PONDEROSA PINE

Incense Cedar

High Altitude, Soft Texlured Growth MODERN MOORE DESIGNED DRY KILNS

Manufacturer and Distributor

Rcgistcrcd

Susanville

of trees. Firs had not done well on this exposed site, but B0 to 90% of the planted pines had made good grorvth in their first two years.

On the Stanislaus National Forest, the group saw a planting trial in a cutover area with a dense ground cover of mountain-misery, a low growing shrub. Trees highly susceptible to insect attack had been harvested on this area. Strips of ground were cleared by disking the dense mat of brush, and pines were planted in the cleared strip this spring.

K. M. Macdonald, of Woodleaf, newly elected chairman of the Northern California Section, presided at the field meeting. Other nerv officers are Don Knowlton, Nevada City, vice-chairman; Sam Bryan, Mokelumne Hill, treasurer, and Don Cosens, Strarvberry Valley, secretary.

Bryan was chairman of the program committee for the field meeting, and he lvas assisted by Warren Carleton, of Martell, and William H. Kuphaldt, of White Pine.

Finoncing Hondbook Avoiloble

A new "iumber Dealer's Handbook on Home Financing" has been prepared for its members by the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association. The Handbook explains the various types of home financing plans norv offered by the federal government and gives a complete detailed explanation of FHA's Title I property improve' ment and Title II insured housing loans and of the Veterans Administration guaranteed and insured loans. Copies are available to members through NRLDA's 33 federated state and regional associations at a cost of $1.00 each'

NEW WAREHOUSE boqsts cleon oisles ond good housekeeping; covering

Roddiscrqff, Inc., Buys New Scrn Frnncisco Wqrehouse

Roddiscraft, Inc., has purchased the rvarehouse and facilities formerly occupied by Associated plyr,vood Mills. Inc., at 925 Toland Avenue in San Francisco, where Roddis continues to stock complete lines of hardwood, Douglas fir, I)onderosa pine and Redl-ood plyr,voods, solid core and hollow core flrrsh doors, G. E. Textolite, and hardwood the Jones'exhibit include Arnold Jol-Dor ond iolousies, the Westerner Copri sliding door, Donr & Russell products, Southwesr Plywood Co., Roddis of Cqli. fornio, T, M. Cobb Compony, Pccific lumber Deolers Supply ond Jones,s own producfs. lhe Copri door disploy sold severol dozen units.

16,000 sq. ft., it provides omple spoce for storoge ond forkJifi operotion. trim. In ad<lition, the San Francisco \,varehouse carries a full line of factory finished Craftwall patterned hardn.ood plyu'ood paneling. Craftu.all is available in birch, maple, oak, walnut, African mahogany, cherry, blonde linrba, elm, knotty pine ancl Lauan. The panels are completely prefinished and ready to install on the job no s:r"ncling, sealing, filling or staining required.

Roddiscraft, Inc., forn"rerlv maintained sonrer,r'hat snraller warehouse facilities at 345 \\rilliams Ave. in San Francisco. The nerv location affords better loading and unloading advantages, a more central location rvhich is easill, accessible to the freer,vay, and more modern facilities, according to Dave Bishop, manager of the San Francisco \\rarehouse.

Bishop became manager of the San Francisco Roddiscraft warehouse during l)ecemlter of last year. He had previously spent two years n'ith Roddiscraft, Inc., in Los Angeles, and before that u-as u-ith the firm at its X,Iarshfield, Wisconsin, headcluarters. Bishop is assisted by Don Reed, rvho covers the Peninsula area; Bill Feldmever, who covers San Francisco and N{arin county; Knute \\reidman, in charge of the rvholesale lumber division serving Northern California, and Harvey Owen, architectural representative, rvl.ro calls on Northern California architects.

East Bay and valley area sales are handled br. another Roddiscraft u'arehouse located at 72O Williams St. in San Leandro. Don Beggs, Iormerly manager of the San Francisco warehouse, is in charge of the San Leandro operation.

BCA Adds Personnel in Exponsion

Continued growth of Southern California's construction industry has caused an addition of new personnel and complete reorganization in the Building Contractors Association of California, President John Meskell announced last month. 'fhis oldest and largest regional association of contractors in the nation, with nearly 2000 members, has named a new executive director, Walter W. Underwood, former California director' of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. He took over his duties March 2I and will direct internal affairs and activities of the BCA.

A newly organized department of labor relations will be headed by Edward M. Sills, with BCA 15 years. This is the first fulltime department to handle labor afiairs. Doris Rades of Chicago has joined the BCA as, executive assistant. Harry G. Steu'art, BCA public relations director, will head a third new fulltime department of public affairs and special events.

Mine Trip or Buffe Meeting

A trip through a mine r,vill be a unique feature at the summer meeting of the Forest Products Research Society, Inland Empire section, August 4 and 5 in Butte, Montana. The group will visit the Kelley Mine, operating shaft for the famous "Greater Butte" project, a $20 million undertaking.

A cocktail party and dinner will open the meeting on August 4. The next morning will be devoted to a program of technical papers. The mine visit the second afternoon r,vill be followed by a visit to the Central Timber Yard.

?oaepo Are Not AlwayS 7/6at They Seem

wWindeler Built Tonks Gire Quolity, Economy e,nd Volve

Sotisfied Customers

Meon Repeot Soles and Consistent

Profits

It poys to exqmine cny ofierfrom oll ongles-when you reod o Windeler Pricc List there is no "fine print." You need cdd norhing for "extros." And sincc wc hqve no second grcde tdnk3, we hove no price list for them. Howavcr, you may deducl for pcrls unwonled. A rolid pricc stimulotes conftdence. tnvestigole now if you wonl lo sell economy ond volue in qualiry ronks for profits.

GEORGE WINDELER CO. [Td.

Manulacturers Since 18BS 22rt JERROTD AVE., SAN

Nome Key Choirmen for Next NRTDA Exposition

Appointment of three key chairmen to stage the second annual Building Products Exposition being sponsored in Cleveland, Ohio, October 11-16, by the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association, has been announced by Watson Malone III, NRLDA's president.

Phil Creden, Public Relations Director of the Edward Hines Lumber Co., Chicago, will serve as general chairman of the Exposition committee; R. A. Schaub, Northern Indiana Lumber & Coal Co., Whiting, Ind., was named chairman of the Exposition Finance committee, and Findley Torrence, secretary of the Ohio Association of Retail Lumber Dealers, will be chairman of the Exposition Program committee.

Malone announced that the Hotel Cleveland will be official

NRLDA headquarters, at which the annual meeting of the association's board of directors will be held just prior to the exposition, which will be held at Cleveland's public Auditorium. centrally located within walking distance of all of the city,s downtown hotels.

Reporting on preliminary exposition planning, N{r. Malone said that events will be scheduled to give dealers a maximum amount of time to spend with exhibitors on the floor of the expos,ition and that plans are being developed to feature exhibitor's products prominently in the special features to be sponsored by the consumer magazines.

In vie'll' of the huge dealer attendance expected from across the country, consideration is being given to holding still more dealer management and merchandising clinics than were conducted at the 1954 exposition in New York. The clinics are

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held to further one of the principal objectives of the show which is to assist dealers in strengthening their consumer services and merchandising techniques.

NRLDA has urged manufacturers to aim their exhibits at both the dealer and public audiences by demonstrating how their products can be displayed most effectively at the point of sale in the dealer's sales room.

Insulqr Lumber Go. (P.1.) Appoinrs

Dqvis Hordwood NoGol

Distributor

Jim Davis, president of Davis Hardrvood Company, San Francisco, announces that the Davis Hardwood Company has been appointed Northern California distributor for Insular Lumber Company of the Philippine Islands. Insular is a veteran producer of solid Philippine Nfahogany lumber, chiefly used in this country for paneling and siding.

Insular Lumber Company began operations in the Philippines in 1904, and, has since survived almost complete destruction by fire in 1930, and World War Il-with its triple disaster of occupation, bombing, ar-rd destruction by Japanese as they fled the islands. Since World War II, Insular's mill has been rebuilt almost from the ground up and modern equipment installed throughout the plant. One of the latest additions at the Insular planing mill is a new Stetson-Ross 6-10-Al Planer, an all-electric. 15" by 8" planer and matcher capable of rvorking 80,m0 BF in an S-hour shift.

The nerv planer has tremendously increased Insular's production of finished lumber. Insular Lurnber Company's output of wall paneling, siding and other plant products is currently averaging 1,750,000 BF monthly.

Woli Ruth, Purchosing Agent Jor

ACE DOOR COMPAilY

Z360 VARNA AVENUE NORTH HOIIYWOOD, CAI.IF. STonley 7-1945

MANUFACTURER OF THE FINEST DOORS IN SOUTHERN CATIFORNIA