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Hedlund Consolidotes Boy Areo Sqles Into Sqcrqmenlo Heodquolters

The Palo Alto sales office of Hedlund Lumber Sales. Inc.. was consolidated into Hedlund's Sacramento headquarters on July 1. Company offrcials also announced the transfer of Knute Weidman, former manager of the Palo Alto office, to Sacramento, where he will continue to service his same accounts.

Customers of Hedlund's Palo Alto office are invited to call SacramentoGArden 8-X)20, collect, regarding inquiries and orders.

Perry Adcox ro B & M Lumber Co.

Well-known Mendocino County lumberman, Perry Adcox, joined the staff of B&M Lumber Company on July 1 and will be working with Pete Stearn in B&M's buyingselling office at Ukiah. Originally located in Ukiah, where he worked for the Crawford Lumber organization, Adcox had been with Ward & Knapp for the past two years.

Williomson in Wood Gonversion Sqles

John A. Williamson II has been appointed a building products salesman for Wood Conversion Company in the San Francisco territory. He will replace C. W. Clark. Williamson is a graduate of Washington & Lee and had been employed by the Reynolds Metals Company in San Francisco.

NRTDA Materials-Handling Committee Adopts "Unit Standardization Program"

The Materials Handling committee of the National Retail Lumber I)ealers Association has adopted a "unit standardization program" to make lumber and other building products more easily handled and shipped. The program will be taken to the manufacturers, wholesalers, railroads and truckers to aid in lowering costs of materials handling.

The basic unit for lumber shipments under the program is 48 inches wide and 45 to 48 inches high. The 3-inch variation in height is to allow manufacturers leeway when unitizing products that do not multiply out at an even 48 inches. Products which do not lend themselves to the exact 48-inch width requirement may be packaged in multiples that come nearest the recommended width. Length of units will, of course, vary. Ffowever, it is recommended that only one length be combined in any one unit.