Grn Outslcrnding Success!

lndependent Building Mqteriols Go. Opens Northern Office in Ooklond

Veteran lumbermen Jack Crane and Ed French have been named to head the new Northern California sales offices of Independent Building Materials Co. at 400 Fortieth Street in Oakland. Both Jack and Ed, who started their lumber careers during 1931, may be reached by dialing OLympic 4-707r.

Crane, who joins IBMC with over 72 years' redwood experience in Northern California with Hobbs Wall Lumber Company, is a native of Washington and began his lumber career with the old Brathe Bros. Mill Co. in Richfield, Washington. Jack served with the U.S. Marines during WWII and, following the fracas, wholesaled on his own with headquarters in- Walnut Creek until joining Hobbs Wall during 1948.

French brings to the new sales office a lifetime experience in the retail and manufacturing end of the business. For the past seven years a partner in l\4onument Lumber Company at Pleasant Hill, Ed entered the lumber business in 1931 with his father, William E. French, who was then operating the Stockton Mill & Wrecking Co. I-ater, from 1938 until 1946, Ed continued in the retail business as a partner in Stockton Mill Lumber & Supply. During 1946, he sold his interests in Stockton to become a partner in Cal-A Lumber Co., a sawmill located near Angels Camp, where he remained until returning to the retail business with Monument Lumber.

Donover Co. Opens Socromento Office

Donover Co., fnc., has opened wholesale ofrces in Sacramento, to handle direct mill shipments on a national basis, according to Bill Calhoun of the Montebello ofrce. The new Sacramento branch of the Seattle flrm will be managed by Harry F inney.