FPRS Lumber Grading School To Draw Big Atfendance

nARLY registration indicates an ex-E tremely large attendance for the Lumber Grading School to be held in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Sept. 27th bv the Pacific Southwest Section of Forest Products Research Society, Section Chairman Curtis R. Hay of Neiman-Reed Lumber Company has announced.

The grading school and a symposium on wooden shipping containers will be an all-day affair and banquet and evening session, with all events open to anyone interested in attending.

Participating in the school with the Section will be Douglas Fir Plywood Association, represented by Ken Walters; West Coast Lumbermen's Association, represented by C. F. Ramstrom ; Western Pine Association, represented by Leo Beckstrom; and National Hardwood Lumber Manufacturers Association (representative not announced as of press time).

Morning and afternoon sessions of the school, covering actual grading demonstrations as well as slide-illustrated instructions, will be held at

Great Western Exhibit Center, just east of the Atlantic Street intersection with the Santa Ana Freeway. The schedule for these meetings will be :

8:30 a.m. Western Pine species.

11:00 a.m. Douglas Fir Plywood.

1:30 p.m. Douglas Fir and Hemlock lumber.

4:00 p.m. Hardwoods.

The wooden box panel will consist of three members of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Society of Packaging and Handling Engineers: James Jones, chief packaging engineer for Hughes Aircraft Co., Ground Systems Division; Richard McCann, packaging engineer, Lyon Van and Storage, Industrial Division; and a resident inspector from the military. Moderator of the symposium will be Robert Neiman, president of Neiman-Reed Lumber Co., and secretary of SPHE as well as a member of FPRS.

The evening panel session will follow the society's banquet at Michael's restaurant, at Washington St., and the Santa Ana Freewav. a few blocks from the Great Westein Exhibit Center. Like the other events anyone may attend.

Tickets for the entire school, dinner and symposium are $8.00 if purchased in advance. Checks should be sent to Mr. Joe Miller, c/o Reichhold Chemical Co.,237 Motor Ave., Azusa, Calif., and should be made payable to the Forest Products Research Society. Tickets for the four day-time sessions are $5.00 and for the dinner and panel $5.00 if pur(Conti,nueil on Page 76)

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chased separately. Anyone desiring additional information may telephone Mr. Ole Anderson at Weber Showcase, Los Angeles, at ADams 2-4lll

Because of space limitations the dinner and evening session will be limited to 300 persons, but the morning and afternoon sessions will be able to accommodate more than twice that number. Bleacher type seats have been arranged so that all will have a clear view. Two-way public address systems have been arranged and each session will include a question and answer period.

"We believe the grading school, the first such to our knowledge ever held in this area, is completely in keeping with the purposes of the Society to serve the Wood Products industrv." Hay explained.

"We have no thought that a short course such as this will produce trained lumber graders, but we believe it will present a good, working knowledge of grade and specie differences of inestimable value to those who attend.

"We sincerely hope that just as many persons as possible among the very many involved with lumber-buying, selling, using or designing-in Southern California will take advantage of this program."

Frqnk Andre Hesds Seqttle Hoo-Hoo

Frank Andre, Seattle Lumberman, has been elected president of the Seattle Hoo-Hoo Club for L96l-62, it has been announced by Harry O. Mitchell, retiring secretary. Andre is sales manager of Sam Hale Lumber Company, one of Seattle's Century 2l World's Fair suppliers.

George B. Campbell, Elliott Bay Lumber Co.; treasurer, Wayne Paul Gray, Gene D. Ward. Lumber Brokers.

New directors: Philip E. Holt, Major Line Products Co.; Ernest T. Jones, Architectural Woods Inc.. Tacoma: Sherman D. Terbenson, Fibreboard Paper Products Corp., Hold-over directors are: Ross G. Kincaid, executive vice president, 'Western Retail Lumbermens Assn., Seattle (retiring club president) and Alex Shustoff, Weyerhaeuser Company.

Plans are being laid for observance of National Forest Products Week, October 15-21 with a kick-off dinner Wednesday evening, September 27 at Seattle's Washington Athletic Club, it \,r'as announced by Tom Dolan, chairman of the club's committee, at which time the new officers and directors will be installed. The program is part of a nationwide drive to encourage a greater use of lumber, the primary resource of the Pacific Northwest, Dolan stated.

He has been delegated by the club as its official reoresentative at the 70th annual convention of the International Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo, to be held at Miami Beach, Florida, September 17-20.

Other officers elected are : vice president, Tom W. Dolan, Riverside Lumber Co., Bothell, \A/ash.; secretary,

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