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We wish oll of our friends in the lumber industry o MERRY CHRISTTv1AS ond HAPPY NEW YEAR. tt is our hope thot during the next yeor you will let us shoulder your DEMURRAGE problems for you. We hove complete focilities for unlooding ond storing lumber qnd qre equipped to hondle your moleriol in VOLUtltE. Our efticient method of toking core of your hondling ond storoge will meqn EXTRA PROFITS during 1951. Why not give us cr coll todoy ond be convinced?

a priority second only to that of actual munitions. Imports of mahogany lumber and veneer were under the control of war agencies. It was used by the Navy, for aircraft and glider production and for foundry patterns.

In the present defense planning mahogany is again on the critical list but so far the Munitions Board has given no inkling as to how and in what rvay mahogany will be used for military purposes.

Ever since the u'ar there has been some buying of mahogany for military purposes but this buying has not been appreciably accelerated since Korea. Our guess is that, short of all-out rvar, there will be no considerable demands for mahogany for military purposes unless the military comes up suddenly with a stock-piling program. \\'e haven't the slightest knpwledge of any plans in \\'ashington that affect mahogany and we doubt that such plans exist at the present time. Horn'ever, it is quite possible that mahogany u'ill be needed in the war program and if so, that u'ould mean restricted supplies for civilian uses.

Mahogany SupPlies

Imports so far this year indicate that 1950 will be another big year for mahogany, perhaps totaling close to the all-time record years of 1947 and 1948. With operations as hazardous as mahogany production and transportation to the tropical seaboard, anything can happen but the lan' of averages certainly indicates a good production year- If this eventuates, the mahogany industry should be able to continue to take care of current requirements tor the rest of the year but still in the hand-to-mouth fashion that has prevailed throughout the year. As 1951 unfolds, the availability of mahog"any may gradually improve.

As to prices in 1951, no predictions can be made. Foreign export taxes have been increased and costs in the production areas have been increasing steadily, as well as labor costs in this country. Competition of both American and European buyers has also caused an increase of log prices in some of the foreign areas of production. Ocean freights have remained steady at a level three times the pre-war rates- There is a tendency towards high charter rates due to a shortage of tonnage of the size ships generally used.

\\Ie do not look for any runaway market in either mahogany lumber or veneer.

Russel Biorn to Mcncrgte Wood Window Institute ol Northern Calilonicr

GOPPERTIATE "25O"

There is more profit in Coppernale "2i0,',lfie heovy duty wood pieservotive used by contrcctors ond industry throughout the West. lt is eosier to sell becouse it is eosier ond SAFER lo use.

Russell Bjorn, of Stockton has been appointed executive secretary of the Wood \\'indorv Institute of Northern California. He rvill enter his nerv duties January 2, 1951, 4t the temporarv offices of the Institute, 604 tr{ission Street, San Francisco. The telephone number is EXbrook 2&96.

I\Ir. Bjorn has had 30 vears' experience as a public relations couselor. He has spoken before many national conventions, including the National Retail Dealers Association. He u,as an instructo: in the field of salesmanship in the training classes sponsored last vear b1' the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California-

Forester Gets Promotion

Frank J. Solinsky, commercial forester located at Sutter Creek, California, has become associated with the Calaveras Land & Timber Company as forestry consultant and technical adviser in his capacity as forestry engineer.

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Boyd-Darn€ll Acquire E. K. Wood San Diego Hoo-Hoo Club Mecting

Riverside Branch Yard

Two Southern California lumber executivesRuss Boyd and Charles Darnell-assumed ownership and direct management of the E. K. Wood branch yard located at 376I First Street, Riverside, California, on December 1, 1950. On that date the name of the organization ' was changed to RoydDarnell Lumber Company, and although the name was changed, the personnel in general remains the same.

Darnell and Boyd have had many years experience in the retail lumber field, the majority of rvhich u'ere spent with E. K. Wood in various capacities. They have been prominently identified in the distribution of forest products in California and the middle west and rvill establish their residence in Riverside.

Complete inventories of hardlvood and softrvood lumber for every purpose rvill be maintained, along's'ith plywoods, panels, sash, doors, trim, dimension, shingles and shakes. Hardwood finish and specialty materials including a full line of builders hardware will also be carried in stock.

Paul A. Loizeaux, former manaS'er, will remain with Boyd-Darnell. "\\re rvill establish our reputation by serving the home ou'ner and builder in this territory with cluality building products, and the policy of the organization will continue without change in any u'ay," declared the new owners.

The first English language Courant-was established in daily nervspaper-the Daily London in 1702.

The San Diego Hoo-Hoo Club held its annual lumber' men's dinner meeting at the Cuyamaca Club, San Diego, on Friday evening, December 1. The meeting was well attended, and President Ed Glasson presided at the business session.

Mal Rood presented the prizes to the winners in the golf tournament held at the Mission Valley Golf Club on Saturday, November 18. Billy Meridith was the winner of the 6rst lorv net prize, a golf trophy, with a net score of 69. Bob Thomas, won the second low net prize, a sport shirt, with a score of 71, and Ed Glasson rvith a score of 73 was awarded the third prize, a golf cap.

Low gross honors went to Hugh McConnell, who turned in a score of 88, and he was awarded a golf trophy. Len Drake was second low gross winner u'ith a score of 90 and received a sport shirt and Mal Rood was third with a score of 9l and received a golf glove.

Roy Batt and Tom Bernard were tied for the guests' lon' net prize, each turning in a score of.7O, and' Bill Nelson rvas third with a score of 72; they received golf balls.

The rvinners of the blind bogey \,t'ere Len Drake, Tom Bernard and Hugh McConnell, and received golf balls. Harold Smith took the largest number of strokes for a single hole but he rvas hard pressed by Carl Gavotto who was a close second; they got golf balls.

The speaker of the evening was E. E. Bauermeister, Supervisor of Prison Education, at the California Institution for Men at Chino, Calif. His informative talk was enjoyed by the gathering.

"Chuck" Hampshire showed an interesting U. S. Forest Service color motion picture, "The Realm of the Wilds."

Stabili'ing Ncrtioncrl Economy

Realizing the deflated value of what once was known as "The Almighty Dollar," the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau at many of the retail lumber dealers conventioos to be held during 1951, will have as a door prize a crisp $20 bill inflated to old time values. by attaching thereto a beautiful prestained Certigrade processed shake, all wrapped up as fancy as a box of candy and tied together with a big bow of crimson silk ribbon.

The Certigrade shake will be drawn for as an attendance prize during one of the sessions of each convention.