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Sid Beover

years regional forester in Alaska for the U. S. Forest Service.

Award for outstanding achievement in biological research contributing to the advancement of forestry was made to Nicholas T. Mirov of the California Forest and Range Experiment Station at Berkeley. This award consists of an engraved plaque and a cash honorarium. His outstanding research project was an investigation of the resinous substance of 80 species of pine trees.

Veterqn €qrl Dqvies Estoblishes Wholesole Lum,ber Business

Carl Davies, for the past several years sales manager for Imperial Lumber Company, Los Angeles, has established his own wholesale lttmber firm specializing in direct shipments of ponderos,a and sugar pine from qualified northern mills direct to Southern California retail dealers only.

For the past four decades Carl has been identified in lumber distribution and sales in L,os Angeles and the Southland. He joined the old E. K. Wood Lumber Company and learned the business from the ground up. FIis first assignments were in the yard, where he handled every job in production and operations. Working his way up to assistant talleyman, he later worked in every capacity, including orderman, order desk sales and administration. During his many years in the industry he served in every branch of retail and wholesale distribution. Although a wholesaler, he has the retailer's point of view and the knowledge to carry him through, to work out the needs of his customers.

Carl is a veteran of World Wars I and II. He was attached to the Corp of Engineers with the Air Force at San Bernardino Air Base, where he procured millions of feet of lumber for our armed forces. He is well knorvn at all levels of the lumber industrv. Carl resides in Glendale with his wi{e Maria, who recently returned from an extended trip to Europe, including Germany and France.

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Thompson lumber Co. Opens Office in Polm Springs

'l'he 1'honrpson I-rrnrber Con.rparry, Szrr.r lJernarclino, Calif ., l)lalrs to open al1 olfice in I'alm Springs ancl etrter the honte corrstruction business there tliis Fall. 'fhe varcl is ownerl attrl operated by H. P. Thompson an<l Il. V.- Davies arrrl is n'ell knou'n through the "Kite" area f or its "Tonrnry 'l'honrpson tlomes."

Thornpson rn,i11 be representeci in the Palm Springs area by lIr. and \lrs. C. W. Byrns at (r.3-215 E,. Ranron Roa<l. 'fhe Tl-rompson firm has been located in San llerdoo 15 years but l-ras been knorvn for its cor-rstruction of fine homes Ior 25 years. It specializes in rleveloprnent of desert properties an<l the orgar.rization irrclurles a plumbing clepartment, lumber cutting shop ancl cabinet shop. "This t1-1te of opera- tion insures that the finest nraterials are alu,avs available for the Retqil Lumber Deqlers qnd Industriol Users ft-rr the construction of Thonrtrson hcirnes," J)ealer I)avies tolcl The l)esert Sun.

Billings lo Wesfern Door Sqles

The adrlition of E. F-. "Frank" Billings (not to be confrrsecl rvitli Cal-Pacilic's l-rank I3illings) tci \Vestern Door & Sash Ccimpany's sales stafT is annonncecl by Salesmanager Hollis J<rnes. Along u'ith Jones and Zook Todd, Billings rvill be servicing retail yar<ls in Alamecla, Contra Costa ar-rcl Solan<t counties.

Billings, a native Californian, receiveci his lumber and plyu'ood training rvith Harbor Plywoocl Corp. at Aberdeen, \\rashington. and more recently as a l{arbor representative irr a foreign territory (for a native Californian, anyrvay) called Texas.

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