lnland lumher Company

Rialto, Galifornia

'Gooper-Widmon Limited ond

;'Timber Soles Merge Inlerests

l:: Stervart A. Cooper, Chairman, and Charles R. Widman, President of Cooper-Widman Limited, together with Harvey A. NIc, Diarmid, President of Timber Sales and Distributors Limited are i.pleased to announce the merger of their two forest products 'marketing companies efiective December I, 1962.

Cooper-Widman Limited is Canada's largest carload lumber ,. wholesaler with sales offices in all major cities of the country and filgp.rican offices in Chicago and New York. An extensive business ileo. done in world export markels.

r: Timber Sales and Distributors closely parallels Cooper-Widman I in organization and function. Mr. McDiarmid is well known as a past president of the Interior Lurnber Manufacturers Association and has been active in many community and industry endeavors rn rocent years.

The merger of these two firms lras been conceived to eliminare costly duplication and overlapping of facilities and services, in addition to strengthening each other in areas of mutual interest' The merged company will continue to operate under the name of Cooper-Widman Limited a.nd combined sales will exceed twenty million dollars ($20,000,000). The positions of Mr. Widman and Mr. Cooper will remain unchanged; Mr. McDiarmid will serve as Vice-President and Director. One innovation of the merged companv will be the setting np of a special Mill and Timber Managemont Department under the direction of Mr. McDiarmid designed to offer specialized consultant services to producers.

The Management of the merged company is convinced that by combining their resources and talents, they will be able to ofier greatly improved services to producer and consumer alike in the increasingly competitive field of forest products marketing.

The Srufi Thql Trends Are Mode Of

One of the most significant qualities of the Red Cedar shingle is its adaptability to new trends in residential design. Thisperhaps more than any other thing-has assured the shingle of continuing popularity.

From stylish mountain cabins to the rambling homes of the Pacific Southwest; from traditional and stately Midwest architecture to the wild and yacky spiraling Vacation, Village of San Diego, California, the Red Cedar shingle has proved itself versatile and increasingly in demand.

If you look carefully around you, there are new trends and trends that are not so new at all. The shingle sidewall, long a traditional favorite in New fingland, is finding its way into Cali fornia architectuie. In the Facific Northwest, high pitched roofs are once again in vogue, cornpeting with low, flat roofed homes that sprang up so swi{tly in the 1950's

, In the midst of this, the Red Cedar shingle and grooved sidewall shake continue to capture the fancy of architects, builders and homeowners. There ape good.Feasons: firpt, the cedar shingle is a natural product, cut from the light, strong Red Cedar log. It has the rugged textures and cleair lines that appeal to the aesthetic sense. Beyond beauty, there is dirrability. Red Cedar shingle roofs will last the lifetime of a house in many areas of the country, most of them maintenance free. A third quality is resistance tqi,r the elements of nature, which goes hand in hand with a earned repuation as "nature's best insulator." ls the stuff that

Versatility, beauty, durability, rugged any trend is made of.

Weyerhaeuser Company, a member of Nort II..dl"oq'dl Association, makes a new and interesting i$rom red aldet'.. 6y tn" tuplddti at its Snoqualmie Falls Branch. Alder is de-fi process, baled, dried, and shipped to plants whftfi extract fruit juices. This mechanical pulp is added to the crS$ed fruit, acts as a straining medium, without altering fruifjflavors. It alsd minimizes the adherence of fruit pulp to straining{<i$ntainers. :q

An average home contains 10,000 board feet some 2,000 separate pieces ranging fr"rm sturdy lurnber sfir joists to the finest western red cedar siding and lumber.

Saw textured or nicks and bumps. cities are western not shor,tl le in mosf l#ii$r cdist hemlock rp-a-1q1, si{Lng is tough and ll tgyeh:Ydwn sidings ave +.'2 o'Douglas fir.'