When You Buy PRESSURE TREATED TUMBER

Nolan, Lloyd Russell, C, A. Smith, W. J. McDermott, Harry McGahey, Jerry Sullivan, Jr., L. B. Neill, Glen Miner, Knute Rinde, F rank Meyer, W. S. Cowling, George Klicka, George Johnson, Rex Hall, Frank Park, El. B. Culnan and Earl McCormick. Meeting with the committees, Oct. 12, in San Diego on final arrangements were CRLA President Harry A. Lake, Paul Hallingby, Dee Essley and C. W. Pinkerton.

The new South Sound Lumber Sales office of Puget Sound Associated Mills is a new advertiser in this issue, with Georg'e S. Melville as its southern California representative . Home-building in San F'rancisco set a -year record in September with $376,500 in permits issued. . The theme of the full-page Ad of the Pioneer-Flintkote Company in this issue is "How to Get MORE BUSINEISS This Fall and Winter" . Union Lumber Company salesman Ray Shannon visited the mill at Fort Bragg , .Roy A. Dalley, North Coast district manager at Seattle of the NationalAmerican Wholesale Lumber Assn., concluded a week's calls on wholesalers around San F rancisco Caspar Hexberg is back in the San F rancisco ofrce of lJnion Lumber Company within a week of an accident in which he broke one of his leg bones L. C. Hammond has been appointed general salesmanager of the Hammond Lumber Co. and the Hammond & Little River Redwood Co., and H. W. Colo was named manager of the mill and logging operations.

Ila,wey W. Koll is now associated with John Olson, Los Angeles wholesaler, calling on the retail trade to which he is wellknown California Panel & Veneer Co. is plugging its well-known Dealer policy in its Front-Cover advertisement in this issue

The "Palco Personality" in No. 10 of the series of The Pacific Lumber Company advertisements currently running: is "the Sacramento Valley's own Gus Kramer." The Ad says Gus is just a "country boy" from Pittsburg but, oh ! how he knows his Redwood. Says he pounded up and down the state for 15 years spreading the gospel of Redwood until he saw the light and knocked on the door of Palco; claims he liked the heat of the Valley so well he wanted to concentrate there. Ad further declares Gus sleeps on Palco Bark after mailing in his unfailing orders to the mill

E. L. Schedln of the Lancaster (Calif.) Lumber Co. was named manager of Hammond's yard at San Bernardino, replacing James L. Green, who resigtred . J. F. Ravenscroft has resig:ned from the Western Pine Association to join the Ivory Pine Company in sales work and office management.

D. M. Ifolsinger has completed a new office building at his Yucaipa retail yard More than 50 lumbermen. their families and friends traveled to Calaveras State Park, Sunday, Oct. 6, for the fifth a"nnual reunion of the "Parson" Simpkin Memorial. The Northern California directors of the CRLA and the secretaries held a business meeting, and talks were given by Prof. Emanuel f'ritz and Dealer l)ea.n Prescott. Abe Lyman, the former Orpheum Circuit performer, and Ga,rnet Fraser were guests of Lee Walker. Guests included Joseph

Simpkin, E. T. Robie, C. D. LeMaster, Jo Shepard, C. G. Bird, Tom Gardner, George Cornwall, H. A. Lake, Dee Essley, B, J. Boorman, Carl R. Moore, Gordon Pierce, Warren Tillson, Jim Gartin, Ira Brink, Chas. Tripler, Jim Mclleon, Geo. Meissner and many more . . Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt was presented a giant key made of California redwood on her visit to the Exposition at San Diego L. O. Green of Gamerston & Green, San F rancisco, called on Humboldt county and Northwest mills on a business trip with his wife Frank L. Fox of the F ox-Woodsum Lumber Co., Glendale, attended the 15th annual convention of the California-Nevada district of Kiwanis fnternational at Del Monte.

Geo. W. I)ulany, Jr. was to address the Executive committee of the NLMA at its regional meeting: in Chicago, Oct. 15-16, while Col. W. B. Greeley reports for the WCLA G. If. Laurie, formerly with the Powell Lumber Co. at E'ontana. Calif.. is opening the F'ontana Lumber Co. Fred ,tr. Wood, president of the E,,K. Wood Lumber Co., Bellingham, visited the L. A. and S. F. offices . Port Orford Cedar business is holding up well, reports Geo. A. Ulett of Coquille, Ore., on a visit to the California agent, Ja,mes L. HaJl . Aaron O. Smith, manager of the Grenfell Lumber Co. yard at Butte City, was drowned in the Sacramento river, Sept. 21, in a boating accident

T. E. Eckstrom, former southern California manag:er, was named general manager of Pacific Mutual Door Co. at Tacoma headquarters. He is succeeded by Roy Fobos in Los Angeles . San Bernardino area dealers have constructed a model home of $8,000 value on Edgehill Road in cooperation with the Realty Board . The Southern Calif. Wholesale Lumber Assn. was organized in Los Angeles, Oct. 11, with an Elxecutive committee including the firms of MacDonald & Bergstrom, Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., and Tacoma Lumber Sales Fred Golding has returned to the lumber field with a job at Globe Lumber Co. in L. A.

Geo. C. Stone, formerly with the El Verano Lumber Co., is owner and manager of the new Boyes Springs (Calif.) Lumber Co. Carl Watts, salesman for the Forsyth Hardwood Co., San F'rancisco, vacationed by boat to Marshfield and Portland Joe Bogers, manag'er of the Square Deal Lumber Co., Salinas, and his wife welcomed a baby girl, Sept, 28 The

Union Lumber Company's advertising "character," "Red" Wood, says: "1935 is a better year for California poultr5rmen and they can be. sold Noyo Redwood and Noyo Shingles for their necessary improvements" . Fra,ncis W. Pool, TPL Arizona representative, and Ted O'Malley of the O'Malley Lumber Co. were visitors from Phoenix . B. W. Byrne, secretary of Western Hardwood Lumber Co., Los Angeles, vacationed in the Northwest Henry Ifess returned to San Francisco from his summer home in Sonoma county Ha5rward Dill, manager of the Dill Lumber Co. at Arlington, and his wife are traveling in the Orient . . C. H. White general maneger of White Brothers, San F rancisco, visited members of the well-known pioneer Vance lumber family at Eureka on his vacation . . The "Ten Years Ago" column in this issue says that Frank N. Glbbs, the Anaheim dealer, made the first reservation on the special train to carry southern California lumberrnen to the 1925 convention of the CRLA in F'resno, Oct. 30-31. The column also reports that Rod Hendrlckson of San F rancisco was named Junior HooIIoo on the Supreme 9 at the annual HooIfoo convention in Spokane,

Record Attendqnce Anticipoted ot NBttlDA's 9rh Annuol Gonvention

A record attendance of 850-900 persons is anticipated at NBMDA's 9th annual convention to be held at the Palmer Ilouse in Chicago, Illinois, November 16-17-18-19.

Two and one-half days of the session will be spent by the wholesale distributors in discussing operating techniques and more specific subjects aimed at increasing efficiency of the warehouse through cost reductions.

In addition, a full day will be devoted to meeting with manufacturers and a formal program has been developed which will provide top management executives to discuss their particular phase in the distribution of materials.

M. C. Blackstock, NBMDA president, stated tl"rat continued growth of the association in 1960 forcibly indicates the need for a national association of wholesale distributors. He further pointed out that sales of NBNIDA members in 1960 will be-close to the $1 billion mark.

Further details regarding reservations for the convention may be secured by writing the executive of,frce of National Building Material Distributors Association at 22 West Monroe Street, Chicago 3, Illinois.

-National Foresl Producfs Week October l6-22-

Bquer Did rhe Work but Pierce Won rhe 4l2fh TTTourney Anywoy

The 4l2th Terrible Twenty tournament was held at Bel Air Country Club, September 23. Bob Pierce q125 "165f"he told the Club we were coming and then went antelope hunting! (Bauer did the work.) And Pierce n'ith his local knowledge and a rhythmic swing, shot a 41-39-80, which, with his 11 handicap, wol1 the tournament hands down, even with his Z-stroke penalty for a previous win. lfe brorrght his rhythm to the gin table and cleaned out his two guests. Wally Prnessing won the higher bracket with his 89-15-2-76.

In the match play, Bauer beat Osgood, Bohnhoff beat Bowles, wl-rich brings up the finals for the 1st six months torrrnament in November, with Bauer playing Rodecker, ancl Huck playir-rg Bohnhoff.

Emil Lug has become a new member of our organization. He was nominated bv Ed Bauer. a member of-Hacienda C.C., and is connected with L. A. Millwork Co., 936 East Slauson, L. A. 11; telephone AD 3-8285.

The stage is set for our trek to Monterey, October 26-28. Forty rooms are reserved at the l\4ark Thomas Inn, and time reserved at Monterev Peninsula Country Club. Thursclay morning, and Cypress, Friday morning.-Hotel reservations should be made direct with the Inn. We had 79 last year for dinner and it looks like a similar gathering this year.

Where in the world could you beat tl-ris set-up for a lover of golf ?

See you \A'ednesday afternoon, October 26th.-H. M. Alling.

-National Forest Products Week October l6-22-

Weslern Pine Shipments Reflect Slower Pqce of Housing Stqils

Portland-The report for second quarter, 1960, production and shipments of Western Pine region lumber and estimate of probable third quarter, 1960, shipments, issued by W. E. Grifree, secretarymanag:er of the Western Pine Association, says:

"The continued slump in housing starts made itself increasingly felt during the second quarter in the demand for lumber from sawmills of the Western Pine region. At the same time, lumber was being produced at a near-record rate.

"Preliminary estimates place second-quarter production at 2420 million feet, down only 2.4o/o from the second quarter of last year. Production of 4456 million for the first six months was up 1.4/e from a year ag'o.

"Second-quarter shipments are estimated at 2318 million feet, otr 9.0/o from the booming second quarter of 1959. Shipments for the first half of the year were off 6.7/e.

"Failure of the industry to adjust production to demand has