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ofifice, the firm has grown at the five-acre plant where they now occupy eight warehouses, manufacturing and distributing in excess of 40,000 units per week.

Artesia Door Co. designs and manufactures every type of door that can be used in residential or industrial buildings in its trade area, including special steel doors for special uses. They produce a full line of all varieties for every purpose.

It was just a little more than 10 years ago that Manuel Toraya and his group established the Artesia Door Co. Joseph (Pepe) Gomez is the production genius, assisted by Pete Toraya in the plant and transportation of finished products. Andy Vasquez is in charge of procurement and sales. and Manny handles administration, finance and expansron.

ft was his idea to establish the subsidiary, when additional property rvas acquired, whereby the remanufacturing concern is now also in the business of raising calves for breeding and marketing purposes. It is a perpetual feeding operation of raising livestock from the age of two weeks to four months. This is also a thorough study in complete automation as the calves are taken from their mothers at birth and, through scientific feeding, are ready for sale in four months. This is but another example of the business acumen and good judgment applied by these alert business executrves.

The girls of the Artesia Door family all hold important posts in the business. Mary Toraya is the pricing expert of the firm, Mickey Halbersma is the all-important payroll clerk, Mayco Smith handles the shipping details, Helen Osborne is the affable receptionist, Evelyn is the bookkeeper, and Bennie is on a good long vacation in Europe.

"\Me just couldn't get along without the women in our big family organization," said Manny, "because they know the business from the ground up and it was they who de-

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Roy Stanton, Sr. and I)ee Essley, prominent Club 2 Hoo-Hoo, missed the May 20 meeting of the L. A. club in favor of a little private relaxation at Palm Springs with their wives and golf irons, itroe lVllltams, veteran Southland hardwoodsmalr, is back in circulation as vicepresident of the Island Timber Co., Los Angeles importing firm.

Bob Curran. one of the owners of Bakersfield Sandstone Brick Co., and his wife are on a 6-week vacation in the South Pacific, with Tahiti and Australia sharing top-bill- ing on their itinerary. The Valley couple are due home around the first of July.

Blll Kllkenny, former southern California manager for the Hyster Co., and his wife will spend a vacation touring Europe before he assumes his new position with the company in Danville, Ill.

Jfun IIaU, .Ir. flew east recently to supervise completion of a big new stadium job he supplied for Indiana University. The James L, Hall Co., San F rancisco, is becoming nationally known as specialists in the field of stadium seating featuring its Port Orford and Alaska (Yellow) cedar products.

Ilerb Golsenheynor, pioneer southern California dry-kiln operator, has returned to the business following a 2-year rest in the desert countly. He may again be found at the Downey Kiln Drying & MiUing Co.

Peerless Lumber's Gran Gelsert made a buying trip up the Redwood highway the week of May 23.

.Ilm Chtpman, of North American Ply- wood Corp., has moved his San F rancisco headquarterg to 590 Townsend.

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ilerry Essley spent the last week of May visiting the mill at Garberville for D. C. Essley & Son, Los Angeles. Going along for the ride were Ray Porson of Person Bros., Claremont, amd Ifenry M. Mansfield of California Materials Co., Long Beach.

Twin Harbor's itrlm Fraser, wife Barbara and the E'raser family are currently "counting-down" and ready to blast ofr for a few weeks' vacation in Hawaii.

Ilarvey KoIl ls "traveling like crazy" to keep up with his work as Supreme Custocatian of the Hoo-Hoo 9. Recently returned from the Hawaiian Islands. where he re- activated the Honolulu Hoo-Hoo, he off immediately to San Francisco points north. This month he's ofr to the Midwest. ilohn Osgood made a sales saJari to the East and Midwest the early part of June for the Robert S. Osgood Co., Los Angeles.

Bob Gavotto, son of Mory aard Carl Gavotto of the San Diego lumber family, graduated June 6 from Villanova University. His mother and brother Dick took a Jet flight East to attend the important event.

Dr. Hasen Canakcloglu, forestry faculty a.ssistant at the University of fstanbul, Turkey, arrived in Sacramento, June 13, to study the organization of the California Division of F orestry. He will be escorted to southern California June 15 by Deputy State Forester E. H. Bertsch to study the field organization operations for two weeks. Dr. Canakcioglu spent three weeks last Spring at the D. F'. Training Center at

Evor wieh you were a unit of 2x4's? Meet prett5r '.lVIIss Clvlc Prldo" of San Franclsco, who palil a, most welcome (natch) vlstt to Whlte Lumber Company, 150O Norioga St., San Franclsco, durlng the recent Chamber of Commerce "Cleam-Up Week" ca,mpatgn. Nevor has lumber received such treatrnent: stacldng, re-stacklng (?), dusting, rearranglng EVSRYONE heal a hand in thls project-the TVhtte .,boys," the yard gang, the clerks, the bookkeeper (who took this shot) even the customers (who probably forgot what they came lnto the open all-day Soturday operatlon for).

The vltal statietlcs? She,s Nancy Root, a senlor psychology student at UC, a na,tivo San Fhanclscan, and whose hobbles include swlmming; hlklng, huntlng and bowling. You say you want tho VIIAL staflstics? You moon like 38-22-56?