GEORGE CTOUGH tU MB A N D ER

November during the post hos been on historic month occording to the records, ond we hope this month will bring obout the stobilizotoin ol our "dipsy-do" lumber morket, so ii will be Possible Ior on honest wholesole lumber orgonizotion to mctke qn "honest" buck.

President Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address ninetY yeors ogfo this month, ond thirty-live yedrs ogo-November lI, 1918-the Armistice ending World Wor I wos signed. These ond mony other events mode history-but still the conllici ol progress is with us ecch doY ond we oll must be righi on our toes to keep uP with the ever cho'nging world in which we live.

Thot brings us righi 'round lo the "scles pitch" Ior this column. We qre crlwcrys "right on our toes" to handle the needs ol our customers. Eoch ond every order is processed in qn ellicient monner ond shipment ol the moteriol you need is mode on schedule. As Abrohom Lincoln delivered his stroight-from-theshoulder qddress-we will be stroightlorword in moking our deliveries ol Forest Products to you.

Reopens Yord

Patten-Blinn Lumber Company, Los Angeles, has reopened its yard at Redlands, and George P. Loos is manager. He moved there from San Diego, and has been with the company since 1940. The yard u'as closed during World War II rvhen rt \\,.as difficult to secure sufficient rnaterials. The Redlands yard rt'as established in 188O and rvas later taken over by Patten-Blinn Lumber Co.

Sowmill ond Ploning Mill Volues

The value of shipments ,,f sau'mill and planing mill products totaled $3,21 1,765,000 in 7952, compared u'ith $3,280,579,Un in 1951, according to the Census Bureau's 1952 Survey of Manufacturers. This figures out to a drop of 2.1 per cent. Shipments of rough and dressed lumber, including sawed ties but excluding flooring, dropped 1.1. per cent-from $2,881,263,000 to $2,848,930,000. Softwood flooring shipments slumped 12.5 per centfrom $42,114,00O to $36,832,@0-while shipments of hardwood flooring were down 19.8 p€r cent-from $174,552,000 to $140,054,000.

Norlhwestern Cqliforniq Lumbermen's Club Meets

The regular meeting of the Northwestern Lumbermen's Club was held October 9, at the Bella Vista Inn, near Arcata. The "usual" started at 6:30 p.m. and dinner somewhat after 8:00 p.m. Following dinner, the boys enjoyed a good show, not the "usual," with talent directly from Los Angeles.

New Wholesole Lumber Division

Principal Eastern cities from Boston to Miami, have been clesignated outlets for the new wholesale lumber division of United States Plywood Corporation headed by A. H. Lundberg, veteran Eastern lumberman' Company branches in those cities will serve as distribution points.

Lundberg states tl-rat plans call for the incorporation of ail 60 of the company's distribution units in the marketing of not only surplus lumber from its own timber operations in connection with plywootl plants, but for lumber purchased on the open market as well.

Lundberg, who is making his headquarters in Portland' Oregon, served for 21 years u'ith Plunkett and Webster Company, of Neu'Rochelle, New York, beginning there at the age of 17 as a cub and rising to be sales manager.

U. S. Plywoocl's lurnber division will specialize in West Coast timbers, including Idaho ancl Sugar Pine, White and Douglas Fir, E,ngleman Spruce and Redwood.

E,stablished after a three-year exploratory stucly of the lunrber markets throughout the country, the new lurnber division rvill launch one of the most important steps United States Plywood Corporation has undertaken in sorne time.

Heods Lumber Deportment

Ben Tavlor has been appointed manag'er of the Lumber and Building N'faterial Division, Southern Pacific N{illing Company, at Lompoc. \Ir. Tavlor has been u'ith thd com1,any for the past seven years.

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