GEORGE OOUGH A N D LUMBER

As we slcnd on the threshold oI <rnother yecrr I would like to reminigce iust c little cbout the yeqr we are qll bringiag io c close in iust two weeks. 1950 hag been quite cn experience Ior oll oI us qnd c lew things qre noleworthy oI urention in thiB little column.

First qnd loremost, ol courge, wqs the United Nationa oc'tion in Eoreq. Along with the 6ghting, we in the United Stcteg s<rw the reettoclDert oI the Selective Service Lcrw cnd the ccll ol the cre<rm oI our youth lo f,rmed Service.

In the lumber buginess there existed unusucl mcrrketing conditions crecrted by the delinite uncertcinty ol our ecoaotny, especiclly duriag the last lew months oI the yecr. With the Koreon silustiotr extremely uncertoin it cppecrr nre ccuot look toward c completely st<rbilized mcrket in 1951.

But aeverthelege we will continue to selve our clientg lo the best ol our cbility cnd when you need Pccilic Coqst Foresi Products thct qre well mqnulcrctured-give us the opportunity to aerve you-dnd we Ieel conlident the New Yeor will mecu thqt you will get the EEST SERVICE possible-at the lqirest price, Irom usl

Scrn Diego Hoo-Hoo Dinner Dcnce lcn. 13

The San Diego HooHoo Club rvill hold a dinner dance at Casper's El Rancho on Saturday evening, January 13, 1951. The dinner dances are very popular tvith the members and a good turnout is expected. Dave \\/illis' orchestra rvill furnish music for dancing. President Ed Glasson and "Chuck" Hampshire are in charge of the arrangements.

New Ycrrd

The Inyo Lumber Co. has opened a retail lumber yard at Lone Pine. George Conrvay is yard manager.

Terrible Twenty GoU Tourncment

The Terrible Trventy held its 294th golf tournament at the Victoria Country Club, Riverside, on November 14. Erroll Murphy turned in a lorv net score of 69 and u'on the first prize. Robert I\forris won the second prize rvith a net score of 70. In the finals of the first six months' match play, Cecil Dees u'on out over Bob Osgood.

Lecse Lumber Plcnt

The Southrvest Oregon Lumber Co., Grants Pass, Ore., has been leased to Forest Products, Inc., n.hich is on'ned by William J. Br.rckley, Harry Kunin and S. X. S. Stahlman. I\[r. Kunin and N[r. Stahlman on'n the.A & A Box Co., Long Island, N. Y. The new company rvill continue custom milling and also furnish materials for the Nerv York mill.

Placerville Lumber Compcory brcrecses Outpgt crt Fresh Pond Mill

llan'ey \\'est, president of Placerville Lumber Company, Placerville, Calif ., announced recently that their Fresh Pond sall'mill has closed after a very successful season with J. C. Nfclntosh as sales and general manager. Lloyd Beam as logging superintendent, Jim Ward, sawmill superintendent and Art Johnson, yard and planing mill superintendent. The mill cut 31,000,000 feet of lumber this year, an increase of 7.000.0m over 1949.

After the first of the year repairs and improvements will be made for the reopening in April. Several nerv features u'ill be added at the Smith Flat remanufacturing Plant, including the modernizing of the moulding plant, completion of a modern box factory, and a cutup plant for rvorking up sash and door stock and special milhvork.

The company is rvorking under a cooperative plan with the El Dorado National Forest in the cutting of their p:ivate timber lands. and for the 1951 season their cut rvill consist of at least 85 per cent Forest Service timber at an estimated value of $250,000, of rvhich 25 per cent rvill be disbursed to El Dorado County by the U.S. Forest Service, Mr. West states. Nearly 400 men were employed in all departments, and the payroll exceeded $1,000,000 this year.

I\1r. \\'est is donating to the Golden Empire Council all the funds required to purchase the Camp Harvey West bov scout camp at Echo Lake, El Dorado County.

The official state florver of Arizona is the bloom of a cactus-the Giant Saguaro.

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