Shevlin Pine Sales Gompany

Transportation-1906 and 1938

Stepping out of his up-to-the-minute 4-place Stinson cabin plane at Grand Central Airport, Glendale, the other day after a trip from San Francisco rvhich took less than three hours, George W. Gorman, president of the Gorman Lumber Company, San Francisco, was met by Arthur Twohy, of the Twohy Lumber Company, Los Angeles, Southern California representative of his concern, driving a 1906 model Buick.

old models owned by Mr. Twohy, who has appeared in a number of motion pictures as the driver of most of his old timers.

Mr. Gorman has used a private plane for the majority of his business trips in the past several years. He recently made a three-corhered trip from San Francisco to Portland and Port Orford, Ore. At the latter point he visited the mill of the Trans-Pacific Lumber Company, of which he is gen-

Here rvas a contrast indeed ! The latest model airplane, furnishing ultra-modern transportation for a 1938 lumber salesman. and an automobile which was the last word in road transportation 32 years ago' The plane has a speed of 14O miles an hour, or about four times the speed of the car.

The Buick, which cranks on the side and has right-hand steering, is in perfect mechanical condition and made the trip from the airport to Los Angeles without difficulty, but as might be expected attracted a great deal of attention on the way from many people who had never seen a car of such ancient vintage. It is one of a collection of about 30 eral manager, and to which he makes frequent visits by air. It is interesting to note the average time made by Mr. Gorman in his plane to various points from San Francisco, or more often Alameda, where he keeps the ship. To Portland, five hours; to Port Orford, Ore. (about 500 miles by road) three hours; to Los Angeles, a little under three hours; to Sacramento, 30 minutes, and from Los Angeles to San Diego, one hour.

George is a veteran flyer, having started as a very young man with two years' experience as First Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps in the World War. This included plenty of squadron and indiviclual combat work over the enemy's lines in France. He u'as finally shot down in combat in August, 1918, and was a prisoner of war in Gerrnany for about three months until the Arrnistice. He followed this with two years' exhibition and commercial flying, which brought his total hours in the air to well over 1000. He gave up active flying in 1922 and then took it up again a few years ago as a hobby and an aicl to business.

PATTEN-BLINN MAKES CHANGES IN YARD MANAGERS

Charles F. Bonadiman, manager at Chino, has taken over the management at Pomona, succeeding H. G. Schafer, who is retiring from active business. Joe E. Franklin, manager at Ocean Park, goes to Chino to take Mr. Bonadiman's place.

A. W. Larson, manager at Brea, is now in charge at Reseda. and E. F. Bakkedahl is the .new manager at Brea.

E. G. Wittker, who has been connected with the general office at Los Angeles, is now manager at South Pasadena.

Plywood Boats For Hazardous Feat

Maris Plywood Corporation, San Francisco, sold the Super-Harbord Fir plywood for the three boats to be used in an expedition down the Colorado River to Boulcler Danr this summer.

Norman D. Nevills, of Medicine Hat Lodge, P. O. Bluff, Utah, will head the expedition. The danger of such a venture can be judged by the fact that of the 10O people rvho have attempted the descent by boat of these canyons 50 have been killed.

"Tree, and Men"-New Talking Motion Picture of Lumber Industry in Northwest

"Trees and Men," a talking motion picture of the lumber industry in the Northwest, which is being presented by the Weyerhaeuser Sales Company, was shown to lumbermen, members of the building trades, and their friends at the Boulevard Theater, Washington and Vermont Streets, Los Angeles, at 4:00 P.M., Thursday afternoon, April 28.

Set against a background of natural beauty, "Trees and Men," shows the lumber industry at work; experts skillfully harvesting mature trees more than two hundred feet high; buckers sawing the newly felled trees ; trains transporting the giant logs to surrounding streams and to the mills where they are manufactured into lumber.

It shows the provisions and care taken in cooperation with the United States Government to conserve the trees, and what is being done to a recently cut forest to regrow a "crop" of timber.

The picture is available for showings to lumbermen. building trade groups, clubs, etc. The Weyerhaeuser Sales Company's Los Angeles and San Francisco offices will arrange to supply the picture together rvith sound projection equipment, screen and operator at no cost.

WITH CALIFORNIA PANEL & VENEER CO.

Ben Ostlind is rvith the California Panel & Veneer Co., of Los Angeles, doing trade promotional work. He is calling on the architects and developing,interest in the use 'of plyrvoods. Ben is r,vell known in Pacific Coast lumber circles and was formerly associated with the plywood inclustrv in the Northwest.

Return From South American Tour

Otto W. Frese, San Francisco wholesale lumberman, was in Los Angeles on April 22 to meet his wife, daughter and sister-in-larv, who arrived on the S. S. Rakuyo Maru. following a nine months' tour of South America.

Frank Duttle In Hawaii

Frank G. Duttle, president of the Sterling Lumber Company, Oakland, and Mrs. Duttle, sailed April 15 from San Francisco on a month's vacation trip 1e the Harvaiian Islands.