New Mcrson Supplies Office, Wcrrehouse Nenr Freewoys for Better Deoler Service

They had something to celebrate last month at Mason Supplies, Inc., when Paul Sink, general manager of the building materials firm, opened tl-re beautiful new rvarehouse and offices located at 524 South Mission Road, Los Angeles, adjacent to the freeways yet in the very heart of the central district of the metropolitan area.

The new 25,000-square-foot structure is completely fireproof, has a four-ca.r Union Pacific spur and a loading dock to accommodate over 20 trucks for the efficient handling of customer shipments. In addition to tl-re large general sales offices, the building houses two modern private offices for administrative and accounting personnel.

Mason Supplies was established more than 15 years ago to service retail dealers with standard brand building materials. On July 12 last year, fire completely destroyed the u'arehouse and stock, and this pioneer firm had to start from scratch to re-establish its business.

The brand new $150,000 home is a monument to the faith this concern has in Southern California dealers and the potential growth of this trade area. All items have been restored to inventory that were pr€cluded immediately following the fire, and complete stocks are presently available, according to paul Sink.

In addition to the hundreds of standard brand materials distributed by Mason Supplies, a ne\\. line has been addecl since moving into the neu' location. A full line of Crystal Silica Company products, which u,ill include stucco san<l, glass sand, blasting sand and processed sand, will be carried in stock for dealers and industrial users. Richard K. Harper, representative of Crystal Silica Co., says that Mason Supplies is the only distributor in Southern California for his company's materials.

"We are expanding our sales and service throughout our entire trade area," Paul Sink declared. ,,We are looking torvard the future .ivith an optimistic point of vieu, and rve shall continue to offer the dealers of all Southern

California the best possible delivery service available. Our policy of expansion will also include additional salesmen to service accounts throughout the southland," he continued. Members of the hard-hitting sales staff of Mason Supplies besides Manager Sink, are Don Cook, Tony Marquez, Art Reysa, Dick Becker and Warren Wheatcroft.

"We hope the dealers will stop by and see our nerv home when they are in our neighborhood," Sink said, "because we believe we have one of the finest wholesale facilities of its kind in the West."

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Donf & Russell's Seth Butler R.etires After 54 Yeors in lumber

Late in the afternoon of September 14, Seth Butler entered an elevator on the fifth floor of the Dant & Russell Building at 274 Front Street, in San Fran' cisco, and took his last ride as a Dant & Russell employee to the street belo'iv. Seth, who announced his retirement after 50 years of lumber experience, had spent the last 2l years of this time with Dant & Russell, Inc., in both sales and a supervisory capacity.

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In April of. 1919, his wounds healed, Butler became a

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