Twerty'FlveTears Ago

As Reported in the October,Ig3g,Issue of the California Lumber Merchanr, Esr. 1922

Leonord G. Ilammond, president of Hamlmond Redwood 'Co., was elected president of the California Redwood Association at the group's director's meeting in San Francisco.

C. H. Garner has been appointed general manager of the San Joaquin Lumber Co., Stockton, Calif. He was formerly with the Hayward Lumber & Investment Co., Los Angeles.

Ed Fountain and Stuart C. Smith have announced that they will operate under the name of Fountain-Smith and will be the new Southern California representatives for the firms formerly represented bV Doud-Smith.

ili James B. Overcast, Strable Hardwood Co., I;;,t Oakland, has been elected president of the fi.r. East Bay Hoo-Ifoo Club No.39. Tom Bren. son, Melrose Lumber & Supply, was named 1" vice president; Carl R Moore was reelected :: secretary-treasurer and G. W. Sechrist, ft"r loop Lumber & Mill, Alomeda, was sp- ffl.:r. pointedsergeant-at-arms.

Iloward Coor-Pender, formerly general manager of the Graves Co,, Los Angeles, has joined the MacDougall Door & Plywood Co., Los Angeles.

Luther H. Atkinson, formerly general manager for the U.S. Gypsum Co., Chicago, has returned to the Weyerhaeuser organization as assistant to F. K. W'eyerhaeuser, president of General Timber Service, Inc.

Ralph M. Rounds has announced the formation of the Rounds frading Co., with offices in San Francisco. The new organization will deal in forest products and enga.ge in shipping and commission business.

Norman C. Sawers of J. Fyfe-Smith Co., Vancouver, B.C., was elected ppesident of the Pacific Coast Wholesale Hardwood Distributors Association at the group's annual convention. C. R. Taenzer, American Hardwood Co., Los Angeles, was elected vice president.

G. 'W. Dow, owner of the Lone Pine Lumber & Supply Co., Lone Pine, Calif., and Mrs. Dow have returned home. They were survivors of the British liner Athenia which was torpedoed ofr the coast of Ireland when returning from a visit of the $candinavian countries. They were rescued by the,yacht Southern Cross, and later transferred to a freighter for the trip to New York.

P. T. Burns has been appointed manager of the Burton-Doak Lumber Company's yard at Lindsay, Calif.

Fred Morehouee and H. D. Crockett have joined the sales force of ,Anglo California Lumber Co., Los Angeles.

Ilewey Lapham, mill manager for Hogan Lumber Co., Oakland, reports that his 6rm has installed dipping equipment for treaL ing sash with "Wood Life," which has a preservative and waterproofi.ng efrect on wood.

E E Belknap, retail lumberman of Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, won the grand prize in the Certigrade Shingle Contest, sponsored by the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau for the best promotion idea for the sale of shingles. Second prize went to W. F. Knox of Ashland, Ore.

Spence Anderson of Portland, Ore., has bought the Forward Bros. Lumber Co. distributing yard at Red Bluff, Calif. The name has been changed to Red BIuf Lumber Co., and James Thompeon has been named manager. Former-owners Alva and Lorin Forwrd will continue to operate their yard at Manton, Calif.

Francis Mandis, formerly with Ganahl Lumber Co., Santa Barbara, is now asse ciated with the Peoples Lumber Co., in Ventura, Calif., as a salesman.