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Western Stotes Plywood Corp. Opens Whitier Worehouse

The San Gabriel Valley's expanding industrial cleveloirrnent has taken another step ahead with the official opening of the Western States Plywood Corporation's new rvhole. sale distributing warehouse last month in Whittier, Calif. The brand new warehouse and modern offices are locateC at 705 West Sunny Slope Street, just minutes from the freeways and all southeastern commttnities.

According to J. R. "Dick" Fantz, well knon'n Southem California plywood and lumberman who is general manager and director of the firm, the organization rvill serve all retail and industrial users of plywood with a complete inventory of commercial sizes and grades of foreign and domestic materials. The imported plywoods will include Oriental ash, Philippine mahogany, poplar, birch, Limba and a variety of hardwoods from the markets of the r'vorlcl.

Domestic plywoods will include Douglas fir, Ponclerosa pine, knotty pine and a complete line of hardrn'oods from U. S. and Canadian mills.

Dick Fantz has been identified with the Southern California plywood distributing business for several years, and his associates in the ngw venture include Leonard Crofoot. treasurer and director; Marvin Kirkwood, vice-president, and J. F. Moses, president. All are well known throughout Southland business activities and development.

"We are particularly proud to offer this nerl' service Lo retail dealers in Los Angeles, Orange, Riversicle, Imperial,

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San Bernardino and San Diego counties," cleclared Fantz. "\\re shall provide a completely new and convenient source of supply for plyrvood throughout this ursn-lvhere this particular rvood product is in ever-increasing demar.rd," he concluded.

How l.umber looks

(Continued from Page 1) in three decades. For the month of June 1955, 20 Redr,vood mills reported production 63,316,000 feet, shipments 60,778,000 feet-compared to 51,018,000 feet and 51,596,000 feet. respectively, in June 1954.

The Southern Pine Association reported for 114 mills in the rveek ended July 3O: production, 19,184,000 feet; shipments, 19,513,000 feet; orders, 16,809,000 feet. For the year to date, production was B/o, shipments 7/c and orders 5/o ahead of 1954.

Pacific Coast waterborne lumber exports dropped during June, while domestic shipments increased, reported the Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau. June exports totaled 108,939,872 board feet; shipments to U. S. ports totaled 236,I:\0,625. For the first six months of 1955, coast exports totaled 8n,748,322 feet, compared to 765,213,822 last year, u'hile domestic shipments this year $'ere 1,032,895,584, against 1,064,6(fi,153 feet last year.

The Douglas Fir Plywood Association reported that orders continued 6l/o higher than production in the rveek ended July 30, although orders dropped l2/a from the rveek ended l:;iry 23 rvhile production rose 5/o, and orders in that rveek hit their highest rveekly total since mid-February. Recent reduction of $4 M sq. ft. in the mill price of sA" tLrick sheathing plyu'ood, norv sold by many mills for .$127 NI, was cited as one reason for the upsurge in orders. In the week ended July 30, plyu'oocl production was 92,078,000 feet and orders rvere 98,000,000 feet. For the year to date, production was 2,798,464,000 feet, compared to 2,|U,O94,O0O feet in 1954, rvhile orders *'ere 25.3/,'over 1954.