Thornburg Builders Mart of Santa Maria

Although it rained for four solid weeks following his grand openingprompting owner Jack Thornburg to wonder "if we were going to be one of the shortestlived lumberyards in the trade"116 weather finally cleared, business improved and at present Thornburg Builders Mart is really humming with a seven-man crew including Jack.

Thornburg Builders Mart officially opened its doors and cash register at l3l0 Betteravia Road, Santa Maria, with a grand opening March 3-4. The two-acre yard is Cyclone-fenced and completely new from the ground to the ridges of the combination store-warehouse and lumber shed.

All buildings and equipment are painted an eye-catching pink, and the entire oper- ation is geared to the do-it-yourself trade and small remodeling and custom builders in the area.

A well diversified stock of builders hardware and supplies, paints and tools is attractively displayed in the new showroom. The warehouse immediately adjoining the store protects a good clean inventory of dry lumber, mouldings, building materials, construction and interior finish plywoods and heavy hardware. Interestingly, Thornburg carries a complete line of hardwoods in five species in stock.

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In some new so-called "builditrg centers" you really have to hunt to find lumber, but Thornburg Builders Mart is in the lumber business, too. Well over half of the twoacre yard is devoted to storage of construction iumber" neatly arrang"J for all-mechanical handling and well protected {rom sticky fingers by a brand-new Cyclone fence.

With plenty of parking area along the front and side of the new store-and unless another protracted storm comes along leaving Jack to consider the building of a 20th century Noah's ArkThon-rburg Builders Mart should be a sure-fire winner in an area of much growth potential.

Curved Fence Adds Intimocy

To create intimacy in a back or side yard, many a landscape architect today is using a curved fence or section of a fence curved.

This break from straieht and often severe lines proves to be a most welcome accent in most yards. The curved fence does everything a straight fence will do, but it can do more. For instance,. you can set a play or lounging area within the protection of the curve and create an intimate area which a straight fence would never give in the reioil lumber business; prior lo thol he wos for mony yeors wilh the Homer T. Hoyword Lumber orgonizclion. Middle left: qssislonl mondger

Al Jones and-Jock Thornburg cought in the ocl of replenishing the Pqint dePdrtmenl. Righl: yord crew busily cuttirg fences; during short lime it's been open. ihe firm hos devaloped o good fencing business.

Botton lefl: Allon, one of Thornburg's six employees, proudly poses beside one of lhe compony's new trucks; oll equipmenl is pointed eye-cotching pink to molch showroom ond wqrehousei hucks oct og fovorqble odvertisement on wheels. night: Thornburg ond his new hordwore dePortmenh woll displcys arc olt pegboord wilh odiusloble shelves.

A curved fence is easilv built. You will use the same, long-lasting western red cedar posts and probably cedar top and bottom rails between posts on which you will fix your pickets or fence boards. The only thing about a curved fence is the frame. You can get an almost perfect curve by using shorter rails, possibly four feet long, and spacing your fence posts four feet apart. Some architects curve the rails to eet the curved effect, althoueh this is not necessary rrnless it is a very slort fence in which case it is well to steam the 2x4s for the wood to get the curve, or bend them after your posts are set.

Top row, lefl; president-elect Cop Nichols, monoger of G-P's Fresno worehouse, mcking his occeptonce speech-steodied by Roseville Lumber's ond Pocific Forest Products' Willard LoFronchi. lliddle: Elmer Rou, choirmon of the Nominoling Commillee, plocing the nomes in nomi .otion; Elmer, f ecd o: Modera Lumber Co., currently serves ds presidenl of the Lumber Merchqnts Assn. Righl: Chet Horshner ond Bud Borber enioying the suds, Middle row, left: chow line. Middle: Bob Wright, Bruce Boll, Jim Clifton, Bob Roder, Ari Post, Horold Rolf, Wolly Kennedy ond Jeon Hortsock lrying fo cotch o litile of the "squeezin's;" this group hod oll purchosed fheir helmets for Notionol Forest Products Week. Right: Southern vice-president Ross Fosler ond friend.

Boltom row, lefl: Al Smith, Formers lurnber. Corcoron, e,rioying o refresher. Middle: entire group scils into o fine dinner. Right: retiring prexy ond chef, Chet Horshner, being instructed by Les Doddingion in lhe proper culinory ospecls of The Borbecue.

Annual Barbeque and Election for San Joaquin Hoo-Hoo

San Joaquin Hoo-Hoo Club 31 held its Annual Barbeque and Election Nite on August 24, at Roeding Park in Fresno, with two kegs of beer and 85 thirsty lumbermen in attendance. Althoueh we rather think it might have been an ixtra turn at the kegs, an undisclosed prize was awarded to Bob Prouty as ooThe Man Who Came the Farthest". Bob is associated with Tarter, Webster & Johnson, Inc., at Phoenix, Ariz.

The new officers and directors for the coming year? As follows:

C. E. "Cap" Nichols, President; Bob Schlotthauer, Northern Veep; Ross Foster, Southern Veep; Bernie Barber, Secretary; Normen Cords, Sgt. at Arms. Directors are

Don Walker, Marion Snead, Bob Rader, Jim Duart and Chet Harshner.

Retiring prexy, Chet Harshner, who also serves as Club 3l's official Chef, was given a rousing razzberry in appreciation of his devotion to duty during the past year, and in all, everyone thoroughly enjoyed the outing.

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