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Weslern Pine Supply Co. Appointed McDonqld Cedor Products Disfributor

The appointment of Western Pine Supply Co., Emeryville, as a Northern California distributor for McDonald Cedar Products, Ltd., of Fort Langley, B. C., is announced by Jerry Griffin, WPS vice-president and sales manager. McDonald Cedar Products, manufacturers of western red cedar exclusively, is headed by the McDonald family, rvho have been active in the Canadian lumber industrv for over 50 years.

Besides a general line of western red cedar afforded by the new connection, Griffin noted, WPS will be in a position to service its retail dealer accounts rvith fast-moving cedar items such as 1x10 "Sierra" siding, dry rustic rough face, thick butt, bevel rn'ith rabbet; 1x6 to lxl2 dry sound tightknotted boards, SISzE u,ith resawn face, for board & batten; and 1x8 to lx12 dry rustic, rough-face channel siding.

Western Pine Supply Co. will handle shipments on either a carload or stoD-over car basis.

Lorkspur Yord Joins TMANC

The Lumber Merchants Assn. of Northern California last month welcomed into membership the Larkspur (Calif.) Lumber Company. Burt Wheeler is the owner of the retail ,rrard.

The average forest fire in California last year destroyed 47.67 acres of timber, range or r,vatershed lands. Over the year it added up to 181,810 acres burned.