The California Lumber Merchant - May 1956

"To yeors gone by To the Greqf Men heritoge" - Anon

we O}Ve OUr exP€lle]|G€of our posl, o priceless

WE ARE PRIME DISTRIBUTOR,S FOR -

Foncy foreign ond domestic Hordwoods

Douglos Fir ond Hordwood Plywoods

Celotex Products - Wood Tope - Sokor

Lumber, f[ouldin gs, Plyutood ond

Plonk Poneling - Apitong Decking

C. B. Cummings DowelS (rhose smoolh ones)

We operote our own Dry Kilns

We hove a lot to offer and invile you qs q cusfomer

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THE CATIFOR).IIA LUMBERMERCHANT JackDionne,prhlislw

How Lumber Looks

Lumber shipments of 497 mills reporting to the National Lumber Manufacturers Assn. in the week ended April 14 u,ere 1.0/c above production and new orders were 3.6/o above. Unfilled orders were 42/o of stocks. For the yearto-date, shipments were Z.l(/a and orders 5.2/o above production.

National production of lumber totaled 2,915,000,000 board feet during February, according to the NLNTA; l/o belorv both January this year and February 1955. Total shipments were 2/o above January but netv orders u'ere o11 5/o. For the hrst two months this year, estimated nationai production of 5,847,000,000 bf was 2c/o above the similar 1955 span, shipments tvere equal to output and neu' orders exceeded production bV 4%.

West Coast Lumbermen's Assn. reported for 162 mills (152 operating) in the r,r'eek ended April 14: production, ll6,Ol}/rc feet; shipments, 11,261,912 feet (4.1/o under production) ; orders, 111,526,@2 feet. For the year-to-date, shipments \\rere 0.6% and orders 4.4/o over production.

Western Pine Association reported for 116 miils in the rveek ended April 14: production, 80,471,0O0 feet; shipments, 83,599,000 feet; orders, 87,163,000 feet. Orders were 8/c above productiou and 9.1 /o above the previous u'eek l>ut l0.4/o belou. the similar 1955 week.

Southern Pine Association reported for 103 mills in the \veek ended April 14: production, 18,781,000 feet; shipments, 19,401,000 feet; orders, 19,173,000 feet.

Douglas Fir Plywood Assn. reported orders n'ere 18.6/o

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OUTSTANDING ,N EW PROD. UCTS ond profft-moking items for retqil ycrds ore contqined in every issue of The MERCHA'NT. See FYI Pcge 6l for news of this new lumber decl.

Vogcbond Editoriols My Fovorite Story

Fun-Focts-Filosophy ... . 38

Lotesi Industry News Floshes Hommond & Sons Grows With Scsr Fernondo Volley

The A-LMA-NAC ol Northern Deqiers

Deqler CONVENTION ISSUE Mcy | 5

The May 15th issue of The CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT will be a special Convention Issue containing complete pictorial coverag'e of both the Southern California Retail Lumber Assn. 39th annual at the Los Angeles Ambassador April 17-19, and the Lumber Merchants Assn. 16th annual at Rickey's Studio Inn, Palo Alto, April 23-25. Advertisers should be u'arned that forms for this issue u'ill close on Mav 5.

$l25rOOO Inferno Destroys Hogon Lumber Co. in Ooklond

A SPECTACUIAR FOUR.AIARM

FIRE destroyed fhe Hogon lumber Compony in Ooklsnd shortly after 2:00 p.m.. Sundoy, April 15. Ihe inferno drew 8,000 spectqtors to fhe downtown site ond ccused estimoted $l25,OOO dcmoges to the reloil yord, which wos completely devostoted olong with three irucks, equipmenl qnd inventory. More thon 100 firemen wirh 27 pieces of equipment ond five wofer towersboftled the f omes thot rooredoui of control over on hour. As flomes shor 150 feer info the oir, fom Hogon rushed to fhe scene from his home in Piadmonl, Forlunolely soved wos o $250,@0 stockpile of lumber slored on the First Street side of rhe yord ct Second and Alice Sts. Fed by sowdusr ond whipped by o 20-mile-an-hour wind. the fire iook c lwo-slory ofiice building, cutting mill, ond sforoge of redwood. pine and Douglos fir lumber, said fom Hogon; only o worehouse wos soved. This site is not to be confused with the Hogon Wholesole Building Moterials Co. in onother port of Ooklond

5o€ol Tops Holf-Billion Dollqrs in First '56 Quqrter Building Permits

NIore than $50O,0OO,000 irr building permits u'ere recorded in Southern California in tl.re lirst three months this year, forecasting another annual record to astound the rest of the nation. The figure lor 74 Southiand cities and nine unincorporated county areas in the period was $523,239,994or $48.071 ,630 above the same period last year. The cities scored $327.912,761 oi the total, and the county areas did $195,327,233, reported the Research department of the Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles.

The city of Los Angeles racked up $111,577,051 in the first quarter.

ICC Wontt Enforce 'Slow-routing' Bon

Washington, D.C.-The Interstate Commerce Commission 'w'ill not enforce its recent order prohibiting the deliberate "slor,v-routing" of loaded freight cars pending future court action in an Oregon test case. The ICC did, horvever, turn dor'r'n a petition of the Digger Mountain Lumber Co., Corvallis, to reconsider and postpone the effective date, April 9. The order generally prohibits railroads delaying freights cars to give certain sh,ippers free storage in transit, long an established custom on "in-transit" shipments of lumber from west coast mills.

Shortly before April 9, an Oregon district judge issued a restraining order against the ICC until public hearings could be held. Because of this, the ICC said it rvould not enforce its service order anywhere but refused to withdra'rv it.

Oregon lumber interests argued that the ICC order had a harsh effect on small lumber manufacturers and wholesalers. They claimed small mills could not finance large

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In this issue, rve welcome these nen' advertisers into the family of California Lumber "N{erchant-isers" :

Bach Lumber Company .. ..Page 77

Haynes Sales Company . Page 50

K-D Terminal ..Page.59

inventories and had to rely on the general practice of intransit shipments.

WCLA Comes Out on Top in FHA Dispute Over 'lnch-thick' Boords

Th.e Federal Housing Administration lifted its ban April 16 on tl-inch board after an early April "distur'bance" in the industry over the nelv West Coast Lumbermen's Association grading rules rvhich were effective Nlarch 15. The dispute had slorved don'n home construction in the Portland, Oregon, area test case.

"Boards stamped fi-inch thick will be dccepted by the FHA," said Assistant FHA Commissioner Charles Bon'ser there, indicating construction could proceed on 20 homes that failed to pass FHA inspection the rveek of April 9. Bor,vser said. tl-inch board would be accepted pending a nation-wide decision by American Lumber Standards on the ne'iv size, u'hich is only l'/32 ol an inch less than the presently approved ALS standard of 25-32 inch. The ALS committee was to meet in Chicago April 30 to discuss the proposed change which most western Oregon and \\''ashington mills had put into effect. FHA normally follows standards set by the ALS. The FHA action came after an Oregon senator complained that the April clash disrupted homebuilding in Oregon and elsewhere on the rn'est coast.

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"When British colonialism was in its heydey, they boasted that the sun never set on the British Empire. Now, we have the dubious distinction of being able to say the sun never sets on the countries our gover,nment gives our tax money to; the sun never sets on the countries which our servicemen are 'policing'; the sun never sets on the white crosses that mark the last resting place of our young manhood."

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The above was a letter from one of its readers that was printed in the Flouston Chronicle recently. It made a deep impression on this writer. It must have impressed the Chronicle also, for a day or so later theie appeared a Chronicle cartoon, illustrating part of the above. It showed little Mr. Taxpayer loaded down with a huge bag of money which he was delivering

on earth.

The Houston, Texas, Chronicle is the biggest newspaper in the South, owned and published by the famous Jesse H. Jones. Its columns recently have been liberally sprinkled with editorials, cartoons, special columns, and letters having to do with the stdte of the nation, and especially the tax situation. In the same column in which the top paragraph of this piece appeared, there was another letter.

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A man wrote that he and his wife were coming out of a cafeteria when they saw big headlines in the Chronicle that read-"fke Asks Five Billion For Foreign Aid." His wife remarked: "That means that we must cut down on expenses, such as eating lunch, so that we can feed those poor people overseas." Then the man said: "Do you know, woman, that we pay over $1ZOO a year income taxes? Do you know that we can't even get enough money together to buy a house?" And then the writer adds: "On my way to work I passed two polio victims in wheel chairs, five beggars selling pencils; a blind man playing a guitar; another blind man playing an accordion. And Ike asks for five billions! Uncle Karl Marx sure was right, wasn't he?" ***

The high taxes Americans pay, and the continued handouts to people in the old world which do much to keep income taxes high, are discussed [n many Chronicle articles. One of the most impressive was an article about T. Coleman Andrews, of Richmond, Virginia, who until a few months back had been United States Commissioner of fnternal Revenue and held that office during the first three years of the present admi,nistration, and who has now edrbarked on a personal crusade for the abolishment of income taxes. "Federal income taxes should be abolished," says Mr. Andrews. Asked how this attitude squares with

BY JACK DIONNE

the fact that he made a successful job of collecting all those billions from the American tlxp:yers, he says:

"My job was to enforce the law, not change it. I've opposed high taxes for at least 20 years, but in Washington nobody asked my views o,n the subject. I did my job and kept my mouth shut."

Says Mr. Andrews: "America today is in the grip of taxation. Taxes are too high from top to bottom. Much too high." In a speech made at Cleveland on February 18th, he described the income tax as shameful and discriminatory, and a serious threat to the middle-income group of citizens, which group he defined as the $s to SO-thousand-dollar a year bracket.

"When you read i" .h.C;iunist Manifesto that high taxes are the road to the destruction of the American system, what can you think?" asks Mr. Andrews, and reminds us that Karl Marx said that "the only way to kill capitalism is by taxes, taxes, and still more taxes."

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The federal income tax \ tas authorized by the 16th arnendment to the Constitution in 1913. It norv provides approximately two-thirds of the total income of this government. Mr. Andrews says that the government should work out a less painful system of raising the money it requires. He says he has his own ideas as to how this could be done, but is not ready to disclose them. But he says "we're saps if we don't do something about it."

Don't take it for granted that the newly raised voice of Mr. Andrews is a lone cry in the wilderness. Many of the most intelligent and loyal people in America are of that same opinion, and have been for years. One thing that the average taxpayer does not seem to understand is that the 16th Amendment which created income taxes, places no limit on them. None whatever. Congress has been given the power to ta,ke all we T"O: tt*tt"ome taxes if it chooses.

It is within the range of possibility that Congress will submit to the states a Constitutional amendment to limit income taxes. Such an amendment, proposed in 1938 by the Western Tax Council, has been passed by the legislatures of 30 of the 48 states. If two more states ra,tify, it would become mandatory o,n Congress to call a Constitutional Convention for the purpose of amending the Constitution. *{<*

Various suggestions with regard to taxation^ and the allied subject of giveaway programs, appear in the Chron-

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| 955 Set U. S. Lumber Records

Washington, D.C.-The Commerce Department has just reported that national lumber production, consumption and imports all reached record levels last year. The 99th quarterly report of its Lumber Survey committee gave these statistics:

U. S. lumber manufacturers produced an estimated 39.1 billion board feet in 1955-the highest annuai total for any of the 27 years for which comparable records have been kept, and 6.5/o above 1954.

U. S. lumber consumption totaled 43.1 million b.f. in 1955-the greatest lumber use since estimates were started in 1929;9.1% above 1954.

U. S. lumber imports totaled 3.6 billion b.f.-a new record and l7.3%o above 1954.

icle columns. An editorial suggests that Congress should do nothing about that proposed five billion asked for until it has secured from the government answers to questions about trade in strategic materials between the Commies and our allies. Bracken Lee, Governor of Utah, is making a fight against taking our tax money and giving it to foreign coqntries and governments. The National Association of Manulacturers is pushing a plan that it says will cut taxes and at the same time increase revenues. And with regard to giveaways, the U.S. News and World Report is out with a report on how they have wasted about 50 million dollars of our taxpayers' money in the little country of Afghanistan. And we are told that this government now has about

9 billion dollars of farm commodities.

taxpayers' money tied up in surplus

From all the things I read and hear, everywhere I go, I continue to wonder whether our giveaway programs for foreign economic aid have any friends and defenders outside of the government? Certainly they are the target for countless printed and spoken jibes throughout the land. A story goes the rounds about a little old lady handing in her income tax check to the collector, and saying: "I certainly hope my money goes to some good, deserving, little old foreign country." Pitiful, isn't such a situation? If the taxpayers of the United States were given an opportunity to vote on the subject, would the affirmative get enough votes-outside of government-to be worth counting? I doubt it.

A.l.A. to Sponsor Awqrds

A series of "Homes for Better Living" awards to be given annually by the American Institute of Architects for the best houses designed by registered architects is announced. Cooperating with A.LA. are House & Home and Sunset Magazines, and also 13 leading industry organizations. including the National Association of lIome Builders, the National Association of Real Estate Boards and the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association.

This year's awards program will cover nine western states and Hawaii. The winners will be announced during the 88th annual convention of the A.I.A. in Los Angeles, May 15-18, and their housestelevised.

ALLATONEOOO

AN D tI KE IT!

We're independent. Being independenl, we're ot the opposite pole from the fellow who is forced lo push qny one porficulor brond. We're free to buy qnd sell the finest ovoiloble mqteriols for eoch individuol iob. We're noi giving thl cold shoulder to ony of our good friends in the industry, our top suppliers or ony of our good mill sources, but ot lhe sqme lime, we're independent enough so thol we qren't mode to push some monufocturer's porliculor products.

The trend towqrd mergers . toword the confrol of soles outlels by monufocturers is growing. We prefer lo stoy independent . io be oble to ofter you the best of mony different lines.

So, if you hoven'f seen us yet. . . breok lhe ice ond stop in. You con toke your pick of ony of the top bronds. FAST SERVICE ON:

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The biggest push lor immediale sales-lhis spring and summer -in fir plywood hislory:

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Free plan-and-idea folders lor all fir plywood "do-it-logethero proiects leatured in ads and on TV.

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We want every lumber dealer to have one!

Complete kit (with plans, counter stand, banners, ad mats, other sales helps) is being mailed automatically to lumber dealers who have indicated interest in this type of fir plywood promotion.

AII other lumber dealers on our mailing list will get a packet of plan folders. Our ads and TV spots will say "sEE youB LUMBEBDEALER-EVEBv LuMBER DEALER HAs PLANS."

If you do not receive toun plans by May 17-mail coupon below. Or wire collect.

If you receive only the plans, and wish a complete kit, just send in your order. If you wish additional plans or kits, let us know.

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The impact of the FrR pr,ywooD suMMEB sALEs pnoMorroN means real profit potential for you. If you do not receive your FREE tie-in material by May 17remember-mail coupon or wire collect.

Geo. Hqmmond & Sons Completes Remodeling to Conrinue lts Growth With Stln Ferncrndo Vqlley

For the past several months the George Hammond & Sons Lumber Company, Northridge, California, has been undergoing a face-lifting. The store and o€frce space of the firm has been doubled and sales have been booming. Over four million feet of lumber alone rvas sold by this retail concern during the past year. This does not include the allied items for the builders such as cement, hardrvare, r.vall surfacing, sash, doors and the hundreds of items carried by this progressive dealer.

The Hammond family has been in the lumber business for many years. The two sons, Charles B. and Carroll E., were born to be lumbermen. Their grandfather established the Bowerman Lumber Company in Idaho way back in 1904. In 1923 he moved his family to Glendale, rvhere he transplanted his retail lumber firm in Southern California to get aboard the big building boom that rvas just starting at that time. Following his death, his son-in-law, George Hammond, reorganized the company with his trvo sons and moved the lumberyard to Northridge tn \946.

The three-acre plant, ipcluding a modern mill facility for customer service, is located right in the very heart of the San Fernando Valley. Contractors and builders in Ventura, as rvell as Orange county, depend on the George Hammond concern for their materials. T.hey supply lumber for tracts and industrial building throughout thr: 56,t11'tland and their trade area knorvs no boundary.

Hires Former Patten-Blinn Employes

Following the closing of the Patten-Blinn yard in Reseda recently, the George Hammond organization expanded to take care of three of the veteran employes of that retail firm. A. W. Latson, former manager of the Resecla yard for Patten-Blinn, will handle all field sales for Hanlmond and Sons. He is a veteran in retail lumber sales in Southern California and has been identified in the lumber industry for over 32 years.

"Pat" Knowles of the Reseda operation l-ras been named to handle counter sales at Northridge and he will have as a helper Eva Fogg, who has been handling counter sales at Hammond & Sons for the past {ive years. Al Rech, veteran Patten-Blinn employee in the valley, u'ill head up the order department for the expanding Hammond & Sons operatior.r.

"With a crew of 15 hard-hitting employes rve expect tt.r keep abreast of Valley sales and take up the slack u'here Patten-Blinn leit off," said Chuck Hammond. "In the past, most of our development has been at the contractor and

GEORGE B. HArt/tMOND is shown in fhe second picture obove, under the otlrqclive yord sign thot idenrifies the successful Northridge yord. One of his two sons, Chorles B, Hommond. is shown iust obove, Photos ot left show (left) the finish, moulding ond cement sforoge sheds ond (righr) onother storsge shed ond some of the lorge yordJumber invenlory

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THE BURNER ond o busy yord scene (left) further slomp lhe beehive octivity ot Hqmmond & Sons lupber Co. in the booming Son Ferncndo Volley. fop pholo below shows the recenlly remodeled store fronf, "Shopping" is poinless wirh the ollroclivegirl clerk ql Hommond's shown in second pholo. The Copri "Wesferner" sliding gloss door in bottom picture is typicol of modern moleriqls hondled

builder level, but we have alrvays carried a complete line for the Do-It-Yourself trade." he continued.

"\f,rs fiayg-and will continue to grow-with our community, by furnishing quality materials and prompt service," declared George Hammond, president of the concern. Under his guiding hand, his t\\'o sons: Charles, treasurer of the company, and Carroll, vice-president and sales manager, have g'rown up in the lumber industry and are familiar with every phase of lumber procurement, remanufacturing and sales. They form the nucleus of the close-knit, far-seeing organization.

Foirhursl Buys Indusfriol; Forms Fqirhurst Plywood Soles Compony

All stock of Industrial Plyu'ood Corp. and Industrial Plywood Sales Co., both of \\rillits, Calif., rvere purchased by Fairhurst interests in a deal consummated April 1. Hollis J. Nunneley, former president of Industrial Plywood Corp. and its sales company, also announced his retirement on that date.

All of the plywood products of Industrial will now be marketed through a new companyF'airhurst Plywood Sales Co.-under the direction of E. H. "Ernie" Bacon, sales manager of the nerv department at 2144 Fourth Street, San Rafael. In addition, the general accounting oflrce of Industrial Plyr,vood .ivi11 be moved to Fairhurst's San Rafael headquarters.

Fairhurst has named Bob Fargusoll as general superintendent of the Industrial Plyu'ood mill, rvhich has an annual production of betrveen 20 and 25 million feet of plyr,vood. The mill rvill specialtze in cut-to-size, shiplapped and T&G interior plyrvood and sheathing for the California market by either truck-and-trailer or rail ; the firm has sales connections throughout most of the U.S.

The purchase also included a stud miil at Willits rvith, an average production of SOMBNI per shift. Output of the stud mill r,r,'ill be marketed through Fairhurst Lumber Co. (of California) at San Rafael.

Hqmmond Buys Potten-Blinn Yord qt Ocecrn Pqrk; Mifchell ls Monoger

The Hammond Lumber Company, large Los Angeles lineyard operators, has purchased the recently closed Ocean Park, Calif., retail yard of the Patten-Blinn Lumber Con.rpany, until recently another large local lineyard concern.

The Ocean Park yard is located at 615 \\rashineton Blvd. there. Operations under the nelv Hammond Lumber owrrership are scheduled to start May 1. K. A. Mitchell, man-

ager of the Patten-Blinn yard at 612 Colorado Avrr. in Santa Monica until it, too, r.vas recently shut dou.n in the rvholesale Patten-Blinn closures, rvill return to retail r.ard management at the Ocean Park yard for Hamrnor-rd.

The Ocean Park operation, rvhich .rvill make the 20th branch yard for Hammond in Southern Caliiornia, r,vill henceforth be knor,vn as the Santa Nlonica Bav vard.

ft PAYS lo "STAilDARDIZE' onGerlinger

Elmer Homplon. Roseburg Lumber's sqwmill superinlendenl, soys: "We switched lo Gerlinger becouse of greoler moneuverobilily of equipmenf ond ovoilobility of replocement ports. fhe focl thot 95% ol Gerlinger po.ts ore inlerchongeoble ond Gerlinger porls service is fosl ond dependoble wos q shong foctor influencing our <honge."

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The lcrgest single delivery ol Gerlinger hecvy-duty equipment to the lcrrgest single mill operctor in the Pocilic Northwest is not porticularly surprising. Roseburg Lumber Compony's choice of 7 Gerlinger SM-20 mqteriql cqrriers cnd 3 Gerlinger S-15 lork lilt trucks follows the pottern of hecvy industry which recrlizes thqt modern production records go hcnd-in-hcrnd with modern job-proved mochinery. Roseburg Lumber, owned by Kenneth W. Ford, produces 12,000,000 bocrd leet ol lumber qnd 7,500,000 leet of plywood monthly. The Gerlingers qre used.in every phase oI mill operqtion. Let your Gerlinger deoler prove how production conbe pul on the profit side in YOUR plont, too. Call orwritetodoy.

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The Young Doctor

Little Bobby's father was a doctor, and Bobby liked nothing better than to play doctor while his father was resting at home. He would take his father's medical case in one hand, his overcoat over his arm, and go down the street for a block or two, visiting some imaginary patient.

He started this stunt one cold winter mor,ning and forgot to close the front door after him. His mother called to him, asking him to please close the door. But Bobby was intent on his mission and kept on down the front steps. Then

Mqrch Housing Srons-96,OOO; f 955 Storts Officiolly Beot 1954

The preliminary estimate of 96,000 new,..nonfarm dwelling units started in March is 17,800 units less than March last year but 23/o above this February; 1,600 units were public housing.

An upward revision of l,Tfr units in December figures brought the final revised total of starts for 1955 to I,3 ,gffi. This is 108,500 more than 1954.

f,,he preliminary estimate of starts for the first quarter

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his father called in his stern voice and Bobby turned back and closed the door. Then he went on his way.

A few minutes later they heard him come quietly in, put up the case and overcoat, and start ilp the stairs without saying a word.

"Bobby," said his mother kindly, "how's your patient?"

"Dead," was Bobby's sad-voiced answer. "Gone dead while I was shutting that blamed door."

of 1956 is 248,000 units, which is 43,300 below the same period of 1955.

Gqrfin in Fresno Brnnch Yord

San Mateo-Jim Gartin, owner of Gartin Lumber Company liE e, opened a branch yard at 3777 N. Clovis Ave. in Fresno April 6. The new operation, which will be operated as a home improvement and do-it-yourself headquarters, will be managed by Bob Webster and Al McCubbin. A grand opening is set for the yard on May 4,5 and 6.

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ROSSMAN ,l/tllt & lUIlBEn COMPANY oftcers ond employes gorhered in Long Basch on d receni evening to corve up the onnuol melon (in more woys lhon one) os reported in the CLM,4/1/56. Shown are rhe "hoppy fomily" from the moin ofiices in Wilmingron ond the retcil yords there, Scn Pedro ond long Beoch. Rossmcnrgement is in the copoble hqnds of (from righr to l6ft, next to lody in white blou3e otfor light) Frode B. Kilsrofte, presidenf; Ausrin 1. Botchelder, secrelory; Guy Bornet?, sclesmonoger, qnd Fronk R. Hill, vice-pre3ident, treq3urer ond general mdnoger. The other ofiicers of fhe compony oie omong the group

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At a recent Association board of directors meeting, Earle Johnson, Watsonville (Calif.) Lumber Company, reported that lumber dealers in several areas have taken advantage of the adoption of t\e new WCLA Grading Rules No. 15 to clean up the unsavory conditions that can develop in the ,construction industry when non-grade stamped lumber is used.

Other directors pointed out that most mills are willing to grade-stamp all grades of lumber but, in the case of Utility and Standard, only do so on request of the buyer. This then, the Association directors feel, leaves the responsibility up to the lumber dealer to order and to sell only grade-stagnped lumber if the dealer is sincere |n wanting to establish universal grade-stamped lumber.

It was the concensus of the meeting that any respectable firm shouldn't wait for someone else to clean up the misrepresentation of grades that exists from the habits developed by the use of the old terms, 2 & Better with varying percentages of unstamped lower grades, but instead each lumber dealer should immediately do his part by demanding that his lumber be all grade-marked.

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Attention was called to one important fact that should be considered, and that is if the i,ndustry doesn't itself clean house we are inviting criticism from insuring agencies, construction inspectors and the public in general, which could well result in the establishment of undesirable controls and a definite loss of prestige for the industry and its products in the eyes of architects, construction people and the consuming public.

J. H. Kirk, Kirk Lumber Company, Santa Maria, attended the Executive Committee meeting of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association April 12 and 13 at the Drake hotel in Chicago. Joe, also a director of the LMf, represents District 7 of the NRLDA, which encompasses all of california'

The feature story and photographs of the Lumber Merchants Association's 15tl-r annual convention will appear in the next issue of The CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT but Jack Pomeroy wished to give special credit here to the firms who together sponsored the cocktail parties each evening of the convention. The "Industry Sponsored Cocktail Parties," as in previous years, continue to be a highlight of the convention and add to the overall success of the entire program by bringing together all the manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers and their ladies.

The Association extends its appreciation to the following firms for their cooperation and contributions to the 1956 convention:

Adex-LMA-Lanky Planky Ads, Allied Building Credits, Inc., American Sisalkraft Corporation, Arcata Redwood

ROCKPORT TS THE WORD FOR REDWOOD

That's what so many of our dealer friends have kindly told us. Certified Dry Redwood Bevel Siding and trinish are Rockport's specialties-the kind of lumber that pays off for everyone concerned with its production, sale and use.

Rounds Lurnber C om'pany is exclusitse distributor f or Rochport Red'wood and sales agent f or otherleading Redwood. mills. Round's also represents producers of top quality Douglas Fir, White Fir, Ponderosa Pine andSugar Pine.

Company, Armstrong Cork Company, Blue Diamond Corporation; Bonnell, Ward & Knapp, Bonnington Lumber Company, E. L. Bruce Company, fnc., Building Material Distributors, Inc., Calaveras Cement Company, CaliforniaWestern States Life Insurance Company, Celotex Corporation, Certain-Teed Products Corporation, Dant & Russell, Inc., The Robert Dollar Company, Drakes Bay Lumber Company, fnc., Fairhurst Lumber CompanS Garehime and Boone, Georgia-Pacific Plywood Company, Harbor Plywood Corporation, Helms-Brown Lumber Company, Hobbs Wall Lumber Company, Hogan Wholesale Building Materials Company, Holmes Eureka Lumber Company, Hyster Company,Insulite Division-M & O Paper Company, JohnsManville Sales Corporation, Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Sales Inc., Lamon Lumber Company, Lumber Dealers Materials Company, Lundgren Door & Plywood Co., fnc., Masonite Corporation, Monolith Portland Cement Company, Pabco Products, fnc., The Pacific Lumber Company, Pacific Fir Sales, Paramino Lumber Company, Permanente Cement Company, Santa Cruz Portland Cement Division of Pacific Coast Aggregates, fnc., Simpson Redwood Company, Strable Lumber Co.; Tarter, Webster & Johnson, Inc., Travco, fnc., Trinity River Lum'ber Sales Co., U.S. Epperson Underwriting Company, Union Lumber Company, United States Gypsum Company, United States plywood Corporation, Wendling-Nathan Company, West Coast Lumbermen's Association, West Coast Timber Products Agency, Western Pine Association, Western Pine Supply CompanS Wholesale Building Supply fncorporated, Win-

ton Lumber Sales Company (California), and Wood Conversion Company.

George Ground, GrornJL;-J". Company, Modesto, reports that the firm's experiment of opening a branch store within Modesto has proven very successful. The branch outlet is located on McHenry boulevard, across from a large shopping center, and caters almost 100/o to the consumer type trade. While the new yard is identified as Ground Lumber Company, the attractive display sign in front of the store stresses "Do-It-Yourself" in large letters.

In addition to a small inventory of lumber and building materials, the store features tools, builder's hardu'are and garden equipment.

Mr. Ground said that while sales at the ne.w. location have been very gratifying, it has been interesting to note that sales have considerably increased at the original location. This he attributes to the fact that the new store has brought the firm many new customers and made a greater portion of the Modesto trading area aware of the firm. Customers of the new store rvho require items or large amounts of lumber and materials not carried in the shopping center are quickly serviced from the parent yard.

fdeas are being tried and plans are under way to further increase the "serve-yourself" feature of the lumber and building material departments.

Bakersfield, Calif.-Kern county building permits in February totaled $1,003,652, oI which this city's share rvas $998,505.

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Any-Hour Delivery, Orher Service Fecrtures Spur Success of A. E. Fickling Lumber Co. in Long Beclch

Service-24 hours a day,7 days a week-is what a building materials dealer must offer if he wants to attract and keep lucrative business accounts.

Or, at any rate, that's the main thing in the estimation of D. H. (Bill) Fickling, general manager of A. E. Fickling Lumber Co. at Long Beach, Calif. And he should know what he's talking about because his firm, which is located near the center of a booming industrial district, serves about 200 business customers a month.

"We don't refuse to handle orders {rom any source," Fickling explains. "But it's the business accounts we really want for three excellent reasons: first, they generally order sizable quantities of materials; second, they don't expect the discounts that are demanded by commercial builders; and third, they don't mind paying the sort of service charges that are bitterly resented by individual consumers."

Fickling's company is a 37-year-old concern which employs eight men in three buildings that cover about half of a 200'x440' site. Its current volume of business is indicated by the fact that it sells about 300,000 sq. ft. of fir plywood annually.

It might seem that this firm has a great advantage over competitors because its founder and namesake is a wellknorvn and liked gentleman with a long record of community service. Among other things, A. 8,. Fickling (father

of the present general manager and of D. F. Fickling, the company's yard foreman) served as mayor from 1930 to i933, during which period Long Beach was the epiccnter of one of Southern California's worst earthquakes. And just norv, in addition to serving asa business advisor to his sons, he acts as a director of the Southern California Retail Lumber Association.

However, all of tl-re Ficklings agree that-while goodwill is a very nice thing to have*it's prompt, efficient service that assures orders from business customers.

The Ficklings' concept of service involves the maintenance of a stock of all the materials likely to be ordered at

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Stock now required to meet dail1' customer demands includes about a carload of all stanclardized types, sizes, and grades of fir plywood; a carload of hardrvood and other lumber, and related quantities of nails, doors, roofing materials, etc.

"Most of our advertising and promotional efforts are directed toward the sale of plywood," says D. H. Fickling, "because the material is much in demand and happens to be our best product from the profit standpoint We could sell twice as much pl5rwood, if we wanted to cut prices. But i,n our present circumstances, that couldn't be expected to increa,se our profits."

An eight-ton lift truck in the company's yard accelerates the handling of both incoming and outgoing stock. And when orders are received for materials lacking standard stock details, the firm is prepared to serve customers with complete wood mill facilities as \\'ell as the usual power SA\MS.

No charge is made for cutting plywood, since the cost of such work is covered by the resale value of resultant scrap. Customers requiring lumber millwork must pay a minimum charge of $1.50 or a maximum charge of $6 per hour.

The minimum charge for delivery service is $3-a price that has been standard among Long Beach building materials dealers for about 30 years. The Ficklings claim it doesn't quite cover the actual cost of deliveries, but is sufficient to prevent excessive losses.

Most orders received during regular business hours are

D. H. (Blft) FtCKtlNG, gen.rdl monqgar of the yqrd, dt the plywood scrop bins, fhe scrcp is qccumuloted in cutling slcndordizcd plywood shacts ond. becouse of itr resqle voluc, Fickling lumbcr Co. mqkes no chcrge for cutting

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l1ow being filled and delivered within 15 to 30 minutes. In a'few instances, where priorities must be allocated, commercial customers are of course favored. Because fairly few orders are received after regular business hours, the company does not keep its doors open 24hotrs a day. However, it does retain a telephone-answering service, and, by requiring certain employes to remain at home on a standby basis each night, it can make deliveries with reasonable promptness at any time 24 hours daily.

"No extra charge is made for odd-hour deliveries," avers

D. H. Fickling, "because we feel that such service has exceptional promotional value . . . a busy wholesale, retail, or ir-;dustrial concern frequently finds it necessary to accomplish gertain types of repair, maintenance, or construction work at night. And as long as we're prepared to heip them on short notice, we can be reasonably certain of getting all of their orders."

Rear Admiral named executive Institute.

Joe W. Stryker, USN (retired), has been director of the Structural Clay Products

YARD FOREIIAN D. F. (Frosty) FICKLING cufs fir plywood (left) for o cuslomei of the long Beoch yord. Direcled by M. J. Roth (left, qbove). Driver Joe Tofe uses lhe 8-ton Gerlinger lifi to pick up o botch of fir plywood which will be delivered on shod oider to one of the yord's business occounls

Mcry 9 Goncot or Ukioh to Mork Formotlon of New Hoo-Hoo Club

A nerv Hoo-Hoo club for the Ukiah-\Villits-Boonville area rvill be officially formed by a Concatenation Wednesday evening, May 9, at the Palace hotel in Ukiah. The Concat, which rn'ill get underway at 5 :59 p.n.r., u'ill be staged by the official San Francisco Convention Degree Team ur.rder the direction of Tom Jacobsen, Sr., Sun Vallev Lumlter Company, Lafayette.

Dave Davis, Snark of the Universe; Harry N'Ierkr, Deputy Snark-Northern California, and Bovard Shibley, past pre:rident of San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club 9, rvill also be "on tap" and will take part in the Concat.

Anyone desiring overnight accommodations in Ukiah may make arrangements by contacting Jim Hennessy, Box 178, Ukiah, or phone Homestead 2-3821.

Libations at 6:59 will follow the Concat; dinner will be served at 7:59. Steve Yaeger, Yaeger & Kirk Lumber Company, rvill preside over the dinner-meeting. The nelr, club is being sponsored by Redwood Empire Hoo-Hoo Club 65.

The organizational meeting of the nerv club was spearheaded by Jim Hennessy, Hollorn, Tree Lumber Co., Ukiah. and 'ivas held at the Palace hotel April 10. At this rnceting tl-re details of forming the nerv club n ere n.orked out and a nominating committee was elected for the selection of officers and directors. Those attending the formative meeting were as follows:

Ukiah-Willits-Boonville area :

Bob Heup, Tarter, Webster & Johnson, Inc. ; Bill Scott,

log of the Snork - Monrh of Moy

The month of May will again hold a lot of traveling for San Francisco's Snark of the Universe, Dave Davis. The perennially young sales manager of Simpson Redwood Company has now logged well over 25,000 miles in the line of Hoo-Hoo business.

May S-Kansas City Hoo-Hoo Club 43.

Muy 9-Ukiah, California-form new club.

May 2l-Charlotte, North California.

May 23-Washington, D.C.

May 2l-Tampa, Florida.

W. J. Radler, Masonite Corp.; John Morris, Builders Supply Co.; Jim Hennessy, Hollow Tree Redwood Co.; Jim llankirs, Frecl Christie, Warm Springs Redro:ood Co.; Floyd Mullin, Ridgevvood Lumber Company; Jack Allenby, Ukiah l)ine Lur.nber Company; Bill Bittenbender, Bittenbender Lumber Co.; George Bratsberg, The Pacific Coast Company; I3ob Vice, Develbiss Lumber Company; Ed Hammond, Jr., Pine Lumber Sales; Garland Jones, Big River Lumber Co., and Joe Shipman, Cloverdale ltedwood Co.

Out-of-Town Visitors:

Steve Yaeger, Yaeger & Kirk; I-erv Godard, Jack Crane, Hobbs Wall Lumber Company; Sam Witzel, Helms-Brown Lumber Co.; Hugh Pessner, West Coast Timber Products Agency; Charlie Wiggins, Don's Lumber Co.; Jim MacDonald, L. W. MacDonald Co., and Bovard Shibley, Union Lumber Company.

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AWARDS SET NEW RECORDS IN MARCH; RESIDENTIAL CATEGOR,Y HIGHEST FOR ANY MONTH IN HISTORY

major categoryresidential, non-residential and heavy engineering.

Contract awards for future construction in the 37 eastern states soared to $2,382,0@,000 in March, according to F. W. Dodge Corporation. Several new records were set by the Commenting on the current trend, Thomas S. Ifolden, March figures: vice-chairman of F.W. Dodge Corporation, said, .'The

The total was the highest for any March inhistory,l2/o March contract total for 37 eastern states, largest in hisabove March of last year. It was the second highest total tory except for the quite unusual N{ay 1951 figure, points a for any month in Dodge's 65 years, exceeded only by lesson that none of us comprehends quite fully the present May 1951. grorvth potentials of the U.S. economy based not mere-

Residential awards in March were the highest for any ly on the country's amazing productivity but also upon a month in history, and the total of $1,105,000,000 was l2/o confidence in the nation's future that is very rvidely held ahead of March 1955. The first quarter of 1956 set new by people in general. Their ,construction commitments all-time records for total contract awards and for each prove their belief in a future of expanding opportunity."

$l5 Million Diqmond Mqtch Plonl Booms R.ed Bluff, Cqliforniq

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AtL OF OUR RESOURCES are at yoar

In oddition lo our own | 2 sowmills, TEt ore qctivety engoged in the procurement ond distriburion of oll West Coqsl lumber producls ond mointoin buyingoffices in producing qreos to give the trqde complete one-coll bolqnced SerYice.

Red Bluff, Calif.The Diamond Match Company is starting immediate construction on a $15 million manufacturing plant just south of the city limits here and the town of 5,50O is expecting a resulting population of 20,000 u'ithin four years. Together with the DMC announcement, local subdividers signaled the start of a race to build 800 new homes and at least trvo shopping centers from plans long drawn in anticipation of the Diamond Match announcement.

Robert G. Fairburn, president of Diamond Match Company, New York City, said contractors would have 400 construction workers on the site by early May. The DM plant will include facilities for processing lumber, a sawmill, drying mill and planing mill and a molded pulp plant.

With an eventual work force of 1,200 persons at th,e plant, city officials are planning for 2,00O new residents here in May and another 2,000 when the plant opens early next year.

(A story on the terrific subdivision building now going on in Red Bluff will appear in the next issue.)

Kesler Leqves lumber for low

W. E. "Bill" Kessler, for many years associated with Santa Fe Lumber Co. in San Francisco, recently quit the lumber business for law practice. Kessler had been studying law in his spare time for the past several years and is now associated with Dan M. Hammick in Vallejo. All of Bill's friends and customers wish him well in his new orofession.

Modernfold Hosts Designers

Modernfold Doors, Pasadena, hosted members of the United Designers Association of San Fernando Valley at dinner and a program April 3 in the Pump room, Sherman Oaks. K. F. Dinwiddie, manager of the folding room-clivider concern, was the host for l\4odernfold Doors.

Spring and the Lumber Deqler

Spring has came, winter has went, ft was not did by accident, The birds have flew, as you have saw, And spring has came to Arkansas. t(t<*

Yes, spring has "came" to the lumber business, bringing with it new avenues of hope and advantage, new opportunities for sales and service.

Mornin', Mr. Dealer r rrl.r.*rrol taken the census of vour sales territory yet th,is sprini? The census of builiings that need repair, or repaint, or remodeling, or whatever?

Remember that-

Some paint and some boards and a lot of fight, Will make a town look new and bright.

Blessed is the dealer ,,Ino*r. *" "orrr*orrity builder, for verily he shall have his reward.

Blessed is the dealer rJno*od.r" his trade nothing but raw materials, for verily he shall have much leisure.

Blessed is the dealer ,rl"i"i"an himself too seriously, for verily he shall create much amusement.

Blessed is the dealer irnl J-"rs slows down when things get dull, for verily times will always be dull for him.

Blessed is the dealer J. ;"rI his business "like father used to do," for verilS if his father could see him, he would

be ashamed of him, since progress is the law of life-and business.

The Good Book tells "Ol".inJ"ld prophet who went out into the garden and sat down u,nder a fig tree, and said: "Now is my time come to die, for beh.old, I am no better than my fathers."

Here is a dealer's n-i""lr"l in higher mathematics: An obtuse contractor is more stupid than an obtuse architect but less stupid than two obtuse carpenters. ***

Now is the season of the yeatr when dealers can exchange good selling ideas to advantage. RememberIf you know a thought that's happyPass it on.

One that's short and quick and snappyPass it on. If it helped you earn sqrns 1inLet the other fellow inLet him use it, then let himPass it on. *:8*

And remember this: It doesn't do a bit of harm-to grin. It never causes much alarm-to smile. So, if you like your job as you pursue it, And feel like smiling-why, my boy, go to it !

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lumbermqn Urges Tqx Relief

A spokesman for the nation's lumber manu{acturers has urged Congress to exempt off-high'rvay activities of the logging and lumber industry from proposed tax increases on gasoline, diesel fuel, tires and rubber used in recapping. The u'itness rvas Gordon A. MacGregor, head of the MacGregor Triangle Co., Boise, Idaho, logging and general contractors, and president of the Inter-Mountain Logging Conference of ldaho, Washington, Oregon and Montana, who appeared before the House Ways and Means Committce.

Testifying in behalf of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, MacGregor declared: "In the West r've have many millions of acres of forest land unbenefitted by a public roads system. To harvest the timber on this land

it is necessary for the logger to go in and build his or'vn roads, deep in remote mountainous country, at his orn'n expense. In the West alone I would estimate that at least 15,000 miles of roads are built each ydar."

The 'rvitness emphasized that the logging and lumber industry was not seeking an exemption from present federal taxes on motor fuels, tires, and retread rubber-only an exemption from proposed increases as they apply to nonhighrvay activities.

A proposed industrial rezoning plan for metropolitan Stockton, Calif., based on expected doubling of the present 100,000 population by 1980, has been presented to the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors.

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More than 100 homebuilders from Oregon to Maine assembled at the National Housing Center March 27-D to discuss merchandising in the first course of its kind ever offered to builders in conjunction with the NAHB. With 190 applications, the overflow will get a second course May 14-16.

The Wester,n Red Cedar Lumber Assn., ,1403 WhiteHenry-Stuart Bldg., Seattle 1, has produced a l4-minute film, "Let's Remodel," as its contribution to OHI. The soundand-color movie was designed for dealers, and Bill Bell, managing director of the Western Retail Lumbermen's Assn., arranged one of its first showings fora dealer seminar.

The Natio,nal Hardwood Lumber Association's inspection staff loaded and certified to 19,O4l,D5 feet of hardwood lumber during January.

"Glory Days of Logging," by Ralph W. Andrews, a pictorial history of the early days, is published by Superior Publishing Co., Box 2190, Seattle 11. An 8-page excerpt from the volume will be sent free.

Tree farm acreage in the Redwood Region was increased by 5,102 to a total of 225,482 at the first 1956 meeting of the Tree Farm committee of the California Redwood Assn. in Eureka. C. Russell Johnson, Union Lumber Company, is chairman of the committee.

The Channel Lumber Co,, Newark, N. J., was named Brand Name Retailer-of-the-Year. Western winning yards were Romney Lumber Co., Salt Lake City, and Robertson Lumber Co., Grand Forks, N. D. Awards were presented in New York City April 18.

The U.S. Army is now road-testing its fourth type of allwood military truck body, developed and constructed by Timber Engineering Company, research affiliate of the National Lumber Mfgrs. Assn.

A 2Gminute, 35mm film on Operation Home Improvement in color, with a 33 l/3 rpm record, is available at $10 from the OHI in 10 Rockefeller Plaza, NYC 20.

Al Wahl, Consolidated Lumber Company executive, Wilmington, made a $100 donation to the LeRoy Boys' Home woodworking shop project through lfoo-lloo Club 2. This is definitely the way Sponsor Dee Essley hopes to see it roll into the kitty.

The Home Builders Institute, Los Angeles, has formed a Supplier's Council. Officers include Henrv Snyder, of Sani-Top, Inc., as its treasurer. First regular meeting was Aprll 23 and the Council will stage th,ree products shows a year. Committee chairmen include William Seitz of Blue Diamond Corp., Program committee.

The Building Contractors Assn. of California has authorized construction of a Construction Industries Center in Los Angeles at a cost of $5 million. Architect John C. Lindsay will design the BCA building, rvhicl.r rvill be a

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permanent building products exhibition, mercl.randising service, model home and auditorium, rvith restaurant and office space for construction industries.

Raymond L. Howerton l-ras been promoted to assistant manager of the Sales Promotion department of The Hyster Company, announced Dar Johnson, manager.

Pollord Sells Soulhwest Plywood To Yotes; ro Build Deserf Homes

Jack Pollard has retired as president of Southrvest Plylvood Corp., Inglewood, Calif., and sold his interest in the lirm to Floyd Yates, his partner for many years. Pollard informed The CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT that he will reside in Palm Desert, California, and expects to enter the construction business in that area. FIe and his associates will build medium price homes in the desert area for lumbermen who want to enjoy the sun, stars and clean living in the 'ivide open spaces. The building development rvill get underway early this fall, according to Jack.

Jack Pollard has been popular in lumber circles in Southern California for the past N years. He is well known in civic and social affairs and is a member of Hoo-Hoo Club 2. His many friends wish him well in his new endeavor and long life and fun in the sun.

1956 €onstruction Mcrlches R.ecord Ser by First 3 Months of 1955

The value of new construction put in place rose seasonally in March 1956 to $2.98 billion, equalling the previous March record set in 1955, according to preliminary estimates prepared jointly by the U.S. Departments of Commerce and Labor. For the first three months of this year construction activity amounted to $8.5 billion, the same figure reported for the first quarter of i955.

Residential building activity rose seasonally in March to $1.1 lrillion. Although this u.as abort 6/a belorn' the extraordinary March figure last year, it exceeded the March volume for all other years.

Although total new construction activity in the first quarter of 1956 'ivas the same as that for the first three months of 1955, several of the major types shorved significant changes. Decreases in the 1956 period in private residential building and in public industrial rvork r,vere offset bv increases in commercial building, private industrial construction, highr,l'ay 'work, and public service enterprises.

Roy 1. Howerlon (obove); Jock Pollord (righr)

R. S. Plywood Breoks Ground For New Worehouse Focility, Adds Personnel in Exponsion

Don Weber, general manager of the R. S. Plywood Santa Ana, California, announces that ground has broken for the nelv rvarehouse facilitv adiacent to the

Co., been pres-

ent plant at l00B Fuller Street, one block from the Santa Ana-San Diego Freeway.

In line u'ith the expansion program presentlv ttnderway, the company is also adding new personnel to take care of the increase in sales and company service. Buck Coleman, formerly rvith F. P. Baugh and Martin Brothers Box Company, will have charge of sales to dealers and industrials in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Ilernardincl, San Diego and Imperial counties. Buck is rvell kno's'n in Southern California iumber circles and spent 11 years with the

DON WEBER, generol moncger of R. S. Plywood Co., poses in lower lefi photo with Buck Colemon (on the lefi), lhe new ssles rePtesenlotive, who is olso seen ot left obove in front of his new soles heodquorterr. Moiordomo Weber is shown ogoin on left in fop photo above with Art Hemmingsen ond porf of the invenlory; Hemmingsen ol work in the lower photo

A. H. Tilley

U.S. Air Force during World War II with rank of major.

Ed McMahon, formerly with U.S. Plyu'ood Corp., I-os Angeles, has been named office manager for R. S. Plyrvood and .will have charge of sales and distribution for the concern at its Santa Ana warehouse. Art Hemmingsen has been appointed to the important post of warehouse and shipping foreman and will have charge of the plyu'ood and lumber divisions for the firm.

"\\re 'rvill stock a complete line of domestic and imltorted hardu,'ood lumber and plyrvoods for the trade in our new facility," said Don Weber. "With the additional rvarehouse rve will have approximately 20,000 square feet of undercover storage space and we will continue to offer the complete line of Long-Bell Lumber Company products to the trade," he said. R. S. Plywood's new policy calls for wholesale distribution of all species of hardwood lumber and plywood, pine and other rvood products, including domestic and imports.

NLI A Wins Outstqnding Aword

The American Public Relations Association has an'arded the National Lumber Manufacturers Association a Certificate of Outstanding Achievement for its 1955 public relations program. Douglas S. Steinberg, director of public relations, accepted the award for the association at the April 6 awards dinner of the public relations group at the Hotel Statler, \Vashington, D.C. NLMA's l.righ honor u,'as won in national competition with the public relations programs of other associations.

The APRA citation of the lumber association's progranr stressed the "well-rounded, thoroughly planned, carefullv executed program favoring all facets of the industry." This is the second occasion on which the NLNIA has entered the APRA competition, rvinning the Outstanding Achievement Arvard in both instances.

/Tell them tl.rat,vou .rozu it inTl.ri Calif ornia Lum.ber Merchant)

VHMCP Nqmes Western Deqlers

The Voluntary I{ome \fortgage Creciit Program has narned these r,r'estern retail lun-rber industry members on national and regional committees:

S. H. Ross, Central I-un.rber Co., Hanford, Calif.; T. W. Gamble, Potlach Yards, Spokane, Wash. ; Richard llogan, Billings ( l\,Iontana) Lumber Co., and C. H. Salmon, Robert Porter & Sons, I-as Cruces, N. M.

The VHMCP gets mortgage money for I.'HA and VA loans in smaller communities ancl has reduced by almost 75/o the direct lending program of the VA.

Bill Pruitf North for T. M. Cobb

Tnr srnrnrs of your community reveal a good deal about you! They show whether-in the sale of building materials -you have stressed price ot worth. whether you have sold along the lines of least resistance or had the foresight to "trade up" your customers to products of lasting quality, b eauty and f unction.

Your reputation is based on quality. Irr the final analysis, so is your profit. Red cedar shingles and machinegrooved shakes-being the genuine article-assure both your reputation and your profit.

William H. Pruitt, outside salesman for T. NI. Cobb Company for the past year, has been assigned the northern territory and will norv handle the California coast area for the u'indorv and building materials concern. Pruitt has been in the inclustry for years and was first knou'n in the retail end. He has rnanaged yards in Yuma and Mesa, Arizona, amorlg others, and u'as rvith the Hayward yards in San Diego.

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Weyerhqeuser Nomes Srqff for Technicol €enter-longview

Weyerhaeuser Timber Company's enlarged research and development facility at Longview, Washington, will be completed soon and has been given a new name. Winton Patnode, Weyerhaeuser director of research, has anno'"rnced the expanded building will be called Technical CenterLongvie.n'. The original structure rvas built in 1941, and has been known as the Development Center.

James R. Roberts, Technical Center manager, reports the following staff appointments:

Dr. A. S. Gregory, formerly assistant manager of the Development Center, to be manager, applied research; H. A. McKeever, formerly chief of the center's mechanical en-

gineering section, to be manager, process development; E,. M. Williston, former chief of the center's applied physics section, to be manager, product development, and A. S. Mark, former administrative section chief , to be office manager.

Club 65 Concof qt Sqnlo Rosq Moy | |

By order of the Black Cat, Redwood Empire Hoo-Hoo Club 65 will stage a concat at Santa Rosa, Friday evening, May 11. Applications for Kittens may be obtained from Club Secretary Duane Bennett.

Club 65 activities for the season will wind up with the big annual Forest Lake Week-End on June 9 and 10, followed by the usual vacation period, July and August.

A-Bomb Tests Prove Hqrdwoods ConToke o Heop of Hqrd Abuse

Nobody's going to u'orry about the finish on tl-reir furniture if an atomic bomb blast in the neighborhood starts knocking the house and furniture around. But one of the most amazing results of the recent Nevada "Doom Torvn" tests was the extreme durability and resistance to scarring demonstrated by standard l.rardwood furniture finishes.

Although the explosir.e force behind flying debris was sufficient to make small glass splinters pierce tin cans more than a mile arvay from the bomb, hardwood furniture, at even less distances, came through rn,ith less serious surface marrings than a year-old baby inflicts 'ivith no effort at all.

Waxing Hides Most Damage

An examination of a group of furniture pieces from a front-line house 47O0 feet from the explosion center revealed that although the pieces rn'ere still covered u'ith glass dust and splinters-and chunks of glass had even wedged themselves bet'rveen the interior frameu'ork of case pieces-the genuine n'ood surfaces suffered only tiny pittings from the blast-driven glass.

A good furniture polish or waxing u'ould make the faint nicks and marks barely noticeable, and one of the simple new, do-it-yourself touch-up products rvould conceal most mars.

Structural Strength Proved

The tests also proved the astounding sturdiness of hardwood plyrvood furniture construction. In the worst-damaged pieces examined frorn a front-line house left standingeven rvhen the pressure and shock waves of the blast blerv open drarvers, loosened interior framervork and exploded the solid sides off one piece-the properly constructed plywood drarver bottoms, dustproofing and relatively thin plywood case backings \yere intact and unsplit.

The most dramatic testimonial the A-bomb gave hardwood plyrvood (bonded) furniture construction-in advance of the official reports-is documented in a post-blast photograph of the tl'o-story brick front-line house that was totally demolished. A u'alnut plyu''ood chest of drarvers sits apparently undarnaged-rvith all drawers even in placeon top of the house rubble after surviving shock and pressure rvaves and the impact of landing after the house exploded.

Can't Harm New Genuine Hardwood Table Tops

A cigarette can burn completely to ash without damaging hardwood table, bar ancl desk tops made by a newlydeveloped process offering super-resistant genuine hardrvood surfaces that can be finished in any color or finish effect at the same time, and right along with, the rest of a furniture piece. Neither can spilled nail polish, polish remover, alcohol and fruit juices harm these handsome genuine hardu,ood furniture surfaces, exhaustive latoratory tests have proved.

With the nslv proc€Ss, practical, abuse-resistant table surfaces can nolv offer al1 the intrinsic 3-dimensional beauty and strength qualities that genuine l-rardrn'ood plyrvood furniture construction offers. In addition, easier workability and far greater design latitude are "bonus" advantages of these nerv genuine hardwood "super-surfaces" as compared with "resistant" or "plastic" surfaces.

Big Cost Savings

This nerv type of hardluood surface, which offers a substantial price advantage over high-pressure laminates, can be made by the furniture manufacturer in his orvn plant at the same time as the rest of a furniture piece and using the same veneers and woodlvorking tools he used in his regular manufacturing operation. The ns$' genuine hardrvood surfaces are the result of over two years of research sponsorecl by the Fine Hardrvoods Association at the Timber Engineering Company research laboratory affiliate of the National Lumber Nfanufacturers Association in Washington.

The final research results were approved at a meeting June 15 and 16 of the TECO research engineers and the Fine Hardrvoods Association manufacturers heading the research project. Final reports rvere given on a varietv of adhesives and finishes tested for use in coniunction u'ith the process.

These new, virtually abuse-proof, genuine hardwood surfaces are made possible by a combination of approved finishes and a process of laminating aluminum foil into hardwood plywood construction. The burnresistant qualities of this type of construction have been known for several years. Problems of manufacturing, and lack of a variety of suitable finishes, have, however, prevented its wide application.

The research of the last couple of years has concentrated on developing a u'ide range of suitable finishes, and fool-proof methods for permanently bonding the aluminum foil to the rvoocl layers in both cold and hot-press operations.

Simple Method Perfected

The process of laying up the special burn-resistant hardu.ood ply'w'ood, as finally periected, is simple and can be done in any plant equipped to make plywood. Tlvo special pre-coated aluminum foils, developed for each hot-press and cold-press plyrvood, has eliminated former production headaches.

For the f urniture manufacturer or r'voodu.orker not equipped or not desiring to lay his on'n panels, several of the leading plyrvood manufacturers are already experienced in providing panels of cigarette-alcol-rol resistant construction.

Wide Variety of Finishes Possible

A variety of finishing scl.redules can be used. The manufacturer can offer any color of finish using stains. fillers or pigmented toners lvith anv degree of gloss or rub. Furniture can have a very high gloss, a soft-looking, dull patina, or one of the nerv natttral open-pore "in-the-rvood" finishes.

A consumer and retailer "bonus" advantage is that, should one of these genuine hardwood table surfaces become badly scarred, it can be readily retouched or refinished as 'w,ith any hardrvood, and does not l-rave to be discarded as is the case u,ith a damaged plastic top.

Complete test results and instructions for fabricating these nen. highly-resistant genuine hardrvood panels n'ill be availal>le u'ithin the next feu' t eeks. Furniture and plvrvood manu{acturers n'ishing to receive full "horv to" reports for considering the use of this process in their plants should request them direct from the Fine Hardrvoods Association.

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MEMORIAL DAY

Memorial Day was first observed May 30, 1868, following the Civil rVar. Today, all patriots are happy to spend this day quietly, giving thanks that they are Americans. Many important events took place during the month ofMay. One of the most important being the completion of thefirst transcontinental railroad on May I0, 1869, which helped build the \West to the important position it now holds. \7e are huppy to play a small part in building Southern California through service to our many customers.

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The world is small, we need not go, Far to learn all there is to knowWe may spend all our lives in one small town, And find a seer, and meet a clown; \Me may dine with a saint, and walk with a cad, A Don Juan or a GalahadTouch elbows with Merlin, and Cain, and Lear, While Judas and Jesus live very near.

-Ethel Arnold Tilden.

A Tough Choice

Mose, charged with theft, was placed on the witness stand. The Judge wanted to know if the witness knew the value of an oath, so he said:

"If you tell a lie under oathi do you know what will happen?"

"Yes, Suh. Ah goes to Hell."

"And if you tell the truth?"

"Ah goes to jail."

Beouty

Beauty does not lie in the face. It lies in harmony. Beauty is expression. When I paint a mother I try to render her beautiful by the mere look she gives her child.

-Jean Francois Millet

A Vice-President?

A family moved to their new home in the slightly populated suburbs, and were advised that a good watch dog would be a wise thing to have. So they went to a nearby kennel and bought a big, and fierce-looking dog. Soon their house was entered and robbed while the big dog slept. They carried the news to the kennel man. He said:

"\Mhat you need now is a small dog to wake up the big dog."

Boil lr Down

Whatever you have to say, my friend, Whether witty or grave or gay, Condense it as much as ever you can, Say it in the readiest way; For if you go sputtering over a page, When a couple of lines will do, Your butter is spread so thin, you see, That the bread shows plainly through.

A Quick Return

The junk man stopped at Mrs. Henpeck's back door.

"Any rags or beer bottles, Ma'am?" he asked.

"Do I look like a vroman who drank beer?', demanded Mrs. Henpeck.

"Any vinegar bottles, Ma'am?" asked the junk man.

The lUlqn Who Delivers

There's a man in this world who is never turned down, Wherever he chances to stay;

He gets the glad hand in the populous town, Or out where the farmers make hay.

He's greeted with pleasure on deserts of sand, Or deep in their aisles of the woods, Wherever he goes there's a welcoming handHe's the man who delivers the goods.

The failures of life sit around and complain, The gods have,n'1 treated them white; They've lost their umbrellas whenever there's rain, And they haven't their lanterns at night.

Men tire of failures who fill with their sighs

The air of their own neighborhoods, But the man who is greeted with love-lighted eyes, Is the man who delivers the goods.

One fellow is lazy and watches the clock, And waits for the whistle to blow: One has a hammer with which he will knock. .dnd one tells a story of woe.

And one, if requested to travel a mile, Will measure the perches and roods; But one does his stunt with a whistle and smileHe's the man who delivers the goods.

One man is afraid that he'll labor too hard. The world isn't yearning for such; And one man is ever alert, on his guardLest he put in a minute too much.

One has a grouch or a temper that's bad, And one is a creature of moods; So it's time for the joyous and rollicking ladThe man who delivers the goods.

Wisdom qnd Goodness

There is new hope for us in the legend of Jesus, and in His stupendous success; hope and perhaps even some foundation for faith. That a man should live in an obscure corner of Judea nineteen centuries ago, speak an insignificant dialect, and yet by dint of wisdom and goodness and in spite of having died a shameful d.eath, reign as God for these two thousand years and be adored by hundreds of millions of the conquering races, goes far to prove that wisdom and goodness a"re fed by some hidden source and are certain therefore to increase among men.

-Frank llarris In One Doy

The ewe that strayed from the fold lived many years in one day, and died at a great age-at sunset.

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T\TENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

As reported in The California Lumber

Earl D. I\'Iinton announces that he has sold the lumber yard, rnill, and all properties of the Minton Lumber Company, Mountain View, California, to the Builders Service Company, a new concern of that city. M. E. Jospin is manager of the business.

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try by shipping a solid trainload of fifty cars of Redrvood lumber to dealers in Mendocino, Sonoma, Napa, and N{arin counties from its Ft. Bragg mill.It was done as a harbinger of the return of good times to the district and the industry. Every car in the long train r,vas placarded. The train started over the line of the California \\restern Railroad, and at Willits it was taken over by the Northrvestern Pacific. At each station where cars were removed from tl-re train to be delivered to the buyers, elaborate ceremonies rn ere conducted by local Chambers of Commerce. Newsfapers throughout Northern California featured the "Prosperity Special." (Editor's Note: Little did th,ey realize ho'"v long it would be before prosperity would return to the Itrmber industry.)

Charles W. Faulkner, Faulkner-Meyer Lumber Company, Pasadena, California, died in an auto accident April 22 near Exeter. He lvas 49.

Burton Adams, San Francisco, was elected a director of the National-American Wholesale Lumber Association at the annual n'reeting of the organization held in Atlantic City, April 15.

The Weyerhaeuser sales office in San charge.

Sherman cisco, n'as Rutledge.

Sales Company Francisco, with has opened a district Robert H. Hunt in

A. Bishop, IJnion married on April Lumber Company, San Fran23rd to Miss Kathleen Lee

Paul Penberthy has resigned the position oi sales manager of the \\r. E. Cooper Lumber Company, of Los Angeles, and plans to engage in business for himself. He has been l'ith Cooper for ten years.

Fire destroyed the Company at Stirling loss of $35,000.

general store of tl're City, California, on Diamond Nlatch April 20, rvith a

New K-D Terminol in Oqklqnd Opens 4OOMBM Dry-Kiln Operotion

The entire plant and facilities of the old Springfield Cedar Company, at the foot of 64th Avenue in liast Oakland, were taken over recently by Alfred McCausland and Wilburn Roberts, well-known Bay area industrial developers, who completed negotiations for the plant earlier this year in the east and have since been renovating ihe operation's 16 dry kilns and adding to the firm's lumber-handling equipment.

The partners were also fortunate in obtaining the services of Harold Parsell as superintendent of the kiln operation. Parsell has an exacting knowledge of each kiln right back to the date of its installation as a result of his 2.1 years as kiln superintendent for the old Springfield Cedar operation. In addition, Parsell originally had been r,vith Moore Dry Kiln Company and had sold Springfield Cedar its first kilns.

At the official opening of K-D Terminal on April 9, McCausland and Roberts noted that they can no\\r offer custom dry kiln space of over 4O0,00O BM per mrinth for either hardlvoods or softr,voods. This capacity, coupled n'ith facilities that include three spur tracks, six acres of storage, and all modern handling equipment, rvould place K-D Terminal as California's largest custom dry kiln operation.

"Service to the West Coast lumber industry is our primary and only objective," McCausland and Roberts stated during the opening. "In addition to our drying operation, we will soon be offering lease facilities for the location of a remanufacturing plant on the premises. In other rvords

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Dowson-Fleishmon Lumber Co. Formed

H. G. Dowson and J. M. Fleishman have recently organized the Dowson-Fleishman Lumber Company, with offices in the Carssow Building, Lewiston, Idaho, to do a general wholesale lumber business inall r,vestern fores'; products. Mr. Dowson, president of Southern Oregon Planing Mill Company, and formerly co-owner and manager of Rogue Lumber Sales Company of Medford, Ore-

gon, is president and general manager of the new concern. F. M. Roberts of Lewiston, Idaho, became associated with the company April 15.

€arl M. Poyne Joins Bough

Carl M. Payne, formerly with Owens Parks Lumber Company, Los Angeles, and Industrial Lumber Co., Glendale; has joined the sales staff of the Carl W. Baugh wholesale lumber concern in Pasadena. He is a l5-year veteran in the lumber sales field, having started his career in the Pacific Northwest while attending Washington State College. During World War II he was attached to the Air Force in both th,e Pacific and European fronts. Payne will cover Southern California dealers and industrials, according to Carl Baugh.

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In the absence of President Herb Geisenheyner, the April l2 meeting of the Southern California I-umber Seasoning Assn. was called to order by Secretary-Treasttrer Bob Inglis at 8:15 at Rodger Young attditorium. Harvey Smith, technologist of the California Range and lixperiment Station, Berkeley, revierved the progranr for the coming Berkeley Conference, May 3-4, and said that the conference is shaping up as one of the best ever held, fuli of very in-rportant information to members of the u'estern dry kiln clubs.

The SCLSA's panel for the conference l'as explained along rvith the experiment on Equilibrium N{oisture Content rvhich it rl ill attempt to "se11" the other dry kiln clubs. The SCLSA feels this experiment rvi.ll be very useful to the lumber industry.

Also discussed was the coming June meeting of the SCLSA in Los Angeles to which the Southern California retail yards will be invited to bring their seasoning problems. The program was planned and local dealers will be urged to fire up a barrage of questions.

A general discussion concluded the April session and the May meeting \\'as annotlnced for the 10th.

Menrbers at the April gathering included Harry ltobinson, Patten-Blir-rn Lumber Co.; John Kurshals. Sttn Lumber Co. : Charles Beckman, Beckman Lumber Service; Frank Keuski and Bob Inglis, Associated Molding Co.; E,arl Simon, Hammond Lumber Co.; J. I-. Moody and Arthur Furcron, Consolidated Lumber Co.

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Gofoverqs '55 Eornings Zoom 620/o Over '54; Plont Exponsion Goes Forwqrd

Calaveras Cement Company has reported net earnings oI $1,356,563 for 1955-up 62% over tl.re 1954 figure of 9836,088. President Wm. Wallace Mein, Jr. said that earnings, sales, shipments, and production all set up ne\\- company records during the year. Net sales totaled $10,293,201 in 1955 as compared to $8,649,972 in 1954. Shipments were up 16/o, and production, 18/o.

Recapitulating the company's continuing plant impror,'ement program, Mein reported that $9,190,991 has been invested in capital improvements during the ten years since the end of World War II. "These expenditures have strengthened the company's competitive position by trip-

ling manufacturing capacity, increasing plant effrciency, and improving service," he said.

A new $4,000,000 expansion program which will add 30/o to plant capacity is now in progress. Target date for its completion is midsummer. Predicting that business in 1956 'ivill be "competitive but good," Mein said that in the company's marketing area "supply will again be in balance with demand."

Edrvard G. Fletcher and James H. Mclver have been named Los Angeles sales representatives by Inland Steel Products Co. to handle the Milcor line in California, Arizona, Nevada. Fletcher was formerly with Plywood, Inc. in Sacramento.

Arizonq Deqlers to Meet in Flogsrqfi Mqy 17-18-19

LEADING ARIZONA REIAII IUI\IBERMEN who will condua this yeor's conyenlion of the Arizono Retoil lumber & Builders Supply Association ot Flogsloff on Moy l7-19 include these officers ond direcfors of the qssociolion phologrophed ofter their election al ihe Yumo onnuql losl yeor. Front Row, left lo right: Som Beecroft, Foxworth-McCollo lumber Co,, Phoenix; Poul Loynd, W, P. Fuller & Co., Phoenix; John H. Wood, Bisbee lumber Co., Lowell; W. C. Ketchersid, Arizono Mining Supply Co., Prescofi; President J. Knox Corbett, J. Knox Corbetf lumber Co., Tucson; Vice-President Moruin Smirh. O'Molley-Smirh lumber Co., Yumo; freosurer Fronk Honey, O'Molley Lumber Co., Phoenix, ond Floyd B. Olson, Boker-Thomos Co., Phoenix. Bock Row, left to right: Williom Beol, Builders Supply & Lumber Co,. fucson; Adolph Schworz. Schworz lumber Co., Miomi; Edgor Petty, Petty's Builders

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The Mountain View City Council amended the city's fire zone ordinance so drying sheds could be built in lumberyards as the result of a request by the Minton Lumber Company.

Emmett J. McCormack, dean of the shipping industry, recently celebrated his 75th birthday in his office as board chairman of the Moore-McCormack Lines. He said he hadn't an enemy in the lvorld because he'd outlived them all.

A survey of the market for new houses in northern Orange, eastern Los Angeles, western San Bernardiao and Riverside counties reveals a healthy situation in fast-growing suburban development, recently announced FHA Director Norman M. Lyon and VAdministrator L. C. Chapman' Completed houses on the market numbered 4137 units or 16.9% of the 1955 total built, a little over one month's production. At the same time, 4672 hotses, 3I'2% of the l4,9sg under construction, were sold before completion.

At itsDth annsal April 3, the National Woodwork Mfgrs. Assn. elected James G. Boden, Malta, Ohio, president to succeed L. L. Gibson of the Long-Bell Lumber Co. Ormie C. Lance was re-elected secretary-manager. Two research projects launched were evaluation of water repellants for wood treatment, and to create new designs for wood combination doors.

Clarence M. Turley, president of the National Assn. of Real Estate Boards, recently told the Los Angeles Realty Board that Los Angeles 'ivould advance to the top metropolitan spot in the nation. "Both the San Francisco Bay area and the Los Angeles area are destined to be two of the greatest metropolises in the country," he declared.

Brady Belcher succeeded B. A. Mayhew as chairman of the Southern Pine Inspection Bureau at its 16th annual in Ne'iv Orleans April 6.

Protection Products Mfg. Co., manufacturers of Woodlife preservative, has appointed Henry C. Kennedy vicepresident in charge of sales.

The 1956 Los Angeles Home Show will be staged June t4-24 at Pan Pacific auditorium. For exhibit space, call WEbster l-t626.

Thomas Industries, Inc. has opened new facilities in the Santa Fe Central Manufacturing District of Los Angeles as u'est coast headquarters for the firm's Moe Light division.

Th.e National Lumber Mfgrs. Assn. has published a revised and illustrated edition of "Lumber From Forest to You," tracing growth from the first sawmills in the early 1600s to now. Single copies are free from the NLMA at 1319-18th St., Washington 6, D.C.

San Rafael-David Seymour, Beverly Hills builder, has purchased more th,an 10OO acres of San Francisco Bay tidelands to reclaim and build a $150,000,000 development of 5000 homes starting this December.

A history of lumbering is contained in a handsome new historical booklet released by Consolidated Western Steel division of United States Steel Corp. The lavishly illustrated copy publishes many rare photos for the first time and contains one from The GULF COAST LUMBERMAN.

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lf's Time to Mcrke Reservqfions for THAT 1956 Hoo-Hoo Convenfion

Plans vention in San

19-20, according to Herb Schauer and Bill N1cCubbin, cochairmen of the convention for host Club No. 9.

Hundreds of members from clubs throughout the United Con- States, Canada and the Philippine lslands are exirected to held attend the three-day session of convention business, sight-

are lvell underrvay for the 65th International of the Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo to be Francisco, at the Fairmont hotel, Septeml;er llJ- seeing and fun in San Francisco. A tour of the ltedrvood Region is being arranged for the trn'o days follou'ing the convention.

Reservation deadline for the convention is August 17. Rooms have been reserved at the Fairmont, N{ark Hopkins and Huntington hotels on Nob Hill. Requests for reservations should lte addressed to Hugh Pessner, Reservation Chairman. 65th International Hoo-Hoo Convention, 420 Market Street, San Francisco 11. Please give number in your party and type of accommodation desired. If you do not rvish to stay at one of the official convention hotels, please handle your reservations directly r'vith the hotel of your choice.

TOA9TING THE SUCCESS of rhe 65rh inlerndtiondl Hoo' Hoo convenlion in Son Froncisco (September l6'19) ore Philip T. Fornsworlh of the Coliforniq Redwood Alsociotion (loft); Snark of the Univarse Dove Dovir (ccnter) cnd Joon Word of the Hotel Mork Hopkins stoff. fhe world'fomed view, ovoiloble frae to oll Hoo-Hoo, is pcrt of Nob Hill from rhe "Top of thc lliork" fowcrd rhc Golden Gote bridge

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Redwood Region logging Conference Celebrotes 20 Yeors ot '55 Meet

The Redwood Region Logging Conference, to be held in Ukiah on May 25-26,.rvill be trventy years old this year. However, this will be the 18th Annual Convention and Equipment Sh,orv (conventions having been missed durine the World War II years). The conference was started bv Emanuel Fritz, the present secretary-manager, in Februar-y 1936 as an informal organization. In its early days, the conference rvas known as the "Redu'ood Logging Conference." since logging was almost entirely in the redwood forests. At that time the annual meetings \\rere sponsored by the California Redrvood Association.

In 1949, rvhen a constitution u,as adopted, the Douglas

fir and pine production from forests of the North Coast counties was assuming greater importance. The conference lvas then broadened to include all species production and it became an independent organization under its present title. Oflicers and a board of directors rnn'ere elected for the "Redrvood Region Logging Conference." The president for the current year is Henry K. Trobitz of Simpson Redrvood Co., Klamath. Some of the more immediate past presidents are : \\raldron Hyatt and Gray Evans of Hammond Lumber Co.; Roy \\,'agner, Masonite Corp.; F. C. Riley, logging contractor, and Larry Marshall of the former Dolly Varden Lumber Co.

The annual program features speakers and panel discussions on topics of current interest to loggers, such as log-

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ging ecluipment, its use and maintenance; safety in the woods, forest resources and their management for a perpetual crop of timber, tree farming, selective cutting, fire protection, trucking, and this year's theme-"The Logger: His Problems, Responsibilities and Prospects." The enlarged equipment show will be a special feature this year, with foreign exhibitors to be included.

How to Noil Redwood Siding Now Avoiloble to Retoil Yqrd Trclde

To show lumber customers the correct u'ay to nail redrvood siding, a three-color banner size poster (22x25 inches) is nolv available to retail lumber dealers throughout the U.S. from the California Redwood Association. Pictured at full scale in natural color cross-section are correct nailing procedures for these sidewalls: Bevel and Bungalow, Anzac, Shiplap and Rustic, Tongue and Groove, and Board and Batten. Correct nail sizes are given and it is recommended that aluminum or hot-dipped galvanized nails be used for durability and to avoid stains.

This nerv chart is a service to lumber retailers to assist them in promoting the satisfhction of their customers and preventing unnecessary errors. The chart is tinned top and bottom, rvith metal loops for'convenient hanging. Retailers may obtain single copies, without charge, by writing on their letterhead to the California Redwood Association, 576 Sacramento Street, San Francisco 11, California.

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4th Annuql Western Do-lt-Yourself Show to Tie-in Wifh OHI Proiecr

The lumber industry will be one of the stars of the fourth annual Southern California "Do-It-Yourself" Show, July 19 through 29, according to Producer Ted Bentley.

By making the nationwide project, "Operation Home Improvement," the keynote of the giant 11-day exposition, the lumber industry and allied fields will be an integral part of hourly public participation and educational clinics designed to inspire home improvements and remodeling, it was announced. Experts in every lumber trade field and every phase of remodeling will participate in the demonstrations, Bentley revealed.

"National figures show that four out of ten homes are

in need of repair and improvement," Bentley said. "All homes, new and old, require maintenance. The entire building industry is making "56 the year to fix', and the 'DoIt-Yourself' Show is giving its solid support to the project."

There will be special clinics as well as scores of power tool and product displays for use by the hobbyist, weekend contractor and home maker. The show will be held at Los Angeles' Pan Pacific Auditorium.

"What Every Lumber Dealer Should Know About Office Safes" is available free from Mosler Safe Company,32O 5th Ave., New York City 1. The 2O-page brochure outlines the need for records protection in the building supply business.

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grounds, red-shirted rivermen were breaking out the rollways. The steel hooks and shafts of log-working tools flasl-red in the sunshine pouring through the bush that fringed the far bank.

Lest We Forget

Spring rveather r'vas getting a fair start on the Au Sable. Where sunlight struck the earth, frost patches steamed. The sky above the budding green of scrub oak and popple vlras a dazzling blue in the rain-washed air. A harcl winter was done. The big drive was on. The lumberjacl<s could already see themselves stamping up boardwalks from the booms to the saloons of Sagina'iv and Bay City.

The river roared. A11 along the log-packed banking

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The logs thundered steadily on into the foaming current of the East Michigan river. The sixteen-foot sticks r,vhirled and bounded off stacks thirty feet high; plunged, smashed together, jammed into tangles f rom u'hich they were plucked by the log-riding peavey men.

Now and again the logs would jam or-r the rollu'ays, then it was for the boss, Little Red Carmody, to risk his neck by holding a swamp hook into the key log until a span of horses on the bank had tightened the hook line. As the logs tumbled and crashed again, the river boss lunged to safety on logs surging in white water.

At last the white and red pine sticks lvere rolling in the clear. Carmody took a breathing spell on tl-re far bank. The drive u'as starting fair. A full head o{ 'n'ater s'as surging from the first dam. Even inshore there was a good current rvhich kept the timber moving. It u'as highly dangerous ctriving norv, but not hard work in the srvift u'ater. But tomorrou'-and the next day-r,vith the logs clragging in slack rvater toward the second dam, ther-r it u'oulcl be a mankilling timber fight.

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Norv there was another hang-up on thc rollu'avs. Carmody s\vung into action. Just ahead of him shone a gap of srvirling u'ater. The river boss leaped for the encl of a small log. He struck, driving l-ris steel calks into the bark, and at once caught his balance. His end of the log sank under him until \vater sloshed about his ankles. The other end plorved up from the surface, black and dripping. The momentum of the leap drove the timber across the gap of rn'ater. Carmody crouched, jumped, lunged su'iftly on over a pack of logs. He pushed through the men u''ho were faltering before the thirty-foot pyramid o{ logs. It rvas apparently solid, yet tons of timber might topple any instant. Carmody grabbed the swamp hook.

"Hitch, hook and holler there !" was the yell from the rollway.

The horses on the bank bellied dor,l'n, hammered into their collars. The hook bit into the butt of the key log. The pyramid shuddered-and Carmody skipped like a squirrel from bounding log to bounding log as the thunder of crashing timbers filled the river again. lIe came safe by inches.

Then the Au Sable \\ras a river of logs, brirnming rvith

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"Good rollin' on the rollways !" said the sweat from his eyes. "Good drivin he leaped the logs onward-down the

The water still ran Carmody, swabbing ' ahead," he said as river !

Riverside Hoo-Hoo Reqdying lrs BIG

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Preparations for the annual Ladies' Night and Gotf Tournament of Riverside Hoo-Hoo Club Il7 are moving along and the gala affair on the 19th of this month, at the Deep Well Inn at Palm Springs, Calif., promises to be even more enjoyable than ever, declares President Bert H. Holdren. All the entertainment plans are not completed bu,c the regular dinner-dance, cocktail hour, door prizes, corsages and golf tourney are all set and rarin'to go; a differ-' ent type of aquatic entertainment is planned at the luxurious pool of the inn.

Reservations are coming in from lumbermen from outside areas already, as Club 117's annual affair has become known as one of the best Hoo-Hoo events in Southern California. Club 117 members come first and their early reservations are urged so outside area Hoo-Hoo can be allowed in. The $5.50 per person includes th,e dinner-dance, cocktail hour and corsages; attire is informal as usual. Let's all go !

Pre-constructed and atomic bomb-proof brick walls are forecast in the next few years in the growth of brick as a building material, declares David S. Fischman of the century-old Sayre and Fisher Brick Co., Sayreville, N. J.

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of the problems presented to the millwork manufacturer by the installation phase of the work. He stressed the need for ciose supervision by the architect to insure proper handling and processing of millwork products.

Eric Ahlbom, of the Sierra Mill and Lumber Company, Sacramento, discussed the specifying of millwork standards. He placed emphasis on the need for the architect to contain his efforts in the areas of design, and to rely on the Manual of Millwork for specific standards delineation.

George Lefler, of the Pacific Manufacturing Company, Santa Clara, told of the responsibilities of the millwork detailer. He pointed out that mill details are a direct ,.feed back" to the ar'chitect and that shop drawings should be carefully considered-not just returned with an arbitrary "correct and resubmit" stamped on them. '

Sherry Karns, of the Hollenbeck Bush planing Mill, Fresno, closed the formal panel presentation with a .,sometimes humorous-sometimes sad" series of illustrations on writing millwork specifications. Probably the essence of his message is best contained in the old saying, ,,Blessed is he who, having nothing to say, gives no wordy evidence of that fact."

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Hardrvood leaders of the Pacific North*,est rr-ere u-elcomed to Vancouver, B.C., April 14 for the quarterly meeting of the nen'ly organized Northwest Hardrvood Association by E. J. Nist, president. Sessions rvere held in the library of the University of British Columbia rvith the faculty of forestrv as hosts.

N{ajor subjects u'ere "The Manufactttre ancl Uses of Hardu'oods in British C-olumbia," by Dr. R.'W. \\-ellu.ood, Professclr of Forestry, U.ll.C.; "The N anagement oi l-[ardrvoocl Tirnber Stands," by G. C. Warrack, Ilritish C.olumbia I'rovincial Forest Service; "The California Nlarket for Northn'est llardrvoods," by Louis S. Iiunert, Tropical & \\restern Lumber Co., Los Angeles ; the adoirtion of grading rules on hardrvood logs and lumber and hardn'ootl shipping rveights. Robert NfcGregor, West Coast Hardu'oods Ltd., Vancouver, the association's Canadian director, arranged exhibits of British Canada hardrvoods and manufactured products in collaboration rvitl.r university and forestry authorities.

Information about the association's program mat. be obtained from the secretary-manager, Harry O. N{itchell. 3253 Commodore \\ray, Seattle 99, Wash.

OHI Theme of 1956 L.A. Home Show

The 1956 Los Angeles llome Sho.,v is getting behind "Operation Home Improvement," Vice-President l)ale J. Missimer annonnced. All construction industries have been asked to join n huge information-dissemination plan during the Tune l4-2.1 shou' at l)an l?acific Auditorium.

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A new worker-owned plywood corporation, to be known as Annacis Plywood Corporation, Limited, and believed to be the first worker-owned plywood corporation in Canada, was incorporated in British Columbia February 27. The company is authorized to issue 300 shares of stock with a par value of $5,00O per share. The company is patterned after the well-known worker-owned plants in the U.S. It is expected that the starting wage for stockholder-owners wili be $2.50 per hour, with all stockholders receiving the same wages.

Ted Stolesen, a well-known plywood engineer and operator on the West Coast, will be in charge of construction

and will utilize the latest developments in plywood manufacture. Arrangements have been made for the sale of the entire output with an established national sales company headed by Ray B. Robbins, president of North-Robbins Plywood, Inc., Seattle. Robbins has been instrumental in the formation of Annacis Plywood and is a director.

Construction of the plant will begin about the first of June, with operations to start in the early Fall. Many American plywood people have already_ acquired shares. State Senator Paul N. Luvera of Anacorltes, Washington, is president of the newly-organized plyrn'o6d plant.

William Marks, former secretary, has also been named vice-president of the Permanente Cement Co.

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New Prefinished Hordwood Psneling

Two nerv interior wall panels, made in V-grooved, random widths from the finest birch and red gum woods and completely refinished ready to install. now are available in the retail market by Georgia-Pacific Plywood Company. Prefinished and waxed, the panels are ready for installation and immediate use.

Mqsonite in Rodiotion Lqb

The radiation laboratory of the University of California has discovered a workbench top meeting its requirements for abrasion-resistance, economy and easy replacement. It is Masonite r/4" Tempered Presd'ivood, cut to fit the Zx8' bench tops. Applied with screws, the material is removed periodically and burned. Various dealers in the Northern California area supply the material to th,e laboratory.

Speed, Mqneuverobiliry Feqtures of New Hyster GIN-2O Monomqsr Lift

The many operating advantages of the exclusive Hyster MONOMAST Lift 'f.ruck are now available for the first time on a pneumatic-tired truck, the Hyster QN-20 of. 2,4)O lbs. capacity at 24't load centers. Announcement of this new model follows the 1955 introduction of the solidcushion-tired Hyster UC-30 and YC-40 MONOMAST Lif t Trucks, rvidely acclaimed lor greater work output onthe-job.

All inquiries regarding NE\UZ PRODUCTS, New Literatore or bookldts anii other items mentioned in this section should be addressed to THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT, Room 508, 108 rWest 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.

rapidly in narrorv aisles and crowded warehouse areas (below). The Lift Truck is powered by a heavy-duty aircooled Wisconsin gasoline engine and equipped u'ith pneumatic tires for dependable performance on all surface conditions.

stability factors of the upright be rrnexcelled.

The compact nerv Hyster QN-20 MONOMAST Lif t Truck is claimed to be an ideal "work horse" for both inside and outside production. Specific operating advantages, the result of single-upright "panoramic visibility," include faster load placement, reduced driver fatigue and greater safety. Rigidity and assembly are reported to

The complete line of Hyster hydraulic attachments can be readily mounted on the attachment carriage. Hyster LP-Gas conversion kits are also available. The upright assembly can be field installed on current Hyster QN-20 models. The Hyster QN-20 MONOMAST Lift Truck rvill be displayed with the complete Hyster line at the Nlaterial Handling Institute's Exposition of 1956, June 5 through 8, in Cleveland, Ohio. For descriptive literature and further information contact your nearest Hyster dealer or u.rite to Hyster Company, 2902 N.E. Clackamas Street, Portland 8, Oregon.

Sensible Pcrckoging for Builders

Wilhold Products of Los Angeles and Chicago u.ill shortly announce its nerv Concrete Adhesive for repairing and resurfacing masonry. They have thoughtfully selected small-neck containers which are easily opened on the job, a decided improvement over containers rvith large openings. Wilhold's nerv Concrete Adhesive rvill be available in convenient sizes for different sized jobs. They r,r'ill also be packed in small cartons for easy shipping and reduced dealer inventory.

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Bennett 2-Way Pqnel Sqw Allows More Profit in One-Mon Operqtion

California retail yards can now give more profitable sen'ice to customers on all panels, cut to order in one-half the time, 'n'ith the nerv Bennett 2-Way Panel Salr-. Designed for quick, easy and accurate one-man-sarving across the width and/or ripping the length of rvide panels of plvn.ood. fiberboard, hardboard or tileboard, one mall can cross-cut or rip a 4xl0-foot panel alone and faster than tu'o men on a table sarv, claims the manufacturer. Tl'rere is no lifting or turning of large panels; both cross-cuts and rips are made u'ithout having to remove the panel from the machine. Other advantages cited for the product are: no need for square "or tape, all cuts consistently square, r.ertical and horizontal scales are attached for selective cuts. The Bennett 2-Way Panel Sau' is portable. needs no anchoring, plumbing or leveling; just plug it in any lighting circuit, it is stated. It has a safety factor greater than table or portable electric po\\ier sa\vs.

The unit is complete, 'ivith nothing else to bu1. and satisfactory performance is guaranteed. Brochure and list of California owners rvill be furnished free by distributor: Wayne C. Ervine, Box 111, Route 1, Waterford, California.

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Year around comfort-with accent on air conditioning savings-is the theme of a Spring Insulite Fiber.qlas Wool promotion for lumber dealers. Representing this theme is Mr. Penguin, who is featured throughout the big package of point-of-purchase, advertising and sales promotion materials geared to stimulate spring and summer rvool sales. Included in the complete kit of promotion n.raterials for dealers are clever penguin cut-outs that conrrert Insulite Wool bags into standing displays. There are large n'indorv and counter ltanners, bag and roll display cards, posters, counter cards and balloon displays-all carrying the penguin theme-for use in dealer showrooms. Advertising materials. such as ne\\.spaper ads, prospect letters, radio scripts and colorful u'ool literature, complete the kit. Nlaterials to put the program in action in dealers' yards are available from Insulite sales representatives, who will wash windows, set up displays and help put the advertising and sales promotion tools to work. Write Insulite, N{inneapolis 2, Minnesota.

New Monoform Units by Soni-Top Ofier Low-Cost Plqstic Gounlers

The answer to increased demand for a low-cost, highquality, semi-custom plastic cabinet top for on-the-job installation is claimed by Sani-Top, Inc. of Los Angeles, in its announcement of new Monoform Sink and Cabinet Top package units scheduled to retail in standard lengths for as little as $30, according to Henry Snyder, president of the company.

Highly specialized assembly techniques and advanced engineering have produced a no-$"aste operation that furnished the economy package. Although necessitating standardization as to the length of the product, Monoform units remain extremely flexible in application and may be cut t() size rvithout extra cost. Sections feature formed. one-piece construction, back splashboards, no-drip front edges, all of n'hich are forever bonded to a 3f" core.

These highly decorative tops are obtainable in Formica, T,extolite, Panelyte, and Lamin-Art plastics from factory stocked material. Each plastic choice credits a wide color and pattern range to the customer. Further options offered to buyers concern mostly the degree of pre-installation service performed on Sani-Top units, such as sink cut-out, sink cut-out and framed rvith stainless steel, mitre cuts for U or L shaped kitchens, and joint preparation.

Special factory discount prices are being extended in connection rvith quantity recluirements. Normal shipment is being made u'ithin four days after receipt of order.

New Model Heyer Fromes Feqlure Slide-in Seqfs

Three new models of Picnic Table Frames are now offered by Heyer, as companions to their No. 100 "Original" Frames. Pictured is the No. 101 De Luxe model that features attached slide-in seats. E,ach end frame is constructed from heavy steel tubing, welded into one unit and painted green, .il'ith diagonal steel corner braces that provide the vital structural strength and prevent any rvobble or sway. Lumber and braces bolt to flat steel plates rather than directly to steel tubing, which greatly reduce tirne and labor for assembly. T.rvo other nerv models have benches entirely separate from table frames.

Heyer provides the steel frames only; dealer or customer furnishes his orvn lumber. For information address: Heyer Mfg. and Sales Company, P.O. Box H, Milledgeville, Ill.

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The need to follow up success in trade promotion and quality control with increased activity in both fields was brought out in a fast-paced program of panel discussions and top-level addresses at the 12th annual meeting of the Hardwood Plywood Institute held in Chicago February 14. The meeting was attended'by an all-time high of 110 industry leaders.

C. U. Gramelspacher, Jasper, Ind., was elected president of the Institute, succeeding Don Nichols, Valdosta, Ga. Eric Larson, Sheboygan, W,is., was elected vice-president, and Charles E,. Close was re-elected secretary-treasurer.

Comments in a panel discussion on sales methods stressed the value of the HPI grademarking and quality control programs. Panel members, however, cited the need for more rigid adherence to the standards by individual mills, and for training salesmen to understand and promote the grading system. The need for new and increased promotional activities to capitalize on the success to date of the HPI trade promotion prograln was stressed in a second panel discussion on merchandising.

Paul Boden of Life magazine termed merchandising the great opportunity facing alert manufacturers of building products because of the change in the nature of home building in recent years. Because close to 80/. of homes are sold after being built instead of being constructed to order, he said, the value of promoting a specific material or brand name is heightened.

Luncheon speaker Dt. J. A. Hall, director of the U. S. Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wis., stressed the value of research to manufacturers in competitive times. As examples, he cited his laboratory's work on particle board, block flooring sawkerfed on the bottom for flexibility, veneer cutting

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Washington-The sharp lag in the training of apprentices for the building crafts is beginning to pose a problem for the home building industry which may well become a critical shortage of skilled labor, a spokesman for the National Association of Home Builders, Earl W. Horttor, Kansas City, Missouri, chairman of the NAHB I.abor Committee, said after a series of NAHts planning meetings.

"We are today training only between 75,000 ancl 80,000 young men in the building crafts, accorcling to Labor Department estimates, and this number does not even keep abreast of the journeymen who leave tlre labor force each year," he said.

"By conservative estimate, there should bc a minimum of 200,000 trainees now engaged in apprentice programs. Aside from industrial construction, the requirements for the home building industry may well reach trvo million units a year by 1965 if the tremen-

and slicing, and investigation of the values of domestic hardwoods not now used in plywood production. During the morning session, Institute Manager Charles E. Close discussed grademarking under the terms of a new commercial standard, CS 35-36, which will be promulgated shortly by the U. S. Department of Commerce.

dons expansion in nerv family formation materializes as it is now expected to."

Horttor said some slight upturns were noted in the number of rnen training to becomecarpenters, plumbers, pipefitters, painters and craftsmen in the trowel trades but the increase has fallen far short of requirements. .,The construction industry and the labor unions are not n'ithout their share of responsibility. They should encourage young tnen to enter these fine crafts, and see to it that the training programs maintain interest and turn ()ut lnen u'ell prepared for their jobs," he said. "I think it also is fair to say that the more rve encourage and help young men to enter useful and 'ivell-paving crafts and trades, the less problems we rvill have rvith juvenile delinquency."

Horttor clisclosed that NAHB is taking a number of steps to encourage and assist its local affiliated associations in the establishment of training programs.

J-M Eqrnings Neor All-rime Peok

For the sixth successive year, Johns-Manville's saies volume in 1955 established a new high record, L. M. Cassidy, chairman of the board, told stockhol,ders in the 97th anniversary report. Saies were $284,741,498 in 1955, compared with g253,151,584 in 1954. Consolidated net earnings of Johns-Manville Corporation in 1955 were $23,511,183, which was $6,855,525 more than net earnings of $16,655,658 in 1954.

(Tell them th,at you saw it in The Calif ornia Lumber Merchant. )

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Furniture Mclrf Breoks Ground

Ground was broken April 6 for the $7 million Los Angeles liurniture I4art at the historic midtown property on Washington boulevard between Ilroaclway and Hill street. Ten years in the planning, the merchandising center will rise on the 4/z-acre former amusement park, baseball field and circus grounds. Los Angeles employs 17,000 persons in the $250 million-a-year furniture industry, third largest in the U.S. Site of the future Mart was known as McCartney's Washington Gardens at the turn of the century.

Sollye Bissell Tokes Over Job

Sallye Bissell, Weyerhaeuser Sales Company, will be chairman of the Employment committee for Los Angeles H,oo-Hoo-Ette Club No. 1 for the remainder of the 1955-56 season. Anne Bellino, who was appointed to this post in December, will not be able to continue in the job. Contact Miss Bissell at RIchmond 8-2251 if you need a job, or need a lumbergirl.

Pope & Tqlbot Veneer Plqnt

Pope & Talbot have announced plans to build a green veneer plant and a particle board plant at Oakridge, Oregon.

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L.A. Hoo-Hoo-Etles liriliqre l4 Kittens of April Concqtenqtion

Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo-Ette Club No. 1 met April 9 at the Rodger Young auditorium and enjoyed an excellent dinner starting at 6:D p.m. A Concatenation was the feature of the April meeting and Eullale Matich, Pine Ridge Lumber Co., the initiation chairman, supervised the event 'ivith the assistance of other officers. A splendid ceremony brought these 14 kittens through the portals to Hoo-Hoo membership:

Faye Bolmer, Pacific Crate Co.; Evelyn Budd, Zeesman Plyrvood Co.; Lillian Cote, "Mickey" Pinnelli, Western Mill & Lumber Co.; Frances Crawford, Allied Veneer Co'; Bess Diffey, Marie Hutchings, Fern Trucking Co.; Marjorie Eads, Ethyl Sly, Burbank Lumber Co.; Lena Galyean, Dou,ney Kiln Drying & Milling Co.; Margaret Gunn, Davidson Plyu'ood & Lumber Co.; Phyllis Hawkins, S & S Lumber Co.; Adelle Johnson, Golden State Lumber Co', and Felicia Reid, Weyerhaeuser Sales Co.

President Mable Staser, H. X{. Nelson Co., reported that the club's Educational Seminar, headed by Elsie Stirling, 1-reld its first class April 6 at the Commodore hotel and 'rvas a tremendous success rvitl-r more than 5O lumberrvouren attending.

Ida Cunner, Marquart-Wolfe Lumber Co., chairman of the Nominating committee, appointed the following to nominate officers for the 7956-57 term:

Orinda Hazen,Tarzana Lumber Co.; Nelle Holland, La'n'rence-Philips Lumber Co. : Vera Prince, I{arbor Box Co.;

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A. Drennan, prominent local building contractor, 'ivas elected president of the Bakersfield and Kern County Builders Excllange. Others elected are Darrel J. Turner, vice-president, and Joe Alexander, treasurer.

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Agnes Mclntyre, West Coast Lumbermen's Assn.; Laura Turk, Hammond Lumber Co.; Dorothy Hagerman, PattenBlinn Lumber Co.; Mary Sheldon, E. J. Stanton & Son, and Frieda Butterfield, Mullin Lumber Co'

Door prize for the evening \vas \{ron by Eullale Matich and the birthday gift (a lace collar) by Alma Christian' Davidson Plywood & Lumber Co. Both prizes were donated by Atlas Lumber Co.

The meeting concluded with a gift shorn'er and congratulations to Lynn Martin of The Phipps Company on her marriage April 7 to Donald F. Rose. Her mother, Mrs. Ida Martin, was the Hoo-Hoo-Ettes' special guest for the evening.

$t + rrrillion Mosonite Exponsion

Masonite Corporation has launched a $14,000,000 expansion program at its plants in Laurel, Miss., and Ukiah, Calif., announced John M. Coates, president. Increased facilities for producing hardboard will enable the world's largest manufacturer to serve its building supply dealers and industrial customers better in the face of accelerating demands, he said.

At the Masonite plant in Ukiah, the capacity is being increased by enlarging the screenback type hardboard facilities by approximately 50/o. Masonite Corporation is the pioneer producer of hardboards, having been in business for 29 years. Siding as a specialty product was introduced about three years ago, and its acceptance has greatly exceeded expectations, Coates said.

Newgrooved plywood ponel simuloles solid wood plonking, yet is eosier lo opply. lluch lower in cost. In Blonde or RedPhilippine Mohogony (sliced ribbon groin or rotory cut), ldoho Knotty Pine qnd Americon Birch.

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Modern materials-handling devices are making life simpler and safer for the logger, Norman D. Thompson. production co-ordinator of Gerlinger Carrier Company, Dallas, Ore., told the spring meeting of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers in the Hotel Multnomah, Portland, Ore. He said that recent applications of heavy-duty forklift trucks to log handling have shorvn them to have considerable economic advantages over the old methods. T,hese trucks, he added, must have a capacity of at least 16,000 to 20,000 pounds, and must be designed with at least 45/o of the vehicle weight on the drive rvheels and some strengthening of the boom.

A "log push-off" carriage consisting of two vertical arms pivoted at the top and actuated by hydraulic cylinders has been found advantageous in unloading, he said. With it logs can be cold-decked up to the maximum lift height of the truck.

Also gror,ving in favor is the straddle-type material carrier, used primarily for transporting and capable of a.verage maximum speeds of about 25 miles per hour.

The major economic advantage of the fork-lift truck rvas said to be reduction of manpower needed to handle logs. A secondary benefit, however, lies in the more efficient use of operating time of other equipment, particularly logging trucks and tractors.

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cold decked or fed directly to the multiple conveyor chains leading to the saw. This results in greater safety, since it places the operator close to the load, but with adequate protection allows him to position the logs exactly in the desired location. Elimination of cables and hooks keeps rvorkers off and away from logs.

"In addition," he said, "it may be concluded that it would be quite difficult to drown in a dry pond."

Club I 09 ro Hold Moy 26 Concot

Sacramento Hoo-Hoo Club 109 will hold its annual golf tournament and concat on May 26, announces President Jack Berry. The tournament will be held at the Bing N{aloney Course, and the concat and bancluet 'ivill be at the Press Club on the Fair Grounds. Russell Tracy rvill be in charge of the tournament, assisted by Bill Frazer and Clifi Frazier. President Berry will head the running of the concat and Larry Derr has been placed in charge of th.e entertainment for the evening.

Kittens are now in season and a full scale "Kitten Hunt" is underway in the Sacramento area, reports Club 109 Secretary C. D. LeMaster.

BCA Instqlls 1956 Officers

About 200 members and guests of the Los Angeles chapter of the Building Contractors Assn. of California attended the recent inaugural dinner to install the 1956 officers: Harold Sproul, president; John Kuhl, first, and Nels Pallisgaard, second vice-presidents; Harry Hanson, Jr., secretary, and Roger Salmon, treasurer. Barney Smith is executive secretary.

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OH, SEE! CAN YOU 5AW?-First-groders of the Gorden Avenue School, studying the home ond how it is conttructed, took c tour of the Burnett Lumber Compony in Tulcre, Colif., recently to see first-hond lhe operotion of grcding and cutting lumber. fhe smoll fry wotch Yard Foremon Ed Lsmbert of the Burneil retoil yord cul soma bosrds with d powet ssw. fhe youngsters olso exqmined flooring, plywood ond lwo neorly compleled doll houses. Mrs, Bery Morrelli, ffrst-grade leocher, is or the right

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GEORGE CTOUGH ond his chorming new bride, the former Mory Gront, cre shown dt the reception following their recent wedding in Los Angeles. After o short honeymoon, George is back ol the Clough lumber Compony ond lhe new Mrs. is "ol home." Both ordent booting fons, lhey ore spend. ing the spring weekends ot Bolboo reodying rhe fcmily yochl

CHARIIE KENDAL], deqn of the Soulhern Coliforniq lumbermen, who is now well into his second holf-century of service to Sourhlcnd dealer:, wos cought recently al some of his favorite leoding. Charlie hos been identified in the lumber industry since 1905 ond hor moinloined offtces in th€ Petroleum Securify Bldg., Figueroo ond Olympic. for the post 3l yeors. His is on qctive life servicing his qccounts wirh ship. menfs vio ccrgo, roil ond truck-ond-troiler from the Northwest

OPEN FOR BUSINESS is the new Continentol Lumber Sqler in Son Morino. fhe wholesofe lumber firmis heqded by "Peyl" Moloney (lefi) cnd lou Hollond (righr), well known in los Angelcs lumbcr circles, The ofiice is clfroctivcly hondled by Elsc Knudson (cenlcr), who doesn't hovc lo keep the Potlnort oPqrl

I Tl{E TWO SPORTY-looking chcrroclers obove cre E. E. "Brad" Brndford (lefi) ond Meod Kibbey. fhey ore supporting lhemselvcr (in more wqyt thon one) on q slqck of No. 3 Redwood Vcc Rustic in fhe Blqck Dismond Compony's Sdcramento conGcnfration yord

-(Photo Couilesy of Tulore Advonce-Register)

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Gongress Democrqts Move lo Scrop lke's Morfgoge Progrom

The government's top housing official, Housing and Home Finance Administrator Albert M. Cole, told the Mid-West Mortgage Conference of the Mortgage Bankers Association in Chicago recently that a move is afoot to scrap the Administration's program to provide mortgage financing through private capital and to put the government back in the business of financing home loans directly out of public funds. He particularly attacked a proposal in a housing bill introduced by Democratic leadership to reestablish the Federal National Mortgage Association as a Government-financed operation and to authorize it to make direct home financing loans up to 40 years.

"This is no mere proposal to get the nose of the government camel back under the private financing tent," he said. .,This proposal would move the camel and his whole family right inside, into the center ring . We must provide a sounder, better method of meeting our secondary mortgage market requirements." He said that such a method has been provided under the Housing Act of 1954 in the FNMA privately financed' secondary market facility, and that it is ,.off to a promising start and I am confident it can do the job.,,

Referring to a mortgage banker's remark some time ago, that he is "in the mortgage business-not in politics,,' Mr. Cole said, "He is already in politics-and so are the rest of you. It is very important that you understand the Government's responsibility in this matter. For it is through political channels that the people test their institutions against their requirements and determine whether they want to change them,,' Cole de_ clared. The Public Housing Administration has written down

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the federal government's billion-dollar capital investment in public housing to virtually a nominal figure. It has done this, he said, by substituting private investment for public credit' "Public housing, as a matter of fact," he said, "has made one of the most notable contributions to national debt reduction of any of our dorrestic programs."

U.S. Plywood to Spend $2O Million

S. W. Antoville, president of United States I'lywood, announces that the company plans to spend more than $20,000,000 on expansion over the next trvo years. The bulk of these expenditures, he said, will be for development of the company's vast timber holdings in Oregon, rvhich rn'cre just increased by a half-billion board feet through acquisition of Youngs Bay Lumber Co., Inc. This enlarges U.S. I'lyrvood's timber holdings in the state of Oregon alone to over 1,800,000,000 board feet, and the company's total timber reserves to over 4l blllion leet.

"Nfajor steps in our expansion and development Prograrn," Mr. Antoville said, "involve the sreater utilization of the half-billion feel of timber we own in the Golcl I3each area in southwestern Oregon, the creation of large-scale integrated manufacturing operations in the Roseburg, Ore., area, made possible by the Youngs Bay acquisition, further expansion of our timber and manufacturing activities in Canada, and construction of another plant for manufacturing prefinished plywood at Orangeburg, S. C."

Groin Storoge Bins Aid Deolers

The Department of Agriculture anticipates purchase of 10O million bushels of grain storage bin capacity in the fornr of standard 3250 bushel capacity bins, to be used for the storage of Government-owned grains, lvl.rich will create another major storage problem for CCC this summer and fall, and again refers to the need for farmers to take the necessary steps to provide adequate storage for ti-reir 1956 crops. Any dealers interested in bidding on the CCC purchase of grain bins should advise immediately so rve can see that their names are placed on the USDA list to receive the bid information when it is released, says the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association.

Rounds Adds Ghuck Porro to Sqles Force

In line with its sales force expansion program, Harry Merlo, sales manager of Rounds Lumber Company, an-

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Porro, a native of Willits, California, has had considerable sawmill experience in the redwood region, both rvith Willits Redwood Products Company and Warm Springs Redwood Company. He is also a veteran of the Korean \\rar, having spent one year with the 45th Infantry. Prior to joining Rounds, Porro spent a year and a half with the California Redr,vood Association as a lumber inspector.

FPRS Meets June 4-7 in Asheville

New methods and materials for improved wood utilization will be discussed at the 10th national meeting of the Forest Products Research Society June 4-7 in Asheville, N. C. Latest technological progress rvill be reported in 70 papers at the 14 technical sessions and 15 Societv committees will conduct open meetings throughout the four-day period. The program will include an "Exhibitors Day,,, giving an opportunity to visit thd "FPRS Suppliers Exhibit."

Information regarding registration and hotel reservations for the meeting may be obtained by writing the Forest Products Research Society, P.O. Box 1188, Asheville, N. C.

€olifornion Heods Foresfers

DeWitt Nelson of Sacramento, Calif., has been elected mail ballot of the members as president of the Society American Foresters for the two-year term 1956-1957.

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Organized in 1900, the Society of American Foresters, with headquarters in Washington, D. C., has membership of 11,000.

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€oliforniq Redwood Gqrden ldeos

The 1956 edition of the popular, annually published booklet, "Ideas for Your Garden Using California Redwood," is nou' available from the California Red',vood Association. The ne'ivest of a long series of garden brochures comprises 16 pages, some in full color, rvith many illustrations of detached garden rooms, paving and planting combinations, privacy and wind barriers, plant boxes and raised planting beds in a variety of designs; pools and plav areas, garden work centers, and garden terraces for outdoor living.

"Garden Redu'ood from California," a grouping of the existing grades of redrvood rvhich are best suited to garden construction, is featured throughout with many ideas for extending the existing structure to include outdoor living.

With the national marketing of these garden grades of redwood, cut from the less desirable sections of the tree, fullest utilization of the commercial redwood is now possible.

Single copies of the garden booklet are available without charge from the California Redwood Association. 576 Sacramento Street, San Francisco 11, Calif.

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Reno Yord Buildings Relocoted

IHE RETAII YARD OPERAIION of rhe Poul Bunyon Lumber Co. hos now compfeted irr move from 500 Evqns Avenuo to 2755 Easl 5th Street in Reno, Nevodo, ond the store is oll set up ond doing buriness dl lhe new oddress in "the biggesr lirtle ciry in the world," reports Monoger Henry D. Hqncock. The photos obove show whqt fhe buildings look like cfter hoving been moved ond set up on new foundctions, ond o mighry slick job it appeors to be

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Averoge of 485 Forest Fires A Doy Reported in 1954

Forest fire fighters were called to an average of 485 fires a day during calendar year 1954, the U. S. Department of Agriculture announced recently. This represents a total of 176,891 forest fires for the year which injured more than 8.5 million acres of forest resources-timber, water, forage, wildlife, and recreational opportunities. The summary compiled by the Forest Service is based on reports from its field offices, the State Forestry Departments, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the Department of Interior.

Although the number of fires in 1954 increased l2/o over the 154,160 reported for 1953, forest fire fighting agencies are encorlraged by two aspects of the 1954 record. The acreage burned decreased, and the number of fires is still under the average for the past five years-181,740-despite the fact many areas experienced several years of continuous drought.

The total acreage burned in 1954 was 8,832,963 acres as compared to 9,975,750 in 1953. The average area per fire dropped from 27.26 acres in 1953 to 23.28 acres in 1954. These figures reflect improvements in fire fighting organization and control methods throughout the country generally. Millions of acres, however, are still inadequatelyprotected-too few lookouts to spot and report fires immediately, too few suppression crews to hit fires while they are small, or too little equipment to do the job effectively on the fire line.

The overall drop in the number of fires during the past five years has been brought about by the Smokey Bear

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There were 40,520 incendiary fires as compared to 30,185 in 1953. Some 30,318 trash and brush heap fires spread to

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the 'ivoods in 1954;22,537 in 1953. Smokers caused 23,330 forest fires last year;20,696 in 1953. These three causes alone account for 75 percent of the forest fires reported.

Other causes of fires and totals were: railroads 2,872 tn 1954, 2,619 in 1953; lumbering operations 2,928 in 1954, 2,309 in 1953; man-caused fires with miscellaneous origins 14,650 in 1954,12,580 in 1953; and lightning 7,780 in 1954, 8.528 in 1953.

National F'orest Fire Damage $3.7 Million

Forest fire damage on national forests lvas estimated at $3.7 million for calendar year 1954, the U. S. Department of Agriculture announced. According to reports from Forest Service field offices, 7,369 forest fires-3,425 of them man-caused-burned 1O7,656 acres of national forest land during 1954. The timber damage was $1,O62,489.

The destruction of ground cover, such as g'rass, trees, and shrubs, resulted in damages ol $2,227,455 to watersheds which supply a large part of the water used in the West for industry, irrigation farming, and in the home.

R,ichmond to Cleclr Slum Arecr

Richmond, California, will transform a 96-acre blighted area into a modern, well-planned industrial park with the help of federal funds approved by Urban Renewal Commissioner J. W. Follin in a federal grant of $82,140 and a loan of $1,002,140 for the project, known as "Galvin Industrial Park." Re-use of the former residential area for light industrial purposes is dictated by the fact that it is practically surrounded by major industries and that there is little land now available on a free market for Richmond's expanding industries. Open to trucks and automobiles, the Freeway and Bridge will make the project area readily accessible to the entire San Francisco metropolitan Bay district.

The site was formerly occupied by some 2,000 temporary war housing units all of which have been removed since redevelopment planning started. Blight remains in the form of some nine acres known as the "Compound."

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"The X[eow," published by Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club 39, reports that it understands Nortn Cords has moved into a neighborhood so swank that the Fire Department has an unlisted phone number.

William W. Potter, ger-reral salesmanager of Grand Rapids (Michigan) Hardrvare Co., was a recent southern California visitor on his annual spring swing for sales promotion 'round the country. He called on many southland retailers during his L. A. stay.

Bill Bonnell returned to Bonnell-Ward & Knapp headquarters in San Francisco April 9 after a lGday mill trip and lumber srlrvey through northern California.

Sparking a spring sales-procurement-promotion campaign, five prominent Stantonites made a trip through the NoCal mill country recently for E. J. Stanton & Son, Los Angeles wholesale firm.In the annual tour headed by Lloyd Webb, manager of the softwood division of the pioneer concern, were Jean Parrish, Max Krause, Milt pastornak and Charlie Wilson, all veteran salesmen with a total of more than a century of man-years of service with Stanton.

John Jenswold, that half of Mathis-Jenswold Hardwoods, is winding up an extensive S-week business trip through the midwest, east and south; he plans to return to his Oakland office about May 7.

George F. Weis, Los Angeles mill representative, writes that for the past four months he has been dividing his time between L. A. and the Mojave Desert area, where he has

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been doing pick-and-shovel and bulldozer work on some mining property he's had for 15 years. Partially developed for gold and silver before the last war, assay tests have revealed pitchblende, the primary uranium ore, and structure of the land indicates a rather large ore body of uranium along r'vith gold, he has been advised by some "experts." George is making plans to diamond drill and develop the property and hopes his geology hobby may yet pay off.

X{r. and l{rs. John Hunter return to California May 5 from a 6-week vacation trip to South An.rerican ports as far south as Buenos Aires on the S.S. Del Mar. He heads Tv,'in-City Lumber Co., with offices in Los Angeles and San Rafael.

E. G. "Ed" Gallagher, manager of White Brothers' plywood division and regional sales manager, announced his resignation April 15. Formerly head of Associated Plywood Mills. Inc., in San Francisco, Ed rvishes to thank all his friends and suppliers rvho have been so cooperative during the past year. He has made no future plans other than to relax for a while.

Bob Kilgore, Fairhurst Lumber Co., San Rafael, spent a recent week in Los Angeles on business and visiting the L. A. office.

Jim (Bonnell-Ward &) Knapp and his vr,ife returned to San Francisco the first of April from a lengthy 3-months vacation trip through the Orient.

Lynn Martin, popular "girl Friday" to Vance Phipps, president of The Phipps Company, Los Angeles lumber service, milling and storage firm, was married the evening of April 7 at the Lynrvood Methodist church to Donald F' Rose, master sergeant, U.S. Marines, Tu'entynine Palms. About 100 friends attended the wedding reception for the young couple held at Huntington Park. Co-hosts for the reception at N{arsals restaurant were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Firie and N{iss Dee Hoy. A short honeymoon rvas follor,ved u'ith the groom's return to his base and Lynn to her job, but things will be different in November rvhen Sgt. Rose retires from the corps and they establish residence in the southeast Los Angeles area.

Bob Smith and Fred Turkheimer, Tu'in-City I-umber Co., San Rafael, spent an early April week at mill connections in the Eureka area.

One of the nicest things about Horace Wolfe's vacations are the postcards he considerately ( ?) sends land-locked folks back home. The CLM is in receipt of recent com-

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muniques f rom llorace at llavana, Cuba, postmarked March 21 ; Nassau in the Bahamas, March 26, and West Palm Beach, Florida, March 28, 'uvhere he u,ent deep-sea fishing. He returned to Marquart-Wolfe Lumber Co. Hollyvrrood offices early in April but still sported his tan at the SCRLA convention April 17-19.

Hugh Stroupe, Cal-Pacific Lumber Co., San llafael, is recovering nicely after the addition to the family April 1i of Kathleen Stroupe.

Mother, Bob Meyer (Home Lumber & Supply Co., San Leandro), Dexter John "Red" Meyer and Grandpa Henry Meyer are coming along just fine and Bob's so efficient now he may open a school for expectant fathers.

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(Continued from Page 1) below production for the rveek ended April 14 and 7.8/" belorv the previous week; I2.3/o under the similar period a year ago. Production u'as above the previous rveek and 9.5/o above a year ago. Orders received rvere 87,284,000 feet, production 107,303,000 feet, and unfilled orders totaled 361.318.000 feet.

Some Douglas fir plyu'ood mills in the Pacific Northwest have cut production to a 4-day week until homebuilding picks up after unusually severe winter and spring weather in most parts of tire country. Actually, orders so far this year are only 1.5/o less than the first 14 r,veeks of 1955 but 13 more mills are producing plywood today than a year ago and panels are pouring out 9/o faster, reports The \A/all Street Journal. The "big three" plywood producers had no plans to curtail production. In contrast to high plywood production, Douglas {rr lumber output is running I3/o below a year ago, according to the \\ICLA, rvith many mills experiencing a critical log shortage t1-re past r,vinter, rvhereas plyu'ood n-rills were able to stockpile last fall. "The big push in homebuilding hasn't started yet but you have never seen a more optimistic lumber market," said a Portland rvholesale lumber dealer. "There is no talk exceDt of big demand," he added.

Pacific coast r,vaterborne lumber exports during February totaled 76,238,184 bf, compared with 91,763,352 in January a-nd I37,660,890 in February 1955, reported the Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau. Domestic shipments were 146,426,2l2bf in February, against 138,919,622 in January.

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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.

Contact Jack H. Fairfield

HAYWARD LUMBER & INVESTMENT COMPANY

410 San FernandoRoad., Los Angeles 31, Calif. - CApitol 5-6191

MANAGER WANTED

Working manager for new building materials yard-all finished products. Located in Bay area. Salary open.

Address Box C-2500, California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St.,Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

WANTED,

By Wholesale Hardwood Distributing yard, male or female fullcharge bookkeeper. Must have thorough knowledge of accounting and office management.

Address Box C-2498, California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St.,Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

WANTED.

Assistant managers and salesmen, age 25-35, by fast-growing organ- ization in SanJoaquin valley, offering many opportunitieJfor-ad- vancement. Medical andretirement plans available.

UNITED LUMBER YARDS Box 731, Modesto, Calif.

WANTED

Young man with desire to learn the lumber business and with the idea of working into sales. Previous experience not essential.

PENBERTHY LUMBER COMPANY

5800 So. Boyle Avenue, Los Angeles 58, Calif. LUdlow 8-5111

WANTED_LUMBER AND PLYWOOD SALESMAN

To work ona commission basis for one of the best known wholesale lumber firms in Califo,rnia, Must be well acquainted in Southern California and willing to work and thereby make money f;; aii concerned.

Address Box C-2501, California Lumber Merchant 108 WeSt 6th St.,Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

sAvE! FORK-UFT BARGATNS SAvEt

8rg Drscourts on Ncw Surpfor partt ,or Att iloka. ot|d l,r,dcls d Fqk fit. Used cood, Recondirioned or Rebuth & Gtd. 2,OOO-IS,OOO tb. cop.

lly5ter_150 t5,O00 tb. cop., rebuilt & guqrqntecd --...---i4950 Ross. l9 HT. .6,000 tb. cop., reconditionid -.-..-.....-...-..-...-..,.._..-.-..-.--..-.--...-..iUqSO 91".t! 6.000 lb. cop., rebuitt & guqronro€d ....................ii2t0

CtAl( 2,000 !!.- c-op:, w/h,tdtoulic Coron Grobi, reconditionid .....-..-.--.--..--.----ifgiS

!lor!, 3,000 & 4,000 tb. cop., racondirioned ..-.................-...........................iiti;

Clork plonelqo_der_.--,-. 3,500 lb, cop, pneu. tir€r. rabuilt & suorcnfod .-------iZbeO

I_oy!9tq 1156, 6,0O0-lb. cop., rebuitt & suoronrsed .........-.....-,.-.-.--...-..-...-.-.-.ii65O

GERIINGER FORK-LIFT, t2,Oq) tb. cop.__.._-__-....-..-_._iafOO

Pqrls for CoterpillorInlernolionolle Tournoqu

loroin - BuckeyeEuclidNorfhwettctc.

TERIIli AVAILABTT

New 3-lon Gholn Hoirfr Spur Gecrcdl0 ft. Chain 1o11......$99

JOSEPH & SONS,lNc. ESTABUSHED te06 12324 CENTER STREET HOrryDAtE, SOUTH GATE, CAUF

NEVADA 6.3327

METCALF O.3I05

Norncr of Advertircn inrhit Dcpormenr uring o blind cddrur cannol bc divutgcd. All inquirier ond rcplior rhould be oddrcrrcd fo kcy:hown in the odvertircmcnt

POSITION WANTED

Married woman, no, childlqn, 35 years of age, desires permanent po- sition in either wholesale or retail lumber field in the San FrancisioBay area.- Will beavailable the 15th of June. Currently employed by.a wholesale lumber firm in the valley-with whom I\re been-associated jor the.past 8 years. Have had full charge of office, handling books, doing billing, tally checking, etc. Can ofier best'of referl ences. My employer knows of this ad.

Address Box C-25U2, California Lumber Merchant

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

WHOLESALE SALESMAN AVAILABLE

Experienced timber products salesman wishes to make wholesale connection in Northern California ona commission basis, Has suc_ cessful re,cord. developlrg tt9* territories, including "oittt.rn-Cari- tornla and Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Top references.

Add_ress Box C-2499, California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

MILL REPRESENTATIVE

will sell your lunrber (Fir or Redwood) in southern california. rlormerly.associated_fo,r 20 years with highly rated Los Aneeles rumber wholesaler. Desire direct mill representation. Interviei in North or Los Angeles.

Addgegs Box C-2416, California Lumber Merchant 1(B West 6th St.,Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

MeR[9t31nTuolo

Fjlgr &.Stowell type design, 1951. All-steel paikage unit with com_ pre-re-s€ts ot gear motors and all air lifts on transfer rolls, chains and drives. 24" infeed, rolls, 36" outfeed. Infeed & ""tti.[i"if, I+' long, ^98' overall._ Canhandle 25,000 feii p.i a"y fo'e-i"ulactui_ i1e 9f .*,:. Is being used for siwing Cteiis intb vertical iiii"-iiii, sp-ruce, uedar, etc., ior minesweeper program, Excellent foi makine siding strips in VG for Redwood- o. -Cedar -itt ;G;-;;;;i";ffiili s_uch items as ladder stock, pole stock and "p.. j"a *jii;;;a;.;tc: 9.1 *f seen in.operation. -Write for uruefrGt. Fiiai,-Eiqiio'"ii, J:.rJ.5. CarS Unlcago, wthout resaw.

HUSS LUMBER COMPANY

1350 W. Ful.lerton Avenue, Chicago 14, Illinois

MACHINERY FOR SALE

Sash & Door Sticke,r-3 motor-24 heads. . .-. $ 650 Teroner-S motors ...__.....-...$1SOO Wlritq"y Shaper-wet frequency ...........$i8OO

Belt Sander ....$ aOo fncinerator ll 6" x 5d _-.. . Cheap L. Solberg, 1000 Foothill Blvd., La Verne Phone: Lycoming 4-4020

FOR SALE_USED LIFT TRUCKS

One 9erling-er, 8-ton capacity-; One Hyster, 7ft-ton capacity, and One..Ross, 9-ton capacity. These machines ari-in good op6iating condition.

BURNABY and WILLIAMS

6lO2 Sepulveda Blvd. Van Nuys, Calif. STate 5-6561

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

B UY-SELL-REPAIR-SERVICE

Fork Lifts andStraddle Trucks. Complete shopand field service. Portable Welding, Special Fabrication, Steam Cleaning andPainting. Service Available 7 Days a Week. All work gu-ranteed.

COMMERCIAL REPAIRS AND SERVICE

1115 North Alameda Street, Compton, Calif.

Phones: NEwmark l$269, NEvada 6-4805

JAMBS L. HALL OO.

ITATN'fr HAEDWOO DS" T N O. JEFISWIDI

lrnport Shipmcnt3 JopqnG3e Lunrber & Plywood Philippinc lt/lohogony lumber

6lO l6rh 5r., Oqklqnd l2

CARTOAD & L.C.t. SHIP'YIENTS

CALIFORNIA LUMBER YARDS FOR SALE

A.-Code "Arroyo"-This is E. K. Wood's yard in Pasadena (now used as a storage yard). R. R. lease with spur track. Will sell all improvements lor onry $11,000. No inventory to buy.

B.-Code "HARRY"-Located in San Qabriel valley; established over thirty years ago. Ground about 3Q000 sq. ft. Very good office bldg. andone-story sheds; paved yard. Price for ground andbuildings $4Q0O0; inventory about 93U,000. Might consider Ieasing at $350 monthly plus taxes. Sales last year $175,000; fine opportunity for "Do-It-Yourself" trade.

C.-Code "San Joaquin"-Two southern San Joaquin Valley yards, long established. One yard on RR lease, the other on owned ground; will not seil separately. Both yards have made money every year for last ten years. Books will be open. GeneralAp- praisal Co. report will be shown. Price for both yards, 937,000 plus rnventory of about $50,000. Would like purchaser to take over accounts receivable on guaranteed basis.

D.-Code "FERNANDO"-Located in San Fernando Valley on main through street. One owner twelve years. RAILROAD LEASE only $12 per month. Ground L25x392 ft. More available. PRICE $9,000 for buildings, improvements and truck; Inventory about $6,000. This is a steal.

E.-Butte County, Calif., woodworking plant; 4-side planer, rip saw, cutofi saw, burner, truck with rollers; two acres. Ownei buys rough lumber _from various sawmills in that area; then rips and resaws it to order. Price for everything glQ000; plus smallinvLntory of about $2,000.

F.-We also have several long-established but recently closed yards for sale. No inventory or equipment to buy. The cireapest o-ne is located on a R. R. lease between Los Angeles and Santa Monica. Price for all improvements only 915,000.

TWOHY LUMBER CO.

7t4 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles 15; Rlchmond 9-9746

FOR SALE-SOUTHWEST YARD

The most outstanding yard in southwest is for sale due to owner's letirement-. Cit_y of -3O0,000. Established business, mostly wholesale. Particularly adaptable- for ,wholesaleconcentration yaid,_ Sell or leaseequipment 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.

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. 9200,000. Owner will carfy land and buildings on ten-year contract or lease.

P. O. Box 661, Fallon,.Nevada

FOR SALE

Bone Dry White Fir Stickers-l5,000 pieces 1-fuxl-s/8-5, lS pcs. to b_*{lS. Price per piece 10 cents each. Stock cut to exact fungth. Goodly portion are clear strips.

Mixed Fir and Cedar Stickers-8fiE pieces 2x2-5 at 15 cents each.

Fir Dividers-2fi)O pieces 4x4-5 at 35 cents each.

Fir Bottom Bearings-600 pieces 6x8-5 at 65 cents each.

BRUSH INDUSTRIAL LUMBER COMPANY

1500 So. Greenwood Avenue,Montebello, Calif. RAymond 3-3301

**** *GIPO' LUMBER HANDLING

Labor available for Car Unloading, Sorting, Sticking. "Free', 1956

Printed Price List. Arrangemcnts made for Lift oi Carrier Hauls from any public tearn tracks.

CRANE & CO. 5143 Alhambra Avenue CA. 2-8143 Los Angeles32, Calif.

Representing "HARTZEII" Fine Walnut Southern Hordwoodr

Phone TEmplebcr 2-0834

Ol'ilr,naip/t

€horles E. Bonestel Dies,Son of Founder of Peoples lumber Compony

Charles E. Bonestel, 77, retired retail lumber company executive, died suddenly April 10 at his home at 1282 East Santa Clara Street in Ventura, California. He was the son and grandson of two of the founders, among a group of early-day residents, of the Peoples Lumber Company, now a prospering lineyard concern in the valley area.

Mr. Bonestel rvas employed by the company in 1897 and was manager of it f.rom 1924 to 1948, when he retired; he continued to serve as a director from 1947 unttl his death. His father, Watson A. Bonestel, founded the company with his father, Charles D. Bonestel, one of the pioneer lumbermen in the county and grand{ather of the deceased.

Charles E. Bonestel, who had cooperated generously with The California Lumber Merchant only last year in gathering biographical data on Adolfo Camarillo, the president of the Peoples Lumber Company, was born in Iowa and went to Ventura with his parents in 1883; he was 18 when

Co' .-'..----'--.------'----.---------75

he joined the lumber company, which was reorganized and incorporated as the Peoples Lumber Company in 189O. He had worked in the yard two years when he became bookkeeper in 1899. When his father retired in 1922, Mr. Bonestel took over his duties, officially becoming manager in 1924.

He leaves his wife, the former Anna Palm, whom he married in 1913; two daughters, Nf rs. June Spraggins and Mrs. Betty Willis of Ojai; a sister, Margaret B. Lewis of Ventura, and two grandsons. He was a life member of Rotary, Elks, and was a Knight Templar Mason and noble of the AAONMS.

In Mr. Bonestel's memory, all eight retail yards of the Peoples Lumber Company in Ventura county closed from noon to 3:00 p.m., April 12, the day of the funeral. Pallbearers were William Rau, Cecil Garrison, Ted Lemmon, William Winfield, Bert Roderick, J. A. Cline, Sidney Mercer and John Brown. Honorary pallbearers were Mr. Camarillo, president of the company; C. A. Lind and A. J. Dingeman, first and second vice-presidents of Peoples. respectively; J. C. Crump, secretary; Ben W. Bartels, general manager of the yards at the Ventura offices; L. D. Willis and H. H. Eastwood-other directors; Lou Rockman, John Thille, Jasper Barry and Stan Lotheridge.

ADVER,TISERS .INDEX

{tAdverliting oppeorr in olfernqle issues

Sqn Fronciico Glqrr Co, -.-.-...-..-.--.....-....*

Soford-Lu::ier, In<. .--..-..-.-.........-.-"--..--.-,*

Soni-Top. Inc, -....-.-..----.--...-.--..-....-.-...-----, *

Sontq Fe Iumber,

5impson Redwood Co, ----.--------

Smith, Hermon A. --.-------....-.-.-

Smith Lumber Co., Rolph L.

Belon ComPqny, fhe --"...-.-''...- ""--'- ""' +

Big Town {umber, In<. """ ' I Lumber, Inc. --.

Stqhl Lumbe. Co. -,----------.-.-...

Stondord lumber Co., In<.

Bliss & Gol$ Lmber Co

Drl55 q vqrs>

Blue Di@ond CorPolqlid ---.--

Bohnhoft Lumber Co. ..-.-'-.....--

...-..-------.74

Bonnefl-Word E Knopp -.--.--.....-....-....""-"'67

Bonninqton Lumber Co. ---....----. "" " "'-74

Brewtir, Lyle & As.ociqtes

Brown limier Co. --..-'-.....---..--.--...-'-""-""41

Bruce Co., E. t. ----...-----'-..---'

Brush fndustriol Lumbe. Co' -...--'-..."-""-"46

Col Di5tributing Co. ..-----....'--"...-----'-"'----' *

iol Pcifi< Lcmber Co. -.-.-'..--- --""---'-"'"' *

Gql-Pqciftc Redwood 5oles, Inc. ....---""--'I9

Colovero: Cement Co. -----.-------..-------"'----'I5

ioliforniq Builders Supplv Co. --.---.--"""'58

Golifornio Door Co. of L. A. ..----'.'.'---- "" *

Cqliforniq Lumber Scles .-----.--.---'-.--.----""- |

Cqliforniq Pqnel & Veneer --'--'-----..'-.---""' 5

Gmeron Trucking, Inc. ..-.----.------.--.-...--."'-'l ll

Ccrpilol Shoke Co.

Cccode Pociflc Lumber Co. -..--..-..-

Celotex Corporotion, The .-...----.'-----.

Centrol Volley Box & Lumbet Co.

Conrolidqted Lumber

Cooper

Cords Lumber Co. -...---....-.-..--........-.-'-.-'..--35

Curly's Lvmber Co. --.,-.... -'-.-..- ------*

Dqlron, R. W. E Co. ....--..-......--...-.--....--.. *

Dont & Rucrell, In(. .-..,,...-.'-..........-24' 25

Dovis Hordwood Co. .---.-....'.---..-.-..--.-..-----. *

Dwid:on Plywood & Lumber Co. .-...-'.'.-.1 8

Dimond W Supply Co. --,,...'-.---...--.-..'.--" *

Dof(o l onufocluring Co' .--..-.-.-'..----'...-----47

Doflor Co., The Robetf ..-...-.'-.-..--.----------.44

Douglor Fir Plywood As:ociotion --....6,7

Drokes Boy Lumber Co. -.-.--,-...-..---.'...-----..*

Duroble Pllnrood 5oles Co. ----.-..-..--.-'.-....52

Dyer Lumber Sqles ...-------,---....'.-------.---.-----*

Eckrtrom Plywood & Dor Co. --.,-.....'..----- rt

Edwqrd: Lumber md Mfg. Co. ..-.-------------'77

*

Stqnton & Son. E. J, .-...----_--.-._.-..,-._-.-_...... *

Stewort Plywood Co., O. W. .-...-.*-,.-_---57

Strqble lcmber Co. .-...-..-

Slroit Door Mfg. Co.

Sunsef Floor Coverings Co.

5uperior lumber Sqle: Co.

Tocomo Lumber Soles, Inc.

To.dy, Joe _.__.-........-..-..--76

Torter, Weblter & Johnson, lnc. .....-.-___-_..-26

lobe, Robert t, ..--...--------..,,.-----.--..-,--------.. *

Timber Engineering Co. of Colif. ..-..-._.....-52

Trwco, fnc. ..-.....--....--_.7b

Triongle Lumber Co. --------...-...,--.-----.,,,-----*

lrinity River Iumber Sql$ Co. -...-...-.--_-.. r

Tropicol & We:fern Lumber Co. ,._,_-_,---.-*

Twin-City Lumber Co. .-....-__._-_--_:-..,,-----.---. *

Twin Hqrbors Lumber Co. ,,-.---.-.....-.,-.----*

Uoited stotes Iumber Corp. ----.,---------.---...*

U. 5. Plywood Corp, -,----------.--.--.,,------.---.-*

U.5. Wholerqle Supply Co. ---.....,,--.--.----.*

Union Lmber Co. -......-,-..---.------.....,,-.----.-*

Upson Compony, The --.,-----.-.----...-.,,..----*

Volley Plywood Co. .-...-..--..-..............--.-.-... *

Vollsledt Kerr Lumber Co., The ---.-.--..--.... ,|

Wolker & Son, T. V., Inc..........-......-.-..- *

Worren Southwest, In(. *

Wqtts, Corl W. -...--..-,--.-..-..-........-......--.-,-*

Wendling-Norhon Co. -.....-.........-...--.--.,--...14

West Coqst Lumbermen's As3n. -.-..,-..----. * Wert Coogt 5creen Co, -,--....---.-...-...---.....-.-*

Wett Coort Tinber Produclr Agency.,....,- 'l

Weslein Door E 5eh Co

Weslern Dry Kiln -.---.--,,,-.--.-,-.------..--.-....-.74

Weslern Lumber Co. ---.--..------------.--....-....74

Western Mill & Lumber Co. -,---.,-----.--------. *

Wesfern iiill & itoulding Co.,,-..-.,,...,.....51

Western Pine Atsociqtion ......-...-.-,--.--,---.-.39

Western Pine Supply Co. ------------.--.----.-..---*

Weslern Slot$ Pllruood Corp, .-.......---.-.... *

Weyerhoeurer Sqler Co. -.---,..,...,-.,--,,-----,-*

White Brothe.s ,.-,--O,F.C. Windeler Co., Ltd., George -,,,..-...,.-.--......

BUYER'S GUIDE

tOS ANGETES

Calilornic PoEld Veneer Co........TRinity 0057

Ccrlow Compcny. .. ....ADcmg 4-0159

Cobb Co., T. M.. ..ADcms l-lll7

Dcvidson Plywood 6 Lumber Co...ANgelus 3-6931

Dlcnond W Supply Co.. .. -. .RAymond 3-4861

E<kslrom Plywood 6 Door Co.......ADcms 3-4228

Fidler's Mcnulccluring Co..........Oregon 8-899I

Fir-Tex oI So. Cclil.. ......ADcms 2-8101

IONG

BUILDING MATENIALS

Dolco Mcnulccturing Co,. .2350 Curry Ave,

Snith, Herncn 4....... .CHcomqa 5-6I{5

South 8cy Lumber Co.. ...OReson 8-2268

Southern Cclilornic Lurnber Scles... .Elliott 8-ll5l

Slcndcrd Lumbar Co,, Inc..........ORegon 8-214I

Stcaton, E, L & Son. ..... .IDans 4-9211

Tqcoma Lunber Scles, Inc.. .MAdison 6-683I

Tcrdy, Joe. .tr.Udlow l-078

Tcrler, Websler & lohnsou, Inc....ANqolus 9-72rt

Tropicrl d Weetem Lunber Co.. .LOgcn 8-2325

Twir Hqrborg Lumber Co. (C, P. Henrv G Co.). .. .. .Rlchmond 9-652{

Uuited Stctes Lumber Corp..........LOgcn 8-6655

Vollstedt Kerr Lunbcr Co..... ..BRcd"hcw 2-0126

Wendling-Ncthcn Co.... .....RYcn l-9321

Weelen MiII d LunbEr Co,........INqrelus 2-1149

Weyerhceuser Scles Co,..... ....Rlchnond 8-6181

\l/inton Lunber Sclee Co..........lNgelus 3-6Q\l

E. K. Wood Lumber Co.. .RAymood 3-480I

CNESOTED LITMBEN-POLES_PILING_TIES

Bcxler, I. H. 6 Co.. ......DUakirk 8-9591

Wcrren Soulhwest, Inc... r.........NEvcdc 6-2983

SAN DIEGO

LUIVIBEN

Dqnt 6 RussEll,Inc. ..... ..BElmont 3-7{25

BUILDING MATEBIAf,S Cobb, Co., T. M,... ......EElnont 3-6673

United Statos Plywood Corp.... ..BElmont 2-5178

SAN FRANCISCO

LUI\8EN

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