GEORGE CLOUGH LU MB

Quclity lumber products cnd dependcble service will be our definite guide during 1955 eo that we mcy maintcrin good customer relationE in the luture -cs we hcve enioyed during the pcst.

During there dcys of still competition <t euccesslul lumber distributor must hcve the experience qnd lrained personnel to properly service the demcnds oI his customers-cnd the nills he represenis-WE HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE _ OVER THIRTY YEARS in the Wholesole qnd Retcil lumber businegs in Southern Cdlilomic.

1955 will incugurcte the opening ol our 35th year oI service within this industry cnd we pledge our continued effort to oller THE BEST-so thcrt you can decl with ue WITH CONFIDENCE.

When you qre in need ol GOOD LUMBER to replenish your inventory-just ccll

t 06,000 Storts In Ocfober

October housing starts were 106,000, of which only Zffi were public housing. This makes an annual rate of 1,233,000, the highest annual rate since early 1951. Starts in the first 10 months of 1954 reached 1,016,500, nearly 6/o higher than the same period last year. Total new construction in October reached $3.5 billion, up 8% from October 1953, and the $30.8 billion put in place in the first 10 months was higher than the total dollar volume in any 12-months period prior to 1951.

Wholescrle Up

Wholesale prices oi building materials reached an all-time peak in September, up %% from August, and reflecting primarily increases in structural clay products, prepared asphalt roofing and lumber.

Confrqcfors Elect Meskell

John Meskell, Pasadena general contractor, was elected president of the Building Contractors Association of California for 1955 at the recent 31st anniversary congress of the BCAC at the Del Coronado hotel, near San Diego. More than 750 members attended the three-day convention. Meskell is a partner in the Thiesen Company.

First vice-president is Ernani Bernardi, San Fernando; second-vi'ce-president, Harry Griffith, Anaheim; secretary, Frank Yates, Los Angeles, and treasurer, Warren Hanby, San Gabriel.

Proftles , ,. His Heqrr ls Bigger Thon His Bork

Forty-four years ago, Henry Meyer first got sawdust in his hair when he went to work for the old Sunset Lumber Company in Oakland, California. In 1918 he was sent to Los Angeles to manage the Consolidated Lumber Co., a position he held untll 1925, when he returned to Oakland to manage Sunset for the next two years. After a total of 17 years rvith the Jim Tyson enterprises, Henry went into the wholesale business with the W. R. Chamberlain Co., San Francisco.

The year 1933 found Meyer back in the retail business as manager of the Oakland Lumber Company. After 10 years in this capacity, he spent the remaining World War II years with Wholesale Lumber Distributors.

In 1946, he and his son Bob started the Home Lumber and Supply Company in San Leandro as partners. They are going stronger than ever there today.

Henry Meyer is well known for his big bark and bigger heart, says the "Meow," official paper of Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club 39 in its Personality of the Month feature on Mr. Meyer. Last year several children slated to come to Club 39's Christmas party almost didn't make it because they had no shoes to wear. Henry saved the day. The youngsters were sporting brand new shoes as soon as this veteran retail lumberman heard about their plight' And they had a terrific time at the party. "Our hats are off and our hands are out to Henry Meyer," says the "Meow."