eortttnn Baol.--50 Yeq,rs in the Lumber Business

Fifty years ago, trn'o brothers, Charles P. and Frank Curran, opened a small of,fice at the Southern Pa'tific rightof-way and Garvey Avenue, Pomona, Calif. and started in the retail lumber business.

Today, after ir half century of enterprise, during which Pomona has grovun from a small community toa modern city, the business is still being operated by two Curran brothers, but they are the sons of Charles P. Curran.

Coming to California from Dixon, Illinois, Charles P. and Frank Curr;rn, located in Los Angeles. In 1902, Charles decided there wes a future for an enterprising lumber concern in Pomona, and accompanied by his brother, Frank, started a retail yard there, operating under the name of Curran Bros. They ordered their first car of lumber on June 20, lX)2.

For three years after they began operations, they devoted their energies to promoting their business. In 1905, Frank was offered an unusual opportunity with E. K. Wood Lumber Co. and left Pomona to make his headquarters in Los Angeles, where he advanced steadily until he became general manager of the E. K. Wood interests in Southern California.

For five years, Charles P. Curran directed the management of the company. In 1910, his son, Gerald V. Curran

Pomona, Colilornia

joined him in the business and in 1911, his eldest son, Phil J. Curran, became associated with the organization. In 1915, Frank Curran sold his interests to his brother and his two nephews, and at this time the company was operating yards in three other cities, San Fernando, Fillmore and Lancaster. On the rvithdrawal of Frank Curran from the organization, Charles retained the Pomona and Fillmore yards, and Frank took those at San Fernando and Lancaster. Frank sold the Lancaster and San Fernando yards in 7917 , and the Fillmore yard was sold in 1922.

Curran Bros. was incorporated in 1910. When Charles P. Curran passed away in 1933 the firm rvas disincorporated and a partnership was formed betrveen Phil J. Curran and Gerald V. Curran.

The firm has been at the same location for 50 years. Part of the yard was destroyed by fire in l9D, and the present office was built in 1930. The office was remodeled in 1937, the work including the razing of the old front and replacing it rvith a new one. The lumber shed is 75 leet wide, and 370 feet long, including a driveway down the center. The shed has a capacity of 1,000,000 feet, and both upper grades and common lurnber are stored under cover. A spur railroad track runs into the yard.

The Curran brothers take an active part in the civic affairs of Pomona. Gerald is a director of the Pomona First National Saving: and Loan Association, and a member of the Elks Club and American Legion. Phil is a director of the Los Angeles County Fair, treasurer of Old Baldy Boy Scout Council, and a member of the Kiwanis Club and American Legion.

As lumbermen, they take an active part in association affairs. Gerald is former treasurer of the Southern California Retail Lumber Association, having served in that capacity for 15 years.

Mrs. Joan Tate, daughter of Gerald V. Curran, has charge of the office for Curran Bros. She was arl/ay on vacation when the Merchant's staff photographer took the accomppnying pictures.

Curran Bros. has played a prominent part in the growth of Pomona and the valley in a building way. This being the firm's golden anniversary, they are distributing to their customers and friends a gold colored pencil that carries the company's name and the following inscription, "serving You for 50 years."

Frank Curran is now resident of Santa Ana. After leav- ing E. K. Wood Lumber Co. in 1935, he established the Frank Curran Lumber Co., fnc., and is operating yards at Santa Ana, Orange, Capistrano Beach and Huntington Beach, with head offices in Santa Ana. His two sons, Howard and Frank Jr., are associated with him in the business.

Dana McBarron, vice president ucts, Eugene, Ore. was a recent Humboldt County, Calif.

Lu Green cnd Fcmrily Enioy Ecrstern Trip

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Bryan Smillie, purchasing agent for E. K. Wood Lumber Co., Los Angeles, and his wife combined business and vacation recently in Humboldt County, Calif.

Jim Barron, sales manag'er, Sand Door & Plywood Co., Los Angeles, returned recently from an air trip to Oshkosh, Wis., where he paid a visit to the Paine Lumber Company, manufacturers of Rezo flush doors. He found the experience interesting and instructive, and says he is more than ever sold on the Rezo door.

Steve Hathaway, Oceanside Lumber side, Calif., was a recent San Francisco

Company, OceanBay district visitor.

Wes Colllns of Gamerston & Green Lumber Co., San Francisco, and his family are on a two rveeks' trip to the old home town, Crab Orchard, Neb. They are traveling in a new Buick, and will do some sightseeing on the way.

Ed LaFranchi, of Pacific Forest and his family are back from two Lake Tahoe.

Lu Green of Gamerston & Green Lumber Co., Oakland, accompanied by his wife and daughters, Leta, 15, and Nancy, 12, returned recently from a five weeks' trip to the east that included a visit to Quebec, which they all enjoyed. Lu picked up a new Buick in Michigan for his partner, Harry Gamerston, and crossed into Canada from there. In their drive down the Atlantic coast they paid leisurely visits to Boston, New York, Washington, D. C., and Williamsburg, Va. They came back through Colorado, where they spent some time at Mrs. Green's former home town near Pueblo. All were agreed that it was a wonderful tour.

Seth ButlerBcrckFrom Bcrnlf d Lake Louise

Products, Inc., Oakland, weeks' vacation spent at

Dave Davis, Dave Davis Lumber Co., and his family had an enjoyable vacation in August at Lake Tahoe.

Scrn Diego Bowling Lecaue

The San Diego Hoo-Hoo Borvling 5th year of bowling on September weeks. Sixteen teams, representing will participate.

League will start its 8, to continue for 30 various lumber yards

Seth Butler, manager of the San Francisco office of Dant & Russell Sales Co., and Mrs. Butler returned to San Francisco August 2 from vacationing for three weeks in the Pacific Northwest and Canada. On the way north Mr. Butler called at the head ofifrce in Portland, then drove on to Seattle and took the car over to Victoria. They left the car in Vancouver and took the train to Banff and Lake Louise where they had a. most enjoyable stay.

Mrs. Marilyn Mahoney has been added to the office staff of Pacific Forest Products, f nc., Los Angeles.

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Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club Begins Another Y ear

The Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club will begin the new 1'ear with a golf tournament and dinner meeting at the Inglewood Country Club, Inglewood, on Friday, September 12. Officers for the 1952-53 year will be elected at the business session.

There will be a good program of entertainment, furnished by the Walter Trask Theatrical Agency, and abig turnout is e:<pected-so get your reservations in early-call Ole May, American Mailing Service, DUnkirk 2-7942, Los Angcles.

\(/estern Pine Tree Farms Pass 5 Million Acre Mark

PORTLAND, August 72-:16" tree farm program in the lZ-state Western Pine region has passed the 5 million-acre mark, the Western Pine association reported today.

Gathering momentum at an unprecedented rate, pine tree farming added, 547,103 acres in new certifications in the first seven months of 1952 to bring the area's total to 5,047,977, greatest in western lumber producing regions.

The acreage figure is comprised by 38,1 separate ownerships ranging in size from 10 acres to more than half-million.

A tree farm is described as a privately-owned forest area of any size managed to grow timber as a crop.

Bcck lrom Europe

Mrs. Harriette Gunton Boyd, daughter of Howard M. Gunton, vice president of MacDonald & Harrington, Ltd., San Francisco, returned by air from Austria, where she has been teaching children of members of the U.S. Army Occupational Force. Mrs. Boyd spent her vacation in traveling through the various European countries, and has visited most of the capitals. She flew to England and spent a week there, and while she was teaching had an automobile, which enabled her to do considerable sightseeing on week-ends throughout the year.

Al Bell on New York Trip

Al Bell of Hobbs Wall I-umber Co.. San Francisco, and Mrs. Bell returned recently from an air trip to Nerv York, where they met two of their children at the dock, who have spent the summer with Al's mother in Scotland,

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Earle Johnson of Watsonville Lumber Company, Watsonville, and his wife are beck from an enjoyable trip to Alaska. On the way north they visited Victoria and Vancouver, and made the Alaska trip by way of the Inside Passage on one of the cruise ships of the Canadian Pacific Steamship Co. from Vancouver.

Leo Hulett, general superintendent of the \\rillits Redwood Products Co., Willits, and his brother of North Bay Lumber Company, Corte N{adera, Calif., celebrated the opening of the deer hunting season by going on a hunt out of Willits. They took along Leo's young son Stanley, 14. Leo and Harry got nothing, but Stanley who was left with the car shot a four-pointer all by himself.