Industry Activist Vic Roth Elected Club 39 President

Vic Roth, Iong active in the afiairs of Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club 39, the Forest Products Research Society and the Bay Area Wood Council, received due recognition the errening of Slptember 21, when he was elevated to the presidency of Oakland Hoo-Hoo 39. Vic, a long established wholesaler from Kensington, a small community nestled in the Berkeley hills, was one of the originators of the Bay Area wood promotion group. He was also recently honored when Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club 39 held "Vic Roth Nite" in tribute to his unflagging devotion to the cause of Wood Promotion and the Brotherhood of Hoo-Hoo. He succeeds outgoing prexy Bob Bieleck, who returns to the business of selline wood for Mulford Lumber Company along with his partner Jo" P"rty.

A near record attendance was on hand for the election meeting, the first in the club's new 1964-65 vear. which was held at Peluso's New Top of Bermuda Building restaurant in downtown Oakland. Bruce Jacobsen of Sun Valley Lumber Co. received the nod for the club's vice-presidency, and Jack Koepf of Peerless Lumber replaced Bruce as secretary-treasurer. Bob Gerhart, Pearson Lumber Co., moved up from the board of directors as sergeant-at-arms.

Besides Koepf, the new board includes: Ralph Boshion, Castro Valley Lumber Co.; Milt Cook, Eastshore Mill & Lurnber; John Pearson, Pearson Lumber Co.; and Bob Macfie, Kilgore Lumber, San Rafael.

Commemorating Forest Products Week (October 18-24), Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club 39 toured the facilities of the Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experimental Station at 1960 Addison Street, Berkeley, on October 19. Dr. John McGuire, director of the station, was host for the interestins hourJong tour of the Berkeley Experimental Station which is "ngug"iin continuous re. search for the benefit of the wood products industry. The Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experimental Station is supported by rnore than three million federal tax dollars a year, plus a considerable amount of grant money. It has over l00 scientists on its staff at Berkeley and six other locations in California and Hawaii. An additional 200 others provide technical and administrative support.

Boise Self-Service Store

Over 12,000 square feet of space is being devoted to Boise Cascade's new building materials retail center in Hillcrest Shopping Center, and the policy is serve-yourself with shopping carts.

All services are ofiered by Boise who operates the one-stop home supermarkets through its retail division. It presently has over 100 building materials centers in seven western states.

Shingle Burequ Nqmes Ferguson

Stewart Ferguson, owner of the Aloha Shake Company of Alohe, Washington, is the new president of the Red Gdar Shingle & Handsplit Shake Bureau for 1965.

Ferguson succeeds Cecil G. Watson of New Westminster, British Columbia. Sam Dumaresq, of Vancouver, B. C., was elected vice president. Action came at the bureau's annual meeting in Seattle.

Ferguson takes the leadership reins of the industry during a time when production curves are rising and membership in the association stands at an all time high. At the September meeting, mill owners were greeted with enenuraging figures for the first six months of 1964. Shingles, which registered substantial gains during 1963, were up 27o and handsplir shakes, rapidly becoming the 'ocinderella" of the wood products industry, increared l\/o.