Plans and Progress Here and There What Busy California Lumber Folks Are Talking About

MRS. EGGELSTON AT SAN DIEGO MEETING

-Mr". Jessie Eggelston, Secretary of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association, has returned to San Francisco after a weeks business trip to Southern California on association work. While in the south she attended the San Diego Materialmen's Association meeting at San Diego. On her way south, Mrs. Eggelston stopped off at Fresno. to attend the directors meeting of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association and the meeting of the San Joaquin Valley Lumbermen's Club held on April 14.

BLEECKER RETURNS FROM PO.RTLAND

G. R. Bleecker, California representative of the Eagle Lumber Co., has returned to San Francisco after spending two weeks in the north on business. While in Fortland. he talked over business matters with R. A. Stevenson sales manager of the Eagle Lumber Co., and also spent a few days at the company's mill at Westim.ber. On his return south, he stopped ofr at Grants Pass to visit with A. B. Davis, who is manager of the Eagle Lumber Co. office there.

NE\I/ YARD NEAR HUNTINGTON PARK

T,he Garden City Lumber Company has opened on Tweedy Road, in Home Gardens, near Huntington Park.

A. B. WASTELL NEW MANAGER OF THE CALIFORNIA RETAIL LUMBERMENXS ASSOCIATION

A meeting of the Directors of the California Retail Lumbermen's Ass'n. was held at the Hotel Fresno, at 10'o'clock A. M. on April 14, thus giving them an opportunity to join the San Joaquin Valley Lumbermen's Club luncheon. Mr. C. W. Pinkerton, of Whittier, presided, with Mrs. J. Eggleston, of San Francisco, as secretary and after the transaction of routine business action was taken appointing Mr.

A. B. Wastell, who needs no introduction to Coast lumbermen, as manager of the Association. Mr. Pinkerton made c.orresponding announcement at the San Joaquin Valley Club meeting, stating that Mr. Wastell would devote most of his time to field work and in special service as the representative and Spokesman of the Association, while Mr. Eggleston would continue caring for the office as Secretary, which position she has filled admirably for some time.

Mr. Wastell was cordially welcomed back into lumber association ranks, in which his experience has covered all branches of the lumber industry, and this appointment was considered an important step in making the association of greater service to members and also in establishing a needed contact with other organizations so that California lumber retailers policies and interests may be understood and maintained.

Mr. Wastell was formerly secretary of the Oregon and Washington Lumber Manufacturer's Association; manager Oregon & Washington Lumber Inspection Bureau; (Continued on Page 44)

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