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STEP BY STEP QUALTTY PRoTECTtolt.
Pope & Tqlbot's prcctice oI producing lumber thct is properly milled, properly handled crnd conscientiously gncrded requires quclity protection, every step ol the wcy Irom lorest to delivered product.
Pope d Tcrlbot has the lorests. some of the linest timber in the lcnd. It hcrs modernized mills cnd equipment. But, most importcrnt oI crll it has the men experience, ccrpcble, resourcelul.. with cr bcckground in the lumber business covering more thqn 175 yecrrs. since 1849 in the West.
Executive Ofrices
These crre vclucrble lccts lor declers, out to win the conlidence ol their customers through service crnd quclity produds. They will lind this step-by-step policy oI qucrlity protection supported in every depcrtment ol the Pope d Tclbot orgcrnizction. It not only mecns qucrlity lumber, but cr servicecrbility that hcs made Pope & Tclbot cr preIerred and sought-Ior brcrnd-mcnk with users.
Building Research Advisory Board Established
Washington, D.C., Oct. 2l-Creation of a Building Research Advisory Board under the chairmanship of Dr. Frank B. Jewett, former president of the Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., has been announced by the National Research Council.
R. G. Kimbell, director of Technical Services for the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, is one of the twenty leaders in the fields of scientific research, architecture, engineering and building construction chosen to constitute the membership of the Board.
The Board's objectives are to serve as a central clearing house for information on scientific research in the building construction industry, to stimulate correlation of research information and coordination of research activities in its fields of interest, to assist in dissemination of information on advances in the design, materials, methods and technologies of building ,construction and to further the application of scientific methods for the improvement of building construction practices.
Establishment o{ the Research Board was at the specific request of the Construction Industry Advisory Councila group comprised of representatives of more than 100 associations in the construction field. The Council will finance the ner'v Board and has created a Research Activities Committee to assist and cooDerate with the Research Advisory Board.
San Diego Hoo-Hoo Golf Tournament and Dinner Meeting
San Diego Hoo-Hoo Club No. 3 rvas host to 75 lumbermen on October 24 at its Annual Golf Tournament at the New Mission Valley Golf Course and Lumbermen's Dinner Meeting in the Nlarine Room of Hotel San Diego.
Seventeen golfers participated in the tournament during the afternoon, and prizes were awarded at the dinner meeting. Norman Hahn, W. P. Fuller & Company, was presented with the perpetual loving cup for his lorv net score in the Charnpionship Flight Handicap, and low gross award rvent to Hadley Johnson, National Lumber Company.
The evening dinner meeting program rvas in charge of members of the l)ixie Lumber & Supply Company, l'r'hich included music, movies, and a very interesting talk by Comrnander Cumberledge, Meteorologist, U. S. Navy.
Past President, Chas. D. McFarlane, Dixie Lumber & Supply Company, was given a vote of thanks for his efforts in promoting Hoo-l{oo activities during the past year; and President elect for 1947-48, John Stewart, Frost Hardrvood Lumber Company, lvas presented and introducecl members of the Nine for the coming vear, those being: Carl Gavotto. Senior Hoo-Hoo; Syd Smith, Junior Hoo-Hoo; Charles Hampshire, Scrivetroter; Hugh McConnell, Bojum; Ed. Glasson, Jaberwock; Hershal Larri'ck, Jr., Custocatian; M. M. Gartner, Arcanoper; and Bob Creelman, Gurdon.
