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Trunsports millions of boqrd feet of lop grode old-growlh lumber from the Pociftc Northwesl to qll of the Southlqnd qres. Weekly corgo shipmenls pockoged for eosy hondling to mqintoin o complete yord lumber inventory 'immediqle delivery from Wilmington, Cqliforniq.

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Prompt delivery on cutting orders

We speciolize in Douglos Fir fimbers of difficult lengths o,nd sizes.

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Gomplete invenfory of Douglos Fir inlerior qnd exlerior grodes for immediole delivery from our Wilmington wqrehouse.

COOS HEAD LUMBER AND PLYWOOD CO.

EIEFITH 135

WILMINGTON, CALIFORN IA

P.O. Box 1215

Telephones: TE 4-5261 SP 5-1179

Monufoctured 100 percenl from OId Growth Timber by dl^ l'red Ziese. Gamerston & Green Lumber Co., San Francisco, attended the big Shriner's Convention in Long Beach during late May.

Ham Knott, owner of Yosemite Lumber Company, Fresno, has broken ground on his new 10,000 sq. ft. showroom and is converting his entire operation over to cash and carry, to be open seven days a week.

Frank King, who retired from San Gabriel Lumber Co, a few years ago went in for golf in a big way and for years paid holein-one assessments, but recently got tired of paying them. Yep, you guessed itwithin seven days!

Earl Smith, formerly with O'MalleySmith Lumber Co. in Yuma, has moved to Ajo, Arizona, as manag:er of O'Malley's Building Materials.

Bob Halbert, South Bay Lumber prexy, back on the job following major surgery last month, Bob has had his second overhaul job this year and is now well on his way to full recovery.

Bill Stuart, Jr., La Canada Lumbel peddler, and Ralph Belk of Summerbell Structures in Santa Rosa spent two weeks of June in Honolulu, Business trip, of course.

CATIFORNIA IUiABER'IAERCHANI

Hank Neely, formerly with Dolan Lumber in Fremont, has opened his own new store and yard in Livermore. The new business is operating as Ideal Lumber, Inc. at 2858 4th Street.

Phil Gilbert and Lowell Kolb, two southern California lumber tycoons, seen fishing in Utah. Trout catch was excellent they say.

Dant Forest Products, Menlo Park, has announced the addition of Stan Dick to the company's growing sales staff. Stan, active in the Bay Area market since 1946, will continue to work that area along with Bruce Keller and Jerry Fernandez. A native of Washington, Stan began with Long-Bell at Longview, Wash. For the past 18 years he has been associated with Gillon Lumber Company and the former Trinity River Lumber Sales Co.

Tom Muller, son of Don Muller, L.A. m,anag'er for Hobbs-Wall, was married June 19 to beautiful Jan Addington at Holy Trinity Church in San Pedro. Tom graduated from Oregon State University in '63 and joined Bechtel Corporation in engineering and construction in the bay area. After the honeymoon Tom and Jan will live in Long Beach.

Armin Speckert, head of Speckert Lumber Co. in Marysville, was elected president of the local Lion's Club Iast month.

The Western Door & Sash gang are finally reporting some good news. Jerry Stockton is back on the job after a February heart attack and Doug Cook on the mend after being hospitalized due to an asthma condition.

Arcata Redwood's Paul Ward and his family are vacationing in the Pacific Northwest with side trips to Victoria and Banff, Canada.

Jim Webber, manager of llubbard & Johnson's Mountain View yard, attended the recent Elks Convention in San Diego.

Yirgil Mastelotto has returned to Tarter, Webster & Johnson's lumber buying and sales office at Redding in his former capacity as manager of this operation after having fuifilled a seven month temporaly assignment with Trinity Alps Lumber Company at Hayfork, California.

Art Parkins, general manager Cal-Door Co. in Los Angeles, and his wife are on an "Around America" trip. They will visit in Detroit, Cleveland, Washington, New York, Virginia and the New England states before returning via Oklahoma City, St. Louis and the deep South.

Fred Mensinger of American Distributing Co. and Itobb Stagg of Turder Hardware Ieft their home bases in Modesto recently fol a southern Oregon mill tour.

Nikkel Lumber Company's Art Anderson, and the Anderson family, spent the entire month of May traveling through Europe and visiting relatives in Sweden.

Ed Bauer of Los Angeles' Atlas Lumber Co. won kudos recently for his skillful handling of the Terrible Twenties 39th annual anniversary. Good going, Ed!

George Elder is now manager of Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Co. at Superior, Arizona, replacing Jim Hughes who has been transferred by Foxworth-Galbraith to Winkleman, Arizona.

John Mosler, former manager of Hillsboro Lumber Yard, is now with Pool-Gardner Lumber Co. at Hillsboro, Oregon. Hillsboro Lumber was recently sold to the McOready Lumber Co. chain and Dave McCready will manage the Hillsboro operation.

LMA vice-president Homer Hayward, Homet T. Hayward Lumber Co., Salinas, attended a three day meeting of the Lumber Dealers Research Council in ChicaEo in early summer.

John Skov toured the Salt Lake-Denver area on MacBeath Hardwood business during late May.

Cal-Pacific's Frank Billings recently logged some sack time in the hospital due to a vims infection.

George and Mickey Cameron are resident managers, not owners of the Vista Del Sol motor hotel as u'e inconectly had it last month. Sorry, George, that's .a horse on us.

John Godley, West Coast manager for Wood Conversion Company, called on his distributors in the Pacific Northwest durinE early June.

Los Angeles lumber sales executive l)on Muller has completed a business and pleasure trip through the Pacific Northwest. He spent two weeks fishing and caliing on sup- pliers, loafing with Fred Ilolmes and other lumberjacks.

Young Executive Celebrotes 4Oth

W. F. "Bill" Fahs. president of (lalifornia Panel & Veneer Co. started hi-* c.ar-eer rvith that pioneer distributing con('('rn war. back in the '20s at a ).ounq and tender agt'.

In fact, it was in 192,1 wht'n he started trt the bottom to work his way to the ton arrd at tht' beginning ,rI l()65 lie lr.lel,rated his 40th anniversarv with Cal Panel.

During the past four der:adcs he advtrnce<l steadily and ha,. made an outstanding contrilrution to not only his own firm brrt to the industrv as a whole.

He got his knowledge of sales and clistrilrution lry starting at thc sorrrce of the at'tion in the plant. l)rrring thc {ollowing lears he workt'd in t'l.erv department of tlrr.companl'

He has been. and still i,s" actir.e ir-r social and civic. affairs jn Los Angelcs. llut his primarl- attt'ntion has bccn directed toward lhc progress of industrr. as,qociations and fratt'rnal organizations. including tht' Con. t'att'rtated Order of Hoo-Hoo. Rill has bctu t'lost'ly associatecl with the Paciflr: (loast Hardnood Assor:iation arrd the National I)11 wood l)istributor-. A-qsoc'iation. It is his lrelief that any organization that is gootl for all of thc industry is mighty good {or the progress of all concerned, including the suppliers and stafi of his company.

So we salute prexy Bill Fahs as an established leader in the wood products and huilding materials field anrl emphasize lhat his young approach to problems has made his employees mighty proud of him indeed.

Six Reno Firms Join LMA

Lumber J'Ierchants As-sociation's everactive membership <:ampaign has gotten a real shot in the arm with the addition of lour new members {rom the lieno area plrrs trt,'o additional assot'iate members.

Thanks to the efiorts of Charles and Chal Cross, Truckee-Tahoe Lumber Co., the following have joined LMA: o l7aller Lumber Co., Inc., Sparks lumher wholesalers, represented by ownermanager Alex Waller.

. Home Lumber & Supply Co., Reno retailer, represented by owner Tcd E. Dren- o United Lumber Sales, Inc., Reno retailer, represented by Olin E. Crick, owner. o Lee Lumber Co., Inc.. Reno retailer, represcnted by Hudson Lee. owner.

Indic:ations are that other retailers in the Reno area will be joining rhese 6rms as LMA memhers.