J. H. Bqxfer & Co., with Roofs in Lqst Centuryr stclrts 1956 with New officers, Merg ers, streomlining

NEW BAXCO EXECUTIVES pose in their new 5qn Frqnciscc heodquorlers (left to right): W. W. Jockson, generol solesmonoger; R. K. McCulloch, ossistonl generol solesmonoger ond NoCol dislrict monoger; C. A. Chodbourne, president, ond Alfred X. Boxter, execufive vicepresidenf. They direct the operolions of the firm in fhe merger of ils ossocioted componies.

HISTORICAI PHOTO, rqken obout 25 yeors qgo, shows the good ship A. M. Boxter looded qt firm's Iong Beoch focilities.

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Drccmbcr 15, 1955

New president of the nearly 75-year-old firm is C. A. Chadbourne, who succeeds A. N{. Baxter, son of the founder, who will continue as a vice-president. Chadbourne is former executive vice-president.

Filling that post now is Alfred X. Baxter, grandson of the founder and nephew of the immediate past president. G. P. Pond, who has been with Baxter since l92l and a vice-president since 1943, continues in his post as vicepresident and district manager in Southern California.

Secretary-treasurer of the firm is R. B. Mossman. W. W. Jackson is general sales manager. Other key personnel in this California-born firm are R. K. McCulloch, assistant general sales manager and district manager for Northern California; Willard O. Spies, manager, production and timber department; William C. Cairns, Portland district manager; Roy F. Gillespie, Eugene district manager; Hugh McClure, Seattle district manager, and J. T. Napier, general plant superintendent.

AIAI EDA, Colif,, rrearing plont of Boxco productr shown in acriol view Ferry building in San Francisco, which was reclaimed from the Bay, stand on foundation pilings supplied by Baxter some 50 years ago. And in Southern California, many of the earliest telephone and utility poles arrived in a Baxter ship at the old Redondo pier.

In addition to the above executives of the company, the sales staff in the San Francisco office includes Jerry O'Brien, J. P. Mullin, Marx Hyatt and Orville Sammann.

The Los Angeles sales staff under Gardner P. Pond, disfrict manager, includes G. A. Powers, assistant manager I J. C. McCune, sales manager, lumber department; R. E. Riddle, and Albert P. Green, who has been handling pole and piling sales for J. H. Baxter & Co. since 192 in Southern California.

J. C. McCune has pioneered the sale of pressure-treated lumber in home construction in Southern California, having joined J. H. Baxter & Co. in 1932 following five years with the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, the last two years of which were devoted to grade marking and promotion of lumber markets in California.

Baxter Name By-word for Quality

When John H. Baxter founded the company in San Francisco in the late 1800s, he probably never realized that some day his name would be a by-word for quality-protected wood products. For he was a lumber broker and, with 21 other men, had a l/22nd interest in a fleet of 22 sailing vessels which carried poles, lumber and pilings from the forests of Northern California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia.to San Francisco and Los Angeles-booming areas, even in the late 1800s.

Many of the buildings north of Montgomery street to the

In 1910 J. H. Baxter & Co. acquired a lO-acre wharf-side yard in Wilmington, and then about 15 years later moved to its present l7-acre wharf side yard at Long Beach. Later the company established a water-side yard and treating plant in Alameda to serve the Northern California area. Eventually a need was felt for protecting poles placed in the ground because of extremely high replacement costs for poles removed because of decay and termite attack. J. H. Baxter & Co. at first received the treated poles from the Puget Sound area, but then opened its own pressure-treating plant in Long Beach to give its customers faster service. While the value of treating wood products by the pressure process has been known for over a hundred years, in general only poles and pilings and railroad ties were treated before 1930. Unfortunately, it took the disaster of the Long Beach earthquake to really prove to the general public the necessity for using pres(Continued on Page 56)

Experience has shown Weyerhaeuser 4-Square Lumber Dealers that this well-known brand name helps them strengthen their competitive position by attracting new customers and holding old customers.

First, every piece of lumber bearing the Weyerhaeuser 4-Square brand name is kiln-dried-one of the features which contributes to the dealer'i reputation as a reliable supplier of building products of quality.

Second, consistent advertising over the years has made the brand name well-known and widely accepted. It is easier to sell quality products which buyers know and trust.

Third, Weyerhaeuser 4-Square Lumber is carefully milled, accurately gtaded, and loaded properly to prevent damage.

Fourth, dealers featuring the 4Square Home and Farm Building Services gain the added benefit of our continuous advertising in major national magazines, plus merchandising and advertising prograrns for dealer's local selling. d

For full information covering the extra values of Weyerhaeuser 4Square Lumber and the 4-Square Home and Farm Building Services, talk to yoqr Weyerhaeuser District Representative.

Books

Gilbert Poretanus, Archbishop of Portiers in the 12th century, was once left alone in a monastery for some time and, devoting himself to the freedom of the great library, he wrote these famous words about books:

"I sit here with no company but books, dipping into dainty honeycombs of literature. All minds in the world's history find their focus in a library. There is the pinnacle of the temple from which we may see all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them. I keep Egypt and the Holy Land in the closet next the window. On the side of them is Athens, and the Empire of Rome.

"Never was such an army as I have mustered here. No general ever had such soldiers as I have. No kingdom ever had half such illustrious subjects as mine, or half as well governed. I can put my haughtiest subjects up or down as it pleases me. I call 'Plato' and he answers 'here,' a noble and sturdy soldier; 'Aristotle !', 'here !' 'Caesar,' 'Tacitus,' 'Pliny'-'here' they answer, and smile at me in their immortality of youth. Modest all, they never speak unless spoken to. Bountiful all, they never refuse to answer. And they are at peace together.

"My architects are building night and day without the sound of hammer, my painters designing, my poets singing, my philosophers discussing, my historians and theologians weaving their tapestries, my generals marching without noise or blood. I hold Egypt in fee simple. I build, not a citn but empires, at a word. All the world is around me, all that ever stirred human hearts or fired the imagination, is harmlessly here. My library shelves are the avenues of Time. Ages have wrought, generations grown and all their blossoms are cast down here. It is the garden of immortal fruits, without dog or dragon."

Soid qn L.A. Mqn

"What I'm telling you New Yorkers is that we have 365 sunny days a year in Southern California-and that's a mighty conservative estimate."

Gomrodes

They had grown old together, and a band Of brotherhood had bound their hearts as one; Man looked at dog and saw the setting sun, And he, to comfort, licked his master's hand. No speech was needed there to understand. If there were hurts, reproaches there were none, And even after life is done, They shall be comrades in another land.

Pity the man who knows *io pittering paws, Who wins no welcoming lark for his return, Who never sees the scratch of little claws Upon his polished floors; pray he may learn The adoration of clear eyes that see Within a master's face, their diety.

-By Russell Wragg

Gontagious

A wealthy member of the fock said to the preacher at the close of the Sunday service:

"Reverend, that was a damn good sermon."

"f'm glad you like it," said the minister, "but I wish you would not use profanity in saying so."

"I can't help.it, reverend, I think it was a damn good sermon, so I said so. And to show I mean it, I'm going to put a hundred dollar bill in the plate as I go out."

The preacher exclaimed: "The hell you are!"

Ruts

Why do some people always report for work at nine-five instead of nine? And why do some people run to catch the same bus every morning, instead of being a minute earlier?

It is just the lack of a little power to rise a few minutes earlier. Those few extra minutes in bed mean nothing so far as this life is concerned, but they do mean a lot in keeping one in a rut. And when a person ignores that little voice, calling attention to those little things that mean so much toward advancement-he is just digging himself in, instead of out. Just like an auto in soft mud, without chains-every turn of the wheel digs in. A rut is just as deep as a man digs it, and the sooner he begins digging out, the sooner he will be on his way down the road to success.

Optimist on Bills

f used to think that monthly bilts

Were one of life's most trying ills, It's different now, for I've learned how To read a story in each one, And now the bills are lots of fun.

Two ninety-eight for nylon hose. Means mother to a party goes. A little coat, a hat of blue, From this bill smilingly steps Sue. The grocery bill will surely tell The wide, wide world we all are well. What use o'er monthly bills to wail, For every one there is a tale

Of happiness for someone who For happiness looks right at you.

Why, even in the doctor's bills

There is a tale of vanished ills.

Wood for the Temple

Man has ever hastened to cover barren coldness, first with skins, next with hangings, and then with wood, the intimate, sympathetic material that has been man's friend from tJre beginning of time. Used in the peasant's humble, one-roomed cottage, ceiled in wood and decorated with quaint carvings, yet deemed noble enough to house his God. For Solomon, although stone and clay lay at his feet, searched the almost treeless area of the Promised Land that he might have wood for his temple.

Osgood PloyedFuiiyomq But ITT Seffles for Mt. Boldy

The 354th Terrible Twenty Tournament was held at Red Hill Country Club, November 17. It rained all morning, cold, dark and wet during lunch; no electric carts permitted, only three caddies could be found, but the stalwarts all started (except Dee Essley). Such an array of raincoats, umbrellas, rubbers and even a pair of Seattle plaid spats ! Terrible Twenty luck came through as alwaysnot a drop of rain and the sun broke through after nine holes and it was beautiful. Mount Baldy, covered with snow, poked its peak through a bank of clouds, reflecting the setting sun. Osgood postcards from Japan about play- ing golf below Mt. Fujiama, beside the ocean (Kawana Hotel) but he traveled 8O0O miles.

Bob Falconer won the tournament (79-ll-68) with our ailing George Gartz (85-15-71) taking second place. Ed Bauer took care of John Hunter in the finals of Match Play 4 & 3 (upper bracket first 6-months tournament). Our second 6-months tournament starts this month.

Our two candidates signed the by-laws and are now members-Dr. Wm. Sorey, optometrist, of Hacienda, and Paul Bowen (oil well tools) of Hacienda. Sterling Stofle has moved to La Jolla to live and has submitted his resignation, which was regretfully accepted. Hervey Bowles was appointed by the chair to fill the vacancy of Harold LaVon on the board of directors.-H. M. Alling.

Snqrk of Universe Visits L. A. Club

(Continued from Page 28) club activity through the publicity channels of his organization.

Jim Forgie, Dee Essley and Roy Stanton reported to Snark Davis on the various projects planned by the officers of the Los Angeles club, l'hich included sponsoring many activities for the LeRoy Boys Home at Christmas time. Plans for serious business meetings lre underrvay by committee chairmen and the advisory board members, Davis was told. John Osgood reported on membership and dues activity, and "Chuck" Lember covered the financial status.

Snark of the lJniverse Davis gave a resume of his prepared speech for delivery to Hoo-Hoo clubs on his trip, and emphasized "Through Hoo-Hoo a United Lumber In- dustry" rvould prevail. Another siogan adopted by the Supreme Nine this year, "The industry that plays together stays together," rvill be used by all clubs tl-rroughout the vear, Davis declared.

Club 2 Completes Calendar

The calendar of events for the ensuing year is complete, iocal Snark Forgie declared. The active schedule will include a luncheon meeting in January, dinner dance in February, golf tournament in Nlarch, participation in the retail Iumber dealer convention at the Ambassador hotel, Los Angeles, in April, and the closing event at the Clock Country Ciub during the month of June. Eclucational programs rvill be sponsored and planned for clul> members this year and will be placed in operation next feill, Forgie declared.

Supreme Snark Davis gave a complete "run doln" on

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the International annual convention scheduled for San Francisco next September. "Throughout the United States, Canada, Hawaii and the Philippine Islands, interest is running high for the big conclave," he said. "We of the San Francisco club are going all out for this occasion and a iomplete program of business and pleasure is presently being planned which will include a trip to one of the big lumber mills, where members and their wives will be entertained and see'lumber manufactured from the fall of the tree through to the finished product.

"Absolutely no expense will be spared to make this annual convention one that will long be remembered by Hoo-Hoo members," declared Davis. He urged all members to plan now to spend their vacations next year in the city by the Golden Gate.

Ooklond Hoo-Hoo Porfy December | 9

President Joe Pepetone and Herb Farrell, who is in ,charge of this year's Hoo-Hoo Club 39 Christmas party f.or 25 youngsters from the Oakland Boys Club, have registered a last-minute reminder to be sure to be on hand at Fishermen's Pier in Oakland the evening of December 19, and take on the role of "Iamily" for these youngsters, if just for the one night.

The worthy annual event is sponsored by the Oakland club and features a real Christmas dinner for the kiddies. In addition, ol' Santa will be on hand to pass out the presents and a children's entertainment troupe will be brought in for the entertainment of all.