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J. G. Qerry) Mashek

This likable young lumberman is manager of Flill & Morton, Inc., Oakland, wholesale lumber firm founded in 1918 by the late H. Sewall Morton. He is a real Westerner, having been born in Green River, Wyoming. His father, W. O. Mashek, was then in charge of the Standard Timber Company there, a sawmill operation, and later moved to Modesto, Calif., where for many years he r^/as general manager of United Lumber Yards. Inc.

Jerry tvent through grammar school and junior college in Modesto, and finished his schooling 'ivith a course in business administration at Armstrong College, Berkeley.

It seemed natural for him to choose the lumber business. He started his career in 1935 'ivith the Coos Bay Lumber Company at their distribution yard at the foot of Ninth Avenue, Oakland. From there he rvent with Lumbermen's Supply, Inc., Sacramento, a r,vholesale concern, as order clerk, and became manager in 1941. He held this position until 1917, excluding the time he r,vas in the Navy. He entered the Navy in the fall of 1942, and served as an ofticer in the Supply Corps of the Air Transportation Division. He rvas in Honolulu for two years, and r'vas discharged r,vith the rank of Lieutenant in 1946.

lle came to Hill & Morton, Inc. as manager early in 1947. This company has progressed under his management. It has branch offices in Los Angeles and Fresno, and buying offices in Eugene, Oregon, and Eureka, Calif.

N{r. Mashek'ivas married in 1938 to Miss Barbara Wright of Modesto. They live in Oakland. Jerry's hobbies are fishing, and rose gardening.

On Europecrn Trip

Harvey Sprague, well knor,vn retail lumberman, of Anaheim, Calif., left June 17 with his 'r'vife and daughter on a trip to Europe.

New Dry Kiln Co. Open for Business

Los Angeles Dry Kiln & Storage, Inc., 4261 Sheila Street, Los Angeles 22, opened for business July 5, under the management of A. R. Pierce, well known in lumber circles in Southern California for the past 25 years.

This concern has three acres for lumber storage, and rvill engage in custom lumber drying, lumber storage, and car unloading. Facilities include a direct railroad spur.

The dry kilns, designed by Mr. Pier'ce, have a combined capacity in the two units of 100,000 feet to a charge. They are constructed of hollow tile blocks, which allow a minimum heat loss, and have insulated aluminum doors 24x16 and If" thick. The kilns are fully automatic, with Foxboro controls, and are heated by gas. No boiler is used. Vaporization is achieved in the furnace by a new process.

The mailing address of the company is P. O. Box 6832, Iiast Los Angeles Station, Los Angeles 22, Calif. The teleplrone is ANgelus 3-6273.

Wlll Co-Sponsor National Home \(/eek

Convinced that National Home Week offers great pronlotional possibilities for retail lumber dealers, the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association has agreed to be a co-sponsor of the event and has prepared a complete plan of operation for individual dealers wishing to participate this year.

National Home Week will be held September 10 to 17, which includes two Sundays. The other cooperating organizations are the National Association of Home Builders and the National Association of Real Estate Boards.

The event was an outstanding success last year. In addition to arousing rvidespread public interest in new homes, it produced a large volume of constructive newspaper publicity which put dealers and builders in a favorable light. This year, lvith a greater number of materials dealers participating, National Home Week should be an even greater success.

Attends Shrine Convention

A. A. Lausmann, of Kogap Lumber Sales, fnc., and Lausmann Lumber Co., Medford, Oregon, recently visited Los Angeles to attend the Shrine Convention, June 18 to ')')

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Los Angeles Businessmen Buy San Pedro Lumber Co.

Controlling interest in the San Pedro Lumber Co. at Los Angeles has been purchased from Northern California stockholders by a group of prominent Los Angeles businessmen in a transaction involving approximately $500,000, according to A. B. McKee Jr., president of the new company.

Headquarters of the company have been moved to Los Angeles from San Francisco. The new officers of the company are: A. B. McKee Jr., president; Frank P. Hooper Jr., vice president; Emerson Spear, vice president; Edward Hervey, secretary; James C. Jenkins, treasurer, and A{ary (Mallard) Abernethy, assistant secretary. P. H. Talbert and l{olvard Burrell have been elected to the board of directors.

San Pedro Lumber Co. is one of the oldest lumber concerns on the Pacific Coast, having started in business on January 4, 1883. Yards and shipping facilities were constructed in the slough that later became the main channel of San Pedro Harbor. This site was sold and in 1923 they constructed a new 2}-acre plant in the West Basin. The company's yard at Compton was opened in 1883, the Whittier yard two years later, and the following year yards were opened in Los Angeles, Ontario, Monrovia, and Artesia. In 1888 yards were opened in Huntington Beach and Beaumont.

The general offices and yard are at 1518 South Central Ave., Los Angeles. The company operates its wholesale yard, wharves and mill at San Pedro, and has two branch yards at Compton and Westminster, having disposed of the other yards.

A. B. McKee Jr. lias been with the company lor D years, and has been general manager since 1937. James C. Jenkins, credit manag'er, has been with the firm 38 years, and Mary (Mallard) Abernethy has been Mr. McKee's secretary since joining the company in 1933.

Mr. McKee is also vice president of the Forest Lumber Company; on the board of directors of the Valley Lumber Company at Fresno; and owner o{ the Imperial Lumber Company at Brawley, Imperial and Calipatria.

Joe Watt, manager of the Chicago office of Union Lumber Compally, was e visitor to the company's home office in San Francisco, last month. He also spent some time at the mill at Fort Bragg, Calif.

E. R. (Hip) Hipkins, formerly manager of the Square Deal Lumbcr Company, Salinas, is now associated with the Antioch Lumber Company, Antioch, Calif.