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Ponderoso Pine Woodwork Elects Officers for 196l

Hugh A. Schaffer, sales manager of the Michigan-California Lumbei Co., Sacramento, has been elected president of Ponderosa Pine Woodwork. national association of Western 'Pine producers and millwork manufacturers. The association carries on extensive promotion of wood windows, panel doors, and other stock millwork items.

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Schaffer, vice president of the association in 1960, succeeds George M. Curtis, chairman of the board of Curtis Companies, Inc., Clinton, Iowa.

Other offrcers elected were E. A. Gerber, Rock Island Millwork Co., vicq president; Hugo W. Eckardt, Morgan Company, treasurer; and Fred G. Johnson, Weyerhaeuser Company, secretary.

Robert H. Herbst continues as general manager of the association, with headquarters in Chicago.

tloyd Lqrson to Heqd New Blemco Lumber Sales Orgonizction

Well-known Mendocino County lumberman, Lloyd Larson, and the Br E. & M. Trucking Company of Ukiah, established a new wholesale lumber operation under the trade style of Blemco Lumber Sales in Ukiah last month.

Larson, a native of Washington,

Angeles 23, Golif. rwx rA 1845 rTOYD TARSON originally came to Ukiah from British Columbia during 1957, as salesmanager of the old Ukiah Pine Lumber Co. at Potter Valley. Shortly after the firm was purchased by Frank Crawford, Larson joined Main Lumber Company in Redding where he remained until forming the present venture.

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Lumber Industry Fqcts l960-6I Edirion

A 56-page statistical handbook of historical and current information compiled from many sources. Provides statistics on the manufacture and distribution of lumber and wood products, and the role of the lumber industrv in the national economy. Contains- 93 statistical tabulations and 15 charts with data on forest resources, manufacturing census statistics, lumber pro- duction, shipments, orders, stocks, wholesale and retail lumber trade, exports and imports, consumption and utilization, price indexes, employment, research expenditures, and financial data. Available without charge-but lupply limited. Send your request for Lumber Industry Facts together with your name and address to: Statistical Department, National Lumber Manufacturers Association, 1319 Eighteenth Street, N.W., Washington 6, D.C.

Hollow Tree Opens Phoenix Distribution Cenler

Max Barnette, president of Hollow Tree Redwood Company, has announced the opening of a new distribution center in Phoenix. Arizona. in line with Hollow Tree's new, improved merchandising program. Local Phoenix lumberman, Ddan Harper, will manage the three-acre setup at 2101 East Jackson Street where a iomplete and diversified inventory of green and kiln dried, rough and surfaced redwood will be carried for the convenience of yards in the area.

New Yqrd Estqblished

By Floyd Pedersen

A new Contra Costa County retail yard, Modern Kitchen & Building Sup- ply Company, has been opened on Highway 4 between Oakley and Brentwood. Flovd Pedersen is owner of the new operation and Don Pedersen will also be active in the management of the concern.