David Robbins Acquires Sole Ownership Smith-Robbins Lumber Corporation

_ David Robbins, president Smith-Robbins Lumber Corp., Los Angeles, announced last month he had acquired ill outstanding stock from Wm. T. Smith, Sr., formel partner in the wholesale distribution concern and that he will take an active part in the executive administration of company affairs.

Chas. W. McKeon, prominent in Los Angeles lumber affairs, has been named general manager of the reorganized staff and is charged with procurement, sales and yard operation. Mr. McKeon has been identified in lumber distribution for many years and is experienced in both hardwood and softwood remanufacturing and sales.

Al Martens, formerly with McCov Lumber Co.. Los Angeles, has been placed-in charge of-direct shipment wholesale sales, as it is expected this department will be expanded

Dee Essley Active In Community Work

First issue of "Your Hospital," monphly news magazine o_f the Presbyterian Intercbmmunity Hospital, Wh"ittier, California, has reached our hands, and we iall your attention to it because it represents another project initiated by Dee C. Essley, chairman of the hospital's Board of Directors and prominent lumberman.

- D,.. lssley was closely identified with the hospital's fund-raising activities during the past two years, and had much to do with the successful establishment of this large and modern hospital in the Whittier area.

Dee has long been known for his interest and activity in community and charitable projects ; at the same time he has during the summer and fall months. Al has been educated at all levels of the lumber business. been one of Southern California's most resDected and energetic lumbermen, operating D. C. Essley and Son, lumber wholesalers. He has been ictive in Hoo-Ho o org:aniza- tion and promotion of National Forest Products Week, being 1962 co-chairman of the I-os Angeles Committee for this forest products event.

Glen Patri'cks, well known lumber salesman in the southland, has been assigned the Orange County sales territory and will handle both direct and LCL shipments.

Richard Cuevas has been placed in chaige of the shipping and receiving departments.

"We are going to continue to stock a full line of hardwoods and softwoods for the retail dealers and industrial users," said David Robbins. "Our new policy will include stocks of all Pacific Coast hardwoods, imported and domestic hardwoods and all species of softwoods, including direct shipments of these products when larger quantities are desired."

Smith-Robbins maintains customer milling facilities at its plant located at 6800 Victoria Ave., Los Angeles.

The famous redwood trees of California actually belong to two different species of conifers. The California redwood, or Sequoia sempervirens, grows only along the coast of Northern California. Its cousin, the Sequoia gigantea or Big Tree grows in California's High Sierrl above 5,000 feet.

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Redwod Shipmenfs On Increcrse

The California Redwood Association reported in June that redwood lumber shipments are running seven per cent higher this year than in 1961.

The 11 mills reporting to the Association shipped 54,' 686,000 board feet of lumber in May, bringing the total shipments for the first five months of. 1962 to 228,837,000 board feet, compared to 213,306,000 in the same period last year. Despite a slight drop in new orders in May, the total for the first five months remained higher than the same period of 1961. Orders have been received f.or 239,985,000 board feet so far this year, compared with 229,125,000 through May, 1!)61.

Production for May was 48,741,000 board feet, almost the same as the previous month and only slightly less than the 50,024,W0 board feet produced in May, 1961. Orders on the books at the end of the month stood at 79,6f.1,0W b"ql4 ieet. and stocks on hand at the mills dropped to 416,229,W board feet, the lowest level in half a year.

Redwood is durable under moist conditions and imparts no noticeable taste or odor to liquids or solids. It has been used for many years in wine and food vats for fermentation and pickling processes.

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This new lumber product promises to be a widely-used item. This is based on dealers enthusiastic acceutance and architects, contractors anrl fionre owners response to spot checks conductecl to test market reactions during tl.re formative stages of T\V&J's CldarBord advertising can.rpaign.

In additioir to literature. product description sheets and panrl>lilets givirrg finishing instructions, the promotion campaign of California Cedar-Bord was started with a 4-page 4-color insert in THE CALIFORNIA t.UMBER MERCHANT on lune 15.

California Cedar-Bord comes in trvo styles. One is l2-inch by 8 or 9-foot Incense Cedar boards rough sau,n and brushed for exterior use. The other, for interior use, is l8-inch by S-foot panels of Knotted, brush textured Incense Cedar or Pecky brush textured Incense Cedar.

Exterior California Cedar-Bord can be installed, board on board to achieve the currently popular siding effect, or can be installed board and batten for which 3-inch wide battens of the same product are available.

- Although architects, builders and decorators are using fnterior California Cedar-Bord to achieve striking and outstanding effects in the finest home and business installations, the procluct is priced so reasonably that the clo-ityourselfer can install an 8 x 14 accent $rall of the product for as lo'iv as $30.00 retail in tl-re beautiful Flame-knotted style, and $16.00 in the Selected Pecky style. These prices reflect a much-better-than-usual profit to the dealer.

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Activifies of 9ierrq-Cqscode Logging Conference

Directors of the Sierra-Cascade Log- ging Conference met recently in Redding, Calif., to lay the groundwork for the 1963 meeting, with the goal of making it "bigger and better than ever."

Scheduled for Redding, February 14, 75, and 16, the conferehce will feature another big logging equipment show, and a fast-moving informative prog'ram, geared for the logger and his problems.

Tom Taylor, Resident Manager of the North Fork operation of American Forest Products iorp., has been named program chairman. In making the announcement the conference president, Jack Berry of Sacramento, said, "We are very pleased that Tom Taylor will fill this key position. In the past, he has contributed outstandingly to our programs. This energetic and practical logger and lumberman will bring us a solid program of real value for all who attend."

texture, TW&J's California CedarBord for interior use is carton packaged with 6 panels to each package.

Full information about this product can be had by referring to Pa[e 29 of. the June 15th issue of THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT oT by contacting any Tarter, Webster & Johnson distribution yard located in the above mentioned areas, or writing P. O.. Box 3498, San Francisco 19, CalIIOrnla.

The directors, in other action, chose Sacramento as the host city for the 1964 conference, with a return to Redding in 1965.

Equipment committee chairman for next year's conference in Redding will be Fred Gerlinger, Gerlinger Steel and Supply, Redding. Emphasis of this group will be on the machinery show and on informative programs on selection, operation and maintenance of logging equipment.

Vince Bousquet, Weyerhaueser Timber Company, Klamath Falls, vicepresident of the conference, was appointed chairman of the nominating committee, to be assisted by Dan Johnson, Fruitgrowers Supply, Susanville and Bob Griffith, The McCloud River Lumber Co., McCloud. The resolutions committee will consist of Dave Williams, IJ. S. Plywood Corp., Redding, Chairman; Bill Pruess, Fibreboard Paper Products Co., San Francisco; and 'Warren Carleton, 'Winton Lumber Company, Martell.

Bob Goelze To Heod Up Son Frcncisco Bny Areo Soles For Ccll-Pocific

Bob Goetze, recently of the Los Angeles office of California Pacific Sales Corp., has assumed new duties as manager for Bay Area sales, and will work out of the firm's San Francisco home office, 100 California Street. Cal-Pacific operations include logging, manufacturing, domestic and foreign sales of West Coast forest products for both construction and industrv.

While in Southern California, Bob specialized in wholesale sales for CalPacific. Prior to this he worked in retail yard operations for a number of years.

Bob is a "near native" of California, having moved here in 1935 from Minnesota. He is a Navy veteran, married and father of three lovely daughters ages 72, l3l and 15. Bob says, "This is the most expensive combination known to man," but he wouldn't have it anv other wav.

Russell Bond Joins TW&J Hordwood Speciolties Division

Announcement was made last month by Ed Difani, manager of the hardwood specialties division for Tarter, Webster & Johnson, Los Angeles, that Russell Bond, who for many years has been identified in the hardwood industry, has been assigned a sales territory for the wholesale distribution concern.

Russ returned to California from the middle west several months ago and settled in Santa Barbara. He is now residing in Downey with his wife and is considered one of the best golfers on his street, it was said.

He is active in Hoo-Hoo and other fraternal organizations in Southern California.

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