Pacif ic ltire Products Co.

COMPTON, CALIFORNIA

DI r ersovrqts

A transplanted San Francisco bachelor, Pete Kepon, ran ag'round in the Southland soon :rf ter his transfer bv Arcata Redn,rod Co. 1,, L,,s .\ngelei where he t'tlices rvith J. J. Rea. He sttrrendered his "bachelor's <legree" in San Gabriel. Oct. .5. to pretty'Barbara Hunter, u'ho u'as an airlines reservations clerk before the rvedding.

Drake's Ba1' Luml>er Kingpin Mack Giles represented Redu'ood Empire Hoo-Hoo at the Atlanta International last month. N{ack, n'ho is norv serving as president of the Empire club, worked in serreral l>usiness ca11s in

Southwestern states on l-ris return trio to San Rafael.

Ed Fountain, of the Los Angeles lumber firm of the same narne, has gone deer hunting u'ith Chuck Bou'es of Charles Borves Advertising in Los Angeles. They u,ere joined in I)er-rver by Tecl l3orves, the father, and four brothers of Chuck for a trip through northern Colorado, Uterh and \\tyomine. This is an annual affair and in tl-re past they l-rave all been "lucky."

Fred Lamon, head of the Lamon I-umber Co., San Francisco, \-isited mil1 connections as far north as I'ortland for tu.o September u'eeks.

Don Bufkin of the Los Angeles office of Hobbs Wall Lumber Co.. u'ho has just been named Custocatian on the Supreme Nine of Hoo-Hoo International, will attend the lirst meeting of the new Nine and board of councillors at the Schroeder hotel in NIilu'aukee ("Home of the l3raves"), Oct. 18-19. Supreme Bufkin r,vill represent Jurisdiction 6, the rvestern states, b1' flying east the "rerl carpet" route.

Fred Talbot, Jr., partner in Talbot Lumber Co., San l{afael, and board cl-rairman of the new National Lumber Exchange, Portland, has returned from three rveeks in tl-re east on busiNESS.

Lloyd Webb has just returned from another trip to the mill country for E. J. Stanton & Son, Los Angeles.

Al Kelley, the Prince of Alameda Island, spent a couple of September rveeks visiting neighboring potentates in Harvaii, accompanied by Mrs. K. and an entourage from the Alameda Chamber of Commerce. The oartv fleu' lroth rr'als and returned riith- high praise f6r the accommodations ut.td service at the Halelsulsui hotel on \Vaikiki Ileach.

Bob Bufkin is now rvorking for Frank Click on the order desk at Weverhaeuser Sales Co. in l-os Angeles. Yonng l3ufkin, Don's boy, has a u'elirounded education in lumber, having securecl his basic training at the mill level and sales experience rvith Dant & Russell arrd Atlas I-umber Company in L. A.

Henrv Winfree of Winfree & Tvnan. San Francisct-r. scouted Redn'ood Highu,ay mills last month. On tl-re return trip he looked over the remains of tl-re Lon' Bros. sarvmill, just south of Piercy, u'hich lr.as destroyed by fire Sept. 17 at an estimated $40,000 loss.

H. Park Arnold, president of Kilr anis International and head of the Fox-Woodsum Lumber Co., Glendale. is planning an early trip to Europe on offi cial Kirvanis Lrttsiness.

Fairhurst Lumber Co. Salesmanager Chuck Noble visited Humboldt countv sollrces of supply the rveek of September 23.

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Wisconsin Knife Works (Box 309, Beloit, Wis.) Bulletin No. 20O is a nel'. 2-color illustrated catalog covering complete line of standard, special and commonly used Clamp T Slot heads used on moulders and matchers in stock; Bulletin No. 801 covers complete instructions on shaper knives, recommendations on grinding rvheels and list of standard safety regulations for woodrvorking machinery.

Sample copies of White Motor Company's 35th annual edition of the COST RECORD BOOK are available from its Cleveland 1, Ohio, headquarters.

CREA Presidenr Hoils Gqlif. Future

"Economic progress and confidence in the future of California have never been at higher levels," J. Mortimer Clark, San Francisco, president of the 25,000-member California Real Estate Assn., said following his recent tour of the 148 real estate boards in the state. "All urban areas show their share of the 156O people who are increasing the population of the state every day." He said that San Diego county is racing with Alameda county to become the second largest county of the state, while Sacramento county is reaching for the 500,000 mark.

"Huge mills and factories are being built from Eureka in the north to National City in the south," he pointed out. He cited the brand new multimillion-dollaq Johns-Manville plant in Stockton now ready for operation.

Speaking of homebuilding, he said that while it is down this year, the Los Angeles area is only 2/o below 1956, and he cited the definite trend in construction of multiple residential units this year, with a 50/o increase of this type in Los Angeles county. He said an "unusual demand" for housing exists in the San Diego area this year.

Realtors, the CREA president concluded, are enjoying an excellent year in sales, up I2/o this June over last year. The price of homes has been strong, with increases in many areas, he reported

Gorlmon to MocBeoth Hqrdwood

The association of Willis Carlman with MacBeath Hardwood Co. is announced by K. E. "Mac" MacBeath, veteran Bay Area hardwood lumberman. Carlman, for the past 10 years manager of Berkeley Hardwood Co., has had over 20 years of hardwood experience in the East Bay area, INDUgTRtAt