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As Reported in the August, 1939,Issue of the California Lumber Merchanq EsL 1922

J. D. Murphy has been appointed manager .of the hardwood department at Owens-Parks Lumber Co., Los Angeles, succeeding lV. B. Jones.

'W. B. Jones has opened a wholesale lumber yard at 2150 East 14th Street, Los Angeles, operating under the name of W. B. Jones Lumber Co. Jack Baker will be in charge of the office and Ralph Barto will represent the firm as salesman.

Gus Hoover, of Ircs Angeles, is starting his two sons to learn something about lumber. fire oldest son, Bob, a Stanford graduate, is piling boards at the mill in Scortia. learn- ing about Redwood the hard way. The young'er son, Dick, who has one more year to go at Stanford, is working in his fathey's office in Los Angeles.

Max D. Cook, director of promotion for fite Pacific Lumber Co., San Francisco. has returned from a business trip to points in Utah, Idaho and Nevada.

Theodore C. 'Ted" Combs, Los Angeles, :-':field engineer of West Coqst Lumberrilen,s Assbciation, g'ave a talk on the subjeci of stress characteristics of wood as rclated to earthquake-resistant design at the an- nual convention of the Seismological Society of America at Berkeley, C;tf., August 9.

A. R. Welsh, vice president of West Coast Plywood Co., Aberdeen, Wash., visited Los Angeles and San Francisco around the middle of July.

Frank B. James has just received a commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He is the son of Roy E. James who operates a wholesale and commission lumber business in Huntington park.

Diamond Building Materials Co., pittsburg, Calif., has purchased the Spencer LumbJr Co., of Walnut Creek. firey will operate both yards.

Frank Kilpatrick, general manager of the Rockport Redwood Co., San Francisco. is on a trip to Vancouver, B.C. to confer with Ralph W. Rounds, president of the firm.

Mel Hogan and Roy Dewey, owners of the Concord Lumber Co., Concord, Calif., hosted a formal opening of their new offices and display room July 16.

Diamond National Match Company, Chico, took over the yards of the Tahoe Sugar Pine Company at Auburn and Nevada City, August 1. Fred J. Miller will continue as manag'er of the Auburn yard and Herbert S. Foreman is manager at Nevada City.

William E Arblaster, vice president and general manager of Mt. Whitney Lumber Co., and Henry Pries, sales manag'er, returned August 7 from spending a few days at the company's mill at Johnsondale, Calif. Francis E. Bo"d has purchased the controlling interest in the Union Mill & Lumber Qo., Santa Barbara, and has become president of that concern.

Dick TVohy, Los Angeles, has accepted a postion with Chiloquin Lumber Co.. Chiloquin, Ore., for the summer months. ife will enter UCLA in the fall.

B. H. Rhode, owner of the Boomtown Lumber Co., between Central Valley and Project City, Calif., has announced that his yard will move to a new location in Cen- tral Valley in the fall.

E. B. Harris, E. B. Hanis Lumber Co.. Inglewood, Calif., and Mrs. Harris have returned from a motor tour to the Redwood region in Humboldt County.

Lloyd Hebbron, manager of the Hebbron Lumber Co, Santr Cnrz. announc€e that his firm is currently erecting a new office building.

John W. Fisher, Fisher-Swartz Lumber Co., Santa Moniea, Calif,, attended the annual convention of the California Savings and Loan League held at San Francisco.

WWPA Executives Selected

James Turnbull, acting executive officer of the newly combined Western Wood Products Association, has released the names of the principal staff members who have been selected for various positlons. No otr" was named to the top executive post of YWPI, and Turnbull advised that a search was being made to select the best man for this vital industry job.

G. C. Edgett, currently executive vice president of West Coast Lumbermen's Association, one of the two groups being merged into WWPA, was named vice president in charge of promotion'

W. E. Griffee, currently secretary manager of the former Western Pine Association, has been named vice president in charge of administration. Serving directly under Edgett will be Leo Beckstrom, director of advertising and promotion; T. K' May' director oI technical servicesl A. A. Zander, director of field services. The iob of director of market research has not been filled.

Other personnel appointments are R. E. Mahafiay, manager o{ advertising; A. W. Priaulx, manager of public relations ancl product p,,bti"ity; Richard Kimbell, assistant director of technical ie.vices; Curtis Peterson, manager building codes; and Edwin Knight, in charge of research and development.

Directly under Griffee will be Gordon Brown, director of indusstry service. Working for him will be James Manning, traffic manager; Ernest Kolbe, chief forester; Fred Reseburg, manager of staiistics; and James Grady, safety manager. Director of grading and inspection has not been selected as yet, but Ed Thompson was named chief inspector of the coast region and James Pynes, chief inspector for the inlantl region of the l3-state area covered

by lVestern Wood Products Association.

Secretary of the WWPA will be H. A. Roberts and his assistant will be Harry Fimmel who is in charge of member relations.

Turnbull indicated that the vacancies would be filled as rapidly as good men could be found. He estimated it would take sev' eral months to find a man for the chief executive post. In the meantimeo Turnbull will continue as acting executive officer. Turn' bull is executive vice president of the American Plywood Association (DFPA), and is on loan for the time it will take to select the top officer in WWPA.

More Uses for Treqted Wood

Fire-retardant treated wood may now be used for stud wall construction in many situations where formerly only non-combustible material' was permitted.

The new Federal Housing Administration minimum property standards for multi-family housing (FHA 26000), which became mandatory July l, now recognizes treated lumber such as Baxco' Pyresoted wood for the following important new uses:

(I) For studs, plates and blocking in one-hour non-load' bearing walls within living units in Types I and 2A' buildings: o Prornpt delivery by our trucks o Immediate service on "will calls" o Complete milling facilities o New, modern dry kilns o Centrally located o Competitively pdced

(2) For 1t/, and 2-hour party or row house walls in Types 3 and ,1 buildings where seismic conditions make the use of masonry fire walls or party walls impractical.

FHA 2600 has been distributed and its specifications may now be followed on an optional basis. This means that architects, builders and engineers can immediately take advantage of this permission to use wood in many ways they have long wanted to. Among benefits is that the treated wood can be installed by the carpenters already on the job, with the tools at hand. Also, BaxcoPyresoted wood, can be easily cut to fit around plumbing pipes, conduit and other irregular fixtures.

Full information on the Baxco-Pyresote fire-retardant products may be obtained by writing J. H. Baxter & Company, I20 Montgomery St., San Francisco.

Large diversiffed stocks of foreign and domestic hardwoods -our yard.