Reroil Lumberyord in Shodow of Los Angeles Ciry Holl .*-; Shows Steody Growth Despite Lock of Neighborhood Homes

the Arrou' Building Supply and I-umber Company, catering to drop-in trade, large builders and industrial users of lumber and allied products, has shou'u a steady gr<lrvth right in dorvntorvn Los Angeies during the past fottr vears.

Larry \\'reiiand, o\r'ner of the retail yard, and his u'ife established the business in the fall of 1949 tn a small office, u'ith a lo'rv inventory and a rvill to render service. Today, Arrorv Builcling Supply & Lumlter Companl' carries a complete line of l'acific C<tast lumber products, sash, cloors. u'all paneling, paint, plumbing supplies, nails and moulding for the u,eekend contractor or the r-olume user of these materials.

During the past month, \\reiland completed a threeu'eek trip to Washington, Oregon ancl Northern California, lvhere arrangements u-ere made f<tr an eventttal steady flou' of lumber from the mills to Los Angeles, u'here it lvill be remanufactured to his specifications {or ctlnsrllxer use.

A retail lumberyard located in the shadow of the citlhall in a city the size of Los Angeles I It's a prospect that might frighten off most building n.raterial merchandisers in this day of do-it-yourself and u'eekend handymen. But

Wesfern Lumber Co. Opens Fiffh Yord, Point Lomcr Lumber Go., Sqn Diego

The Western Lumber Co. of San Diego opened its fifth vard Sunday, July 18. The neu' branch is knolvn as the Point Loma Lumber Co. and u'ill replace the former Ocean Reach Lumber Co. in the Point Loma district of San Diego. The nerv retail store is at 4975 Nortl.r Harbor Drive and u,as inaugurated rvith a free bar-b-q from the hours of 1-:00 to 5 p.-.

\Vith the opening of the Point Loma yard, the Sullivan family, o\\rners of Western Lumber Co., discontinued the Ocean Beach varcl after 32 years of operation. William H. Grorrau., former manager at Ocean lJeach, is also manlrging tl-re Point Loma yard.

Heggie Sells Twqin Horte Yord

To Former Employe Poul Lohmon

Fred C. Heggie solcl his Tu'ain Harte Lun.rber Companv in Jull' to I'aul Lahmon and his father-in-lan Guy Headlee. They plan to continue the firm name in the California 1ou'n of the same name, Heggie reported.

Paul Lahmon has been in Mr. Heggie's empkry for some time and served as assistant manager of the retail yard. \\'ith his purchase of the business, Lahmon u'ill also take over the management at this time. Heggie said he pians to continue his resiclence in Trvain Harte.

Bqrtels Tqlks on Lumber Sfrike

Ben \\'. llartels, Ventura dealer anrl president oi the Southern Clalifornia Retail Lttmber Association talked on the Northu'est strike and its effects at the July 13 luncheon of the ass<iciation in the Los Angeles Biltmore. There n'ere al>out 25 members in attendance.

Arron' Building Supply & Lumber Companv is located at 534 North N{ission Road, I-os Angeles, and is open six da1-s each lr.eek f or the convenience of its ctlstomers throughout metropolitan Los Angeles.

Tatest Strike News

As this issue of THE CALIFORNIA I-U\IBER N{ERCHANT goes to press July 27, here is the strike situation to date:

No change in the general Fir situation in Washington and Oregon, rr,'here the mills hold for uo increase itl n'ages. and no negotiations in progress. Sixty thousand rnen affected.

Fir production heavy among non-union miils and others not on strike in Southern Oregon and Northern California, but this small compared rvith volume of struck mills. Neu'spapers report several tl-rousand strikers hat'e returnecl to u''ork under separate agreements in Oregon.

Four large plyrn'ood plar-rt:; in Oregcln ancl California have started up under U. S. District Court injunction, totaling 1,650 men.

Reported several I'ine mills have been struck in \\''estern ()regon and others threatened u'ith u'alkout.

Only four mills of important size are strike-closed in the Redwood region of California.

Fir market declined in price after first ttpu'arcl thrust that started n'ith the strike news.

Several California mills formerly unionized have retttrne<1 to lvork on a non-union basis. Scattered mills of snrall size are reported to have startecl operations under separate agreements in Northern California llased on a tentative l>asis "until a pattern has been established." It is reported some of the larger miils in Oregon are considering such an arrangement.

The entire situation is confused, and it rvould rerluire pages to print the many rePorts printed in neu'spapers throughorrt Oregon and California.