ME HAs rfoT BE'N wAsTDD dufing out extended shutdown

O Although we were lorced to suspend mcrnulqcturing crctivities during the extended period oI the recent lcrbor shutdown, we were able to utilize every minute ol the time in rebuilding crnd rehcrbilitcting our production lines. Most of our equip ment wqs bcrdly in need oI service crnd repcir qs the result ot the grueling locd oI wcrtime demcmd. Wilh recent improvements cnd expcnsion in our opercrtions, we hcve increcrsed our position cs the lcrgest Redwood Producer in the world. We are hop.f,rl oI reqching IuU employment in the not too distant luture. Through the addition oI more workers, we should soon be crble to Iurther stepup our output to cdequctely hcrndle our customers' Iull requirements lor highest qucrlity

Palco Redwood.

Forest Products Research Society Organized Sacramento Hoo-Hoo Club Holds Concatenation

The Forest Products Research Societydesigned to meet the need for a national association devoted entirely to stimulating wood research, development utilization and production-has been organized, effective February 1, following a meeting held at Madison, Wis., of industrial, educational and government forest products technologists.

National officers elected to head the new society in its first year include Fred W. Gottschalk, Chicago, Ill. (Technical Director, Fred w' Gottrcbqll American Lumber and Treating Co.), president; George A. Garratt, New Haven, Conn. (Dean, School of Forestry, Yale University), vice-president; William J. Baker, Madison, Wis. (Technologist, U. S. Forest Products Laboratory), secretary-treasurer; and Bror L. Grondal, Seattle, Wash. (Professor of Forestry, lfniversity of Washington), past organizational chairman.

Membership in the society is open to men who are engaged or interested in any phase of forest products activity. Formally stated objectives and purposes, as set forth in the articles of dssociation, are "facilitate the interchange of information among individuals and organizations who are interested in forest products research, development, or utilization (a) by abstracting papers, reports, and other publications, (b) by publishing and distributing pertinent information, (") by encouraging cooperation among interested persons, (d) by promoting standard tests methods and procedures, (e) by sponsoring meetings for the presentation and discussion of reports of investigations and exthe articles of asso,ciation, are "to facilitate the interchange of ideas, and the broadening of acquaintanceship among individuals interested in forest products research, development, or utilization; and in general, to encourage and promote the efficient utilization of lr'ood and other forest products."

The address of the'secretary-treasurer of the Forest Products Research Society is P. O. Box 2088, University Station. Madison 5, Wisconsin.

Nineteen Kittens were initiated at the Concat held by Sacramento Hoo-Hoo Club No. 109 at the American Legion Hall, North Sacramento, February 15.

The Nine consisted of Homer Derr, Snark; Mitch Landis, Senior Hoo-Hoo; Charles Shepard, Junior Hoo-Hoo; Roy Miller, Bojum ; Harry Pefley, Scrivenoter; John McBride, Jabberwock; Art Ronk, Custocatian; Loren Swift, Arcanoper; Henry Gilbert, Gurdon.

Committees were: Finance-Henry Gilbert, Roy Miller, Bill Fairfield, Jim Clayton. Arrangements-Homer Derr, Stanley Gustafson, C. D. LeMaster.

A special and unusual feature was the presentation of the Nine-Pointed Diamond Star, badge of the Seer of the House of Ancients, to C. D. LeMaster, former Snark of the Universe, who has now succeeded to that office. The presentation of the Star and the official notification was made by Charles Shepard.

Visiting Hoo-Hoo from the San Francisco Bay district included: Lew Godard, Al Kelley, Earl Carlson, Ralph Bacon, Jo Shepard, Leo Hulett, Herb Schaur, and Paul McCusker. Gene Hall and Donald Bird came from Stockton, and Ole May from Los Angeles.

President Homer Derr presided at the dinner.

Will Devote Full Time to U. S.-Mengel Plywoods, Inc.

At his own request, L. B. Olmsted has been relieved of his duties as general sales manager of the Plywood Division of The Mengel Company in order to devote his full time to U. S.-Mengel Plywoods, fnc., of which he is vice president and general manager. U. S.-Mengel Plywoods, jointly owned by Mengel and United States Plywood Corporation, operates a chain of seven plyr,vood distributionwarehouses.

Firebug Sets Scn Mcrteo Fires

Fire, the work of a 12 year old arsonist who has confessed setting six fires in San Mateo, Calif., damaged the plant of the Pedersen & Arnold Planing Mill, San Mateo, to the estimated extent o{ $100,000, February 15. This was the third fire at the mill in two months. The damage caused by the boy's incendiary fires amounted to $40O,000. This included the $200,000 fire at the Peninsula Milling Company, January 18.