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Hommond Production Monoger Tells SCTSA of Kiln Operotions

The November 11 meeting of the Sottthern California Lumber Seasoning Association rvas called to order by I'resident Al Wahl at Rodger Young auditorium in Los Angeles after a delicious top sirloin steak dinner. The main speaker was Frank Richinger, production manager of Hammond Lumber Company, southern division.

It rvas announced that election of olficers rvould be the main business at the next meeting, which'ivas held December 9 at Rodger Young.

Secretary Bob Inglis made a motion at the November meeting that the association elect an executive board ateach general election. It rvould be made up of five members, trvo to be elected by the membership and the other three being the elected ofhcers. The purpose of such board rvould be to act in place of the association u'ith full authority, handling busir-ress affairs, programming and other arrangements. It is believed such a ltoard could relieve the association meetings of time taken up in business discussions lvhich are not of interest nor concern to visitors' Inglis's motion was seconded by Rex Wall and passecl.

llammond's Richinger spoke on "The Relaticinship Betrveen Nfanagement and the Kiln Operator." I)ivisions of his interesting talk included Stacking and Unstacking, A Full Day's \\rork for a Full Day's Pay, Kiln Operation, Shrinkage or Degrade, Production, Transportation, Teamu'ork, and Safety. I{ichinger also pointed out that the kiln operator's responsibility is to oversee and have u'orking control of all lumber to be seasoned from the car rlr truck right on to the mill or dr,y shed. He said oniy in tl.ris u'av call proper handling be given.

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President \\rahl next introduced Rex Wall, o\vner and operator of the Wall Dry Kiln Company, Long Beach. He spoke on "The Problems of the Operator." He describecl the main problems involved in the three types of kilns in the Los Angeles area: the company-o\\'ned kiln that dries only its own lumber, the company-o\vned kiln that has enough capacity to dry its ou'n besides that solicited for drying, and the commercial kiln that dries on a custom basis.

Follo'iving his talk, Mr. Wal1 lecl an interesting and informative discussion that lasted for a full hour.

Those attending the November 11 dinner meeting included Arthur Koehler, consultant; Jim Ray, Nlahoganv Importing Co.; A. C. I\IcKinney and J. H. Van Patten, Van Patten Dry Kiln; Chas. Beckman and Armond Scheiffele, Beckman Lumber Service; Charles Lakeman, E. J. Stanton & Son; Earl Simon, Hammond Lumber Company; Russell Fritchey, Palm Avenue Lumber Co.; Russell Srvift, Tropical & Western Lumber Co.; Herb Geisenheyner, Coast Kiln & Lumber Co.; Harry Robinson, Patten-Blinn Lumber Co.; Paul D. Cherniss, Atlas Lumber Co.; Harry Gray, John Hults, J. L. Moody, Consolidated Lumber Co.. and Gene Leupp, Vern E. Waller, Bill N{eyer and Boli Inglis, Associated Ntolding Co.

Jack Allenby, sales manager for \\ralter Brix Lumller Co., Inc., r'vas in San Francisco during the first rveek of December calling on various Bay area wholesalers.

New Jobs Will Scienfificolly Arise

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The booklet goes on to show how each new industrial job brings into being non-manufacturing jobs. "Like the growth process in life itself, in which one cell divides tc.r create two, one job leads to another," the booklet says. Each new job created for an industrial worker "brings into being 2.6 additional jobs supplying everyday needs for him and his family."

In a dramatic section entitled "Business Biology," the booklet demonstrates how developments in one field sparvn employment in others. Taking the history of nylon as a case in point, it shows that over and above the 13,000 jobs created in the Du Pont Company by the development of nylon, are thousands of jobs converting, dyeing. finishing, cutting, and molding nylon into its final form. The textile industry has 1@,000 workers in firms making finished products of nylon, and an additional 51,000 in sales. As a leading textile fiber, nylon accounts for many of their jobs. In the hosiery field alone, for example, some 49,000 men and women are engaged in making nylon products.

Glenn Nobmqnns Buy Tilden

Lumber Gompony in Richmond

Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Noltmann have purchased the Tilden Lumber Company, Richmond, Calif. The yard at 1519 Nevin Ave. u'as purchased from E. M. and Marl' Tilden. Nobmann is a native Californian and has been a Bay area. resident 25 years. He became interested in the lumber busi-