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Southern Plywood Manufactu]ers Association Holds Fall Meeting

Formal announcement of the Southern Plywood l'lanufacturers Association inspection service was a highlight of the association's fall meeting held on November I and 2 at the Henry Grady Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia. This service is an in-rportant addition to the quality control Program of the Southern panel makers which they inaugurated over two years ago with the establishment of the association plywood testing laboratory in Atlanta, Ga.

John L. Butler has been selected by the Association to establish the inspection service and serve as its first plywood inspector. Mr. Butler brings a well developed background of both formal education and practical experience to his new activity.

John Butler is 32 years of age and a native of New York City. He graduated from the College of Forestry, New York State Ranger School, Syracuse University 1n 1937 with a Bachelor of Science degree in wood technology.

Prior to World War II, he was employed by Union Bag & Paper Corp., Savannah, Ga. as a forester with duties as a tirrber cruiser and logging superintendent. For two years he was wood technologist at Rayonier, Inc., Fernandina, Fla. wl.rere he originated and carried out procedures for correlating quality of incoming logs with qualitv of finished high grade dissolving pulps.

During World War II, he served as a First Lieutenant in

Artillery and the Air Corps. In this latter assignment he headed the Wood Unit of Materials and Processes Branch, Inspection Division, Air Technical Service Command, WriSttPatterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Among other duties he had administrative control of Air Force wood inspectors in six procurement districts; !!'as responsible for preparing quality control and inspection manuals and approving inspection requirements of new Air Force, Army-Navy and Joint At-yNavy materials and processes specifications; provided test checks for various types of glued construction.

Since separation from military service, IUr. Butler has been employed by Tidewater Plywood Co., Brunswick, Georgia and Darlington Veneer Co., Darlington, S. C. His work at these mills has covered all phases of plywood production including such duties as plant engineer, supervisor of quality control inspection and. testing, foreman of gluing operation and supervisor of dry kilns.

R. A. Hertzler, chief of the Wood Utilization Division, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, Asheville, N- C., presented an interesting and informative talk on Southern hardwood timber in which he strongly urged the standardization of hardwood log grades in the South. By the use of pre' pared charts and with survey figures for the years 1937 and 1947,he shou-ed that the percentage of hardwoods on southern timberlands is now 4O% of the total and is increasing. This increase, however, is in cull trees of desirable species and those species whose usefulness has not been established. Despite heavy demands for it, yellow poplar has increased in supply. Among his suggestions to increase the volume of hardwoods in the South and also improve their quality, Mr. Ifertzler recommended more planting of hardwoods, improved cutting practices, and research to develop better utilization of all hardwood species.

Association members and their guests were impressed by the forceful presentation of current emergency production planning by M. C. I-nrenz, Procurement Section, Corps of Engineers, St. I-,ouis, Mo. He gave in some detail those factors which make such planning advisable and explained how individual plywood manufacturers may cooperate in this voluntary production allocation program. Basically the program is a vol- untary agreement on the part of a manufacturer to furnish certain kinds and quantities of material to the government in the event of a national emergency. When M-Day, the day of total war mobilization is declared, the manufacturer immediately begins production on those previously agreed items for the government, and in turn is assured of receiving those supplies required by him to produce the government orders. Those manufacturers present indicated a desire to cooperate in this emergency production planning program.

The inspection service of the Southern Plywood Manufacturers Association is available to both member and non-member plywood manufacturers in the South to assist them in grading, gluing and other manufacturing problems. Arrangements can also be made for Mr. Butler to inspect and issue reports on disputed shipments of hardwood plywood, veneer and doors. Further information about this service is available from the Southern Plywood Manufacturers Association, 728 West Peachtree St.. Atlanta. Ga.

Viney-Milliken Lumber Co. Celebrates 40th Anniverscry

The Viney-Milliken Lumber Co. at Covina, Calif., ce lebrated its 40th anniversary last month. It was in November, 1910, with a team of horses for delivery and a small shed for storage that the firm started, The company was established by William A. Viney and Herbert E. Milliken.

The company has expanded its operations to include a large office and yard at its original location in Covina an<l has a branch yard at Baldwin Park.

The officers of the company are: \M. A. Viney, president; Gertrude E. Milliken, secretary-treasurer; Arthur W. Milliken, manager of the Covina yard, and Robert M. Viney, manager of the Baldwin Park yard.

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I The West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended November 18, 179 mills repoiting, gave orders as l?,294,0W feet, shipments 117,333,000 feet, and production -120,054,000 feet. Unfilled orders at the end of the week totaled 571,304,000 feet.

For the week ended November 25, these same mills gave orders as 112,129,0ffi feet, shipments 99,423,000 feet,lnd production 96,177,ffi0 feet. Unfilled orders at the end of the week totaled 591,980,000 feet.

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