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THE CALIFORI\IA LT]MBER MERCHAI\T
Jack Dionne, Publisher
IALENIIAR t1F II]MING EVENTS
June
National Plywood Distibutors Assn. lTth annual convention, Traymore hotel, Atlantic City, N. J., June 15-17'
Northriestern California Lumbermen's Club Dinner meeting, June 19' Sacramento Hoo-Hoo-Ette Club 5 Dinner meeting, Old Tavern, Sacramento, June 19.
Redwood Empire Hoo-Hoo Club 65 annual Forest Lake Weekend, June 19-21; Reservations: Duane Bennett.
San Diego Hoo-Hoo Club 3 Spring Dinner-Dance, Lafayette hotel, June 20.
Black Bart Hoo.'Hoo Club 181 annual Forest Lake Weekend, June 27-28; Chaftman, Jim Maher; Reservations: Ed Gillespie. Forest Products Research Socicty 13th National meeting, St. Francis hotel, San Francisco, June 29-Jrtly 3; Host club: Northern California section. FPRS.
JulY
Pacific Coast Builders Conference first annual meeting, San Francisco, July 6-9, sponsored by San Diego Building: Contractors Assn. istanley C. Scott, president, Home Builders Council of California) and other groups. John Jacobson, Sacramento' program chairman; Richard E. Doyle, San Francisco, ladies' program.
Philippine Mahogany Association annual meeting, Ojai Valley Inn, Ojai, Calif., ltly 12-16.
Black Bart Ho+Hoo Club 181 annual Golf-Swim-Barbecue Partv, Ukiah Country Club and Horne of Bill Moores, Ukiah' July 24; Chairman: Ed Gillespie.
How Lumber Looks
A further slowdown in fir lumber and plywood in the period ending June 5 was reported 'by Crow's Lumber Market News Service, Portland. The most urgent eastern and midwestern demand had been met and dealers were rebuying cautiously for late summer and fall inventories. Green fir 2x4 in Std & Btr slipped slightly and lower grades were weaker. Dry dimension was steady. Cargo buyers were taking a steady volume. Pine-area prices showed the price
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New Phone Prefixes
The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. threw a curve this month when it changed prefixes of several Los Angeles exchanges without formal announcemenr, catching even daily newspapers unaware of the impending changes. This journal was able to correct some of _the.phone prefixes in a few of the Display Ads, and believes it has ALL of them correct in, th-e dependable. Buyer's Guide (Page 64 in this issue). The digits of the telephone numbars themselves did not change.,on June 7, only the Prefixes. Where old pre- fixes still appear in the Display Ads so affected, please remember (until we can correct them all next time) that :
Webster 1- is now Olive l-
Webster 3- is now Olive 3-
Stanley 3- is now TRiangle 3-
Stanley 7- is now TRiangle 7-
Texas 0- is now UPton 0- and Ryan l- and 2- became MUrray
