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Lumber and Shipping

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Managing Pine Department

Bert Smith, who was in charge of the Los Anggles wholesale office of The Red River Lumber Co. for the past eight years, is now manager of the Pine Department for the W. B. Jones Lumber Co. at Los Angeles.

Bert is widely known in lumber circles and his work with Red River at the mill and as a sales representative covered. nearly thirty years. Before taking charge of the Los Angeles office, for five years he was contact man between the company's plant and general sales office at Westwood. Calif.. and wholesalers in the Middlewest and Southern states, and prior to that covered California and the states r,r'est of the Rocky Mountains in a similar capacity.

West Cocrst Annual Meetings

The "Three-meeting Plan" was adopted by the West Coast Lumbermen's Association this year to save time and to cut down on travel. The first meeting was held at the Winthrop Hotel, Tacoma, January 26; second, at the IVIultnomah Hotel, Portland, January 30, and the third meeting at the C)sburn Hotel, Eugene, January 31.

Ccrlling on Mills

Harry Geary, formerly rvith the Red River Lumber Company in New York City, is with F. A. Gordon & Co. of Elizabeth, N. J., wholesale lumber distributors. He is now on the \Mest Coast ,calling on the mills in California, Oregon and Washington.

Sends Clippings from Merchant Overseqs

This office certainly does enjoy your magazine. I think credit should be given when it is due. We enjoy the editorials and "My Favorite Story." These are all clipped and sent to our son who is overseas. He says they are appreciated by all his pals.

Good luck and best wishes to you and your magazine for the coming year ol 1945.

F. S. Siegfried

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C. Kofoid Lumber Company Riverdale. Calif.

Manucrl on the Use of Gypsum Products

A comprehensive manual titled, "The Complete Guide for IJse and Application of Celo-Rok Gypsum products," has been developed by The Celotex Corporation and is now being distributed by material dealers to architects, contractors and prospective buyers.

Its 40 pages describe the Celo-Rok products, enumerate the uses for which they are indicated, and give step-by-step dire,ctions for their application. Each section is supplemented by the use of photographs, line and wash drawings, and construction details. As a special aid to architects, specifications are included with the material dealing with installation and construction.

Board ol Directors Meet

The board of directors of the Lumber ciation of Northern California met at the Francisco, on January 25.

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