes now imposed at the state level. We feel'that the same test should be applied to any proposal to increase any tax:

(a.) Is there a proven need for the increase?

(b.) Can the taxpayers afford it?

(. ) Will the tax be applied to the need so that the taxpayer obtains a dollar value out of his tax dollar?

(2.) PRE-EMPTION

The state of Arizona now determines the amount of motor vehicle and sales taxes and the allocation of the tax between the state, counties, and cities. We believe that the state alone should have this power and that the legislature should pre-empt these fields of taxation so as to prevent any possibility of future encroachment and duplication by cities and counties.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Arizona Retail Lumber and Builders Supply Association, Inc. that we advise cur state senators and representatives of our position and commend them for taking the position noted above on the matter of taxes at the last session of the legislature.

May 4,1957

Litchfield Park. Arizona

RESOLUTION

PROPO.SED FREIGHT RATtr INCREASE

WHEREAS, Eastern and Western Railroads now have pending before the I.C.C. a request for an over-all increase in rates of 22%. An interim increase of 7/o to Eastern Railroads and 5/o to Western Railroads has already been granted. Conse(Continued on Page 60)

This es o?rr" 64th Uear of Reldable Seruice

W. E. Cooper Wholesale Lumber Company, fnc.

PCC Hosts Sqwmill Meering

Sar,vmill lubrication u'as the subject for the 36th meeting of the Redn'oocl Sarvmill Committee, May 18, at Brooktrails Guest ltanch in \\rillits. The pacific Coast Company was host, lvith Bill Knight, superintendent of maintenance at the Willits operation, serving as chairman. Wade A. Spence o{ the Union Oil Company, E,ureka, discussed the need for simplifying lubricating procedures, covered the develop_ ment of high-viscosity-index oils and development of nel, greases. The need for central lubricating systems because of higher production costs, higher maintenance labor costs, and higher costs of down time u,as cli-.cussed by Dave NI. John, Lincoln Engineering Company of California. llarry Howell of the Union Lumber Company cliscussed stearir

lubrication and described a lon-cost type of injection svstem for lubricating steam cylinders and valves. Don Thompson described the lubrication methods at The Pacific I-umber Cornpanv. The meeting concluded rvith a presentation by Bill Dimmick, Union Lumber Company, and John Bailey, The Pacific Coast C--ompany, of the results of tests comparing taper-sarving to non-taper-sawing.

fwo More Jobbers for Tension-tite Line

Rudiger-Lang Co. of Berkeley, Calif., announces that Zeesman Plyr,r'ood Corporation of Fresno and OregonNevada Lumber Co. of Reno have recently added Tensiontite aluminum screen doors to the lines these two firms lvholesale.

specializing in Truck-qnd-froiler qnd Rqil shipmenfs . .

Old-Growlh Bond-sqwn REDWOOD from Boiock Lumber Co., Monchester

Old-Growth DOUGTAS FIR from Spocek Bros. lumber Co., Monchester

Precision-trimmed STUDSDouglos Fir o White Fir o Redwood

REDWOOD POSIS qnd FENCTNG

FRED C. HOTMES LUMBER C(IMPANY

Fred HOLMES / Carl FORCE

P. O. Box 987

Fort Brogg, Colif.

TWX: Fort Brcgg 49

Phone: YOrktown 4-37OO

Southern Colifornic Ofiice: Russ SHARP

P.O. Box S5-Altqdeno, Cqlif.

TWX: Pqsq Cal7570

Phones: RYqn l-OO79i SYcqmore 8-5845

New Source of Soles Volume for R.efoil Deolers Jufy I in Air Force Lumbatr Plywood Procuremenl

A new source of sales volume will open up for retail

lumber dealers starting July 1, 1957, when Air Force lumber

' and plywood procurement will be decentralized, according

to H. R. Northup, executive vice-president of the National

Retail Lumber Dealers Association.

"On that date, the contracting officers at each of the 189 .Air Force bases scattered around the country u'ill begin to purchase their own individual lumber and plywood re. quirements," Mr. Northup said. "In our relations with the Department of Defense, and contact with the individual

services, we have furnished them with various types of in-

formation concerning the services which are available lot 'tlcally through the retiil lumber and building material dealers . in every state in the Union.

"Aft". some months of careful study on the part of the

Air Force of the present lumber merchandising pattern, we

are permitted to announce to you no\\r that starting July 1'

1957, each of its Air Bases will be permitted to use their ber and plywood requirements."

Copy of the official announcement, released on the authority of Walter Carpenter, Captain, USAF, who is the Air , Force Lumber Control Ofificer, reads as follows:

FORCE POSITION CONCERNING LOCAL

PURCHASE OF LUMBER AND PLYWOOD:

After careful study of the marketing trends and com-

modity availability within the lumber industry the Air Force has decided to permit each of its air bases to use ' their own contracting officers to purchase their individual lumber requirements. There will be considerable savings as

a result of this decision since air bases will not have to try to maintain an inventory of lumber to provide for all pos-

sible uses rvhich might occur. The Air Force anticipates a 50% inventory decrease.

In many instances the time required for the Air Force ' bases to receive lumber can be reduced from l2A days to

10 days.

This change will become effective 1 July 1957."

In his letter of transmittal, Captain Carpenter stated:

i "Before making the decision to place lumber on.a local purchase basis we left no stone unturned in our search for unforeseen implications which might result within the lumber industry. We feel that Air Force buying with the local ' purchase concept will fit well into the present lumber merchandising pattern."

The reason for the change becoming effective July lst ' is because of the budget structure. Under the present system the budget is prepared at the Air Force Lumber Stock Control office in St. Louis. Missouri, based on Air Forcewide requirements, and all the lurhber money is at that ' offrce.

, Under a local pttrchase concept, each installation budgets for and manages their fund within the limitations imposed . by higher authority. This point is well-liked by Captain Carpenter because the actual consumer of the lumber is also responsible for the economical management of the funds which make the lumber available.

, From the standpoint of the taxpayer, it is estimated that

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE BASES

Revised to;24 October 1956

Ent Air Force Bose

Colorqdo Springr, Colorodo

Homilton Air Force Bqre

Coliforniq

llcGlcllon Air Force Bqce

Colifornic

Norton A:r Force Bolc

Colifornio

Klomot$ Follr ltuniciPol AirPorf

Klomorh Falls, Orcgon

Vinccnt Air Forcc Bo:e

Yumo, Arirono

Hill Air Forcc Bore

Ogdcn, Urch

Chcli AF Stolion

Moywood AF DePor

P.O. Box 310

Moywood, Colifornio

,McChord AF Bosc

Worhingron

Oxnard AF Borc

Oxnord, Colifornio

Geiger Field

Spokcnc, Wcshingfon

Porks Air Force Bqre

Colifornio

I|lsrono Air Bo:e

P.O. Box 2828

Tucson, Arizonc

Portlond Internolionol AirPort

Po*lond, Orcgon

Kirrlond Air Force Bcsc

New Mexico

llother Air Force Bsse

Colifornio

Hollomon AF Bose

Ncw llexico

Edwcrdr AF Ba3c

Cqhfornin

tndion Springr AF Eose

Ncvodo

St.qd Air Forcc Bore

Nevodo

Williomr AF Bose

Arizona

Lowry Air Force Bose

Colorodo

Dqvis-Monthon AF Bose

Arizonq

Foirchild Air Force Bose

Worhington

Frqncir E. Worren AF Bcre

Wyoming

luke Air Force Bose

Glendqle, Arizono

Molmslrom AF Ba:e

Greot Falls, Monlona

Morch Air Force Base

Cclifornia

Trovis AF Bose

Colifornio

Costle AF Bosc

i/lerced, Colifornio

Wolker AF Bqre

Ncw llexico

llounloin Homc Air Force Bo:e

ldoho

Gcorge Air Forcc Bosc

Viclorville, Colifornio

Clovir Air Force Bore

New llexico

Long Bccch filunicipot Airporl

long Bcoch, Colifornio

Lorron Air Force Bole

Worhington

Wendovar AF Bo3e

Wendover, Utqh

Beqle Air Forcc Bore

Colifornio

AF DlEn Storoge Site No. 2

Polmdqle, Colifornio

USAF West Coost Vehicle Storoge Sitc

Voncouver, Wcshington

Elmendorf Air Force Bqre

APO' 942, Seottle, Woshington

lqdd Air Force Bose

APO 731, Seottle, Wqrhington

Eielson Air Forca Bsse

APO ln7, Scottle, Worhington

this change in buying habit on the part of the Air Force alone will save at least half a million dollars in storage charges through the anticipated 50/o drop in Base inventories.

Dealer Opportunity Under New Procedure

Most dealers are probably already familiar with the Bases in their area, but the potential for business with this branch of the service will be materially increased when this change in buying procedure becomes operative'

It is suggested that dealers interested in the lumber and plywood business of the Air Force make the acquaintance oi ttt" Contracting Officers of the Bases in their trading areas at once. Review with them individually, as the NRLDA has at its level, the services that can be rendered by the retail lumber dealers at the local level'

This change in policy is designed to effect a savings in Air Force lumber and plywood procurement from reduced inventories, and less waste from improper purchases and shipments. The retail lumber dealer can assist these Con-

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tracting Ofificers very materially by consulting with them on the proper grades for intended uses. By ascertaining these requirements in advance, the dealer can adjust his stock, if necessary, so that the Bases can expect prompt delivery of wanted items, thus obviating the necessity for any of them carrying an inventory themselves with the resultant savings in storage and waste of unused material'

It is possible that this information has not reached all the bases in detail, but it is not too soon to acquaint the Contracting Officers with your reliability, and willingness to cooperate in what appears to be an excellent opportunity for the retail lumber dealer to participate in some military procurement, said the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association.

RememberMalthus?...

In the time of Thomas Jefferson, a grim and gloomy preacher of the Gospel, the Rev. T. R. Malthus, won a considerable place in the public eye by exposing increase in human population as an evil on the earth. There was nothing joyful about babies in his sight. The Rev. Malthus looked on babies and warned, "Stop having 'em, folks, or there'll be HELL to pay."

Nobody paid the doctrine much notice in this country. The Louisiana Purchase was made, the Lewis and Clark expedition was concluded. Too little land? Too many people? Phooey!

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Europe was over-crowded with humanity, to be surefamished, diseased, miserable humanity. Many wise men sau' eye to eye rvith Malthus there. But most European people were not wise. They went right on having babies, amid disease, misery and starvation.

And so they do today, with Europe suffering a hundred million more people nou,' than when World War. II began. With babies being born in this country at the rate of seven a minute, we of the U.S.A. are beginning to take the oldtime warnings of the Rev. Malthus right seriously. We know that nothing breeds Communism like hunger, cold, disease and poor housing. Thus, slum clearance.

But where's it to end? Where's hope? Maybe-in trees.

Too Many Trees

Militarists have used the ideas of Malthus to justify war as a "necessity," as an old, tried-and-true means of reducing over-population. But it hasn't worked that way, even in Communist China, where famine and pestilence have helped war kill people off and so somewhat restrict population growth;

Ten years ago we read how the Swedes have lived well through the war on "oceans of milk" from cows that were fed on proteins made from wood. That process has been steadily improved. There are many other processes that promise increased use of the forests to supply food and clothing for which the raw material is now principally grown on acreage classified as "crop land."

If the world has too many people, it also has too many trees. In the United States latest surveys show that growth

exceeds harvest. The last credible report from the Soviet Union tells that annual grou'th in Siberian forests is eight times annual cut. Then, too many trees yet bar exploration from vast areas of the earth. Those trees may feed people.

Our

Own "Food Forest ."

The United States has around 550 million acres of crop land and 489 million acres of commercial forest lancl. Our government and the general public still do not v:rlue the nation's iorest acreage enough to jail the moror.rs and arsonists u'ho cause the burnir.rg of millions of acres a year. \\Ie sti1l think of thc forest as simply i! s()urce <if lumlrer,:rnrl 'lrrn-rber is lookecl orr as the most of :inything r';Llrutble ir-r nsc that a dollar u'ill lruv nou'aclavs.

\\t-hcn we conrc to the ltoint oI eating lumber, irs ntore lrabies arc born lrer mirrutc, \,car by vcar, thcn n.e shzLll

learn better appreciation of the real values of the forest "\Ieals make the lnan," said Paul Bunyan.

And science will produce pine pap and fir gruel for the babies, hemlock steaks for the men, and spruce salads and tea for the ladies. Come and get it !

Wesf Cocrsf Members on NHIA Comm.

Chicago, Ill.-Nerv members just appointed to the Nlenrbership committee of the National Flardlr,oocl Lumber Assn. include the folkru'ing from the u'est coast:

I'hilio I-atas:r, \\,.estharrl Jnrportir.rg Co., Terminal Island, L-alif.; llolrert -1. Sullir-an, Sullivan Harclr,r'ood I-un.rber Co., S:rrr I)iego, :rn<1 l.),nrce XIr.rssolt, IIurr1n,oocls, Inc., Seattle.

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lvory Pine Compqny clt Dinubcl Finds fhe Secret

of 'No-Woste' ls Art of Good Mill Housekeeping

Over 25,OOOTOOO Boord Feet of Lumber Mqrketed Annuqlly or Modern Mill

There is absolutely no waste of material, or manpower, at the well-organized, modern Ivory Pine Company mill at Dinuba, California. Every part and parcel, of each and every log, is completely used for lumber and five "fast'selling" by-products manufactured'by this up-to-date conC€rn.

First-the huge 40-acre plant is completely automatically controlled by various devices developed by executives and .production members of the 165-man staff. Starting with the timber crews in the Central California Sierras, where .two-way radio telephones keep loggers, "irrhistle punks," truckers and crew bosses in direct contact with the general ,offices at all times, on through to the cars and pickup trucks of the various department heads, the constant flow of logs is minutely supervised from the two harvest locations until the logs reach the mill at Dinuba.

, Second-from the time a log reaches the pond'at the mill, no waste is evident, as every part is used in the manufacture of Ivory Pine products. Starting with the bark

(when the log is automatically skinned), which is the basic ingredient for Ivory Orchid Bark, on through to the Wood Flour, five items (not including lumber) are produced and marketed by the Ivory Pine Company. Orchid Bark is accepted, used and in demand by leading orchid growers

EXECUTIVES of thc lvory Pinc Co., rhown in the photo obovc, orc (lcfi to righr) Fred Arndt, rolcs monogeriWoltqr LoCossc, o3sirlonl gencrol monoger; Pcler Fields, Purcho:ing ogenl cnd monager of byproducts; Tcrry Connclly, lroosurer, ond Al Cokc, shipping superinlendenf

SOfitE'OF THE EOUlPl,lENf urcd in tha mqnlfocturc of thc by-produdr is shosn in lhe photo monloga ot the lefi. Top lefi rccnc showr fhe incinerolor; rop righr, lho new conveyor .ystem being instollcd for the by-product:. fhc lorge photo ot the bottom 3how3 th. "Forcst Humus" hopper for lhr rocking ond looding of the producl

rAulomotion'

nolhing new here

According to Edrvard P. Ivory, president of this progressive concern, over 2O/o of the annual gross sales of his comPany are represented in the various by-ltroducts manufactured and distributed by the firm.

In addition to Orchid Bark, Ivory Pine's new soil conditioner, Forest Humus, has been tested and approved by professional gardeners and nurserymen for the lawn or garden. Among its many salient features, it is called just the thing for florvers and also the control of lr'eeds. Forest llnmus is also distributed on a rvide basis and is gradually being accepted and used in the east and middle west. Its basic ingredient is sawdust, along lvith other elements developed at Ivory Pine.

Then comes the chips that make Fibreboard. Three to

EDWARD P. IVORY al the outomotic pcnel boord control (top left). A boord storts throug} for sizing ond groding (top center). Wolt loCosse is on the iob (rop right). SECOND PANET-(lefi): logging ond houling equipment dl th€ ru3tic locolion; (center): the outomqric groder; (righrj: rhe Ki'ln. THIRD pANEI-(lefi): ihe 1"9 pinj; (center ond right): rhe dulomofic deborking of rhe logs cs lhey come from the pond; the "Orchid Borkn is modeirom the bork lefi here. FOURTH flnff-{l-fi): rha Overheod Conveyor of rhe by-products; (cenler): the row "Foresl Humus" pile Lefore it is processed; (right): the cold-deck rypilies rhis for-sighred mill in the United States, llarvaii, England, Thailand and other countries where orchids are grown. It is strictly a reclaimed item and until a ferv years ago was considered waste.

The Forest Humus ond Orchid Bork being socked ond prepored for delivery (left)

iour curs rtrc slrotte rl olt-track clnilr- to Lracl this lr-1'-1rrodttcl. anri nrsh it to thc nranrt iltctltrer. Thcsc citrs arc lo:rr'lctl :rntoln:tticrtlll', oI course. r.rsing a rler icc perfcctcrl :Ll tl-rc plunt. L'ar Strips (lathe) are:L prontittent itct.t.t:tlsr, irr cviclcrrcc, rrrr<1 gr:rclecl Sal-dust ar-rcl. liLst lrltt ttot lt:tst. \\'o,,rl 1;lour. \\'oocl Flour is used ilt the ntitttttiltctttrc ,f hutt<lrerls ot itenrs. inclucling plastic, telephr.rncs lrritl s1'nthctics ilr tuse rlailv throughout the [-Lritctl StlLtcs ;rtrcl othcr cortrltries. 'fhis reclar"nation oi u'astc h:ts lrcett itccotrtplislrerl rlLrring the past fes. vears throtrgh hltrrl n-orl< lLtrrl ttt:trkct stLtcil'. \\-hile this n'as goitrg on, thc 1c:tnr, cotrsistittg t,f r':Lriorts clepartment heads. nlts rrrlLkittg tittlc lttltl-tttotiotl strttlies tt., eliminate u-aste rii ltt[tl1l)()\\'cr. 'l'lris h:ts ]reetl accontplishe<1 almost 100/,

Tivervthing in this ttrt,tlcrtr- ttp-to-tl;tte plant is trlecharlize<1 :tntl conrlrlctelr':Ltttot.tt:rtic. -\t:t slight touch of a ker,lroiLrrl thc logs lLrt h,r'rlrrtrtliclrllv liftcd to the sa\\'Yer's carri;tgc. rrht'rt'tltt'r;tliotl::l;l!(':,,i tttirttufit.'tttrirrg st:rrl. This alrpelLrs t() l)c:t siruplc oper:rtirin (rl'ith ortlv lL fctr' ke,ys to l)unch) lrrrt it is lL skiilcd otle in rliakirrg sttrc thrtt thc rrrosl is tlcvcl,rltetl irotrr eacl-r 1og.

throtlgh:ttlt.lltltti'rll, ('l c( )ul-sc. t() the edger-\\'here, \\'ith lt Ic\\' s()[t t()tlchcs ()ll lris ke,r.'c()ntr()1s, the oPerat()r triltls itrl(l sizcs cltcl-r piet:c oi lurllrcr m()\'irrg to the grit(liltg ch:tilt \\-hcre ltt.totltcr opcrirt()r. with a slight trtrn of his u rist. gr:I(1cs lt1l(l s()rts itll Iun.rlrer movinS' {rour the niill. }llrtcri:rl is thcrr :Iutonlaticall-\' stacke<l and 1)repare<l for kiln rlr-r'irrg ()r air dr-r-ing.

\\'hile all of this is goirrg ()rr (lllritrg thc tn'o-shift operatiorr, the planir.rg nrill is lrrcp:tring the linishctl ltrr.r.rber ior rnarkct. Thc rail c:rrs:Ire lrcirrr:1o:t<lc<l:Lncl the trtlcks are linecl u1r for overtrite l'tltts t, \ itl-i(,tls \\'csterll cities antl t()\\'r'rs. lllorvcrs;trt11 hollpcrs:trt ill full operation ancl. as the lrrirrrc l)r()(lt1ct is hantllc<l ltv thc vitrious tlllits t)f 11ro(1ern lllrchincr\', thc lrv-ltro<lucts are l)rel)are ci, sacked all(1 l()a.1erl ior shilrtlgrts trt <lc:tlcrs ltn<l <listril-rutors. Everr- steP oi prorlrrctiorr is arttonrlttic ltnrl ever-r- phase is sttpervise<1 1r-r' sl<illc<1 slrecialists.

The I r'r,r-r' l'ine ('r.rttrlrlllt\- administration zttlri lrrotltlctiotr strrfT is hcatletl b-r-l'resiclent ltclrlard I). Ivory' Thc tcltrrr is hclL<le<l lr-r'.f. \\'. "\\'alt" [,aCassc. lllarrt srtlrerirrtcrrrlctlt an<1 :rssist:tnt getrer:Ll nlaltager; T T. "'I-err-r"' ('ontlollv, trc:t-

THE SAWYER (lefr) reduces the rough log to lvory Pine Co. boords; ot rhe righr, q boord comes ofi the <orrioge reody for the nexl step in the operotion 'l'hc lrtxtrrls are thell move(1.

THE AUTOMAIIC CONTROT of the Sowyer's plotform is shown in the lefr photo; the key control shown in close-up ot right is detoiled in story iust obove

stlrer oi the firm an(l in charge of :tll accounting; Fred L. Arndt. ger"reral sales nr;inager; I'eter liield, sales promotion of bv-products, ancl \\-. .\. "-.\1" Coke, traflic and shipping. The automation features of the plant have lreen cleveloped and planned by departnrer.rt heu<ls alr(l 1)lant emploves. -\ const:int improvement program is undern'a,\' at ail tinres. Neu. sheds for storage are constructerl during the otf se:rson trl- the logging personnel. the hugc kilns are overhiLulerl :rncl the l)lant renovated. t'ithout increasing the frxerl overheacl.

"Good housekeeping and a thoroughly planned oper, ation is our definite key to customer service," said Mr. Ivory. "We &rave a 'time-study' program in progress

at all times and we are ever alert to new ideas that will save time and labor. We produce all of our automatic devices right here at the plant, and they are assembled and placed in operation by the men who make our automatic system and schedule possible," he continued.

Ir-ory Pine Companr' lun.rber is <listrilrrrtecl in the Southlancl lry Sortthern Claliforuili l,unrlrer Sales, Nlonrovia. Iirosty Foster, sales man:rger oi this tlistrilruting firm, conrluctecl'fhe C AI-IFOI{NIA LUIIBI'-lt XII,.ItCTIAN'I representativc or.r the mill trip last month to olrtliirr sonrc picturcs lLncl the material for this articlc.

Port of the electricql syslem conlrolling the o ulomolic mill (left) Socking of groded sowdust (righr) in qnofher port of the "no-wqsle" operqtion qt the lvory Pine Co.

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NBilIDA Semi-onrUol Suggests Regionol Meetings to Develop Closer Relotionship Wirh Deolers

The 10th semi-annual national meeting of the National Building Material Distributors Assn. was held at the Jung hotel, New Orleans, May 15-18. The board of directors, meeting on May 15, heard reports of the various committee meetings preceding the directors meeting.

The Trade Relations committee-Chairman, Don Knecht of Building Material Distributors, Rapid City, S. D.-recommended that ways and means must be found to cooperate to a greater degree than heretofore in the manufacturerwholesale distributor-retail dealer team, and it was suggested that regional meetings with manufact'urers and retail dealers be developed, and also that the manufacturers list their wholesale distributors in national or local or regional trade journals.

The Merchandising and New Products committee, headed by H. P. Robinson of Goldberg Wholesale Supply Corporation, Tarrytown, N. Y., recommended that consideration be given to a national survey among retail dealers to determine the current status of acceptability of the wholesale distributor by the retail dealer.

The Marketing and Trends Study committee, with Harold W. Sparks of Lumberyard Supply Company, St. Louis, Mo., as chairman, reviewed the current trends in commodity products, discussing in particular the wholesale distributor's position in Asphalt Roofing-Insulation Board-Mineral Wool-and Steel and Merchant Wire products.

The Group Insurance programs of NBMDA were reviewed by R. C. Boehm of Lumber Dealers Supply Company, Libertyville, Ill., indicating that the two group plans were extremely valuable services to the members of NBMDA, and that remarkable increases in participation had taken place since the last national meeting.

West coast members attending the Nerv Orleans meeting were Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Freeman, SoCal Building Materials Co., Los Angeles; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Haley, Haley Wholesale, Santa Barbara, Calif., and M. E. Blackstock, Lumbermen's Supply and Wholesale Co., Seattle.

Dick Freeman, who is a director of the NBMDA, reports to The CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT that a regional meeting will be held in San Francisco this year on Friday, August 9. Time and place will be announced in an early issue and it is anticipated that leading west coast dealers will be invited to participate

in a panel discusgion to'air their problems to the distributors.

The formal program starting on May 16 featured Professor Wesley Wiksell of Louisiana State University School of Speech. "Have You Tried Listening" was the subject of his talk reviewing the necessity of executives giving full and complete attention to conversations with employes. Unless the employer can put himself in the employe's position and understand his problems, the employer will have a dissatisfied employee, Wiksell stated.

Wendell B. Barnes. administrator. Small Business Administration, Washington, D.C., prepared talk, "What the Small Business Administration Is Doing for You," was given by Justin Green, district director of the New Orleans district. Mr. Barnes' talk summar\zed the activities of the Small Business Administration, indicating that since the start of the agency's lending program in October 1953, through January 31, 1957, the agency had approved almost 5,50O business loans totalling well over $247 million. He also discussed the activity of the Small Business Administration in joining with local banks to lend small firms government funds. Many pamphlets and booklets relative to the financing and operation of small business are available through the district offices of the Small Business Administration, Mr. Barnes stated.

The afternoon session was devoted to a panel discussion, "Efficient Distribution-Is It Over Or Just Beginning?" moderated by Donald I.. Moore, editor of Southern Building Supplies. Participants included C. T. Gilchrist of American Steel & Wire Division, J. Vaux Wilson of Homasote Company, Sam M. Arnold of Arnold Lumber Co., Kirksville, Mo., Robert L. Hamilton, Plank Road Lumber Company, Baton Rouge, La., Robert C. Bourne, Tomkins Brothers, Newark, N.J., and J. M. Hoak, Wheeler Lumber Bridge & Supply Co., Des Moines, Iowa.

A review of Homasote Company's method of compensatory discounts to the wholesale distributor based on services performed was given by J. Vaux Wilson. J. M. Hoak summarized the wholesale distributor's position in efficient distribution as follows:

"Our job in this organization is a big one. We must get our message across to the manufacturer first and to the re(Continued on Page 46)

Roy Sworfs to Redding for Cqloveros

The appointment of Ray Sr,varts (left) as sales represerrtative for Calaveras Cement Company in the lledding area is announced by \Iel J. London, Calaveras vicepresident in charge of marketing. Su'arts n'i11 be in charge of dealer and contractnr sales in seven Northern California criunties and in sciuthern Oregon. He n'ill headquarter in Redding, u'here he rvas born and raised and rvas student body president at Shasta High School in 1950. A straight "A" student, he n on life memltership in the California Scholarship Federation and n'ent to Stanford university on a scholarship. Srvarts \\'as quarterback of his high school football team, forrvard on the basketball team, and pitcher for the baseball team. He played frosh football and varsity baseball at Stanford, interrupting his studies there to play for the Pittsburgh Pirates farm clubs in Florida. While playing shortstop for the I)irates from 1954 to 1956 he worked during the o11-season as a substitute teacher in San Francisco and I{edding public schools.

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SCREENING

idrizi:Horvey Koll, Horry Boond, Don Gow ond Jim Block ore 'the four focing the Gqmotd (1. ro r.)

The Course Wqs Dry ot Fox Hills (in More Woys Thon Onel, When

L. A. Hoo-Hoo Club 2 Met Moy 17

The boys selected "Election Day" for ttre monthly golf tournament and dinner nieeting of l-os Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club 2 at Fox Hills Cor.rntry Club and, in spite of the dryness, 67 Blackcats and their friends playecl golf, ancl over 100 attended the evening rneeting and dinner, May 17.

Burr Goebel, Jerry Essley, Dec Essley, Jim Forgie ond Horold Cole on thot "dry l9th Hole"

Don Braley of Unitecl States Plywoocl Corp. was chairn-ran of the meeting and the speaker was Special Agent Edward L. Olson of the Federal Rureau of Investigation, who gave an off-the-recorcl talk on crime ancl how it is solvecl by the FRI. Many of the cases he mentioned were current ancl containecl the inside intercst that only the law knows about.

"Ain't NOIHING socred?" osks Jerry Essley (left), cought in the locker room, while Guest Goebel from S.F. ftndr out how the other Hoo-Hoo hnlf lives in 1.A. Freemon Compbell, J. W. Fitznotrick, Al Wohl, Ted Avrom ond Joe Petrqsh were lhere, too

Prcsiclent Jim Forgie outlined the election of officers that u,ill take place :rt the June 2l r.neeting at Lakewood Country Club in Nortl'r Lor.rg Beach. Harry lloand, popular retail lurnber dealer, has been nominated to succeed Jirn, along with a full card to support him during the 1957-58 Club year. Chuck Lernber was renominated as secretary-treasurer for his excellent work and Harvey Koll has been named permanent chairman of the golf committee. Chuck, of course, was still out raising money for the various projects which are sponsored by Club 2.

Jerry Essley had an important guest with him for golf and dinner, Burt Goebel, prominent mernber of San F'rancisco Hoo-Hoo Club 9, a civic leader in the north but just a so-so golfer fror.n Rounds Lumber Company and Rockport Redwood Company, was on hand not only to learn abont golf in the south but also how the F BI hanclles the situation in l-os Angeles. Jerry said he was sure Burt picked .r1p a fcw pointers to use in the City by the Golden Gate.

In the Harvey I{oll golf dcpartrncnt, the low-gross prize lr,ent to Ken Knoffel and the guest prize to John Franltlir.r. Ifcl Daviclson won perrnanent possession of the retailcr trophv and the boy fron-r Sar.r Francisco, Burt' Gocbel, nalkecl off u,ith the money and the Blincl l3ogie (they all want hin'r to corre back).

In the first flight, George \Vilson placecl first and George Braclvica seconcl ; Jack Young, 1st, and Russ X'Iorgan, 2nd, in the Seconcl Flite, ancl Prexy Jim Forgie "u'alked in" as r,r-inner of the Thirci Flite.

Chairman Koll listed the follorving Hoo-Hoo as outstancling golfers for the day: pr.6 Calhoun, l)oc Cook, l-arry Hcmmings, Russ Sharp and Norm Ward. Neecliess to say, they all receivecl brand-new golf balls. Thc hole-in-one kitty nor,v contains $19.00 and u'ill kecp grou'ing rurtil it is rvon again.

The last meeting of the current season, at Lakewood

CHAIRMAN DON BRAIEY, G-Mqn Olson ond gnork Forgie (1. lo r.) in lefi photo; "Old-Foirhful" Horvey Koll figures up ihe golf scores ond the recipienls of the prizes (renter photo); snd Hcrl Crockefi with Deolers Steve ond Norton Hothowoy (1. to r,) of the Oceonside yord in the right phoro

COUNTING ON YOU AT L.A. HOO-HOO CLUB 2 for the LAKEWOOD Meeting

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Country Club, June 17, in North Long Beach, should be one of the finest events of the season and Jim Forgie urges every member to attend if possible.

The annual election of officers will take place, along with outstanding entertainment. Tee-off time for golfers will be at 10:30 a.rn. The cocktail hour (which promises this time to be wet) will start at 5:39 p.r.n. and clinner will be served promptly at 7:09 o.m.

Q. T. Hordtner, tr. Heods SPA

Q. T. Hardtner, Jr., Urania (I-a.) Lumber Co., .rvas elected president of the Southern Pine Association at the end of its recent three-day convention. A member of the National Hardrvood Lumber Assn. since 1926. Hardtner succeeds Leon Clancy.

Col-Vef Home Loqn Act Periled

Sacramento-An Assembly Veterans Affairs committee, headed by Assemblyman William F. Marsh, (R., L.A.) is rvorking on a measure to relieve the deluge of applications to refinance loans u.hicl.r last month threatened to torpedo the California Veteran's Farm and Flome Loan Purchase act. The volume has been so heavy recently that the $5,000,000 bond issue could be exhausted by next year, it u'as said. Early last month there were 25,000 loan applications on file and more flooding in at 8,0@ a month, of which 75/c u'ere for refinancing of existing GI and FHA loans.

The subcommittee had a bill before it by Assemblyman Bradley (R., San Jose) to repeal the refinancing section of the Cal-Vet act and limit the program to loans for new homes.

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THE SAN DIEGO LUMBER INDUSTRY has 16 teams participating in a bowling league sponsored by San Diego Hoo-Hoo Club 3. Th,e photos on this page were taken at the league's annual bowling banquet, which was held this year at Michael's in Lemon Grove on April 26.

To be able to bowl in this league, requirements are employment in the local lumber industry or membership in Hoo-Hoo. League President Dale D. Titterington, of the Airline Lumber Company in San Diego, says he believes this may be the only bowling league sponsored by a club in the International Concatenated Order.

The league has created very good fellowship between lumberyards in San Diego, Dealer Titterington reports. This year Sullivan Hardwood Lumber Co. took the honors for hrst place, Airline Lumber Company took second, and Home Lumber Company was in third place. Paul Randell of Baker Hardwood Lumber Co. is Secretary-treasurer of the league.

The top left photo shows the tread table at the recent Il""t Eig".!l!'"lll:3l.11tt.nded by all the keglers

Ben Lindquist Joins W. E. Cooper

1',cn;trd l,indcluist has t:Lkcrl :t 1r,rsition l ith thc \\'. il. Coopcr \\-holeslrle l,tttttlrcr ('otttlrlttt-l', L,s -\rlgclcs. lIlln()111rces C hrLrlcs ll ('oo1rcr. l lis tltrtics u ith the oltl-litlc u-holcsitic hrnr rvill irrclu<lc pt-r,ctssittr- ,i t ttsl,rrtcr irrrlttiries ancl rirrlers lLnrl t'ont:tctirrg tltt ('oo1.rt'r t'11s1oltlcrs lrr- telephone n ith tl:Lil_r' ollcrirtgs. -f irrr ('oolrct- lttttl N,rrtt't:trt ]linrtis rvill contirLl(' t() l)ers()rt:tll-r' c,rvtr thcir s:tlcs territorics.

l,irrrl<1Lrist. u lro ntost rcce tttl-r' tt lts itt ch:rrge of the T,ttrttlrer rleplLrtn)errt it1 thc Iili( ) IilLtlio I'ictLtres studio irl lloll-r'nr,,,rl [,,r fI r't:Lr:. h:1. lr l,,trQ.:Lrt<1 r'ltrierl citrcer irt thc irr<lrrstr,r'. I Ic rr:rs lrssistitttl sccrct:tr-\' oi the ltrrl-rlrerlllcll's :tss()ciirtiorr oi ('hic;rgo. u:ts n'ith the I-orrg-l',cll I-ttutlrcr ( o. s:Llcs olllcc thcrc, u ith tlre retlLil sltlcs tieptLrtttrettt oI tlrc lohn l'1. l'iurrs L o., lttr I'-riu'rrrcl llines sulrsidi;rrv, irr thc

wives or lady friends, and all the ladies were presented an orchid corsage.

s:tnre citv, itrrtl u'rLs rLlso t'iglrt :ur(l ()ne h:rlI r-c:trs rvith thc lrig Hill-t3ehlrrr l,rrrrrlrrr ( o. in ('lricagr, irr retrLil s:Lles.

NBMDA Seeks Closer Deqler Ties (('onlirrut-rl [rorn I'age,1?)

t:ril riLrtlct sct'orrrll,r'. \\'c rnust provr lre-r'onrl dortbt to lrotir th;rt clllcicrt rlislrilrrrtion lnciurs sclling oniv through lcqitinr:rtc \\'h()lcsrLlcrs;urrl rlistrilrntors. To prove it u'c tnust n orlt hlLrrl tri inrlrrovc orrr nre thorls rti hnnclling, to irnlrrolc ()ur ()\ crhc;rrl rLncl costs ,r[ <loirrg lrttsincss ltn<1 thtts gcnt'r;tl1-r' lrtriornr rr rclLl ccorrorrric:r1 trr-r<1 effectilc service lrctl'ccl lrirllull('trrrcl rtrrrl retuiler. lf rve car't <lo this. nc lurvc r,, rie'ht t,r lre given u shirre of the distrilrutiorr rlol1:rr-." (;. t'-. l lolrPe. sitlcs lJr,rlT.tilrt llriltllrgcl'. lnsrrlitc rlivisir,rr oI llinnesot:L artr] Ont:Lrio 1)aPcr t'otrrlrlrrrr., ]l irrtrc;t1ro1is,

concluded the day's program r.vith a discussion on "Solving Slipping Sales." He reviewed a survey conducted by their company's salesmen on the value placed by the manufacturer on the wholesale distributor and the need for continued "hard sell" by the distributor to the retail dealer.

Four panel discussions were held Friday morning for the wholesale distributors attending the meeting, covering Lumber and Millwork Products, Roofing and Insulation Board Products, Steel and Wire Products, and Sales and Merchandising.

Several recommendations were made during these panel discussions, among them that NBMDA contact the American Association of Railroads to recommend as many double-door cars be put into service as possible in order to expedite mechanical loading and unloading. Several recommendations were also discussed regarding merchandising policies of the major commodity manufacturers concerned. Seventy-five lvives of members also attended the meeting and enjoyed a two day program.

S. M. Van Kirk, general manager of NBMDA, in reporting on the activities of the association since the previous meeting, mentioned that membership was rapidly approaching the 3O0-warehouse mark, and that the increased membership indicated that the association was aggressively promoting the importance of the wholesale distributor to both the manufacturer and the retail dealer.

In bringing the general meeting to a close, Chairman Gordon Hampton announced that the annual fall meeting of the essociation lvould be held at the Sheraton hotel in Chigago, on November 10-13.

for the BEST in IOUVER DOORS and SHUTTERS

wood for worship

When a new church or church addition is contemplated, economical yet sound and pleasing construction is a "must." Churches depend on voluntary contributions and even a modest outlay can be hard to underwrite. Wood construction furnishes the answer. It provides the desired dignity, beauty, comfort and durability at the lowest cost.

No other building material is so versatile, so well able to impart an atmosphere of reverence even while lending itself to a striking contemporary treatment. And no other material is so flexible in meeting functional as well as aesthetic requirements.

Plans for new church buildings are everywhere in the making - almost certainly some are afoot in your community, Mr. Retail Lumberman. You can help with them, by providing useful data and eventually the needed woods. Remember, a National-Wholesale member stands ready to help you - call upon him for facts and services.

TIMPS ARE CONSTANTLY CIIAI\GING...THE MEN BEHIND TIIE SEAL KEEP I,'P TO DATE

"Photo by Jeck Cashcourtesy of British Coluobia Lumber Manufactucrs' Associetiotr"

Pcrlience ls Essentiol

Seemed to Fit

The young man of Greek origin was just out of college and, seeking advice concerning his future, he called on a well-recommended success expert. The latter said to him:

"What is'your name?"

The young man said:

"Gus Poppapopupopulos."

"Your iase is simple," said the advice expert, "get into the motorcycle business."

The Whisper

Earnshaw,

"I am convinced ttrat of all qualities essential to leadership, none is more important than the capacity for patiegce. Many a man who has both imagination and courage feils to reach the top because he expects the crowd to follow his pace. The mob is always a laggard. People, in the main, have only limited vision. They are slow-witted, slow-moving. Original th.inking is, in fact, almost completely absent from the mental processes of the average man. Our lives and minds are moulded into patterns, pursue grooves. A new idea hurts, at first. Humans have the same properties of inertia characteristic of matter, we tend to keep on in the same direction, when set in motion. While at rest we tend eternally to remain so. Let not the leader rail at the sluggistr cbmprehension of the pack. For he will never be free from this compulsion to be patient."-Henry

The Tie Thqr Blinds

Give me a wild tie, brother, One with a cosmic urge, A tie that will wear

And rip and tear

When it sees my old blue serge.

Oh, some will say t&rat a gent's cravat

Should only be seen, not heard,

But I want a tie that will make men cry

And render their vision blurred.

I yearn, I long for a tie so strong

It will take two men to tie it,

If such there be, just show it to me, Whatever the price-I'll buy it.

Give me a wild tie, brother, One with a lot of sins, A tie that will blaze

In a hectic haze

Down where the vest begins.

Vision

Vision plays an important part in business success. The man who looks not only ahead, but all around him, will see opportunities that are entirely missed by men in the petty routine of immediate affairs. Without vision, ideals are impossible. The spirit of service, the sincere intent to win one's way in the world, the earnest endeavor to deliver just a little more ttran is expected-these are the products of vision. It takes vision to see that a business is built, not of single orders, but of customers. Customers can be carved only from the solid rock of service.

Wnnderlust

My &reart is warm with friends I make, And better friends I'll be knowing; Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take, No matter where it's going.

Up where the samite mountains rise, To greet the blue ethereal skies, And streamlets murmur midst the trees, To join the great eternal seas; The breezes whisper as they stir The branches of the stately Fir"May fortune's sunlight o'er you play, Make life a gladsome holiday !"

Give ond Serve

Give and Serve-th.is should be our motto. Don't fail to give the smile and kind word; avoid the appearance and feeling of indifference toward those who enter. Say "Good morning" with your mouth wide open enough to make the other fellow feel that you are glad to see him; don't ever forget that your business and your customer's business in this world are the same, nam€ly, to SERVE-you in your capacity, and he in his. Kindness and sincerity are aids to service. They will help you to represent your institution in the most substantial and profitable manner. Don't hesitate to use them. Service is the best advertisement in the world.

Porting

The dust is on the highway

That leads around and down, The footpath and the byway That leads away from town. The dust is on the highway, And on the soul o' me, Oh, God o'love, that my way Should lead me far from thee. But blithe will be the highway, Begirt with blooms and dew, Dear heart o'mine, when my way Shall lead me back to you.

Brevity

An English cub reporter had been soundly lectured by the city editor for relating too many details in his news stories, and warned to be brief in the future. The next day he handed in the following story:

"Shooting affair last night. Sir Dwight Hopeless, a guest at Lady Panmore's Ball, complained of being depressed. He took a highball, his hat, his coat, his departure, not notice of his friends, a taxi, a pistol, and finally his life. Nice chap. Regrets, and all that."

R.oddiscroft Opens New €oreboqrd Plant of Arcqlo for'Timboqrd'

Arcata, Calif.-Utilization of rvaste wood, long the concern of California's lumber industry, made an important stride forrvard rvith the opening last month of a nerv $3,300,000 coreboard plant at Arcata, Humboldt county' Built by Rocldiscraft, Inc., one of the nation's major lumber and plyrvo<-rd producers, the ne'iv plant is turning out a lightcolored medium density board for use in quality furniture manufacture. The process was developed in Germany, and American rights have been licensed exclusively to Roddiscraft.

The plant employs 55 men on a three-shift basis, but this number is expected to double as marketing is developed. One hundred and fifty tons of Douglas fir wood waste, 'rvhich normally rvould be destroyed in sarvmill burners, is required every four hours as the basic rarv material for the plant. Later, other species, such as l'hite fir, redwood, madrone, I I

l.remlock, oak, alder and myrtle can be used.

The process is unlike any other now in use in the United States. Sa'ivmill edgings, slabs and planer ends are reduced to shavings. After chemical treatment they are pressed into boards four feet by sixteen feet.

Bearing the trade name Timboard, the finished product will be eventually overlaid with veneers, such as thin mahogany. It rn'ould replace high-grade plyr,vood and expensive lumbers in the manufacture of furniture.

Although Timboard possesses desirable heat resistant and sound proofing qualities, it is not designed for insulating or acoustical ptlrposes. It is not intended to replace plyrvood sheathing or for finish work.

A hot 'lvater system provides heating requirements for the manufacture of Timboard in the three-story concrete and steel building. N{oderate lr,ater demands and the absence of odors make the plant a desirable clean industry.

L. A. Nqmes Two to Building Boqrd

The Los Angeles City Council this month confirmed Ernest C. Hillman, Jr., structural engineer, and F. L. Sebasta, general contractor, as ne\v members of the Building and Safetv Commission.

Costc Meso Permits Increqse

Costa Mesa, Calif.-February building permits of $1,867,783 here inclucled 157 sinslefamily du'ellings valued at $1,633.046. r_..--*3,rlsfl&"

Blue Diomond's uniform quolity choroclerislics qre importonl lo cruflsmen qs well qs owners.

UNIFORM CORE in hqndling ond noiling

UNIFORM TAPER in ioint lreotmenl

UNIFORII^ SURFACE in decorolion

Alt odd up to imProved opplicotion qnd beiter wqlls ond ceilings.

(Tell them yow saw it in The California Luruber Merchant)

qry?Ien Nq$HlstllffipD ,,7d$f'##y,,W#,i

NORTHWESI HARDWOOD A55N. presented its first public disploy of beoutiful nqlive western hordwoods of lhe recenl Secllle convenlion of Norfhwesl Home Builders. ll wqs o mool queslion whelher Model Vitginio Horrison or the exhibits of solid V-ioint, T&G Alder ond Mople inierior woll poneling, Vr-inch Alder veneer poneling, Alder ond Mople f,ooring, Mcple interior trim ond glued-up furniture stock o'llrdcted mosl ollenlion

Where cr concrete oI high quqlity is desired in otft 0R Two llaYs USE

VIGTOR HIGH EARI,Y STRTIIGTH PORTI.ATID GETIIDIIT

TYPT lTI

THIS PRODUCT

Reduces construction costs by lcrster working schedules and quicker re-use oI lorms. Allows mcrked scvings to the concrete produc"ts manulacturer by reducing curing time, curing spcce, curd inventorieg Pqrticulqrly cdvcntageous in pouring trcffic intersedions, repcirs in opercrting lqctories crnd stores, mcrchinery loundctions, tunnel liningrs, AND

C(IIISTRUCTIOII

Hollywood Jr. Twing Are All-Purpose Doors

Say goodbye forwer to old fashioned screen, sash and storm doors. for here are two all purpose doors...COMBlNATlON SCREEN AND METAL SASH DOORS that fit all types of mll construction and harmonrze with any interior styling.

f,ole lhese 4.ln-l ADVAIITAGE|S

Comfort

o Th! Holly{rcod Ja Twlil p..mlt mor! li3ht ln ltt fion and $ry|c. porchc.

o Glw.dqqu.tr G$y vcndlauon.

O Inrct-tight r$t proof rcraans.

o S.rh ch$ m.y bG clc.ncd wlth drr.

Gonvenience

O NomorcdatourlnS rround I aupcrflu- ou3 artar doo? wlth rn.rmtul of bund16.

a l{o mora aa!8ln& filmatrrcraan doE whlch Invlta lntrud.E.

a Actr rs an addltlonrl D.otrc{m ta huwlt 3h. mry connm dth dt 3ld.rr thFuih xth op.nht rithout unloctlnl thr alor.

Dor. Holltwd ,r. rn rll 3 mblnrd lnto I dd.

Sav.t on hardw.r!, hrntlnt rnd

Sa6 on uponrlYr rapLcamanb.

S.Ycr .p.c.. Th. Hol|t|Iood Jr.

may bc hunt torwlng ltr orout. lffu rv.lhbL ioor aDrca rhld L uu.lltr l6t ln Htdtan c mbft w.y.

-. f,,f Ponel or Flush

a Hollyrood Jr. Twlnr ihra you your dFie of r D.n.l o. fiurh .toor to hrmmi[ xlth any rt!|b archltcturo q m.do. d6lgn.

a Flu.h doo6 .u.ll.bla hr PhlllpDlna Lu.un, OrLntd Arh (S.n) or lLci. o ?.n l doors .v|ll.blG ln plnr only.

Wri|e lor lrsc illvdrcted lilerolurc

Permqnente Cement Dedicntes lts $13 Million Southern Colif. Plont

The Permanente Cement Company dedicated and olficially opened its new $13,000,000 plant in l-ttcerne Valley, NIay 16, with a capacity of 2,500,000 barrels of cement per year. It marks Permanente's first major entry into Sottthern California, accounting lor loy'o o[ all cement production capacity in the area. The compzrny can now pror.ide a single brand of cement from Mexico to Alaska.

The dedicatory progrilm, attencled by approximately 1,00O cement and constrttction inclustry representatives and business and labor leaclers, u,ils conducted by Eugene E. Trefethen, Jr., execrttive vice-presiclent, Kaiser Industries Corporation, and \\ra11ace A. N{arsh, r,ice-president

Mqnufoclurers

and general manager of Permaner-rte Cen-ient. 'l'he pl;rnt, located in the Cushenburv area of I-ucerne Vallcy, San llern:rrdino corrntv, t'il1 procluce iroth standartl l'ortlancl ar-r<1 special tvpe cements, ancl is designed to itllot. {or futrtre expansion to keep pace l-ith the :rnticipatcrl groutl-r of Southern Caliiornia.

An adjacent limestone qtlarr\', lcasccl for 99 l'ears from another afflliatecl Kaiser comlranr'-K:riser Steel Corporation-u'ill supply rau, materi:tl for lroth courltanies at the rate of 1,000,000 torls per year. 1'ernr:tnente l'il1 also mine and crush metallr,rrgical-gracle litnestone fr.rr l{aiser Steel's mill at nearby Fontana, anrl also miike the rock ar-ailalt'le to the glass and sugzir industries in Southern California. The Santa Fe ltailrvay has installed 29 miles of neu' track from its main line near Hesperia to the plant site for transporting :rnrrually thousands of carloads of both ra\\: materials and firrished cement. In addition, Permanente has put into operation a rnillion-dollar fleet of bulk clelivery trucks ancl eclttipment.

A neu, sales division. u'ith offices in Los Angeles, has been established to serve the southern Clali{ornia, northern Arizona and rvestern Nevada areas.

The Cushenbury plant is part of a $'1.5,000,00O exliansit,,n program by I'ermanente and its subsidiaries begun in 1955 and designed to increase cement production capactty 57/o, and its total production of cement, gyPstlm and all other brrilding products 75fi.

IUCERNE VAttEY, Colifornio, bockdrops Permonente Cemen'i's new $13 million plont in the desert qreq with copocity of 2,5{X},000 borrels of (emenl per yeor. In foreground ore porlion of crushing ond srockpiling fqciliries to hqndle limestone, which is moved vio belt conveyollo mqnufqcturing plont in reor

Steiner Open House Drows Crowds

(Continued from Page 20)

Even n-ith its nen' retaii shorvroom. Steiner's Sacramento yard continues to do a majority of its business r,r'ith contractors and custom home builders. Facilities for this division include a brand new separate contractor's office, separate parking for his trucks, the latest n.rethods of lumber hanclling ancl delivery, and a complete pre-cuttilrg department.

Going even a step further, Steiner Lumber Company recently der.elopecl an illustrated catalog of every appliance, hardu,are an<1 lnmber item that the con,panl- carries in stock c.rr has access to. This cataiog l'as then distributed to all of the companr.'s contrActor accounts-:r ready reference book l'hen planning a neu' home 'n'ith a client-jrrst as :t n-lrolesale clistrilrrrtor gives his retail yard customers a catalog of liis prodrrcts;. The lrook n'as an instant hit and Steiner has since orclered a big seconcl printing.

In adclition to his Sacramento v:rrcl, George Steiner also operates a branch varcl :rt Carr.nichael (a suburb of Sacramento) and has an interest in four other Northern Caiifornia -v-arcls. His Carnrich;rel yar<I, n'hich caters more to the shoulder trade, is nou, unclere'oing :L contplete remodeling anC. a tl.o-day grand opening is scheclrrle<l to bc held cluring the early part of Summer.

Arthur Denf in New Celotex Post

.\irpointment of Arthur L. Dent, Jr.. as assistant general sales manager of The Celotex Corporation is announced by X[ar"'in (]reenu'oc.rd, r.ice-president-director of merchandising.

Overnight delivery is commonplace in California by courteous, competent, company-employed dr.ivers.

We aim to build friends as well as customers. Once you've sampled friendly, efficient Ostrom service, you'll be an Ostrom customer from then on ! Let the BIG "O" fill your next big order!

Green Dougloe Fir K. D. Sugor pine X. D. ponderosa Pine K. D. White Fir r Incense Cedor

For over p0 years, we've found it good business to deliver the right grades at the right prices. And dealers everywhere expect the best in Redwood from Hobbs \Vall, year after year because it keeps tbem "ott front" in sales and satisfaction.

For the name of your nearest Hobbs \Vall wholesaler or commission man, write or wire us now.

Over 5OO Amend Silver Reveille

(Continued f.rom Page 26)

Co. The club's perpetual trophy, awarded to low net, was again captured by Bud Kinney for a second year in a row. Other winners in the Dubs division were as follows:

First Flight: low net, Elsworth Keene (64) ; second low net, Gene Destruel (67 ,\, unU third low net, Leo Cheim, Jr' (68). Second Flight: low net went to Gran Geisert (68), followed by Al Boldt (71), with Harry Hood and Jim Rossman tied for third position with a pair of 71's. Third Flight: it was Jack Crane, Jim Ramsey and Bob Kilgore in first to third position, respectively. Forty-two golfers played in the Dubs division. I

In the Blind Bogey Division (108 golfers), the winning scores were as follows:

First Flight: Andy Molineri (71), Dwight Denno (74) and G. Yila (76). Second Flight: E. Garret (61), Uno Ahlenius (55) and John Weaver (65). Third Flight: Walt Hjort (57), B. Robinson (62), with Robbie Robinson and John Thompson tied at low-net 64. Fourth Flight: Bob Elwell (62), Bob Hervey (65) and Russ Tracy (65). In the fifth and last flight, it was S. M. Haslett (54), Vic Perrera (55) and Jim Giles (6O), in that order.

Low-gross rvinner of the Dubs division was Ernie Pieper, with a 74 card. In the Blind Bogey division, it was John McMaster, who tallied a 75 lot the afternoon.

Other special awards were presented to Hugh Pessner, closest to a hole-in-one (3'-11"), and Ernie Pieper, the longest drive of the afternoon (270 yds.).

Cocktails at any one of three different bars began to flow copiously at 6;39 p.m. Shortly after 7:30, the group sat dorvn to do justice to a big steak dinner with all the trimmings. Following dinner, President Herb Farrell welcomed one and all to the annual Hoo-Hoo show of shows and thanked them for their support. An excellent five-act show presented by the Hal Morris Agency officially (but not unofificially) brought the Silver Reveille to a most successful close.

In expressing his appreciation to the sponsors of the 25th annual Reveille, General Chairman Pepetone also wishes to single out for praise the following committee heads who freely donated their time in order to insure the success of the event:

Jim Hendrick, publicity; Gordon Saunders and Vic Roth, reception; Earle Bender, program; Bill Johnson, golf ; Fred Pemberton, banquet; "Sky" Lewis, tickets; Frank Timmers, entertainment; Hollis Jones, finance; Ralph Hill, reservations; and Ev Lewis, the club's secretary-treasurer extraordinary.

"Last but certainly not least," Pepetone adds, "here's a toast to the grand bunch of guys who attended the event. Please come back next Year."

THE REGAT nEVEIILE REGENt5-(rronding, l. ro t.l: ,,sky" Lewis, Jock Borry, Ev Lcwir, Bob Mocfie, Rolph Hill, Gordon sounders, tlill Johnron, Frcnk rimmcF, vic Roth, Jcrry Mochck ond Eorle Bender; (seoted, somc ord-cr): Jim Hcndrick, ihrir 'cch.irr, Joe Pcpefone, Herb Forrell, Hollis Jones cnd Frcd Pgmberton. Thc photo ol il. ilgfl showr rhe winnerg of rhe silver Reveille Golf rournsment cloiming thcir prizcs; in ol1, more thon I5o lumbermen ployed in lhe lournqment

Tut'rrv lun lunun 5lus (onplt'y

..GAtIFOR,NIA'S FTNEST FIR,''

TRINIIY RIVER IU'IABER CO'IIPANY, HOOPA, CAIIF. Wholesole to Lumber Ycnds Only

393I GEARY BLVD. sAN FRANCTSCO t8, CA[!F. SKyfine 2-2040

This lrem We 'Dig'

Low-cost Latin-American housing received a boost last month when the Organization of American States signed a contract with the San Andreas University of La Paz, Bolivia, to finance a study of the uses of Adobe as a building material for low-cost housing.

Hoo-Hoo Gonvention Dqfes Set

Atlanta, Q3.-"lfs11'all come" is the rvord from Atlanta as the International Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo announces Sept. 16-18 as the dates of the 66th annual meeting with the theme of "National Convention in Dixie." Atlanta Hoo-Hoo Club No. 1 is acting as host to the international Iumbermen's fraternal order.

The Dinkler Plaza hotel in the heart of downtown Atlanta will be convention headquarters, r,'i'ith adequate accommodations for all delegates and visitors, and will serve as a hub for the various activities being planned. Sam E. Houston, Jr., general convention chairman, announces that the three-day program will include all traditional features of Hoo-Hoo conventions and carried out in the distinctive Southern manner.

The city of Atlanta, unofficial capital of the New South, is the transportation center of the entire Southeast. Delegates from every part of the nation will find that all roads lead to Atlanta, whether traveling by air, rail or highrvay. The city itself, rebuilt from the ashes of 1864, features a unique blend of the old and the new. From ante-bellum mansions to modern skyscrapers, there is something to interest every Hoo-Hoo.

Sell REDWOOD TA.N.KS for Economicol gforcgg:

A{tonoiic tVotor gyttcms do foil, ond thcn wotcr ir ot c prcnium. &ldwood Storog€ fankr qre the moil econoniccl. I Iniriot coil it lowcr, ond they hove o tongcr lifc. Rcdwood hor high inrulation valuc; keepr wotcr cool. Rcdwood ir r$i3tont fo fungi cnd inrcct &iock. Furthcrmo?., wc con give immcdinri dclivcry. complere Your line wirh REDWooD TANKS

..OUR 72ND YEAR''

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MAIN OFFICE: (Mock Gites)

711 D Street-P.O. Box 711 o Son Rofoel, Colif. o Phone Glenwood 4-1854 o TWX Son Rofoel 25

DISTRIBUTION YARD: (Arr Bond)

Highwoy l0l Cloverdole, Colifornio r phone TW,inbrook l-2312

LETTERS

The California Lumber Merchant, 108 West Sixth Street, Los Angeles, California

Dear Sirs:

As it is not always easy to persuade advertising companies to take a dose of their own medicine, I should like to pay you and your publication a small tribute.

The intioductory story you ran on "Lanky Plankv" last June lst and the follow-up series of half-page ads we ran in your paper have definitely paid off.

We naa two coupon inquiries from Pasadena arid Van Nuys, which resulted in sizeable 'contracts. Also, in closing contracts from eight other dealers, I have learned that they were aware of our campaign of informative ads, and this was a help to me.

These dealers already had some idea of the range and versatility of our Service. It was a great deal easier to do business with them than if I had been starting from scratch' Lanky Planky is happy to have made so many new lumberadvertiser friends in his first year in California.

Truly your publication must be well read. I would also like to mention with appreciation the excellent cooperation and help we have had from your San Francisco representative, Max Cook.

With kind personal regards and best wishes, Yours very trulY Viggo Kihl, FOT LANKY PLANKY.

California Lumber Merchant

108 West 6th Street

Los Angeles 14, Calif'

Dear Sirs:

July First is going to be an important anniversary for both the California Lumber Merchant and for me. It was 35 years ago come July First that your first issue was published in Los Angeles, and it was the same day f moved to Los Angeles as manag'er of The Wheeler-Osgood Company branch, which I operated until 1931. Since that time I don't believe I have ever missed reading one of your issues from cover to cover, first because of Jack Dionne's magnificent editorials which are a never failing source of inspiration, and second be,cause of the complete news coverage.

When I left Wheeler-Osgood I became general sales manager for the Washington Veneer Company's group of mills in Olympia and Seattle, Washington. Then on January First, 1933, I became an officer, director and sales manager of Cadwallader-Gibson Company. Since then my primary interest has been Philippine hardwoods.

In 1942 I opened my own office, to be joined in 1946 by Jim Forgie when he came out of the Army, after a distinguished record of service, as a Lt'-Colonel. Jim, of course, is the son of my very old friend, that fine lumberman Bob Forgie.

In 1949 son John joined us, handling plywood and veneers, with special emphasis on imported plywood from Japan. Jim handles alt West Coast woods, specializing in Western Red Cedar, Redwood, and industrial items in Fir, Spruce,

RED CEDAR CLOSET LIN ING

Guaranleed lo be lhe lasl word in aromaiic red cedar closet lining, manu{aclured in lhe {inesl cedar closel plant in America, we are mainlaining our repulaiion of years past for furnishing lhe besf only. Localed in the hearl of the cedar counlry, only lhe highest quality logs are selecled from which lo make our lining. Available in lwo sizes, 2t/r" and 3t/r" wide and 31" thick, paclaged 50 board {eef, wrapped in heavy lrafi paper, We are also manufaclurers of soft-lexlured. precision-milled, quality-made Chiclamauga Appalachian oak flooring. Every board lhat goes inlo our flooring musl meel exacling requiremenls and every board is seasoned {or a minimum of lhree monihs. f,orge stocks, prompt shipments.

CHICKAMAUGA CEDAR COMPANY, INC. o Stevenson, Alqbomo o Est. 1923 o

Flenrlocl< anrl othcr I'acific Coast softl'oocls. I olterate the imported h;rrrlivoorl delrartment including Philippine, Japanese, Canadi:rn, anrl Sorrth and Central American species. Distribution of all is n;rtionl'icle, especially the Philippine ancl Japanese ltrr.ubcr and plyn'oocl. Orr this 35th annir-ers:rr,r, oi the Czrlifornia Lumber ],Ierchant, I l'ant to thltr-rk vorr for the valualtle information and r-e11. great pleasrlre \'()ur prrlrlicatiorr has gir-en me during these manv vears, anil lrt the same time to cilTer congratulations and er-ery good wish for the frrture to Jack Dionr-re, E,d ],lzrrtin and all of thc menrlrers oi vorrr staff. You h:l'e performecl a u.onderful service to the lrrm'ber indrrstry.

Gordon Monory Nqmed V-P qnd G-M of Simpson Redwood Compqny

Gordor-r J. \lanary has been appointed vice-presidcnt ancl general lnan:rflcr of Sir.npson Redr'vood Company, according to Thos. F. (llccrl, prcsiderrt cif thc parent Simpson Tin-rber Company, Seattle. llanary, u,ell ltnown in the redr,vood inchrstrr', assumecl his neu, duties in Arcata, Calif., on NIay 15. He succecds \\rilliam E,. I-awson, r'vl.ro resigncd in NIarch.

In his neu' position, l,[anary u,'i11 rlircct all n-ranufactr"rring and sales operations for the Sinrpson Rerln'ood Companv and the management of its extensive tinrbcr lantls in California's Humboldt, Del Norte ancL il{endocino cotlnties. The comparrl-'s mills are located in Arcata, Eureka, Kl:urath and Korbel in Northern California. Its products, sold nationally, include redrvood and IISO:vu'

Sincerelr-, Ilobert S. ()sgood

SHAW clnd

fir lumber and fir veneer.

WHEN YOU NEED REDWOOD DRAWERSTOCK, PINE MOUTDINGS or cusToM MlttlNG... CALt McCLEttAN ,WLt & IUMBER. CO.

514 Bqllonq Streel, Inglewood, Coliforniq "Mo.c" Mcclellqn Bob Shqw

From 1929 until early this year, Manary had been associated with The Pacific Lumber Company, Scotia, Calif., and was named vice-president and general manager in 1952. Previottsly, he had served as Pacific's logging manager and as general manager of logging, production and railroad.

Manary is chairman of the California State Redwood District Forest Practice committee, serving by appointment of Governor Knight. He is also a member of the Eureka Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis, American Legion, Aahmes Redwood Shrine Club, Redwood Empire Golf & Country Club, and is a charter rnember of the Ingomar Club in Eureka.

Americqn Hordwood Go. Completes New Sforoge Building in L. A.

Completion of replacement storage facilities at the American Hardwood Co., Los Angeles, is announced by Milton Taenzer, r.ice-president. Movement of lumber into the building, constructed by the Duclley Steel Corp. of South Gate, California. u'as completed this month and the structure placed in full operation. Former facilities, including all inventory, rvere recently destroyed by fire.

Regarding the nerv building, Mr. Taenzer said, "When it rvas decided u'e should rebuild vvith an all-steel building, the Dudley Steel Corp. made a thorough survey of our building requirements. \\re were faced u,ith an immediate need for protection for a perishable product, and needecl cover for it as quickly as it rvas possible to get it. Once the steel was on the premises, I don't remember ever seeing a building go up so fast.

"Secondly," continued N{r. Taer-rzer, "we needed clear space rvithout cumbersome columns and other interior supports which are a hazard and a deterrent to efficient handling of our product. Dudley's 1OO-foot clear span all-steel structure was and is the anslver. We find it eminently suited to our needs, it is meeting all requiretnents, and in addition it holds even more lumber than lve had anticipated."

The building and canopy cover 18,000 square feet at American Hardrvood's 1900 East 15th Street location, and rvill be able to store over a million feet of lumber that u'ill be readily accessible.

TWIN HARBORS TUMBER GOMPANY

Aberdeen, Woshington

Mcrnufocturers qnd Distributors of West Cocrst Foresl Producls

525 Bocrd of lrode Bldg. PORTTAND 4, OREGON

Phone CApitol 8-4142

,tAENtO PARK

Bob ltllosfie, Jim Rossmqn 1618 El Cqmino Reql

DAvenport 4-2525

ENt. l-0036 from Boy Area & Sqn Jose

Mullin Inducted Info [. A. Rolory

451 Sourh G Street Arcotq, Cqliforniq

VAndyke 2-2971

tOS ANGELES 15

C. P. Henry & Co. - - Cqlifornic Representqtives - - 714W. Olympic Blvd. Rlchmond 9-6524

Rfchmond 9-6525

Wayne F. N{ullin, most recent past-president of the Southern California Retail Lumber Association and president of Mullin Lumber Co., I-os Angeles, is sholr,n here rvith a group of Rotarians on the day he was accepted last month into the Los Angeles Rotary Club at the Statler hotel. Roy Stanton, Sr. sponsorecl the lumber dealer into the service club u'hen he took over the classification formerly assigned to popular George Lounsberry, president emeritu-s and senior director of the SCRLA.

The Insulation thst mskes o hit with homeowners! The demond keeps growing for ZONOIITEthe wonder fireproof, rotproof insulotion ihot's eosy to instoll. One mon con insulote on qveroge ottic in four hours! lightweight ond economicol! COOIS HOMES UP TO 15 DEGREES! SAVES UP TO 40% FUEI IN WINTER!

STOCK IT! DISPTAY IT! PROFIT WITH IT!

WITH BUITDING 'IAATERIAT YARDS IN PRINCIPAL CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CATIFORNIA CITIES

Pictured with Wayne are, from left to right: J. C. "Jack" Meacham, general manager, Statler hotel; Roy Stanton, Sr., president, E. J. Stanton & Son, Inc. ; Mr. Mullin; Jim Forgie, Robert S. Osgood Lumber Co.; Dee C. Essley, district governor of Rotary and prominent L.A. lumber executive, and Terry Mullin, general manager, Tarzana Lumber Co.

,, Arizonq Votes Strong Resolutions

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.quently, the pending request is to raise freight rates on Western Railroads by l7/o, and

'j WHEREAS, spot checks indicate that truck hauling of ' lumber from Oregon and California into Arizona increased approximately I50% between the years 1955 and 1956. This 'clearly indicates that the now existing rates and services are : not adequate and a further increase in rates will only aggravate l"':' the situation.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Ari-

.zona Retail Lumber and Builders Supply Association, Inc. that

they enciorse the action of the National Retail Lumber Dealers

^ \t r. r a :, rr/t--t^^-t T ---L^- Association and the National-American Wholesale Lumber

.Association in protesting in our behalf any further increase in

freight rates.

May 4,1957

Litchfield Park, Arizona

RESOLUTION GRADE MARKING OF BOARDS : WHEREAS, in 1952 the Arizona Retail Lumber and 'Builders Supply Association was pleased that the FHA ac' cepted their recommendation that only grade-marked lumber

to be allowed on construction coming under their regulations, and ' ' WHEREAS, an economic survey of Arizona Mills at that time indrcated that they were not in a position to comply with ' this regulation, the order was amended to apply only to dimension lumber, and ' WHEREAS. conditions have altered so that Arizona Mills

Pre-fobbers Hod Big Yeor

Prefabricated home manufacturers produced 94,791 units last year for a new record, with Ohio leading with 16.369 units built, followed by Illinois, 8,00O, and Indiana, 7,500. The Prefabricated Home Manufacturers Institute, Washington, D.C., estimated there are 7,000 builder-dealers now erecting and selling prefab homes. National Homes Corp', one of the leading manufacturers, took a 9-page suppliers section of advertising in the April issue of Living For Young Homemakers to present its new 1957 models.

are now in a position to grade mark their materials, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED bv the Arizona Retail Lumber and Builders Supply Association that we now urge the FHA to reinstate their original regulation requiring the grade marking of all lumber.

May 4,t957

Litchfield Park. Arizona

RESOLUTION NATIONAL ISSUES

WHEREAS, several legislative matters which will directly afiect our industry are now being considered by our National Congress, and WIIEREAS, in correspondence we have already advised our members of Congress our views in detail, we feel that with the organization in session we should again express our views:

(1.) Wage-Hour

We oppose extension of Wage-Hour coverage to include

any segment of retail business.

(a.) The proposal is an opening wedge to complete coverage.

(b.) The apparent exclusions from coverage are misleading.

(c.) The pre-war definition of "retail establishment" has been resurrected. This would deny exemption to practically all of our members.

(d.) It is not in the public interest and would be a further encroachment of states' rights by Federal Regulations.

(2.) G. L lnterest Rates

We favor H.R. 6360 which would increase the G. I. Interest Rate on both guaranteed and direct loans to 5/o.

(a.) This is a realistic approach and rve think the only way to keep this program alive.

(3.) Freight Absorption

We oppose S.11 to amend the Robinson-Patman Act whicll would eliminate "Good Faith Defense" pricing practices and "Freight Absorption."

(a.) The court decision in the Standard Oil of Indiana case determined that where there is a charge of price discrimination it is a complete defense for the seller to show that his lower price was made in good faith to meet an equally low price of a competitor.

(b.) Meeting a competitor's price is the very essence of competition and is indispensable in our form of economy and to the protection of the consumer.

4. Priority of Federal Tax Lien to Be Corrected

We favor a law which will clarify priorities of a Federal tax'lien over mechanic's liens.

(a.) The American Bar Association has recognized the present inequitable situation and is recommending corrective legislation.

5. State-Federal Jurisdiction Under Taft-Hartley

Rdcently, the Supreme Court held that a state had no jurisdiction where, under Taft-Hartley l-aw, the N.L.R.B. was given jurisdiction, but has declined,jurisdiction.

(a.) We believe that states should be given jurisdiction over labor disputes where the National Labor Relations Board has declined to assert jurisdiction.

(b.) We affirm our stand that no Federal legislation should be enacted which would in any way annul or weaken the "Right to Work Law" adopted by a vote of the people of Arizona.

6. Taxes

A balanced budget and a reduction in Federal spending in order to efiect a tax reductign is a must if we are to stop the inflation trend and protect our economy. To make this efiective the budget should be reduced by several billions of dollars. We submit this formula.

(".) Is there a proven need for the expenditure or increase in expenditures ?

(b.) Can the taxpayers afford it?

(..) Will the tax be applied to the need so that the taxpayer obtains a dollar value out of his tax dollar?

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Arizona Retail Lumber & Builders Supply Association, Inc. that we advise our senators and representatives in Congress of our position on matters affecting our industry and respectfully solicit their support of our position.

May 4,1957

titchfield Park. Arizona

(Tell them you saw it in The California Lwrnber Merchant)

silver it's slerling...

Only when backed by proven performance can a trademark become a symbol of quality. Union Lumber Company's NOYO has become a "buy-word" for the 6nest in Redwood through three-quarters of a century of service.

!$(uhen Redwood specifications call for the 6nestCertilied Dry

Pottern & Ponel Pickets & Mouldings

-make sure your ordet gocs to Union Lumbcr Company whete uncxcelled facilitics, pcrpctual tinber supply and finest wotkmanship mcan satisfaction.

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Carcful effcient loadiog and chccking say "thank you" for your ordcr. Ir proves, "Once a Noyo Dcaler - always."

TREEFARMERS AND AAANUFACTURERS FORT BRAGG CATIFORNIA

Sqn Frqncisco

Los Angeles Pork Ridge, lll. New York

SAIES NEPRESENTATIVES THNOUGHOUT THE NATION

Menber Califtrnia Redutood Associatiott

DOUGTAS FIR R,EDWOOD PINE

T. E. OTSEN CO.

Whofesofe Pscific Cossl Lumber Products 9538 Brighton Woy - Beverly Hills, Cqlif.

- - Ted Olsen - - BRqdshqw 2-7943 - - Don Jewelt - -

Yqle & Towne West Coclst Plqnt OPen

The neu, n'est coast materials handling plant nolv completed at San Leandro, California, by the Yale & Torvne N{anufacturing Comparry r,r'ill produce a completelv nerl' line of Yaie he:ny-duty gasoline fork-lift trucks, annotttrced Elmer p. Jlvyman, r,ice-President' at the opening of the Western Nletals Exposition. The neu' $2'500'000 rvest coast plant n ill also produce complete lines of the standirrd Yale gas, LP-Gas, and electric-pol'ered, fork-lift trucks' Worksavers ancl Warehousers to serve the 11 \\'estern states ltrlrt u,estern Canada. Attachments s'ill alsrl be manttfactrtrecl at the San I-eandro plant. Early in August, J11rym&n {urther anrrouncecl, the San Leandro plant u'ill begin llrocluction of

&

the Trojan line of bulk materials handling equipment nou' manufactttred only at B:rtavia.

In addition to the production operations at the San l-eanrlro facility, Yale & Torvne u'ill also establish there a major factory distribution center of replacement and service parts, :rlso an attractir,e product display and demonstration are:t. Yale & Tou'ne's l'est coast plant is of steel frame constntction r.vith tilt-up concrete u,alls, built on a 8.3 acre plot at the intersection of Doolittle Drive and l)avis Street in San Leandrri, Caliiornia. The manager of the plant is John T. NIcCarlev.

Inlqnd Assigns Schmidtke to Soles

Teletype: PD-385

fIR CEDAR HEATIOCK RTDWOOD SPRUCE. IDAHOT SUGAR AND PONDEROSA PINE

We Solicit Your Inquiries lot ltlolnanized and Creosoled Lunbert Timbers, Poles anrl Pililg

Ken Schmidtlie (lcft), veteran lumber salest'uan of Northern and Southern California, has been assignecl a s:tles territory by Inland Lun-rber Conrpany of Bloomington, accorcling to Starli Sorvers, sales rnanagcr of thc lvholesale distributing concern. Ken is u'ell known in the southlancl, having spent several years in rvholesale sales u,itl.r Hollor,l. Tree Redwood Co., u'ith hea<lqrrarters in Long Beach. He has an extensive experience in proctlrernent and sales at thc mill lcvcl in Northern California and southertt Oregon. l{e h:rs lrcen making clirect contact u,ith retail lun-rber clcalers sirrce tht: clrtse of Workl \Var II and is a member of the Tnternatioual Conc:rtenated Ordcr of Hoo-Hoo.

During his school <lays in the Larch Nlountain arelr of C)rcgon, Ken servecl his tirne as "Whistle Punlt" in the logging operation conductecl by his father. Hc was raisccl in t'very phase of the lumber procluction and renranttfacturing en<l of tl-re business. For several years he hcl<l the important position of logging superintendent for various sarn'mill operators throughout the Pacific Northw-est. Following this well-rounded experience, he entere<l the buying encl of thc business for the national r'vholesalers'association. l{e caure to California in 1948 to represent varions sawn-rill concerns of Oregon in lr-holcsale sales.

Ken rcsidt-s in Tnglcwoocl ar.rcl rvill cover the greater T,os Angeles territorv calling on retail dealers.

The addition of Sam Witzel (left) to the sales force of TwinCity Lumbcr Co. was announced to tl.re tradc May i3 by Hac Collins ancl Rill Ramsav of T-C's San Rafael oIfice. Witzel lvill be mal<ing

tl.re rouncls for Twin-City in Sonoma ancl Lake countics, ancl in the Valley territory from Chico to Bakersfield.

\\titzcl, r,l'ho formerly covererl a similar territory for Hehrs-Ilrown Lumber Company, originally began his lumber career as a PLIII grader at Willamette Valley, Oregon. He subsequently put in four years with A1 Clements Lumber Company at Eugenc. A Navy veteran of both \\rwlI and the Korean war, Witzel attencled Willamette University ancl the University of Colorado. He will continue to reside in Santa llosa. In addition to his lumber activities, Sam l.ras also been a long-time lloo-Hoo supporter and is currently serving as a dlrector of Redwood E,mpire Hoo-Hoo Club 65.

A-WPA Holds Annuql Meeting

Noel E. Kittell, president of the American \\rood-Preservers' Association, called to order the 950 members and gtlests attending the 53rd annual meeting of the association at the Conrad Hilton hotel, Chicago, April 29. Reports of activities of the past year lvere presented during the

three-day meeting b1' the l)reservatives committees, Treatrnent Xlethods committees, Ccimmodities committees, Utilization and Service llecords committees. and Information and Technical Development committees. Recommendations made bv several of these committees ()n ne\\' and revised standards for the AWI'A Manual of Recommended Practice and approved by rnembers in attenclance n'il1 nou- be subject to approval by letter ballot of all members.

Also presented cluring the nreeting \\'ere 1)apers prepared bv leaders in the lield of u'oo<l lrreserr-ation.

Lq Puente Volley Building Leods

La Puente, Calif.-The La Puente Vallev issnecl a total of 505 permits in April, at a valuation of $.5,431,145, to lead the east San Gabriel \ralley in constmctiorr. Neu, dl,elling units accounted for 319 oi the oernrits.

Witzel Joins Twin-City Lumber Co.

Industry Welcomes l15 Boys ot Junior Logging Conference

Moores Opens RR.JIC

Mendocino Woodlands, Calif.-"In the forest industrv, as in no other, a man can go to s'ork for hinrself," stated \\,'illiam H. Moores, president of Hollorv Tree I-umber Company, Ukiah, in his talk April 28 before 126 high school forestry and 4-H students, gathered here for the 5th annual Junior Logging Conference sponsored by the Redu'ood Region Conservation Council. NIr. Nfoores also stressed that the small enterpriser neecl not invest in a lot of equipment to start, a fact that u':rs of vital interest to his audience oi young students t'ho rvill, in all prcibability, enter the n'ork force within the next feur years.

Following his talk, zrnd some discussion from the floor on points he had raisecl, the C. R. Johnson Safety Committee presented a par.rel on Industrial Safety. Orman Oak, Union Lumber Co., Fort tsragg; J. Haroid Robinson, Willits Reil-

rvood Products Co., \\ri11its, and Gordon Mcliillican, The Itacific Coast Co., \\'illits, l'ith other panelists, displayed ecluipment ar-rd explained saf etv techni11rres.

Among the students in atter-rcl:Ince \\-ere 123 Irom redrvood region comrnunities :urd three fronr out oi the area. Through the c<ioperation c.rf Janres K. XIace, deputy state forester, CDF, Riverside, Calii., a senior irorn Clolton Union High School u'as pzrrticipating in the three-day Conference, as \\'ere trvo from the I':iradise Unified School District rvhose atten<lance has lreen macle possible by the cooperative efforts of Rzinger Charles l'. Campbell, CDtr, Butte Countr-.

Union lumber Compony Shows Students Focilities in Redwood Region

A complcte torrr of the Union Lumber Companv siilvntill, veneer plant, hydraulic barker ancl logging musctlnr \vas olte

CAlIFORNIA REDWOOD A55N. qnd Bernord J. Voughn (right)

Chief Grode Inspeclor Rolph Tolvolo poinfs out chqrqcteristics of grode (left photo). RRIC with rhe four outstonding sludents (center photo). The boys ond their forestry teocher (in

Secrefory-Monoger Emonuel Fritz (left) glosses) see Union's veneer plonr (right)

Representing in Southern California:The PACIFIC LUMBER COMPANY

$TENDLING-NATHAN COMPANY

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of the highlights of the fifth annual Redwood Region Junior Logging Conference, April 28 to May 1, at Mendocino Woodlands camp near Fort Bragg, Calif., under the direction of Bernard J. Vaughn, Union Lumber Company public relations director. A total of 115 high school forestry and lumbering students from 19 California schools attended the conference.

Redwood lumber-grading demonstration by Ralph Talvola, California Redwood Assn. chief grade inspector of Eureka, was a very popular new feature of the conference. Redwood lumber grading competition on the part of the attending students was part of the new field-day competition between high schools. Students also participated in log bucking, distance chaining and other events, and Eureka High School won the school trophy consisting of a chromium-plated falling axe mounted on a curly-grain redwood 5oard.

Other features of the three-day program included a very informative talk by Dr. Fred E. Dickinson, director of the University of California Forest Products Laboratory at Richmond, on the use of wood as a structural material. Dr. Dickinson illustrated his talk with many exhibits of plywood, particle board and hardboard.

Talks on job opportunities and a complete field trip through Jackson State Forest near Fort Bragg were included in the program. On the State Forest the boys visited a current logging operation of Willits Redwood Products Co., where a seven-foot redwood over 200 feet tall was felled for them.

At the conclusion of the conference program, four outstanding students were chosen to attend the Redwood Region Logging Conference at Eureka May 24 and 25. They were Gor-

don Bolton, Miranda, Dutton of Arcata, and Roger Cyr of Eureka, Robert Fesmire of Willits. Emanuel Fritz, RRLC secretary-manager, announced the selection.

F. J. Hyman, Jr. of Little Valley Lbr. Co., Fort Bragg, was camp manager during the conference.

April Gonstruction Gonfrocts Drop

Contracts for future construction in the United States in April totaled. $2,776,431,000, a decline of 9/o compared to April 1956, according to F. W. Dodge Corporation, construction news and marketing specialists. The April decline ofiset a large increase in March and, as a result, the cumulative total for the first four months of. 1957, amounting to $10,314,991,000, showed no change from the comparable period of 1956.

Contracts for residential building in April were valued at $I,23I,667,W,8/p below the year-earlier level. For the first four months of 1957, residential construction contracts amounted to $4,031,007,000, down 6/o from the comparable period last year. The number of housing units represented by the April 1957 contracts totaled 93,758, whi'ch was l4/o below the April 1956 level. The trend toward larger and more costly homes acco\nts for the sharper decline in unit volume than in dollar value.

West Side Deolers to Dine

The West Side Lumbermen's Group of the Southern California Retail Lumber Assn. will hold a dinner meeting, Wednesday, June 19, at Brand's restaurant in Mar Vista.

Gus Hoover

Bob lloover

Stuort Jones

Dick Hoover

2185 Hunlinglon Drive, Son Mqrino 9, Colifornio

Western Pine Assn. Offers Gourses ot Morysville crnd Fresno.

A two-day short course in "Quality Control in Lumber Manufacture" was held in Fresno, May G7, under sponsorship of the Western Pine Association's research depart- 'ment, a-ccording to Peter Field of the Ivory Pine Co., Dinuba, district member of the WPA's research committee. Headrig sarving accuracy was detailed the first day and rnoisture-control content the second for sawmill and seasoning foremen and other supervisory personnel of WPAmember mills in the San Joaquin Valley and South Sierra "district. Sessions both days were held at the Fresno hotel, with registration starting at 8:30 a.m. Field trips were in-

Quofiry Redwood

Smokey Beqr €omic Sfrip to Be Gommerciolly Syndicofed

A new adventure comic strip ,"Smokey the Bear," syndicated through a joint arrangement between the Forest Service and Columbia Features, Inc., and designed to extend further the educational value of Smokey in forest conservation, will be released for daily and Sunday features starting June 16, announces the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This comic strip character will enjoy the distinction of being the only one authorized by Congress. By a Congressional Act of 1952 the Smokey Bear symbol was declared the trademark of forest fire prevention. Royalties from the strip will go to the Forest Service for cooperative forest fire prevention work.

Smokey's role as America's guardian of the forests will continue in the comic strip features, but the educational aspect of Smokey's role will be greatly extended in the feature series. Little Smokey and a comical racoon named Specs will acquaint readers with conservation, ways of animals and birds, folklore, pathfinding, fire control, game conservation, and woodcraft. Through the licensed sales of commercial educational items bearing the Smokey Bear symbol, a new league of young forest-minded Americans has been created by the Forest Service under the name of "Junior Forest Rangers." Young Americans who pledge their loyal protection to our Nation's forests receive a kit including a membership card for the organization.

The Sunday "Smokey the Bear" feature is designed for a permanent child's reference book on forest life. Entitled "Smokey Says," it is a large, full-color panel to be cut out, featuring instructions in woodcraft, nature study, and valuable, practical knowledge concerning the forest world.

cluded both days under James C. Anderson, industrial engineer from the WPA research lab in Portland

The two classes were also given in Marysville, Calif., at the hotel there, on N{ay 9-10, with the field trip in tl-rat area taken to the A. Speckert Lumber Co. mill.

USPIy Moves Up Teichmeier

Promotion of Alfred W. Teichmeier to the newly-created post of sales manager of hardwood plywoods at United States Plywood Corporation, is announced by E. J. Maroney, vicepresident and director of sales personnel.

IMPORTERS OFHARDWOOD PLYWOOD & LUMBER qeMww*

Georgio-Pqcific's Buckley Sees

Tremendous sing Boom Due

The Oregon Building Congress, at their recent annual meeting in 1'ortland, Oregon, heard an optimistic note souncled on the 1957 building situatit.rn and a prediction that 19(r0 u'ill see the start of an unprecederrted. 15 - 1'ear home-builcling lroom. Jan'res 1,. Buckley

r'ice-presiclerrt irr charge of plvn'ood sales and yrromotion for Georeia-f'acific Corporation, told the arrnual dinner meet, ing of the congress that his companv discounted the gl<iom ltre-

vailin{i in some (luarters or-er forecasts oi an over'built h<-lusing market :irr<l feu-er horrsing starts this vear.

"What I am saving is that 1957's 1,110,000 houses is almost as good a nrarket as the 1.39(r,000 u'e built in 1950."

IJuckley said. "They are largelv ranch houses, take more pl1'rvood irncl lrrnrber, hur,e an additional bathroom ancl n-ruch more glass, irrsrrl:rtion, fl oorirrg, accoustical materials, carpeting and appliances."

He added that demolitions lrrought altout by the neu. highu'ay program u'ill result in demarrd for 70,000 to 100,000 nen' homes in 1957 alone.

Buckley said there is an actual shortage of around 4,000,000 to 5,000,000 homes now, mostly better homes for people whose income has risen so they can afford

to move into a $15,000 to $20,000 home. He predicted that by 1959 there would be 25,000,000 or more families with income topping $S,O0O a year.

13eginrrirrg in 19610, he said, neu' family formations alone n-ill recluire 1.5m,000 neu' honres a year, rising to 2,000,0O0 r.rnits bv 197(r.

Oregon. n'ith its ,+3,1,000,000,000 feet of standing timber, has a trentendous stake in this lruilding boom, Ilucklev said. He revieu'ed Georgi:i- I'acific's e xpar.rsion in the Pacific North'n.est. Since 19.17. the comlr:inv has investecl some $200.000,000 in timberlands :rnrl mill properties in the region, of rvhich $120.000.000 is in Oreson.

A $1 million apartment house clevelopmer.rt at Azusa and Badillo a\-enues in \\Iest Covina.

(left),

Encinitqs Mokes Top Rung

. Encinitas, Calif.-For the first time in the history of unincorporated communities in San Diego county, Encinitas set the building pace during April, topping all other towns, with building permit vahiation of $786,000 including 2I new homes. There were also 34 new.homes permitted this M4rch and, since August 1956. E,ncinitas area building has been topping $250,0@ a month.

Deolers Riding Remodeling Wove

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the freight charge for moving of this lumber from west coast mills to the soutlrern and eastern markets approximatel-r$10.00 per NIBM.

3. (By a bank representative)-That the suggested change would not justify an increase in the appraised valuation of residential property nor enhance its value.

4. (By " representative of the Home Builders Association)-That the change sought u'ould result in higher building costs without improvement to the building itself.

5. (By legal counsel from one of the Mid-West lumber

associations)-That the changes sought also involved possible restraint of trade maneuvering.

6. (By the Southern California Retail Lumber Association manager, who summed up the opposition)After reminding the Committee of the resolution of the SCRLA Board of Directors, dated April 4th, which rvas in the Committee's possession, he said, "Historically, . California has been and now is a green lumber market and a big user of /4" green boards. This is what the public wants, buys and uses; therefore, we would not want to have to pay more for boards or dimension, nor would we want to have to c&rarge our customers more for lumber than the current market. Yet this is what the proponents of the suggested change would have us do.

"Why ? Because some specie's of lumber require drying to a fixed-moisture content in order to avoid dry-rot in some of the hum-id areas. This, we believe, is like having a physician lrrescribe medicine for a lvell person that rvas intended for use in curing an ailment of a sick one.

"It is for these reasons that we stand firmly opposed to the change nou, being sought and we respectfully r€quest your Honorable Body to again approve 3f" boards as the American Lumber Standard, rvithout specifying any moistttre content."

ASSOCIATION GRADED PTYWOODS

ARE JUST ONE OF OUR SPECIALTIES

"We offer personol. ized service os well qs o complete line of on-grode prod. ucls"

The proponents rvere then given an opportunity for rebuttal, after which the witnesses were excused and the committee r'r'as called into executive session. It was during this session that the committee agreed to disapprove the change sought and to let the current ALS rule pertaining to boards and dimension stand l'vithout change.

Everett B. Wilson, director of public relations, said the public relations of the industry are in good shape but need constant attention. He recommended a "More House for Your IVIoney" program designed to provide a new publicity vehicle for the industry and also to help dealers build up more housing volume, and establish themselves as the local authorities on home construction. He said the association soon r,vould offer a new' NRLDA Estimating Kit to members and reported that, with the preparation of Chapters on Accounting and Unit Cost E,stimating, the Dealer Operating Guide has been completed except for revision of various chapters which may be made from time to time.

Norman P. Mason, FHA commissior,er, told the board that FHA is now revier,ving its revised Minimum Property Standards and told about tvvb new programs .lvhich his agency is considering. One, intencled to attract more mortgage money, rvould set up privately financed mutual investment trusts r,vhich would sell mortgage participation certificates in denominations of $1000 or more, based on FHAinsured !oans.,

The other proposed plan, designed to facilitate FHA insured loans in smaller and reasonably remote communities,

rvould designate :rpprriverl loclil lenders to hanclle l'H.\ functions, such as creclit approrral. and n'ould use the serr,ices of locai men to serve as pltrt-time appraisers and inspectors so that all details coulcl be handled locally, thus saving time and eliminating' red-tape. It is plannecl to test the idea in six communities. California's C. Il. Sn'eet, assistant FHA commissioner and, like l'{r. Mason. a past prcsident of the National clealers. explair.recl that thc local inspectors might lte retail lumber dealers or any othcr qualified local ir-idividuals.

Experimentql Shipments of Pockoged Lumber Affrqct Deqler Interest

Interest shon'n bv retail dealers in the test shiPPius l)r()gram has exceederl expectatior.rs. To date 221 clealers h:rvc signilied their desire t<t cooperate to the National ltetail I-umber ])ealers ,\ssociation, reports Robert B. Bron'n, mlLterials handling tlirector.

Since some of the managing clealers did not have an opportunity to advise their n-rembers of this program, it l'as requestecl that the NITLD \ extend the May 10 deadlir-re until June 14.

Interest shou-r-r br. rctail <le:rlers u'ill lte the biggest factor in convincing the nrills thev shorrlrl lozrrl lumber in boxcars for mechanical unloading. \\re l'oulcl like to present to thc mills a list of or,er 500 retail dealers u-ho u,ant to clevelop this money-saving method of shipping lumlter. lt is earnestlv recluested tirat all managing ofticers of feclerated associations attempt to interest as nlantr of their rlcalers as possible in this test progratrr. said N{r. Brou.n.

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'. Edwin Paul Hill, 67, manager lor 42 years of the Hollyivood yard of Lounsberry & Harris on Santa Monica boulevard, died May 8 after a six-months illness. The L&H yard was the only yard in which Mr. Hill ever worked, spending his whole retail lumber career rvith this one firm' His father b6fore him was also a retail lumberman who came here from Wichita, Kansas, rvhen Paul Hill was eight. Besides .'his widow, Cornelia, of the home at ffi7 S. Cloverdale Ave., Paul Hill leaves a son, Jack Hill, who is also in the lumber business, also employed at the Hollywood yard of L,ouns-

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berry & Harris, and who has himself been 19 years at the yard his father managed until recently. Additionally, Paul Hill's grandsons, the twin sons of Jack Hill, will start regular employrnent at the same yard this summer, making the fourth generation of retail lumbermen started by their great-grandfather, Edwin Pierce Hill, who died five years ago at the age of 99 years and 11 months. Paul Hill also leaves a sister, Mrs. George Lcunsberry, in addition to the widow. son and grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at the Pierce Bros. Hollywood chapel, May 31, followed by cremation.

Girth G. Beyer

Girth G. Beyer, 59. retired owner and president of the Beyer Wholesale Lumber Co., Burbank, died May 25 after' a lingering illness. One of the industry's most popular members, Mr. Beyer had been a Southland resident the past 43 years, the last ten in Burbank. For many years he was the Southern California representative for the Sudden-Christensen Lumber Co. In commenting on Mr. Beyer's death in the latest bulletin of the Southern California Retail Lumber Association, Orrie W. Hamilton wrote: "Girth was idmired and respected by many friends and acquaintances in and out of the lumber industry and he will be long remembered by them." Mr. Beyer leaves his wife, Faye, and daughter, Annie Laurie Beyer, of the home at 139 N. Naomi Ave., Burbank. Funeral services and burial were at Forest LawnHollywood Hills.

Fronk PENDOLA

Brief word has been reCeived as this issue goes to press of the sudden death of Frank Pendola, president of the CalPacific Redrvood Company, Arcata, in a San Francisco hospital, May 27.

Mrs. J. H. HOLMES

Sarah Angelica l{olmes, widow of the late J. H. Holmes, founder, and mother of Fred V. Holmes, president, of the Holmes Eureka Lumber Co., died June 1 at the age of 92, Long recognized in the redwood lumber industry as one of the earliest pioneers, Mrs. I{olmes worked side by side with her late husband for many years in the Southwest and then California to become as well known in this industry as any of its pioneering male members. The important part she played in the start of the Holmes Eureka Lumber Co. was reported in a biographical article about her and her late husband in these columns two years ago' A native of

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Wolter J. HOWARD

Walter J. Howard, secretary-manager of the Montana Retail Lumbermen's Association, Missoula, Mont., died unexpectedly on May 29 and private services were held there earlier this month. In notifying the industry of his untimely death, H. R. Northup, executive vice-president of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association, wrote members in a bulletin on May D: "It is with deep sorrow that we advise vou of the death of \,A,'alt lfoward today Words ,don't come easy when trying to express our feelings at the loss of this fine man, who had done so much for the betterment of our industry, and was a friend to all of us."

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William Derr, 86, retired Iumlteryard and grain elevator manager, died May 23. He r,vas born in Fleetwood, Pa., and was living in Sherman Oaks, Calif., at the time of his death Francis Alfrey Brode, 97, one of the Southland's oldest building contractors, active since 1900 and recipient in 1949 of an award as the oldest living builder in the area, died May 17 in Los Angeles John H. Jackson, vice-president and general manager of the California Materials Co., Sun Valley, where he had been employed 38 years, died April 9 . - Mrs. Blanche Bissell Donovan, 78, wile o{ the wellknown Los Angeles wholesale lumberman. Andrew W.

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Donovan, died IVIay 28. In addition to her husband of the home at 1226 N. El Centro Ave., Los Angeles, she leaves her daughter.and two sons by earlier marriage. .. Nathan. :; Davidson, 82, pioneer Los Angeles industrialist and still .i active in the Davidson Brick Company he founded there in 1922, the largest brick-manufacturing plant on the Pacifib.,. coast, drfd of a stroke JuneZ. r

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T\TENTYAs reported FIVE YEARS in The California Lumber AGO Merchant June TODAY 15, 1 932

C. H. Griffen, Jr., general manager of the California Redwood Association, San Francisco, spent a week in L. A. on association business R. W. Hunt, California district manag€r for Weyerhaeuser Sales Co., returned to San Francisco from a periodic southern California trip conferring with the L. A. and San Diego representatives "What the Lumber Industry Needs," an address by J. P. Weyerhaeuser, Jr. before the Lumber Round Table Conference at San Francisco, was printed in this issue.

Max E. Cook, farmstead engineer in the Redwood Farm Structures bureau of the California Redwood Assn., announced his resignation from the CRA, efiective July l. The announqement by the association genuinely regretted Mr. Cook's move after eiglrt years of faithful service and wished him well. Mr. Cook told The Merchant he would rest for some weeks before announcing future plans.

Har.bor Plywood's vice-president and sales manager, E. W' Daniels of Hoquiam, Wash., visited California cities Ed Seward and W. B. Koehler tied for low-gross prize in the Orange County Lumbermen's Club golf tourney, May 18. C. C. Barr took the low net prize and Ted Lee won the blind bogey . . . W. E. Cooper oI the Caddo River Lumber Co., Kansas City, was a California visitor'

Capt. Robert Dollar, San Francisco lunrberman and leading Pacific Coast shipper, died at his San Rafael home, May 16, at the ag.e of 88. Capt. -Dollar had written a biographical sketch of his early life for lhe X4erchant's issue of Aug. 1, 19J1.'lhe full-page obituary notice, with photo, told of his lumber operations, including the yards operated in China. Mr. Dollar was the fictional hero of Peter B. Kyne's famous "Cappy Ricks" story series.

William L. Richardson died in San Diego on May 7 . . A. Crockett Bowers, 78, pioneer Orange county lumberman, died May 13. He had opened a Santa Ana retail yard for the J. M. Griffith Company in 1878 and managed it 43 years until it was sold to the Barr Lumber Co. in l92l upon Mr. Bowers' retirement. All the Orange county lumberyards closed for his funeral services, at which 44 yards were represenLed.

The Atlas Lumber Co., Long Beach, was purchased by M. E. Downey, formerly with the Centurl' I-umber Co. Elmore King of the King Lumber Co., Bakersfield, visited Los Angeles and had a golf game with Ernest Dudlev of the Dudley-Thomas Lumber Co., Santa Monica The J. M. Derr Lurnber Co., Elk Grove, constructed a new building and display room.

Edwin M. Tilden, president of the Tilden Lumber Co. with yards in Berkeley and Richmond, died May 11 LeRoy Alcott, formerly with TPL and Frank Graves, died in Long Beach, May l0 . Tom Tomlinson resigned from MacDonald & Harrington to j.oin Donovan Lumber Co. in San Francisco . . H. T. McGrath joined the Geo. F. Weis Lumber Co. in Los Angeles.

The S. P. Milling Co. purchased the yard of the Gilroy (Calif.) Central Lumber Co. . C. R. Johnson, H. W. Cole, Henry Hink, Fred Holmes, Floward Dessert, Stanwood Murphy and Homer Bunker were in the lumber industry and N.L.M.A. delegation at the U. S. Chamber of Commerce session in San Francisco, May 17-20 Stockholders met in Tacoma. Mav 31. and voted to continue the West Coast Lumbermen's Associaiion.

Theodore L. Stearns, purchasing agent of the Hayward Lumber & Investnrent Co., was electecl as the 12th Congressional District's Republican candidate for Congress The Capital Lumber Co., Sacramento, filed articks of incorporation The Brentwood (Calif.) Lumber Company opened a new home-service clepartment and kitchen line.

A. Melville Dollar, 52, son of the late Capt. Robert Dollar, died of a heart attack suddenly in Vancouver on May 31. He leaves his wife and seven children, and two brothers: R. Stanley and J. Harold Dollar.

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Harry Lake, president of the California Retail Lumbermen's Assn., addressed the San Fernando Valley Lumbermen's Club al their monthly, June 8. J. E. Martin of The Merchant was called on for a few remarks. President Chester C. Knight presided at the session The Merced Lumber Co. yard.at Livingston, Calif., added a builders' hardware department, reported Manager R. D. Jones Charles A., Sands, Berkeley, one of the organizers of the Weed (Calif.) Lumber Co., died May 29.

More than 600 persons attended the formal opening of the Poinsettia Lumber Co., Ventura, May 20 and. 21, reported Manager Roy Smith . . . H. Sewall Morton of Hill & Morton returned to Oakland, June 6, after a trip to Eugene, Ore., to complete arrangements to represent the Booth-Kelly Lumber Co. from Bakersfield to Redding and the Coast counties Tom Dant was calling on the Arizona trade for Fir-Tex of Southern California Harry Lake was spending a fev,'days in the San Francisco bay district on association business for the California Retail Lumbermen's Assn. he heads.

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George Clough (left), prominent Southern Cali[,,rrtilr I tr rrr lr e r executive, has joined the sales sta1l of Titcoma l-urnlrer Sales.

-\rcaclia, Cal if orn iu, anri()unces Art I)cnlrcrtl-rr', Sr., hczrdnrarr of the u'holesale lrrmlrer c()ncern.

(ieorge Clorrgh has been iclentilie<i in lrrrr-rlrcr sales in thc sorrthllrn<l for ovcr 35 I.cars. He forrnerly l-rclrl thc imltortar-rt post of sitles nutrrager for the old Sau l'eclro l,unrber Co.. ancl more recently operatecl his orvn firm. He is :r past nrember of the Supreme Nine of the Concatenatecl Order of Hoo-Hoo, a member of Los Angeles Rotary in the \\-ilshire District, and prominent in social and cir,ic aftairs ir-r the Don'ney area n,here he resicles rvith his u.ife N{ary, and his children.

George has a host of friends at all levels of lunrber manu_ facturing, sales and distriltution and is rvell knou,n at the mills in Northern California and southern Oregon. He u,ill be an asset to the Penberthv organization ancl the goocl rvishes of his r.r.ranv friends ancl associates go u,ith him ir.r his nerv ventnre.

NHIA New York Members Meet

Neu' York Citr--Horvtrrd -\. Hanlon, presidcnt of thc Natiriral Hartl*.o.cl ],u'lrer --\ssr-r., rl:rs hrn.r guest an<1 speaker lrt a dinner nrecting of \ IIl,.\ nrcrnlrcrs irr thc Stat-

ler hotel here. JIar' 5. Acting Secretary N{. B. Pendleton and -\sst. Secretarl- Raymor-irl H. I3ayer of the Chicago head([uarters also attenclecl.

lJusiness conclitions in the hardnt.rocl industry u'ere cliscussed ar-rd it n'as aSJrcecl that shortage of competent labor \\'zLS ()ne of the n'rost seriorrs irroblems facing the industrl' to<1av, u-ith r.ro in'rr.necliate relief in sight. ['rcsiclent Hanlon announcetl thrLt thc Nl I l,A's national conr,entiorr irr 1961 n'il1 lre hel<1 hcrc.

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national good. The balance betu'een central and state powers and responsibilities must l;e re-appraised at once. Of particular interest today is the threatenecl intervention of the federal government in the field of education, r'r'hich should remain as one of the peculiar and proper functions of state government."

HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION-"Public housing is essentially charity housing and, if any is necessary, it should be providecl by local commttnities lvhich are in a position to evaluate their ou'n neerls. Private investment institutions should be given mzrximum encouragement, and government participatictn in the h<-rusing lield shoulcl avoicl competitir-rn rvith these institrrtions. The operation of government mclrtgalle insltrance l)r()g'rams shoulcl tle geared to the needs of the nzrtionirl economy and artificial :tnd ttnnecessary restraints should be eliminatecl."

GOVERNMENT COMPETITION-"The government should neither o\\'n nor operate bttsiness, industrial corrcerns or plants in competition u-ith those privately rlu'ne<l and operatecl. The government should divest itself immediately of the ou'nership or operation of anv industriai facilities not clearly ir-rdispensable to national defense. \Ve oppose the movement to establish 'valley authorities' similar t<r TVA. Here is a perfect example of the federal government in competition r,ith private enterprise."

ECONOMIC CONTROLS-"An imminent threat of u'ar or actual hostilities mav require limited reliance upon direct

emergenc)' controls to prevent seriotts disruptitln of the normal functioning of clur cclnipetitive enterprise system. in the event of a continuing prriblem of national secnrity u'hich does not have an acute impact upon the economy. rnajor reliance should l>e placed upon indirect measures bearing on monetary, fiscal and credit policies to control inflation and maintain as nearly as possible the normal functioning of our economic system. We still face the danger of further inflation activated by numerous government interventions. Therefore, n,e should be on our guard against increased use of this destructive tool of the Communists and others u'ho seek to u'reck our g()vernment and our system of competitive prir-ate enterprise."

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS-"Lavishing our resorlrces and attentions uJ)ot1 other countries and llrescribing nothing in return generates in them jealousies, resentmellts, :rrrtagonisms and inferiority cr>mplexes r.r'hich neutralize our cff<;rts to be helpful ar-rd thu'arts ()t1r 1)tlrl)()se to build an irnpreglrable fortress for a free u'orlcl. In ottr dealings rvith other nations and in orrr plans to aid thenr, u'e should reject the irnpractical iclea of a l'tirld government. lrlre should never surrencler ottr sovereigntl' t() ltny sullranzrtional attthority or organization. The tinte has come u,hen adequate pror.ision should be made for repayment of outlays to foreign countries. "

FOREST POLICY-"Private enterprise and initiative are profitably prclviding effective management. use and renen-al of our forests. Permanent lumller and other forest industries are essential to our national u'elfare. The rvise use of our forest resources is rrital in maintaining such industries and the communities deirendent upon them."

Directors of the National I-umber Manufacturers Association. at their 1957 Spring meeting in Boston, NIay 15, set the stage for possible expansion of the lttn.rber industry's resezrrch, merchanclising and rvood school prcimotion efforts.

Merchandising 1>roposals r'r.ill be developed l>y a subcomr.nittee of NLl\IA's Special Merchanclising committee. Appointed members of the srrbcommittee include: N. B. Giustina of Giustina Brothers Lumber Co., Eugene, Ore.; Kenneth Smith of The Pacific Lumber Co., San Francisco; L.J. C--arr of L. J. Carr & Co., Sacramento, Calif.; T. L. O'Gara of the \\/eyerhaeuser Sales Co., St. Paul, Nfinn.

A highlight of the three-day meeting, May 13-15, was a panel discussion of the factors responsible for the growing popularity of one-story rvood schools. Slides tvere shorvn

of outstanding examples of \vood school construction and nelv methods of using wood products in this field. More research on the dimensional stabilization of u'ood products, greater off-site pre-assembly of building parts, more emphasis on design and faltrication in modular units, improvement of r,vood's {ire resistant prclperties, and development o{ shapes and structural sections using u.ood to best advantage were called for.

"Wood, because it u'ill burn, is generally considered to be more hazardous than steel-frame," a speaker pointed out. "But'ive know that a r,vood-frame wall, n'ith fire stops properly placed and protected 'il ith fi-inch plaster, rvill receive the same fire rating as a light steel-frame nall .il'ith s/-inch plaster protection," he said.

In discussing the economl' aspects of u'ood scliools, the speaker revielved bids received ltv the Santa Monica, Calif., Board of E,ducation for three different tvpes of school construction. The bids, all on the same school, ran 9114.000 for wood-frame, $130,700 for steel-frame, and $145,988 for reinforced concrete, he said.

Principal speaker at the lumber meeting u,as George Nf. Rideout, noted business analyst and vice presiclent of Babson's Reports, Inc.

The business expert said he looks for generally good tin.res to continue for the next l0 years but r.varnecl that union demands for higher wages an<l shorter \\r()rking. hours could set 1ff a recession earlier. One indicator of a possible recession, he declared, would be a dou'nturn in nen, credit obligations.

Rideout said prospects are ltright for more u.ood schools,

a continuation of the trend to suburbia and a further grou'th in do-it-_r', rursel f act i vi lies.

USP Turns Down Move to €orning

Redding, Ca.lif.-lienneth Morro\\r, lnanager oI the Shasta division of United States Itlyrvood Corp., last n'ronth turned dor.n an offer from the Corning District Chamber of Commerce to move the Shasta J3ox plant, nos- in Redding, to the Corning, Calif., area. The plant is facirrg an injunction to suspend its sa.w'mill burners by July 1 after suit filed by tu,o trailer-court on'ners u,ho charge the USltlant creates a soot and satnu'dust problem.

USPlyr,vood seeks perrnission to contir.rue to operate here throtrgh 1957 and then move to the main property in Anderson. Calif.

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-and OTHERS, of course ! The occasion was the recent Southern California Retail Lumber Association's 40th Anniversary Convention at the Ambassador &rotel in Los Angeles; the scene was the Hospitality room of the Al Peirce Company; the time was The Cocktail Hour, and the genial, generous hosts were L. H. Eubank & Son, the well-known (even before that) mouldings manufacturers of Inglewood, Calif.

Partaking of the hosts' hospitality and ever-flowing friends.hip were the guests shown here and many others. At the top left: Mrs. Tom Duncan ; at the top right: E. Willard LUTHER, partner and general manager of L. H. Eubank & Son; Frode Kilstofte, president of Rossman Mill & Lumber Co., Wilmington, and sometime "guest of honor," and Ted Avram (left to right). Second panel, left photo: Mr. and Mrs. Stanley McDonald of the Owens-Parks Lumber Co., Los Angeles; right photo: Wallace A. Lingo, purchasing agent of the Sun Lumber Co., San Pedro, and Mrs. Lingo. Lower panel, left photo: Dealer Kilstofte again (left), with George Melville of the Consolidated Lumber Co., Wilmington; right Photo: Mr. and Mrs. Will Tweddle, also from Consolidated.

IHPA Welcomes New Members

San Francisco-The Imported Hardwood Plyrvood Assn. has recently rvelcomed into membership these nerv regular members: Del Valle, Kahman & Company, San Francisco; Export T'acific, Tacoma, ancl \\'ratson Hard.uvood Ply'ivood Corp., I-os Angeles.

Also joining the IHPA recently u'ere these new Associate members: \\r. J. Byrnes & Co., San Francisco; Pacific Far East Lines, San Francisco; Signal Trucking Service, Ltd., Los Angeles; Thos. D. Stevenson ct Sons, San Francisco; Stobbe Wood Products Co., Darien, Conn.; Triangle Plyrvood Co., Chicago, and Welch Plyn'ood Corp., Memphis.

1957 PMA Convention qt !.q Jollq, July 8

Walter G. Scrim, president of the Philippine Mahogany Association, Inc., announces that the dates for the 24th annual meeting will be July 8, 9, and 10. This year's convention rvill be held at the I-a Valencia hotel in La Jolla, California.

Supervisors approved maps for a north of Bryan avenue and lvest of Tustin, Calif.

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Mooney New Sqles Monoger for \ f. H. Norris Lumber Co.

George E. \,foonev. Sr. has been appoirrtetl sales manager ancl trcasrrrer of the \\'. H. Norris I-umber Cirmlrarrl', llottston. 'fcxas, accorrling to iin :rlrrrouncellcnt lr_1' I,i. J. llergnranrr, r-ice-llresident alrd gencral nriln:iger. I,Ir.ronev, tvho n'ent to Houstorr irorn I'ortllrnd, ()regon, has a u.ide bacl<grour.rcl of lrrmlrer c-rperience. llis father rv:rs connecterl lrith the lrrrn:rn-l'orllsor'r l-uml>er C.onrlr:rnv oi I'ortlitn<1, onc of the largcst in tl-rc uorlrl n'hcn,\-()rlng'(icorgc u.:rs l>orn in [)ortllrn<l in 1(]05. llc got:r jolr u.ith thc s:rme firm as:L l.()r1lrg ltllur us:r <l:L_r-lltlrorer in thc p1:rnt, llrtcr elcvating hintself to a $5.2.i-per-<lav strarlclle c:trrier clriver. TTe u.orkecl his \\.a_v r1l) frorl job to job until, u'herr he lcft the flrrn in l()12-20 -vears later. he l-as plant lr1:urager. lfhen he opencrl his ot-rr oflice in Niediorrl. ()relaon, as a u'ho1csalcr.

From \Ieclf ord. George Nloorrey u'ent to Chicago tr.r become associatecl n-ith Ed Hir.res Lumber Companl., u'here he became sales nranager. rounding clrrt his n'est coast rvoods experience bv dealing also in southern velktu. pine. He stayed rvith Hines for eight \-ears. returning to ['ortlancl in 1955. Or-er the r-ears he accluired a n'ide knou'ledge of lunrber manufacturers u'hich l-il1 serve him u ell in his nen' position.

NIr. Nloonev s:ri11 he plitrrs to brrilcl up the l'holesale clivision oI the \\'. H. \orris I-rrmlrer Cot.npany (thev lrlso <>1rer:rte lr rrumlrer of line var<1s) to:L lea<lcr irr the llclrl.'l'hc-r' exl)ect to handlc;rrr increitscrl volunrc of fir, <.rthcr t'est colrst lunrber, arr<1 shingles. iIS \vcll its s()lrthcrn vcllon, pine. '1'he,r' expect to appoint sales rel)rescntlLtives in fir'e or rnore of

the kel cities in Texas and serve the retail trade in a topnotch m:rnner.

Clorke Nomed TN Lsmon Exponsion

\\r. Parrl Clarke (lcft), u'ellllrow,n [)acific Coast Luml]crlnan, rccentll' t"'as ttatrte cl t|c I'ra1, arca an<l S:rcttn'rcnto \'-u1lt'y rel)resentritiver for L;urron [-ttnrlrt'r Conrpany, S:rn I,-r:Lncisco, :tccortling to Iircd anrl It:rlph l,aruorr. Clarl<c c:rrrrc to L;rnron Lrtnrlxrr fronr (irurl:rla Vencrr Ctirrrpanv, u'hcre hr: ha<l been in chargc of that firnr's log-purch:Lsing rlrpartincnt.

A man of consicleralrle cxpe ricnce in the intlustry, Ciarkc's extensive lnn-rber backgrouncl inclurles a stint u'ith Gcorgia-Pacific Corporation in cl'rarge of its lloseville, Oregon, operation. Prior to that, Clarke r,vas presiclcnt and general manaeer of Nortl'ru'estern Iiorest Prrtriucts, Inc., of Iiugcnc. Oregor.r, for 15 vcars.

United lumber Yqrds Buys Mqdero Yqrd

l--nited Lumbcr \-ards (California), lith headquarters in Nlorlestr.', lrrrrchuse <1 al1 assets oi Sc<1uoi;r Lrrmlrer Conrplrny, \[:rrlcriL, <lrrrine nrirl-]Iar'. Thc Ilarlenr yurcl n'ill r.rou' lrc ope nrtcrl ls a lrnrnch oi Unitc<l Lumltcr lLt NIorlesto.

(7'cll tlrcn 1'or/ sot't' il iit 'l'ltc CaliJ'ornia Luntbcr Xlcrclnnt)

MILLING . CIRCUIATING STEAM Kl[l{ DRYING .

7I25 TELEGRAPH RD., tO5 ANGETES 22, CAttF. @ RAvrvrono 3'3221

Bate-Position wcrnted $2.00 per colu-- incb

All others, $3.00 per column inch

Cloring d<rter lor copy, Sth cnd 20th

-HEI.P WANTEDWANTED_MAN FOR RETAIL

WANT ADs

YARD

for office and somc outside selling with newly-established yard- in west end of San Fernando valley. For interview contact Mr. Mullin or Mr. McCoig.

TARZANA LUMBER COMPANY

Phones: Dlckens 2-3188 or STanley 3-1530

IDEAL OPPORTUNITY

Progressive and long-established Palo Alto retail yard has excellent opening for experienced counterman. Must have good general knowledge of lumber, paints and hardware. We have an attractive offer for the right man.

Address Box C-2646. California Lumber Merchant

108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

MAN WANTED FOR RETAIL YARD

Man with hardware, lumber, sash and door experience wanted for retail lumber yard in Los Angeles area. State qualifications.

Address Box C -2637. California Lumber Merchant

108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

TOP OPPORTUNITY FOR SALESMAN_

Well-established distribution yard in Los Angeles needs high-type salesman, experienced in softwoods and plywoods in Southern California area. Write giving age, background and salary expected.

Address Box C-2648. California Lumber Merchant

108 W. 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

WANTED_

Sales and Executive type man 35-45 years old. Familiar with retail lumber business in Los Angeles. This is an opportunity for a livewire Go-Getter to join a hard-hitting, aggressive company. We offer right man a deal to make real money and become part of com,pany. Our employes know of this ad. All replies in strictest confidence.

Address Box C-2643. California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Catif.

SALES]MAN WANTEiI)

EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY for high-type salesman with local, wholesale gxperience. Good Sources of Supplii Fir-Redwood-Pine, and special items.

4521 produce plaza F' ?- BAUGH' rnc' Los Angeles 58, calif.

LUdlow 2-7494

EXPERIENCED LUMBER GIRL

Wanted by long-established San Francisco wholesale lumber firm. Mgst have thorolgh knowledge of wholesale lumber procedure. Excellent opportunity-salary and bonus. All replies conhdential.

, Address Box C-2645, California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles f4, Calif.

-POSITIONS WANTEDPOSITION

WANTED

Breferably_.with a,mill or wholesale office selling or manufacturing Western Pine lumber. Have wide acquaintance *ith California PinE mills and Southern California wholesalers and dealers. Can furnish best of references from above lumbermen regarding experience and reputation. Would be glad to submit further informatiori on request.

Address Box C-2647, California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

-YARDS

crnd SffES FOR SALE/IEASEFOR SALE

Complete lumber remanufacturing plant, all-electric. 120 miles north of San Francisco. Eighteen acres of ground,

Address Box C-2566. California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

NEVADA RETAIL YARD FOR SALE

For sale at cost of inventory & equipment, approx. $35,000, a retail lumber yard and general building supplies. Located in one of the fastest-going areas in Nevada. Doing approx. $200,000. Owner will carry land and buildings on ten-year contract or lease, P. O. Box 661. Fallon. Nevada

Norncr of Advcrtiror in this Dopoilmonr uring o blind qddrrsr csnnot bc divulgcd. All inquiricr ond repliet rhould bc oddrercd to kcy rhown in fic odvcrtirnrrnl

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LUMBER YARDS FOR SALE

A. Long-established in good, active high-class area. Will require about $80,0OO for ground, buildings, inventory and equipment. B. We also have three other yards for sale; will require about $220,000 for everything.

TWOHY LUMBER CO.

714 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles 15; Rlchmond 9-8746

Lumberyard and Sawmill Brokers

SAIE_

FOR SALE_USABLE STEEL

Plate, Beams and Angles suitable for Incinerators and Buildings. Attractive Prices.

W. M. YAFFE & CO.

5920 So. Alameda Street Huntington Park, Calif.

Phone: LUdlow 2-7L41

14301 Aetna St. Van Nuys, Calif.

Phone: STate 5-7589

-EQUIPMENT FOR SAIE-

10"x4" MOULDER-Hermance No. 1906 with ls-H.P. GE motor. Sound operating condition. A real bargain at $995, or will trade for lumber'

GOVT. SURPLUS electric-power generator unit. 27-KVA, 24-KW, 2AZ-Amp. l-phase, 120 volts, f200-RPM operated by 6-cyl. watercooled gasoline engine. Original cost $4700; close-out, $895. Other sizes from 2.5-KVA to IS-KVA, available at comparable savings. ALLIS-CHALMERS PO\)I/ER UNIT-Model W-25; 4" bore;4" stroke; 201 cu. in. Cost over $75O new, never used; Reasonable at $375.

3-TON CHAIN HOISTS-NEW-Hercules & Wright Mfg. 9-ft. lift, spur-gear, ball-bearing. Original cost to Govt. over S3OO; $gS each' * * *

2 GENERAL LOW-PRESSURE BOILERS. S.W.P. 15# II4 tubes. Used. excellent condition; $750 each.

I-IDEAL-AMERICAN SECTIONAL BOILER-IS# low pressure. Used. excellent condition $595.

WHOLESALE LUMBER & MATERIAL SUPPLY CO. 2800 Third Street San Francisco 7. Calif. Phone: VAlencia 4-1411

Please direct inquiry to J. B. Winter

FOR SALE_USED LIFT TRUCKS

Reconditioned late model 8-ton capacity Gerlinger; like new, 90-day warranty. Other used equipment. Also rentals available.

BURNABY and WILLIAMS

STate 5-6561 15220 Erwin St., Van Nuys STanley 3-2060

sAvE! FORK-UFT BARGATNS sAvE!

Used Good, Reconditioned or Rebuih & crd. 2,OOO-15,000 lb. cop. Gibron , . 6,000-lb. Copqcily, hyd. rtrg. pnou. liret Clork, !951 , , . 6,000-lb. Cqpqcity. pn€u. lirot Ro3s l9 HT 6,000"lb, Copocityr .econdilioned Clork 6,000-lb. Copocity; rebuilt ond guorqntecd Clork . , 3,000 ond /1,000-lb. Copocityr rcconditioncd

Towmolor lT56 6,000-lb. Copo.ity; rebuilt ond guo.onrscd Big Discounls on New Surplus Porls for All Makes qnd wlodels of Forklifrs

NEW CONIINENTAL ENGINES FOR FORKIIFTS AT BIG DISCOUNIS Fit ClorkTowmolorR.oss. Slock limiled.

LIQUIDATING REDWOOD AND SPRUCE INVENTORY HAVE SOLD OUR BUSINESS-Liquidating over 200,000 sq. ft. of Redwood and 35,000 sq. ft. of Spruce inventories. Random Widths, Lengths, 2' to 20'Construction heart to Clear heart; Dry and Green, Rough and Run-to-Pattern, Siding and Fencing, Redwood and Pine Mouldings. ContactNORTHWEST LUMBER COMPANY TERIAS AVAItABtE

JOSDPH

l7 CFM Porl. Compressors, Rebuilr

& s0Ns,INc. ESTABLISHED leo6

1232/t CENTER STREET NEVADA 6-97I I

EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

HYSTER FORK-LIF"T, Late model in excellent condition. 15.000capacity. Will take older lift in trade.

PHONE: TUrner 9-2779

San Bernardino. California

FOR SALE

Yates-American, model M65 30"x8" surfacer. fs-H.P. direct-drive motor,220/440 volts. Like new.

GREER MACHINERY COMPANY

8414 Atlantic Blvd. - Bell, California Phone: LUdlow l-5601

EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

Electric Moulders 4" to L2"; Hermance Gang Rip Z0 H.P.; Turner lwiq Req4ry 54"; Mattison 202 Strait Line R1p; Swing Cui-Ofi 24" Saw 7l H.P.; All like new. May be sold on no-down-payment.

Phones : r."""*;,,?or1Bfi1? "oo,,.r r-onon

FOR SALE

Late model Lumber Carrier.+xcellent running condition. 66" Blocks, can take 56" Blocks. TERMS.

1027 Terminal Way, San Carlos, Calif.; Phone: Lytell 3-7881

_SPECIAI, SERVICES-

EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTORS

Experienced lumber crews available for car unloading, sorting & sticking for air-dry. Labor dispatched to your yard on a board-foot basis. Can unload & haul from any R.R. spur-one car to 30 cars per day. Printed rates upon request. Established 1943.

CRANE & CO. Agency

5143 Alhambra Ave. Los Angeles 32, Calif.

Phone CApitol 2-8143, Collect

B UY_S ELL-REPAIR_SERVICE

Fork Lifts and Straddle Trucks. Complete shop and field service. Portable Welding, Special Fabrication, Steam Cleaning and Painting. Service Available 7 Days a Week. All work guaranteed.

COMMERCIAL REPAIRS AND SERVICE

1115 North Alameda Street, Compton, Calif.

Phones: NEwmark t-E269. NEvada 6-4805

CAR UNLOADING SINCE 1947

Experienced crews for fast, efficient lumber handling. Low rates and good service for unloading and handling lumber. Call for yard sticking and sorting rates-hourly or contract.

RAY'S CAR UNLOADING (Fo'rmerly Ray-How Co.)

ll3Litl So. Main Street Los Angeles 61 Plymouth 6-7356 or 5-9410

Everyone Reods These Poges-Just Like You Gqlifornicr lumber MERCHANI-aZE All Your Wonts Here

How Lumber Looks

(Continued frcim l'age 1)

better times, even in the more normal, precetling week, shipnrcnts were 3.8/o over lrroduction . I)ouglas fir rcgion sawnrill production averaged 181,011,m0 b.f. rluring Ma1., reportcd WCLA Secretary Harris E. Smith; orders averaged 192,381,0m b.f., and shipments 181,.5J4,000 b.f. in tlre rrrorrlh, lroth comfortalrlv above nro,iuction. Orders for the first five months ol 19t7 r,r'ere oniy slightlv below tlre 1956 figures, farther belou' the 19-i-i boom period -

Shipments of 86,033,000 feet and orclers of 87,033,000 feet were 6.0% and 7.2/o, respectivel-'-, above production of 81,159,000 feet at 124 mills reporting to the Western Pine Association in the week enrlecl May 25, which showed a 7.1/o increase in orders over the previous weeK.

Orders were 1.79/o and shipments 5.83/o above production of 19,670,000 feet at 101 mills reporting to the Southern Pine Association in tlre week ended May 25; they were also above the 3-year average. _ Orders dropped 21.3/o belotv the previous week and production declined 23/a at the mills reporting to the Douglas Fir Plywood Assn. in the holiday week ending June 1. However, orders were still 1.5% above production ancl 10.6/o above the corresponding 1956 week. For tlre year to date, orders of 2,273,101,N)0 feet were 17.6/o greater than the same span last year, while production was only 0.6/o-iess.

Penuralt

Paul Schmidt, San Francisco lumber clealer, nrct with a bacl auto accirlerrt rlriviur', to tlrc rtrill at Annapolis May 22. He rvas going up thc l-os Lonris grarle 35 ntilcs rvcst of Hcalclsburg whcn forcecl off the road b_r'an oncortring car antl, in rlaliing his turn, the sicle of the road gavc u'av arrd Schntirlt's pickup truck rnaclc one conrplete turnover atr<l rcstr-d ()n top of a trec 30 fcct ltelow the lrighvray. Hc ntanagerl to qct out of thc cab anrl, aftcr about an hour, reached the highlr.a1', u'lrcrc thc Highrrar.Patrol founrl lrinr ancl tolrl hint that one nI()re turl,ovcr u-oultl'r'e ltut hinr in tlre rivcr ltelon'. l)c;rler- Schmidt, wlto for thc first tirne in his life satl floorboards of a tr-uck over iris hcarl ancl u'as also hit on the hearl bl.his suitcase from the seat beside hinr, stated that his scvcrc bacl< an<l shoulder injuries will be healed in timc.

Charlie Schmitt, hcad o{ Atkins, Kroll & Cornpany's Lumber Prorlucts clir.i.'.ion, ha,s returnecl to his San Francisco oflicc from a 2-weel.i business trip through the Southll'est anrl a confab with A,K's Texas representative, F. W. Stanley, Jr., Fort Worth.

Horace Wolfe. Ilarclrrart-Wolfe l.umber Co., left Vancouver, B. C., Na1'30 for his Holl1,'lloo<l offices aiter a Northwest trip.

Jan van Wyngaarden, luanager of the Pacific Coast division. W. R. Ciracc & Co., l'1}'uoocl Inrlrort (lep:trtnrent, sl)ent two Ma1, wceks on l)acific Nrtrtlru'est busile ss.

Bill Grieve, head of ISuilding Nlater-ial l)istributors at Stockton, anrl \lrs. Ci. have reluctantly returued lronre fr-onr a nronth's vacation in Europr.

'l-hc Wayne Mullins anrl the Hal Browns, past ancl pr.csent presi<lcnts oI the Soutlrcrn [:rlifornia I{etail I-urrrlrcr Assn., reslrectivelv, rcturrrerl to the -\[ullin l-utrrlrcr (-o. ancl thc Wootllread l,unrltcr Co. varrls iu [-os Angelcs, respcctir:el-v, June 5 after a 2-week trip via Inlantl Ita.ssage to Alaska on a Charnber of Comrne rce tour.

[.'nion I-urnber Cornlranl's eastern r-eprcseutativcs, J. L. Jones,

Picture of YOU?-when you con't find YOUR Copy of The

LUMBER MERCHANT?

Well! Why not give in ond subscribe to ihqt EXTRA COPY for the yord men or the office people or ihe wife? It's this eosy:

New York, and J. E. Jones, Chicago, recently-visited the general sales offices at San Francisco and the company mill at Fort Bragg, Calif.

Bob Mathis, Mathis Hardwood Sales, San Francisco, toured a large part of the Southwest on business the last two weeks of May.

Sterling and Mrs. (Lorraine) Wolfe left June 7 for Spokane and a week's business in the sprrrce mills.

Congratulations to Mike and "Buff" Coonan on the girl baby (Caroline) born to the Peninsula couple in mid-May. The Tarter, Webster & Johnson stalwart says the tally now stands at one boy, two girls.

Union Lumber Company Executive C. Russell Johnso,n spent a week in the east and midwest on business during May.

Mrs. James W. Cooper, wife of the W. E. Cooper & Son officer, was pictured in The Los Angeles Times of May 26 in connection with her part in the ninth annual benefit of the Flintridge Guild of Children's Hospital, June 8. Mrs. Charles M. Cooper was dinner chairman of the event. Mrs. Franklin M. Rawolle, wife of the Mahogany Importing Co. man, and Mrs. William G. Cooper, of the retail Cooper, were on the committee and assisting

Lew Godard, Hobbs Wall Lumber Co. partner, ancl Mrs. G. (Gertrude) will return to San Francisco June 77 after two weeks in the east, where Director Lew also took in the N-AWLA confab at Breton Woods, N. H., June l0-11.

Jack Pomeroy, the LMA's exec. veep; Joe Kirk, Kirk Lumbei & Building Materials, and Russ Stevens, A. F. Stevens Lumber Co., attended the Spring meeting of the NRI-DA (story starts on Page 10 of this issue) at the Shoreham in $/ashington, D.C.

Charles V. Walker, president of T. V. Walker & Son and newly elected president of the Burbank, Calif., Rotary Club, and his wife attended the Rotary International convention in Lucerne, Switzer-

land, May 19-24. They left via SAS for Denmark and went to Rome for an Italian visit first, then the convention, and then France and England on their combined business-vacation trip. Manufacturer Walker observed new building in Europe now utilizing the indooroutdoor American type of architecture which features sliding glass doors such as the "Capri" all-aluminum line his firm makes. The Walkers returned from England to New York to spend a few days, taking a month in all on their holiday.

Think-tsig Dept.: Never one to be outdone, Fran Heron of the Heron Lumber Co. has been passing out cigars by the pair during the past month. Yep, twins! Patrick and Elizabeth were born to r Robin and Fran on May 4 in San Francisco.

Bernarr Bates has returned to his California Redwood Assn. office in San Francisco from an eastern trip and reports that he visited with Snark-of-the-IJniverse Clitr H. Schorling in Kansas City and that Mrs. .schorling is now out of danger and on the mend, the industry rvill be very happy to know.

Lumber Workers Ger S-Cenf Roise

Portland, Ore.-A S-cent hourly wage hike, retroactive to -June 1, was tentatively agreed on between the Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union and the International Woodworkers of America in current negotiations in the Pacific Northrvest industrv. The agreement covers v/orkers at Georgia-Pacific Corp. and the Willamette Valley Lumber Co. subject to ratification of locals, it covers 12 Oregon operations, including four of G-P's in Northern California and three in Washington. Wage reopening talks are scheduled for October 1.

Roy Forert t/oducE Co. -.-..-.-----------.....-.... *

lrAdverri.ins oppeq'! in qne'nqre i3ru.r ::ln'+"t"ilHiJti;.:-'.-......-.-.-....-.'.'.'.'.'.'.';tl ,.

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Arterio Door €o., Inc. -,---,..,,.---------.--------,'t

Arrocioted ilolding Co, -.----,-..--..-.....-..-.-.---77

Atkin3, Kroll & Co. ---..--.---.------....-...--..-.-rl

Atlc Iumber Co. ---.-.-.---.-.--..-----.--.-.....-----35

Avrqm Lmber Co. -----.-.----.--..-------.----.-.-.--..74

Botk Go.. J. Williom ....-.----.-.-.--.....-...--.--...71

Bough, Corl W. ----------------------------.--.----.----*

Boxter E Co,, J.' H. -.----.-....----.---.-.-,----..-...-..5

!ehr, Joseph & lons. Inr. --------.-.....--.--------79

Bender Lumber 5ol*, Eorle D. .--...-...-...-...71

tennelt 2-Woy Ponel 5o *

Beton €ompony, fhe --..------..--..----.--.-.-...-...67

Bllr: & Gqter lunber Co. --..-.--...-.-..-.--.-....77

Blue Dionod Colporqtion -.-.----.-..-..-..-...-.50

Bohnhof, Lmber Co, -----------.,--------,,-------.* Bonnell-Wcd & Knopp ---.-----------------------* Bonnington lmber Co. .j--.-.-..--,,-,------,----*

B. C. Fo.eal Produclr, trd. ,-.--,-,,,..-,-..--.-,-- 'l

Brom & Co., Cloy .-.--.---.---.-,...---.------.........49

Bruce Co., E. t, -..-.-.--.---.-.--.....-...---..-..-.... *

Drurh fndurfrlql Iumber Co. .--.---..-....-..--...42

Cql-Pociic Redwood Soler, Inc. ..-.--.-...*

Colocrs Gmcnl Co, -.-.-.--.-.......-.-..--..--..--..8

Golllornlq Door €o. of [. A. .-.-..----..--...-..75

Cqllfornlo lmber Sqlcr --.--.-.-....-....--.--..-..66

Colifornio Pooel ond Veneer Co. .--...--..-.-. *

Collfomlo iedwod Arn. ----...-....--........-.3t

Collf. Sugor & Wert. Pine Agrncy --....-.-...58

Cqrlow Co. ..-....-....-.----.- t

Co.code Pociic Iunbcr Co. --....-..-....-...-.-.--62

CecoSteel Produdb Corp, -.--..-.--.--...-....-.--. lr

Celolex Gorpmtion, Ihc --..-...---............. *

Choney lmber Co. -----.----..--.--.-----.----.-...-..13

Ghlckbnougo Cedor Co., Inc. -.-------..-...-..-.57

Chrlrfenron lumber Co. .--.------.,---.--,--..-.... *

Cloy Lumber Co. -------.----....--.---------....-.-....*

Coort |(iln & Lunber Co. .-..-....-.-....-...--.. *

Cobb Compoy, T. rll. ----...-..-.--.......-.--.1.F.C.

CoEolidqted lunber Co. .,-...,.-.---.,-..--...-.. *

Conlinentql Lunber Soler *

Cook, Inc., D. O. *

Cooper Wholerole Lmber Co., W. E. -...--33

CoosHeod Lsnber & Plywood Co. ----------.*

Corolite Conpony, lhe --.-...-..-----.-....----..--.35

Gord: lmber Co,

Crofot Lumber Co. .--.----..-----------.-----------. *

Crom Lmber Co.. The ---....-..-.--.------.-.-..-7O

Doltd & Co., R. W. --------------------------.-------71

D@t t RBtell, Inc. --.-.-----.---------.--------.---*

Ddlt Hordwood Co. ------------,-------.-------.----.'l

Del Yollc. l(ohnon & Co. --,,--,,-.-.-.-.--...--. *

Dollor Co., The RobG.t .-.--.----.---..-.-...-..-...-28

Douglc Fir Plywood Arm. -.-...-...-.--------..-.21

Droke'r Bay lunber Co., Inc. --....----...-----..55

Duroble Plywood Sols Co, ....-.-....--.-.--.-.. *

Eqrr Arioric co., tnc., The ...-................. * rones Hordwood E pryrood co. - ffH"Llftll'illtirfiii i,iii[l,icl. .-....s1 ' Eckrtrm Plywood & Door Co. .-..-.--.-...-...-63 Jone: ilochinery Corp', Fronk E. .-...---....-- * Shively, Alon A. ---.--.--.--..--......-.-....,-.-.-.------63 Edwcds.lmber ond Mfg. Co. I Koir", Gypsun Co., l1c.::.-...-_....--.........._..-17 sierrq Lcmber & Plywood, Inc. -.-.------..------59 Emrco Plywood - 3j Essley ond Son, D. C. * D.::iil^L1; Eubonk&5d,L.H...........-......--.-.-..-*Kvo|heinllqchinery Ex.hdnge Somillg Soler Co.

GekB'ot.&Co.'......-.....-..'.....--'-.'............43 .;-;;9l":P"!!h;..;'.'........'-..'..-......:........-ii:lJlY;Ji'?:3l1

Eil?::1L:i.'-lTl'r.li;:.........................'.lm*j'i*t*r:-.-.'.-.-'.-.-.-.-'--.'.'li:f:l"tl"s*'c*'hL Gorr|in.Hording-|.umberco..."..:::::::::.:;cimn'"*rl*ij;Jl;;bB"b.:....-...:.:]:::::::::.iI:ll;l;'y-t:ff", Greqt Bdy Lumber Soler Holl co., Jm€r L. ....--. -. :-.--....--.....--; Mount-Wiritne-y Lumber Go. * Ttopicql & Werlern Lmber Co' ----'---"""'-53 Hqlinon Lumber c.. ..................................2i rrr,r,ir i'"iJlhg od lmber Go. .....-......64 |;ll-!#r:llflf;?'c.-."................:.........f Hollinqn llftkin Lmber Co. t Nort.-Americo Whlrc. tnbr. A'n. ..........47 ;;-: ";;:_:._'_,--;: iiti."it i-r.'_a ptyw"il Go. I ;i;il;-ffii'iu-r", co. ..........-.......--......28 u. 5' Plvwood corp' """""""'-----"'-""-"* Hmond.Cqlif.RedwokCo.]New,Hqlo|dA.......'..........-......................*UnionLumberCo.....''.........-...... r:.f:,fY..*,!;l-..'.'.....''.'...-...........6il.i..xlt.tJimrcic.............................'*

Hcd|undLumberso|6t,|nc..................'....32o|renCmp.my,I'E.................-....'........62Wend|ing.Nhon HeronLumbercomPony'.'.....................;6i;J;iE;;?

H'qgini L6ber Co,, J. E. Hilf & Morton, ln.. -.--.-..-.----.-....-Hobbr wofr Lunber co. ....,....::....::; 6;o-J iJiiill c"., lex ....-..................... * welrern Door & sqsh co' """""""""""""72 Wellern Dry Kiln ------.--.-.....--....-.-.--.----.,-.* Hollow Tree Redwood Co. -.--.-r----r,---...--

tOS ANGELES BUYER'S GUTDE

Products, Inc' .ANgelus l-2155

Mcson Supplies, lac. .lNgclus 9-QQ!!

Mqsoniie Cbrporction ....!!!eelus3-8191

The Bus McNtil Co, .....ANgelus l-0606

Mutucl MouldirE cnd Lunber Go'.FAculty l-0877

Ostling McnulcCturilg Co.. CUnberlod 3-'1276

PccifiC Lumber Declerg Supplv Co'...ZEnith 1156

Pccilic Wood Productg Co,-..........MUtuol 726I

Reccl Door Compcnv. CUnberlcnd 3-6216

Seiuritv Blds, Mtls.-Co. .......HOllvwooal 5-6191

Securili Pcint MIg. Co............ANselug l-0359

So-Ccl Bldc. Mcteriqlr. .....midtr 5301

Southwesl flywood Corp. .ORcgon.8-4058

Slarton G Son, E. J,. ...trDms 4-9?!!

Stei!.r ald Mcleer, Inc', .OXbow 5'7218

Stewarl, O. W, Plywood Co.......LUdlow l'2149

Strqit Door Mls. Co. .CUmberlcnd 3-5188

Sw€stern. Podlcad Cen.lt Co. ..MAdison 6-6711

Teasion-lilo Window Screen Co. ....Olive 3-4100

Unlted Stcteg Plvwood Corp........LUdlow 3-3441

U. S. Plywood Corp. (Culver

IONG

Wonde rfvl to behold

ROCKPORT R,EDWOOD

Yes wonderful . . the giant Redwood logs and the quality lumber Rockport produces from them. Always well up to grade. Nothing surpasses Rockport's Certified Dry Redwood Bevel Siding and Finish.

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Generql Office, Crocker Bldg., Sqn Frqncisco 4, Colif. YUkon 6-0912 Teletype SF-898

9233 Denton Drive, Dallos, fexqs 43O N. Waco Avenue, Wichirq l, Konsas

Rounds Lumber Company is exclusive distributor for Rockport Redwood and sales agent for other leading Redwood mills. Rounds also represents producers of top quality Douglas Fir, Vhite Fir, Ponderosa Pine and Sugar Pine.

Specily ROCKPORT Look for the End Stamp"ROCKPORT"