Lumber Merchanb Association of Northern California Sponsors Training Program for Yard Personnel

Recognizing the need for a training prog'ram for veterans and their own employees, directors of the Lumber Merchants Association of .Northern California voted unanimously at their meeting in the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, to inaugurate such a program.

Robert J. Wright, executive vice president of the association, announced that the College of the Pacific, Stockton, is willing to take on the program, which is a short training course for veterans and retail lumber and building material yard personnel, developed by the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association from the experience of the University of Washington, Seattle, and the University of Denver.

Mr. Wright was authorized to make arrangements with the College of the Pacific to get the first class started. The course will last 30 days, and the class will be limited to 30 or 35. The cost for a student, including board and room at the College will run froin $200 to $225, it is estimated, for the 30-day period. GI's if unemployed. can arrange for their allowance under the Bill of Rights.

It was stated by Mr. Wright that The University of Washington is now conducting its sixth 30-day class. He also said that the University of Illinois is preparing a correspondence course based on the NRLDA program.

Dealers who are interested should get in touch without delay with the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California, P. O. Box 623, Fresno 9, for further particulars regarding the subjects to be taught, starting date for the first class, and other information about the course.

George Adams, Noah Adams Lumber Co., Walnut Grove, president of the association, presided at the meeting.

Wendell Robie, Auburn Lumber.Co., Auburn, chairman of the legislative committee, gave a report of the committee's activities. It was decided to have material exhibits at the annual fall meeting of the association.

Ashdown-Blum

Mildred Blum of Oakland was married to Larry Ashdown in Oakland, February 15.

Mr. Ashdown is a member of the sales department of Wholesale Building Supply, Inc., Oakland. The couple spent their honeymoon at Carrnel.

Los Angcles Hoo-Hoo Endorse Roy Stanton Wilson Garage Doors Available For Snark of Universe For lmmediate Shipment

Arthur Will, Superintendent of Charities for Los Angeles County, was the guest speaker at the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club luncheon meeting held at the Chapman Park Hotel, Tuesday noon, February 18. He gave an interesting talk on the work his department is doing, also what it costs the taxpayers to carry on the work. Roy Stanton introduced the speaker, and President Bob Osgood presided at the meet. rng.

Dee Essley announced that a movement was started at the Sacramento Hoo-Hoo concatenation on February 15 to present the name of Roy Stanton, president of E. J' Stanton & Son, .Los Angeles, for Snark of the lJniverse for the 1947-48 Hoo-Hoo year at the annual convention to be held at Spokane, 'Wash., in September. He presented a motion which was unanimously passed by the Club endorsing Roy for this high position. Roy is a past snark of the Los Angeles district, past president of the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club, and has always been active in Hoo-Hoo.

Welcome Little Strcrnger

A daughter, Jennifer Jean, was born Februaty 16 in Coronado, Calif. to the wife of Lt. Commander John S. Butler, U. S. Navy. The happy father is the son oT Seth L. Butler of San Francisco, with whom he was associated in the lumber business bdfore entering the Navy.

Eight Redwood Mills Mcrintcrining Solid Front Agcinst Union Demcrnds

Eureka, Cali{, February 15.-The Redwood Industrial Relations Committee announced that their members, the eight struck mills, are continuing to maintain a solid front against the union demands for a union shop.

Announcement is made by White Brothers, San Francisco, distributors of Wilson Easy-Lift Aluminum Garage Doors, that they are able to make immediate delivery of these doors from both their San Francisco and Oakland yards. They have demonstration doors set up at both yards.

The Wilson door weighs only 101 pounds, is simple to handle, store and install.

For double door installations, with no center post, the Wilson Twin Easy-Lift is suspended by a special center mounting bracket.

It is claimed that this garage door is so perfectly balanced that it seems to float up and down at a touch of the fingers.

White Brothers' telephone number in San Francisco is SUtter 1365. The Oakland yard number is ANdover 1600.

Britistr Lumber Situation Discppointing

Bryan Latham, President of the Timber Trade Federation, of England, addressing the Federation in review of the lumber and timber situation in England for 1946, said:

"The past year has not yet seen the fulfillment of all our hopes. The timber trade has not yet moved forward to that measure of de-control which had been forseen, whilst the consumer and manufactuiers have not been able to expand their production to fulfill the national needs as they had anticipated. Both these troubles have the same fundamental cause-a shortage of timber supplies greater than had been expected from reasonable forecasts made the first of the year."

That statement would seem, in light of what we hear about the building material famine in England, to be a verv definite understatement.

In New Offices

New larger quarters on the 5th floor of 16 California Street, San Francisco, will enable the R. G. Robbins Lumber Co. to expand their service to customers. Those from out of town will find desk and telephone facilities provided for them in the new offices. L. J. (Larry) Owens is manager.

The new telephone number is DOuglas 5070, three lines.

Macllonald & Harrington, Ltd.

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