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The arrival of Barge 539 on her maiden voyage was the occasion for an impiomptu gathering of lumbermen and Borec 53e plywood dealers of Southern California and A-rizona, May i.it,l!"":;t 26, at Berth 135-Sun Lumber Company, in Wilmington. hovelnro

Coos Head Lumber and Plywood Company and r}i-tito, Upper Columbia Towing Company were -joint- hosts wirninsfon foi- the affair to welcome Barge 539, said to be the largest in the world for lumber cargo, and designed and built by Upper Columbia especially for the coastwise lumber trade.

250 guests inspected the new barge and its ultra-modern cargo handling equipment and partook of refreshments served in the Coos Head plywood warehouse.

The barge was towed by the tug "Winquatt" of Vancouver, Washington, a triple-screw monster having a total

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The dry cargo house on the barge will handle 60 carloads of plywood which, with the deckload of lumber, makes the total capacity the e{uivalent of 5 million feet.

The 539 will continue to serve Coos Head Lumber and Plywood Co. and other Coos Bay producers on a 20-day schedule for an indefinite period.

Loss from the spectacular fire that swept the Orban Lumber Co., Pasadena, late in March was set at more than $200,000. The Pasadena Star News paid tribute editorially to the local fire department that had three engine companies shooting streams of water on the blaze within three minutes after the first alarm and prevented a disaster that might have threatened a large part of Pasadena.

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Knute Weidmqn Joins Hedlund

Knute Weidman, popular Northern California lumberman, has joined the sales force of Hedlund Lumber Sales Co., it was announced by Salesmanager Matt Ryan from Hedlund's Sacramento headquarters. Weidman will be working with Bob Bonner at Hedlund's new Bay Area sales ofifrces.

Weidman, a native of Michigan and a University of Michigan graduate, served four years 4s a Navy pilot during WWII and is currently a commander in the NRO attached to Air Wing Staff 87 as liaison officer. After getting out of the service, Weidman spent several years in the Southern California area as a manufacturer's representative. He moved to the San Francisco Bay area during 1951, became interested in the lumber business, and shortly went to work for Louis Martinez, veteran Northern Cafifornia wholesaler (then located in San Francisco). Three years later, during 1955, Weidman was named manager of Roddiscraft's Palo Alto sales office, which post he held until joining the Hedlund organization.

With the addition of Knute Weidman to its Peninsula sales of6ce,. Hedlund Lumber Sales, Inc., has moved to larger quarters at 7Ol Welch Road, Stanford University, Palo Alto. The new offices (phone DAvenport 6-8864) will serve as headquarters for both Weidman and Hedlund's longtime Bay Area representative, Bob Bonner.

Jordqn to Western Office

Washington, D. C. (Special)Robert L. Jordan, formerly chief of information and education for the Montana State Forestry Department, Missoula, Nlont., has been appointed district manager for the San Francisco office of American Forest Products Industries, announced C. A. Gillett, managing director of AFPI, national sponsor of the American Tree Farm System and the Keep America Green forest fire-prevention education campaign.

Jordan (left) will direct forestry, education and public relations activities for AFPI in California.

Arizona and New Mexico. His office will be at 398 Monadnock Bldg., San Francisco. A native of Columbia Falls, Mont., Jordan is a journalism graduate of Montana State University. He served as executive secretary of Keep Montana Green and was on the state forester's staft in charge of information and education.