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GEONGE CLOUGH WHOI.ESALE LIIMBER. Duriag this lirst year I hcve been doing ny utmosl lo keep cbrecat oI lbe ever chcnging businees condi- lions cs c wholeand, ot courae, letrrn cbout out pcrticulcrr bugineas ol wholesale lumber distribution.

My lonner trcining in lhe ytrrd cnd delivery €nd ol this busines:, crlong with the retqil education I recoived from our grood friends, Tom Fox drrd Ccrl Iaughlio hcve proven invclucble lo me in hcndlingf ny qssignmentr crt the wholessle level. Tbis previous education hcrs beea the bigg*t lcctor in tecching me "curlomer relction" -the nost importcnt lcclor oI GOOD SEAUCE.

The genercl uses ol lumber qt consumer level has been qnother pbcse oI ny bosic trcin- ing thir past year, clong with Iecrrniag cbout the brocd cppli- 'cction oI the vcrrious species, grades cnd sizeg ol wood produ3'ts.

I know I hcve c lot to leqrn -but I hcve confidence in ny- sell cnd my cbilify to loltow through from quolction to ship- ment, to delivery. II you cre seeking GOOD LLIMBER-cnd like "TOP NOTCH SEBVICE"- just ccll cnd I'll do ary uimost to give YOttB ORDER thar per- sonal ctlentiou.

Buys Scnr Diego Ycrd

Sale of the Lightfoot Lumber Co. at San Diego to the City Lumber & Supply Co. was announed by Laymon Lightfoot. former owner. The new company will be under the control and management of Hilton Nowlen.

Mr. Nowlen was formerly a partner in the Nowlen Lumber Co. of Benton Harbor and St. Joseph, Mich., and has been active in the lumber business in the Midwest for 30 vears. The Lightfoot Lumber Co. was established 14 years ago. Mr. Lightfoot plans to retire.

Fire Dcrmqges Lumber Ycrrd

Fire at the Hammond I.umber Company yard in Van Nuys on June 11 destroyed a lumber shed rvith 1@,000 feet of finistr lumber and 80,000 feet of lumber stored adjacent to the shed. The fire was attributed to spontaneous combustion in a bin of processed lime.

There was no damage to the lumber office and business is going on as usual. When the site is cleared, the company plans to build a new shed and warehouse combined 62 feet by 160 feet.

Pcrtner in Lumber Firm Announcement

ui:rs made that on July 2 the Hughes Lumber Company of Santa Cruz, Calif., u'ill be known as the Hughes - Yates Lumber Co. On that date Lansing J. (Jack) Yates became a Dartner in the firm.

Sth Annucl Scrlincrs Bcrbecue Wcs Grect Success

Each year the Annual Salinas Barbecue be.comes more popular, and the 106 lumbermen who attended this year's, held May 24, had a good time. The affair was held at the Salinas Golf & Country Club. Golf tee-off was from 12 to 2 p-m.

Those who attended from the San Francisco Bay area included the following: Bill McCubbin, Jim Hendrick, Al Bell, C. R. McDiarmid, Jack Butler, Bob Henderson.

Jack Thornburg, now in the Air Force, flew from Sarr Antonio, Texas, to be present. He is a past president of the Coast Counties IIoo-Hoo Club.

Don Noggle, Noggle-Swenson Lumber Co., Salinas. is president of the Club.

Hardwood Firm Stcrts Sth Yecn

Servente Hardwood Lumber Co., San Francisco, com_ plete.d its fourth year of operation June 1. Louis Servente says his firm is looking forward to the future with con_ fidence. He expects his organization will continue to grow and prosper with Northern California.

Recppointed to Stcte Foresky Bocrd

Wendell Robie, president Auburn Lumber Company, Auburn, Calif., was recently reappointed a member of the State Board of Forestry. The term runs until January 1955.