DANT & RUSSELL, Inc.

-tor over 50 years dependobfe suppliers ol quality torest prodvcts

TUMBER DIVISION

Ponderosq Pine a Douglos Fir a

Engelmonn Spruce o

Port Orford Cedqr o

Weslern Red Cedqr a

Weslern Red Cedqr Shingles ond Shokes a Redwood a

Douglos Fir Plywood, Inlerior ond Exlerior a

Coos Boy Hqrdboqrd a

Coos Boy Underloyment a Coos Boy Overloy

FIR.TEX DIVISION

Fir-Tex Tile-Plonk-Boord a

Fir-Tex Acousticql Tile O

Fir-Tex Roofdek a

Fir-Tex Sheothing a

Douglos Fir Plywood, Interior qnd Exlerior a

Weslern Insuloting Siding

DANT & RUSSEII, INC. BRANCH OFTICE

214 Front Streel YUkon 6-4395

Son Froncisco, Golifornio a

DANT & RUSSEII, INC. REPRESENTATIVES

Fresno-P. H. (Pot) Tynon

Socrqrnenlo-Hugh Grobb

Dont ond Wornock Form New Wholesnle Business Wirh

D & R Men in Menlo Pork

Robert E. Dant, former vice-president of Dant & Russell, Inc., of Portland, and D. M. Warnock, a former vice-president of Dant & Russell Sales Co. and manager of the sales company's metropolitan ofifice in Hoboken, N. J., have formed Dant & Warnock, Inc., which officially opened its doors for business at 855 Santa Cruz Avenue, Menlo Park, California, July 15. The firm r,r'ill specialize in the manufacture and wholesaling of ponderosa pine and allied species lumber, in addition to all type of mouldings and millwork. Besides Dant and Warnock, chairman of the board and president, respectively, the other officers of the new organization include Victor H. Clark, vice-president, and Sam Eggiman, secretary-treasurer. The board of directors is made up of Dant, Warnock and L. D. Ohlson of Oroville.

Joining the nen'ly formed company are several fortner Dant & Russell, Inc., pine lumber and milh,r'ork-moulding specialists from the Portland office. \\rilliam L. Davis and Frank Nforrisette u'ill head the pine lumber department, Reedy Berg, Jack Hill and Robert Lavey rvill be in charge of millu'ork and moulding sales, Sam Eggiman lvill head all accounting rvork and Victor H. Clark will be in charge of nranuiacturing.

In addition to partial sales agreements u'ith several Pacific Coast mills, Dant & Warnock, Inc. rvill handle the output of White Swan (Wash.) Lumber Co., Heppner (Oregon) Pine Mills, and High Sierra Pine NIills, Inc., of Oroville. Calif.

In order to insure a steady supply of cluality mouldings, Dant & \\rarnock, Inc. n'ill also operate and handle the production of trvo moulding plants, one at Klamath Falls, Oregon, and the other at Redding. California.

The trvo principals of the nerv rvholesale company originally became acquainted in 1938. u'herr Duke Warnock, then operzrting his ou'n rvholesalc lumber business ir-r New York, rvas appointecl eastertr represer.rtative f or Dant & Russell lumber. Robert Dant u,as then headquartered at Redman, Oregon, in charge of Dant c\e Rttsseil's pine mills in that area.

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Dant origirrally began his career rvith Dant & Russell in 1926. follou'ing several years' experience in variotts Pacific Coast sau'mills. He took charge of the Reclmau operation in 1934 and, in 1941, rvent to \/ancouver to organize Dant & Russell, Ltd., a firm rvhich rvas lzrter to specialize in the sale c-rf pine and associated species and milltr,ork. Dant headed that organization until 1952, at u'hich time he moved to Portland and became vice-president of Darrt & Russell, Inc. \\rarn<ick, u'ho operatecl his orvtr u'holesalc business ir-r Neu, York from 1932 to 19'18, began his lumber career rvith Borvman-Hicks Lumber Co. at I-eGrarrde, Oregon. He later became assistant salesmanager for that firm in Kansas City and, in 1929, was transferred to Neu' York to head the firm's sales office at that poir-rt. After operating his orvn business for 16 )'ears, and handling ar-r increasing volume of Dant & Russell lumber in the later years, War- nock became manager of the Dant & Russell eastern omce in 1948. lle was also a vice-president of Dant & Russell Sales Co. wh,en he left to join Robert Dant at Menlo Park.

Regarding the company policy of the new firm, Dant noted: "It is our plan to directly service only the retailers and jobbers in our immediate area, and to sell only through established commission representatives throughout the rest of the United States."

"We also sincerely hope that we may continue to supply our old customers with quality merchandise-and at the same time render a true personalized service," Warnock added.

Dont & Russell, Coos Boy Decrl

Glosed by Blyrh & Co. for R.esclle

San Francisco-Blyth & Co. on July 10 acquired and is reselling all the outstanding stock of Dant & Russell, Inc., Portland, Ore., in a transaction of more than $100,000,000. In the process, Blyth acquired D&R's holding of 45/o ot the stock in Coos Bay Lumber Co. and acquired another 53/o in options from other stockholders.

Chas. R. Blyth said Coos Bay, now in licluidation, has sold its timber holdings to Georgia-Pacific Corp. for about $70 million. Two steamship subsidiary companies of Dant & Russell were sold to Jack R. Dant, vice-president of D&R, for an undisclosed price.

Complete liquidation of both Dant & Russell and Coos Bay Lumber is expected within a year.

Georgia-Pacific President O. R. Cheatham said the acquisition includes 120,000 acres of timber land in western Oregon containing four billion feet of timber, as well as plywood and hardwood plants, lumber manufacturing facilities, equipment and inventories. The bulk of Coos Bay timber properties and facilities will be integrated into G-P's present plywood, paper and forest products operations. It will take about a year to complete the integration, Cheatham said.

Coos Bay, a deep-water Pacific port rvhere the lumber company is located, is adjacent to Georgia-Pacific's timber holdings around Toledo. Coos Bay Lumber Co. had sales of $25 million last year. The Coos Bay Lumber operation u'as shut dolvn early last month for annual vacation and resumed July 16 under G-P management.

361sr fTT Ployed ot Rivierq

The 36lst Terrible Twenty tournament was held at Riviera Country Club June 26. Carsten Woll was our absent host (odt-of-town brass), but we found our way around without him. If we hadn't had good caddies, I doubt some of us would have made it. A missed shot on that man's course and you're gone-and f mean gone.

Dr. Bill Sorey with his 15 handicap was offering a bet that he would break a 100. No takers, fortunately, for he came in with an 81, net 66. George Gartz's 87-14-73 took second place. Play was very light due to vacations, with Fleming sailing his way to Tahiti. He probably will be back in time for the winter season.

Bob Alcorn had our next tournament set up at Wilshire Country club, July l7th. Last year not only was he absent but the Club didn't expect us.-H. M. Alling.