Horoce Chondler Succeeds lvqn Neely qs the Socol lnspector for P.

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Horace Chandler, former assistant supervisor in the Eureka area, has been named to succeed- Ivan Neely as Southern California supervisor of the Pacific Lumbei Inlp_eglot_qgr_e_au by E. W. J\4urphy, general manager of the PT IB, 5557 White-Henry-Stuart Bldg., Seattle. Mr. Neely, who served well as supervisor for 14 months and made .many friends in the industry out of his Long Beach headquarters, came to Southern California from the Coos Bay area and now returns there as assistant general superintendent.

Mr. Chandler is no stranger to the area from frequent trips that he made to Southern California before a regular man was stationed there in 1958, and the office has ealned the support 9f Lh_. northern mills, the'local lumberyards and the various building officials.

He started in the industry as a youth in Alabama and ]'g...y up" grading flooring of Southern pine yards. In 1922 he join_ed Long-Bell in Mississippi and giaded at the planer, sawmill and rough $ry chai1. lfe was transferred to fhe big mill at Longview, Wash., in 1924 and was assistant head Crlde-r for hree years on the green chain, rough dry chain and. planer. _Directly and indirectly, Chandler pu1 in i,S years with Long-Bell Lumber. He learned about eiport and spe- cial item stock on the Long-Bell timber dock for the pLlB Itd_e1 L. J. Hartman, then general superintendent of the PLIB.

In 1946, Mr. Chandler went to work for the West Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau in the Portland vicinity and served as resident inspector in Corvallis for a year. lle was transferred to Eureka, Calif., in 1948 as transi-ent inspector and assistant supervisor. During this time he spent l0 months on the east coast in the New York, New Jeriey and p-hio c-ogggming areas, working out of New yoik Ci[y. In May of 1954 he returned to the Eureka area for the PLIB. For the_past five years he has been assistant supervisor for the PLIB there.

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As the successor to_ fvan Neely as district supervisor of the PLIB Southern California district, Mr. Chindler savs the policy will be to carry on the work to the best of his ability in the same manner Mr. Neely has so well laid outco keeping a good grade of lumber going in cording to the grading rules as adiusted b cororng'ro rne graclng adjusted by the West Coast ]-u.p-per Inspection Bureau, to cooperate iully with all the into the houses acadjusted by the West building_officials in the area, and the other inipection agen- cies to the best of his knowledge and ability. good

Vqncouver Plywood Grqnts H. Zwst t Exclusive on Californio Sqles

John Vanguard, manager of Vancouver Plywood's newly created imported lumber and plywood division, has ap- pointed H. Zwart & Company, 3424 Wilshire Boulevard, Los _Angeles, the. California exclusive for imported plywood. \A/. K. Suiter, who recently joined forces with H.'Zwart & Company, and Mr. Vanguard had formerly worked together for several years as partners in the impbrt departmint of another comDanv.

Lumber-Groding Course Dofed

The Forest Products Cooperative Extension Service of Michigan State university has scheduled a Softwood Lumber-Grading Course at the_Kellogg Center, MSU, East Lansing, Mich., December_7-11. Cooperating are the Southern Pine Iispection Bureau, Western Pine Association, West Coast Lum6er Inspection Bureau and California Redwood Association. Resistration_fee will be $40 for the five days, with lodgings availJble at nearby hotels or motels.

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