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Bob Evju of the Evju Products Company, .wholesale ',vood products, San Francisco, spent last week in Los Angeles on business,

Selwyn Sharp of the California Redwood Asociation, San Francisco, was in Los Angeles for the annual meeting of the Southern California Retail Lumber Association, April 2l and 22.

Lew Godard, Hobbs Wall Lumber Co., San Francisco, and Norm Cords, Cords Lumber Co., San Francisco, flew to Los Angeles to attend the convention of the Southern California Retail Lumber Association.

Mrs. Lucille Eddy is the new receptionist at the office of California Panel & Veneer Co., Los Angeles. During the war she was chief receptionist at Lockheed Aircraft Corporation

W. F. (Bill) Fahs, manag'er, California Panel & Veneer Co., Los Angeles, visited Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona, early in April.

The Ralph E. Barto Lumber Co., In,c. was incorporated April l. The officers are Ralph E. Barto, president; Mrs. Patsy Barto, vice president, and Eva M. ffenney, secretary-treasurer, manag'er, The Pacific spent a week re'cently attended the Southern

Albert J. Nolan, Western sales Lumber Company, San Francisco, in Los Angeles, and while there California retailers' convention.

Peter J. Van Oosting, rvholesale lumber dealer, Glendale, Calif., returned April 18 from a business trip to Portland, Tacoma, and Seattle. He traveled by air.

Frank J. Connolly, president, Western Hardwood Lumber Co., Los Angeles, left April 25 to visit hardwood mills in the Chicago area. He intends to take in the Kentucky Derby at Louisville May 3, and will return to Los Angeles Mav 8.

George R. Kendrick, sales manager, Pope & Talbot, Inc., Lumber Division, San Francisco, visited Los Angeles last week to attend the convention of the Southern Cali. fornia Retail Lumber Association.

Thomas Duncan has succeeded Robert Hart as shipping clerk at Wilmington. He was a sergeant in the Army overseas, and saw a lot of service during the famous ,,battle of thc bulge."

James Tyson, Jr., San Francisco, president of the Consolidated Lumber Co., Wilming'ton, recently spent a few days in Southern California.

A. S. McCurdy, South Bay Lumber Co., Fields Landirg, Humboldt County, Calif., was a recent visitor to Southern California. He attended the convention of the Southern California Retail Lumber Association. Aoril 21 and 22.

Clyde Glenn of Eureka, who handles procurement for Coast Lumber & Equipment Co., Long Beach, in Northern California and Oregon, recently spent a few days conferring with Erik Flamer, manag'er,,in Long Beach.

Charles R. McCormick, Sr., McMormick Piling & Lumber Co., San Francisco, is back from a business trip to Portland, where he attended the annual convention of the American Wood Preservers Association, April 22-24.

Howard W. Baxter of McCormick-Baxter Creosoting Co., San Francisco, and Mrs. Baxter attended the annual convention of the American Wood Preservers Association. held in Portland, Apfil22-24.

Frank Mattos, San Francisco, superintendent of the wood treating plants of the Southern Pacific Company, has returned from attending the convention of the American Wood Preservers Asso,ciation at Portland. April 22-24.

Orval Thompson, Northwest Calif. is back on the iob after a Lumber Co., Van Nuys, knee operation.

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Delectable Chaos

An oddress \efore the onnual meeting of the Southern California Lumber Association at Los Anseles, April 21,6v \fl. \(/. \(/oodbridse, secretary-mdndger/ Red Cedar ShinsJe Bureau, Seattle, Wosh.

It can be said that W. W. Woodbridge of Seattle, Washington has made shingles his life study. It has been his career for many, many years. He has traveled the length and breadth of the land, attending lumber con' ventions as Secretary of the Red Cedar Bureau, so naturally hi.s remarks carried with them the weight of authority. His speech entitled "Delectable Chaos" was well delivered and well received.

After reviewing how the Red Cedar inclustry suffered under the "Thorn of Government restrictons," he urged that the past be forgotten and that we look toward the future. The present condition in the shingle marketing he described as a "bidder's market."

Stressing the fact that his association has nothing to do with prices, he went on to explain costs which have entered into the making of shingles, citing how from forty years ago when labor was getting twenty-five cents per hour for a full week as against the present thirtyhour week at two-dollars per hour; how logs which sold back when at seven to nine dollars per thousand now bring above thirty-two dollars per thousand.

He held out hope that production would improve in the shingle mills and that for 1947 we could expect some l0/o to l5/o over 1946 production and possibly-if we accept the most optimistic predictions-that it will rise to 2O/o. These predictions, he explained, were contingent upon their being no further labor difficulties.

IIe nexi traced the trend of siding on small dwellings and explained his reasons for believing that less and less wooden siding from the Southern Pine mills would be available in the future. In its place he urged use of stained shingles and shakes, as the most satisfactory type of sidewall. He predicted that the use of shingles and shakes for sidewalls would affect the stained shingles supply to the extent that practically all No. I and No. 2 will be stained as they come on to the market. He cited the fact that the National Plan Service of Chicago in putting out house plans had shown shingle and shake sidewalls in the proportion of five out of seven.

He pointed up the fact that shingles are a commodity that is sold through lumber dealers and only through lumber dealers. He urged that all men unite in their association work to lead us out of the present "delectable chaos" and to see to it that Americans are properly housed.

He recommended the purchase of Centigrade inspected shingles as a guarantee oT quality.

Idcrco Opens New Displcy Room

ldaco Equipment Company opened a new display room at 32nd & Peralta Streets, Oakland, Calif. This company invites inspection of their stock of edgers, lath machines, rip saws, radial saws and attachments, jointers, table saws, planers, drag saws, swing saws and Vonnegut moulders.

Jack M. Toedt is general manager and James C. Rowney is sales manager.