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Hqmmond Lumber Compony

The west Santa Ana retail yard of the Hammond Lumber Company is booming these days under the experienced guidance of Don Bellamy, manager, and Don McMains, salesmanger, of the progressive merchandising building materials concern.

In the storage yard of the 5-l acre plant, everything is available to the homebuilder and contractor. It makes no differeirce if the need of the customer is iust a few boards. a panel or two or material for a full-tract development, the Hammond staff is alert and trained to the situation at hand. "We carry complete stocks for the week-end remodel job as well as a two-million b.f. inventory to service builders and contractors," said Manager Bellamy.

The Hammond Santa Ana retail facility is located in the heart of Orange county, reputed to be the fastest-growing area in the Southland. It requires the services of five trucks, several mobile units of yard equipment and a six-car Pacific Electric spur track to keep material flowing to the various jobs.

"Our volume is unlimited," said Salesmanager McMains. "Anything from a single board to a trainload, or truck and trailer load, can be handled by our effrcient staff," he continued. At present it recuires 2O vard and ordermen to handle the ever-increasing- volume 'of materials moving through the yard.

In addition to the various standard items of softwood lumber, this retail establishment stocks hardwood and softwood panels, roofing, shingles, paint and builders hardware. It is a one-stop builders' supply house "and what we haven't got in our inventory we will obtain immediately from one of our other locations," said Manager Bellamy.

"We try in every way to keep abreast of the various (Continued on Page 64)

long-Bell Sends Whire to New Sire

Longview, Washington-Julian M. White, Jr., has been named general manager of the Chelatchie, Washington, plywood and lumber operation of International Paper eompany's Long-Bell Division, announces H. G. Kelsey, general manager of Long-Bell Division's western operation-s. The Chelatchie plants are now in early stages of construction. They are cxpected to be in operation the middle of l96f.

White moves up from his present position as general manager of Long-Bell's Vaughn, Oregon, branch. He has been associated with the Long-Bell organization all his business life.

Henry G. Reents has been named to succeed White as gen-eral manager at V_aughn, Oregon. lfe was assistant gen- eral manager at the Weed branch. White and Reents will assume their new duties immediately and will move to their new locations in the near future.

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