West Coclst Forest Products Compony Acquires Wirro Fomily Redwood Sfond; Assures Supply for Exponded Operotions

Walter C. Bailey, president of West Coast Forest Products Company, Los Angeles, announced last month that his firm has acquired seventy million feet of old growth Hurnboldt County Redr,l'ood through arrangement with Into Wirta, a member of a pioneer Northern California timber proclucing family. Logging and cutting has started in the Garberville, California, area and rvill continue on a steady 12-month continuous schedule.

According to Bailey, this operation, in addition to the other company mills currently producing in the Cloverdale district, will assure a steady source of fine textured Redwood for the California, Texas, midwest and eastern markets. The winter production schedule will exceed a million feet monthly and, as weather permits, this footage will bc in'creased according to demand.

In line with the expanded operation, Tom Hale of the rvell known lumber family of Eureka, California, has joined the company as production manager. He was raised in the lumber milling industry and has a well-rounded experience in production and remanufacture. Hale will maintain offices in Cloverdale and rvill have complete charge of logging, sawing and shipping. He is a graduate of the University of California and majored in forestry.

The remanufacturing program for West Coast Forest Products Company n'ill be handled by the Dennis Lumber Company and the Cloverdale Kiln Company. Production capacity presently exceeds 200,000 feet per day. Under the nerv arrangement the West Coast Forest Products Company has control of all production, remanufacture and shipping of the Wirta timber development. On-schedule shipments rvill be made via rail or truck and trailer, whichever method of transportation meets rvith the convenience of the customer.

"We shall continue to specialize in the production of full sawn 6f 4 Redwood for the California, Texas, Nevada and Arizona markets," said Walter Bailey. "Hotl'ever, all