RESISTAI{T

GYPSUftT WALTBOARD

Now, with Blue Diamond ,"/8', Fire Halt special core wallboard, applicator craftsmen have a fine handling and ffnishing gypsum wallboard with a one hour fire resistioe rating.

Fire Halt may be used in institutional, commercial, industrial, apartment and home construction-wherever high quality interiors combining great strenglh with increased fire resistance are desired or required by building codes.

Blue Diamond's Fire Halt data sheet will be sent you on request. It gives full information on how to use Fire Halt in one hour walls, partitions and ceilings, in accordance with Underwriters' Laboratories' ffre resistive rating requirements.

Herbert A. Habeck has retired as r-ice-presi- dent and sales rlirector of llcClorrcl Lumber Cri., San Francisco, after 38 years' service and has been succeeded by Carroil W. Gallev. r,ho l.as also elected vic-e-president. Ga11ey, rvhc has 34 1'ears l'ith McCloud, nill continue the sales direction at 889 Nlonadnock Bldg.

Willits Redwood Buys fimber

Willits, Calif.-Wil1its Iledn'ood Products Co. last month acquired over 200 million feet of timber from Hammond-California Redrvood Co. announced President Russell H. Ells. The tract u'as entirel1. redrvood.

Hollister Yqrd Adds Shed

Hollister, Calif.-Les Crank, manag.er of th<r Homer T. Hayward Lumber Co. ylrd herc, recently added a new pole-type builcline f,,r storage and has converted the yard to lift-trrrcl.: ooeration.

Boiock lumber Incorporqfed

Ukiah, Calif.-Bojock Lumber Co., N,Iendocino county, .lvas incorporated last month at $175,000. Directors rvere listed as I-. F. Kuechler. Leigh N{. N{iller and David P. Brorvn, all of 225 Bush St., San Francisco.

3,814 forest ancl range fires in California in 1956 were held under 10 acres in damage. This 1'ear, lrelp bring the fire losses dou'n.-

Terrible Twenty Tournqmenls Lists Its Cqlendor of Future Meetings

The 374th Terrible Twenty tournament was held at Wilshire Country Club, July 16. Dewgy Reeder was our gracious host. A beautiful dav-Wilshire at its best-it was oerfect. Local knowledge won, as so often happens-Dewey Reeder with 76-10-66. Virgil Oliver with 87-1671 came in second. Maybe those brilliant pink slacks of Reeder's help -probablv blind his opponents. ifelmer- Hoel submitted his resignation because of ill health. Helmer joined the club in 1940 and has been an enthusiastic member all these 17 years.We all have enjoyed our association with him, and he will be greatly missed. Jack Morris of Annandale and Los Angeles Country Club was elected to membership at our dinner meeting and, subject to two-weeks' delay according to the by-laws, he will be eligible to compete for our prize hardware this month'

Our August tournament is -at Virginia, Rex- W-all our hoit, with-the date set for Friday, August 23. The S.ente11 ber tournament at Bel-Air is arranged tor septemDer zo' Our Del Monte trek is on for October, with our wives in"trra"a. The date has been tentatively set for Thursday, October 17.

The board of directors and Steering committee has just met and decided to cut all monthly prize winners two strokes, for six months, applying to club handicap and only against monthly prizes.-H. M. Alling.

R,edwood Sqles Co. in Eostern Office

Charles Fender, Redwo<id Sales Co', San Francisco, ha-s appointed Jim Lewis as eastern field representative with h-eadquarters at Danville, Ill.

(TeIl them \)ou sazu it in The California Lumber Merchant) before you leove, how obout increosing efficiency with o new