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Honolulu Hoo-Hoo Hosts Big Crowd

A meeiing of Honolulu Hoo-Hoo, held August l6 ot the fomous Reef Holel in Woikiki, drew more thon IO0 lumbermen from lhe islonds of our 50th slole ond numerous guesls from the moinlond. Top row, from leflr Bob Lowder, monoger lumber division of Americon Foclors, ond John Klopfenstein, soles monoger Georgio-Pocific Corp. Middle: Don McGregor, Wqrd & Horringlon, Fullerton (Colif.I monoger, ond his wife Jessie, with Lloyd Cole of GeorgicPocific, Los Angeles, soying "Aloho." Right: Bill MocBeorh, MocBeoth Hord- wood Co., Son Froncisco. ond Tom Prenfiss, Lewers & Cooke lumber deporlmenl, Honolulu, who is the 1962-63 president of the Howoiion Hoo-Hoo Club. Boflom row, from lefl: Lee Chong, vice president Ciiy Mill Compony, Honolulu, ond Bill Stuorr, Higgins Lumber Compony field soles represenlotive. Middle: John Whitmorsh, vice president Mid-Poc. Lumber Co., Honolulu, ond Dove Rennel, Howoiion Treofing Co,, enlertoining o couple of friends. Right: Clint Holsteod, Honolulu Treoting Compony, ond lwo members of CRA.

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DFPA Publishes Pollet Monuql

A comprehensive pallet design and specification manual that contains all the in' formation necessary to develop plywood pallets {or any industrial use has been published by Douglas Fir Plywood Association, a research and promotional agency for the plywood industry.

DFPA industrial engineers have edited the manual so that it can function as a design tool for the plant engineer who uses pallets, and also as a specification sheet for fabricators who manufacture pallets.

A key feature of the manual is a pallet design sheet. This sheet includes a design data section checklist which, when filled in by the plant engineer, provides a fabricator with all the information he needs to produce pallets for virtually any use. DeCiSn criteria include use exposure, pallet grade, kind and thickness of plywood, lumber class, fastening system.

On the same sheet is a ruled pallet diagram section on which an expioded view of the proposed pallet can be drawn quickly with pencil and ruler. The paper is such that the diagram can be reproduced on standard equipment.

The manual itself includes information on pallet cost analysis factors, plywood types and grades, plywood strength data and load-span tables for various thicknesses of plywood, common fastening systems, and tips on efEcient use of standard plywood panels, including cutting diagrams to arrive at sizes for standard pallet decks. Also dis' cussed is a method for upgrading existing lumber slat pallets with rack-proof plywood decks.

In addition to the general information and the desigrr sheets, the DFPA manual also has a copy of the new specifications for Douglas Fir and Western Softwood Ply' wood Pallets. This is a joint specification developed by the National Wooden Pallet Manulacturers Association and the Douglas Fir Plywood Association.

Single copies of the pallet manual are available free from Douglas Fir Plywood Association, Tacoma 2, Washington. Ask for publication 62'320'

George Hinkle Retires

George R. Hinkle, former Vice President and General Manager of Consolidated Lumber Company, who left the lumber industry August lst, 1962 alter forty-two years, reports growing enthusiasm for retirement.

Starting his career with Consolidated Lumber Company in 1920, Mr. Hinkle, with the exception of a few years with Hammond Lumber Company on Terminal Island, worked his way through many departments of Consolidated Lumber Company in Wilmington, California. He was

Sales Manager for eighteen years before being appointed General Manager in 1955 and later Vice President and General Manager in 1959.

Mr. Hinkle has seen many changes in the lumber industry in his time and has had a hand in the dynamic growth of the Consolidated Lumber Company in the past two decades, where the combined policies of A. J. Macmillan, Ralph D. Russell and George R. Hinkle were carried out to give their customers the best in material and service and to live up to their slogan of "A Satisfied Customer is our First Consideration."

The California Lumber Merchant and his many friends wish George Hinkle many long years of happy retirement.

Socromenlo's Thunderbird Lumber Hii by Spectoculor Bloze

Thunderbird Lumber Co. was struck by a spectacular blaze which was telecast by all Sacramento stations Tuesday evening, August 28. However, owner Orville Eastman and his crew pitched right in the next day and within a week the yard had been restocked and was operating normally.