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Dick Merritt, formerly with Twin Harbors Lumber Company in Sacramento, has been transferred to the company's head office in Menlo Park. At the same time, Jim Rossman was transferred from Menlo Park to the company's Long Beach office.

Charlie Schmitt recently returned to his San Francisco head oflice after several weeks in the Far East on Atkins, Kroll & Company business.

Marinland Lumber Company's annual salmon fishing excursion was a big success last July 15 as a hardy complement of "sailors" boarded the good ship "Blue Fin" in Sausalito for a day's outing on the deep briny. On board were Mack "Skipper,' Giles, John Polach, Jack Pomeroy, George Schmidtbauer, Walt Hjort, Bill Robinson and Ward Dobbins . and four cases of beer (which did not return with the rest of the group).

Kurt Gelbard of the Robert S. Osgood firm of Los Angeles in a two-day jet to Denver and back on business. How'd we use to operate without the jets?

Trudi Dayton of Portland, Oregon, has formed her own company known as the Tru-Di Lumber Company.

Faye Bolmer and Corinne Adams of L.A. Hoo-Hoo-Ette Club No. 1 attended graduation exercises at the Ramona High School on June 16. The school is one of the philantropic projects of the club.

Corinne Adams of Los Angeles spent time in June vacationing at Newport Beach.

Lake Tahoe dealer Don Snyder, owner of Snyder Lum,ber Company located at Forest Lake, is back on the job after an overhaul in the Truckee Hospital. Don took a spill and separated his collarbone while helping the gang put on the big annual 4th of July Tahoe City Fireworks spectacular (which was just that this year!),

New staff appointments in Weyerhaeuser Company's wood products division, per announcement by John L. Aram, vice president -Paul Fossum, Tacoma, products planning manager; Warland Wight, Tacoma, stock and price manager, coast mills; R. D. Sinclair, stock and price manager, inland mills; and E. M. WiUiston, Longview, technical director.

New positions under R. D. Pauley, manager, manufactured panels, are: R. L. Rinde, Arcata, Calif., stock and price manager; Daniel H. Koctr, Tacoma, product planning (Continued, on Nefi Page)

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(Continued, trom Preoious Page) manager; G. D. Schwartz, St. Paul, sales planning manager; and G. B. Matter, Longview, technical director.

New assignments under Kirk R. Cooper, manager, softwood plywood, are: M. L. Sorbcr, Tacoma, product planning manager; J. F. McCaslin, Tacoma, stock and price manager; William Ferry, Klamath Falls, Oregon, technical director.

Carroll K. O'Rourke, Tacoma, was named advertising and promotion manager under J. P. Weyer-haeuser, manager of merchandising.

Acquisition of Extrusion Corporation of America by Cal-Tech Systems, Inc., Glendale, California, has been announced by Cal-Tech President Frank J. Schnoor.

Extrusion Corporation (Exco), Gardena, California, producer of aluminum store front window frames, matching doors and other extrusions for architectural,use, was acquired in exchange for 11,000 shares of Cal-Tech stock.

James E. Nolan has been appointed Secretary-Manager of the National Woodwork Manufacturers Association effective July 1. He succeeds O. C. Lance who retired on June 3-after 15 years of service with the association.

Mr. Nolan will administer the association's projects and programs including Research, Statistics, Specifications, Standardization, Product Development, and promotion. He has been assistant secretary of NWMA for the past 11 years.

The National Woodwork Manufacturers Association is an association of wood window, door and frame manufacturers with omces at 332 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago.

lncreqsed 9oles Put Wood Fibreboord On Round-the-Clock Operction

Increased sales and an excellent reception for Duraflake, a new product, have made it necessary for the Wood Fibreboard Com- pany, Albany, Oregon, to increase operations to a three-shift basis, according to W. W. Affolter, general sales manager. The firm, which produces "Duraflake," an extremely smooth wood-formed board, began operation late last fall.

It soon became necessary to add a second shift, and on April I, the third shift was installed, to complete the full 'round-theclock operation at Wood Fibreboard. With this three-shift operation, 100 tons, or four boxcars, a day of Duraflake are produced. Wood Fibreboard is served by Southern Pacific and Oregon Electric railroad lines.

"Especially good acieptance for Duraflake has come from the dinette, furniture trade, sink top and kitchen cabinet industries," said Afiolter. "It was to supply these manufacturers that the addition of a third shift was made necessarY."

The $1,750,000 Wood Fibreboard plant at Albany is the first in the United States to use the famous German-developed Bison system. This method has been used successfully in Europe for many years.

The new wood-formed board is produced in three grades-Duraflake Underlayment, Duraflake, and Duraflake Furniture. Among the features which make it superior to other boards are its smoother surface and strong internal bond. This is achieved through the Bison system, which ingeniously forms the boards with the larger wood flakes in the middle, progressively graduating these particles so the "fines" automatically form the top and bottom surfaces.

The unique formation of Duraflake allows close machining of the edges, in the case of beveling, for example. It permits the use of standard screws to attach fittings and hinges, and has excellent screw-holding ability.

Wood Fibreboard Company has one of the largest press sizes in the industry, allowing panels as large as 5 bv 16 feet, which permits a great latitude of sizes. And Duraflake is available in thicknesses of. t/s to 3,216-inches.

For floors, Duraflake Underlayment is acceptable in FHA-insured homes, according to the Federal Housing Administra- tion's "fJse of Materials Bulletin No. UM-28," dated November 14, 1960. This bulletin sanctions the use of particleboard which conforms to the standards of the National Particleboard Association for floor underlayment. Duraflake Underlayment also is guaranteed in writing by the manufacturer.

"All three grades of Duraflake board," according to Affolter, "are tested and approved by TECO Laboratories of the Timber Engineering Company of Washington, D.C.. an affiliate since 1933 of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. A TECO Laboratory 'quality control' representative conducts daily, in-the-plant testing while Duraflake is being produced, to make sure the products meet the industry and our own rigid standards."

For further information or a free sample of Duraflake, write to Wood Fibreboard Co., P. O. Box 245, Albany, Oregon.

Long-Bell Sporl ighis Sofefy

One phase of the intensive industrial safety program in the plant and woods at International Paper's Gardiner, Oregon, Branch, a special l3-week Supervisors' Safety Training Course, was completed Saturday, June 17 with IP's 39 Gardiner supervisors recognized for their safety proficiency in a banquet at Coos Bay's Timber Inn.

Comparable to a full credit college safety training course, this Supervisors' Safety School has increased safety emphasis at both the Gardiner and Vaughn, Branches of IP, and is lowering accident frequency rates. Gardiner has already shown a 35/o improvement this year over the 1960 accident frequency rating.

Harry G. Kelsey, general manager 'Western Operations Long-Bell Division, was the keynote speaker at the safety banquet. Also on the program was A. J. Myers, general manager of Gardiner Branch; Robert P. Miller, coordinator of safety and personnel for the Long-Bell Division; and Paul Heitmeyer, Gardiner Branch safety engineer, who assisted Miller in the instruction of the Supervisors' Safety Training Course.