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CENTRAL CAIIF'ORNIA DR,Y KILN CLUB TO HOLD LIIST 1960 MEETING AT FLUOR
The last regular meeting'of the Central California Dry Kiln Club for 1960 will be held at the Fluor Products Company, F riday, November 4, near Windsor on Shiloh Road near Ilembree Lane, west of Highway 101, about 10 miles'north of Santa Rosa.
Charles Smith, yard and dry kiln superintendent, has arranged an outstanding program: l0:00-12:00 noon-Tour of lhe company's yard, kilns, and remanufacturins facilities. These include (1) northern California's most modern timber laminating Dlant where Douglas-fir is fabricated into glued laminated beams and arches, (2) ieinanufacture of redwood into tanks and cooling towers,
9100-10:00 A.M.-negistrati0n at the General offices of Fluor Products Comoanv. Turn left off Shiloh Road at the second road to reach the company offices.
12:00-1r30 P.M.-Lunch at the Flamingo Hotel, Santa Rosa, as guests of the Fluor Products Company.
1:30-2r00 P.M.-Bu3ines3 meeting, President Joe Hughes, Hughes Bros. Lumber Company, presiding.
2:00-4:00 P.M.-Technical Meetlng, Mr. William A. Dost, Director of Research. and Mr. William Brubaker, Technical Services Supervisor, at the California Redwood Associa- tion, San Francisco, will be guest speakers.
SUBJECT: TECHNIQUES T0 ACHIEVE UNIFORM MOISTURE C0NTENT tN K|LN DRTED
LUMBER Charles Smith of Fluor Products has suggested three specific problems that will be included in the talks and the general dlscussion:
(U qontrol.of -moislure content in ends of Douglas-fir dimension (?) g.ryiitS lumbcr.from diffe.r€nt areas to unifolm moisiuii"ibntent (J) trnal conortrontng for better moisture equalization ilotiee: since.this_ meetlng is being h-erd in'the soutiern range of the redwood area. members of the Redwood Seasoning Clmmittee tdirttoiiiii-h'EOw-obd'ir;;;i;iio;i;:i,i industry..men in this area are Invited oy the riuoi'-C6md;tio-;;;fiiiti';; ;;; join in the technical dlscussion' HARvEy !.._gMrTH, secretary-Treasurer, Central California Dry Kiln 0luO. -- -''
Morrie Greenlqw Monoges Steiner,s New North Highlonds (Sacto) yord
Morrie Greenlaw has been nimed minager of Steiner Lumber,s brand-new 10 acre North Highlands (Sacramento) yard, according to George steiner. The new operation repraces sieiner's smallei c_armichael yard and places the firm in a better position to service all points of the mushrooming Sacramento area from either Steiner Lumber's ',downtown" yard on Second Avenue, or the new installation which is located near McClellan Air F.orce Base. Greenlaw, who at one time represented the old Bonnell, Ward & Knapp wholesale organization in the Valley, has been with the Steiner organization for the past five years.
For a quiet moment of relaxation from tho tenslon and bustlo during the Natlonal Reta,ll Lumber Dealers' Assoclation convontlon ln San Franclsco, lumber dealers are lnvlted to stop ln at the "Tea.house of the f'ortunate Dealer." Here IIen Llndley' dlrector of advertlslng for Wood Converslon Co., samples a, cup of tea and a, crlsp fortune cookle which will be served eech visItor at Jhelr Booth #10 by charmlng Orlental hostesses.
"Dealers should fintl the a,tmosphere of our Teahouse a pleasant contrast to the hoctic pace of the show," sta,ted iI. D. Fischer, \ilood Conversion buildlng products sales mana,ger, "and we hope all of our lumber dealer friends will stop in you may ffnil a prlze ticket in your fortune cookle."
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Automobile Dxpense Rncord
Here's a booklet that saves you money on Income Taxes! Whether your car is used for business or pleasure, you are entitled to a deduction for all or part of your everyday expenses. In order to take your deductions, the Internal Revenue Department insists that you keep records of aII expenditures. An "Automobile Expense Record" booklet gives you a convenient place to keep track of your daily purchases for a full year. All expenses, from g:asoline to tolls and interest charges, are covered. A handy summary gives your "net" expenses for the year.
Single copies are available for 10c eachsend along a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Wedgewood Press, 39 Llncobr Ave.' Roslyn Heights' N. Y.
G-P Buys Memphis Plywood Firm
Georgia-Pacific announces the purchase of the Danell Proctor Plywood Company of Memphis, Tennessee. Company spokesmen indicate that the modern wholesale distribution warehouse acquired in the transaction will be incorporated into the nationwide sales system of the big forest products firm. Former owners J. W' "Woodie" Forbes and Darrell Proctor will remain with the corporation. The acquisition marks G-P's entry into the important Memphis marketing area. The nationwide warehouse system serves retail building materials'dealers with the numerous plywood, hardboard and specialtyproducts manufactured by the corporation.
