Kin Ton Lumber Records Successful Year

fF EVER AN ORGANIZATION disproved the old I In-Law Fable. it would have to be Kin Ton Lumber Company in Cloverdale where Russ Kin.sey, h-is father--inlaw, -Owen Sexton, and his brother-in-law, Warren M9Pherson, are really making the sawdust fly after their first year of operation.

Kiirsey and Sexton, who took over the big plant formerly operated by Cloverdale Redwood Company a year ago, last March, look back upon the past year as a real "testing ground" for their relationship. Perhaps both men are enIitled to breathe a little sigh of relief now that the plant is operatin g at a good healthy percentage of ca-pacity' Star-ting wlth a dormant plant, and weath-ering a lumber markei anything but radiant, Kinsey and Sexton have, through minagement know-how and belt tightening economies, put their plant back on the map.

Norv covering 40 acres of choice industrial property, Kin Ton offers a w-ide range of services to in-transit shippers, as well as a L.C.L. buliness of its own. Facilities include four big double track kilns, C'x14" plaler facilities, a resaw that will take cants up to 12"x12", and a complete gradipg service for all West Coast species.

Kinsey, a native of Kansas, grew up in Cloverdale and managed the A. F. Stevens Lumber Company yard there for four years following his discharge from the Army Air Corps. In a way, Kin Ton rvas Russ' first love because he has been identified with the operation of the plant since the days it was under the ownership of the o1d Coastal Plywood & Timber Company. Russ continued on at the plant under the more recent ownership of Hollow Tree Lumber Company as kiln operator, shipping and manufacturing supeiintendent, and in the same capacity for Sonoma Wood Products prior to the formation of Kin Ton.

Sexton on the other hand is the machinery "wizard" of the two, having come to Cloverdale during 1948 _as a planerman where he's been setting up ever since. Owen originally was in heavy construction and oil field work, firs-t in ih. Mid*.rt fialds for Sinclair Oil Company and later in the Olympia, Washington area in construction.

McPherson, who now manages the planing mill, grew up in Cloverdale and cut his teeth in the lumber game with several local sarvmills before joining Kinsey and Sexton last year.

This Symbol Protected The Interests Of The Silversmiths

JUST AS THIS SY'YTBOt PR.OTECTS YOUR INTERESTS IN THE LU'NBER. INDUSTR.Y

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The right to display the symbol of the Wholesale Lumbermen's Association of Southern California is granted only to men whose experience, reliability and integrity in the lumber industry has been proven.

The high caliber of these men, their knowledge of the industry and their proven capability make dealing with members of the association advantageous in terms of your time saved, your buying costs cut, your orders quickly and accurately f illed.