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Less Thon Corload Lots

Pockoged Lots -- Truck-&-Trqiler Shipments

Wendell Pcquetle, John Prime lounch Sowmill Soles Compony

D. C. ESSTEY and SON

Dee Essley

Jerry Essley

7257

Woyne Wilson

Chuck Lember

Distribution Yqrd: Eost Telegroph Rood, Los Angeles 22

RAytnond 3-1147

ment office during WWII, he an air force pilot during the has been active in the manage- war and then spent several ment of Lumber Sales Company years with San Bruno Lumber ever since the war davs. Company prior to joining LumPrime, a native of Utah, w.is ber Sales Co. during 1952.

-Nalional Foresl Producls Week . . . October l622Redwod

Production, Shipmenfs Show Increqses During Moy

Production and shipments of redwood lumber shorved monthly increases during May, according to the California Redwood Association.

Production of redwood rose to 48,058,000 board feet during May, an increase of more than 3/o over April production of 46,575,000. The May figure, compiled from reports submitted to the CRA bv 12 maior redwood mills. fell short of the 49,805.000 feet of redwood produced in May 1959.

T\ro of San Francisco's better-known wholesalers, Wendell Paquette and John Prime, both of Lumber Sales Co., have combined forces to launch their own wholesale operationSawmill Sales Company. Although the firm is an entirely new operation, Paquette and Prime will continue to occupy their old ofrces at 1485 Bayshore Blvd.

Both Paquette (right), and Prime (left), have long been active in the Bay Area lumber fraternity and are widely known throughout Northern California and Oreg'on. Both are past presidents of San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club 9, Wendell hav- ing served his hitch during the 1951-52 club year, and John, more recently, during 1958-59.

Wendell's lumber career g:oes clear back to the "pre-McCor- mick" days when he clerked in Pope & Talbot's old San F rancisco retail yard. Later, when the Chas. R. McCormick company took over certain proper- ties of Pope & Talbot, he remained on with that company. When the McCormick firm suffered its now legendary financial disaster, Paquette joined the old Allen & Dettmann organization in San Francisco. Except for a stint with the Marine Corps lumber procure-

Redwood shipments totaled 49,208,000 board feet, about 5/o above the April shipments ol 46,U6,CfJl0, but well under shipments for May of last year, which totaled 55,264,000.

Orders received during May totaled 41,502,000 board feet, compared to 48,429,000 for April, and 56,094,000 for May of 1959. Orders on hand at the end of May added up to 72,138,000 board feet, compared to 80,108,000 for April, and 80,617,000 for May of last year.

Redwood inventories dropped to 409,230,000 board feet, compared to 413,558,000 in redwood stocks at the end of April.

-National Foresl Products Week October I6-22-

Grqhqm Plqns New Refoil Sfore

San Rafael, Calif.-The Marin County Planning Commission has approved plans for a new retail store of the Graham Lumber Co. on Jacoby street, south of Auburn street, in South San Rafael. It will have 3,000 sq. ft. of floor space and a parking area for 28 vehicles.

-National Foresl Producls Week October 16-22-

lumber Merchqndisers Assn.' Phoenix' Merged Inlo Arizono Retoil Group

Gus R. Michaels (right), executive secretary-manager of the Arizona Retail Lumber & Builders' Supply Assn., Phoenix, and Walt lloward, executiv€ secretary of the Lumber Merchandisers Association, Phoenix, were photographed by The California Lumber Merchant cameraman at the official me,rging of the two groups, July 1.

"We believe the best interests of the Wood-Promotion Program and best interests of the retail lumber dealer go hand-in-hand," said Manager Michaels.

"-[1d we believe, and know, the retail lumber dealers in Arizona all support the policies of both associations," added Mr. Howard.

The merged groups will team the personnel, efforts and programs of each to better serve the industry as a whole, it .was declared. Both executives added that all employes of the two formerly separate organizations will be kept right on the jobs, with no cuts in either staff.

-Nalional Foresl Producls Week October 16-22-

New long-Bell Ploning Mill or Will Process 6O Boqrd Feet This

Division Weed Million Yeqr

overhead cranes. Three new underslungtype cranes operate in the planer and shipping areas, and two cranes move lumber in a modernized storage area which was formerly a rough-Iumber storage shed. A traffic control center communicates with the bridge cranes and key operatrng: areas by a newly installed licensed short-wave radio station.

Three planers are included in the mill's all-new machinery. Two of the planers are 25-inch double profiie, and each can handle up to 5O0-Iineal feet of lumber per minute.

New lumber end conditioning equipment features two sets of printers and waxers. This is the first time at Weed this process has been machine performed. Each finished piece of lumber is automatically "LongBell" stamped and waxed.

Other machines are: two 2O-foot trimmers, a 54-inch resaw, a moulder, and a resaw edger.

Weed, California, May 26, 1960-International Paper Company's new, modern planing mill, recently completed here, is now in full production, IP announced today. It is estimated the Long-Bell Division planing mill at Weed wiII process approximately 60 million board feet of lumber this year.

The new flat-roofed structure, which is 560-feet long by 250-feet wide, houses the planing mill, lumber storage area, and shipping facilities. The lumber storage area accommodates approximately 10 million board feet of rough lumber and 5 million board feet of surfaced lumbel.

Materials-handling efEciency features flve

More than 220,000-square feet of plywood exterior sheathing,plus wood structural material and lumber, were utilized in the construction of the new facility. The 52-foot high building, which replaces the old Weed planing mill erected in the early 1900's, was constructed by T. H. Peterson Co. of San Leandro, Calif. Design was by Indenco Engineers, Inc., also of San Leandro, Calif., in conjunction with International's Weed Branch personnel.

John Mantle, Weed Branch general manager, reports the new planing miII and related lumber operations are supervised by W. M. Runyan, superintendent of manufacture at Weed Branch. Key planer personnel include D. Everett Warren, shipping clerk; Raymond Sietz, planing mill foreman, and Ilerman Zibull. dispatcher. -2-