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CRA Honors Chorter Members of Seosoning Committee of Dinner

Eureka, Calif.The Redwood lumber industry paid tribute to charter members of the Redwood Seasoning Committee at a special dinner marking the 100th meeting of the committee. Approximately 75 industrv leaders attended the meeting held at the Eureka Inn, October 15, according to A. F. Peterson, committee chairman. Host for the dinner was the California Redwood Association.

Many changes in the industry have been brought about by the work of the committee, Peterson said, including quality control, proper spacing of lumber piles in drying yards, reduction of end-checking, stain control, and standardization of drying techniques.

Also leading in the praise accorded the charter members u'ere Kenneth Smith, vice-president, The Pacific Lumber Company, and Lester Lane, Pacific kiln superintendent; Philip T. Farnsworth, general manager, George Nelson, chief grade inspector, and Willard E. Pratt, technical division head, of the California Redrvood Association.

The 100th meeting'commemorated 11 years of cooperative research in the seasoning of Redwood lumber. Major accomplishments of the committee have included exchange of seasoning ideas among' Redwood lumber companies and operation of an experimental dry kiln to determine proper drying methods.

The first meeting of the committee was held December 15, 1943, at the Dolbeer and Carson Lumber Company,