Lerrett Completes Expansion Program

Here is a group of pictures that will give some idea of the present facilities of Lerrett Lumber Company, Inc., 2625 Ayers Avenue, Los Angeles 22, Calilornia-specializing in the wholesale distribution of Redr,vood.

The service offered the retail lumber dealers of Southern California by Lerrett has been enthusiastically received because they presently maintain a complete red',vood inventory of n'ell over th:ee million feet in their I-os Angeles yards. This large inventory offers the dealer quick delivery of air dried and kiln dried material in any grade or dimension, in any quantity, depending on the current needs of the customer.

This exclusive redu'ood distribution yard is valuable to the retail lurnber dealers cif Southern California due to its easily accessible location in the heart of the Central Manufacturing I)istrict. Located directly north of Bandini IJoulevard. one block n'est of Atlantic-this Ayers Avenue location is adjacent to the Santa Fe Railroad and spttr track, assuring fast loading facilities either by truck or carload shipments.

"With the completion of this program \\'e are norv in a position to render excellent service to our customers," declared president Joseph L. Terrell. In addition to Joe the Lerrett staff are all experienced lumber people-Fred J. Broderick, treasurer; Pitt Terrell, vice president; H. Johnson, executive secretary; Damon Lee, Don Nf uller, Harry Wilson and Maymie Sue Peter are all at your service rvhen vou "call Lerrett for your redr,r'ood needs " qnd too often the order of the doy is forgotten tomorrow. We hove no need for bock-biting-no flowery speeches to moke. In 35 yeors our plotform hosn't chongedour moito is still "superior service ond highest quolity." Thot's why so mony loyol customers vote for our spokesmen the finest in hordwood ond softwood Plywoods, Mosonite Brond Products qnd Formico. We now hove onother cqndidoie for your confidence. lt's o genuine plostic lominoteit's Lomidoll.

New Cartoon Boolc Carries Forceful Fire Prcvention Message

Woody, the log that walks and talks like a man, unlimbered another literary weapon in his war against man-caused forest fires.

It's a 48-page, two-color, pocket-size booklet called, "A Visit To The Forest With Woody." Using comic strip technique, Woody takes Jimmy and Jane for a walk through a Tree Farm.

On the walk they meet squirrels, birds and other forest creatures and learn how trees grow from little seeds dropped on the forest floor. There are other conservation lessons, too.

When Jimmy and Jane go wading, Woody explains: "The forests help make streams like this possible. Trees hold water in the grounri like a sponge so it r,vill run off slowly after the rains."

Woody telis Jimmy and Jane he is afraid of fire and shows them why by taking them to see a forest that was recently burned. He points to blackened snags that once were beautiful growing trees and to a deer killed by fire. When fire burns the forest, it destroys the wood needed for paper, lumber and thousands of other useful things made from trees.

"It all adds up to jobs for about three million people in America," says Woody, "and all those valuable products that's why we lose when fire hits the forest !"

American Forest Products Industries, Inc., 1319 Eighteenth Street N.W., Washington 6, D.C., is distributing free copies of the booklet to schools, forest industries, and Keep Green organizations in all 48 states. Copies of "A Visit To The Forest With Woodyi are available from local Keep Green headquarters in most areas with a state Keep Green imprint on the back cover. AFPI represents the rvood-using industries of the United States.'

Celebrate 47th Anniversqry

Mr. and Mrs. Ross Blanchard, Blanchard Lumber Co., North Hollywood, celebrated their forty-seventh wedding anniversary on June 28 with a small family gathering. They expect to celebrate the 48th and 49th in the same quiet manner. but watch out for the 50th !

Emil Swanson, Eagle Rock Lumber Co., Eagle Rock, and Mrs. Swanson vacationed in Northern California where they visited Sequoia, General Grant and Yosemite National Parks, the Mother Lode country, Redding and Arcata and Eureka.

R. W. "Jack" Dalton, of R. W. Dalton & Co., San Marino, Calif., recently visited San Francisco to attend the annual convention of the National Plywood Distributors Association.

Tom Philips, Lawrence-Philips Lumber Co., Beverly Hills, and his family are vacationing in Humboldt County.