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Don Gow

Dole Storling

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(Continucd, lrom Page 78) deep recessed ends enclosing large vertical I-beams, and roof is given structural support by two steel posts spaced equidis- tant along lengthwise center line of interior, permitting loading of lumber in three sixteen foot lengths or equivalent, reducing possibility of end-shifting to the minimum.

T"l-re car floor, or rather the frame itself, has strong steel loops to which loads may be firmly anchored with straps. However, recent shipments from McCloud River Lumber Company have used "floating" loads with satisfactory results. It is equipped with a built-in I'rrpact recorder.

'With rising costs of timeconsumrbg hand labor in loading and unloading of loose lumber in boxcars, the McCloud organi- zation is of the opinion that their experimental railroad car

Sugrr Pina-Pondarosr Pins-lfhltr FirJloutlrs Fir rnd Inmnsc Ccdrr Truck ond Trqiler or Direcl Roil Shipments

232 NORTH LAKE AVE.PASADENA, CALIFORNIA

MUrroy l-6386 / SYcornore 5-2204 is a step toward greater efficiency in the movement of dry finished lumber by rail.

Very sincerely yours, L. S. Turnbull, McCloud Lumber Company, San Francisco, Calif.

Error Dept. California Lumber Merchant

Gentlemen:

Reference is made to the item and picture concerning the promotion of James Prasek on page 62 of your July 1963 issue.

Please be advised that the picture which was used is that of Don C, Smith who was promoted to manager of our Biggs store at about the same time that Mr. Prasek was promoted to Manager at Lincoln.

Very truly yours, C. L. Millman, Diamond National Corp.

The correct pi,cture ol Mr. Prasek it at right. Our apologies lor the mixup.-Editor.

Diamond National Sorporation has Promoted James Prasek to manager of the company's Lincoln store, replacing Paul. Guarcello who has been transferred to Falr 0akland. Prasek first came to work for Diamond in 1952 at the company's old North Sacramento store and has held a variety of jobs from lumber stacker to credit manager during his 11 years of employment with the comPanY. He js a gardener, specializing in potted Plants, and lives with his wife, Ann, in Lincoln.

On the surface they look just fine. Might even last two or three years. Or they could pop off the wall minutes after they're installed. Call it what you will we call it torque tension pop-off. Most customers call it "inferior." We don't sell it. Never have. Globe's paneling is hardwood, front and back. No buckle. No sway. We could sell the other stuff. We'd make money, too. We'd rather make friends. You will too. Call Globe. Order from the largest inventory in the West.

Specify Gto-Wood HARDWOOD PLYWOOD ' Glo'Wall V'GROOVED PANELS Glo-Board HARDBOARD' Glo'Tone PREFINISHED PANELING ' BARRETT (Seal'Back)CEILING TILE

THE LU'IABER STRIKE

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Other side developments of the strike are beginning to make themselves felt too. Lumber trade associations are taking a startled look at their budgets. Supported by dues paid on a per thousand board feet basis, or per thousand sq. ft. of plywood, association income is dwindling. Promotional activities will have to be cut drastically if the strike drags on, as many predct it will, into the Fall months.

If the strike continues, what about logs next Winter? With sixty days of logging already down the drain for the strikebound mills, many operators face limited op€ration during the Winter months of fqOA. And non-union mills, for the most part in northern Cali' fornia, are chewing up logs as fast as they reach the dump in the face of tfre hottest price market since 1955.

At the retail level we find builders switching to substitute mater' ials, notably roofing, siding and sheathing. Many retailers predict that some of ttt" b"ita"r customers may develop a preference for these substitute materials which, if nothing else, offer the builder reasonable, consistent prices and reliable delivery schedules.

What looked like a banner year has suddenly become a bumper vear. The relief rolls in the Pacific Northwest continue to grow; ihe Wood Promotion Programs sufiers; sawmill operators and all related business suffers; manufacturers of substitute building materials get an unexpected opportunity to grab a litde more of the marketf and manl construction projects are either postponed, or completely cancelled for this year.

T[e age-old question pretty well sums it all up: "Who the Hell really gains by a strike?"

Red Cedor Shingle Bureou Set To Join N.[.M'A'

The Red Cedar Shingle Bureau, Seattle, Washington, has accepted an invitation to become the l?th association'member of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association.

The action came at a meeting of the board of trustees of the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau, Itela July 27, in Cottage Grove, Oregon. The following is a telegram sent to NLMA executive vice president Mortimer B. Doyle by Virgil Peterson, secretarymanager of the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau:

"Delighted to inform you that our board of trustees at meeting held Saiurday (July 27) in Cottage Grove, Oregon voted un' animously ani enthusiastically to accept invitation conveyed yours of July 24 relative to mem.bership in National Lumber Manufactur' ers Aisociation. We are confident this marks the beginning of a long and highly satisfactory relationship and are gratified with this opportunity to join in the stimulating and fruitful work which your oiganiration is carrying out in behalf of the forest products industry."

The executive committee of NLMA, acting on behalf of the board of directors, is expected to approve the application for membership at a meeting in Cottage Grove, August 29.

Cedar Shingle, Shoke Soles Are Best Ever

Handsplit shake production has increased 38/o and shingle production l4/o fior the first six months of 1963 compared to the same period of. 1962, nre nea Cedar Shingle Bureau, Seattle, Wash., in releasing the figures for their member mills said that the increase is a result oi growing popularity of red cedar shingles and shakes in the residential. commercial, church and school construction markets.

Bureau spok€smen indicate that the first six months of 1962 was considered to be one of the best sales and production periods the industry has had, and are predicting that the trend toward increased use of cedar shingles and shakes will continue on the upswing during the latter part of 1963 and well into 1964.

..REFRESHER COURSE'' FTYING TOUR

(Continued. lrom Page 16) and Manager of the Bickell Bros. Cupertino outlet, into the famed Grants Pass Cavemen.

Another feature of the visit was a brief speech and slide presentation by Don Jaenicke, advertising and promotion director of the Douglas Fir Plywood Association, who came down from Tacoma, W.ashington for the session,

Jaenicke covered DFPA plans for advertising and promotional programs designed to increase plywood sales.

Those making the trip included:

Don Erlbaum (Builders Cabinet)" Berk. ley; Tony Lamming (Clark Door), Palo Alto; Frank Ramos (Ramos Voodworkitg.) , San Carlos; Fred Houppermans (North Redwood Cabinet), Redwood City; Ugo Panontin (Crest Manufacturing), Santa Clara; Robert Butcher (San Lorenzo Lumber), Santa Cntz; Lloyd Hebbron (Hebbron & Nigh), Santa Cruz; Fenner Angell (Pacific Lumber), Santa Cruz; Louis Rittenhouse (Pacific Lumber), Santa Cruz; Herb Bickell (Bickell Brothers). Mt. View; Hal Bickell (Bickell Brothers). Mt. View; Ralph Di Maueo (Criffin Lumber), El Cerrito; Vic Calvo (Bickell Bros.).

Cupertino; Jay Ludlow (Warm Springs Lumber), Fremont; Jack Smith (Merner Lumber), Fremont; Clarence Hanson (B & B Cabinet), Hayward; D. M. Buckingham (Jackson Street Lumber), Hayward; Maury Daubin (Sterling Lumber). Mt. View; Lloyd Carter (Sterling Lumber), Oakland; Arnold Pederson (Pederson & Arnold), San Mateo; Carson Neff (Matheny Mill), Oakland; Earl Johnson (Watsonville Lumber), Watsonville; Harry Luchessi (Luchessi Cabinets)" San Leandro; Roy Johnson (Santa Cruz Lumber), Santa Cruz; Keith Davison (Tynan Lumber), Santa Cruz; Conrad Rickenback (Pleasanton Cabinet), Pleasanton; Frank Ausdermaur (Pleasanton Cabinet), Pleasanton; Bob McDaniel (Pearson Lumber), Pleasant Hill; Don Callahan (Carman, Singleton & Callahan), San Jose; Lyle Sr;hafer (Minton Company), NIt. View; Bill Nachlinger (Birchwood Mfg. ) , San Jose; George Cilker (Pine Cone Lumber)" Sunnyvale; Richard O'Brien (Bank of America), Mt. View; W. Q. Kringle (Ready Hung Door), Hayward; John Crabtree (Contra Costa Lumber), Concord; Bert Mayta (Mayta & Jsnssn), $an Francisco; Carl Verrips (American Plywood), San Jose; James Oakley, Ted Young, Jim Di Matteo, Wally Hunter (Doors, Inc.), Mt. View.

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