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A kind-hearted traveling salesman speeding along a country road caught up with a merry group of children on their way to school. He stopped and invited them to ride, and they climbed in and filled the car, one chubby little girl having to sit on the driver's lap.

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"Do you like to go to school?" he asked her.

"Oh ! yes, sirr" she said.

"Do you go every day?"

"I haven't missed this year."

"Good little girl," said the driver, kissing her on the cheek. "And do you like your teacher?"

"Yes, sir," she said. "I'm the teacher." And he nearly ditched the Ford.

C. C. Dry Kiln Glub Meets

Berkeley, Caiif .-An outstanding program was presented at the latest regular meeting of the Central California Dry Kiln Club, July 12, reports Secretary-Treasurer Harvey K. Smith. The arrangements were made by Ray Brown, yard and kiln superintendent of Stockton Box Co., Foresthill, u4rich was toured after registration in the company office. rvith superintendents and foremen in the mill answering all the guests' questions. Luncheon was at the Foresthouse hotel.

Mr. Q.C.(Quolity Control) is our nome for Lee Moffett one of the best informed Quolity Conlrol men in the lumber industry. By rigid inspection of mill production, groding ond shipping TW&J ossures cuslomers uniform quolity in lumber ond lumber products.

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TW&J's BALANCED TUMBER SERVICE includes the procuremenJ ond distribution ofollWest Coost lumber products to give the trode true ONE CALL service.

The business rneeting heard the report from the Eugene annual, May l5-17. At the technical meeting lrom 2:ffi-4:00 p.m., Lee Moffett of Tarter, Webster & Johnson, Stockton, formerly with Western Pine Assn., talked on "The Effect of Drying Defects on Lumber Grade." Merl Kennedy of Ostrom Lumber Co. talked on "The Effect of Dry- ing Stresses on Drying Defects." John Owens and his panel continued the discussion of "Dry-Kiln Inspection and Maintenance" and copies of a neu'publication rvere handed out.

HenryMyers Joins Twin-Gify

Henry Myers has joined the Beverly Hills sales office of Twin-City Lumber Co. and will call on the retail and distribution vards in northwestern and northeastern Los A.tge- les. Henry Myers is well known in the Soutlrland from a 2}-vear association in lumber, of which the last ten n'ere spent with South Bay Lumber Co.. Han'thorne.

GronqdqHills Rezoned

Rezoning of 17l acres in Granada Hills from agricultural to residential was ap- proved by the Los Angeles City Planning Commission. Residential estate houses rvill be constructed on lots with a minimum of 11,000 sq. ft. on the property in the vicinity of Reseda and San Fernando Mission boulevards.

3,814 forest and range fires in California in 1956 were held under 70 acres in damage. This year, help bring the fire losses dorvn.

Internationat Paper Company

Goes down beautifully. Every strip of Long-Bell Oak Flooring is machined to fit other pieces like a glove. The tolerances are hairline close. Edges and ends are machined to exact specifications.

Carpenters can lay a really fine floor fast antl easy. Homeowners like "the looks of a Long-Bell oak floor better. And if you're a builder you find this oak flooring gives you still another selling feature, for it's obviously the best money can buy.

ff you're a lumber dealer you discover that handling Long-Bell oak flooring opens up a high-volume, high-income business you may have been missing.

Why not look into it? Now, for instance. It's fast work for fine floors. Fast work foi fine business, too.

Refqil Yards Mqy Now Sell Military less-Thqn-Gqrloqd lumber Direcf

Change in proposed decentralization of Air Force lnmber and allied products procurement by Corps of E,ngineers for all service installations, scheduled to become effectir-c on July 1, 1957, have brought changes in operating procedurcs r,vorked out betl,veen the different branches of the n-rilitarv services and produced a modification in the original plair as far as retailers are concerned.

As now set up, the individual installations will have local purchase authority for less-than-carload lots and for bona fide emergency requirements in carload quantities. Since the retail lumber dealer is best qualified to service this less-than-carload business, maintaining contact with the c.ontractinq officers of the Bases in their local trading areas is still a good idea, said the National Retail Lumber Dealers Assn.

The Air Force installations rvill, effectir.e July 1, 1957, submit their requirements l,hich are sultject to centnrl pro curement (carloads, rvith exceptions notecl belou') direct to the Lumber Control division of the Corps of Engineers at St. Louis. It is the NRLDA unclerstanding that thc Air Force Lumber Stock Control oflice is being abolishctl although an Air Force representative rvill be assignecl to thc Engineers' C)ffice in St. Louis to rvork n'ith them orr their comlnon problems. The purchasing structure of the Xtilitary is constantly undergoing refinements for an improvemenl in mcthods designed to encourage business with thc go\renrment.

The local purchase concept fostered by N{aior Carpentcr as Air Force Lnmber Control Oflrcer has r.rot ltccn cntirclr, abandoned. Nelv interim procedures for the suptrlv of lrrniber and plv'n'ood based on the revised plan of llnginccr Corps procurement have been issued to all Air Force bascs. subject to revierv and modification during the fiscal 1'ear

1958. These procedures reflect the Air Force request to continue the local purchase test at certain installatior.rs. Conseqrlently, there rvill be no change at this timc ir.r the previously reported arrangements at six Air Force l>ases, and the iocal purchase test, at u'hich complete Air Force procurement rvithout regard to quantitv limitations .n.ill cor-rtinue, include Hill Air Force Base, Ogden, Utah, ar-rd Castle Air Force Base. l\lerced, Californi;r.

For Dealers Interested

Colonel Carl M. Sciple, Engineer Lnmber Control Officer at St. Louis, has stated that he is most anxiorrs {or er.erv qualified firm in the Unitecl States to participatc irr bidding c>n recluirements for lumber and allied proclucts. For the informzrtion and guidance o{ those firms thev have issuecl a pamphlet entitled. "Outline of The Corps of Engineers Responsibility for Procuring Lumber And Allied Products For The Department of Defense And Other Agencies."

In this pamphlet it is pointed out that each irrstallation u.ithin the I)epartrnerrt of Defense is authorizerl to purchase less-thar.-carload cluantities of lumber and allied products loca11v. This nreans that the adr,'ice regitrclirrg procrlrcment by the Air Force l,.ases is ecrually applicable to all other service inst;rllations. Listinqs i,f the militarr- purchltsing offices, together n'ith types of iten-rs Durchase(l bv thosc various offices, are contained irr the booklets. "Ho\\. to Sell to the Departnrerrt of Defense" ancl "Purchased Iterns and Purchasing Locations of the Department of Defense."

Copies of these tu.o pul>lications. as rvell as the first mentior.red Outline of Corps responsibilitv, nrav bc obtained from: The Engineer Lumber Corrtrol C)fhce, Ll.S. ArmrEngineer District, St. I-ouis, 420 I-ocust Street, St. I-otris 2, N{issouri, says the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association.

(Tell them yow saw it i.n Thc California Lu,m,ber A[crchant)