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plywood association. He will be assisted by a staff of three for the present.

Although only 30, Ripley has been a plywood technician since 1938, with time out for wartime Navy service rvhich took him from the Solomon Islands to China. He is rnarried and has two children.

Construction of the branch laboratory building will begin immediately and should be completed ,by the first of the year.

The one-story 72x36 foot laboratory building is to be constructed of Douglas fir plywood inside and out and, in effect, will demonstrate the usefulness of the panel material which today is recognized as a basic building commodity.

Vats for boiling and qoaking panel specimens in the new laboratory are to be of Exterior type fir plywood as well. As an incidental result of similar tests in the Tacoma laboratory, plywood vats were found to be in perfect condition after several years of rugged service.

Plywood specimens from 12 Oregon and California plants will be serviced in the Eugene testing plant. Servicing of specimens for Washington plants will still be done by the Tacoma laboratory which will remain the headquarters for testing operations and plywood research.

These specimens will be selected at the plants by the new statistical quality control method which has proved highly successful at Tacoma. Under this system, a new technique in the forest products industry, samples are taken at random following formulae that assure a representative sampling of all production.

Construction of the new Eugene laboratory is another indication of the remarkable growth of the Douglas fir plywood industry in the Pacific Northwest.

Adds New Privcrte Office

Service Lumber & Supply Co., Bayshore Boulevard, Sau Francisco, recently added a new private office which is occupied by the partners, Bob Gehring and Frank Lignell, The nerv office'permits enlargement of the general office. Weldtex is used on the walls. Sound deadening material is used on the ceiling, and the lighting is fluorescent.

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Firestone Lumber Industries Expand

Opening of a Hollywood-Los Angeles branch, annouuced by T. R. (Tom) Gaines, general sales manager of Firestone Lumber Industries, marks the latest step in a continuing, program of expansion and improvement of the firm's faciI ities.

Heading up the new branch, with offrces in the Socket Building at 840 Seward Street, Los Angeles, is C. B. (Charley) Lyons, well-known California lumberman rvith wide experience in all phases of the industry.

Cornplete dry kiln, planing, remanufacturing ancl storage facilities are provided at the Hollyu'ood brancl.r, similar to Firestone Lumber Industries facilities at San Francisco and Oakland.

The firm nou'handles part or all of the pine, fir and redwood production of 22 n;,ills in Northern California. It also operates two logging shows on which logs are decked during the season and held for winter delivery to associated mills. This plan assures continued deliveries during tl-re off season.

Devoted exclusively to the r'vholesaling of lumlrt:r to domestic and foreign retail yards, the services offered by Firestone Lumber Industries have been carefullv tailored

New Retail Ycrd

John H. Kramer has opened a retail lumber yard at 1111 El Segundo Blvd., Los Angeles, which he rvill operate as the Midway Lumber Company. Mr. Kramer was formerly in the lumber department with Northrop Aircraft Inc.

to the needs of lumber yards. Stocks of sorted and gradecl lumber are maintained at each of the firm's storage yards. Large retail yard orders can be made up for direct delivery to the job site, eliminating the re-handling required by the usual delivery to the retail yards and re-shipment to the job. Direct mill-to-yard to mill-to-job shipments are also handled.

Typical of the facilities and equipment maintainecl by the firm is the San Francisco plant, Idaco Mill & Lumber Company. Occupying 150,000 sq, ft., this plant is served by both rail and truck transportation. Mill shipments received are sorted and graded. Stock for remanufacturing or surfacing goes to the modern mill, equipped with a new 1948 Model Newman 8" x 16t' matcher and Stetson Ross 6" x 15" matcher. Plant is also equipped with 54" resaw, rip saws, trim saws and 100 foot sorting chain. A dry kiln wtih a capacity of 100,000 per week is operated on a 24 hodr per day basis.

A division of Idaco Company, manufacturers of luruber mill equipment, Firestone Lumber Industries has its main offices at 3200 Peralta Street, Oakland. In addition to E. E. Firestone, president, offrcers of the firm include A. E. Soulages and E. Jeffreys, vice presidents.

Yard Gets New Wcrehouse

Viney-Milliken Lumber yard, on North Citrus in Covina, Calif., has added a new, two-story warehouse to its plant. Cement and gypsum will be stored ir-r the new building, u'hich is 20 feet by 48 feet.

Plywood Mills, Inc. operale lwo mqnufocturing plonts for the production of Douglos Fir Plywood, one qt Eugene, cnd rhe other st Willqmino, Oregon. COMPTETE INVENTORY MAINTAINED FOR IM'UIEDIATE SHIPMENT