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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

A nerr, Associate menrber of the Southern California Retail l-umber Assn. last month lr,as Oliver J. Olson & Co., Times Building, Long Beach, rvhose officers are E. Whitney Olson, presiclent; George L. Olson and L. E. I'hillips, vice-presidents, auct Allen E. Nloffatt, Southern California manzlgef