The California Lumber Merchant - April 1956

HARDWOODS

Your ossuronce of iop grode hsrdwoods every lime is the G-M trodemork.

HARDWOOD SPECIATISTS

GordonMocBeoth's fhree convenient worehouses speciolize rn corrying full stocks of quolity hordwood lumber with motching woll poneling ond srock mouldings. No motter from whoi corner of the eorth it is grown, you'll find it ot Gordon-MocBeoth.

Ash, Eostern Mognolio

Ash, Orientcl Mohogony, Honduros

Bolso Wood & Mohogony, Philippine Bomboo Poles Mople, Hord

Beech, Orientol Ook, Appolochion Red

Birch, Eosiern Ook, Appolochion White

Birch, Orientol Ook, Joponese

Cedor, Tennessee Red Ook, ploin Red

Gum, Quortered Red Poplor, yellow Hickory Rosewood, Eost Indio

Korino Sokor

Spruce, V. G. Sitko

Sycomore, Quortered & Lignum Vitoe

Wolnut, Eostern Block

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BIG SHEEIS meon BIG SAYII|GS

In the Homasote Handbook-Page 13-the first paragraph reads

"Note from the above diagram that a l4-foot wall requires 3r/z Iov-foot sheets, and there are three joints. At every joint it is necessary to use two rows of nails and a batten strip. \(ith Homasote Big Sheets the wall is covered in one piece, there are no joints and only one-half as many nails are required. In the average house, Homasote Big Sheets eliminate 22 joints per thousand square feet of wall or ceiling surface. To buy molding strips for those joints, nail them on, countersink the nails, putty up the nail holes and paint, far ixceeds the difference in cost of Homasote. Unquestionably, it is 'cheaper on the wali'."

This paragraph is immediately followed by data on the

strength, moisture-resistance, weatherproofness and resistance to air infiltration which make Homasote both efficient and economical as an insulating-building board.

This constitutes one page out ol 64. The Homasote Handbook took 2O years to write-based upon 46 years' experience in the making of quality materials.

Here are the answers to 100 construction problems- of value to every architect, builder and dealer. There are 200 listings in the Index. (\We cut it down from 400 possible listings.)

\7e are proud of this book. \7e have confidence in its basic value. Ma1, rue send you a copy-without cost or obligation? Kindly address your inquiry to Department D-11

REED PORTEE

McncAing Editor

THE CALIFOR}.IIA LUMBERMERCHANT

JackDiorne, pultist u,

Incorporcied uader the lcws ol Cclilornic

I, C. Dioue, Pres. cnd Trecs.; l. E. Mortin, Vice Prcs,; M. Adcms, Secrelcry Published the lst and l5th oI eqch month ct

Rooms 508-9-10, 108 West Sixth Street, Los Angeles, Cclif., Telephone VAndike 4565

Ealered cs Second-clcss notter September 25, 1922, qt the Post Ofiice qt Los Angeles, Cqlilonic, uader Act oI March 3, 1879

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How Lumber Looks

Lumber shipments of 511 rnills reporting to the National Lumber Manufacturers Assn. in the n'eek ended N{arch 24 v'ere 3.9/o above production ; new orders \\'ere 8.2/o a!>ore. Prcrcinction *'as 5.8"f , shiltments O.7/o ancl orders 2.6c/c above the previous rveek.

National production of lumber totaled 2,933,000,000 bf dtrring Januarv, 2/o above December and 1/o above January 1955 in the highest January output rec<irded since 19,18; shipments rose 5/a and orders (t/c ctver l)ecember.

West Coa.st Lumbermen's Assn. reported f<ir lfr(r n.rills (112 operating) in the week ended Nlarch 31 : prodrrction, 1 18,156,859 feet ; shiprnents, 122,517,331 feet; orders, 131,268.1305 feet (ll.l/o over production). For the year to date, rrrders *,ere 4.7/o over production.

The rveekly average of u'est coast lumber productior.r in llarch rvas 174,615,000 bf, orders averaged 197,360,000 bf ;rnd shipments 185,443,000 bf, reported Harris E. Smith,

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The May l5th issue of The CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT u'ill be a special Convention Issue containing complete pictorial coverage of both the Southern California Retail Lumber Assn. 39th annual at the Los Angeles Ambassador April l7-19, and the Lumber Merchants Assn. 16th annual at Rickey's Studio Inn, Palo Alto, April 23-25. Advertisers should be rvarned tl.rat forms for this issue rvill close on Mav 3.

sTUDS, BOARDS, DIMENSION LU'YIBER PIANK, TI'YIBERS, RAIIROAD TIES, INDUSTRIAI CUTTINGS DOUGI.AS FIR, REDWOOD, PINE, WHITE FIR, SPRUCE

Advertising Rcles on Applicqtion

DEAIERS CAN SEtL TH|S Lu-Re-Go house from their yords. Story of onorher 1955 Deoler's Council house plon on Poge 80 this issue.

I. E. MANTIN (On Leave)

M. ADAMS Mcacger

West Coclst Lumbermen's Associotion Annucll

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Aid to the R.etcril Deqlers

There will be much more grade-stamping of lumber from the West Coast under new Grading Rule 15 than ever before. This much was developed at a panel discussion of the new rules rvhen stockholders of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association met in Portland March 2l-22 lor their 45th annual session.

A six-man panel of lumber exPerts at the N{arch 21 luncl.reon anslvered questions from the floor which had come up in the first few days of operation under the neu' rules, but there were very ferv.

"From all indications," said H. V. Simpson, executive vice-president, "the great majority of the mills like the new rules. Support from the retail and wholesale level has been excellent."

In private conversations, millmen indicated they woulcl do much more grade-stamping than hereto{ore. Especially significant rvas the announcement by several mills of intention to grade stamp the nerv Economy grade, as well as Construction, Standard and Utility.

Railroads, talked on freight-car supply prolrlems, zrnd promised lumbermen there rvould be no freight-car shortage this summer, if every available car was ttsed economically and efficiently, with delayed routing eliminated, and turnaround time cut down to the barest minimnm.

Governor Elmo Smith of Oregon, addressing the annual association banquet, paid high tribute to the rvest coast lumber industry for its leadership in good forestry practiccs and for its strong backing of research to improve lumber products.

Lawrence D. Kellogg of Alexandria, La., president of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, told millmen they could no longer sit back on their padded office chairs and abandon their markets to substitutes, but must pool their resources through concerted action. He said lumber must be sold like it has never been sold before.

A highlight of the annual meeting \\ras the presentation by the public relations committee of details of its nationwide newspaper and television projects. Three syndicated ne\\rspaper features reach more than 3100 daily and u'eekly newspapers of the nation, and do a good job in stimulating business for the retail lumber industry. Also cliscussed was a newly started weekly television feature t-hich is syndicated to 169 television stations, and rvhich is a real businessgetter. It was urged that distributors, especially retail lumber dealers, might check to see if the features rvere being published in their towns.

Son Diego Lumbermen's Assn. Ncrmes

V. M. Gopesius Secrelqry-Monoger

WCLA's youthful President N. B. Giustina, of Eugene, lvas re-elected along with Vice Presidents Nils Hult, Jack Fairhurst and Robert Ingram. Elected for the first time rvas Eliot Jenkins as treasurer, and reappointed were the trvo top executives of the association, H. V. Simpson, executive vice-president, and Harris E. Smith, secretary.

In his annual report, Mr. Giustina outlined the active plans of WCLA for the biggest promotion year in its history, with special emphasis on projects which feature the retail lumber dealer.

Among business-getting promotion ideas announced by Giustina rn'ere continuing national advertising in the nation's shelter and farm magazines, new literature, new technical books including new species booklets, and a series of television movies which should stimulate much lumber brrsiness.

The new Douglas fir species booklet, soon to be out, rvill have 48 pages of information and will be the most complete ever issued on a single species.

Ralph E. Clark, an official of the Association of American

V. M. Capesius, former director of the city building inspection department, has been named secretary-manager of the San Diego Lumbermen's Association, announced John D. Sullivan, president. Capesius took office N{arch 20 and succeeds E,ugene E. Zeiss, rvho retired after 4.1 years' activity in the building industry but will continue his San Diego residence after a trip. Zeiss held the of6ce six years and for 20 years before that was o\\.ner and manager of the San Diego Building Supply Co.

The San Diego Lumbermen's Associatior.r represents 43 dealers in the metropolitan area. Its new Secretary Capesius has been in the construction industry more than 15 years. A 1940 college graduate, he was a constmttion engineer until he joined the city building inspection department in December 1953.

In this issue, we welcome these nelv advertisers into the family of California Lumber "Merchant-isers":

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WATERWOOD gnINos YoU THE BEAUTY oF FINE INTERIoR PANEIING-AT A COST LESS THAN V4" FIR PTYWOOD!

Low material cost and simplicity of working, with the resultant appearance of ease and grace desired in modern living, put WAFERWOOD in a class where the ingenuity of fhe "Do-It-Yourselfer," as well as the enterprise of the Multiple Homes Builder, may achieve excellent results through its use.

\VAFERWOOD is available at Present in Y4" thicknesses of 4'x8'panels (Special sizes to l6' long). It is guaranteed solid lr,ith enormous strength and excellent nail holding qualities, yet is light enough for ease of handling and is packaged for convenience. WAFERWOOD may be finished in any of a widi: variety of standard methods, or left unfinished.

Ash us about price

-^tou'll be amazed that WAFERWOOD, with its durable beauty, cosrs no ntore ,ban /4't exterior fir fbutood! Auailable in TL, LTL, CL, rn' LCL lots froltt otttof-stoch or direct mill shipments.

Pictured above is one of rnany typical examples of how Hyster@ Industrial Trucks are helping to effect tremendous savings in the cost of handling Lumber.

Even if you are novr using lift trucks or ha\,e never used industrial trucks of any kind, your Hyster dealer can show you how you can quickly realize more profit from your operation with these multi-purpose utility tools. Your Hyster dealer knows materials handling he is an expert on the problems and their solution. He can help you nith special techniques and cosr reducing methods. Call hirn today...why not take advantage of his materials handling knos'-how? HYSTER COMPANY

4445 3rd Sfreel, Son Froncisco 24, Colif.

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PLANNING-your Hysler Deoler will plon your moleriols hondling operotion from scrotch, or will onolyze your presenl syslem to see if il con be improved.

THE RIGHT TR.UCK-lor your job from Hysfer's complete line o{ induslriql lrucks (1.000-30,000 lbs.) ond over 100 iob-otlochmenls for economicol lood hondling.

fHE RIGHI SERVICE-omple spore porls slock, shop focililies, foctory-troined mechonics ond on efficient field service lhof keep your Hyster lifl lrucks going on your iob, wherever your iob might be locoted. Hyster lrucks ore noled lhe world over for their low downlime.

"Kin9 of Lift Trucks" is this RC-150. Sto(kpiling is only one of mony jobs in this lumber operolion. Averoge loods run 12,000 lbs,

Each morning see some task begun, Each evening see its close; Someth.ing attempted, something done. IIas earned a night's repose. ,< * * -LonBfellow

It's the bumps you get, and the jolts you get, And the shock that your courage stands; The hours of sorrow and vain regret, The prize that escapes your hands That test your mettle, and prove your worth. It isn't the blows you dea,l, But the blows you take on this tough old earth, That show if your stuff is real.

A cartoon in "Fox Chatter" shows an employer behind his desk telling some of his employes: "Mind you, these are only suggestions, and you don't have to follow them; unless, of course, you want ,? O._"0 your jobs."

"How do I keep such good neighbors?" asked the old mountaineer. "f reckon it's because I spend so much time criticizing myself that I ain't got time to find fault with others. The Lord don't expect me to make anybody good but myself, but He does expect me to love my neighbors, and try to make 'em happy. And if I can do that, maybe it'll work around the other way, and make them good, and me big."

"Fellowship is as old "":;. i. t. ,r,or. than the impetuous comradeship of youth. It is the settled faith of men in men. It knows no boundary of nation, creed, or calling. It asks only an open heart, a cheerful coqntenance, an honest purpose, and a will to understand."-(From a Rotary Club bulletin.)

Sometimes for decades- "* l".r generations, there is little noticeable progress in the human race. And then, from nowhere (because, remember, that is where all the truly great come from) there arises some son of God well equipped with the attributes of his Maker, and he brushes aside the fences which small men strive in vain to climb, and the world feels a tr"": "1*1.d and upward impulse.

There may be a man child born today who will be the glory of his generation; but it is a copper-riveted cinch that his advent will be announced o,nly when he arrives, and his greatness will be known only as it proves itself. His coming will not be announced in advance but will be known qnly to the closest friends of modest parents. Greatness and modesty go ever hand in hand.

BY JACK DIONNE

Thomas Dreier writes of "the magical power of politeness and the failure of so many of our citizens to appreciate that magic." He says that "too fed appreciate gentlemanliness as an asset," and concludes: "I wonder, as I watch the floods of each spring rolling out of the colleges and universities, to what extent, if any, we teach these youngsters to be gentlemen and gentlewomen. Would you care to guess?"

Seventy-two years .r" i"rir"rl Graham Sumner created the phrase-"The Forgotten Man," and described him thus: "The Forgotten Man, delving away in patient industry, supporting his family, paying his taxes, casting his vote, supporting the church and the school, but he is the only one for whom there is no provision in the great scramble, and the big divide He works, he votes, generally he praysbut he always pays. All the burdens fall on him."

Boldness and publicity often go hand in hand. Los .dngeles, as all men know, is cursed with what is called smog. A Phoenix, Arizona, real estate firm recently invaded that city with billboards, on which cartoons show people weeping from the smog, and i-n large type the question is asked: "HAD ENOUGH?" And advises: "TRY PHOENIXARIZONA'S VALLEY OF THE SUN." **t<

The philosophy has been often repeated: "It makes no difference who your father was; the question is, who is his son?" Earl Wilson quotes Mike Connolly as saying the same thing this way: "You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was."

The story is told as an actual fact about a lady in a small city who undertook on her own account a bit of research concerning the children of today. She made a personal telephone poll to ask pa,rents who answered the phone during the evening hours, "Do you know where your children are right now?" The poll backfired when many of her phone calls were answered by children who didn't know where their parents were.

Definite figures rt o* ttiat lh.*"rrto*obile manufacturers of the United States sold 9,169,144 cars and trucks in 1955, more than million more than in 1950, which was the previous record holder, and about 2,500,000 more than in 1954.

Mr. L. G. Colbert, a top authority on the motor car business, says that there are nearly six million pre-World War motor vehicles on the road, and that the industry will have to build four to five million cars a year just for replacement of those going to the scrap*pile.

E. V. Durling, in one of his interesting columns, tells

about the Gideon Bible. He says that there are now about 25 million of these bibles in hotel rooms throughout the world, placed there by the Gideon Society. A traveling salesman named John Nicholson was the father of the thing. He read a chapter of the bible every night, and two friends, Sam Hill and William Knight, got him to read aloud to them. Knight asked to hea,r a chapter from Gideon, and this gave the society they helped organize its name. The society started in Janesville, 'Wisconsin, 57 years ago.

Which reminds ,rr" tt "tl **l*. in the marvelous moving picture, "Guys and Dolls," boasted that only one thing had been in more hotel rooms that he had, and that was the Gideon Bible. To show my gratitude for wonderful entertainment, I must say right here that Sam Goldwyn's "Guys and Dolls" is the best, most entertaining movie I ever saw in my life, and I have always been a movie fan. My vote for the best movie actors goes to Jean Simmons and Marlon Brando in this picture; and the cleverest dialogue I ever heard in a movie is here also. As a writer I particularly enjoyed this dialogue. As one who has been particularly critical of moving pictures for the last several years, "Guys and Dolls" came a,s an answer to all my prayers. I fail to understand how, in the midst of such general trash, anything so wonderful as "Guys and Dolls" ever wasmade'

This being a big political year, we will hear much about "campaign oratory." But we won't hear much oratory. We will hear speeches of all ordinary kinds, but we won't

hear oratory because we have no orators in the political arena. Remember this: true oratory is effortless. There is no machinery, no engines, nothing that suggests artificial effort in real oratory, no suggestion of premeditation. It has.no printed rules. The true orator is as unconscious as nature; his words are felt, instead of heard. Oratory is like a mountain stream, natural, spontaneous, unrestrained. We will hear none of those. A well-timed speech will come along occasionally, but no orations.

Saw some figures the other day that made me sad. They showed that the Irish is a dying race. All other nations show a continuous increase in population. Ireland shows an annual decrease of.0.2o/o. The United States shows considerable increase every year. Canada shows an even greater one. But not lreland.

And, on a ,roa-ro-".ri1"" ".,., some philosopher is quoted as saying that the only reason many American families do not own a rhinoceros is because they haven't been offered them for a dollar down and a dollar a week.

A newspaper reporter ;; olt " ,i"r, old farmer, for an interview on how he got his money. "It's a long story," said the farmer, "so while I'm telling it, we might as well save the lamp." And he blew out the light. Said the wise reporter: "You needn't tell me. I understand."

'We're independent! !7e don't stack the deck on you by pushing one brand. If we were owned by some manufacturer, we'd have to push his products. \(/e're not. \We're independent and we don't give a deuce about pressure from anyone. Naturally, after thirty-eight years of dealing with the yards and fabricators of Southern C.alifornia, we've developed top suooliers. eood mill sources and we've made u iot of iri"ends in the industry . and we're not forgetting about them. But we aren't sacrificing our convictions about competitive brands either. Our independence gives us freedom of choice in buying and selling, and we can recommend to you the materials our experience tells us are best for each particular iob the materials best suited for your individual needs. Let us show you our hand.

FAST SERVICE ON: The best in hardwood and softwood plywoods Simpson decorative acoustical tile and insulating board Formica Masonite Brand products.

It takes two for gin rummy but we deal alone . .

f,ofs of little qds tell lofs ol big sbout TRADE.TIARKED

A-*a"rtrCT, builder or dealer-who are the biggest people in yoar work?

There's only one final answer. They're the people who buy, build and rernodel houses . consilrnerc.

You know the value of the new petmanent, doweledin-the-stile Mengel Door trade-mark. \7e think it's important that your customers be told this distinctive mark is a symbol of pride and protection. A guarantee of quality. A proof of fulfillment.

So, beginning with current issues of the magazines you see here, we're telling them. In a continuing campaign of small-space "eye-catcher" ads, they'll be reminded to look for the'Mengel-Man' trade-mark long associated with Mengel Permanized. Furniture.

Y ou watch for these ads too. Hope you'll like them ! Door Department, The Mengel Compann Louisville 1, KI.

llfeagel Doors equof or exceed ,he .eqviremanrt o, Bureau ol Slqndsrds rpeciticotiotrr CS200-55

Over 5f mllllon Gon.umor reoderr expoiod to tergel Doorr thls monlh!

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Age not guaranteed---Some I have told for 20 years---Some Less

Fcrtherliness

The crowd gathered on the ocean-shore watched with tense interest the fight the mighty lifeguard wa,s making to drag the little boy out of the riptide that was beating out his young life.

Inch by inch and foot by foot that magnificent swimmer made his fight, dragging the boy slowly along the edge

Neorly llo/o of U. S. Homes AreStarfed in Southlond

Southern California hon,ebuilders have had a busy 1956 to date. the llome Builders lnstitute revealed lerst n.ronth. Charts shon ing cor.nparisons in the U. S. and the Los Angeles metropolitall area clisclosecl that Southland builders started nearly |l/a of ALI- the home-building starts in the natior-r in January, compared to an average of from T/c to lo/n f.ctr the years l95O-55. l,ocal builders started net' homes at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 122,W in January; 105.000 in Februarv. Actual 1955 starts r,vere 107.000.

of the rip toward safety. And a great shout of joy went up from the crowd as they saw the guard with the boy in his arms, wading through calm water. They rushed out to help the hero in. The victim of the tide, alive but much exhausted, was laid on the sand to rest, while the crowd voiced its admiration of the gallant guard.

Just then an old Scotchman, the boy's father to whom word had come, elborved his way through the crowd until he reached his son's side. A pat on the back of the little boy, and then the old Scot turned to the guard, placed his hands in comradeship on the broad shoulders of the young man and, with a tear in his voice, he asked:

"Are you the mon what saved me Sandy?"

The guard nodded. And the father asked:

"Then where's his cap?"

Mrs. Welch Nqmed Director

Mrs. Marguerite Welch, llammond Lun-rber Co., was installed as director of the Southern California chapter, Americar-r Society of Insurance Management, at its recent dinner.

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There is only one brand of sheathing that carries a Life.of-Building Guarantee. It is Celoter Insulating Sheathing. Its strength and durability are so outstanding, that its efficient performance for the entire life of the building is actually insured by the manufacturer's certificate.

The Celotex Life-of-Building Guarantee works with two-fold ef. fectiveness: It helps the builder convince his prospects that he uses only the finest quality products . even

where they can't be seen. And by merchandising this Guarantee, the builder can give his prospects proof in writing that their investment dol' lars are buying better-built, better. insulated homes. This, in turn, stim. ulates your sheath'tng soles and adds to your profits.

Only Celotex Insulating Sheathing is made from tough, interlocking, Iong Louisiana cane fibers (nature's long-life fibers), protected against dry rot and termite attack by the exclusive Ferox@ Process. Goes up 30% faster, with up to 15% less waste. Insulates and weatherproofs. Double-waterproofed. no wetweather delays,

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Through colorful full-poge ods in these lop' circuloted mogozines, the nqtion's home. buying ond remodeling ProsPecfs ote Pre sold on Celolex Products. Month offer monfh, in 1956, tlFE, THE SATURDAY EVENING POST, ond BETIER HOMES & GARDENS reoders will confinue to be ottrocted qnd impressed by these compelling Celolex notionol od compoigns.

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Modernized Morysville Yord

ONE. SIOP SHOPPING is appeol ofremodeled Speckert yord shown ocross top of poge os everylhing from ospholt lile lo zinc white is sold in f he new showroom; note symmet-ricol lines, full - lengrh glcss fronl; porking lot occommodoles over 30 cotS

SPACtOUS WAREHOUSE shown left ollows entry of fwo lrucks al one iime for undercover looding (rop); sosh ond door depdrtment ot left of second photo, noil ond opplionce storqge (rl righf in wcrehouse which olso hos second-fioor sloroge, lorge enlronce inlo showroom; third photo shows how Speckeris built new showroom to withstqnd worst wind cnd floods; lhe retoil ycrd's five ocras employ eight men, lwo forkt, lhree trucks. Firm offers free delivery service in immediole slore oteo

Just 15 years ago, Armin Speckert, Sr., made a transaction r,vhich was to mark his entry into the lumber business. Until 1939 he had engaged in the produce business in different parts of Yuba county, tl.ren one day he accepted a truck load of lumber in exchange for some fruit he rvas handling on a brokerage basis. The sale of this lumber rvas profitable and immediately led to more transactions of this type. In fact, it \\ras not long until Mr. Speckert found his side business of lumber edging his produce operation out of the picture, so he discontinued the produce business completely and opened a lumberyard in Marysville, Calif.

During the War II years, Speckert, like every other retailer, found his new business seriously curtailed by lumber shortages which forced him to trade with every little sarvmill that could debark a 1og. It was during this time that he began planning a sa\\rmill of his own, to be located on his N{arysville property.

In 1946, Mr. Speckert heard of a steam-driven sawmill in Louisiana that had cut itself out of business. He personally supervised the dismantling of this mill and had it shipped to Nfarysville and reassembled on his property there.

The Speckert sarvmiil operation has been successful and the mill enlarged and modernized several times, but all has not been good fortune. Speckert received trvo heavy blows, one in 1950-when tlie Yuba and Feather rivers flooded the operation out of business, and the other in 1951, when a fire completely leveled the plant and required the rebuilding of the 'ivhole mill.

Bad fortune again appeared about ready to strike during the disastrous Christmas floods four months ago, but this time the Speckert operation, including the new yard, escaped vvith only minor damage.

The nerv Speckert Lumber Company yard, r,vhich rvas officially christened \\rith a two-day Open House last December 9 and 10, represents many years of hard work along u,ith goocl and bad fortune. The yard operation, probably one of the most modern in Northern California, is built around supermarket merchandising.

Some time ago, Armin Speckert, Jr., general manager of the yard, and John Clarke, the assistant manager, began planning a store layout around a "One-Stop Shopping"

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theme-the best u'ay to properly service the do-it-yourself market. In addition, they sought assistance and ideas from their association, the LMANC, and Garehime & Boone, San Francisco wholesale hard,rvare and lumberyartl display experts.

The combined planning of this gloup has resulted in the building of one of the finest elborn'-trade emporiums in Northern California.

All of Speckert Lumber Company's inventory is departmentalized, priced and attractively displayed in a manner tl.rat invites a customer to examine the items first hand. The importance of the latter point has been proven time and again in do-it-yourself merchandising. After a prospectir.e customer has reached out and picked up an item he is interested,in, a sale invariably seems to follorv.

Speckert has capitalized on this point and, in combining it u,ith a sensible store layout and a large diversified inventory, has bid for and won a good share o[ the do-ityourself pot ir-r the Marysville area.

"-\ modern lumberyard today has just got to carry a l'eli-diversified stock of building materials, and merchandise this inventory in much the same manner .rs :l supermarket," S1>eckert, Jr., states. "Altogether too n.ruch lumbervarcl business has lteen lost to hardrvare stores and paint dealers through overemphasis on the volume sale of lumber to one lumbenyard market alone.

"\\-e are norv in a position oi trying lo rcgain our share of the consumer market by offering an inventory of practically everything that goes into a home and its maintenance, and offer it in a manner that the public has come to

expect priced and attractively displayed so that they can examine it."

In addition to the do-it-yourself h<.rrneorvner market, Speckert Lumber Company has also gone after the large farm transient market in the area. Armin Speckert, Jr., has found that his "5/o ofi on cash purchases" policy has been a big draw with this trade.

On larger sales, Speckert can arrange home improvenrent loans either through Allied Building Credits or through the local Marysville bank. On open accounts, the yard keeps its 30-day accounts irr lir.re by chargir-rg 60/o yter month on the unpaid balance of :rr.ry account that is 60 days or more slow.

ln addition to Speckert's large lumber, plyrvood, paint, hardware, garden too1, plumbing, electrical, floor covering and appliance departments, the yard also features a large porver-tool rental department (along rvith hou.-to-doit information and suggestions on ho'w r-rot to become a do-it-yourself casualty)

Al1 Speckert Lumber Cornpanv departn-rents are advertised separately in the classified secti<ln of Nlarysville's local paper, Armin Speckert points out. They have found that this type of advertising seenrs to prrll the best resnlts because the paper is srnall and the readers of the community tend to read everything in the paper from cover to cover.

NIeanwhile, Armin Speckert, Jr., and John Clarke are continuing to add neilr parts to further improve their modern merchandising machine in order to give the local trade the best possible service and supply "Iiverything for the llome . . . In Just One Stop."

L.A. Hoo-Hoo Shifrs Worthy Chority Into High Geqr

More than 125 enthusiastic Black Cats greeted the prominent guests who attended the March 23 meeting of Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Clul> 2 at Fox Hills Country Club, Inglewood, to launch the official campaign for funds to build the rvoodrvorking shop for the I-eRoy Boys' IIome at LaVerne, California.

Approximately $700 cash was contributed by the members present and several hundred dollars more has been pledged by various company executives in order to get the big project underway. The total amount raised, or pledged, at this time by Los Angeles Club 2 is about 2O/o of the total needed for this rvorthy project being sponsored by the

Iumber group, according to Dee E,ssley, co-chairman rvith Roy Stanton, Sr., of the committee to raise the funds.

Work on the construction of the r-re.n. building at thc home will be started immediately and I-arry Weiland, along n'ith Rex Oxford, rvill expedite delivery of the materials needed to bring the development to successful conclusion. In order to build and adequately eqrrilt thc rvoodu'orking shop, it will cost the local Hoo-Hoo n,cmbership about $i0,000, Essley declared.

Attending the meeting as guests of the cltrb n-ere three young boys from the home, Leon Brumnrel, Carl Bowers and Ken Foote, accompanied by Nic J. \\Iittry, r.ice-presi-

GOIF, GIFTS AND GAIEIY morked the Morch 23 meeling of Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club 2 qs shown qcross the poge. Jim Borron, ot left, wos omong th6 throng lhql tote the tundro. Cenler shows Supt. Kennedy (lefr) ond Vice-President Wittry (righr) f,onking Leon Brummel, Cqrl Bowers ond Ken Foote (1. io r.) of thleRoy Boys' Home, obiect of lhe currenl very wodhy Club 2 proiect. Scene qt right shows Dee Essley duetting qt the mike wirh Singer Helene Stonton.

THERE'S MORE TO IHIS THAN ,IAEETS THE EYE is mofto of Dqncer Evo Poree, who enlertained ot porry (top lefi;. The B-B-Q dinner (rop center) wos reol gone. Chuck lember (rop righ0) wiih so-me of rhe sptendid prizes given owcy. Jim Forgie. Dee Essley ond tiill d*inn (center, lefr); Gwinn, i/lisr Stonton ond Elsby; ond Lorry Weilond (cenler in rigfil cenler phoro) with his guests-Police Ccptoin Glovos (lefti ond Ofticer "Whitey', Abney'(right). lower ponel (lefr) shows Alikc Murphy ot left, who won the Coliforniq lumber iilerchsnt golf trophy, with Don Gow; Hqrold Cole, who,'rirot,, llt (cenrer); Essloy (iighe cnd'Gwinn.

LEON, CARI ond KEN ". . . Unto the Lecrst of These"

In addition to the small, initial starter already raised since the project rvas first announced at the Christmas party, Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo CIub 2 took in $436.66 and some pledges at the March 23 meeting toward the woodworking shop with which Southland lumbermen will endow the LeRoy Boys Home at LaVerne.

Sparked by Consolidated Lumber Company's grand contribution of $1@, a total of $310 was raised among Robert S. Osgood, Atlas Lumber Co., Geo. M. Huff Lumber Co., Harvey W. Koll, Ole May, The California Lumber Merchant, R. F'. Kreisler and an anonymous donor. An additional $106.66 was collected from the members in attendance that night. Dick LaFran'chi won the Blind Bogey at golf that day and donated his $20 prize tc the Boys Home-making the $436.66 total. Pledges of $i@ each have also been made to date by D. C.. Essley and Don Philips, Jt. A croquet set was rvon by Jack Hussey of Kochton Plywood .and he donated that to the Home.

Have YOU done YOUR share yet?

dent, and Sam F. Kennedy, superintendent, of the institution. Captain B. J. Glavas, who heads the Hollenbeck division of the Los Angeles Police Department, gave a short talk on juvenile delinquency and how the LeRoy Boys' Home plays an active part in curbing this enormous problem presently facing the citizens of Southern California.

Captain Glavas \vas accompanied by I'olice Oflicer \Vhitey Abney, wllo devotes all of his off-hours from duty rvorking rvith juveniles of the eastside Los Angeles area in an effort to channel their activities along healthy, active schedules-thus helping to eliminate much of the delincluency prevalent in this district of the city.

Bill Gwinn, prominent radio and television star, urged the lumbermen to bring this worthy program to successful conclusion and offered the services of his shor'v to publicize the horne and the efforts of Hoo-Hoo to raise the necessary funds.

"We have now started the ba,ll rolling in the right direction and we feel confident the membership of this great fraternal order of lumbermen will back us up with every dollar needed to build this shop for these boys," said Dee Essley. "It will be a monument to Hoo-Hoo and the lumber industry for many, many years to come. "Those of you who wish to contribute may do so by sending your check to Chuck Lember, secretary-treasurer

Servise!

Delayed deliveries can mean the difrerence between profit and loss in many a lumler or building materials yard. Calaveras keeps faith with its dealers by operating the largest company-owned transport fleet in northern California on split-second schedules to fill its delivery comrritments.

Take advantage of this unusual service. It will save customers and make money for you!

of the club, or send your u'ritten pledge to be paid over a period of time," he continued.

F-ollon,ing the serious side of the mceting, members of FIoo-IJtio enjoyed an outstanding shou' presented by Walter Trask and Associates. Eddie l3artell, popular M.C. ancl comedian, headed the tu.o-hour performance. He was ably assisted lty trl,o beautiful young ladies, clancer Eva f'arec and singer Flelene Stanton. The local Paul Bunyans were really enthusiastic about this one ancl-if you rnissed itit u.as your loss. The entertainment committee has promised more oi the same for future club meetings.

Forty-nine rugged gcilfers participated in the sports event of tlle day. Harold Cole of Bohnhoff l-umbcr Co. shot a 111 for his first time out on any golf c()ursc. Tl're lon'-gross rvinner rvas George Freclrickson lvith a 77. In the first flight the Califcirnia I-umber Merchant trophy rvas rvon by

Hoo-Hoo Booth qt Convention

Club 2 Snark Jim Forgie ann()unces that Los Arrgeles Hoo-Hoo rvill man a l>ooth :rt the Soutlrern California Retail I-umber Assn. conventitin at the Ambassador April l7-19 and be readv to ans\\rer itll cluestions and offer enrollment in this fall's groningl_r' popular Education:11 course oI the ]ietail l.rrmber Training Institute, u,hich u'ill be conrluctecl for l<.,c:rl lumbermen in cooper:rtion u-ith thc SCIIl,A. .\ featured speaker cluring thc couvention sessior.rs ri-ill be: young Dr. \\'renclell Closc, u'ho is cotrtlucting the current highly successful c()urse irr ltir-ersicle u-hich has been packed eerch Nfon<lay night since it started in Janu:rry arrd already has :r s-:riting list for next fall.

Nlike Xlurphy. u'ith the first lon' net, and the secon(l low net u'ent to ]Jrucc Guruer. He u'alked off rvith the Bohnhoff I-umber Cor.r.rpany cnp. In the second flight. -fim Forgie, popul:rr Sn:rrk rif the club, l'as first lorr' net ancl u,on tlre \\reyerhaeuser cup. Thomas Philips lr,as seconcl lorr- ttct and receir-ed the T. X{. Cobb an'ard. C. J. Vcrnorr rvas tltc golfer guest oi the day and took home a pair oi se:tt covcrs for his car, u'hile the Atlas I-umlrer Conrpar.ry trolth"' ior the retailer prize u'as 's'on by T)avc Hill.

Dick LaFranchi, hea<l uran in Los Angclcs for I'acillc l-orest Products, Inc., u':rs :rn-zirrlccl the blind lrogey prize r,vhich amounted to $20. He immediately donatecl the mr-,ney to the LeRoy Boys' Home in aclclition to his previous contribution. This genercius gesturc \\'as trull appreciated by all concerned.

Nllembers of the committee for the I-eliov Bo1-s' I{rlme u'oodn'orking shop inclu<le l)ee lrssley, Ro)' Stantor-r, Sr., Rex Oxrird, l-arry Weilancl, Jerrv Esslel-, Jin-r Fc,rgie, Chuck Leurber and Ole May. 'fo keep this project alive ancl help it on the n,ay to a successfnl conclusion. all members arc urged to cont:rct any of tl'rese Cats and get lorrr clonation in the kitty.

Hor.rorable nrerrtion must lre made for the e1lort arrcl time cler'oted l;v I-arrv \\Ieiland and Rex Oxford. rvho rnacle thc color motion pictures of the LeRoy lloys' Ifonrc, n,hich n'ere shou'n to the members present. These pictures <lepicted the everl'dav life at the honre ancl u,ere explained in cletail by Superintenderrt Kennedr'. All Hoo-Htx) members are inr.ited to visit the Home :rnvtinre u,hen in the I-aVerne area.

Western Pine Timber Volumes, Lumber Consumption qnd Production Hir All-Time Highs, Annuol WPA Meeting ls Told

San Francisco-The Western Pine region produced more lumber, shipped more lumber and discovered it had more standing sawtimber in 1955 than ever before, members of the Western Pine Association were told at their annual meeting here early in March. At the same time, the 4O0mill lumber trade group increased its national advertising and promotion budget 20/o and decided to build its promotion program for the coming year around a color magazine advertising campaign. The budget for research was uppecl ro%.

Montana Mill Operator A. L. Helmer, president of the association, reported the record production of 8.7 billion board feet of lumber in 1955, almost 800 million feet more than the previous high, reached in 1954. Shipments of about 8.6 billion feet, enough to load 275,W railroad freight cars, topped the previous record in that category by about the same margin.

It was the first time in the Z\-year history of the Western Pine Association that either production or shipments had exceeded the B-billion-foot mark, Mr. Helmer reported.

President Helmer, quoting from the recently announced Timber Resource Review of the U.S. Forest Service, pointed to a Western Pine region sawtimber backlog of. 620 billion board feet. "This is 1,lO billion feot more than we had in 1945 in the last previous report by the Forest Service," he said. "ft's enough timber to rebuild every house in America, with quite a lumber pile left over."

He credited better inventory methods, increased growth of new timber crops, and progress in utilization among the reasons for the sharp gain in timber resources during a 10year period when about 70 billion feet of lumber $ras produced in the 12-state Western Pine region.

The association approved rvritten standards for finger jointing of \Mestern Pine moulding and otl.rer lumber products and ordered these standards incorporated in the grading rule book. A newly appointed moulding committee held its first meeting under chairmanship of Enoch Israelson, Dorris Lumber & Moulding Co., Sacramento, Calif. This is to be a standing committee of the association.

A. T. Hildman, of Camino, Calif., chairman of the regionwide forest conservation committee, reported the Western Pine Tree Farm program gained substantially during 1955. There are now more than 80O Tree Farms in the region and they total nearly 6,000,000 acres. Every one of the 12 states has certified Tree Farms, with Idaho's 417 o:ut in front numerically. Hildman also reported nearly 1,000 professional foresters are now employed by industries in the region. California alone has about 360 at u'ork in the forest industries. he said.

W. E. Griffee, assistant secretary-manager of the association, forecast another good year for building and the lumber industry, "even though it may not set new records.t' He said indications are there will be a 5/, increase over 1955 in the general construction level, with much of the increase

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Texos Shows Greqtest Stqte lncreose in Distribution of Redwood Shipmenls

Table No. 1

The annual distribution report of the California Redwood lowed by Ohio anci Illinois. The increase into these three Association shows a total 1955 increase of 59 million feet states accounted for 50/o of the total increase east of the over 1954. Actually this increase is somewhat fictitious Rockies. These three states were also the three top states due to the fact that the reporting mills purchased two oper- in volume of shipments, accounting for 3B/o of total shipating sawmills so that their production is included in 1955, ments east of the Rockies. and most of it was excluded in 1954. California, accounted The increase in Texas has been as follows: L952for 10 million feet of the increase; states east of the Rockies, 26,956,000 feet; 1953-30,174,000; 1954-35,812,000, and 44 million feet; and the balance was mostly in Rocky Moun- 1955-44,362,000 feet. tain states and U. S. Qffshore. Western States showed a Table No. 1 above shou's the distribution to the regior.rs slight decrease. 6O/o ol the increase east of the Rocky used for the Monthly Mill Report. For 1955, two sets of Mountains went to the Central and Lower Mississippi figures are shorvn, one taken from the Monthly Mill Report regions, the same regions which showed the largest in- and the otl.rer taken from the Distribution by States report. creases in 1954. As has always been the case, there are differences in the

The greatest state increase was shown by Texas, fol-

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New Scrnfq Cloro Vcrlley Hoo-Hoo Club l7O Formed

Club 9 Sponsors Son Jose-Volley Group; Jim Rqmsey Elecred Firsr President

A new' name was added to the roster of Hoo-Hoo clubs throughout the country February 23 u,'hen nearly 150 lumbermen attended the birth of Santa Clara Valley Hoo-Hocr Club No. 170. The first regular meeting, rvhich rvas held at San Jose's Har'vaiian Gardens, was presided over by Temporary Chairman Ollie Lee.

Chairrnan Lee explained to the big group of r.vell-r,vishers

that on January 19 a group of representative lumbernlen from the Santa Clara-San Jose area had met at Xlariania's in San Jose and decided to form the neu' club under the sponsorship of San Francisco I-Ioo-Hoo Clult 9. Lee then introduced -\l Bell. t>resident of the San Frarr-

THE KITTENS prepdre to enter rhe Lond of Hoo-Hoo (left). The Degree Teom that performed the Riruol was (left to right, obove) Wendell Poquetfe, Lumber Soles Co.; Ev Lewis, Gomerston & Green; Ben Word, Bonnell-Word & Knopp; Bob Kilgore, Foirhurrt lumber Co.; Snork-of-rha.Universe Dove Dovis, Simpson Redwood Co.; Al Bell, Bill Johnson, Hob'bs Wqll lumber Co.; Joe Pepetone, Gomerslon & Green; Bovord Shibley, Union Lbr. Co.; Fred Ziese, Gamerslon ,& Green

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cisco club, rvho explained that his sponsoring club rvould hold the opening Concat. At this time, Bell presented the ner,v club u'ith a $50 check to start off its treasury.

The San Francisco Degree Team rvent into action and the Cor-rcat proceecled rvith a very fine, large class of 34 Kittens and three reinstatements.

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ceremonies by u'elcoming the nerv Hoo-I{oo members rvith an interesting and enlightening talk on the history of Hoo-Hoo.

Snark Davis then called upon Harry Merlo, State Deputv Snark cif Northern California, for presentation of the nerrclub's charter.

Election of officers foilou'ed the reading of tlre names

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VlPs present for the Club 170 chrisrening were (left to right, obove) Horry Merlo, Rounds Lumber Co.- Stote Depuiy Snork for Norlhern Colifornio; "lee" leMoster. Western Building Review. Sccromento-Seer of the House of Ancients; E. G. "Dove" Dovis, Simpson Redwood Co.-Sncrk of the Universe; Al Bell, Hobbs Woll Lumber Co.-presidenr Club 9, ond Joe Pepetone, Gqmerslon & Green, president Club 39. Ofiicers ond directors of Club 170 pose for their first portroil in photo ot right. Front row, l. to r.: Joe Wilson, Chose Lumber Co.; Del Trovis, Trovco. Inc.; Jim Romsey, Cheim lumber Co.; Mork Kennedy, Gilroy [um'ber Co.; Snork Dovis. Bock row: Ed Dreessen. Progress lumber Co.; Jim Arends, Compbell Lumber Co.; Lee Doud, Doud lumber Co.; Art Grey, Grey-Monnion Plywood Co.; Francis Kincqid, Kincoid lumber Co.; Bob Bonner, Hedlund Lumber Soles, ond Bud Olsen, Union Lumber Co. Nol shown ore Direclors Ollie lee ond Norm Rose.

for office as suggested by the nominating committee. Jim Ramsey, Cheim Lumber Company, was unanimously elected the first president of Club 170. Working with Jim during his term of offrce rvill be the following oflicers and directors: First Vice-President, Nlark Kennedy; Second Vice-Presiclent, Del Travis; Secty-T.reasurer, Joe Wilson ; First Sergeant-at-Arms, Bud Olsen; Second Sergeant-atArms, Ed f)reessen. The Board of Directors: Bob Bonner, Lee Doud, Art Grey, Jim Arends, Francis Kincaid, Ollie I-ee and Norm Rose.

Cl.rairman Lee turned the rneeting over to Ner,v President Ramsey, rvho oflrcially rvelcomed all of those present, ir.rcluding the nerv memlters of Hoo-Hoo and the charter members of the ne\\r club. President Ramsey further thanked the San Francisco Hoo-Hoo club for its support in sponsoring the nen' club and conducting the first Concat for the nerv members.

On behalf of Santa Clara Hoo-Hoo Club 170, President Ramsey stated his appreciation for the fine attendance at the club's first meeting and, in closing, pledged that his officers and board nrembers u,'ould strive to make the future of the nerv clulr an outstancling success, both in purpose and interest.

The list of those receir.ing their degrees of Hoo-Hoo that night is as follorvs:

Uno Ahlenius

A. R. Andries

"Doc" E,merson Arends

Jim Arends

Gregg Blank

Bill Bower

Bob Buckley

\Arillis Carlman

Leo Cheim, Jr.

Ben Clements

DANT & RUSSELL, lnc.

Ted Cook

Maury Doubin

Lee Doud

Jim Duggan

R. R. Gilmore

George Gordon

Bud .Hansen

Francis Kincaid

Jim Kincaid

Bill Larson

Chas. Larson

Jay Law

Prentice Miller

Chad Park

Bob Stagg

Ed Stolesen

Merle Tanner

Carl Travis

Nferl Tucker

Donald Valentine

W. C. Williams

Joc Wilsoir

M&M Gluits Pqnel Door Producfion

Portland, Ore.-I'ermanent closure of the I'anei Door division of the M and M Wood \Vorking Conrpany u'as effective April 13. President Clay Brou,n lrrrote the division's 179 employes that "adverse economic conditions bevond our control indicate this u'ill be a permanent closure." The closure will not affect N{alarkev Flush Door division, also located here.

Declining demand for fir panel dt.rors, increasecl costs and entire fir-door industry problerns were given as reasons. An X,t&M spokesman said that five years ago Nortlrrvest-manufactnred fir doors represented abortt 650/o of tlre nation's usage, but the percentage dropped to l2/o last year. One of the country's largest, Xf&N['s Panel Door division r.vas operated 38 years, reaching prodnction of 6500 units per day in 194ft; its output at the end rvas about 2OJo of Northvuest panel-door production.

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Discussing Controls Grnd Subsidies

The Los Angeles Times, one of the most powerfully edited newspapers in the nation, sa,id some things in its lead editorial of March 17 that businessmen generally will consider with deep' interest. It starts by quoting the great French thinker, Montaigne, who said four hundred years ago: "It is common to see good intentions, if they are carried out without moderation, push men into very vicious results." And another Frenchman (not named) is quoted as saying: "The excesses of the virtuous are more dangerous than those of the vicious, because they are not restrained by conscience." The editorial, in part, says:

"The trend toward socialism which has been a feature in many countries during the past couple of decades is one of the bad effects of good intentions which Montaigne had in mind. The whole world has had more or less of it, partly as a result of I great depression whose causes are still not generally understood, and partly as a result of dislocations by war which followed the depression. One of the effects has been the reliance on controls, despite a long history of unsatisfactory results. Price control, rent control, building control, raw material control, manufacturing control, export and import control, money control, marketing control, all were put into effect to cure what seemed specific evils which could not otherwise be dealt with; and which produced other evils which could have been forseen Price cqntrol produced the black market; rent control froze building so that new homes were not being constructed; raw material control resulted in waste and

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inflated prices; building control resulted in the wrong kind of building at the wrong place at the wrong time.

"We adopt minimum wage laws. Their result is to throw out of work self-supporting people. We adopt 'fa,ir trade' laws. Their result is to encourage violation and evasion. We adopt laws for the purpose of aiding the farmer, which make the farmer's plight worse.

"The unintended result of loaning on farm products at 900/6 oI parity was to encourage production of the supported products, especially when the market price fell below the support price. The normal effect of fa,lling prices is to decrease production; farmers, if unable to sell at a profit, turn their land to other crops, or let it lie fallow. But when they can sell to the government at a profitable price, no matter what the market, there is no inducement to restrict.

"Another unexpected-though it could have been predicted-effect was to encourage production of unmarketa,ble crops solely for sale to the gover,nment. A large part of the wheat which the government now holds in its warehouses is not millable into flour; it could only be used for stock feed. This cheap wheat is less costly to grow.

"Yet those who opposed such programs were accused of being heartless, of refusing to 'help the farmer.' To be really helpful to the farmer, THE GOVERNMENT OUGHT TO GET OUT OF CONCERN WITH PRICES. Every time the government sticks its nose into price questions, it does more harm than good. "

Thus endeth a very wise pronounceme,nt by a highly

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Wood Roofs for Korea

American servicenren are contributing nrrrcl'r from their military l)ay to stave oft hunger and colcl frtlm u':tr tlidort's and orphans of South Kore:r. The city of Kuns:rn is tr center of refugee assistance. This is a good place for loggers, lumbermen and plywood producers to lend a hand to otlr sailors, soldiers and marines, to help horrse u'ar reiugees through the program of the Americar-r Friends ServiceCommittee.

Cull logs will serve, and so will Economy dimension lumber and boards, and plywood peeler cores. There's a little lumberyard at Kunsan, with a mill that will cut logs up to three feet diameter.

A nice temporary houre-iroru a S<luth Korcau family's point of vislv-q;11 be built for right arottncl $20C, thc Friends Service Committee says. "llirmmed curth" blocks provicle the u'alls ancl lr:rse. \\rir-rrlt-,u's are n.trt<le Irom thc st()11t, transparent plastic linings of pou-clere<l milk ba.rrels. Boards and dimension are recluirecl for roofing and roof framing. Each rammed-eartl.r far,ril,y homc carr bc finished to the top u,ith 750 lroarcl feet cif lumber.

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It coulcl have begururvith a sc;uacl of .\nrcric:rn soltliers in Korezr. Let's sav it startecl u'itl.r a Surrrlay Sclrool primary class, here ir-r the U.S.A. The chilclren l-crc giveu coin cards. They l'ere told that just one nickel l'oulcl buv three large rammed-earth lilocks ior the u-a1l of a 11e\\' Korean house, that the pricc of an ice cream conc l'ouicl buy six blocks-:rrrcl that fir'c cents crlrned er-err,' dav for 100 days r,vouid aln()rlnt to $25. or errorrgh to lrrry all the 1500 "landcrete" lrlocks for :r house ior one Iiore:rn familr-.

This $25 n'as the first cr.rst for our honsc. 'l'hc Korean government contribrrted the land. thc home sitc. 'Ihe u,ar u.idou.s and their children pror-idcrl tl.re lalror for erection of u'alls ancl thc basic llLlror for mrrking heat trrnncls un<lcr the floor, n'ith fireplacc and chimncy.

The roofing and rcloi framing u'ere iast, rLncl l'ere :Lllimportant. 'fhe earth rvalls u,oul<1 lrtst tl'cl vears, perhaps more, if protected from rainstomrs. To repeat. it l'as <listinctly emerlaencv, tenll)()rary housing. So I:couomv gr:r<lc lunrlrer u'as sPecifi erl.

Tlie fanrilies tearnc<l up o11 eacl-r hottsc j<.,b. -\ group of ten mothers and their children n'orked on crtch housc. 'fhev laid block upon block to raise thc u'alls of a housc 17x13 feet, insicle the rvalls, l'ith height of 7 icc-t. T.herr clnre thc roof, a roof of rvoclrl. 4,000Widows...

An-rong the Kttnsau :trc:t rcf ugecs therc \\'crc +,000 u'idorved mothers l'ho need temporary homcs ior thcir families, foocl and clothing, anrl finallv guidance arrcl assist-

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ance in earning an income that will keep the family together.

When you think of so much good being done with cull logs, E,conomy lumber and plywood peeler cores, and maybe wonder about it, think also of the good being done with goats. The goat is no comic animal to the South Koreans. Every widow who has been given a goat has kept it as a regular source of nutrition-sometimes as a source of income, too. The female kids are given to other families, to be reared into milk producers. Similar livestock projects have been started with pigs and poultry. A bean-curd business, a sewing shop, and a laundry are examples of private enterprise among the war-ruined refugees of Kunsan. Looks like a mighty good place to ship a few jags of

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Economy roofing lumber-with Foreign Operations Administration doing the shipping free. Any such contribution would be deductible, too, from corporate taxable income.

K-D Terminql Tokes Over Plqnt

The entire facilities of Springfield Cedar Company, East Oakland, were taken over by Alfred McCausland and Wilburn Roberts April 4. They will operate the plant under the name of K-D Terminal. Facilities include kilns with a total capacity of over 40O,@0 BM per charge, 3 spurs, 51,000 sq. ft. of undercover storage area and eight acres of open storage which will accommodate 12,500,000 feet of lumber. In addition to the dry kiln operation, the partners intend to install custom milling facilities in the near future.

2l7O EAST l4rh STREET o LOS ANGELES 21, CALIFORNIA

lll and fil llow 8lg Faetor ln State's lumber Eeonomy

Eure&a Rcdwood lunbq Conpaay

Prlnc Dlstfibutioa Oatlct

During the past year, N{ ancl NI \\'ood Working Compan1.'s lumber. plyu,ood and timber oper:rtions in Calilornia have bccome an autonomous unit under General Manager of Claliftrrnia Operations Carl S. Walker of liureka. Malarkey or,vnership of timber in the state dates back to 1943 arrd its first plant, the Eureka Plyu'oocl clivision, \\ras complete<l in 194.3. Since that time both facilities ancl timber holdings have been substantiallv ir.rcre:rsed, makirrg the (]olclen state a prime factor in N{ and N['s overall progress.

A recent {actor u'hich has undorrbtedly helped the California functions u'as the election of Clay Brou,n as president. Brou'n is a lumber and pl1'u'ood man long familiar u-ith timber operations in Northern California. Those f:rmiliar u'ith timber in the I'acilic Northu,est realize that there is consirlerable difference l-rctu,een thosc opcrzrtions

and the ones in our state. A knorvledge of both is o{ great importance to a concern operating in both areas.

Three and one-half years ago, M ar-rd M purchased from The Pacific Lurnber Compalry the famed Dolbeer-Carson Lumber Company at E,ureka, arrcl christened it Eurcka Redn.ood Lumber Company. Shortly thereafter salcs outlets were established to give national distrilrution for the products produced from this plant.

The company opened a wholesale distribution center at Downey, California, to make quantities of redwood lumber available for quick supply to one of the outstandi,ng redwood markets. This is a, great aid to dealers requiring small quantities rather than carload purchases.

After purchasing Eureka Redn'ood Lrrmber Company, M ancl M moved to increase its eflrciency. Air-drying facilities u'ere considerablv expanded. four ncn' <1rr. kilns u'erc

AERIAI VIEW of Eureko Redwood Lumber Compony Plonf 2 ot Redwood Creek M ond M Wood

Working Compony's Eureko Plywood Division, Eureko. Colif.

PRODUCTION LINE orrongemenl extending 800 feet ot sion of M ond M Wood Working Compony is shown in million dollor plont wos finished in 1948.

Eureko Plywood Divithis view, fhe multi-

STEAMING CANTS OF REDWOOD ore removed from the steom bins to be ried to slicing mochines; from these come high-grode, rift-groin redwood woods qf M&M's Eureko Plywood Division.

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added. Neu' dry storage sheds u,ere constructed for storing kiln-dried lumber, the planing mill rvas revamped and equipment added. Yard-hanclling eqrlipment was tnodernized and the quarrtitv t.,f eclrripmerrt increase<l.

I'rocluctior.r of this plant:rt the time of N{ ar.rtl NI's:tcquisition \\':rs al)pr()ximately 30 million boarcl fcet :rr-rnttally. Nou. it is in the vicinity of 60 nrillion rLrrnu:rlly ivith con-rpany emphasis on quality. All proclucts are marketccl under the N{alarkey lrrand name.

Last spring X,I and N[ exparrclccl l>oth its redn'oocl timbcr holdings arrd mill facilities u.ith the purchase from Doll1' Varden Lunrber Company of the Merryman tract and thc Rainbou' sal'mill on Redu'ood Creek. This latter l.as dubbed Eureka Redu'ood Lumber Company Plant No. 2

M and M's California timber reserves extend in almost succeeding blocks from northern Del Norte county to within 30 miles north and east of Eureka.

Under Carl S. \\'alker, California manager, are such able nlen as Larry N'Iarshall, California timber manager specifically responsible for a long-range, sustainecl yield program; Haley J. Bertain, plant manager of Eureka Rerlrvoocl \\rillianr Brauning. s:r'les manager of Iiureka Redu'ood ; Ii. \V. Hays, manager of Eureka Plyrvood clivision, and l)ean Jrines, m:rn:rger of the l)ciu,ney operation in Los Angeles.

It seems clear that M and M \\rood \\rorking Ciompany is part ar.rd parcel of the California economy and its n,ori<l industry to<lay. It has lrrougl.rt tr,ith it not only a nan-re 11()\v knor,r'n nationallv through its bratrd aclr'ertising brrt lr 38year reputation for producir.rg quality material.

EUREKA

shows typicol logging operoiion in M&M's 2 billion feer of Colifornio timberlonds. Second scene shows how big redwoods foce the sqw oi Eureko Redwood, wholly owned subsidiory of M&M, whete currenl production runs oround 60 million bf onnuolly. The lower photo shows stqcks of oir'drying Eureko Redwood fowering into sky.

1956 Stort Shows NewBuilding Records Loom on Southern Cqliforniq Horizon

The volurne of construction started in Soutl-rern California's first t'u'o months this year promises that 1956 will likely see still another record total in Los Angeles and the Southlancl generally. Building permits rn 79 cities and

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the unincorporated areas oi nine counties for JanuarvFebrnarv shou'ed a $339,223,393 valuation-or $52,701,:66 more than last year at the same time.

The Los Angeles total in the period reachecl $21.'+5't.{O+. n'hich rvas $6,335.017 above 1955 in the same tu'o mont}rs. The building rlptrlrn started r,vith the tttrn of the yezrr and has shou'n no clecrease.

REDWOOD TUMBER COMPANY from the qir (below) shows huge drying fociliries for Malorkey redwood. Top photo (right, obove)

Weyerhqeuser Economist Speoks to Foresters on Wood Utilizqtion

Charles J:. Your.rg, \\'eyerhaeuser Tin.rber Corlp;rny economist, reccntly hit these high points in an address to the 1955 annual n.reeting of the Society of American F-oresters at Portland, Oregon:

Fifty years ago, a pronrinent forestry pro[essor told his students good conservatiorr practiccs and a high degree of utilization corrlcl be applied only to ir rcsorlrce rvorth corrserving.

In a non-economic aesthetic sense, of cciurse, forcsts har.e alu'ays been rvorth conserving-and allvays u'i1l be. In the light of cold economic values, hou'ever, it has only been in the last 20 1'ears that strorrg ecorromic incentiles l(, collserve timber have occurred.

Many of tlie major developments in increased tinrber utilization are more a result thar-r a cause of the rise in timber prices. Higher values have made timber r,vell rvorth conserving from an economic standpoint. The u'astc once prevalent u'hen lumber t'as cheap, and only the finest quality logs could repay the cost of bringing them to a mill, is rapidly on its way out.

Behind the rise in timber prices since the late 1930's are three main factors: monetary infation stemming from World War II, the shrinking supply of readily available timber, and the expansion of timber markets.

In u,.estern Washington zrnd Oregon's Douglas lir region, more than 70/o of the standing marketable timber is in public orvnerships, and a large part of the balance is helcl bv a number of private owners rvho :rre committed to long-

range, sustained-yield management. The Douglas fir region is far from being out of timber-there are at least 12 milllion acres of merchantable timber now standing, and much oi the 1-l nrillion acres which have been harvested is restocked to the point rvhere it will support cordtt'ood harvesting for pr.rlp; and sawlogs from second-growth timber n,ill be aclded to the supply long before all the old-grorvth ls gone.

Among the outstanding improvements in wood utilization iostered by higher priced logs and timber are the salvage of n ood from earlier operations and burns, the thinning of second-grou'th timber, greater precautions against breakage durilrg logging, relogging to clean up all usable wood, ne\\' uses for hardwoods, the conversion of sawmill and plyu.ood leftovers into chips for pulp production, the development of insulation boards and hardboards.

Integrated utilization is being practiced increasingly by smailer companies. as.nell as large ones, and is weil on its u.ay to becoming industry-wide. When better utilization increases the average volume harvested per acre in the Douglas fir region by l0/o, the present total wood harvest in the regior, can be maintained even if the annual acreage cut is reduced by 20,000 to 30,000 acres.

One clear result of this integrated utilization is the ability to derive more value from each forestland acre, each tree to be logged, each log brought to a mill. Increased values will justify more attention to restocking cut-over lands promptly. Cleaner logging rvill reduce fire hazard, and rvill speed the restocking of the harvested lands.

Improved utilization costs more than older methods, but

invited to drive in and take advantage of our redwood lumber distribution yard in Downey or we'll gladly deliver. There's prompt, convenient loading for your pick-up. Carload orders are sent direct from our mill.

We carry a complete inventory of assorted grades and sizes of redwood lumber. Make us your redwood lumber information and supply center. Come in or call us for quotations.

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it produces more revenues and makes it a paying proposition for large and small operators. All the people in the Pacific Northwest benefit from this new attitude toward tl-re forest harvest.

Mondo Promotes R.eker

Minneapolis, Minn.William G. Reker has been appointed advertising manager for the Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company, announced Paul A. Mahoney, vice-president in charge of sales. He succeeds George H. Alarik, who left Mando Feb. 1 to join Batten, Barton, Durstine and Osborn, Inc. Before joining Mando as assistant advertising manager in 1951, Reker had an advertising position rvith the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co., St. Paul.

NoGqf Section, FPRS, Meets April 27

Leaders in the lumber and wood products industries of Northern California will meet in San Francis'co April 27 for the annual meeting of the Northern California Section, Forest Products Research Society, at the Sheraton-Palace hotel, with a technical session starting at 1:30 p.m. and a dinner meeting at 7:00 p.m.

Papers will be presented at the afternoon session by Albert Nobell, research promotion director, Morse LaboratorieS; Joseph J. DeFino, Hammond Lumber Company; O. J. Bugge, forest products engineer, and R. D. Roseberry, forester, The Diamond Match Company. F'eatured speaker at the evening meeting will be Henry J. Vaux, dean of the School of Forestrv, Universitv of California'

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Emsco Plywood Enters 'Deqlers Only' Pre-Hung Door Mqrket in Oqklond

],lmsco Plylr,ood announces to the trade that cornplctc u,arehouse stocks of pre-hung doors and u,arclrobe sliding door units are now available at its Oaklancl rv;rrchousc. 'lhe pre-hung units are manttfacturecl by West Coast I)our N{anufacturers Company of Mt. Vie rv, ancl n'i1l be rnarkctccl to lumber dealers only through thc jobbing couccnr of Ilmsco Plyrvood.

llcib Patrick, manager of tl-re Ilntsco n.arehousc, rel)orts that his firm has also gone to cor.rsiclerable effort to lrrepare a complete list giving the n-reasurement break<kru,n fcir the entire pre-hrrng line. This list u,ill norv enalrle a dcaler tcr recommend rriugh opening sizes to his contractor ancl tl'rercby eliminate the need of ordering crrstorn-lrrrilt, ltre-hurrg units.

All pre-hung units include the same high quality driors, jambs, trims and stops as are stocked scparately in thc Emsco warehouse, Pr.trick points out ancl, in addition, every effort will be made to maintain a ccimplete stock of each breakdorvn in measrlrement to ir-rsure prompt delivcrlof the units rvhen they are neederl.

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A fire March 2 destroyed part oi the Florence, Orcgor.r, mill of the Patten-Blinn Lumber Co., Los -\ngeles. A 60mile gale brought the damage from sparks betn'een $75,000$100,000, said Jim Lan'ler, n'h<i flen. north to irrvestigate the damage.

A survey last n.ronth reveals that 450 subrlir.isiorr dvnellings are under construction or approved in tl.re :rrea ltetrveer"r Santa l3arbara and Goleta, Calif. Countv ofhcials said ser-eral hundred more residential units rvould be neecled to house families of light-indrlstry research plar.rts rvhich are moving into the Goleta Valley ;1200 homes have been built in subdivisions r,r'ithin the S. B. citv limits in the last feu' )rears.

George L. Drake, vice-president o[ the Simpson Logging Co., Shelton, \\rash., is giving a series o[ lectures at the University of California School of liorestry, Berkelel', April 16-21. He has beerr named \\'-inton Lecturer in Industrial Forestry, first so appointed under grant from the Winton Companies Fund, N{inneapolis. szr}.s l lenrr' _T. Vaux, dearr of the school.

Five students hirvc lieen selectecl to receive the S. S. Johnson Award by the University o{ Califrirnia School oi Forestry. The $100 :rl-ard, to encourage students t() l)rep;rrc ior careers in private forest ir-rclustry, n':rs estalrlishccl 10 years ago by the late S. S. Johnson, :r pror-r-rinent Culifornia lumberman, and the California Forest Protective Assn.

The Wm. T. Meyer Co., Oakland. Calif., u'as or.re of 16 nerv members joining the Naticlnal Harclrvoocl Lumber Assn. in Jar.ruary this year.

Constrtrction of a 38-building developmcnt in a neu' rvl-rolesale ancl manufacturing district has been started irr Orange county, reports Harry R. I{artin. gerreral maltager of Industrial Enterprises, developers of the Santa Arra proj ect.

A ner'v fellowship in forest 1anrl manlrgelllerlt u'ill bc

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ollered to a Unir.ersity of California student this year, it l:vas annollnced by Henry J. Vaux, dean of the School of Forestry. Thc \\/. S. Rosecrans Fellowship in Forestry, rvhich pays $1ti00 to the recipient, ivill be arvarded to a graduate stnderrt to be selected in the spring. Rosecrans, the donor, is a Los Angeles business man, present chairman of the California State Board of Forestry, and former presirlent of the Americ:rn Forestry Association.

Vincent l-ocatelli, semi-retired Boulder Creek lumberman, is seekirrg election as county sttpervisor from the San Lorenzct district.

Construction in Costa Mesa, Calif., so far in 1956 is 3.59'., above last year. The February permits tif $616,357 included 43 single-fami11- dr'vel1ings.

Lionel Trains, toy trade tycoons, has bought from In-

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ventor Gaymond Milligan a toy sar,vmill. Shou'n at the recent Nerv York City Toy F'air, the miniature mill receives toy logs rvhich are conveyed inside as a buzzsarv noise is heard, and finished boards emerge from the other side. The toy rvill be sold throughout the rvorld and the price will be around $15.

Corydon Wagner, Jr. has been named assistant manager and Fred Peterson named plant superintendent of the St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company's plyrn'ood division at Olympia, Wash., announces Arnold Korrtonetl, general 1l1anager.

February building permits of $4,O55,361 in Torrance, Calif., more than doubled February 1955 permits at $1,563,203; most of this year's permits 'n'ere for new dwellings valued at $3.398.000.

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New Thom Philips Lumber Co. Estqblished in Beverly Hills

Thomas Philips, prominent member of the 'rvell-knorvn Don Philips lumber family of Southern California, has launched his own business venture in the lumber distribution field by establishing offices of the Thom Philips Lumber Company at 9015 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly I{ills. In addition to representing the Cal-Pacific Redwood Sales Company of Arcata, Tom will also market a full line of Douglas fir, shakes and shingles, serving retail dealers in the Southern California and Arizona areas.

Young Tom Philips was born to the lumber business, having joined his father's concern, the Lawrence-Philips Lumber Co., immediately following his graduation from school. He is familiar with all levels of production and marketing of wood products and has spent considerable time in Northern California and Oregon mill areas. He is u'ell versed in the wholesale problems of the lumber distribution business in Southern California and is favorably knorvn to the retailers in the Southland. He is active in civic and social affairs in Los Angeles and a member of Hoo-Hoo Club Z.

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Philip L. Paulsen has been promoted to San Francisco area representative for the American Sisalkraft Corporation, handling the full line of waterproof reinforced papers manufactured by American Sisall<raft, designed for many building and industrial uses. Paulsen, who has over 10 years' experience in the building material field, formerly lived in Sacramento while working the Valley area for Sisalkraft. F{e now makes his home in San Leandro.

Birminghqm Ghoirs Gouncil Meetingon UC R.eseorch

A technical advisory council drawn from exectrtives of California timber and timber products industries, with Earl B. Birmingham, president of Hammond Lumber Company, San Francisco, as 'chairman, held its quarterly meeting March 16 in Berkeley and Richmond to discuss the researcl.r program of the University of California Forest Products Laboratory. Tl-re program, outlined by Fred E. Dickinson, U.C. professor of forestry and laboratory director, calls for emphasis during the next two years on wood chemistry, mechanical and physical properties of wood, gluing and glued products, fiber products, and chemical processing followed by wood pathology and preservation, particle boards, protective coatings, and machining.

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Mqke Wcry for the 'Reveille'-Moy | |

It's "Re.r'eille" time again ! The big "Day Off and Evening Out," r'vhich is sponsored by Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club 39, will again be held at the Claremont hotel in Berkeleyscene of many past successful Reveilles. The date is Friday, N{ay 1l-don't forget!

Club 39 President Joe Pepetone and Reveille Chairman Bill McCubbin announce that all is in readiness for what they hope 'ivill be the biggest gathering of Northern California lumbermen in Reveille history (and considering the (r50 attendance last year, this year's Reveille should prove a real ball).

Anyone u'ishing a room at the Claremont should contact Gordon Saunders, Lamon Lumber Company, San Francisco. Gordon has reserved 35 rooms and they're going

fast, he reports.

Tickets are now on sale at $6.50 each and may be obtained by contacting Ticket Chairman Ralph Hill, Hill Lumber & Hardware Co., in Albany, or any of the following committeemen: Joe Pepetone, Bill McCubbin, Ev Lewis, Bob Meyer, Herb Farrell, Jerry Mashek, Hollis Jones, Bill Johnson or John Pearson.

Other committee chairmen include: Bob Meyer, entertainment; Hollis Jones, golf ; Jim Hendrick, publicity, and Chris Sechrist, banquet.

The golf tournament will be held at the Sequoyah Country Club in Oakland. Tee off time is 11:00 a.m. and green fees are $5.00 per person.

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Nerv commercials standards for lled Cedar Shingles specifying 100 percent edge-grain, 100 percent clear, and 100 percent heart rvood, rvere adopted by the Red Cedar Shingle Congress in Seattle at its recent meeting.

Nlore than 300 dealers attended the meeting of the Lumber and Allied Products Institute of Southern California held at the Elks Club in Los Angeles April 7. Kenneth Smith presidecl. Jack Dionne u'as speaker of the evening.

Sixty members and guests attended the meeting of the Coast Counties Lumbermen's Club at Monterey, April 8.

Carleton M. Adams, age 38, died in San Diego, California, on April 9. He had been working for the Union Lumber Company, of San Francisco, during his entire business life.

The Pelican Bay Lumber Cornpany of Klamath Falls, Oregon, manufacturers of pine, have opened a sales ofhce in Los Angeles under tl-re management of L. N{. -fitus.

I'roduction of lumber in the Philippine Islands is reported being very low at present. Fires during the past rvinter destroyed trvo big mills, those of the Insular Lumber Con.rpany and the Negros Philippinc Luml-ier Compzrnr'.

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(Bill) Chqntlond

P. W. (Bill) Chantland. 62, popular Southern California u'holesale lnn-rberman for morc than 30 years, died Nlarch 26 after :r fourmonths illness. Mr. Chantland had announced his retirement to the tracle and closed his office on May 16 last year. Masonic funeral services and burial were in Rose Hills Xlemorial Park in Whittier on March 29.

Blue Diomond's uniform quolify chqrqclerislics qre importont lo crqflsmen qs well qs owners.

UNlFORltl CORE in hondling ond noiling

UNIFORM TAPER in ioint lreolmenl

UNIFORM SURFACE in decorqlion Atl odd up to improved opplicolion ond betler wolls qnd ceilings.

Bill Chantland startecl in this industry in the retail business in North Dakota and Idaho. He first came to Southern Caliiornia in 1923 and rvent to r'r'ork for the Chas. R. NlcCormack Co. as a salesman. After nine r.'ears there hc joined Schafer Bros. Lumber ct Shinglc Co. and rvas manager of its local office about 1-[ )'ears. constantly adding to his host of friends and n'ell-wishers in the trade. In 1947 he entered business for himself under the firm name of P. \\r. Chantlancl ar.rd Associates. This successful business was comprised of P. W. Chantland, "Hank" Quer.rtmeyer and Bill Chantland, Jr., who is nou'n'ith Hill and N{orton, Inc., in Los Angeles. The business was discontinued on Mr. C--hantlancl's retirement last May.

P. W. Chantland lezrr-es his u'iie, Isabelle ; a daughter, June; the son, Bill, Jr., ancl fottr grandchildren in the immediate iamil1.. He also leaves a sister, brother, and a nepheu' u'ho is also in the business. Phil Chantland of the Sierra Lumber Company in Van Nuys, Calif.

Williom Fitchmiller

William H. Fitchmiller, 71, a Santa Nfonica real estate man who for 18 years was an aPpraiser {or the Federal Housing Adnrinistrlrtion, died March 22. He t,as the ltast president of the Santa Monica Bay 1)istrict Iiealty Boaril and a former clirector of the Califc.'rr.ria Real Estate Assn.

Osgood Wins 358rh TTT

The 358th Terrible Twenty tournament was held at Annandale Golf Club, March 20. Tom tr'leming was host and arranged a very pleasureful afternoon and evening. Bob Osgood started out on the first 5 holes six over par, 4 down to Bowen, but from then in he was 2 under par, finishing rvith a 74-10-64, r,vinning the day's tournament by 4 strokes and beating Bowen 3 and 1 in the finals of the match play, (upper bracket). He will meet Ed Bauer, winner of the first six-months touranment in the "final finals" in May. Bob Falconer, 80-12-68, took second place in the day's tournament. Frank Berger beat Doc Sorey in the lower bracket finals and will plav Bohnhoff in the "final finals" in May.

For the first time in D years this organization has met real resistance in getting a date to play at one of the clubs (L.A.C.C.) because of the crowded conditions of the courses. We may be restricted to the number of players and guests. T.here is some sentiment towards freezing our membership list. A committee was named to study the subject and report to the club next month.-H. M. Alling.

Mcrsonife Promores Silk

Donald F. Silk has been promoted to assistant advertising mandger of Masonite Corporation. He has been assistant to the advertising manager since joining the department in mid-1954. Previously he held advertising positions with Ceco Steel Products Co. and others.

Universol Gote lolch to be used on wooden fences, pofio ond all ouBide doors.

Right ond lefi Hond Gote tolfi uced where spoce lor nounting is linited, such os chicken coopr, robbit hutcher ond srnoll doors.

Corol Gote lotch, to be used on heovy goles, goroge doors, ond born doors. Gofs lotch is o norrow lorch for mouding on the edge ol2t4ts.

Porio lcfch is for oll pofio gote3, gronury doors ond poultry yord

sSwing Gole lolch is designed for use ontop ol shgle or double swing gote.

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R.iverside Hoo-Hoo Club Holds Tip-Top Meeting

Riverside Hoo-Hoo Club 117 held a tip-top meeting at the

the area and the four present oi the popular Victoria Country Club there March 16 and enter- club's seven past presidents were introduced : Jim Tipton, tained visitors from both the Los Angeles and San Diego Jack McGrath, Stark Sorvers and Don Derbes. Also introclubs. An excellent attendance of 75 members enjoyed fine duced was a visitor from some distance, Earl Bliley of the entertainment, heard a brisk business session conducted, Roseburg (Oregon) Lumber Co. and partook of the spot's ahvays delicious menus. Club 117 President Bert Holdren presided at the meet-

The program arranged by Dave Beauchaine honored ing. He introduced the San Diego clubmen and then the

BERf HOLDREN, Snork of the Riverside dub, presents the club's token of cppreciotion to his predecasror lost yeor, Don Derbes, in the fop lefi phoro obove. fop right scene shows Holdren holding tha club's Blqck Ccf, as he ond Secretory Worren Hoskins (second from lefi) welcome o visiting Scn Diego delegotion to the meefing: lylc Seibeil, lefr, Herschell Lorrick. Jr., cent€], Hqrold Broecker cnd Bob 8sker. Center ponel of pix shows (left) Dr. Close qt rhe mike, fhe Ssn Diego Quoilet entertoining (center) ond Slork Sower:, deputy siqte Snork for 5oCol, giving his report, Botlom ponel shows the for.fqmed Son Diego Hoo-Hoo Quortet in closeup ot the left: John Nikkel, Perry Smirh, Bill Seeley ond Wqrren Peterson (1. ro r.); posed ot rhe right-Visiring los Angeles Ctub 2 Snqrk Jim Forgie, Dr. Wendell Closc qnd Jcrry Werrphol, lo whom highest lribule wos poid for his untiring efiorls in the huge success of the deoler troining course

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L. A. guests, after which Jim Forgie, Snark of L. A. Club 2 told of plans for the April 19 Hoo-Hoo luncheon of all Southland clubs in conjunction with the Southern California Retail Lumber Assn. convention at the Ambassador hotel in Los Angeles. Snark Forgie also told of the present irlans of Club 2 including its fall dealer training course.

Holdren prefaced his introduction of Beauchaine r,vith tribute to his aides in Clntb ll7, "the best help any officer could possibly have.'1 The San Diego Hoo-Hoo Quartet, which has been invited to sing at the SCRLA convention, gave a rousing bunch of numbers to the delight of the crowd.

The president then told of the great success of the current Retail Lumber Training Institute which it is sponsoring on a Riverside campus. He honored Jerry Westphal of the Inland Lumber Company for his unflagging devotion to the course since its inception, and Westphal, in turn, introduced the moderator of the course, Dr. Wendell Close, whom he highly praised.

Dr. Close, a young Ontario, Calif., educator, gave credit to Holdren, Westphal and Bill Davidson, Don Oakes and Jim Tipton among others for the pace at which the dealer course there has succeeded. Westphal, Tipton and Don Derbes, former Club 117 president rvho operates a palm Springs retail yard, are members of the class themselves.

If you have any doubts of the popularity of this class, which is similar to the one the Los Angeles club will hold this fall, listen to Dr. Close's words:

"The dealer-training course was limited to 4O-45 students

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but two lveeks before it started we had 20 u'aiting over that enrollment; the night before we started, contractors, t:abinet-makers. etc.. came to enroll. We boosted the class to 54 members but some are still r.r'aiting for the next fall classes.

u'Not a member has dropped out and they come from as far as Idyllwild and Palm Springs every Monday night to attend. The class is supposed to break at 9 p.m. but some have run as late as 10:25 p.m. BECAUSE THE GROUP ASKED US TO CONTINUE."

The subjects being covered in this splendid course have already been mentioned but a lnore definitive story on the rvhole course is planned for an early issue.

The March 16 meeting adjourned shortly after 10 p.m. Sorrow was expressed in the recent death of one of the club's most ardent members, A. D. White, 34691. of Cresmer Manufacturing Co., Riverside.

t 2OO Attend Hordwore Gonvention

The 55th annual convention of the California Retail Hardware Association at the Fairmont hotel recently vi'as attended by 1,200 dealers. Delegates from central and northern California, southern Oregon and Nevada, heard a consumer credit expert urge broader use of credit extension on major hardware items.

"You have lost part of your market," he told the retail hardware men, "by not taking full advantage of installment selling. Get rid of the notion that people who buy on credit are the dregs of American life-it's outmoded."

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Snqrk-of-Universe Dqvis ro Visir Son Diego Hoo-Hoo Glub April 20

San Diego Hoo-Hoo Club 3 will hold an open meeting Friday, April 20, to honor Snark-of-the-Universe Dave Davis, who will drive down after attending the SCRLA convention in Los Angeles April i9. Snark Davis will be accompanied by Supreme Gurdon Bob Gallagher of Albuquerque, N.M., and both will be featured speakers of the evening, which Herschell Larrick, Sr. will emcee.

A large crowd is expected, including visiting Hoo-Hoo from the Los Angeles and Riverside clubs. The San Diego FIoo-Hoo Quartet will dish up some of its unique entertainment. Prime ribs will top the menu and reservations may be made through Bob Heckel, Snark of the San Diego

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Over-Exponsion Threqt Eqsed

Washington, D. C.-W. Randolph Burgess, undersecretary of the Treasury, told a meeting of the U. S. Sar.ings & Loan League that the administration had begun to ease housing credit because the threat of over-expansion has subsided, and because it rvants to make sure the decline in homebuilding does not go too far. Actions put into e11ect, he said, are greater use of the machinery of the FNN{A, modification of the policy of the home loan banks, and the recent restoration of the 30-vear limit on FHA and VA mortgages.

16th ANNUAL CONVENTION

Rickey's Studio Inn PROGRAM Palo Alto, California

MONDAY, APRlL 23RD

REGISTRATION, Executive Conference Room

12:O0 Noon

KICK-OFF LUNCHEON

Dinah's Shack

PRESIDENT'S WELCOME by Charles SHEPARD

..OPERATION SELL''

LADIES' LUNCHEON

and Tour of Stanford Museum, Art Gallery and Chapel; Allied Arts Guild and Sunset Magazine

2:00 P.M.

ASSOCIATION BUSINESS MEETING

Executive Conference Room

L.M.A. GOLF TOURNAMENT

Los Altos Golf Club

5:00 P.M.

INDUSTRY COCKTAIL PARTY

by

Bob RINGER,

' Recently selected as one of the top ten speakers in the U.S.

..SIX WAYS TO LOSE CUSTOMERS AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT"

by AL

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("The Will Rogers of Retailing")

5:00-7 :00 P.M.

GET-ACQUAINTED COCKTAIL PARTY

TUESDAY, APRI 24tH

9:00 A.M.

Executive Conference Room

..OPERATION HOME IMPROVEMENT''

Bob BLACKSTOCK of H. W. Blackstock Lumber Co., Seattle, and Norris NASH, vice-president of Kaiser Company and president of the Oakland Chamber of Cornmerce, tell what OHI can do for this business

..STORE MODERNIZATION IN ACTION''

More than 100 color slides of lumber stores that have been remodeled or modernized, showing proper lighting and color schemes, aisle and counter arrangements, off-street parking, outdoor lighting and signs; also color movies of modernized building material and hardware stores. Discussion led by ED YOUNG, sales manager, Garehime & Boone, San Francisco

12:(X) Noon

MEN'S LUNCHEON

Rose Room

..MAKING YOUR ENTIRE ORGANIZATION A SALES ORGANIZATION"

by Gates FERGUSON, Director of Advertising and Merchandising, The Celotex Corporation

Coach Room

7:00 P.M.

PRESIDENT'S DINNER

Rose Room

Entertainment

WEDNESDAY. APR,IL 25TH

8:00 A.M.

DIRECTORS' BREAKFAST

Executive Conference Room

9:00 A.M.

BUSINESS INSURANCE CLINIC

Conducted by Jack HELMS, a member of Johnson & Higgins, one of the country's foremost insurance consultants

..INCREASING SALES THROUGH MERCHANDISING'' by Channing WAY, Building Products Merchandising Manager, The Saturday Evening Post

12:00 Noon

LUNCHEON

Rose Room

Presenting Deloss WALKER, Businessman, Writer, Economist and Humorist

3:59 P.M.

HOO-HOO CONCATENATION

Sponsored by Santa Clara Valley Hoo-Hoo Club 170

Honoring Snark of the Universe E. G. "Dave" DAVIS

5:00 P.M.

INDUSTRY COCKTAIL PARTY

Coach Room

7:30 P.M.

DINNER DANCE AND FLOOR SHOW

Starring the Songs and Comedy of "The SPORTSMEN"

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L. A. Hoo-Hoo-Ettes Start Seminqr Wirh Industry lesders to Speok

Los Angeles Hoo-IIoo-E,tte Club No. 1 startecl its midyear Educational Seminar April 6, with the Friday evening classes to run through May 11. The entire seminar will be held at the Commodore hotel, Los Angeles, rvith classes irom 7:00-9:00 p.m. Elsie Stirling is handling the course, rvhich is costing the SoCal lumberwomen just a $1.99'registration fee for members : $2.99 non-members.

President Mabel Staser introduced the kick-off class April 6. The subject was "Exploring Basics of Plyrvood" and the speaker was Richard E. Anderson, field representative of the Douglas Fir Plywood Assn. At 8 p.m., Mr. Abramson, LACC, talked on "Office Management-Ho$' to Organize Your Paper Work." The most recent class, April 13, was on "Hardrvoods From the Romance Lands," conducted by Stanton Srvafford of E. J. Stanton & Son. The 8 p.m. session \\'as on "Office Psychology," by Dr. L. E. Montenegro.

The next class, April 20, rvill start at 7 p.^.u'ith "Parliamentary Procedure," by Mrs. Bertha J. Montenegro; the B p.-. session rvill be "Secretarial Science Brush-up." For Aprrl 27, the class will hear "Coast Softwoods" talked and learn first-hand of the nerv grading rules from Carl Ramstrom, field man for the West Coast Lumlrerrnen's Assn. The 8 p.m. topic is "The Western Woods."

Going into its rvindup, the May 4 class of the seminar n'ill hear "The Credit Side of Lumber," by Norval Jones oi E. J. Stanton & Son, at 7 p.m., and a class in Setting Up

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and Nlanaging the Direct-N{ail Department at 8 p.m. The final class on May 11 ri'ill hear "The Californians-the Why and Horv of Redu'ood" by a speaker from the California Redrvood Assn. ; concluding the mid-year course at 8 p.m. that evening will be a social hour at rvhich Brent Logan of the Paul Masson Vineyards will tell "The Story of Califc-rrnia Wines" and hors d'oeuvres and refreshments l ill be served.

The 926.500,000 building valuation in 1955 in Riverside, Calif., topped all prior records and exceeded the old 19511 record by more than $6 million. Total permit valuation has tripled since 1950, and 1706 permits for homes rvere issued in 1955.

NewSmqll Busiaress Loqn Plnn

Washington, D.C.-Wendell B. Barnes, administrator of the Small Business Adrninistration, announced a new program of financial 355i5f4n6s-up to a lirnit of $15,000 in government funds plus a share from the borrower's bank-tailored to the needs of small shops particularly in the retail, wholesale and service trades. The new program, known as the Limited Loan Participation Plan, has been tested by the SBA on a trial basis since July 6. The plan was designed to provide financial assistance for longer periods to very small firms which need additional funds for expansion, modernizatiora, acquiring nerv fixtures, acquiring parking facilities, adding a second location or additional inventories, and other purposes. Field offices of the SBA are maintained in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

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Hobbs Wall Redwood Fills the Bill! ss*F

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The Hyster Company rvill erect a $150,000 factory addition in Peoria, Ill., for expansion of its industrial lift-truck and tractor equipment manufacturing facilities, discloses Eugene Caldwell, Hyster vice-president and general manager.

F'rank C. Russell, founder and board chairman of the F. C. Russell Company, Cleveland, u'as honored March 21 at a testimonial dinner upon his retirement as company president.

George Vistica, Bay area land developer and homebuilder, plans to erect 127 homes in southu'est Willorvs, Calif., on the site of the old golf club.

Humboldt county supervisors have agreed to allorv the Munson Lumber Co., Eureka, to do construction rvork on trvo southern county roads to improve them to logging truck standards. The $50,000 project u'ill reconstruct portions of the road from Alderpoint to Blocksburg and from Trinity county toward Alderpoint.

Ohio Match Co., Wadsrvorth, Ohio, h:rs proposed acquisition of Hunt Foods, Inc. Ohio Match operates a lumber division headquartered at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and its investment account represents substantial holdings in shares of Ha,rbor Plywood Corp.

It poys to specify Hobbs Woll when you order Redwood.

Grqde-wise, size-wise ond price-wise Hobbs Wqll Redwood hos "filled the bill" for over 9O yeors!

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Benj. Levinson & Co., Seattle, mill sales representatir-es for a number of wood products manufacturers, announces these territory changes : J. J. Ittes, southern California salesman several years, transferred to the Seattle home oflrce April 1; W. G. Roberson, Jr. moved from the Seattle hq. to San Francisco to handle tl-re entire California trade.

Norvelle G. Hundley has rejoined the laboratory staff of Timber Engineering Company, \\rashington, after 14 months rvith Doweloc, Inc., technically aiding in establishing "Dou'eloc" lumber, radically nerv wood planking nos' being u-idely accepted in the construction industry.

The Santa Barbara (Calif.) Biltmore rvill be the site of the 1956 anr-rual of the Building Material Dealers Association of Southern California, Oct. 19-20, annollnces Ralph Hilton, executive secretary.

More than $1,500,000 in building permits rvere issued in La Habra, Calif., in February;ir,cluded u'ere 116 for homes at $1,493,700.

Mrs. Julia Oakes, treasurer cif the Santa Ana (Calif.) Ilo:rrd of Realtors, n'as named C)utstandir-rg Realtor of 1955 and presented a plaque by F. Carl Nfock, director of the NAREB.

T.he Crossett (Arkansas) Lumber Company and the Pacific Manufacturing Co., Santa Clara, Calif., have rvon 30Year plaques for membership in the National Ha,rdwood Lumber Assn.

Vernon D. Chamberlen, rvho was 22 years t'ith Feather River Pine Mills and its predecessor, Hutchinson Lumber Co., has been named executive secretary of the Butte County Taxpayers Assn.. Oroville.

Trimview Metal Products Co., formerly Co., Pasadena, an affiliate of the \\r. P. occupy a new site at Covina.

Herbert P. Ringer, Santa Barbara city tor, has resigned to become consultant to of building inspection at San Diego.

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Ducats for the third annual San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club 9 dinner-dance are going fast, reports Bob Bonner, general chairman of the affair. The date? Friday evening, April 27. The place? The California Golf Club in South San Francisco. Where do you get the tickets? From any of the following Club 9 officers and directors:

Al Bell, Hugh Pessner, Ed Dreessen, Leroy McCormick, Mike Coonan, Bill McCubbin, Jim Hall, Jack Dollar, Jack Kaefer, Hac Collins, Harry Merlo, F'red Buckley, Bill Bonnell, Don Wilson and Max Cook. The Big evening will officially start with a free cocktail hour at 7:30 p.m. (but come earlier and buy a couple of

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Blyfhe's Biggesr Building Boom

Blythe, Calif.-The Verde Valley expects the biggest building boom in its history in 1956, with at least 97,520,000 in construction rvork already scheduled for the year. Permits have already been taken out for $1,620,000 of new residences in this city and the limits to the north. Twenty new $25,000 residences are planned north of Blythe, a San Bernardinb builder plans 96 $10,000 homes in a southern subdivision, and a local developer plans 16 $10,000 homes.

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The eigl,th annual rneeting of ruestern clry kiln clubs will be held in Berkeley, California, May 3 and 4, announcetl Jarnes Jacobsen, president of the Central California Dry Kiln Club, which will be the l.rost club. Arraugements are bcing macle by W. A. Kinney, Western Dry I{iln Company, and Charles White, \A'hite Bros. Hardwood Lumber Co., both of Oakland. The technical program is under the direction of Dr. R. A. Cockrell, School of Forestry, University of California, ancl l)r. Fred Dickinson, director of the California Forest Proclucts Laboratory.

Other organizations participating in the meeting are Western Pine Association, West Coast Lumbermen's Association, California Redwood Association, the Oregon Forest Products I-aboratory, the Canadian Forest Products Laboratorv at Vancouver, B. C., and the U. S. Forest Products Laboratory, Nfaclison, Wis.

The May 3 prograrn will feature a tour of the California Forest Products Laboratory, where industry representatives r,vill present technical papers and demonstrations of equipment in line with the general theme of the meeting, "Knowing the Moisture Content Before, During, ancl After Drying."

The May 4 program will be held at the Claremont hotel, Berkeley. Speakers will be from schools, laboratories, and eight dry kiln clubs. The two-day r-r.reeting will conclude with a banquet. There will be a program for the ladies.

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Selling Joins Pqcific Forest Producfs

Harry Selling (left), well-known Southland lumlter salesman, has joined the sales staff of Pacific F'orest Products, Inc., Los Angeles, and will cover the Southern California territory, announces Ed LaFranchi, president of the concern.

Harry started his lumber career after the close of World War II at Zenia, Calif., and later became identified with Arcata Redwood Co. He was a pilot with the 8th Air Force during the war and spent three years at USC majoring in foreign trade and industrial engineer- i.g. He is well known in lumber circles throughout the

state and is a prominent member of Hoo-Hoo Club 2.

Following an educational tour of Northern California mills rvith Ed LaFranchi last month, Selling reported to Dick LaFranchi, sales manager of the firm in Los Angeles. He formerly handled sales for the George Clough lumber concern in Downey and will be calling on the retail trade in Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego and Imperial counties, it rvas said.

While Visalia and Tulare still dispute the population championship of Tulare county, Visalia had $10 million more retail sales in 1954. Stores there dealing rvith lumber, building materials, hardware and farm equipment accounted for $20,187,000 in sales that year.

Explonotion

She-"Before we start on this ride, I want you to understand that I don't neck."

f{g-"!9rr'1e mistaken."

She-"About not necking?"

!ls-"IVe. About starting on this ride."

The Employer's Ten Commqndments

t.-"!sn'1 lie. It wastes rny time and yours. I am sure to catch you in the end, and that is the wrong end."

2.-"Wa,tch your work and not the clock. A long day's work makes a long day short. And a short day's work makes my face long."

3.-"(iiyg me more than I expect and I will give you more than you expect. I can afford to increase your pay if you can increase my profits."

{.-"!su owe so much to yourself that you cannot a,fford to o$re anyone else. Keep out of debt, or out of my employ."

5.-"Dishonesty is never an accident. Good men, like good women, never see temptation when they meet it."

6.-"Mind your own business and in time you may have a business of your own to mind."

/.-"pep'f do anything that hurts your self-respect. An employee who will steal for me, will steal from me."

8.-"It is none of my business what you do a,t night, except when the things you do at night affect the things you do in the da5rtime."

9.-"fep'1 tell me what I like to hear, but what I ought to hear."

lQ.-"pep'1 kick if I kick. If you're worth keeping, you're worth correcting. I don't waste time cutting specks out of rotten apples."

Like on Active Member

Caddie Master (to new caddie): "Now then, you there, hop to it and get busy. Don't just stand around and look dumb like you wa,s a member of the Club."

Cling to Your Art

(The follozuing is from an ad,d,ress by Marwell Anderson deIi.ztered, at Founder's Day erercises at Carnecti.e Institwte.)

To the young people of this country I wish to say, if you now hestitate on the threshold of your maturity, wondering what rewards you should seek, wondering perhaps whether there are any rewards beyond the opportunity to feed, sleep and breed, turn to the art which has moved you most readily, take what part in it you ca,n, as participant, spectator, secret practitioner, or hanger-on, and waiter at the door. Make your living any way you can, but neglect no sacrifice at your chosen altar.

It may break your heart, it may drive you half mad, it may betray you into unrealizable ambitions, or blind you to mercantile opportunities with its wandering fires. But

it will filI your heart before it breaks it; it will make you a person in your own right; it will open the temple doors to you and enable you to walk with those who have come nearest among men, to what men may sometime be. If the time arrives when our young men and women lose their extravagant faith in the dollar and turn to the arts. we may then become a great nation, nurturing great artists of our own, proud of our culture and unified by tha,t culture i,nto a civilization worthy of our unique place on this rich and lucky continent between the protecting seas.

Feoring the Worst

A certain deacon was considered of so much importance to the congregation that when he was seriously ill a bulletin was posted outside the church at regular intervals, telling of his condition. One day the bulletin read:

"One o'clock, Deacon Jones very low."

"Two o'clock. Deacon Jones sinking fast."

"Three o'clock. Dea,con Jones dead."

A passing wag read the bulletins, and added: "Seven o'clock. Great excitement in heaven. Deacon Jones not yet arrived. The worst is feared."

They Dretrm of Fsrms

They dream of farms, those city folks, Who know the great town's heavy yoke, Who on their flesh feel every stroke

Of trade's unflagging whips;

They dream of farms and maple trees, Of clover fields and drowsy bees, As those sad exiles far from seasDream still of ships.

They dream of farms, of soil and sod, Where their forefathers, farmers, trod, And shared the mystery with God

Of giving green things birth. They long to leave the city shrill, Where souls are ground in greed's great mill, They want to find, and own, and till Their share of earth.

-Mary Carolyn Davies

Good Advice

She had just been hired for a job in the circus side-show, and she said to the boss:

"fs there any particular advice you could give me before I start to work ?"

"Well," he said thoughtfully: "Don't ever undress in front of the bearded lady."

Perform

Perform on promises. ft takes six minutes to disappoint a customer, and six months to get him back again.

Ostling r The Quqlity Flush Door

Enntlt fu Eeautilol

Beech is not only bequtiful, it is o strong wood wirh o high degree of ruggedness.

It hqs q bequfiful, close, hcrrd groin thclt cqn be finished noturol or poinled.

It is kind to the purse.

It permifs you to give your customer qn excellenf flushdoor ot on excitingly low price.

Ostling Monufclcturing Co.

U.5. Plywood Repofis Record 9-Months Sqles qnd Eqrnings

New York-United States Plywood Corporation, the world's largest plywood organization, announces that sales and earnings for the first nine months of its current fiscal year were the highest for any comparable period in its history. Consolidated sales for the nine months ended January 31, 1956, were $149,311,000, compared with $106,844,000 in the corresponding period a year ago.

Consolidated net profit for the nine months was $8,615,900, after estimated income taxes of $7,592,800, compared with net profit in the corresponding nine months a year ago of $5,097,100, after $4,255,200 income taxes.

For the three months ended January 31, 1956, consolidated

sales were $47,839,000, compared with $40,975,000 in the same period a year ago.

Jim Aiken Joins Superior

Jim Aiken, rvho for six years headed the Dant & Itussell buying office in E,ugene, Ore., joined the sales staff of Superior Lumber Sales Co. in Sacramento March 12, according to Ken Rose of that {irm. Prior to entering the lumber business with Dant & Russell, Aiken attended the University of Oregon, where his father, Tom Aiken, was head football coach during the Van Brocklin-George Bell regime.

Due to his extensive lumber background in buying, Aiken rvill be active in both buying and selling for Superior Lumber, Rose said.

\7e now carry the following Baxco Pressure Tleated Foundation Lumber in stock ar Alameda and Long Beach for immediate sbipment to dealers:

Douglos Fir 54S AtS 2x4,2x6,2x 8,2 x 10, 3x4,3x6,4x4and4x6.

Special sizes will be purchased from local stocks and pressure treated without delay.

.l$(e offer prompr custom treating service at both our Alameda and Long Beach plants. Your lumber can be delivered to us by truck or treated in transit in carload quantities. Consult us for addition4l information.

NewGroding Rules on Shokes

The first industry-wide grading rules ever issued for handsplit red cedar shakes have been published by the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau, Seattle, lvhich recently startecl the grading and inspection of handsplit shakes at the request of many rnanufacturers who sought a uniform grading system f<,rr their product. The prograrn has been welcotned by the building industry as a means for ending indiscriminate ancl non-uniform manufacture of handsplit shakes, which are gaining phenomenal popularity in the building field.

The new grading and packing rules folder for l-rar.rdsplit shakes includes the approximate coverage r-rf these basic types-handsplit-and-tapersawn, tapersplit and straight-split barn shakes.

Inspectors of the RCSB examine each member mill's output in handsplit cedar shakes and only those manufacturers whose product meets gracling standards are permitted use of the association's Certi-Split label trademark.

Copies of the grading rules rnay be obtained free of charge from the Red Cedar Shingle Rureau, 5510 White Rldg., Seattle, Washington.

The other two well-known metnbers of the Bureau "family" of inspected products are the Certigrade shingle and the Certigroove machine-grooved shake.

USP Gets Youngs Boy Lumber Co.

S. W. Antoville, president, ann()ul-Ices that United States Plywood Corporation formally accluired the assets of Youngs Bay Lumber Co., Inc., comprising more than 500 rnillion board feet of timber in and around Roseburg, Ore.

Baxco Pressure Tieated Foundation Lumber is impreg. nated with preservative salts in accordance with Fed. Spec. TT-rV-57Lc. k is approved by FHA, Uniform Building Code - P.C.B.O.C., State Architect for mudsills in School Construction, and U. S. Governmenr Specifications.

l{ow available to dealers f rom our California plants

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WHOTESALE

WIC Directors Meet Aprll 27

The Woodu'ork Institute of California presented a panel on millwork Nfarch 23 at the regular meeting of the San Francisco Area Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute (story in the next issue). The WIC board of directors will meet in Fresno Apr|l 27, r,vith President Bvron 'Iaylor presiding.

Dubs Ploy 9O h ot Sqn Jose

The 90th Dubs, Ltd. tournament and get-together was held March 16 at the San Jose Golf & Country Club. 1)ro Eddie Duino's guarantee of "No Rain" proved as good as gold. More than 50 Dubs members ancl guests attended the ever-rt, n'hich was sponsored by Jim Pierce, Leo Cheim,

Jr., Del Travis, Bob Cheim, Lloyd Swiger and Leo Cheim, Sr.

Class "A" lo'r,v gross winner for the day was Chet Dennis rvith a 77; low net r,vent to Jim Rossman. Class "8" lon' gross rvas taken by Leo Cheim, Jr., with an 85; Bill Freeland took the lorv net. Class "C" lou' gross was tied at 92 by Bill Ingram and Leo Cheim, Sr., and Jim Ramsey u,on lou' net honors (handicap committee please note).

Winner of the guest flight low gross was Ernie Pieper, Jr., with a 71, and lon' net went to Jim Moore, J,r., (son of "Old Jim Moore, Sr.," Long-Bell Lumber Company).

The next Dubs meet r,r'ill be at the Mira Vista Country Club, located in the Berkeley hills, El Cerrito. A1 Boldt nill sponsor the tournament to be held Fridav, April 20.

NRTDA Plons Third Exposition

An impressive brochure announcing the third annual Building Products Exposition of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association has been mailed to all past and potential exhibitors. Manufacturers' enthusiasm over plans for the Exposition, r','hich *,i11 be held December 10 to 13 at Chicago's huge International Amphitheater, has already reserved one-fourth of all listed exhibit space by telegraph or telephone within six days after the brochure was placed in the mail. After revierving the response from manufacturers and dealers, NRLDA's ner,v Exposition Committee, of which Phil Creden is cl.rairman, reserved an additional 1,000 rooms ir.r Chicago's leading hotels to be sure of accommodating all comers.

The opportunitv of finishing up Christmas shopping in

Chicago's famous department stores and specialty shops is expected to attract a tremendous crowd to the Exposition.

The Conrad Hilton hotel is offrcial headquarters for all NRLDA functions anci r,vill be the scene of the board meeting which will precede the exposition. Attendance at Chicago will be restricted to the trade only. All invited guests from the building industry will pay the $15 registration fee, covering admission to exhibits and dealer clinics, which has been established for dealers and their employes.

NRLDA's President R. A. Schaub announced an association Theme Center, similar to that arranged at Cleveland, is being planned again this year and will be utilized to describe in an appropriate way the steady advancement being made by the lumber industry in its merchandising and operating techniques.

SCRTA Enrolls Five More

Orrie W. Hamilton, Southern California Retail Lumber Assn. manager, has enrolled five more members-tr,vo active and three associate-in the SCliLA. The ne'rv Actives are Dichter Lumber Sales, Inc., Beverly HillsLeon Dichter, president ; and Peery Bros. Lumber Co., Los Angeles-J. E. Peery, Jr., president-manag'er; J. E. l'eery, Sr., vice-presrdent; R. A. Peery, secretary. The three newly signed Associates are The N{artin llrothers Box Co., Compton-Oval A. I':rul, plant manager; Morgan Davitlson Lumber Co., Dor,'"'ney-Russ Morgan, E,drvarcl J. I)avidson and Bernard Dubno'w', partners; Stahl Lumber Co., LosAngeles-B. Floyd Scott, president; Milarr A. Michie, vice-president and general manager; Kenneth W. Tinckler, secretary-treasurer.

Womqn Nqmed FHA Director

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For the first time in the Federal Housirtg Administration's history, a \\roman has been appointed director of an FHA district insuring office. Commissioner Norman P. Mason announced that Mrs. Faye Hartman of San Diego has been named head of the office there effective April 9. Mason said the appoi4tment is consistent rvith the increasing role women are playing in public life. For the past two years, Mrs. Hartman has directed the disposition of government-owned defense housing in San Diego county, greatest concentration of any area in the country. She succeeds Walter L. Forward, Jr., who resigned April 6 to join a firm in San Francisco.

Venlurq Builders Elect Officers

Ventura, Calif.-James'Woodstock, Jr. has been re-elected president of the Ventura County Building Contractors Assn. for 1956. Other ofllcers are Theodore Holt, vice-president; Harold Matthews, treasurer, and Ted Flesher, secretary.

WHICH ONE OF THESE BEST.SELLERS IS YOUR BEST.SELLER!

Reports from every section of fhe country show lhot soles on AIL 5 WELDWOOD WIZARDS ore sooring. Deolers who lie into the greolest od drive in glue history, ore selling oll 5 in stepped-up volume, lhe yeor 'roundt WETDWOOD Tie-ln Disploys ore FREE!

LlNEW! WE[DlfUooD" PRESTo'SET* GIUE!

First white glue worthy of the Weldwood name. Ready-to-use. sets fast. bonds like magic. Recommend it for home, hobby bench, schoolwork, and industrial uses. 25d and 45f tubes, pint, quart and gallon jars; also squeezer bottles.

Ll NEW! WELDWooD CoNTACT CEMENT!

Bonds without nails, clamps or presses, instantly on contact! For applying Micarta. For putting up plywood paneling without nails. l00l other uses in home, garage, shop. Bottles with brush 25A, 60A. Also in 35d tubes and pints, quarts and one and 5 gallon sizes with applicator.

llwErDwooD PtAsTlc REslil GtuE

Deservedly, America's fastest selling wood glue. Highly water-resistant. Makes joints stronger than the wood itself. Easy to usejust mix with water, as needed. Widely used by professional cabinetmakers 154,356, 65i, 95d; also 5, 10, 25 lbs.

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llhite-for woodsy blond or pickled finishes on any wood. (Also wonderful as an undercoat on fir plywood and soft wood paint jobs, to help prevent grain raise and checking')

Clear-to tame wild grain on all soft woods or fir plywood.

In pints, quarts, gallons, 5 gallons.

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Brings out and preserves ttre naturalbeatty of any wood, Gives that expensive "hand-rubbed" look. Won't darken or yellow. Dries out of dust in 20 minutes, ready for next coat in 3 or 4 hours. Pints, quarts, gallons, 5 gallons.

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John Eells, general manager of Davids<-,n I'lyn'oocl's Pacific coast operation, returned early this month from Boston and the midvr''est, collferring with executit'es rtf Atlas Plywood Corp. on the spring and sumnler \\'est coztst sales and advertising push planned by the n oocl products distributing firm.

Bill MacBeath of the MacBeath Harclrvoocl C'o., lSerkelel-, cashed in his membership in the Bachelors Club and enrolled in the Husbands Protective Association follorving a trip to Reno where he married the beautiful Dot Nichols oi Oakland on Easter Sundav. Also on hand for the n'edding besides tl-re bride (rvhich is always important) rvere Bill's folks, Mr. and Mrs. K. E. MacBeath, and a number of bachelor friends to mourn the loss of another member in goocl standing.

Roy Stanton, Sr. is expected back in his I-os Angeles office at E. J. Stanton & Son in time to take in the SCRI-^\ convention at the Ambassador hotel April l7-IC). On his Oriental tour, Roy has been contacting business associatcs in Singapore, Manila, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Honolulu.

Wendell Paquette spent a mid-March lveek callitrg on mill connections in the Eureka area for Lumltcr Sales Cr,impany, San Francisco.

Clarence Hill, vice-president of Fortun:L Sarvmills, Ilrc. and the Brown Timber Compar-ry, spent the r'r'eek of Nlarch 26 at the Beverly Hills offices of the manufacturing and distributing concern and visiting various clients with Salesmanager Carl Poynor.

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NHIA Groduqtes 52 Men

The NHLA Inspection Training School in Mernphis completed its l6th term on February 11 with the presentation of certificates to 52 rnen completing the intensive five-month course. The exercises were emceed by President T. M. N{illett, Luther Y. Kerr gave the invocation, and Leo V. Bodine, executive vice-president of the National Lumber X{anufacturers Association, Washington, D. C., the timely and educational graduation address.

A committee appointed by President Millett ancl headed by Harry D. Gaines met to select a successor to L. C. Nicely, director and instructor of the NHLA h.rspection Training School, who has expressed a desire to retire at the encl of this fiscal

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year. Charles E. Sell was chosen. He has served on the NHLA Inspection Staff for l2/2 years and in recent years has been in charge of the New York District. Mr. Nicely has directed the affairs of the school since 1948, and during that period has launcl.red 732 young men on their careers in the harclwood industry. The 50 rnen making up the 17th class now in session will be the last under Mr. Nicely's instruction and, upon completion of the course, he and Mrs. Nicely plan to retire to their farm near Knoxville, Tenn.

Art Bennett returned to Dant in San Francisco April 9 after a c'n plywood mill connections.

& Russell Sales Company rveek in the r-rorth calling

White Bros. Ooklond Plont Agoin Selected for School Tour

More than 150 students from the woodworking classes of F'remont high school, the Occupational Therapy class of Nlills college and classes from the University of Califomia School of Forestry recently made a field trip tour of the White Brothers' Oakland warehouse. The hardwood lumber and plywood firm, with warehouses in Oakland and San Francisco, has for many years had a standing rule of making its facilities available for inspection by various schools ancl colleges throughout the Bay area.

These and similar tours are conducted regularly at the convenience of classes from local schools and colleges for the purpose of demonstrating the many aspects of a modern hardwood and plywood distributing operation. The tours include a firsthand account of storage and handling techniques, kiln and mill processing, delivery and loading practices and, in general, the rnethods employed to efficiently care for the products of the lumber industry. The students, of course, also learn about the different hardwoods and their uses.

White Brothers feels it is exceedingly important, in this era of the amateur craftsman, that young people be given the opportunity to learn about woods from skilled and professional lumbermen. The firm. which is anxious to further this knowledge, feels justly proud that so many instructors have selected its Oakland plant as representative of the modern and efliciently used methods of handling lumber.

(Telt them that you saw it in The Calif ornca Lumber Merchant)

A new and exciting architectural material for fences, windbreaks, car ports, etc. All Iumber needed for 8 ft. of fence included in one handy bundle. Cedar or Redwood.

Weyerhoeuser Re-elects Officers

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SIERRA MOUNTAIN MILLS-NORTH SAN JUAN, CALIF.Kiln Dried Pine Boards-Shop & Uppers, Douglas Fir Dimension & White Fir Roof Decking

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New WHITLINK Mulri-Sosh Hordwqre

Whitco has now developed a new multi-sash hardr'vare for linking awning - type windor'vs. The design of this hardware is simple, practical and foolproof. The hardware of one windorv is linked to that of the other window (or windows) by a bar rvhich thereby operates the windorvs simultaneousll'.

All parts of the Whitlink Hardu'are are precision-built and an effect of counterbalancing the n'eight of the window is achieved l>y special positioning of the supporting arm. Therefore, all windou's in a group will operate easily by a push or pull on the lower window, and windows will remain at rest in any position because of a special adjustable bolt tension.

Whitlink. which is manufactured in Sausalito by the Vincent Whitney Company, is made in two sizes: 12L (traclr 13" long) for sash 18" to 22" high, and 16L (track 17" long) for sash 23" to 27" high. Whitlink can be furnished for windows 2 or 3sash high, varied to different sash heights by adjusting cap screws on the linking bars, and can be easily installed on the job by the carpenter.

'How to Point' Reody for Deqlers

Answers to the questions that a home orvner asks-or should ask-rvhen he buys house paint are contained irr "Holl' to Paint Your \\rood Home," prepared for the customers of retail lumber dealers and paint merchants jointly by technical groups in the lumber and paint industries.

A Z1-page, three-color, illustrated booklet with space for dealer imprints on front and back covers, "How to Paint Your \Vood Home" is being publicized nationally by the NLMA with indications that it u,ill be a "best seller" among do-it-yourselfers, builders, architects and home planners and home o\vners generally. But its greatest specific value, the NLMA points out, is over-the-counter distribution u'ith everv house paint sale. Another value for the dealer is that

All inquiries regarding NE\U7 PRODUCTS, New Literature or booklets and other items mentioned in this section should be addressed to THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHdNT, Room 508, 108'West 6th St., Los Angeles 14. Your inquiries will be promptly forwarded by us to the manufacturer or distributor, who will then answer your inquiries direct.

it provides a ready source of reliable information for retail paint sales personnel. Bulk prices are l0 cents per copy o1r orders of 500 or more, and 15 cents per copy for orders of 100 or more. Single copies are available at 25 cents each. Orders should be sent to the National Lumber Manufacturers Assn., 1319 Eighteenth St. N.W., Washington 6, I).C.

Equipment Cotolog Adds Humor

A colorful new catalog just published by the Precision Equipment Co. includes amusing cartoons on many of its pages. It also features a special joke section entitled "lleard in the Loclier Room." Many new items have been added to Precision's standard line consisting of lockers, storage cabinets, -steel shelving, work benches and office furniture. Eacl-r item is clearly iilustrated and priced. 3'or your copy, write Precision Equiprnent Co., 3736 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago 41, Il1.

Three effective sales aids .,vhich display large sectional samples of reinforced fiberglas par.rels in the complete color line are offered by Glasteel for retail dealer and wl'rolesaler as wcll iu the following types:

a. Showroom Display Rack

b. Counter Self-Seller and Brochure Holder

c. Winclow Star.rd-up Display Rack

The customer can inspect the sarnples for light transuission, flexing, ancl color effect by removing them handily from tl.re racks. The "impulse" aspect of the material is greatly increasecl, in that the customer can better visualize the material in full perspective when he is able to handle a good-sized sample in a choice of colors. The Santa N[onica manufacturer is no'n' in the process r>f setting up distributors rrationally.

All Comes Out in the Wosh

An unusual solution to a panel application problem was devised for a recent remodeling job at an army camp in Colorado, n'here the contractor had to nail Marlite plastic-finished blocks to a latrine ceiling that offered no proper nailing base. Clips for the 15"-square blocks ordinarily are applied 8" on center over a continuous base rvhich 'ivill hold lath nails. But the ceiling in question tvas already covered with insulating board, 'n,hich n'ill not hold nails satisfactorily. And rafters were 24" on center, not suitable {or fastening ld'panels to framing.

On the advice of E. A. McDonnell, southwestern division manag'er of NIarsh Wall Products, Inc., the paneling manufacturer, the installation was successfully made by first covering the insulating board r,vith plasterboard and then using resin-coated nails, which have superior holding po\,ver, for the clips. This method was deemed better for the particular job than an alternative of furring 8" on center.

New 8-Position Sqw

This new multi-purpose, 8-position saw features a quick acting unbreakable chuck which has no loose parts. Saw' is easy to set, a few turns on the copper locking nut allows blacle to rotate and lock in any one of 8 positions. A few rlore turns

New Celotex Deoler Disploy Avoiloble

on locking nut and the blade may be completely rernoved. Positive pistol grip handle. Attractive chrome and copper finish. Saw also features 3 interchangable blades, a metal cutting keyhole blade, a metal cutting stub blade and a Vanadium steel lvood-cutting blade. All saws attractively display packaged.

Simpson'Show-How' Booklef

A new booklet of ideas for home remodeling and repairs, issued by the Simpson Logging Company, ties in with Operation Home Improvement. The booklet, "Easy Does ft," has 30 pages of "show-how" suggestions for the man and wife who want to do their own remodeling and also contains suggestions on painting and financing of home improvements. Several nationally-recognized "how to do it" experts worked in cooperation with Sirnpson producing material for the booklet. Copies are being distributed free through western states dealers who handle Simpson products and being advertised in "Western Family," magazine distributed through grocers.

Mqsonite'Hondymqn Hinls'

"Hints for the Handyman," a l2-page illustrated handbook telling where and how to use Masonite Presdwood products, nray be obtained free by writing the Home Service Bureau, Masonite Corporation, 111 West Wasl-rington St., Chicago 2, Ill. Data is given on products in the line and their common uses, do's and don'ts in handling, joint treatments, installation of "Peg-Board" panels, shelf construction, interior partitions, cabinet and door construction: 23 plans are listed.

THIS NEW WIRE RACK DISP]AYEReffectively pre motes the sole of Celotex insuloting tile boord ond finish plonk. !r stondr up for window or counler use, os shown, qnd con be hung on wolls; spoce is providad fot 4 somples. Another disploy, for inruloting rile boord only, hos room for two somple tiles. Units sro ovoiloble through Calolex represanlolives.

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Gibbs Lumber Co. In 45th Yeqr

Placentia, Calif.-The Gibbs Lumber Co. here marked its 45th anniversary last month. It rvas during the first u,eek of March 1911 that Frank Gibbs came to thc nen' townsite of Placentia and opened the lumberyard he has been operating ever since. The first yard rvas located on Santa Fe avenue but a few years later it was moved to Melrose avenue. Dealer Gibbs also has yards in Anaheim and Fullerton but for years he has visited the local yard irr the morning hours.

Pcrcific Gocrsf Cqrloadings Up

More Nationol Mogozine Ads Plug Locol lumber Deolers

A survey of eight c()nsrlmer magazines published in Septenrber 1955, shol's tirat one-third of all manttfactttrers advertising building nraterials and other products commonlv sold in retail lumberyards advised their readers specifically to "See Your Lumber Dealer," according to H. R. Northup, executive vice-president of the National Retail Luml-ler l)ealcrs Association.

"That phrase, or one similar to it, rvas used br- 45 out of l3.l of the national advertisers, indicating that an increasing number of producers are helping the retail lumber industry put across its slogan: 'If you are planning to build anything, see your local lumber dealer first'," Northup said.

"The slogan \\ras first adopted by NRLDA in publicizing its Building Products Exposition in Ner'v York Citv in 1954, although similar slogans have been used bv several of the state and regional associations and by many individual dealers in their olvn advertising and promotion," he added.

Morcrl: When

San Francisco-The Shippers Adr.isory Board has forecast a 1.8/o increase in Iracific Coast railroad carloadings over 1955 during this year's second quarter, with a total o{ 502,225 carloadings by Jtr.ne 30 compared to 493,115 last year. The board anticipates an 8.5/o increase in redwood shipments over the 18,427 cars last year but looks for a 29% decrease in pine shipments from the V),337 cars a yeaf ago.

Son Diego 1956 Building Hike

San J)iego-I3uilding permits for $3.9 million valuation r.vere issued for unincorporated areas of San l)iego county in February, compared with $2.1 million in January, and $2.5 million in February 1955.

It is estimated that 750,000 people are engaged in manuf acturing ar-rd distributing lumber in the United States.

"While it is gratifying that so many manufactttrers are helping sell this idea to the buying public, it is puzzling that so many others fail to do so. An advertisernent lt'hich fails to tell the public rvhere to go to obtain the product being advertised u'ould seem to be incomplete, to say the least.

"In that connection. almost as manv manufacturers-

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"Another 37 merely advised the reader to 'See your dealer' or suggested rvriting in for the name of a dealer or consulting the classified telephone directory.

"Others, of course, advised the magazine reader to go to a hardware dealer, department store, variety store, or paint store, or to an architect, builder, or contractor. Fifteen advertisers advised tl.re reacler to go to either a lumlteryard or a hardrvare store. I

"Surprisingly, fir'e advertisers of rvood products failed

to refer the customer to a lumber dealer. Perhaps they felt the suggestion 'lvas superfluous. Of 15 paint manufacturers, only three mentioned the lumber dealer as a place to obtain their product.

"The retail lumber industry is rnost grateful to those advertisers rvho do advise the public to see the lumber dealer and cordially invites other manufacturers to follow their example. It seems only right to point out, however, that the manufacturer who does so is helping himself just as much as he is helping the lumber dealer," Northup concluded.

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Monufqclurers qnd Disiributors of West Coqst Forest Products

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MENTO PARK

Bob Mcrcfie, Jim Rossmon

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Texos Lecrds Hike in Redwood Shipmenls

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trvo sets of figures. The figures from the trvo reports are more closely together than they have been for any'previous year.

For the second consecutive year, shipments rvere made to each of tl're 48 states and to the J)istrict of Colurnbia. Increases compared r,vith the preceding year were general, but there u'ere six states east of the Itocky Mountains as u'ell as ldaho and Arizona that shorved small decreases.

There l-ere eleven states each taking more th:rn 10 million feet in 1955. The ten top states rvere the same in 1955 as in 1954 and 1953. The trvo regions shorving the most radical percentage increase are regions 7, the three Gulf Coast states of rvhich Florida took 68/o of 1955 shipments, and region 8, the fir,e Lor,r'er Mississippi states of rvhich Texas accounted for 707o, and Oklahoma and Texas together, 90/c of last 1.ear's shipments.

The percentage distribution has changed radically since 1939. The greatest changes are in Regions 7 and 8, the East Gulf and Lou'er Mississippi states, rvhich took 24/o of reds'ood shipped east of the Rockies in 1955, as compared with less than 8/o in 1939. Compensating decreases rvere scattered, but heaviest in the Nliddle Atlantic and I-ake states, regions 2 and 3, rvhich together took 38/o in 1939 but only 260/o in 1955.

Lumbermen in the Happy fornia have been building a to replace one rvashed out in

Ca,mp area of northern Calibridge across the Scott river the December floods.

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Dee Essley has been named district governor of Rotary International. The president of D. C. Essley & Son, Los Arrgeles, will be head man of Rotary District 162, which covers 40 clubs of the service organization in southern California.

Bob Leishman, partner in the A. L. lloover Co., San Marino, spent the first two weeks of April at Scotia. En route, he passed Gus Hoover on the highway heading horne. Bob declares the lumber firm is ready for the spring rush.

Bert Hasselberg is back on the job at Arcata Redwood Co. in San Francisco but minus a few parts; he said "good riddance" to his appendix following an emergency operation March 15.

Harold M. Frodsham, president of South Bay Lumber Co., Hawthorne, Calif., will be back on the job next month after recuperation from his recent illness. Before hitting the South Bay saddle, however, he will first make a railroad tour to visit friends in tl.re east and midwest and go into almost every state, Canada and Mexico.

Ray Turner, who travels the coast counties and Redwood Empire regions for Hill & Morton, Inc., is non' home in Concord recovering from a broken back which resulted from a skiing accident at Dodge Ridge the first of March. Jerry Mashek reports that Ray is showing steady improvement and should rejoin the firm soon.

Harold New, Pasadena wholesale distributor, visited northern California and Oregon mills last month.

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Major Supplier of Quality Lumber for Flush-Door Manufacturers

Common Grades of Pine and SThite Fir Dimension for Retail Lumber Yards

Mixed or Straight Truck & Trailer Shipments or LCL from Yard Stocks

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PRESIDENI ROWIAND (lefr) greets Normqn P. Moson Moson Addresses PPW Annuql

James D. Rou'land, r'ice-president of the Arrclersotr L.or, poration, rr,as elected president of Ponderosa I'ine \\roodu'ork, succeecling Paul W. Curtis o{ the J. Neils I-ttmber Companv, Minneapolis, at tl.re annual rneeting of thc itssociation helcl at the -\mbassador hotel in Chicago. Harolcl J. Ford, Tarter-Webster and Johnson, Inc., u-as electecl vice-president ; L,. \V. I)onahue, Wabash Screen Door Co., Chicago, treasrlrer; and James F. Shiel;". \\rinton Lumber Sales Co., Minneapolis, secretary.

Almost hali of the nearly $40 billion in home mortgages insured by the Federal Housing A<lnrinistration in the past trvo decades has aireacly been paid off, Norman P. N{ason, commissioner of the FHA, tolcl the annual meeting of Por.rlerosa Pine Woodrnork. Mason saicl that the nrrirtgage losses

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ITH(|tESAtE DISTRIBUT()RS DIRECT ilItL SHIP'YIENTS 1UMBER . PIYWOOD

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DISTRIBUTION YARD

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during the 20-year period amounted to cnly l/2}th of 1 percent.

"This assistance ." he said, ,,has helped turn the tide in our countrv from rental occupancy to home occupancy. It may be that this is one of the really important social de_ velopments in our history.

"Twenty-seven million Americans are now homeowners an increase of 16 million over 1920. The proportion of orvner-occupied homes is now 57o/o, if. not higher."

Nearly 6O/c of the nerv home mortgases insurecl by FHA last year u.ere utilized in homes costir.rg $[3,000_$12,000. More than a third n'ere used in l-romes in the $8,000-$10,000 bracket. The average income of purchasers of homes costinp $9-$10,000 u'as $431.52. In the gt0-911,000 range it na,s $44b.83 per month.

Mason also said that FHA has built a reserve fund of $441,700,000 out of its income surplus.

Bueno PqrkTripled in Area

Buena Park, California, celebrated the thircl anniversary of its incorporation January 28 and feu, cities have had such sensational grou.th. It has tripled in :rrea, u,ith 3000 acres adcled in 20 arrnexatior.rs in just the lzist year. Srrb_ division maps filed in 1955 call for 5800 more homes an<l 23,000 people. It rankecl eighth in builcling permits in the Southland last year, its 3707 permits at $38,84(r,g43 being a 35O/o gain over 195.1.

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Western Pine Hif All-rime Highs

(Continued from Page 18) due t<-r higl.rer costs. A11 of the increase and mtlre, he said, rvill be in non-residential building, particularly commercial and industrial' Itesidential anrl utilitl' c<lnstrttction are expected to sht-ru' a drop, but exllerts vary in predicting the size of this expected decrease.

C)ther speakers at the big annual meeting included l-arvrence I). Kelkrgg. of --\lexandria, I-a., president of the National Lumber N'Ianufacturers Associatior-r; Leo V. Bodine, executive vice-president of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, and Charles A. Gillett, managing director of Arnerican Forest Products Industries, Inc., nationrvide public relations arm of the forest industries.

J. D. Bronson, Cascade Lurnber Co., Yakima, Wash., voiced a plea for continued heavy emphasis on safety education in the industry, both in the mills and woods.

Association officers re-elected and elected \\'ere : President, Mr. Helmer; vice presidents, Nlr. Bronson and A. B. Hood, Ralph L. Smith Lumber Co., Anderson, Calif.; treasurer, C. T. Gray, American F'orest Products Corp., San Frar-rcisco.

Directors-at-large : E. C. Rettig, Potlach Forests, Inc., I-erviston, Idaho; R. A. Murphy, McCloud River Lumber Co., McCloud, Calif.

National I-umber Manufacturers Association directors and executive committeemen: E. C. Olson, E. C. Olson Lumber Co., Spokane, Wash.; Hcin.rer B. Jamison, BylesJamison Lurnber Co., Fresno, Calif. ; Mr' Bronson; \\r. N{. l-euthold. Deer Park Pine Industries, Inc., Deer I'ark, \\rash. ; \\ralter S. Johnson, American Iiorest Products Corp., San Francisco; U. I{. Armstrong, Hallack & Holvard Lumber Co., \\rinchester, Idaho.

Approximately 50O attended the session, u'hich marked the silver anniversary of the association' Western Pine rvas formed in 1931 in a merger of tu'o operator groups 'ivhich at that time l-rad been in existence some 25 )'ears.

Western Pine First Quqrler Production, Shipments Up

The follorving report of the first quarter, 1956, production and shipments of Western Pine Region lumber products ancl estimate of probable second quarter' 1956, shipments, u'as released N arch 31 by W. E. Griffee, assistant secretar\.-manager of the Western I'ine Association:

"There have been m:rny complairlts about the unusually severe l'eather this pzrst r,virlter. Loggers an<l sawmill operators in the \\restern Pine region have had their full share of u'eather-causecl difficulties. Neverthelcss, preliminary estimates indicate that they managed both to produce ancl to ship slightly more lumber in the first quarter of this year than in any otirer first cluarter on record.

"Production of 1684 million feet was up 2.6/a from last year. Shipments of 1821 million feet rvere 1.6/o above 1955's record first quarter. Mill stocks at tl.re end of the quarter are about 1665 million feet, up from 16O1 million a vear ago. They still are conservative because the bulk of the stocks is lumber rvhich is not dry er-rough to ship'

"It is encouraging that this volume of shipments $'as made during a period rvhen nerv housing starts r'vere dorvn from a year ago. The 78,000 units started in February \\'ere 15/c belou' the number started in Februarl' 1955. Holever, the annual rate, on a seasonally-adjusted basis, rvas only Sft below the seasonally-adjusted rate for the entire year 1955.

"The demand for lumber is holding up better than the rate o[ housing starts. New homes average a little larger than last year. There has been an increase in the imprclvement of existing homes. Industrial clemand is at a peak. Housing starts may increase later irr the spring. Mortgage rnoney is more readily available than it r'vas last f:rll and applications for federally insurecl tnortgages have shou'n :r good increase in recent rveeks.

"The industry's second quarter shipments rvill be reduced to some extent by the fact that quite a {erv log decks that

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ordinarily rvould have been saved for the spring breakup period had to be cut during the winter. Snow in the mountains of most of the region is unusually deep. A difficult breakup period with floods in some areas is anticipated.

"Based upon such factors and all other available information upon prospective demand it would seem probable that. during the second quarter of 1956, shipments (consumption) of lumber from the Western Pine region will approximate 2275 million feet, or about 2/o under the record shipments of the same 1955 period."

Kochton Plywood& Veneer Compony Nomed Celotex Distributorin L. A.

According to Jack Hussey, manager of the Kochton ply'w,ood & Veneer Company, Inc., Los Angeles, his firm has been appointed a Southern California .ivholesale clistributor for the Celotex Corporation. A full line of Celotex building products rvill be carried in the Kochton warehouse, including insulation board, tile board, finish plank and Multi-Irly hardboard for retail lumber dealers.

"Our warehouse is located right on the Santa Ana Freeway, which assures fast delivery, and we will render the best of service in fast loading," Hussey said.

5. F. Hoo-Hoo-Ettes To Hold Teo

San Francisco Hoo-Hoo-Ette Club 3 r,vill hold a Tea for all the women of the Bay area lumber industry at the Bellevue hotel in San Francisco, Sunday afternoon, April 29. A large attendance of women interested in becoming members is anticioated.

Mr. Lumber Deqler:

During our Golden Anniversor/ Send us your requirements for pool cor or full corlood quototions on

MARIIIE Prefinished Wqllboords

MASONITE BRAND PRODUCTS

UPSON FIBR.E BOAR,DS

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FIR AND HARDWOOD PTYWOOD

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RRCC Hosts Lorgest Attendqnce At FifthAnnuol Meeting

X'fore than 100 members of the Redwood Region Conservation Council defied adverse weather conditions to attend the fifth annual rneeting ir-r Eureka February 25. According to Ben S. Allen, secretary, this rvas the largest attendance at any meeting since the RRCC rvas organized in NIay 1950. Business includecl the presentation of reports by the standing cornmittees ar.rcl the local circle chairmen and the election of new officers and nrenrbers of the board for 19.56.

Olficers for 1956 are J. Harolcl Robinson, Willits, president (re-electe<l) ; Roy \\ragner, Ultiah, treasllrer; Walclror.r Hyatt, Samoa, northern regiorral vice-presiclet.rt; C. Russell Johnson,

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Telephoner: 545-547 les & Fred Polsmorc

RRCC 1955 OFFtCERs (lefi ro right): Richord Roche, Ben 5. Allen, Woldron Hyo?r, J. Horold Robinson, Philip T. Farns. worth, Williom J. losh, Roy Wogner, Normon B. Livermore, Jr. ond R. R. Chofiee. Not shown ore C. Russell Johnson ond Arrhur Schilder.

Fort 13ragg. central regiorral vice-1>resiclent ; William J. I-osh, San Francisco, southerrl regional vice-presiclerrt (re-electecl) ; I'hilip T. Farnsr'vorth, San Francisco, executive vice-president, and Ben S. Allen, Low-er Lake, secretary. New tlirectors, r,vith terms expiring 1959, are Kirk Cooper, Arcata; It. li. Chaffee, \\rillits; Norman B. Livermore, Jr., San Francisco; Richard Roche, Miranda, and Arthur Schilder, U1<iah. Brousse 1lrizard of Arcata \\ras appointed by the presiclent to serve as memberat- large of the executive cornmittee.

Plar-rs for the fourth annual Redwood Region Junior Logging Conference ( Mendocino \\roodlar.rds, April 29 and 30, NIay I ancl 2) were detailed at a rneetir-rg of the l<ey committee 1rerl1bers of the Redwood Region Conservatiotr Council in Ukiali on February 4. Representatives of the lumber inclustry, State Division of Forestry, U. S. Forest Service, ancl forestry e<lucators n'ill combine their experience and taleuts to give sorne 100 boys of the Redwoocl Region an opportttnity to observc logging ancl mill operations, fire-fighting ancl logging equipment clemonstrations, re-forestation, co-operativc :rir fire patrol antl a first-hand look at the careers offerecl in the lumber industry.

Highligltts of this year's program will be: (1) Opening arlclress on job opportunities in industry by Kenneth Srr-rith, vicepresident of The Pacific Lumber Cornpany; (2) Der-r-ronstratiorr of road building ecluipment in the Jaclison State Forest; (3) Field study of the 1.926 Tree Planting Area in the lJnion Lurrber Companv Tree Farm, adjacent to the \\'oodlands; ('1 .;

Observation of a co-operative air fire patrol dernonstration with air-ground corrmunications ancl fire-r'nessage drop; (5) Selection of "Outstar.rding Junior I-ogger" under :r committee to be headed by Emanuel Fritz, consulting forester for the California Recl lvoocl Association.

Wallter Iri. Tillcy, forcster for Nlasonite Corporation, u'ill head the cornmittee for selcctiol.r of high school forestry stu<lents, ancl mer-nbers of 4-H Forestry clubs rvho will attend the conference. Cor.npetitiou for attendance at this ur.riclue conference, rvhich had its origin in the Redr'vood Region in 195.1, is expected to be keer.r with nrore applications than can be accorrrmodated in camp.

rvho has rvorked on all tees, is the Conference

John P. Su,eeley, (left), forester for Nlasonite Corporation, Ukiah, o[ the previorrs ct-rnference cc,mmitcl.rairman fr-ir 1956.

Formicq Merger Effecfed

Stockholders of 'fhe Formica Company at a special meeting N{arch I approved an agreement and plan of reorganization between The Formica Company and Arlerican Cyanarni<le Cornpany. It is intended that Forn'rica's operations will be continued as a wholly orvned subsidiary of Cyanamicle and that the personnel of F'ormica will.be requested to continue in the er-nplov of the subsicliary.

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By the time you reod this the biggest home improvement promotion in history will hove stqrted rolling. Throughout lhe yeor you'll reod this slogonOHI -'56. . . the yecr to FtX!

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Douglor IEWIS (lefr), generol portner of E. F. Hutton & Co., <ongrotuloles Hugh JACKS, choirmqn ond presidenl of Pqcific Coqsl Compony.

Mr. Jocks wos honored recenlly by o group of stockholders of E. F. llulton & Co. for the ropid progress ond growth the Pocific Coosl Compony hcs shown under his leodership in the lqsl four yeors. Since 1952, PCC hcs purchosed five firms, putting the Gompony in the redwood ond Douglos {ir timber business, plywood ond shipping; it now owns 400 mitlion feet of redwood ond fir in Northern Calif., with heqd oftce3 now in Son Froncisco since disposition of its former Norlhwesf o33els.

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OH, TO BE A DEATER_NOW

THAT APRII'S HERE! These photos left over from the losl lorge meeting of the Southern Colifornio Reroil lumber Associcrtion, dt Polm Springs in November, remind our reoders of rhe SCRLA's 39th qnnuol convention ot the los Angeles Ambossador April I7-I9, ond rhe Norlhern Lumber Merchonts' l6th cnnuol ot Pclo Alto April 23-25 (see Poge 40), fhe meatings moy nol be quite f HlS glomorous bur rhey'll be informotive, friendly ond o lot of fun.

BUD OTSEN (left), Union Lumber Compony solesmon, qnd Sunsct Mogozine'e Mr. Le Conte before Noyo Soil Booster model disploy faqlured cl lAerner lumber Compony's retoil slore in Pclo Alto yord. Sunsat's April issue corries o lorge color od os port of Union's currenl drive lo boost Boosler ssles'

VICE-PRESIDPNT NIXON (center) officiolly "unlocked" Nqtionol Housing Contor ol recent coremony with solid gold key presented by W. Homilron Crcwford (righr) os Eorl W. Smith, El Cerrito, Colif., rhe rhen president of rh6 NAHB. looks on.

Housing Genfer Opening SpcrksHome-buildinglndustry

Washington, D.C.-The opening of a National Housing Center during the latter part of 1955 highlighted the most important single event in the history of the American homebuilding industry, W. Hamilton Crawford, chairman of the Center's, board of directors, stated in a recent review of housing activities.

"For the first time, the housing industry in this country has a focal point where its various components have a common rneeting ground. Home-builders, architects, manufacturers and home buyers can all benefit from the opportunity of having displayed in a central location the most modern and advanced products of building materials and equipment," Crawford said.

The Center, an eight-story brick, granite and glass building located at 1625 L Street, N. W., is in the heart of Washington's fastest growing office section. It is the first such building in America dedicated solely to developing new home building methods and ideas. It was inspired by the example of housing centers in Europe, particularly the Bouw Centrum in Rotterdam and the London Housing Center.

Exhibits in the National Housing Center are designed not only to have meaning to trade and professional people but also for the layman who will stop at the Center in order to see what is new in the way of features for the "dream" home he may be contemplating. These "island" exhibits also mark a departure in display concept, and are designed to be seen from all sides, walked through and around.

The Center also houses the only central reference library on home building in the nation. It contains literature concerning not only the techniques of home building, but the entire range of interest in the home building industry. The New Products section of the sixth floor has become one of the most important display areas in the center. llere, newly developed products just going into distribution are displayed on a rotating basis. From these exhibits, home builders, homeowners, architects, contractors and the public can get advance notice of what is in store in the near or distant future.

"In the brief span of its existence, the National Housing Center las already started to fulfill the destiny for which it was conceived," Mr. Crawford points out. "The founders of the Center see it as a town meeting hall of the home-building industry-a forum from wl-rich home builders, home buyers and architects can work together to further improve the homes of America and set an example for housing abroad."

Dependable Equipmenf - Reody to Rolf

LUdlow 5-2181

(Ler Fritz Houl Your lumber)

Serving The Lumber lndustry Since 1945

6329 illaywood Avenue

l{untington Pork, Californio

CATIFORNIA BUITDING PER,'WTs FOR. FEBR,UARY

ARIZONA BUITDING PERMITS-FEBRUARY

SGD&WI to Hold Dinner-Dqnce

The Sliding Glass Door & Windon' Institute rvill hold its annual spring dinner-dance party at Oakmont Country Club, Glendale, April 27. Golf.ers r'vill tee off at 1:O0 after zr noon luncheon, ar-rd a 7:00 buffet rvill be followed by a night of footrvork and fellor,vship.

wholesole disrribution yotd lo sctve fou . .

Februory Construction Down But Mqtches | 955 Figr.ures

Outlays for new construction declinecl seasonally in February 1956 to 92.7 billion, but matched tl-re previous February recorcl set in 1955, according to preliminary estimates prepared jointly by the Departn.rents of Commerce and Labor. The rnonth's activity brought the total for the first two months of this year to $.5.5 billion, virtually the sanre as the JanuaryFebruary 1955 figure.

Most of the 5/o decline frorn January to l,'ebruary in private construction was dlle to a continuation of the downtrend in residential building activity that began late last summer last year. As a result of the smaller number of new homes startecl last fall, private sper.rdir-rg for residential builcling in February dropped below the $1 billion mark for the first time since April 1954.

Copirol Picks Socromenlo os Foctory, Distribution Sire for Sidewoll Cedor Shqkes

After many months of technical research and testing, the Capitol Shake Ct,,mpany in Sacramento, California, is norv in full prodrrctior.r of :r superior, painte<1, sidewall cedar shake. Capitol first kiln dries thc shakes, then saturatcs them thoroughly rvith a specially compounded exterior paint. Next, a series oI rotary brushes scrubs the paint into the lvood and levels it for even color distribution.

The shakes are now conveyed through a loO-foot infrared tunnel containing 60-kn' of radiant glass tubes r,r'hich

Sell REDWOODTANKS for Economicql Storoge

Aulomdtic Woter Systems do fcil, ond then woter is ot o premium. Redwood Storoge Tonks cre the mo3i economicol. lnitial cost is lower, ond they hove o longer life. Redwood hos high insulotion volue; keeps woler cool. Redwood is resistont to fungi cnd insect offock. Furthermore, we con give immediote delivery.

Complele Your Line wilh REDWOOD TANKS

eorge indefer ompanY IIMITED

"ouR 71ST YEAR''

22ll Jerrold Ave. o VAlencis 4-1841 SAN FRANCISCO 24, CA]IFORNIA

Robert L. Taube

WHOLESALE LUMBER

l90l Pacific Avenue Long Beach, Galifornia

HEmlock 2-7623

dry the painted shakes :rt about 300F. The infra-red drying process accelerates penetration and controls the 'set' for uniform color. The shakes are then refrigerated for temperature control relieving internal stresses and eliminating any tendency to rvarp or cup. Finally, the shakes :lre inspected and packaged for shiprnent.

The con-rplete operation is <lonc ()n trlr in-line convevor rvl.rich takes up minimum spacc anrl cuts <lc.rrvrr excessir.e

REDWOOD r DOUGTAS FIR r SHlllGtES and SIIAKES

Southern Cqlifornio RepresentoliveCol-Pociftc Redwood Soles Co.

THOTI PHTTIPS

LUMBER, COXTPANY

handling. One of the features of Capitol Sidewall Shakes is the wide selection of contemporary colors picked to enhance any architectural plan.

The choice of Sacramento, California, as a factory site u'as ma<le for several reasons: the lorv humidity being ideal for drying conditions, plus the central location for ease of distribution. Capitol Shakes are nolv distributed throughout California, and national distribution is planned for the near future.

How Lumber Looks

(Continued from lrage 1) secretary of the WCLA. The industry's unfilled order file at month's end u'as 798,317,CO} bf ;gross stocks rvere 1,020,383,000 bf.

Production by the 20 mills reporting to the California Redwood Assn. during February was 53,946,0O0 feet; shipments were 42,245,0@. Production was 7,547,0n feet above, but shipments rvere 5,651,000 feet below February 1955. Both rvere up from this January. Shipments, still low because of flood <lamage, lvere up from January because of partial resumption of service north of Willits. Orders on hand February 29 werc 111,273,000 feet; stocks were 377,697,000 feet.

Southern Pine Assn. reported for 98 mills in the week ended March 31: production,20,769,0O0 feet; shipments, 19,672,000 feet; orders, 18,774,N0 feet. A1l are above the 3-year average, rvith production 12.43/o above.

Douglas Fir Plywood Assn. reported for the week ended March 31 : production, 7@,636,000 feet-2/o above the previous rveek and 12.7/o above the same period last year; orders, 98,316,000 teet-t.2/o above the prior week and 1.8/o higher fhan the same 1955 rveek. For the year to date, production was 9.2/o above 1955.

Total retail lumber stocks on Feb. 29 u,ere estimated by the National Retail Lumber Dealers Assn. to be 5,305 million bf, 3.3/o above January 31 but the same as last year's February figure. Six of the nine retail regions indicated gains in inventories during the month. Retail lumber sales during February .rere 7.6/a above January but 2.1 /o less than February 1955. Seven of the nine retail regions showed increases in sales during the month, rvith the largest gain of 2I.A/<, taking place in the Pacific region.

(Tell them that you saw it in The Calif ornia Lwrnber Merchont)

9Ol5 Wilshire Boulevqrd

Beverly Hills, Colifornicr

CRestview 6-5383

NORTHERI{ REDI|i|OOD TUMBER

Perr.turr/l.

Norm Cords returned to his Oakland offices at Cords Lumber Co. April 9 from a trvo-u'eek mill trip through northern California, southern Oregon and uorth to l)clrtland. He also took the trip so he could get a first-hartd look at some of that $88 2x4 they're cutting in r.rorthern California (no gold trim on the "Sr'r,eater & lletter," Norm reports).

Orval Stewart, southern California plyrvoocl clistributor, and Dee Essley visited the Vancouver I'lynootl N'Iills at Portland, Ore., the first u,eek in April.

Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Youngburg, follon'ing thrce r'veeks in Hawaii on business and pleasure, rcturtrctl ot.r the l-urline March 26 to San Francisco, 'where hc is u'cstern manag'er for American Sisalkraft Corp.

Ed LaFranchi of the Oakland office spent the u'eek of March 19 introducing Pacific Forest Products' nerv Los Angeles man, Flarry Selling, to the firm's mill connections in northern California and southern Oregon.

Jose Tardy, popular lumber veteran of Los Angeles, spent the first two weeks of April calling on dealers in Arizona and west Texas but is returning in time tr-r cover the SCRLA convention at the Los Angeles Ambassador.

Jim Forgie, Snark of Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club 2, has been "hitting the road" the past two rveeks on club and personal business; his tour took him through the -state calling on the trade and mills.

Tom Gleed, north-central region sales srtl>ert,isor Ior Simpson Redwood Company, took the big step in trfarch and followed his rvedding rvith an Hau'aii:rn honeymoon. The Gleeds returned on the Lurline April 5 and Tom visited the Simpson headquarters in San Francisco before returning to his Chicago office.

Roland O. Carlson, president of Saloma I'lvrvood Co., has been touring the Orient calling or-r plyu'oorl mills and rnanufacturers with Jack Davidson, r'ice-presiclent of Pacific Wood Products, Los Angeles. T,hey ri'ill r,isit Singapore, Manila, Hong Kong and Han'aii ancl then relax on the beach in Honolulu.

Bert LeCrone, general manager of E. U. \\'heelock in Los Angeles, spent part of Xlarch in the north*'est ar.rd visited 'rvith his stafi in San Francisco.

Ward Higgins of J. E. Higgins Lumber Co.. San Francisco. u'as host to 12 northern California hardu'ood lumber-

THB A. & B. LUMBBB SALDS. INC.

men zlt a lrrncheon March 22 in the Tamalpais room of the Sir Francis Drake hotel. Guest of honor was T. M. "Mike" Millett, president of the National Hardrvood Lumber Assn.. Chicago, and head of the T. M. Millett Hardrvood Co.

Art Evans, Industrial Lumber Co., Glendale, has returned from San Francisco. Art is a confirmed San Franciscan and, from all rel)orts, may be returning to The City early this spring to make iris home.

Carvel Brown, Orban Lumber Company executi\-e, was atr.ay from I'asadena during March on an extensive mill survey.

Phil Gosslin spent a t'eek of early April in the Eureka area calling on mill connections for his Gosslin-Harding Lumber Co. in Walnut Creek.

These nice spring $'eekends find George and Mary Clough working aboard the yacht painting, chipping, etc., getting things in order for the sumrler cruises.

Mike Coonan took a week away from his Tarter, Webster & Johnson desk the latter part of March to visit the TW&J nrill connections in northern California.

John Osgood has returned to the Robert Osgood offices in I-ris Angeles from his annual trip to the Pacific NorthIvest.

Ralph Prouty rvill soon be back in the San Francisccr offices of Tarter, Webster & Johnson, Inc., follorving a month in the east, south and midr,vest on business.

Lloyd Webb made his spring buying trip during March for E. J. Stanton & Son, Los Angeles, l,vhere he manages the softwoods department.

Ernest E. Woods of the O. E,. Woods Lumber Co.. Independence. Kans., orvners of 14 lineyards in Kansas and Oklahoma, and his daughter Corinne rvere California visitors in February and early March. The veteran lumberman observed his 73rd birthday March 2 r'r'ith friends in South Pasadena and saw southern Californizr's principal sights before returning home via the Grand Canyon N{arch 6. NIr. \\roods, r'i'ho is a past president of the Southu'estern Luml>errnen's Assn., Kansas City, and served as its secretarymanager 17 years following that, also visited Orrie W. Hamilton, executive vice-president, in the Southern California Retail Lumber Assn. offices and renerved old friendships with Jack Dionne and Reed Porter in The CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT offices. Mr. Woods arrived in the state February 20 to spend most of his time rvith his son Kelly and family in San Jose.

wilh the new

The Door Thqt's Creoting A Revolution In Goroge Door Design

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GOOD tOOKING-blends inlo ony orchitecturol surrounding a WON'T shrink, swell, rot, wqrp or crock

STOCK! DISPI.AY! SELLt

THE BERRY SUBURBAN I e'xl, 9'xz' THE DErRotrEn ( t6'x7, 18'x7'

by

WITH BUITDING PRINCIPAI CENTRAT AND

E. C. "Brondy" Brondeberry Willicm "Bill" Buettner

]I(IIT IIIGREA$E

WANT ADs

IS YOUR FUTURE IN YOUR PRESENT job or do you want to make a change? RETAIL MANAGERS

are SURE of their future with this old established line yard company. We need a man in his 3Os to start NOW as assistant manager with our fine firm. Good pay PLUS bonuses.

Address Box C-2497, California Lumber Merchant

108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

"TAKE-OFF'' MAN NEEDED

We need a man capable of "take-ofi" and listing Millwork from plans, taking measurements in the field for custom millwork, an--d maintaining liaison between job and shop, Some knowledge o! rr-u[ detail very helpful. Excellent opportunity for future. Give full details and state minimum salary acceptable to:

P.O. BOX 1572. SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA

WANTED_REDWO OD SALESMAN

If YOU are a good wholesale REDWOOD SALESMAN we have iust the iob foi you-Unlimited sales support-Unlimited inventory ind orot6cted teiritorv. We want a miur- who really wants to make moniy. The best ;alaiy and commission deal in Southern California.

Address Box C-2491, California Lumber Merchant

108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

CONTEMPLATING A CHANGE?

Real opportunity available with highly rated San Francisco wholesale lu-mber concern for live-wire salesman who desires to better his present position. Man we have in mind must be a self-starter and'have minagerial ability, Can guarantee excellent earnings for the right man. All replies treated in strict confidence.

Adress Box C-2493, California Lumber Merchant

108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

WANTED: WOMAN BOOKKEEPER

We need a woman bookkeeper-typist with lumber experience for wholesale distribution yard in Vernon area. Must have own transportation. Write giving full particulars.

Address Box C-2't88, California Lumber'Merchant

108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

POSITION WANTED': YARD SUPERINTENDENT

Over 20 years experience in retail lumber business, ten years 9xpe.iettce as yard superintendent. Familiar with milling, counter sales, tuilders haidware. Age 38. Large or small yard-what have you?

Prefer San Francisco Bay Counties.

Address Box C-2495, California Lumber Merchant

108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14' Calif.

TOP MILLWORK SUPERINTENDENT AVAILABLE

Exoerienced-qualified to take full charge special millwork plant. Fine rec-ord of RESULTS at (and references from) Kansas City (3 veais). Atlanta. Ga. (3 yrs.), Vallejo; war record including Guam irtattiti! mill (8'yrs.), Mountain View and Fresno.(2 yrs.), Glendale tZ vrs.-). Millwrirk cost graduate; estimating-detailing.

Address Box C-2:476. California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14' Calif.

AM I THE SALESMAN YOU'RE LOOKING FOR?

20 vears experience in Fir, Pine and Finish lumber. Formerly ooeiated mv- own wholesale business so I lcrow YOUR interests. P'ersonable.-well-informed salesman in prime; seeking TOP firm to represent. Experienced in all west coast species.

Address Box C-2496, California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

LUMBER AND PLYWOOD SALESMAN AVAILABLE

Experienced lumberman with 11 years in Sales Management and in repiesenting major lumber and plywood producers, including 5 yeirs succeisful selling in Bay area and Coast Counties, wishes to ieturn to Northern California and join established wholesale concern on commission basis. Exceptional references.

Address Box C-2492, California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

MILL REPRESENTATIVE

Will sell your lumber (Fir or Redwood) in Southern California. Formerly associated fo'r 2o years with highly rated Los Angeles lumber wholesaler. Desire direct mill representation. Interview in North or Los Angeles.

Address Box C-2416, California Lumber Merchant

10E West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

Nones of Adverlircrs in this Deporlmcnt uring o blind oddress csnnot bc divulgod. All inquirier ond replior should be oddrecscd to kcy shown in thc qdvcrtisemcnt

NEVADA RETAIL YARD FOR SALE

For sale at cost of inventory & equipment, approx. $35,000, a retail lumber yard and general building supplies. Located in one of the fastest-going areas in Nevada. Doing approx. $200,000. Owner will carry land and.buildings on ten-year contract or lease.

P. O. Box 661, Fallon, Nevada

FINE LUMBERYARDS FOR SALE

WE have some fine lumberyards for sale and will be glad to give you full information Call us if you want up-to-the-minute listittgs or refer to our ad in the March 15 issue of this magazine. If YOU want to sell YOUR yard, give us a ring and we'll go right to work on it. We Know Our Business , Our Business Is Yards For Sale.

TWOHY LUMBER CO.-Lumberyard and Sawmill Brokers

714 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles 15, Calif., Rlchmond 9-8746

FOR SALE

Lumber yard and planing mill site for sale in a fast-growing communiiy. Will consider lease.

JAMES W. WRTGHT

221 Fremont Drive Sonoma. California

FOR SALE

Owner wishes to retire and must sell three (3) Retail Lumber Yards FOR COST OF INVENTORY (approx. $90,000). These yards are more than 90 miles from Loa Angeles, doing $600,000 per year with $38,000 profit for 1955, and never earned less than $30,000. Owner will carry equipment, buildings and land on a ten or more years contract to suit buyer. May take IMMEDIATE POSSESSION.

Address Box C-2442. California Lumber Merchant

108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

FOR SALE_SOUTHWEST YARD

The most outstanding yard in southwest is for sale due to owner's retirement. City of 30O,O00. Established business, mostly wholesale. Particularly adaptable for wholesale concentration yard. Sell or lease equipment and improvements to responsible purchaser. Inventory at market-no bonus. Exceptional opportunity.

Address Box C-2494, California Lumber Merchant

108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

*ren$9L3l*b%wo

Filer & Stowell type design, 1951. A'll-steel package unit with complete sets of gear motors and all air lifts on transfer rolls, chains and drives, 24" inleed, rolls, 36" outfeed. Infeed & outfeed each 44' long, 98' overall, Can handle 75,000 feet per day for rernanufacturing of cants. Is being used for sawing Clears into vertical grain Fir, Spluce, Cedar, etc., for minesweeper progr:rm. Excellent for making siding strips in VG for Redwood or Cedar mill, also manufa,cturing suchltems as ladder stock, pole stock and spar and mast grades, etc. Can be seen in operation. Write for blueprint. Price, $10,750 net, F.O.B. cars Chicago, without resaw.

HUSS LUMBER COMPANY

1350 W. F'ullerton Avenue, Chicago 14, Illinois

FOR SALE

Incinerator, 1001b. Hour, Air Pollution Approved, Priced to SelI. Shaper, Douhle-Head Greenlee, 22O or 44O. Wood Welder, good condition.

TYRE MFG. CO., INC.

328 South Date Ave. CUmberland 3-3731

MACHINERY FOR SALE

Alhambra, Calif.

Sash & Door Sticke'r-3 motor-24 heads.. .--..$ 650

Tenoner-5 rnotors .$1500

WhitneyShaper-wetfrequency .......$f800

BeltSairder....... ....$300

Incinerator ll 6" x 5Or --... ....Cheap

L. Solberg, 10fl) Foothill Blvd., La Verne Phone: LYcoming 4-4020

ffi "GIPO" LUMBER HANDLING

Labor available for Car Unloading, Sorting, Sticking. "Free" 1956 Frinted Price List. Arrangements made for Lift or Carrier Hauls from any public team tracks.

CRANE & CO.

cA. 2-8143

5143 Alhambra Avenue Los Angeles 32, Calif.

FOR SALE_REBUILT AND GOOD USED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT

Chicago 9x8 Pneumatic Air Compressor

30" Allington Blower

36" American Ball-Bearing Blower

Greenlee No. 37H0" Horizontal Borer

Oliver No. 7l Horizontal 4-Spindle Borer

Greenlee No. 386-C 6' Multiple Spindle Vertical Borer

Jenkins Model 123 Vertical Gang Stile Borer

Greenlee No. 356 Direct Motor-Drive Single Spindle Borer

Bell No. 5 Combined Stile and Rail Borer

Taylor 6/2' Wheel Type l2-Section Clamp Carrier

Palmer 29-Section 6/2' Clamp Carrier

Billstrom 6'-39-Section Clamp Carrier

Diehl No. 89 Tapeless Veneer Splicer

Dennis No, 4 Taping Machine

Francis No. 300 Flat-Plate Edge Gluer

Francis 42" ,Rubber-Roll Glue Spreader

Mattison No. 231 Motor-Driven Cutterhead Grinder

Jenkins No. 343-A Lumber Jointer

No. 55-C Mattison Automatic Turning Lathe

McKnight Hot-Plate Bending Machines

No. 2C and No. 3C Mitts & Merrill General Purpose Hogs

Auto Nailer-Crusader Model

Wilkin-Challoner No. 180 Motor-Driven Multiple Chain Saw

Mortiser

zO-I(Vy', 33-KW, 75-KW Frequency Changers

6" Vonnegut Motor-Driven Moulder

6" No. 276 Mattison Motor-Driven Moulder

10" C-89 Yates-American Motor-Driven Moulder

6" Woods No. 132-M Motor-Driven Moulder

Wilkin-Challoner No. 107 Screen Sticker, direct-motor drive

No. 170-D Oliver Straitoplane

24",30" and 36" No. 32 Whitney Ball-Bearing, Motor-Drive Single

Planers

No. 33-32" Whitney Fast-Feed Double Planer

No. 177 Yates Roughing Double Planer

No. 24-30" Cabinet-Type Whitney Double Surfacer

Williams & White Hot-Plate Press 36"x22".32-ron

36" x 72" Francis Hydraulic Cold Press

No. 612 Porter Router

W-240-B and W-2,t0-D Onsrud 2-Speed Routers

No. 666 Porter Router

8' Curtis Model 41-Rl Hydraulic, Automatic Stroke Sander

Wysong & Miles Automatic-Stroke Sander, mechanical operation

No. 183 Oliver Reversible Belt Sander

43" and,49" No. 431 Yates Endless Bed Sanders

No. 430-43" Solem Ball-Bearing Direct Motor-Drive Endless Bed

Sander

46" Mershon Ball-Bearing Band Resaw

36" Tannewitz Type GH Ball-Bearing Band Saws

No.724 Diehl Straight-Line Automatic Cut-Off Saw

Model 4&20J Porter Hydracut Automatic Cut-Off Saw

G-44 Yates-American Twin-Unit. Cut-Off Saw

DeWalt Model GE 5-HP Cut-Off Saw

Beach No. 3 Ball-Bearing Double Cut-Off Saw

Dodds Tilting-Table, Ball-Bearing Belted, Motor-Drive Miter Saws

Yates-American No. 8 Combination Saw and Dado Machine

No. 2l Yates-American Gang Rip Saw

N-4 Yates-American Single Spindle, Ball-Bearing, Motor-Driven

Shaper

No. 139 Whitney Ball-Bearing, Motor-Driven Double Spindle

Shaper

No. 124 Onsrud Automatic Shaper

No. 50 Wilkin-Challoner Belt-D-rive, Plain-Bearing Double End

Tenoner

SAVEI FORK.IIFT BARGAINS 5AVE!

819 Dfscdnts on New Surplus Pqfis ,or All lr/,okos otrd llodcls d Fqklllts Used Good, Reconditioned or Rebuih & Gtd. 2,O0O-|5,OOO lb. cop. Hyrter 150. .'15,000 lb. cqp., rsbuilt & guoronteod ....-.--$4950

CIARK 2,000 lb. cop., w,/hydroulic Cotlon Grobs. reconditionqd

Clqrk 3,000 & 4,000 lb. cop., recondirionod --.--.--.-.--..............-.............._.....91295

Clork plonelooder , . . 3,500 lb. <op. pneu. tires, rcbuilt & suqrqniccd -.-...-.$2650

MONICAL MACHINERY COMPANY

2020 Bristol N.W., Grand Rapids, Michigan

Telephone-Gl. 8-1433

This Space Is Reserved for Y O U To Fill Your WANTS-To Supply Your Needs

leo6

I2324 CENTER STREET HOtI.YDAIE, SOUIH GATE, CAI.IF NEVADA 6.3322 METCATF 0-3105

FOR SALE

One 1946 Model 90 Ross Carrier, 30,000 lb. capacity, 66" arms-in good operating condition.

GEORGE WINDELER CO., INC.

2211 Jerrold Ave: San Francisco 24 VAlencia 4-1841

FOR SALE-USED LIFT TRUCKS

One Gerlinger, 8-ton capacity; One Hyster, 7fu-ton capacity, and One Ross, 9-ton capacity. These machines are in good operating condition.

BURNABY and WILLIAMS Van Nuys, Calif. 6102 sePulveda Blvd' STate 5-656r

B UY-SELL_REPAIR-SERVICE

Fork Lifts and Straddle Trucks. Complete shop and field service. Portable Welding, Special F abrication, Steam Clcaning and Painting. Service Available 7 Days a Week. All work guaranteed. COMMERCIAL REPAIRS AND SERVICE

1115 North Alameda Street, Compton, Calif. Phones: NEwmark I-8269, NEvada 6-4805

New 1956 Lu-Re-Go Home Designs

Three ner'v homes have been designcd for the l-umber Dealers Research Council by nationally ktlorvr-r Architects L. Morgan Yost, George Fred Keck ar.rd Bertr:rm Weber of Chicago. In engaging these three architects to design thc 1956 Lu-Re-Co homes, it 'n'as felt by the I-DRC that a step was being made in the lortvard direction that n'ould actually act as demor-rstrations for other architects in the small-house field and encourage then-r to design homes using the Lu-Re-Co modttlar priirciples :urd adapt these principles to designs that are receiving' the greatest amount of acceptance in their particular locality.

Also, by adding these three new designs, the 950 franchised Lu-Re-Co lumber dea,lers of the nation will be able to offer a wider selection of homes to their customers.

All three homcs n'cre clesigned tvith the family in mind so tl.rat livability is orrc of the keynotes followed throughout. Space utilization is another, and more livable space for the money which thc consltuing pultlic is demanding today. All homes can be built n'ith or lr'ithout basements.

'fhese plans :rre available fronr the I-umlter Dealers llesearch Council's distributor: N:rtional l'lar-r Service, Inc.

WeberHouse-W-P-[A

Conscrvative in design atlcl cxterior appearance, this housc fcatures double hung rvinclr.rl's, shutters and a covcrecl front entrallce u'ith an enclosed breezel'aY garage attachmer.rt, It contains a large master ltedroom, a bath and a half, t'ith :rn o1>tion to the builder for making trvc-r full baths ii he so clesires. The o1>en room planning has beerr used it.r the kitchen, dir-ring and living room areas u'ith tn'o family cntrances lea<ling directly from the garage and lrrcezeu'a1'. 'lhe traflic pattern in this house is so developecl that it is possible to enter the front doclr ancl go ir,to the liitchen. livirrg r()om or bathroom-beclroor.n section of the house rvithout crossing any of the other areas or disturbing the activities that are going on in these locations.

ADVERTISERS INDEX

in ollerndle i9sue5

Lo: Angeles Lumber, Inc. -.,.,-....-..-.--..,-.-- |

Lumber Corrier Servi.e, ln<, .-- ,..:....--..46

Lumber Sqles Co. ---.,,-..---.,...,.....-.........-..-*

Lumber Service Co. ---.-.-.---,.......-.............--63

Lumber lerminol, Inc. .-...---.-..-..-.--.-.-.----.... *

A3soGioled Molding

Allo: Lumber Co.

Avrom lumber Co.

Bock, J. Willim Co,

Bater & Co., J. H. ......-.--..,.,,...-----.....-..--50

Behr, Joseph I Sons, Inc. .-..----..-.-..-.-..-.-.79

Bel-Air Door Co. ...._.....I 3

Beton Compony, The --..,..--..-----...--.----.--.--. I

Big Town Lumber, Inc. -,..-......-- -- t

Block Diomond Co. ...-.---...-..-...........-..---.-,- |

Bfirr & Gofes Lumber Co. .-...-.-..---..-.-..----69

Blue Diqmond Corporolion .......-........-..-----..34

Bohnhoft lumber Co. -....,.,----....-----...--..--.---'*

Bonnell-Wqrd & Knopp,...-.......---.-,...---,..,.. *

Bonnington Lumber Co. --..--.,-.....-..-..-.-,-..--- |

Brewtlet, Lyle E At.o(ioter -.*

Brown Timbe. Co. ---.--.-------,,..,, ---.------...,-, * Bru(e Co., E. L. .--..-----......---.-.-,-...:.-.,,..,,., *

Bru.h fndettriql Lumber Co. --..-.-.--....-.-.. 29

Col Di3tributing Co. -...,.........-...-...,....-........45

Cqf Pocifc Lumber Co. -...-.-'--.---....-----.--79

Col-Pocific Redwood Sole:, Inc. -.,-...,-.-----. *

Colovero: Cemenl Co. -----.-...--..--..---.-------.-.15

Colifornio Builders Supply Co. ,.,,............ *

Coliforniq Door Co, of L. A. -.,.-...,-......-.42

Colifornio Iumber Soler -...----...-....-.-..-.--..76

Colifomio Ponel & Veneer --..-... -.-.-.-.----.. 6

Cmeron Trucking, Inc. ----.-,-,,--,--.--... .. .-71

Cqpitol Shdke Co. .-,.-----.,,-,,---,-*

Corlow Co. -..-,...,..--.-.---- |

€orr t Co., L. J. ----..-.,-.----.-----....-..--..O.F.C.

Cq:code Pociftc Lumber Co. ---------.....,...-...56

Celotex CotPorotion, The -.,,...-..,.-..-..--..-... 9

Centrol Volley Box & Lumber Co. ---.--..,---68

Chickomougo Cedor Co., Inc. -,,.-..,..--....-.37

Christenson Lumber Co. --,,....-.-,-.-.--.---.---,-.- |

Clough Iunber Co. --,...-...---.. --.. .--.....-.. .-.60

Coct l(iln Conpdny .--.---.,,-.. ...-.-......-.-.'-.' *

Cobb Conpqny, T. M. ---.-.--,,.---..-.--.--..-..,.-*

Consolidofed Lumber Co. -.,,.....-.-....-.-....-*

Continenlql Lumber Soler -.,-......-.--..--.--.---*

Cooper Whol$qle Lumber Co,, W. E. ......43

Coor Heod Lunber & Plvwood Co. .....-.....-29

Cordr Lumber Co. --..-.....-.-.,,-.-.....-...--.....---37

Curly's Iumber Co. ........---..-.....,.........-..-.--35

Dolton, R. W. & Co. ........-..................-...-..75

Dont e Ru!.ell, In<. --.---.,.....,.,........-.22, 21

Dqvir Hqrdwood Co. ---..-,....-..-..-.....-.----,----68

Doyidron Pllnrood E Iumber Co. .-......-...12

Dlmond W Supply €o. .-..--.-.........,......,. 46

Dolco liqnofo<turing Co. .-..--.-.........,.-,...,.,.35

Dollor Co., the Robert -----.--.,...,,--,,..-.-----t6

Dovgfor Fir Plywood A:sociotion ..-..-..-...--42

Drqker Boy Lumber Co. ...-.-..-.---.....--...-..---.47

Duroblc Plywood Sqle: Co. .-...---..-.--.-----*

Dyer Lumber Soles .-..--.,....-...--....-.''...-.....-.. *

Eckrlron Plywood & Door Co. ---,.--..... ..-71

Edwordr lumber od Mfg. Co. .-...-..''-- |

Fqirhu6l Lumber Co. of Colifotnio

Fidler's Monufocturing Co. .-....--..-.-,,---------53

Fir-fex ............-.. -....22,23

Firk & rrloson

Founloin,

Gelu Broi. & Co, ----.-..-.---.----.--.....-....---..--.. ;

Gilbreqth Chemicol Co. ..,-,......-.....-.....,......41

Golden Gole Lunber Co. ,.-..---.--.-..--...----... *

Gossfin-Hording Lumber Co. -.....,............75

Greqt Bdy Lumber 5oleg -.-.-...--......-...-.....-.64

Holey Bros. ...,. -..,...-.....60

Hqlf Co., Jqmes L. ....--..--....-........-..-.......-. t

Hqllinon lAockin Lumber Co., lnc. ......-..-.. *

Hqllmqrk Lumber & Plywood Co, -...-..--..-..:l

Homond Lumber Co. .---....-...-....-.,.....-O.8.C.

Horbor Lunber Co., Inc. .---.--.-.-.-...-------.--,. *

llorbor Plywood Corp. of 5o. Colif. -..... *

Horbor Plywood Corp. of Coliforniq -...-,-- lt

Hqrrir, L. E. lumber Co. ---.----...-.-....-.-----.63

Heorin, F, L. Lumber ....---,.-.--.---,--.---,-,----.-49

Hedlund Lumber 5ol*, In<. -...-......-..........-.57

Higgin! Lumber Co., J. E,.------.-------,-..,.... *

Hilf & r'to.ton, In<. --..----..--.-..,--.------.--,.--...21

Hobbr Woll Lumber Co. -.-.--....--..---.--.-...-..44

Hogon Wholesole lldg. Moleriol! Co. --.41

Hollow Tree Redwood Co, --..-...-,-.--...----.-*

Holmes Evreko Lumber Co. -...--..-----...-.--.. 'l

Holme: lumber Co., Fred C.

MED Displqy Mfg. Corp. :r

llqcBeoth Hqrdwood Compony ..-.-...-.--..---*

ItlocDonold Co., [. W. .....................-......*

lrlqnning-r{it(hell Pqint Co. -...---..--.-....-..--62

llople Bro:. ...,..,.---..-----:t

llorquort-Woffg Lumber Co. ....----...-.--.----72

5q Frontirco Glqs: Co.

Sonford-Lussier, lnc. -..,-

Soni-Top, In(. --.---..-.--------,-.....--.-,-.------..--.-ll

Sqnlo Fe Lumber, In<. --,,,,..-,-. *

Security Royol Dulch Point fttfg. Co. 33, 66

Shivefy, Aldn 4.,-..---.------.------..,----.-----------73

Sierrq Lumber & Plywood, ln<. ....--.......-..73

Sierrq Nevodo Pine Co. ------------.--------..----,-*

Sierrq Redwood Co. --.---,--.-.-,---,--------.-..-.-.-.67

Simmons Hordwood lumber Co. -----.---.---- a

Simpson Redwood Co. .-...---..-.---.-.---..-....---.17

5milh, Hermqn A. .-..---....-.-..............---.--..,--- :t

Smith Iumber Co., Rolph [. -.,....-....-...-...-. r.

So-Col Building Mqteriols Co., Inc. .......- l.

Sommer Co., A. J. ........-.---.-.--......-.-.-..,--.*

South Boy Lumber Co. .-..-.....--.-.-.......-..,.--.-,|t

Soulhern Cqlifornid Lumbe. Sqlet -.-..--.--.-64

Southwe3t Plywood Corp. --------..---...---------*

^lorrh Wqff P.odecl., Inc. .........---.--.-.-....67

llq.tin 8ror. Box Co. -.,,..,,..,,....--.--.---.-----*

lAortin Plywood Co. -.------...-..-.-..-..,-.-......--. *

,tlqrliner Co., l. ll/. .....-......-.-....

Moson Supplie:, In<. -,---.,,..,-..., A16onite Corporotion

llothir-Jenrwold Hordwoodr, ln<.

llcClocd Lumber Co. -,------..-----.-..-.. -...-...--.66

Meier, Herb lumber Co.,--.-.,.,.-...,..-,----,,,-, *

lvlengef Co., The ---.--.-...-.---..-- ....-. ...-.------ 7

I$iffwork lrlort, lnc. ..--..--.,-..--.----...-.--..-.-..45

Modelnfold Doors, Inc. ---.--....-,..-.-,-..---.-.-.*

Moore Dry Kiln Co. -----,--,--.,,-.----..,-..-.-,..-. *

Mounf Whilney Lumber Co., Inc. .--...----..--*

Nstl.-Americtr Whlse. Lmbr. As:n. .-,.....30

Neimon-Reed Co. ----....-.--.----,....---.,,-.,-......-.65

Nelron Lumber --...-.-..--..63

New, Hqrold A. ---.--.,--------..---....--.--..,,........'t

Newqui3t, Jomes W. --,----.,.---.-.-.-.------.....--. *

Nikkel, R. F., Lmber Co. ..-.--.....-.-...,-.---...54

North std. Timber Corp. ---..---,.-.-.------..--....65

Northern Iedwood Luhbel Co. ....---..----...76

Ol3en-Cdrpentgr Lumber Co. .....-..-.-.,.,.----.*

O.nyte Co. -,-.........-,..--.-59

Osgood, Robert S. --..-----.-.-.,---..--.-.......,-..-.. lt

Ostling Mfg. Co. ...-.-.............--.....-..........-..49

O:tlin9 Sliding Door Frqme Co, ....------.-.. *

Oxford Lumber Co., Rex -.............,-..--..--.--. *

Soufhwe3lern Portlqnd Cement Co. --.----.-.47

Stohl Lumbei Co

Stondord Lumber Co., In€. .....---..--.--..-....-- ']

stmlon & 5on, E. J. ..,,..............-.,-...-..---.31

Slewort Plywood Co,, O. W. --.........-....-.:t

Slrobfe Lumber Co. ----.......,......--,-...--.........67

Stroit Door Mfg. Co. ---..-,-...-.--.-.....--....-.--,-,t

Sunsel Floor Covering: Co. ....--.......,--..,--.69

Superio. Lumber Sole: Co. ............,,.-,-..----33

Tocono Lumber 5dle!, Inc. ---.---.,---.-..-.....43

Tdrdy, Joe .......,....-.,--.-,-- ,l

lorler, Webller & Johnton, lnc. ---.---.,.-,--*

Toube, Roberl t. .-,..---......-........--...............74

Timber Engineering Co. of Cqlif. -,--.----.,-38

Trovco, Inc. -........... ....- :l

Triongle Lumber Co. -----.-...-".,-,-.,-...-. -....73

Trinity River Iumber Soles Co. ..-..-..-.---..5I

Tropicol & We3tern Lumber Co.

lwin-City Lumber Co. .77 .24

lwin Hqrborr Lumber Co, -.-------....--..-..---62

United Sfolet Lumber Corp. ,-----..--. - .,.. *

U. 5. Plywood Corp. ---.-,----.-.--.--.-..---,-.--.---54

U. 3. Wholeole Supply Co. ---.-,.,,---,.,.-,--45

Union Lumber Co. ..---.--,-.-,,..-.-.,,----,,--,,,..-,. *

Up:on Compcny, The .....---------..--.--.-,-.----.--- {t

Volley Ptywood Co. -.-.---...-,--------..--.,-.. *

Vollstedt Kerr Lumber €o., The .,--.-.- .-39

Huff Lumber Co. -..---.--.-.-..--......,.._t.F.c.

Homqiole Compony ......---..-.

Pqcifi. Coqst Aggregqtee, ln ..--.-....--......77

Wqlker & 5on, T. V., In<. ---.-...-.---...--,.,--*

Hoover Co., A. L.,,-..-,, .---..----.-..------..--.-..68 .__-..,.-_-_.-_--,,..-.,_. t _.-.-----_..--.._.__,,.,,-.,.. 4

Pocific Fir Sqler ----.........--.--........----,-..,-,---.*

Pq.ii. Fore3l Produclr, lnc. -..-.......-..--..---*

Hughe! Brother3 Hyrter Compoy

lnlond Lumber Co. -,,.--,, .,, -- -.. -..--..---.-----*

fnduslriof Lumber .-,-..-,-.------...-..-.......- ..---..45

Johns-Mqnville Corporclion Jolly Giqnt Lumber Co.

Po.ific Lumber Co., lhe ------.,-.---,-.-.-,--.----*

Pocific Lvmber Deqlerr Supply, In<. ..,,-.-*

Po.ific Wertern Icmber Co, ...,..-,..--.-.------- 'l

Pcif,c Wire Prodc(lr Co. .--............"..-,.-...*

Pxiic Wood Produclr Co, ......-.--..-...-.---..*

Po Ariqlic lroding Co. ....-,...-.-....-.-,--.----- !t

Poul Bunyon Lumber Co. ....,,......,,-.---.--...-..31

Penberthy Iumber Co. --..--..----....-,-.,,..,--.-.-*

Perry Door Co. ---..--.------...---..-...,,..--,.--.--.----'*

lhom Phifipr lumber Co. ---..-..---...---..---.-..75

Phippr Co., The ..,.,.......--........,..,,....,--.,.....*

Pine Trec Produrlr Co.,---..--,,-,-..-----..--------5O

L. A. Dry Kiln & Storoge, Inc, -.,,-...-.,,....

Long-Bell Lumber Co. Lof Lvmber & liill Co, ..-....

R. S. Plywood Co. -------...------.-..,.--,-..-------... *

Red Cedor Shingle Bureou ---.--.-....,.-,.-,-,-.. * Regol Door Compony .--...-,------,..--.-.-.....--,--. *

Ricci & Krcrc Lumber Co. --.-.-.-..-.-..........71

nockporl nedwood Co, ------..,--------..-..--...--. * Roddiscrqft, Inc. ----.--.,------.-..-...-,-,-..,-.,-.-,---*

Worien Sovthwe3t, In.. -.----.--..-.,..---.,--.-.-.-.32

Wotts, Cdlf W. ----.-.--.--..------.-...........-..-.----77

Wendling-Ndthon Co. .---.------..,..-..-...,.---.2O

West Coo.t Lumbermen'g Assn. --.---.,....---. *

West Coqif 5creen Co. ..-.--..-..-....-----.....--..75

We3t Coost Timber Produtts Agency -.----76

Western Door & Soih Co. ..---.-.---.-...-...-.-.6t

We3lern Dry Kiln ....-...-----...--.--.-...-.---.....-.,,'t

Wesrein Lumber Co. .....--,--..-..-.........,-......

BUYER'S GUIDE

SPECIFY HAMMOI{D CERTIFIED KIIN DRY REDWOOD

Fifty yeqrs ogosoiling vessels such qs these werefhe only meqns of tronsporling Hqmmond's Dicrmond H Brond Redwoodlumber f rom So mocr f o domestic qnd foreign morkels.

Mony chonges hqve tqken ploce since fhe doys of soiling ships, bul Hommond's quoliry is srill unsurpqssed.

There is no substitute for sound, properly grodedCerrified Kiln Dried Redwood, qnd Hqmmond's Diqmond H Brcrnd fulfills crll milling ond groding sfqndqrds.