ikkel Lumher Compq

3382 EL CAMINO AVENUE

Excfusive Sqles Agents:

P.O. BOX 6t55, CCC STATION

SACRAMENTO 2I, CATIFORNIA

KEISEY LUMBER COMPANY-Kelsey, ond Loyolton Coliforniq

FEATHER RIVER TUMBER CO.-Sloqr

Phone: lVqnhoe 7-8675

Teletype: SC-67

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3-4511 Buckeye Chandler 1)ouglas Flagstaff Florence GLendale Maricopa August, 1957 705,050 8r9,260 750,1 5 i 1 ,250, 1 50 27,348 518,310 248,010 9r,826 39,553 276,990 91,505 1,216,t27 1,265,r50 1,167 ,536 26,700 37,650 992,662 400,085 515,130 391,8r7 1,098, l 53 August, 1957 7,000 6,050 96,300 47,543 r,728,337 i1,500 1 1 3,135 9,708,604 664,042 3,713,594 1,680,726 t32,628 282,333 1,016,261 2,835 24,671 271,200 August, 1956 951,170 626,286 755,360 2,890,098 1 69,034 1 09,925 129,237 140,851 452,023 819,478 452,705 1,383,016 1,827,610 288,309 127,500 94,700 3,1 08,460 264,030 i 08,125 98,760 163,406 August, 1956 0 45,58'5 242,000 I 53,.;1 7 386,990 1,500 172,300 7,952,980 396,750 2,038,515 1,860,107 r43,741, 330,025 2,788,055 13,429 6,050 5r2,812 City Ajo Countl' Mcsa Phoenix Pima Coun Ilrescott Tempe Tucson :......:.... Wickenburg Winslow Yuma MAIN OFFICE 260 Calitornio St. Ssn Frqncr'sco, Colil. EXbrook 2-Ol80 I.OS ANGEI,ES OFFICE 541 5 York Boulevqrd CLinton 7-8209 DEL VALLE. KAHMAN & CO.

Mchoguny lmpoiling Moves Offlces

Franklin M. Rawolle, manager of Mahogany Importing 9ompany, announces the move of the firm'i gdneraf officei f-rom Los Angeles to I44t Huntington Drive, South Pasadena, California. The new telephone is RYan 1-2801. "Our new home is located out of the traffic-congested area and we extend an invitation to the trade to drop by and see us," Mr. Rawolle said. The move is effective bct6ber 1.

CALENDAR of cotnlNo EVENTS

October

NATIONAL HARDWOOD LUMBER A.SSOCIATION, 60th annual convention, Hot€l' Sherman, Chicago, Ill., October 1-2-3.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RETAIL LUMBER ASSOCIATION Fall Conference, Biltmore hotel, Santa Barbara, October 2-3-4.

WESTERN WOOD-PRESERVI NG OPERATORS

4F IO_CIATIO_ _N gene_ral meeting, Washington Athletic Club, Seattle, 'Wash., October 4. -

SAN FRANCISCO HOO-HOO CLUB 9 ANNUAL ROUNDUP, Surf Club, San Francisco, Oct. 11.

NORTHWEST HARDWOOD ASSN. Second Annuat Meeting, Winthrop hotel, Tacoina, Wash., Oct. 12. DUBS, Ltd., Diablo Country Club, Danville, Calif., Oct. 18.

SAN DIEGO HOO-HOO CLUB 3 Annual Golf Tournament and Buffet -Supper,. Singing Hills Country Club, Sunday, Oct. 20. (Supper 5:30 p-.m] ladies invitediawards trophies, entertainment. )

LOS ANGELES HOO-HOO CLUB 2 Concatenation. Rodger Young auditorium, Los Angeles, Oct. 24.

November

NATIONAL RETAIL LUMBER DEALERS ASSOCIATION Exposition and Clinics, Sheraton hotel, Philadelphia, Pa., November 4-5-6.7.

NATIONAL PLYWOOD DISTRIBUTORS ASSN. 3-in1 Meeting, Americana hotel, Miami, Fla., Nov. 10-13. (Replaces Fall regionals in Chicago, N. Y. and the South.)

NATIONAL LUMBER MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION annual meeting, Shoreham hotel, Washington, D.C., November 11-13.

DUBS, Ltd., Green Hills Country C1ub, Millbrae, Calif., Nov. 15.

Efgonqts

Dorothy and Clif Roberts spent the end of September vacationing at Grand Canyon and stopped ofi in Las Vegas for some table recreation enroute back to San Diego, where he manages the Benson Lumber Co.

Knute Weidman (COMMANDER, that is !) of Roddiscraft's Palo Alto wholesale lumber division. recentlv completed his annual 2-week hitch with the Naval R-eserve. Cmdr. Knute has been attached to the 28th Air Defense Division at Hamilton AFB as a naval deputy. His tour of duty included a flight to Continental Air Defense HQ at Colorado Springs and the Dth Air Defense Division at Norton AFB near San Berdoo. Visits to the 666th AC&W Squadron atop Mount Tamalpais and the Army's "Nike" installation in Marin county were also part of his crosstraining program with the Air Force. Relai, fellas-Knute's up there protecting us.

F'red Losch and Stanton Swafford, sales executives of E. J. Stanton & Son, Los Angeles, made a swing around the Midwest late last month to call on jobbers and millwork firms in that area.

Gran Geisert, head of Peerless Lumber Co., took a Z-week business trip through the Midwest and East coast last month.

Bill Marquardt of Friend & Terry Lumber Co., Sacramento. is on the mend after sustaining a broken shoulder in an auto accident there early last month.

Srrike Talks in Arizono

Phoenix, Ariz.-Management and union representatives of the lumber industry in Arizona and New Mexico were to meet here Sept. 16 in a bid to'avert a strike bv 2,@0 workers. A federal mediator was due to meet with negotiators to avert a walkout scheduled for the 16th. The old contract expired Aug. 31. P. C. Gaffney, vice-president of Southwelt Lumber Mills, which employs about 8@ of the workmen involved, met with state and regional union officials. Southwest had offered to abide by pay scales set by Northwest mills. Southwest's actions are regarded as the yardstick for the Southwest lumber industrv.

E. L. Bruce Co. Elects Miller

Sydney R. Miller, Jr., assistant to the presi- dent and assistant secretary of E. L. Bruce Co., was elected a director during a meeting of the board September 5. Miller managed El L. p_ruge.Company's hardwood flooring plant in Nashville before taking up executivd duties at the home office.

E. L. Bruce Co. is the world's largest maker of hardwood floorings and is also a leader in hardwood and pine lumber, furniture dimension, floor finishes, waxes, and cleaners. and in termite control.

Stonlon Plqces McGonnell

"Mel" McConnell has been assigned a Southern California sales territory for E. J. Stanton & Son by Stan Swafford. vice-oresideirt. He will handle softwoods, hardrnioods and the specialty items of the wholesale distributing concern. Mel was formerly with 'Western Hardwood Lumber Co. and Sand Door & Plvwood.

Joe Hearin, head of F. L. Hearin Lumber, Medford, was a recent visitor to southern California, where he attended the L. A. County Fair to view the display of his Butte-Pak booth and visited with Herb Meier, the SoCal representative, and various area lumber dealers.

Rolf Stolesen, Durable Plywood's Menlo Park salesmanager, put in two weeks at hard labor last month in "Squawk Valley," where he's building a cabin and getting ready for "Paulson's Olympics."

Marquart-Wolfe Lumber Co. President Horace Wolfe and Mrs. W. toured Nevada, Utah and Idaho last month on business and pleasure, spending some time at Lake Tahoe and Reno.

Ukiah Pine Salesmanager Jack Allenby and wife Edie returned Sept. 20 from two weeks in the South, where they took in the- big Hoo-Hoo doings at Atlanta which he aitended as official delegate of the Black Bart Hoo-Hoo club, of which he was recently elected president. He also spent a rn'eek calling on accounts in the southeast and southwest.

Here's a popular-priced version of always-appealing oak flooring. The walnut pegs of this Bruce Ranch Plank Floor are inserted at the factory. The beautiful finish is factory-applied, too, for economy and durability. Alter-

Bruce Ratch

nating 2/4" and 3/4t' strips with beveled edges help capture the appearance of a costly randomwidth floor. Bruce Rdnch Plank is laid just like any strip floor. It's advertised in full color in leading home magazines. PLIilK

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