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dena, and two sisters. Funeral services were held July 6 at the Wee Kirk o' the Heather in Forest Lawn.

tn Memoriqm

Earl Marvin Bell, 56, died June 23 in a West Los Angeles hospital. For the past 10 years he had been a millman at Haley Bros., the door manufacturing plant, in Santa Monica. He was a member of Lumber & Sawmill Workers Local 228f. Survivors include his wife of the home at 1420 Franklin St., Santa Monica .'. Richard E. Andersen, 59, died sudde.nly July [9 while on a business trip to Winnipeg, Canada. l{e was well-known throughout the paint industry and had been on the sales staff for Deft Wood Finish since 1954 af.ter 2O years with Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. during which he managed the San Diego store for 13 years. Mr. Anderson made his home in La Mesa, Calif. . . A. W. Potter, 66, furniture manufacturing executive and one of the chief backers of the Los Angeles Furniture Mart, died June 24 in Mount Sinai hospital after a short illness. In 1928 he joined Brown-Saltman in Los Angeles and became an officer and general manager in 1947. He was a director of the Southern California Furniture l\{anufacturers Assn., serving on several committees, and president of the Furniture Mart from 1954-58.

-Naiional Forest Products Week October l5'22-

Co-Op Aportmenl on Nob Hill ,'-

Construction of the multi-million-dollar, multi-story comrnunity apartment building on San Fr'a.ncisco's Nob Hill is now started. Scheduled for com.pletion'rin 1'the trext year, the "Comstock" site is the block bounded by Jones and Washington Streets.

-National Foresl Producls Week October l6-22-

Chuck Willioms Nqmed to Heod Up Beover's Wholesole Division

Chuck Williams (right)i wellknown Bay Area lumberman, has been named head of Eleaver Lumber Company's wholesale division, 750 Thorton, San Leandro, by General Manager F ran Winkel. The new division is completely equipped to handle remanufacturing and jobbing, as well as direct-mill shiPments either by rail or truck and trailer. "Specialty of the house" will be redwood, fir and pine lumber, hardwood and softwood mouldings, and west coast hardwoods. In addition to a general line wholesale business, the new division will also operate four of its own highwaY rigs to further insure prompt shipment to its customers.

Chuck Williams, with better than 10 years in the lumber fleld, is a graduate of the IJniversity of California School of Forestry and earned his wings as a forester for the old Hammond Lumber Company. He later moved to Cloverdale, where he spent two years in Rounds Lumber CompanY's remanufacturing plant and, in 1955, put his production exPerience to work for him in the wholesale end of the busineds with Lumber Sales Company of San Francisco.

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Stormer Ccrfers to Neighborhood

(Continued from Page 8) them the nails and paint tl-rat go with it," said Bill.

"And when they need centent, we have the steel that goes with it," added his Da.d.

The Starmer family operates a friendly establishment. Their neighbors are their customers.

"We try to develop cash customers by giving green trading stamps wl-ren small items are purchased. But when a customer desires credit, we have several plans to present and we find this to be a sound business plan for our particular community," lfarry Starmer said.

In addition to the familv (because thev all work at the yard on various shifts), ii requires the services of seven employes to keep the wheels of progress moving. They maintain five units of mobile equipment for yard handling and delivery.

"Although we are geared to handle every type of drop-in business, most of our customers are from the rural area. We enjoy a steady flow of small orders. In addition, we are constantly bidding on jobs for local contractors, of which we receive our share in furnishing materials for the complete job," said the dealer.

From observation, there isn't an item that Starmer Lumber doesn't carry. Many retailers have discontinued stockin aggregate-but not Starmer's. They carry the complete package and grade-stamped lumber, too, for their customers. And if they can't get it at $131mq1'5-they probably just can't find it anywhere.

-Nafional Foresl Producls Week October l6-22Hapsmith Co., Beverly Hills, started construction June 1 on a $?-million shopping center in the Roseville section of Sacramento. They plan early construction of 10 major shopping centers in various centers of California, including Sacramento and Santa Clara.

(Prepa.red by the West Coast Irumbermen's Assoclatlon)

Picking Up The Pieces

By Rolf D. Glerum

The emergence of new products and new uses for old products in the lumber industry is becoming more encourag'ing every year. Ma,nufacturers realize that they no long'er monopolize the housing market, the furniture market or the countless other areas in which wood once played the exclusive role.

After \ilorld War II, when lumber again came to the fore, responsible people throughout every strata of the industry began to move-mill men desigrted and built automatic machines with the ability to flip six-ton logs like toothpicks; g'overnment and private resea.rchers created lumber by-products never dreamed of in the 30's; retailers started extensive advertising and merchandising campaigns to reach the ultimate consumer-the lumber industry increased and expa,nded the uses of its product.

Still, there is only one boss-the buyer. He's a shopper, and if he can't find what he wants in wood, he will buy it in something else. Most of the time, he doesn't have to look very far to find it made of plastic, aluminum or steel.

It's no secret among architects and builders that clear lumber is beeoming more expensive and harder to obtain, especially in large sizes and long lengths. The large old-growth trees, which are the only natural source for wide, long clears, are becoming more scarce-and the consumer won't wait 250 years for these forest giants to mature, So what are we doing about it? We are creating large boards out of many small boards, glued together, In fact, the methods of end and edge-gluing are so highly developed today that the finished product is often better than a solid board the same size.

This new glued wood product is the answer to the buyer's problem of waste and extra material. Glued stock is ordered to exact dimension. even down to a fraction of an inch.

E ormerly the weak link in gluing operations, today's ahesives are stronger than the board itself. Automation and electronics speed the machining and gluing operation.

Small boards, containing clear wood between knots, are diverted from the gang saws onto a belt going into the gluing room. Here, one ma.rl witJr a graphite pencil stripes the board on each side of the knot for check or strllit.

The pieces move down the belt to an automatic electric saw which, when triggered by the graphite stripe, cuts out the unuseable piece of board.

The boards then are moved to the gluing tables, where they are end glued in a continuous strip. From there they are cut to the desired length and edge glued in the same manner.

The result is a panel large enough to be used anywhere in house constmction or finishing, perfectly clear and every bit as strong as a solid piece.

Most of the end-gluing: processes utilize finger joints in some form, to create larger glue adhering surfaces which increase the strength of the joint. The edge-glued joints, however, are always straight butt joints.

Glued stock is found today in virtually every form of lumber. E HA-approved studs, 4x4's a.nd 4x8's are glued up from L" anrd 2" stock. Siding, paneling and 3" and 4" prefab decking is becoming available in increasing quantities.

At the point where glued-up stock passes from the retailer to the consumer, there enters the question of merchandising. The manufacturers take the viewpoint that it is necessary to point out the advantages of glued stock, rather than mention the slightly lower price compared to solid stock. Glued stock is less apt to cup or warp and

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it can be ordered and delivered to exact dimensions.

The point the manufacturers are trying to make (without telling the retailers how to run their businesses) is that glued stock should be promoted and sold on the same basis as solid lumber. It shouldn't be used as a stop-g'ap or a last resort or a substitute.