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communities of Washington, Oregon and California. The company has long been a leader in perpetual-yield management of its forest lands. Its principal products are lumber, plywood, paper, doors, insulating and acoustical products.

Cloy Brown R.esigns os President of Simpson's M qnd M Division

Portland, Ore.-Clay Brown, president of M and M Wood Working Company for the past two years, and most recently president of the M and M Division of the Simpson Redwood Co. follorving the recent acquisition, submitted his resignation to the new Simpson ownership effective November 1. Brorvn remained in charge of the Oregon M&M plants following the sale to Simpson in August but said October 23 that personal business would require his full time in the future.

He is president of Brown Timber Company and also recently acquired the Eureka Redwood Lumber Co. personally from the M and M properties sold to Simpson.

'Lumber Corrol' Opened

Sacramento, Calif.-The Lumber Corral has opened at 4545 Auburn Blvd. here. Housed in the main building are hardware and building supplies, paints and painting equipment and fencing material. A lumber yard is adjacent to the retail sales building. The firm is owned by Keith Ross and Kenneth Chestnut, operators of Dry Creek Lumber Sales at 57M Dry Creek Road in Rio Linda.

l(qiser Gypsum Buys Fir-Tex Assets

Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc., wholly-owned subsidiary of Permanente Cement Company, is purchasing the physical assets of Fir-Tex Insulating Board, Inc., in a multi-million dollar transaction, it was announced October 30. The acquisition includes the principal Fir-Tex plant at St. Helens, Oregon, which manufactures a full line of nationally distributed insulation board products; more than 16,000 acres of timber land in Oregon and Washington; and Western fnsulated Products, fnc., a wholly-owned subsidiary. The sale was made by the investment banking concern of Blyth & Co., fnc., and is :r portion of that firm's recent acquisition for $100,000,000 of the holdings of Dant & Russell, Inc., of Portland.

Claude E. Ilarper, vice-president and general manager of

Kaiser Gypsum, said that "obtaining Fir-Tex, an established national name of outstanding reputation in the irisulation board industry f.or 2S years, will round out the Company's line of products for building and construction, strengthen its competitive position, and serve as a stimulus to further expansion." Harper said that Fir-Tex would become the "Insulating Board Division of Kaiser Gypsum," and its products would continue to be distributed throughout the United States through normal trade channels.

Kern County Building $eO million

Bakersfield, Calif.-Kern county building permits in this year's first nine months hit a near-regord $40,D6,376, a 2I.97% increase over the same 1955 period. This city set the pace in September, followed by Tehachapi and Wasco.

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John Osgood left the last of October for an extended trip to the Orient. He will visit Japan, Hong Kong and the Philippines, wherever the Robert S. Osgood Co. imports hardrvood products for its Los Angeles business. He is ffying both ways.

Bay Area lumbermen attending the 59th annual of the National Hardwood Lumber Assn. in Chicago last month included P. R. Kahn and Dick Quarg, Forsyth Hardwod Co.; Stan Eznekier and Ralph Norbacl E. L. Bruce Co.; Louis Servente, Servente Hardwood Lumber Co., and Don White, White Brothers.

Rex Oxford completed a survey trip to the Pacific Northwest last month and visited mill operators and lumber associates before. returning to his L. A. base.

Jim Hall, Jr., of the James L. Hall Co. returned to San Francisco after calling on southern Oregon and northern California mill contacts for two October weeks.

W. B. Jones flew home from Stockton last month on what was to have been a quick lumber business trip and was flat on his back for more than a week with the virus. He left his wife at Stockton with their boat, the 93-ft. cruiser K'Thanga, and rejoined her as soon as he was able. They sailed north early in August and planned to sail through November.

Sherman Bishop, IJnion Lumber Company salesmanager, spent October in the east and midwest on business.

"No-Bull' Harvey Koll bagged an elk bull in Montana last month on a hunting safari. The prominent Club 2 Hoo-Hoo also accounted for a three-point and a four-point buck. The party packed in from Lincoln, Mont.,2l miles into the wilderness and camped 1O dayd in the wilds. It is also understood Harvey had enough horseback riding to last him for weeks to come.