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Hollow Tree Lumber Installs Gong tUfill ot Ukiqh Plont

The installation of a Wickes gang saw at Hollow Tree Lumber Company's Ukiah sawmill is announced by Hollow Tree President William M. Moores of Ukiah. The $100,000 gang installation will supplement the Ukiah plant's existing facilities, now producing 100,000 bf of redwood per shift.

"Our new Wickes gang will increase production of qual- ity H-T vertical grain siding out of our Ukiah mill (Mill "A") by approximately 20/o," it was noted by Max Barnette, president of Hollow Tree Redwood Company, sales company for the entire family of Hollow Tree mills.

In addition to Mill "A" and a 67-acre remanufacturing plant just north of Ukiah, Hollow Tree operates a mill and remanufacturing facilities at Annapolis (Mill"B") and takes the green and dry redwood production of Cloverdale Redwood Company, now referred io as Mill "C". The combined redwood production of all three mills is now in excess of 6,000,000 bf per month.

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Dave Davis and his wife are vacationing and/or "recuperating" at Lake Tahoe following the marriage of their son D6nald, July 5, to San Francisio Debutante Ann Huntington. nave wlll return to his Simpson Redwood post July 18. - Rolf Stolesen of Durable Plywood Sales Co. and his wife spent the first week of July at Squaw Valley finishing ttr^e-ir new mountain retreat, wltn timi to spare before the 1960 Olympics.

i{. Park Arnold, Fox-Woodsum Lumber Co., Glendale, and president of the 252,}N-member Kiwanis International, took part in the 4-day convention which opened- in Chicago, June 29, with a cornerstone-laying ceremony of the service 'or ganization's new $ 1,250,000' heidquarter j buildi ng. _ The GGndale lumber dealer, past president of the SCR[,A, placed a time capsule in a pillar of the new structure'

locql Poper Writes Up Sonto Monicq Deqler Fox

The Santa Monica Evening Outlook last month carried a writeup on Tom Fox, president of the John W. Fisher Co. there, in its series of articles on well-known local people' It said the yard supplied the lumber for the new Surf Rider Inn. Mr. Fox has spent manv vears as an active member of the community and was,president of the local Rotary club in 1955-56, the paper said. He was also president of the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce in 1953, it said of the two-time president of the Southern California Retail Lumber Assn.

Mentioning Dealer Fox's accomplishment in sponsoring the auditorium and the paving of Neilson Way during his C. of C. tenure, the article listed his other civic activities as a director in the NRLDA, on the board of the Community Chest, Red Cross, Navy League, and a member of the Recreation Commission. He is a member also of the American Legion, Elks and Knights of Columbus. In 1953, the retail lumberman received the National Public Relations award.

The Tohn W. Fisher Lumber Co. was established in 1923 and its management won it the above award from the National Retail Lumber Dealers Assn. Citing the yard further, the newspaper mentioned that Robert Sievers, now the yard's general manager, was named Santa Monica's "Young Man of the Year" tor 1956-57.

Visolio Yord Sues

Visalia, Calif.-Attorneys for the Visalia Lumber Co. filed suit last month seeking $1,748.71 for monies owed the firm for materials used in construction of the new courthouse. The retail yard alleged it sold cement, lime, water hose, stucco netting, gloves and miscellaneous items to Fresno Marble & Tile Co. and is seeking balance due on the sale.

King Lumber Co. Thonked

Corcoran, Calif.-The high school class of 1958 officially extended sincere thanks to the King Lumber Company for furnishing the glasi and mounting and framing without -harge the class's senior picture which will hang in the school hall.

"Commander" Dave Wieht of the O'Neill Lumber Co. returned to his presidency -of the San Carlo,s yard Jur-r-e 16 after a fortnight attending the Naval War College at Newport, R. I.

Sterling Wolfe accompanied Marquart-Wolfe Salesman Ralph N6rum on a mill trip along the Redwood Highway the first week of July via rail, plane, car and, so they say, even via jackass, procuring lumber for the Hollywog-d firp' Holmei Eureki President Fred V. Holmes and his wife are in London on the first leg of a Z-month vacation trip. They left San Francisco via the Polar route July 7 and- will return August 22 af.ter touring Norway, Europe and the Brussels Fair.

Western Pine Supply Co. Salesmanager Jerry Griffin spent the lune 23 week visiting northern California mill c-onnectioni with complete peace of mind because his office detail is now in the capable hands of Eudora Deloge, long. time lumbergal at the former Cords Lumber Co.