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Don Gow
Dolc Storling
Pcul L. Mofihic:
Stonton Swofiord, Grondson of Pioneer Pocific Lumbermon, Forms Own Gompony
Hailing from a family prominently associated with the lumber industry of the Pacific Coast for the past threequarters of a century, Stanton Swafford in June announced the incorporating in Calilornia of the Stantorr Swafford Company.
Officers of the new corporation are Stanton Swafford, Presiclent; lVIeri Swafford, Vice-President; and Robert Thatcher, Secretary.
ported hardwoods. For the past seven months, Mr. Swafford has been active as an unincorporated agency both here and abroad.
The Stanton Swafford Company im- ports Philippine hardwoods from the Santa Ines Logging Enterprise, whose mills are located at Butuan, Northern Mindanao. This mill ships both Apitong ancl Philippine Mahogany. From the l\{itsui Company, the new company imports Japanese made Philippine Mahogany, and Japanese Birch, Sen ancl Beech. Arnong the company's customers for tl.rese in.rports are many ontstancling distributing yards f rom Tacoma to Los Angeles on the West Coast ancl frorn Boiton to Norfolk or.r the r\tlantic Coast.
suburb of Los Angeles. Mr. Swal{ord lives in nearby Portuguese Bend with his wife. Meri. who as Vice President of the company takes an active part in the sales and public relations work. The Swaffords have four children.
In 1940 Swafford graduated from Stanford University and entered the U.S. Navy in which he served for five years, having command of three vessels. He held the rank of Lieutenant Commander.
His father, the late lIenry W. Srvafford, is well remembered throughout the lumber industry of the United States.
Mr. Swafford brings to his cornpany a wealtl-r of experience and colltacts which he gained rvith li. J. Stanton and Son, Inc., founded by his grandfather, where for the past ten years he has been a Vice President, specializing in the field of domestic and im-
In addition to their imports, some of the finest producers of domestic l-rardl,voods in the United States are reDresclte(l by the Stanton Swaflord Contpany. The company hanclles the Adirotrclacks Ilirch, \llaple and Beecl.r of the Northern Lumber Company, locate<l in Poland, New York, and the sorrthern hardwoods, Ash, Oak, and other species from the King Lumber Industries, Canton, Nlississippi. Other nrills tl.rat the company represeltts are .fohn NI. \Arooley of lndianapolis, Indi:rna, sltecializing in rnixecl cars of Walnut, Rift Oak and other Indiana woods; Hamer Lumber Company, Keuova, West Virginia, for fine Appalachian hardwoods; and Hay and Company of Ontario, Canada, for Canadiarr Birch ancl Maole. These <lonrestic har<lwoods are sold by tlre Stanton Swafford Company to hardwoocl distributing yards {rom San Francisco to San Diego in California, and also in Arizona.
The corporation's offices are located ir.r Palos -Verdes Estates, a coastal
Dorrell L. Robinson eorlier ihis yeor wos nomed soles monoger for fhe lumber division of OregonPocific Forest Producls Corporotion. Formerly o lumber merchondiser, Robinson ioined OregonPocific in 1957 olter six yeors with other lumber componies, A groduote of the University of Oregon, he. ployed end on the Cotton Bowl teom in 1948, snd wos oll-cmsi end in 1949, when he set o Pocific Coost Conference pcss-receiving record.
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