New Lqncoster Yqrd, Pole-storoge Shed At T,W&J SoGol Sites

With the acquisition of Mt. Whitney's Lancaster yard last month, Tarier, Webster & Johnsqq Inc., now has six concentration-yard operations in the Southern California area, according to Bob Wells, general manager of the company affairs in the southern district.

The five-acre plant in Lancaster will continue as a distribution operation to serve all of the Antelope Valley and Mojave desert area, it was said. Complete stocks of softwoods and general building materials will be maintained for wholesale distribution as an independent TW&J facility. Fred C. Robben, veteran lumberman from Colorado wiih two years' service with TW&J, has been named manager 9f lhe new yard. He obtained all of his lumber experience in Denver and about a year and a half with Mt. Whitnev T,umh_er Company before taking over the Lancaster opeta- tion. It requires the services of eight employes and-four mobile units of equipment to keep things humming out there on the desert.

In line with the expansion program, TW&J has erected

Pauliire and Glen Marquand of M & M Builders Supply, Tracy, Calif., left Mark Kelley minding the store when they left Oct. 9 for a few weeks of Hawaiian sun and surf.

Rex Warkentine of the Ed Fountain Lumber Co. and his wife Mary have returned from a 2-week vacation in which thev flew jet to Canada with stop-offs in Denver, Kansas City and Chicago to locate relatives they had not seen in some 28 years.

Vice-President Fred Smales and Southern California Manager Don Braley returned to U. S. Plywood Corp. in Los Anseles this month from the east coast, where Mr. Smales conductrd division sales meetings, and sales stops in the midwest and south.

Steady progress is reported in Ward Hig- gins' recuperation at Alameda hospital from a heart attack, August l. The executive is expected to be back at J. E. Higgins Lumber Co. before long now.

Ed Karst anil John ffanson spent the Oct. 3 weekend in Scottsdale, Ariz., in conferences with executives of Kaibab Lumber Co.. which they represent on the pacific coast.

"Brownie" Markstrom and his wife spent several September days in northern Califor- nia, with a Golden Gate weekend of fun enroute home to the Markstr.om Lumber Sales in Torrance.

The Oroville 'millman, Oscar Hedlund, owner of Oscar Hedlund Co., is now rej ported recovering rapidly from injuries received in an accident at the end of his planer, Sept. 24.

Harbor Plywood's western branches sales exec, Mal Hill, flew to Phoenix last month to confer with the new branch manag€r there, Bob Barker, who took over Sept. ll after ending his association with Soutlwest Glass and Millwork of Phoenix.

_ Loren Hall, salesmanager of Hazel Valley Lumber C_o_m_pany, Diamond Springs, Calii., and Mrs. Hall went to Los Angelei for thc World Series and to visit frienJs in the in_ 9utq{. Mr. Hall, who is also salesmanager for Diamond Springs Lumber S.les, fornir_ Iy -managed The California Door Co-pany before joining the northern California mlnu_ lacturer.

Hank Stonebraker, Fluor Corp. stalwart, and Mrs. S. stored up suntan and trooical breezes during their long-awaited two_week Hawaiian vacation last month.