Partner with Castell and Associates

R. M, "Russ" Castell, president of Russ Castell & Associates, wholesale distributors of Pacific Coast Forest Products, announced his principal partner in the procurement and marketing firmFrancis U. Mandis-rvould head the purchasing of lumber department and direct the sales and advertising for their organization in Southern California, Mexico, Arizona and Texas.

Mandis has a complete education in the retail and wholesale lumber business. He has been identified in sales promotion in Southern California for the past seventeen years and secured his basic training in the retail end of the business. He represents the third generation of his family to pioneer in the lumber and building materials distribution field and has a wide acquaintance throughout the industry in Northern California, Oregon and Washington.

Like all good lumbermen Mandis is a family man. With his wife Claudine, and his two fine sons, Mark and Claude, he spends most of his time at home sailing 'round Long Beach Harbor. He is active in civic affairs and a member of Hoo-Hoo Club No. 2.

. Since Mandis and Castell established their organization they have enjoyed a steady, firm growth. They now have five sales representatives in the field and cover the producing area with two experienced lumber buyers in the Pacific Northwest.

Red Cedar Shingle Bureau Annual Meeting Dec. 8

The annual meeting of the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau, representing all of the northwestern mills who produce Certigrade Red Cedar Shingles, will be held at the New Washington Hotel in Seattle, Washington, at noon, Friday, Dec. 8th. These annual meetings of the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau are not only attended by the great majority of the western shingle mills but also have as their guests many lumber manufacturers, wholesalers and commission men from all parts of the country.

"We are more than anxious," said W. W. Woodbridge, secretary-manager of the Bureau, "to have a large attendance of retail, wholesale and lumber manufacturers. It's a fine time for buyers to plan their western trip and be welcomed by the manufacturers at this meeting. An interesting program is being arranged and I feel everyone rvill be well repaid for attending."

Franklin's Letter oI Recommendcrtion

One of the most famous and masterful letters of recommendation ever written by o,ne man for another, was written by Benjamin Franklin, when he was United States Minister to France. Note how adroitly he writes, even though he knew nothing of the man for whom he was writing, followed by his fine plea for civil treatment. The letter follows:

"Sir:-The bearer of this, who is going to America, presses me to give him a letter of recommendation, though I know nothing of him, not even his name. This may seem, extraordinary, but I assure you it is not uncommon here. Sometimes, indeed, one unknown p€rson brings another, equally unknown, to recommend him; and sometimes they recommend one another. As to this gentleman, I must refer you to himself for his character and merits, with which he is certainly better acquainted than I can possibly be. I recommend him, however, to those civilities which every stranger, of whom one knows no harm, has a right to: and I request you will do him all the favor that, on further acquaintance, you shall find him to deserve. I have the honor to be, etc., Benjamin Franklin, Paris, April 2nd, 1777;',

The Present

Wrote Maria Edgeworth, "There is no moment like the present. The man who will not execute his resolutions when they are fresh upon him can have no hope from them afterwards. They will be dissipated, lost, and perish in the hurry and scurry of the world, or sunk in the slough of indolence."

It's Rcining Violets

It is not raining rain for me, It's raining daffodils; In every dimpled drop I see, Wild flowers on the hills.

The clouds of grey engulf the day, And overwhelm the town: It is not raining rain to me, It's raining roses down.

It is not raining rain to me, But fields of clover bloom; Where any buccaneering bee Can find a bed and room.

A health unto the happy, A fig for him who frets; It is not raining rain to me, It's raining violets.

-Robert Loveman.

Retribution

Mr. Fish, the president of the Milwaukee Central Railroad was sitting in his office behind his big mahogany desk when the door o,pened and a dirty, red-faced figure wearing a battered old hat strode in. He said:

"You Mr. Fish, president of the Milwaukee Central Railroad?"

"Why, yes, I am, but sgg !rs1g-"

"Well, I'm Sam Casey, one of the switchmen in your yards. Gimme a pass to St. Louis."

"Why, yes, Casey, I'll give you a pass to St. Louis if you go about it right, but not the way you do it. First, you should knock politely at the door, and when I tell you to come in you should come in quietly, take off your hat, and say: "Pardon me, sir, but are you Mr. Fish, the president of the Milwaukee Central Railroad?' I would say I was, and you should then say-'I'm Sam Casey, one of the switchmen in your yards.'Then I would a11srys1-'Fleltt do you do, Mr. Casey, and what can I do for you?' Then you would tell me what you want. Now, suppose you go back out and come in like you should, and talk like you ought to."

So Casey walked back out, but did not immediately return. It was three hours later that a knock came at Mr. Fish's door, and when he called "Come in," the door opened and there stood Casey, hat in hand, and looking very humble. He said:

"Pardon me, but are you Mr. Fish, the president of the Milwaukee Central Railroad?"

Mr. Fish smiled. "That's much better," he said. "Now who are you and what can I do for you?"

"I'm Sam Casey, one of the switchmen in your yards."

The president of the Milwaukee Central Railroad came out from behind his desk, smiling, and shook hands warmly with Casey. He said: "How do you do, Mr. Casey, and what can I do for you?"

And Casey spit on the hand that had just clasped that cf the executive, and wiped it off on his pants leg, as he replied:

"You can go,to helM just got a pass to St. Louis o:r the Wabash !"

The Dillerence Woman wants monogamy; Man delights in novelty; ' Love is woman's moon and sun; Man has other forms of fun: Woman lives but in her lord; Count to ten and man is bored; With this the gist and sum of it, What earthly good can come of it?

-Dorothy Parker.