OBITUARY

EDWARD H. HOLT, 77, retired, Southern California lumberman, died June 13 in Glendale (California) Hospital.

Born in Wartrace, Tennessee, Mr. Holt had been in the lumber business in California for many years. He was associated with Patten-Blinn of Alhambra for 27 years, and previous to that was with Independent Lumber Company of Glendale.

Mr. Holt is survived by the widow, Leila, Alhambra; a son, Milton, Pocatello, Idaho; a daughter, Mrs. Ray Jung, Corona del Mar; two grandsons and three brothers.

FLORENCE G. COLE, 60, wife of Lloyd E. Cole. veteran lumberman of the Pacific Coast, died June 6. The family home is at 1720 El Mirador Drive, Pasadena.

Mr. Cole is associated with Georgia-Pacific Corporation in South Pasadena.

In addition to the widower, survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Gretta Hatch and Mrs. Pearl Bell, and two brothers Lloyd and Roy Lee.

GEORGE W. FINCH, 63, retired head of the Finch Lumber and Supply Company of Phoenix, Arizona, died June 3.

Mr. Finch came to Phoenix from the East in 1945 and helped organize the Judson Finch Lumber Company, later known as the Finch Lumber C_ompany.

Mr. Finch is survived by his wife, Gertrude, two sons, Daniel of Phoenix, and Peter of Brea, California, and six grandchildren.

EDWIN S. "ZIT" ZITTLEMAN, 58, lumberman of the Bay area, died June 13 of a heart attack. The family home is at 2851 Parker Avenue in Oakland.

A native of Wisconsin. Mr. Zittleman came West during the depression days and, after a short while in railroad work, he chose hardwood lumber as a career and went to work for White Brothers. then of San Francisco and Oakland. He spent over 20 years with White Brothers, and for the past two years had been managing the hardwood division of Harbor Plywood, division of Aberdeen Plywood, in Oakland.

JOHN CHARLES DALLAVO, 73, retired owner of the Doll Lumber Company, died June 5. The family home was in La Crescenta, California.

Mr. Dallavo was born in Howard City, Michigan, and came to the Los Angeles area 40 years ago.

Mr. Dallavo leaves his widow. Carol. and four brothers and three sisters.

Susonville Lumber Completes New Dry Kiln Instollotion

The Susanville Lumber Company, of Susanville, California, recently announced the completion of the installation of two Fryer Dry Kilns and boiler plant. The addition of these kilns will add greatly to the marketability of the products of Susanville Lumber enabling them to put a better product on the market as well as to increase their production facilities.

The kilns are both 36 feet side-loading kilns and both have been equipped with "Modutrol," the moisture-temperature control system developed by The Fryer Cor- poration in order to mile the drying process automatic in that once the controls are set for a specific drying cycle, the controls, or "Modutrol," will complete the job automatically. Results show faster, more efficient drying with less checking and degrade in all species tested to date.

The entire installation at Susanville was designed, engineered, constructed, and installed by The Fryer Corporation of Portland, Oregon.

Edwin livoni Appointed llonoger Of ABC's Son Froncisco Clffice

Edwin R. Livoni has been appointed Manager of the San Francisco office of Allied Building Credits, Inc., per announcement by R. D. Syer, President of ABC. Livoni will succeed H. G. Keller. Vice President who has been named Investment Representative for the company with offices in San Francisco.

Allied Building Credits is a nationwide finance organization serving lumber and building material dealers and home furnishings retailers. Livoni joined ABC in 1948 and has served as Manager of its branches in Dallas, Portland, St. Louis and most recently, Pittsburgh.

Livoni's experience and knowledge will provide improved time sales service to dealers served by ABC's San Francisco office, said Syer.

Wqrren Allison Joins Weslern Lumber

Kurt Grunwald, owner of Western Lumber Company in Daly City, announced the association of \A'arren Allison with the firm on June 1. Allison, who for the past year had covered the Bay Area trade {or George J. Silbernagel, Inc., of San Francisco, will continue to service the same area out of Western Lumber's 88 Crestview Avenue office.

Cecil Morgqns Purchqse Pride Lumber Co. of Kunq, ldoho

Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Morgan, longtime H"ppy Valley residents, have purchased the Pride Lumber Company of Kuna, Idaho.

The yard has been operated by Mrs. Mary Pride since the death of her husband, P. S. Pride, in February, and she will assist the Morgans until they become acquainted with the business.

Mrs. Pride has been closely associated with the lumber business since Mr. Pride came to Kuna as manager of the yard, then owned by the Boise Payette Company, ln 1923. The Prides purchased the business three years ago.

Mr. Morgan, who has farmed in the H"ppy Valley area for 44 years, has sold his ranch there to the Kellogg Mills of Nampa, and will devote his entire time to the lumber business.

Arizonq Mill Destroyed by Fire

Globe on the San Carlos reservation. She said the temporary mill will use as many of the Winslow employees as possible.

She estimated it will be at least four months before the lumber mill is rebuilt and normal operations resumed.

Notionol Lumber ond 9upply Opens New Gqrden And Potio Shop

In keeping with its policy of aggressive and comprehensive merchandising, National Lumber and Supply Company of Long Beach has opened a new Garden and Patio Shoo in Bellflower. The addition of the block facing National's main yard adds 50,000 square feet to a firm that has tripled its store space in the last two years.

The parking features have also been doubled with the added feature of drive-in service.

A native of Alabama, Allison came to California during 1958, after several years in the lumber business with Kirkpatrick Lumber Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. Prior to joining Silbernagel, Allison covered the Greater Bay Area for the J. W. Hendrick Co. in Oakland.

A fire in early June that destroyed the Nagel Lumber and Timber Company's mill in Winslow, Arizona, did damage of between $400,000 and $500,000, per announcement from Mrs. Mabel Nagel, owner and Manager.

More than 100 employees have been thrown out of work.

Mrs. Nagel announced that, while the Winslow mill is being rebuilt, her firm will operate its inactive mill near

National Lumber recently celebrated its 16th anniversary. It is a family business headed by Sol "Shorty" Jaffee and assisted by his three sons. Melvin, Eugene and Stephen.

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New Resin-Fiber Inlroduced By U.5. Plywood

A new light-weight, super-smooth, plywood panel has been introduced by United States Plywood Corporation as a quality, low-cost rnaterial for the manufacture of outdoor signs, store fixtures, display cases, partition panels, ofifice, restaurant and garden furniture.

The new panel has a tough, resin-fiber surface that, according to the company, takes and holds paint better and longer than conventional plywood or lumber.

"The extremely smooth surface of this new Weldwood Super-Smooth Duraply is achieved through the use of genuine Philippine mahogany veneers under a specially engineered resin-fiber coating," Clinton Andavall, U. S. Plywood product manager, reports.

"This coating eliminates grain 'photographing,' or showthrough and results in impeccable paint jobs at low cost. The light-weight, high-strength advantages of plywood enable manufacturers to produce top quality products without sacrificing production economies," he adds.

The new panels come in standard 4'x8',9' and 10' sizes. They are available in thicknesses of from 5/16" to 1" with the resin-fiber coating on one or both sides. Factory priming, which reduces finishing to one coat, may also be soecified. -

Super-Smooth Duraply rounds out the Weldwood line of permanently surfaced panels, which combine the advantages of plywood with smooth, wear-resistant, easily painted surfaces, such as: Permaply, Duraply and I-ebanex, Andavall said.

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Don Golt is Nomed Monoger Of Americsn Wolnut Group

The American Walnut Manufacturers Association has named Donald H. Gott, former sales manager for the Marshfield mill of W-eyerhaeuser Company's Roddis Division, as its new secretary-manager, according to Clarence H. Swords of Swords-Mortofr Veneer & Lumber Co., Rock Island, Ill., association president.

In his new post, Mr. Gott will continue this activity. He also will direct the group's accelerated program for cooperation with finish manufacturers in the development of new treatments for walnut. A major item on the association's agenda, this program has helped develop a wide range of new finishes, including light tones achieved without bleaching.

Another responsibility of the new secretary-manager will be the association's longstanding forestry program. In addition to stimulating the planting of seedlings and seed nuts, the program this year is directed at improving the quality of new walnut growth.

Mr. Gott brings to his new position a background of more than 25 years in the marketing and sales of wood products and building materials. He is a past president of the Hardwood Plywood Institute. In November, 1958, the Secretary of Commerce appointed him a member of the National Defense Executive Reserve, representing the Forest Products Division.

Mr. Gott succeeds George C. Romeiser, who has accepted the post of secretarymanager of Southern Hardwood Producers, Inc., in Memphis, Tenn.

The American Walnut Manufacturers Association is composed of leading manufacturers of walnut lumber and veneers. Its aggressive promotional and merchandising programs have contributed to a major resurgence of walnut's popularity for furniture and other uses. American walnut in recent years has been the most widely used furniture hardwood.

Shortly after joining the Roddis organization in 1956 as manager of its architectural services department, Mr. Gott was placed in charge of the company's plywood and door sales. He retained those duties when the company was acquired by Weyerhaeuser.

Mr. Gott attended Pace College in New York. From 1943 to 1946 he served in the Air Intelligence Service of the U.S. Navy as a lieutenant senior grade. He was decorated with the bronze star and was given a Naval Unit Citation. Following the war he became eastern commodity manager for the U.S. Gypsum Company, Chicago. Subsequently he was general sales manager of the Great Lakes Carbon Company, New York, assistant general manager of building products for Reynolds Metals Company and vice-president for marketing of Lumber Fabricators, Fort Payne, Ala.

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Just printed, the new pamphlet shows how to adapt the basic idea of sturdy plywood gusset plates to produce tough, practical gates. The idea lends itself to prefabrication or to do-it-yourself packages.

The gate lengths can range from 12 to 2O feet. All use two sheets of fir plywood and five board slats. The pamphlet has detailed drawing and tells recommendations for plywood type, thickness and grade, nail spacing and lumber thicknesses required for various spans.

The low-cost plywood gates are light weight, but have proven highly durable. An unpainted test gate installed at the Auburn, Washington stockyards showed absolutely no deterioration or racking after a year of rugged use.

The style can be altered by merely changing the shape of the plywood gussets. Finished gates can be left unpainted to weather a silver gray or painted and lettered with the owner's name.

Individual plans are available free from Douglas Fir Plywood Association, 1119 A Street. Ask for Farm Gusset Gate Plan 6t-240.

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