HARDWOODS SO FTWO O DS

Virginia McCormick, wife of S.F. lumber executive Alex McCormick, plus their three children rvele lescued by helicopter after' being sttanded u'hen the boat in rvhich they were riding *'ent ashore in the Mediterranean. llrs. llcCormick and the three kids, Bruce, Virginia and John were stlancled for' six houls. Alex u'as in San Francisco at the time.

Hazel G. flpton, plesident of Independent Building Materials Co. and Los Angeles Dodger's Tlainel Wayne Anderson wer.e mai'ried in Las Vegas just prior. to the World Selies. An extended honevmoon is planned.

Bill Bonnell's right arm, Ann McKay, visited her hometown New York during late summer and gave the Wor'ld's Fair a final -] once ovel.

Southeln Califolnia hald'n'ood distributols seen at the NHLA Convention in Chicago last month included Jack Brush, Chas. Wilson, Ilill Moore, Bill Howe, Yince Ilesinque, llrs. Sue Saroyan, Keith Swaner, Ilill Smith, Jerry Lapin, Stan Swafford, Hal VonBreton, Ild Difani, Tim Raker and Hd Sitze. Paul Penberthy, Sr., Gordon Frost and Jim Sullivalr l'n'ere also on hand.

Phil Lomonaco of Doors, hrc., saved up hel nickels and dimes for several years and finally blew the whole r.vad on a once in a lifetime Orient tour last summer. and judging from the boxes of slides she took on the trip Phil must now own at least 25Vc of Eastman Kodak Company.

Irrank Rooney, after 35 years in lumber: distribution, and a former partner in O. M. Hill Lumber Co., then in Montebello, has quit to open Rooney' Dinnet.horn Liquor store in La Habla, Frank is nou'in partnership vi'ith his rvife Ora.

Harry Stewart, lvho sold his San Ramon Valley Mill & Lumber Co. in Danville early this year to Duane Spencer, is now thinking of putting his 45 years of retail building rnaterial experience to use as a consultant. Harry's background includes many years in line yard management, but he is best known as a highly successful Danville. Calif.. retailer and industly leader.

Jack Sullivan, Midway Lumber Company, Tucson, has replaced Marvin Smith as National Dealer Directol for the Arizona Retail Lumber & Builder.s Supply Assn. Jach and secretaly-manager Frank Davis will be attending a meeting of the Nationai at Hollywood Park, Flor.ida, November 10-18.

Ken Tinckler, of Stahl Lumbel in Los Angeies, coveled the National Harclwood Lumber Association's 68th annual convention in Chicago last month and visited mills and customers.

Arcata Redwood's Lloyd Hecathorrr, and Bruno Nardi of Diablo Transportation, gave the elk in norther,n Nevada an arvful scare during early October.

Dorothy lliller, "gill friday" for. Harvey Koll, spent three u,'eeks vacationing at Deer Island.

Rod Buchan, code consultant for NFPA, Carl Ramstrom of WCLIB, John Kiner of LASC and Don Comstock of WWPA made up a southern California delegation to the International Confelence of Buildine Officiais annual conference held October 1l-ZZ in Phoenix, Ariz.

C. K. "Ken" Rose, president of King's River Lumber Corporation, Auberry, California, announced the appointment of Marshall Schmidt as merchandising manager on October 11. An experienced lumberman in manufacturing and sales both in California and the East, Schmidt will coordinate sales and promote producis from King's River's Auberry mill as well as products manufactured by Eastern Oregon Pine Company, Lakeview, Oregon, and distributed by Superior 'Conifer Lumber Company in Sacramento. Marshall's ofhce will be in Sacramento at 5524 Elvas Avenue.

Ilarold Cole, got away from lumber peddling last month to get in some deer hunting in south central Utah. Yup, he scored.

Lou Hershberg, with many years in lumber and building materials in the southland, has retired as general manager of Reserve Warehouse at Oceanside.

H- Marvin Smith, for"merly with O'Malley-Smith Lumber Company, Yuma and Welton, Arizona, and more recently in O'Malley's Phoenix headquarters, is now back in Yuma as treasurer of Braden Equipment Company.

Ray Vick of Fremont, Calif. has been named wood products sales manager for the San Francisco area by Weyerhaeuser. Vick had been manager of the flrm's wood products distribution center at San Jose. Herbert C. Winward, San Francisco area manager for wood products sales, said Vick wiII be succeeded by Timothy H. Brooks.

Tom Hughes Opens Office

Tom Hughes, Iong a wholesale salesman, has opened the Hughes Lumber Sales Company at 5415 York Boulevard in Los Angeles. He is selling and servicing dealers and industrials. "We specialize in the hardto-find," says Hughes.

Hughes has been selling lumber since 1949 when he was discharged from the U.S. Air Force and immediately entered the business. Since then he has been asso' ciated with several top firms in the Los Angeles area and has worked in varied levels in the sales and distribution of lumber, plywood and related items.

New IASC Members

Two new mem.bers have joined the Lumber Association of Southern California, according to executive vice-president Wayne Gardner.

They are the A. C. Houston Lumber Co. of Calif., located in Indio. The firm also has branches in Palm Desert and Las Vegas, Nevada. Manager of the Palm Desert yard is Don Hamilton. I(/. P. LaGrange is the manager in Las Vegas.

The other new member is Pine Tree Lumber Co. of Escondido. Pine Tree has branches in Vista and Fall Brook, Calif., and is owned by W. S. Wyland, W. S. Wexler and B. A. Sweet.

Dick Freeman, vice president and general sales manager at So-Cal Commercial Steel, his wife Ruth and children Greg and Boni, have returned from an Around America Tour. They visited the Fair in New York plus Washington, D.C.

Jerry Conrad, So-Cal Commercial Steel executive, and his lvife, Shirley, are on an extended trip through the Orient. In Japan and the Philippines they will talk with producers of products sold by the Los Angeles distributing concern.

Ed Fountain, Sr., president of Fountain Lam Loc Co. is back from a director's meeting of the American Institute of fimber Construction in Washington, D.C. Ed also called on Lam Loc pecky cedar distributors in Boston, Chicago, New York and D.C.

Wedding bells chimed in Alameda on September 11, for popular Bay Area hardwood snecialist Charlie White who took as his bride the former Elizabeth Rea of Salt Lake City and more recently a resident of Alameda. Standing by (or holding up) the groom was his brother and partner Don White, of White Bros., Oakland.

IHPA secretary-manager, Charlie Schmitt, spent two weeks last month conferring with the association's counsel in Washington, D. C., and calling on IIIPA members in the New England states.

Milan Michie, of Stahl Lumber, on the move last month attending the Northwest Hardwood Association meeting in Olympia, Washington.

Cedor Products,

Lomford Cedor, Ltd.

Tumoc Lunrber Co., Inc.

' Specs for Glued lominoted Timbers ;;,B<ploined in New CRA Dsro Sheets r. "Standard Specifications for Structural 'Glued laminated California Redwood Tim- and structural engineers, the standard specifications are based on the most recent research and technical experience available.

- $er," the newest in the series of redwood data sheets from the California Redwood ' 'Association, is now available from CRA's i Service Library.

"The structural laminating grades of redwood referred to in the standards were developed from extensive surveys and special studies relating to their use in structural glued laminated timrber," explained Peter Johnson, CRA's manager of technical services. "The working stresses for the grade combinations are the result of a statistical analysis of this study. For this reason, the stresses apply only to mem,bers laminated from California redwood, manufactured from timber grown within the area defined in the Standard Specifications for Grades of California Redwood Lum,ber of the Redwood Inspection Service."

The new data sheet contains four tables for easy reference, and is illustrated by a number of photographs showing the varied uses of glued laminated redwood.

More New LMA Members

Two more retail building material firms, one overlookine the blue Pacific and the other overlooking equally blue mile high Lake Tahoe, have joined the Lumber Merchants Association as full members. Joinins were: Fort Bragg Lumber Co., Fred J. Diai manager, Union Lumber Co. sponsor; and Tahoe City Lumber Co., Martin and Les Spitzen owners, Charlie Cross sponsor.

Evons Buys Woodponel, Inc.

Evans Products Company, major producer of quality building materials" has bought Woodpanel, Inc. in Los Angeles. It will lbe a pafi of the Evans international department in the Plywood division.

The new manager is Mr. Henk Zwart, former vice president of Woodpanel, Inc. One of the industry's leading experts on imported hardboard, Zwart has eleven years' experience in the forest products industry. Assisting him is James Vanden Berghe. Formerly associated with Woodpanel's New York ofrce, Vanden Berghe will serve customers as eastern sales manager for imported hardboard products.

Srsalkraft Lumber Wrap

. . . is the big news at Latham Brothers Lumber Co., Mineola, N.Y. lt is a specially developed reinforced paper/plastic wrap that, for the {irst time, makes outdoor storage of lumber and other building materials both safe and economically feasible.

Mr. Kenneth R. Latham reports: "We have found that Sisalkraft's Lumber Wrap provides maximum protection and is easy to use."

The reinforced paper resists puncture, rips, prevents staining; opacity prevents sun damage. The polycoating blocks entrance of water and moisture, and the kraft'breathes'to let moisture dissipate. This makes it possible to store lumber any place, regardless of weather. allows Drotected lumber to be delivered at job-site at anytime, and permits purchases to be made when most profitable, without regard to available indoor storage facilities.

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Union Lunrber Retoil Cenler

Ground has been broken for the Fort Bragg Lumber Cornpany, a retail subsidiary of Union Lumber Company, the nation's largest redwood manufacturer,

Scheduled for a pre-Christmas grand opening, the new Fort Bragg Lumber Com' pany has a large showroom and warehouse. It is on Fort Bragg's Main Street and will service the growing coastal region of Northern California's Mendocino County.

John H. Gray, vice president-operations for Union Lumber Company, is president of the retail operation. At the recent groundbreaking, he pointed out the great potential in the retail operations as a consumer

AT RECEI{T groundbreaking of new Fort Bragg Lumber Co., wielding the shovel was manager Fred J. Dias, while looking on (L-R) were John H. Gray, president of the new retail facility; MacGregor Graham of the Tim-Con, Inc. contracting firm; and F. W. Niesen, Union Lumber Company production manager. Architect's drawing of the new Fort Bragg Lumber Company shows exterior design for the 12,000 sq. ft.

CAIIFORNIA TUIABER MERCHANT market testing center for Union Lumber's Noyo brand redwood products. "First and foremost, however, we will be a complete one-stop building supply center for the professional builders and weekend 'do-it-yourselfers' in our area."

Fort Bragg Lumber Company will carry a full line of lumber, plywood, hardware, parnts,ints, tools and home remodeliing materials. The new center was designed by Robert K. Russel, A.I.A., who has incorporated many of Union's newest products such as exposed laminated beams and factory finished sidings and interior panelings.

Interior planning and layout has been handled by the Garehime Corporation.