Obituaries Harry A. Lake

Harry Aubrey Lake, pioneer retail lumberman and civic leader, passed away at his home in Garden Grove, Calif., on May 6, following an illness of two weeks. lle was sixty-eight years of age.

Carl E. Price

Carl E. Price, sales manager for Clark & Wilson Lumber Co., at Portland, Ore., passed away very suddenly in his office Friday afternoon, May 8, following a heart attack.

Louis Lake. He was Wisconsin.

Born in Oswego, Kansas, October 22,1873, Mr. Lake had lived in Garden Grove for the Past thirtYtwo years, and was President of the Garden Grove Lumber & Cement ComPany, management of which had recently been taken over by his son and Partner, HarrY a graduate of the UniversitY of

Mr. Lake was active in lumber association affairs, and for ten years served as president of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association' He was president of the Citizens Bank of Garden Grove, director of the Citizens Association of Orange County, chairman of the Orange County Fair Association, a charter member of the Garden Grove Lions Club, and a director of the Garden Grove Chamber of Commerce'

For over thirty years, he participated in Garden Grove civic affairs, and was an active worker in the Garden Grove Red Cross, Young Men's Christian Association, and was steward and chairman of the finance committee of the Garden Grove Methodist Church.

Funeral services were conducted from the Garden Grove Methodist Church, Saturday afternoon, May 9, and the officiants were Rev. James D. Van Buskirk, pastor of the church, and Rev. William J. Keech, pastor of the Garden Grove Baptist church.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Edith M. Lake; two sons, Harry Louis Lake and Charles L. Lake of Houston, Texas; two daughters, Miss Eva Lake of Garden Grove, and Mrs. Myra L. Edson, Santa Ana; a sister, N{rs. Lola A. Campbell, Los Angeles, and a brother, Floyd L. Lake, Lakeside, California, retail lumber dealer.

He was a native of Texas where he was connected with the lumber industry before going to the Northwest. He was in the service during the first World War and was assigned to the Spruce Division in the Northwest. Following the war, he went with the Willapa Lumber Co., and later with Clark & Wilson, acting as sales manager for the past fifteen years or more.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Nellie Price, and a son. Thomas Price.

Hugh Brooks

Hugh Brooks passed away at his home in Pasadena on May 1. He was born in Chicago. He was a salesman with E. U. Wheelock, fnc., of Los Angeles, and was widely known in Southern California lumber circles. Mr. Brooks was an overseas veteran of the first World War.

Ife is survived by his widow, Mrs. Gladys Park Brooks; two sons, Hugh Brooks, Jr., and John Dyer Brooks; a brother, Raymond Brooks; and three sisters, Mrs. S. J. Mattison, Pasadena, Mrs. Henry Ford, Redondo Beach, and Mrs. Dudley Homer, who lives in Cuba.

!f. H. Pfafflin

William Henry Pfafflin, former owner and manager of the Progress Lumber Company at Redwood City, Calif., passed away on April 13 following a long illness. Ffe was sixty-six years of age.

Mr. Pfafilin was born in Indianapolis, Ind. He had been a resident of Redwood City since 1915, and founded the United Lumber & Supply Co., the name being later changed to Progress Lumber Company. He retired in l9D, selling his lumber business. He was a former director of the Redwood City Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Pfafflin is survived by his widow, two daughters, two grandchildren and two brothers.

Compilation of Typical Timber Designs Ofrercd Architects and Engineers

Typical Designs of Timber Structures has just been published by Timber Engineering Company as a service to architects and engineers to aid them in the solution of timber designing problems. In no sense a "plan service," this reference work is intended to be a permanent addition to their technical libraries.

The 11 x l7-inch compilation presents 48 detailed drawings selected by the Teco Engineering staff from the collection of several hundred designed in the course of practical work on actual timber engineering problems.

These typical plans cover 14 different types of timber design such as trussed rafters for housing projects, trusses for hangars, factories, and markets; grandstands, distillery racks, bridges and towers. Each group is introduced by a photograph of an actual structure in which that type of design was employed and an explanation of its use.

In the back of the book are "Handy Tables for Use in Timber Design," taken from the National Lumber Manufacturers Association publication, Wood Structural Design Data.

LooseJeaf binding permits any of the pages to be removed for more convenient use, and easy insertion in the proper places of additions which will be distributed from time to time.

Each copy is numbered and contains a return postcard bearing a duplicate number. By returning the postcard, the holder automatically places himself on the mailing list to receive supplements to the book as they are published. Typical Designs of Timber Structures has already been distributed to some 3,300 architects, 2,250 engineers, and 341 university professors. It will be sent on request, gratis, to any registered architect or engineer.

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News ltems

Jim Bachelor, salesman for T. M. Cobb Co., wholesale sash, door and millwork dealers, Los Angeles, is now employed by Consolidated Shipbuilding Co., Wilmington, Calif., as an "expediter" of electrical equipment. He formerly had considerable experience in electrical work in the Navy.

Leonard L. Shertzer, S.., sales manager of J. W. Wells Lumber Co., Montgomery, Alabama, recently visited Los Angeles and San Francisco on business for his firm. He traveled by plane, and when in Los Angeles paid a visit to his son, Leonard, Jr., who is an Ensign in the Navy.

A. C. Pascoe of Los Angeles, Pacific Coast representative of Wood Mosaic Co., Louisville, and Ichabod T. Williams & Sons, New York, returned recently from a business trip to Louisville and New York.

Frank J. Connolly, vice-president and general manag'er, Western Hardwood Lumber Co., Los Angeles, was in San Francisco recently on business.

W. L. Williams, well known lumberman, and manager of the Portland office of the American Mail Line, was in Los Angeles this week conferring with his Southern California connections.

The Credit Man's Prayer

They have cut us down on our tires, Our heels are worn to the quick, We're told to save our rubber bands, No one has yet made a kick.

They have told us to save our erasers, Conserve to the very last ounce, Now please take the rubber out of the checksIn order that none of them bounce.

Dan Harf, Ward-Nash Lumber Co., Inc., Los Angeles, California.

Remake Your Home for \(/artime Living, Foundation Chairmen $uggest

War clouds cast their shadows in many directions, and on the home front Mr. and Mrs. America are readjusting their way of living, with a greater appreciation than ever of family solidarity. Not where to go for amusement but how to increase pleasure in home living, is today's family problem, according to the Northern and Southern California Homes Foundations. Not what can be afforded, but what may be bought, is the limit set on improving the home background for living.

"What may be bought has been decided by the War Production Board. Every family should know what the limitations on new home building, on repair, on maintenance, and on remodeling, mean to them," state Bernard B. Barber and Orrie W. Hamilton, chairmen of the Foundations. "In defense areas, priorities may be obtained for building new homes, with certain limits on costs and use. In all areas, necessary repairs and maintenance are unlimited.

"For those who want to better their present living conditions, and are unable to obtain a priority for a new home, remodeling is the logical answer. An attic finished to make an additional bedroom ; a game or rumpus room in the basement, cupboards and closets and built-ins; a great many other home improvements may be made, well within the five hundred dollar limit. And if the whole family shares the labor of the remodeling job, so that a bigger percentage of 'the limited investment can go into necessary materials, more extensive alterations are still possible."

Send a post card to Northern California Homes Foundation, 1833 Broadway, Fresno, or Southern California Homes Foundation, 1348 "E" Street, San Diego, for a new booklet on home remodeling

Retiring From Lumber Business

J. C. Ferger of the J. C. Ferger Lumber Co., Fresno, is retiring from the retail lumber business, and the company's stock is now being liquidated.

Mr. Ferger is one of the best known retailers in the State, and has been in business in Fresno for more than a quarter of a century.

A Basement Game Room From A Furnace Room

Most houses have basements large cnough to convert into recreation space, for a few dollars plus several hours of work. Partitions separating the heating plant,from the new play room and wall and foor coverings are the only structural alterations required. AII other changes are the addition of furniture and other decorations.

Here the two sections have been used for difierent types of recreation. The smaller area has been converted into an athletic center for ping pong or pool. The remaining space has been furnished for card playing reading and "elbow bending". Thc corner cabinet can be used as a general storage chest and shelves, or as a b.ar . , . depending on your incliDauons.

John Rudbach In Service

John A. Rudbach of the firm of John A. Rudbach Company, Los Angeles, has been called into active service with the United States Navy. He holds a commission as Lieutenant, Junior Grade, Deck Division, USNR. The John A. Rudbach Company will continue doing business at its present address under the management of D. H. Heineman.

New Folder on Wood Grain Bin Designs

Burlap bags have become an essential war material, and as such have a very limited civilian use. In many areas, particularly in the West, where surplus grains have customarily been sacked and stored on the farm, this has presented a serious problem.

The new folder "Better Grain Storage with Wood Bins of Douglas Fir," just published by the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, is therefore particularly timely and will be welcomed by lumber dealers in all rural communities.

The folder contains marked photographs and diagrams, of sufficient detail to be used as a guide in construction without additional blueprints. The bills of material for each design are given-any of them may be constructed at a cost within the $1,000 limit of the recent War Production Board Building Order L-41.

The AAA, in encouraging farm storage, has offered 7 cents per bushel lor 1942 and 6 cents for the following years, provided that grains are "satisfactorily stored on the farm." The grain bins illustrated in the Association's new folder will all meet the requirements of the AAA for "satisfactory storage."

Published as a sales help to the retail lumber dealer and a guide to the farmer, "Better Grain Storage with Wood Bins of Douglas Fir" may be obtained without charge on request to the West Coast Lumbermen's Asso. ciation, 364 Stuart Building, Seattle.

Program Highlights 50th Annual Meetins

Final arrangements for the 50th annual meeting of the National-American Wholesale Lumber Association to be held at the William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh, Pa., June 2 and 3, 1942 are rapidly taking form.

In addition to the address of President R. C. Herrman and the report of Secretary Sid L. Darling, definite acceptances have been received from the following who will address the meeting: Arthur T. Upson, chief, Lumber and Lumber products Branch, Bureau of Industry Branches, \Arar Production Board, Washington, D. C.; M. Gratton O'Leary, associate editor, Ottawa Journal, Ottawa, Canada; Peter A. Stone, price executive, Lumber Section, Office of Price Administration, Washington, D. C.; L N. Tate, president, American Forest Products Institute and vicepresident and secretary of Weyerhaeuser Sales Company, St. Paul, Minn.; Ben R. Ellis, director of priorities, Lumber and Timber Products Defense Committee, Washington, D. C.; and H. R. Northup, secretary, National Retail Lumber Dealers Association, Washington, D. C. Stanley Horn, editor of the Southern Lumberman, Nashville, Tenn., will be toastmaster at the banquet.

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M. C. Neel Appointed Chief Navy's First Experimental Plastic-Plywood Plane Delivered of Rilco Engineering Staff

Appointment of Merville C. Neel as chief of the engineering staff of Rilco Laminated Products, Inc., was announced this week by Walter S. Rosenberry, Jr., president of the company. Mr. Neel, associate member of A. S. C. E., recently resigned his position a s structural engineer of the Wisconsin Industrial Commission to accept the position and will make his headquarters in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Advances in timber engineering and the rapidly expanding use of glued laminated construct io n have placed wood in the foreground as a structural engineering material. Rilco Laminated Products, Inc., one of the group of Weyerhaeuser companies, has pioneered in this field for the past several years during which time it has been gradually expanding its production facilities on a national basis. In its several plants, located at strategic points, it is now fabricating glued laminated wood arches, beams and roof trusses suitable for almost any type of urban-commbrcial structure, Army and Navy construction, and farm buildings.

Mr. Neel is well known for his work in Wisconsin'where he served for seven years as structural engineer for the state architect and for eight years in the same capacity on the Industrial Commission. After obtaining his degree at the University of Wisconsin he spent two years on bridge design and construction and four years on gas and water utility design and construction at Omaha, Nebraska. His experience covers structural as well as other features of buildings of various types and occupancies.

In announcing Mr. Neel's appointment, Mr. Rosenberry called attention to the important part that engineering is playing in timber construction with the result that it is now possible to erect buildings at lower costs and in less time through the use of glued-up laminated structural members. Furthermore, such structures meet the most demanding tests for strength, durability and fire resistance. "That is why we are giving major consideration to the subject of engineering in our plans for expansion," he said. "The talent that will be made available to builders in connection with their construction problems will be the best we can obtain."

Delivery of the first experimental plastic-plywood training plane to be ordered by the Navy, a low-winged monoplane model built by Timm Aircraft Corporation of Los Angeles, has been announced by the Navy Department.

The new plane, 90 per cent wood and plastic glue, will now undergo flight and destruction tests at the Naval Air Station, Anacostia. If the final tests prove successful, and the plane is found airworthy, the sleek, yellow, "Aeromold" model may be one of several types to be put into mass production to provide training ships for Naval air cadets.

Proponents of plastic-plywood declare that modern science has produced in the new material a substance stronger than steel. They point out that plastic glue, which impregnates the wood, prevents warping and buckling; that plastic construction does not necessitate riveting or over-lapping of plates, thus reducing air "drag"; that plywood surface i's highly resistant to oil, water, and fire; that bullets striking plywood make clean holes, instead of "flowering," as they do when striking metal; that repairs can be made quickly and efficiently.

Advocates of plastic-plywood aircraft also report that production of planes constructed of less than 10 per cent metal will alleviate shortages of aluminum, magnesium and other essential materials. Further, they point out that carpenters, cabinet makers, and other types of woodworkers may be employed in the construction of the new planethus providing another source of aircraft labor.

Although American plane-builders turned from wood construction to metal around 1930, plywood has not been entirely abandoned in Europe. The British, the Italians, and the Russians are reported to be using planes of wooden construction. In addition, many American-made planes have bomb doors, seats, nose nacelles, and ailerons made of plywood.

It is understood that sites for additional fabricating plants are now being investigated and that the company will soon announce the opening of service offices in several key cities in different sections of the country.