T\TENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY

As reported in The California Lumber Merchant Oct. 1, 1927

Thc orrtclc.ror lumber ern California. held at nearly 1.50 lumbermen frolic for the lrrmber folks of Southl)el N'Iar Sept. 17, rvas attended b1. and their ladies. u-as electecl president of the llast Oaklarrd. for the ensuing _vear. at held September 16. tournament held lo.

The I-ittle ltiver lledu'ood Compa"ny has completed a neu' and rnodern retail lumber yard at Nladera, California. Thc cntire plant is built of Recln'ood.

The H:rntmond l-umber Company, Los Angeles, held its fifth annual emplovees picnic for the Los Angeles territory at Rose Hill Park, Pasadena. nith about five hundred in attendance.

"Cappy" Slade u'as chairman of the golf at the Brer-rt'n'ood Countrv Club on Sept.

Clenr Fraser, of the Loolt Luml;er & Mill

Bay Hoo-Hoo Club. at a meeting of memlters

The Los Angeles LLro-Hoo Clult resumed meetings for fall, t'ith a u'ell attended meeting at the Elite Caie, September 15. B. \\'. Byrne is president.

-fhe directors of the California \Vhite and Sugar Pine N'Ianufacturers Association held a combined ltusiness and golf meeting at N[cCloud. California, on September 19.

In an illustrated article in this issue, T. K. Partridge, Sales Nfanager for the Southu'estern Portland Cement Company, of Los Angeles, discrrssed "The manufacture and use Company, of PortTand cement."

New Manager fior Ponderosa

Pine \(/oodwork

R. H, Morris

Chicago, September 3, 1952'R. H. N{brris, formerly publisher of American Builder Nfagazine, has been appointed general manager of Ponderosa Pine Woodrvork, F. E. Bissell, Jr., president, announced today.

Nfo:ris, who has spent over 23 years in building industry publication rvork, is .rvell knolvn for the campaign he led lvhich resulted in the enactment of the National Housing Act of 1934.

l\{orris was chosen by the Ponderosa Pine \\roodrvork Executive Committee for his u'ide knorvledge of the Building Industry. He steps into his new position at a time n,hen the Association is launching its biggest and most vigorous program to date.

R. H. Moriis l-ras s,orked closely rvith such organizations as National Association of Home Builders and National Retail Lumber Deale:s Association. He is u'ell acquair-rted among leaders of the manv state and regional lurnber dealer associations.

Home Market Ior Nonwhites

Housing con<l:tions for nonwhites improved considerablv during the past decade, but there is still a large, unmet market for adequate housing for them, according to "Housing of tl-re Nonwhite Population 1940 to 1950," just published by the Housingand Home FinanceAgency. Preparedbythe I{HFA's I)ivision of Housing Research, the booklet is available lor 25 cents from the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Governnrer.rt Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C.

Calaveras Installs Fourth Kiln

The nerv fourth kiln at the San Andreas, California plant of Calaveras Cement Company ri'ent into production early in September.

Its start marked the completion of an expansion and modernization program costing in excess of $2,500,000. It r,vill increase plant capacity by approximately 50 per cent.

H. C. "Pat" \[aginn, executive vice-presider-rt and chairman of the management committee, expressed the hope that the additional p:oduction rvill help prevent future cement shortages such as those tvhich occured in Northern Califo:nia during 1950 and 1951.

Produced by Nloore Dry Dock Companv (Oakland, Calif.) under subcontract from Allis-Chalmers Mar-ruf acturing Ccmpany, Miln'aukee, Wisconsin, the kiln is an exact duplicate of the company's third kiln rvhich r,vas installed at San ;\ndreas in 1916. It is 360 feet long, r,vith a diameter of ll feet 3 inches.

Related equipment installed u'ith the kiln also has gone into operation at the Calaveras plant. This includes raw grinding mills, a $250,000 dust collector, a cooler, quarry equipment and blending and storage silos.

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