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place for relaxation. After visiting Kings River Natl. Park, we wiU head back to L. A. for the grind."

The Eil Fountalns, Sr, and Jr. of Los Angeles, reported good dove hunting on the open- ing day in Imperial Valley. There could have been trouble, they claim, if the guns would have lined-up properly.

Something of a legal load record was handled last month when Carmel Builders Supply Company's Ken',vorth truck (the "Blue Goose") loaded and delivered 35,998 b.f. of 2X8 dry white fir selected decking. The order, placed through Hedlund Lumber Sales, was picked up at l'orward Bros. Lumber Co. in Redding and the load f'rossed out just under 51,000 lbs,

A clipping at hand from the Art Ryon column in The Los Angeles Times reports the columnist's meeting with Lathrop K. Lelshman on the evening stroll in Balboa. Writes Ryon about the executive of the Crown City Mill & Lumber Co., Pasadena: "We window-shopped in the island village and, on the way back to the ferry, encountered Lathrop K. Leishman sitting idly on the wall under a street lamp watching the passers-by. 'Lay,'who is highly successful in the lumber business in Pasadena and was president of the Tournament of Roses Assn. several years ago, was musing about a Mediterranean cruise he and his family are taking in November. We chatted briefly about shipboard life and then we walked on and 'Lay' sat down on the wall again."

Corrlne Adams of the H. M.

Nelson Lumber Co., Montebello, spent the last two September weeks basking in the sun and swimming pools around Phoenix for her annual vacation.

Harry McCa.ll, who represented Clay Brown & Company in Oakland until that oflce was recently closed, is now on the road in the Valley region for Western Lumber Sales of Stockton.

Don "Jetaway" Jewett, general salesmanager of Independent Building Materials Co., Torrance, spent the first of September covering the Pacific Northwest for IBMC and also spent several days in San Francisco looking over office locations.

Those statistically minded thieves are back in SaJr Francisco again. Ike Zafranl, owner of Harbor Lumber Company down by F isherman's Whart, went down to the ofrce to do a little Saturday work the 10th of September and found he'd been cleaned out of office equipment again the first time being in April of this year. Just in case the clerical burglars plan further business with lumbermen, here's the list of the loot: one electric IBM typewriter (tan), two Friden calculators (gray), one Remington manual typewriter (black) and one Odhner adding machine (gray).

Don Muller Joins Hobbs Woll To Expond Sourhlcrnd Srqff

Don Muller, 15-year wholesale veteran of Soutlern California, has joined the sales staff of Hobbs Wall Lumber Company in San Marino in charge of the fir and pine department, according to Don Bufkin, Southland sales manager of the concern.

Muller (right) has been in lumber distribution in the Los Angeles area since the close of World War II. He will represent bhe Marinland Lumber Company of San Rafael, shippers of Douglas fir and pine, along with the redwood handled by Hobbs Wall.

"We a.re increasing our coverage and service in the southern market and species shipped will include all softwoods along with the famous Hobbs Wall redwood line," said Bufkin. "We have splendid sources of supply and intend to increase our steady coverag:e of this market," he continued.

Don Muller will concentrate his sales efrort in the southern area, including Orarge, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial counties, it was said.

Jcpon Plywood Exporters' Associotion Announces Suspension of Portion Of July-December Voluntory Gluoto

Information just received from the Japan Plywood Exporters' Association announces export quota suspensions o1.40/o for Lauan hardwood plywood and 20/o for indigenous hardwood plywood destined for export to the Americas, in an amount of 93.8 million surface sq. ft.

This suspension does not apply to a carryover of 60 million sq. ft. of the unused quota of January through June. The suspension and the resultant quota apply to the second half of 1960 and take into account the fact that a substantial portion of the third quarter quota has already been shipped.

As revised, the original quota for the second half of 1960, including the carryover, will be reduced to 232.2 million sq. ft. for the second half, making a total quota for 1960 of 590.2 million sq. ft., a reduction of 169.8 million sq. ft. from 1959's quota of 760 feet.

Japan Plywood Exporters' Association announces that in the event consumer demand for the second half later exceeds the 232.2 million feet authorized, that all or a portion of the 93.8 million sq. ft. suspended can be reinstated so as to prevent an artificial shortage from developlng.

JPEA announces that the suspended quotas for manufacturers have been decided only for the third quarter. but total quantities of manufacturers' quotas aie expected to be the same as for the exporters for the total year 1960. The revised manufacturers' quota for the third quarter stands at 126.2 million sq. ft., with Lauan accounting for 97.3 and indigenous hardwood plywood accounting foi28.9 million sq. ft.

-Nafional Forest Products Week , October 16-22-