Quality Redwood

WE ARE EQUIPPED TO HANDTE YOUR, cusTofir

Pealoaah.

Harold Knecht, yard manager for Diamoncl Match Company at Santa Rosa, and the Knecht family spent two weeks in August vacationing in the midwest.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Schiel, Jr., of S & S Lumber Co., Los Angeles, spent a r,veekend in mid-August entertaining Mr. and Mrs. Dean Jones and Mr. and Mrs. Creighton Anfinson of Eureka Redwood Lumber Co., Los Angeles, aboard the yacht Sans Souci at Catalina Island.

Bob Mathis and John Jenswold, Mathis-Jenswold Hardrvoods, Inc., Oakland, spent two weeks during the latter part of July calling on southern California accounts along u'ith Lew Flaynes, their Southland representative.

Marion Snead, Hedlund I-umber Sales, Inc., and his family returned August 15 from a two-week vacation at Santa Cruz and the nearby mountains. Snead represents Hedlund in the San Joaquin Valley area and resides in Modesto.

Allen E. Boal, former manager of Plyrvood Los Angeles, Inc., has been named urestern region manager of the concern on the Pacific Coast. Art Froehle, for the past few years with Davidson Plyrvood & Lumber Co., Los Angeles, has been appointed to succeecl Boal as district manager. Froehle formerly had charge of national sales for the Davidson firm.

Jim Barron, Sand Door & I'lywood Co. executive, Los Angeles, spent several vveeks of this summer fishing in the Colorado area. While awav Tim and his rvife iust took it easy.

los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Will Open 1955-56 Seoson qf Fox Hills

A real big Hoo-Hoo party has been planr.red for liriday, September 16, by Boris Kutner, incoming Snark, ancl Jerry Essley, retiring president of Los Algeles Hoo-FIoo Clul> 2. The gala event r,vill get underu.ay u'ith the start oi the golf tournament at 10:30 a.m. at the n'orld-fatnous Fox Hills Cor-rntry Ch-rb, Inglervoocl.

At 7:09, members and their guests will attend a well-planned banquet, following which a full line of first class vaudeville entertainment has been booked.

September 9 is the ofhcial date for the beginnirrg oi the lloo-Hoo vear, zlnd this vear plans have been completecl to give local members a chance to joir, in the fun aucl

Constant Supervision Makes

frolic right in the international rveek. N'lake your reservations earlv and plan on attending. Call I)Unkirk 2-7942.

Ooklcrnd Hoo-Hoo to Elect Sept. l9

Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club 39 rviil be firing up the boilers for a ner,v club year at Fishermerr's l'ier ir-r Oakland, Septeml.rer 19. This u.ill mark the close oi :r most successful "NIcCubbin Reign." Bill \IcCubbin, abc.rrrt tri join the honorecl rolls of Oakland past presidents, rvill undoubtedly have a fe\\' pertinent remarks for the attendance and some good pointers for the incoming president.

To further celebrate the occasion, Club 39 rvil1 dig intcr its coffers a"n<l foot the entire ltill for the "Happy Hour" precedir.tg the alu':n's clelicious bancluet at the Pier.

McGluiikin Joins DFPA

A DEPENDABTE SOURCE OF WEIL MANUFACTURED, SEASONED AND GRADED TUMBER AND TUMBER PRODUCTS

TanrrR, WEBSTER & JoHNsoN

ARE MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUIORS OF y' Sugo, ond Ponderoso Pine Shop ond Selects

/ Sugor ond Ponderoso Pine Bocrds y' oouglos qnd Whire Fir Shop ond Selects f oouglcrs ond Whire Fir Dim6nsion qnd Boords

V lncense Cedor Boords

/ Redwood Siding ond Finish

V Ponderoso Pine qnd Fir Mouldings

/ Pine Scsh ond Ponel Doors

Duane G. NlcQuilkir-r has joined the merchandising departmer.rt of tl.re Douglas Fir ]'lv'.r'ood '\ssociation. He conres from lt prer-ious D()st as merchanclisir-rg an<1 zrrlvertising clirector oi the Ar-rderson I-umber Crimpany of OgCen, Utah, a line r.ard u'ith 19 retail yards an'l tn'o mills. D. 13. Sedgrvick, merchanclising director of DFP-\. said that NfcQuilkin's duties u.ill be largely in the are:r of dealer merch;lrdising and u'ill include such activity as point-of-sale displav rnaterials. dealer education materials, dealer mat scrvices ancl dealcr and jobber s:rles promotion aids. \IcQuilkin also u,ill assist <ln dealer and national Do-ItYo'-rrself shou. exhibit programs as l'el1 as ha'rdle special nrarket research type assigrrments.

Ruberoid Eornings Up

Nel'York, N. Y.-Chairmzrn ljerbcrt Abr:Lham of The Ruberoicl Co. reporterl that nct sales in both the secorrcl quarter iLnd irr thc first half of 1955 "broke:rll prior records."

Net earnir-rgs for both perio<ls rvere highcrthan the corresponcling periods firr 1954. Net sales for the first hali of 1955 u,ere $40,424,149, compared to $3.5,370.399 a year earlier, a rise of I1.3/,.. Net eamilrgs after taxes rvere $1,992,732 ag-ainst $1,9()1J.388 in the first six months of 195.1. In the second cluarter, net sales rvere $23,783,325, :tn increzise of l6.5lt over the 19.5-1 quarter, and net earnings of $1,347,133 rvcre ul) 21.9%.

Ton gue-ond -Groove Plywood

Bolonced Service includes the procurement ond distribution of oll West Coosl lumber producls. Buying offices in producing oreos give the trode o complete one-cqll service.

Faster, more economical sheathing of u,alls an<l roofs is prissible rvith a ne\\' type of Douglar fir plyu,oocl manufactured u.ith :r tol-lgrlelrn<l-groove edge, reports HOUSE ct HONIIi, magazine of the homebuilding industry (August issue). Self-supporting tongue-andgroove joints can be allou.ed to occur at any point, eliminating tl.re need for szrrving panels so joints u'ill occttr only over studs or joists, the magazine explains.