0ur |l|any California friends $rtugott'g Gte*ings MEDFORD CORPORATION

monufqcfurcrs of Kiln Dried Douglos Fir o White Fir Ponderoso Pine o Sugor Pine

Cedor o Douglos Fir PlYwood

Members Western Pine Assn., West Coqst Lumbermen's Assn., West Coost Bureou of Lumber Grodes ond Inspection , ond Douglos Fir Plywood Associotion

New Forest Product DisPloY

(Continudd lrom Page 42) feet in size. The unit is 56 inches high. As in other sample displays, panels are fastened to a rod and are easily flipped, felt and compared by customers.

Full-panel displays, in most instances, are designed for either 4x8 or 4x7 panels. Provision also is made for additional wings to make expanded displays in several instairces.

The Fronk Dultles Celebrote Soth Anniversory

Yellow-gold chrysanthemum formed a golden background at the reception honoring Mr. and Mrs. Frank Duttle on their 50th wedding anniversary, held at the Berkeley Elks Club on October 31.

Hosting the party were the couple's son, Robert Duttle of San Francisco, and their daughters and sons-inJaws, Mr. and Mrs.

J. R. Parson of Seattle, and Mr. and Mrs. V. V. LeClair of San Jose. The Duttles came to Berkeley for the party from Sonoma County where they have a ranch.

Married October 16, I9I2, in Dubuque, Iowa, the Duttles have lived in Berkeley for 42 yearc, making their home first on Milvia Street before moving to their present residence on Cragmont Avenue.

Until he retired in 1956, Duttle was gen' eral manager and president of Sterling Lumber Company in Oakland. He is a member of the Athens Club, the Berkeley Elks CIu!:, the Masonic Order, the Transportation Club of San Francisco, the Town Club of Eugene, Oregon, and El Kahir of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

HullBros. P0shes Home lmprovemenls

Hull Bros. of Canoga Park is now in the home improvement field as a CHIP franchise dealer.

Their initial venture into the field is being made as a CHIP dealer because of the completeness of the CHIP Franchise Plan which includes everything {rom business forms, selling equipment and advertising to in-yard consultation and per' sonnel training.

Wally Hull, owner and lnanager, expresses satisfaction that the CHIP program .rr.*".. a community need and puts his company in a more versatile position to meei changing market conditions while building a better profit Picture'

Robeit Jefiries has been appointed build' ing consultant for the S8'year-old conc€rn which is located at 21350 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, California.

A dozen boards in a Panel wall cut from the same log may look alike, but they are as different as people. Each board, for instance, cut from a Douglas fir log has its own fingerprints, a wonderful variety of grain and texture.

New Sowmill for Stimson

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mental in many important hardboard advances, and they have been first with many NEIV hardboard products

As the economics of the lumber business changed, the principals took a third step to produce greater utilization of the timber. They found that a better conversion resulted in peeling certain logs into veneer rather than sawing them into lumber.

After further investigation and planning, a veneer plant was constructed and put into operation in 1956. With the addition of the veneer plant to the plastic wood and hardboard divisions of the sawmill, a completely integrated operation was realized. GonL are the days of the waste pit and burner, and in their place are the reserve fuel storage and pulp chip supply.

The overall operation of the Stimson Lumber Company-Forest Fiber products operating divisions now utilizes l0O% oI the tree's wood and lumber. The Forest Grove operation employs some 350 people with an annual payroll near $2 million.

_-The refining and final-stage processes in all future units to the Miller Lumber Co. will probably be located in the immediate vicinity of the proposed mill near Crescent City, Calif.

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