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TWENTY-FII|E YEARS AGCD TC)DAV fu Reported in The California Lumber Merchant, December 15, 1935
The Pacific Lumber Company had the F'ront-Cover Christmas Ad of the December 15, 1935, issue, and the Greeting was spelled out in type in the shape of a Christmas tree . The Port Orford Cedar seats in the Rose bowl are said to be in fine condition for the game January 1 between Southern Methodist and Stanford, which is already sold out Harold lluntsberger, secretary of The Sampson Company, was elected president of the L. A. Realty Board Albert K. Martin, 55, vice-president of Pacitrc National Lumber Co. and a. past-president of the Tacoma Lumbermen's Club, died there Nov. 22 from injuries in an auto accident . .224 kegs for the needy were subseribed at the December dinner meeting of East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club 39, according to Mila,nd B. Grant of Western Door & Sash Co.
T'he annual Christmas Greeting from Strable Hardwood Co. in this issue is sigrred by B. E. Bryan" R. E. Bacon, E. A. Gordon, H. n. Ltnd and Jas. B. Overcast And in the annual message of the Red River Lumber Co., Paul Bunyan was pointing out the direction to Santa Claus A note from the "Ten Years Ago" column in this issue says the Los Angeles IIoo-Hoo will entertain 350 children at a Christmas party to be held Dec. 23, 1925. Roy Stanton, Gus Ifoover and Paul Halllngby are on the committee
Bob Osgood is back at his L. A. sales desk for CadwalladerGibson Co. after a three-monthg'business trip of the east, midwest and south, and reports that without exception he finds prospects promising in every section . Fred L. Jones of the Jones Lumber & Salvage Yard, Ell Verano, has reopened the old El Verano Lumber Yard in Sonoma county.
F. G. Hanson, president of West Coast Screen Co., Los Angeles, returned from a business trip to Lakeview, Ore., and a stop enroute home in San Francisco, where he conferred with Nicolai Door Sales Co. on distribution of his "Holl5rwood Doors" product
R. A. ileub of Smith Wood Products, Coquille, Ore., conferred in San Francisco with their representative, Ja,mes L. IIaU . President George Loy reined the Nov. 23 meeting of the California Lumbermen's Council at the Commercial Club in San Francisco ;Itm Farloy made a flying trip to Hollywood, where the dialogue was ready to be recorded for the new talking film of the California Redwood Assn., on which Jim serves on the Advertising committee . Roy Barto visited the Pacific Northwest for CadwalladerGibson Co,, of which he is president.
Hawk lfuey of Phoenix took some time out to get in the winter meat supply. His flrst elk weighed 820 pounds, and he also brought in a deer at 115 pounds . , Ray Cana,ily has joined the L. A. ofrce of Coos Bay Lumber Co. Max E. Cook, agticultural engineer of The Pacific Lumber Co., will speak in Davis, Calif., Jan. 10-11, at the meeting of the American Society Geo. S. Melvlllo' southern California representative of South Sound Lumber Sales, was called to Broken Bow, Neb., by the death of his mother, Nov. 21 George Geary visited Klamath F'alls for the E. I(. Wood Lumber Co., and conferred with Corl Hornlbrook Jlmmy Atktnson returned from six weeks on eastern business for Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co. The Coast Counties Lumbermen's Club met in Watsonville. Nov. 21, and discussed in detail the new truck tax law. C.L.C, Secretary-Manager I. L. lValker reported on the current lumber situation.
Ancient Pierce.Arrow Truck Still Being Used by Visolio Yqrd
Visalia, Calif.-To the collector of ancient automobiles, a 79\2 Pierce-Arrow would represent a classic. One of the original pieces of equipment in the yard of t}re W. R. Spalding Lumber Co., Visalia, Calif., is one of these. It was fitted with solid rubber tires and acetylene headlamps. When the Pierce-Arrow was in its heyday, it was much in demand by royalty, presidents and Oriental potentates. To use it as a lumber vehlGle was almost a sacrilege at the time, but the United Lumber Company affiliate wanted only top-quality equipment then as it does today. And Spalding's original Pierce-Arrow was still in daily use at the Visalia yard the tast we heard,
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"It was found, too, in another survey, that 86.4/o of builders throughout the country favor oak flooring for homes built on conventional foundations."
Hardwood flooring demand in 1959, as reflected by shipments in the nation's major producing areas, was the greatest in three years, reported President Sam M. Nickey of the National Oak Flooring Manufacturers' Association. Output of. 981,874,000 board feet topped the 1958 mark by nearly 100 million feet or ll/o. lt was almost 78 million feet, or 8.6/o, more than the volume in 1957.
"This is a truly creditable showing," he declared. "It demonstrates that oak is maintaining its envied leadership in the residential flooring market despite the most strenuous promotional efforts in behalf of numerous competitive materials, some of which did not even exist a few years ago. There is no question," said Mr. Nickey, "about oak's contihued overwhelming popularity among home buyers. When they have a choice in the matter of floors they generally choose oak. This was evidenced in a recent survey of nearlv 850 real estate agents.
In a move to extend oak's leadership and provide the public with better and more economical iood fiooring systems, the National Oak Flooring Manufacturers' Asiociation has. joined with several other lumber group_s_ and companies in sponsoring a research project at Washington State University, Mr. Nickey said. Directing the project for the sponsors is the Timber Engineering Co., Washington, D.C., a service agency of the lumber industry and an affiliate of the National Lumber Manufacturers-Association.
Since reduction of on-site labor costs is a major objective of home builders, said Mr. Nickey, the study will include investigation of wood flooring systems designed especially for rapid assembly and installation. In its first ohise. the lnvesrrgarlon or wooo noorlng for rapid phise, tht study will involve field surveys of basementless home construction in Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles. Levit- struction Dallas, Levittown, N.J., and other areas where large numbers of basementless homes are built.
