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TOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA sales offices throughout the w6st

perial and the southern counties, it was said.

Bob ioins the Southern California wholesaie firm with more than 12 years experience in lumber manufacturing and sales. He spent a year at the mills in Oregon for his basic training period and then covered the Kansas and Oklahoma territory for the Lloyd St. Clair lumber concern. He spent 12 years in the southland during World War II when he served in the U.S. Navy. Bob is married and he and his rvife, Frances, and three children reside in Balboa where they all enjoy the salt air.

t'Our fraternal member new salesman is active in and civic affairs. He is a of Hoo-Hoo, Masons, Shrine and Elks. He is also interested in civic affairs in the beach area," said Sterling Wolfe. "Bob will be calling on dealers in his sales territory immediately and we are using this method of informing them of his appointment."

Dun & Brqdstreet Ofiers Free Profi toble Monogernenf Publiccrtion

Dun & Bradstreet, Inc., The Mercantile Agency, is offering a Free booklet entitled "Profitable Management for Main Street" to all interested persons. This very informative booklet deals with a variety of business problems through selected case histories.

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Scrn Froncisco lncreqses "Coi" Populotion

Entirely too many Cats strayed away from the May Concat sponsored by San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club 9, but the ceremonies were pulled off with typical San Francisco know-how regardless of the attendance. The meeting was held at the Leopard Cafe, l4O Front Street, on the evening of. May 23.

Although the paid membership of Club 9 ranks it as a large chapter (over 140 paid members), the percentage of active members is entirely too low. Every San Francisco lumberman has an obligation to support his club, one of the oldest in the International Order of Hoo-Hoo, established just after the turn of the century.

The May Concat, which was ably handled by past prexy Ben Ward, was staged after a big prime rib feast and a libation period in the club's own private room. An invitation had been sent to Santa Clara Valley Hoo-Hoo Club 170 to participate in the Concat, and Club 170 responded by entering two Kittens in the ceremony. Club 170 prexy, Merl Tanner, and vice-president Verlon McKinney, were on hand to keep their part of the show running smoothly.

With the more recent outing of Club 9 at Candlestick Park on lune 13 (Giants 4-Dodgers 3) the San Francisco lumber fraternity will take a vacation breather, resuming activities with an election meeting during either August or September. All members are urged to watch for this meeting announcement and be on deck in force for the election meeting which will kick off a new Club 9 year.

There's Gold in the Newest Gorolite Line

"GOLD FLECK" is the newest addition to the Coralite line of pre-finish wall panel- ing. Designed to coordinate closely with leading lines of laminated formed countertop shapes, "Gold Fleck" is a satin finish paneling in two colors, bone white or sauterne, spatter-flecked with brilliant goldcolor leaf. Both colors are also available with gold "worms" in addition to flecks. Patterns are permanently protected by exclusive Coral-Cote for hard, easy-clean surface and lasting colors. Full data available from The Coralite Company, 7251 East Condor Street, Los Angeles 22, RAymond 3-827r.

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Junior logging Conference

Feqtures Procticol Troining

The Redwood Region Junior Logging Conference was attended by 100 students from the redwood-Douglas fir region early in May. The conference held at the Mendocino Woodlands near Fort Bragg marked the ninth year of RRCC's forestry educational programming. Southern California was represented by John Thomas, Jr., a student lrom Glendora High School, chosen to attend by the Southern California Section of the Society of American Foresters, and three students from Placerville represented the Western Pine region.

John P. Sweeley, Assistant Forest Manager of Masonite Corporation, Ukiah, headed the conference committee, assited by over fifty representatives from private industry, educational institutions and State and federal forestry agencies.

The conference program was one of intensive training in all phases of the forest products industries of the region, with day-long tours and demonstrations. Evening programs were devoted to discussions of subjects ranging from taxes, job opportunities and the use of wood as a structural building material.

The session opened with forestry students competing in eight forest field events. When the events were completed, students from Eureka High School, who had placed first in four events, had secured the coveted team trophy, a chromed felling axe mounted on a polished curly redwood board. Tl-ris year for the first time second and third place plaque awards were given with Ukial-r High School team taking second and Arcata High School team winning the third place trophy.

April lumber Production Wos 2,567,0@,000 Boord Feet

National production of lumber totaled, 2,567,000,000 board feet during April, 1961, according to the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. The April lumber output declinecl five percent from March and was 16 percent below April 1960. This year's April production included2,237,000,000 board feet of softwood lumber and 330,000,000 board feet of hardwood lumber.

As was true for production, April mill shipments as well as the volume of incoming orders were below year-ago ler.els, with hardwoods registering a more pronounced decline than softwoods. However, shipments and new orders for all species during the month again outpaced the production volume in April.

During April, 1961, unfilled order files for all types of lumber declined four percent. By the end of the month, unfilled orders for softwood lumber were six Dercent above the year-ago level, while hardwood unfilled orders were still substantially below the end of April 1960.

Gross mill stocks of lumber on April 30, 1961, approximately equalled the inventories on hand on the corresponding date last year.

For the first four months of 1961, an estimated total national production of 9,828,000,000 board feet of lumber fell 17 percent behind the similar 1960 period. Mill shipments, meanwhile, have been off twelve percent, while new orders were six percent below the comparable first four months of 1960.

A. L. Hoover Compony Moving To New Quorters

Announcement was made last month bv Bob Hoover. executive of A. T Hoover Company, San Marino, that the oioneer wholesale lumber concern will move Tulv 8th to new and improved headquarter s at 254O Huntirigton Drive in San Marino.

For many years A. L. lfoover Company has been active in furnishing dealers throughout the southern area with quality lumber from the Pacific Northwest, representing such firms as The Pacific Lumber Company and WendlingNathan exclusively in Southern California and Arizona.

The southland concern is headed by Gus Hoover, prominent leader in the lumber industrv. civic and social leader in Southern California affairs. He is assisted in procurement and sales by his two sons, Dick and Bob, who also handle the administrative policy of the long established concern. Stuart Jones, liaison member of the staff assigned to sales promotion, covers the eastern Riverside, San Bernardino, Imoerial counties area.

New telephone numbers starting 10th'are: CUmberland 3-9078 and Monday morning July ATlantic 7-0497.

Gunter Silmor Estoblishes New lmpoE Firm

Well known San Francisco import man, Gunter Silmar, has established his own import-export business at No. 1 Drumm Street in San Francisco. The new firm, which will specialize in the importation of wood products and building materials and the exporting of West Coast forest products, will operate under the name of Silmarco, Inc.

A native of Germany, Silmar had formerly been import manager for Scarburgh California Company and Isbrandtsen Company of California, Inc. since 1953. Originally, Silmar operated a sar,vmill of his own in Costa Rica producing cedro macho, cativo and cedro ermago. He entered the import-export business with W. R. Grace & Company during 1949, leaving that firm to start an imported lumber division for Beton Companv in 1952.

Silmarco will retain ^Scarburgh's old 'phone, EXbrook 2-8350, and teletype, SF 1248. The company will be represented in Southern California by Baser & Company of Los Angeles.

Woods Brothers Lumber Compony Buys Horper-Buchqnon ot Phoenix

Woods Brothers Lumber Companv. with vards at Tucson and Bisbee, Arizona, recently puichased the Harper-Buchanon Lumber Company of Phoenix, from Roy Harper and Carl Buchanon. Tom Woods will manage the Phoenix yard while Carl Wood moves from Tucson to Bisbee. Paul Woods takes over the Tucson yard.