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.

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.