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Protect Treated Guard Posts from Warren Southwest Drivers on the Freeway and at Chavez Ravine
Have yorr been crnising along the Hollyrvoocl Freeu'ay lately? Isn't the feeling of being separated by a stror.tg center barrier f rom the on-coming traffrc u'orrderfrrl?
This is just one of the many freeways tl-rat are completely clivided or are being divided by steel rail and creosotecl 8" by 8" Douglas Fir posts, furnished and treated by \\rarrer.r Southwest, Ir-rc.
all parking areas for the protection of those happy baseball fans. This guard rail blends in r,r'ith the moclern decor of the stadium and enhances the appearance of the multi level parking area.
Highway- posts are just one of the many treated rvood products being processed by Warren Sonthlvest, Inc. at their large treatir-rg plant in Torrance. They also produce po\'ver poles, telephone poles, barn poles, piling, railroad ties, creosoted timbers, and last but not least, salt in.rpregr.rated lumber for protection asainst termites ar-rd dry rot.
\\Iarren Southwest, Inc. boasts of its fine service record to the Retail Lumber Comoanies of Southern California, and appreciates the multltude of repeat customers that make this record possible.
Sales are handled by Edward F. Peck and Ben A. Gardiner, Plant Supeiintendent Walter Pope, arrcl in the office, Mrs. Juanita Purkey.
Tl.re welcome mat is always out for visitors, and Warren Southwest, Inc. hopes that the many readers of the California Lumber X{erchant rvill come in arrcl sav "hello".
These barriers are engineered so that the posts are spacecl every 10 ft. to meet the California State Highr'r,ay Specifications for rvhat is known as "Controlled Crasll Resistance". Controlled Crash Resistance is defined as stopping or turning the vehicle back in the original lane, yet allorving some yield so as not to throw the passengers out of tl-re vel-ricle and still more by not permitting the vehicle to pass over the barrier ir"rto the on-coming traffic.
This center clivider post or "Median l3arrier" by proper nomenclature is a Douglas Fir free of heart center, &' by 8", 6' long with Spacer Blocks on one sicle or both. The outside post or "Guard Rail" by proper name are of the same material as the above, but only 5' long with a block on the traffic side only. The Spacer Block has the special duty of keeping the auto from being impaled on the post. The block is of tlre same material, but is only 1' long, 7' long and must be bored to match post with little tolerance.
\4,'arren Southwest, Inc. is proud of the Boliden Salt treated guard posts being used in Cl.ravez Ravine in
All species of Pqcific Const lumber producls including: gugor Pine, White Fir, Douglos Fir, Hemlock, Cedor, Spruce, plus cuslomer milling.
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Jack an'd Lenore Crane took in the Seattle World's Fair during mid-June, returning through ,the mill country so Jack could work in some lum.ber buy,ing for CraneFrench Co. and partner Fxl French.
Vincent Whitney president and head of Interbay Lumber of Mar,in, Bill Williams, and Mrs. Williams, sp€nt the first of June sans radio or newspaper relaxing on their cruiser up i'n the Del,ta Reg,ion.
Copeland Lumber has named Don McMurchie manager of \ts 10279 N. E. Sandy B,lvd. yard at Portland. Other recent Cooe-
I'and promotions include rthat of Don France to nlauage the conrpany's Carnes, Washing- ton llranch, l)an,t Forest Products reccutly anrrounced the addition of Jerry Wilcox to its Menlo Park staff. Wil,cox, who was formerly assistant sales manager at Tahoe Timber, will concentrate on the sale of lumber and special,ty products along with Bill Davis. Other well knov/n members of trhe Dan,t Forest Produ,cts staff ,include Frank Morrisette and Bob Clark (,mouldings, mrillwork, cut-stock and lumber), and Dan Krieger (plywood and doors ).

Recent J. W. Copeland Yard transfers in Washingt,on include ,those of Ken Key to the company's 6th & Bennett yard at Prosser, Washington, and Jim Robinette to Copeland's Toppenish branch. Robinette