Oregon Producer filokes World's Longest Plywood Ponel

The job required careful planning and supBrvision by Eugene Knocke, plant manager. Southern Pacific provided a special engine to haul the panel from the plant to the starting point of the parade. It was carried on a vertical framework on three fat cars. The panel was mounted sever feet off the ground at the end of the trip on poles provided by participating firms.

Diamond Lumber Company of Portland, Oregon, has manufactured the world's longest panel of plywood. It is a five-ply Marine Exterior panel of fir plywood /s inch thick. To do the job, President Roy Gould said it tookZ2 scarf-jointed panels of standard size producing a panel with a total of 652 square feet weighing about 1,000 pounds.

The company manufactured the panel as a permanent display at the Tillamook County Fairgrounds to demonstrate the feasibility of producirrg panel components of more than average length. Although plywood firms have been able to make panels up to 4O feet long for years, Diamond has solved the difficult production problems in making panels to virtually any length over that.

Current applications for long length plywood are currently found primarily in railroad cars, trucks and boats. lfowever, Diamond has used panels up to 80 feet long in structural trusses and more and more designers are considering the design possibilities in this type of material.

Diamond made the panel in conjunction with the Tillamook County Fair in Oregon, and the fair was opened with a parade of more than 100 Junior Chamber of Commerce members and Boy Scouts who carried the long ribbon of wood through the streets of Tillamook to the display framework allocated for it.

Stonton Compony Bonquet Welcomes Tim Rqker ond Al Struyvenberg

On the evening of September 15, 4O administrative and sales personnel of E. J. Stanton & Son, Inc., Los Angeles, attended a banquet at the University Club to rvelcome into the wholesale lumber organization Tim Raker, nervly appointed sales manager, and Al Struyvenberg, manager of

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the new importing department established by the concern. Raker is from Pennsylvania and Struyvenberg is a recent arrival from Singapore, where he operated his or,r'n importing and exporting firm in the Far East, including Japan, China and the Philippines.

Tim Raker, well-known Southern California hardwood salesman, has been appointed regional sales manager for E. J. Stanton & Son, Inc., Los Angeles, according to Stanton Swafford, vice-president of the wholesale lumber concern. Raker formerly covered the New York and Pennsyl'i'ania territory for southern hardwood firms and, upon his arrival in Los Angeles, was with the Western Hardwood Company. He also handled hardwood sales {or Stanton following his arrival on the coast. Tim will be in charge of all sales promotion in the southern counties, it was said.

Roy Stanton, Jr. and Stanton Swafford, officers of the firm, were hosts at this special party for the new and old Stantonites.

Rex Woll Hosts 375rh TTT

The 375th Terrible Twenty tournament was held at Virginia Country Club, August 23, with Rex Wall acting as host. There was a big turn-out, with 32 contestants. Tom Fleming won the first flight and Dr. Sorey won the second flight, with scores of 77-5-72, and 87-16-71. Under the new rules, Fleming takes a penalty of trvo strokes for six months on future monthly tournaments. Fleming won in June, too, so the new rule may help to distribute these prizes somervhat.

The tournament at Bel Air Country Club, September ?.6, with the semi-finals coming up for the first six months' medal play, was a "Brunch" deal at 10:30. The plans for our Pebble Beach tournament are made and, according to reservalions, u'e will have the largest tournament of our history on this northern trek. With a big turn-out. Sogq weather; and such golf courses-how can anybody miss it? Boy-that's living !-H. M. Alling.

Troynor & Silver Joins LMANC

The membership and management of the Lumber Merchants Assn. of Northern California last month u'elcomed Traynor & Silver Lumber Company, 4l7l El Camino Real, Palo Aito, to the association's grorving roster of members. I-loyd Milne is manager of the Palo Alto yard.