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I)uring the high and holy days all the pews in the synagogue were reserved for ticket-holders. Lapeedas tried to get past the doorkeeper.

"My brother," he said, "he's inside and I've got to talk to him."

"Have you got a ticket?" asked the doorkeeper.

Scn Francisco Lumbermen's Club Luncheon September 23

The first luncheon meeting of the San Francisco Lumbermen's Club after tl.re vacation season rvill be held at the Palace Hotel, Sar.r Francisco, at noon, Tuesclay, September 23.

President Flcrb Schaur and other members lvho attended the Hoo-Hoo unnual meeting at Spokane will report on the doings there.

The nen' ofliccrs iclr the coming year'rvill be elected and installed.

"No," said Lapeedas, "but I've got to talk to my brother. It's a matter of life and death."

The doorkeeper relented. "All right" he said, "you can go in and talk to your brother. BUT DON'T YOU LET N,f E CATCH YOU PRAYING."

Appointed Assistcrnt Mcrncgter

The manag'ement of Consolidated Luml>er Company, Wilmington, last week announced the appointment of George Hinkle to the position o{ assistant manager.

I\{r. Hinkle began his career in the lumber business at Consolidated in 1920 as an ordermdn. Subsequently he rvas employed by Hammond Lumbei Company at their 'ferminal Island plant, rvhere he became assistant office manager. He returned to Consolidated in 1935 as a clerk in the sales department and in the intervening years has advanced to his present position, irr which capacity he u'ill assist in directing the activities of Consolidated Lumber Cornpany.

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Dorarlo County, California, a tracf of some 30,000 acres of heavily timbered forest lands, and in 1924, following the destruction of its sawmill at Caldor, built the presbnt large, electrically equipped plant at Diamond Springs, its products now being distributed by carload, as well as truck and trailer, to local and interstate points.

The company's first Los Angeles warehouse was established in 1887 at Second and San Pedro Streets. The business rvas moved to 237-241 Central Avenue in 1905. and the recent move to the present location was made y'ust 36 years later.

New Hendy Crane M.y Help Solva Some Lumber Handling Problems

The Joshua Hendy Corporation, Torrancs, California, offers to help solve the material handling problem in the lumber industry rvith the Hendy N[odel lJ Crane. Through its construction and design it is admirably fitted for moving lumber, other materials and machinery used in the industry. One of its basic clairns is that it works with great success in hard-to-get-at locations under all conditions. The easy mobility and maneuverability of this new machine has proved results in reduced handling costs and u'ith quicker handling.

The Hendy Crane is distributed by the Industrial Equipment Company of Los Angeles and Oakland, California.

New Bill Allects Cqrrier Deliveries

C. W. Pinkerton, manager of the Lumbermen's Governmental Service Rureau, 910 Sixth Street, Sacramento, r.vith Southern California office at P. O. Box 309, Whittier, Calif., draws attention in a letter to lumber dealers to the dangerous practice of failing to cinch or tie down their loads on lumber carriers lvhen using these carriers on the highway for deliveries. The practice, he says, is contrary to the motor vehicle code, and violates safety conditions.

The letter stated that Assembly Bill 2265 permits an overall width of 104" for carriers when they travel on the highways. This bill becomes effective September 19, 1947.

Oscar P. Kemp, Kemp Hardware & Lumber Co., [-os Angeles, flew to San Francisco, Klamath Falls, and Portland on business last month.

The Pittsburg, California, Store and Yard

o[ Diablo Lumber & Hardware Co., lnc.

The fine new retail store and yard of the Diablo Lumber & Hardware Co., Inc., in Pittsburg, Calif., is one of the most modern retail plants on the I'acific Coast. It is located on a five-acre site, on the nerv extension of Central Avenue, between Solari Street and Railroad Avenue. This is the nervest of the company's three retail yarcls, tl-re main office and yard being in Antioch, and a branch vard in Farrar Park.

The picture reproduced here does not clo iull justice to the building, as since the picture rvas taken just before the opening in May, the large billboards on each side of the store have been painted u'ith advertising matter, and the whole front of the yard has been landscaped u'ith florvers and lawn.

The partners in the Diablo l-umber & -Flardrvare Co., Inc., are Earl N[cClintock and Lewis W. Silvera. Both are u,ell known in that area, and have a rvide acquaintance' Mr. Silvera has lived in Antioch for 34 years, and Mr. McClintock ior 2O years. They have been associated in the lumber business for tl.re past six years, and have an excellent reputation as merchandisers of lumber and building materials. Mr. McClintock was with the Red'ivood Mauufacturers Co., Pittsburg, for 12 years, and before that was rvith the Hammond I-ttmber Co.. I-os Angeles, lot 12 years'