\(/est Coast Hemlock

The 1943 version of the Cinderella tale has now been written. This is the story of West Coast hemlock, once considered a step-child by the Douglas fir industry but now proudly displayed as an "up-and-coming" member of the family of West Coast woods.

Thorough investigation of the properties of West Coast hemlock by government technicians and the lumber industry has shown that this is an ideal wood for many purposes when properly manufactured and seasoned' 'West Coast hemlock has long been used interchangeably with Douglas fir in ordinary construction and with spruce for boxes and other shipping containers. When spruce was unable to meet the war demands for aircraft lumber West Coast hemlock was tried and found to be satisfactory in every respect. It is also in much demand for ladder stock, is being used in the manufacture of the popular blondfinish furniture and is making other woods look to their laurels in the fields of flooring, paneling and siding.

We believe that many of our readers will be interested

National-American Annual Meeting

The 51st annual meeting of the National-Americatr Wholesale Lumber Association was held at the Biltmore Hotel, New York, on Monday, April 12. The following were electdd directors for the three-year term: H. F. Beal, Beal Lumber Co., Jacksonville, Fla.; J. Lou DuPlain, Joseph A. DuPlain. Lumber Co., Rockfort, Ill.; John O. Gronen, C. O. Gronen Lumber Co., Inc., Waterloo. Iowa; Glenn M. Harrington, MacDonald & Harrington, Ltd., San Francisco, Calif.; R. T. Jones, Jr., R.T. Jones Lumber Co., Inc., North Tonawanda, N. Y.; Edward F. Magee, Magee-Fine Lumber Co., Philadelphia, Pa.; John S. Mauk, Mauk Seattle Lumber Co., Seattle, Wash.; Otis N. Shepard, Shepard & Morse Lumber Co., New York, N. Y.; Earl V. Smith, Earl V. Smith Lumber Co., Salt Lake City, Utah; Carl tr. Soderberg, Carl Soderberg Lumber Co., Spokane, Wash.

President R. C. Herrmann, Pittsburgh, Pa., and First Vice-President J. Lou DuPlain, Rockford, Ill., were unanimously re-elected. T. W. Hager, Grand Rapids, Mich., in this new publication. Individual upon request to the West Coast tion, Seattle, Wash. copies may be obtained Lumbermen's Associa-

Mrs. Josephine Lacy Higgins

Mrs. Josephine Lacy Higgins, wife of J. E. Higgins, Jr., prominent San Francisco and Oakland lumberman, passed away suddenly at her home in Oakland, April26.

Mrs. Higgins is survived also by four daughters, Mrs. Virginia Higgins Higgins, Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Higgins Grill, Margaret and Barbara Higgins; four brothers, Wil' liam, Walter, Gordon and Roy Lacy, and a sister, Mrs. Charles Madary. She was a native of California.

Funeral services were held on Wednesday, April 28 at the chapel of Albert Brown Co., Oakland.

was elected second vice-president. Treasurer William Schuette, Jr., New York, and Secretary Sid L. Darling, New York, were also re-elected.

The board of directors' meeting followed the meeting of the Association. Twenty directors were in attendance, and the room was filled to capacity with members who had been invited to"sitin" and participate in the discussions.

Holmes EureltaLumber Co. Awarded Salety Trophy

San Francisco, Calif., May 6-For making the best safety record of the California Redwood industry dluring 1942, Holmes Eureka Lumber Company, Eureka, California, has been awarded the coveted C. R. Johnson Memorial Safety Trophy. The Company had established the most favorable Donovan Accident Index for the year. Other companies in the competition were: The Pacific Lumber Company, Scotia; Hammond Lumber Compbny, Samoa; Union Lumber Company, Fort Bragg, and Dolbeer and Carson Lumber Company, Eureka.

Under current war conditions, it was pointed out that the saving of vital man-hours through reduction of accidents is of special significance, faced as the lumber industry is with manpower depleted to bare essentials and production demands at an all-time peak.

At a banquet in Eureka, April 2L, the large bronze safity trophy was presented to Fred V. Holmes, vice-president of Holmes Eureka Lumber Company, by Leonard C. Hammond, president of Hammond Lumber Company, the winning company in 1941. More than one hundred representatives and safety engineers of Redwood operations, civic leaders, and staff members of the state compensation insurance fund attended the presentation ceremonies.

Dedicated to the memory of his father, the late Charles Russell Johnson, founder of the Union Lumber Company at Fort Bragg, Otis R. Johnson several years ago donated the perpetual trophy to be awarded annually to the Redwood lumber company having the best safety experience. The.purpose of the contest for the trophy is to encourage safe working conditions throughout Redwood mills and woods and to spread safety education among the thousands of employees of the industry. Records of the competing companies are judged each year on the basis of the well known and accepted Donovan Accident Index. The winner of the trophy retains possession until such time as one of the other companies turns in a better record.

Pine Auction At San Francisco

A total of 25;000,000 feet of lumber was bought at the Pine auction held at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, April 30. About 38,000,000 feet was the amount offered for bids. About 45 mills and wholesalers were represented among the bidders. Leo Hennessy of the Portland office of the Office of the Chief'of Engineers was in charge of the auction.

Visit San Francisco

Mace Tobin, sales manager of Willamette Valley Lumber Company, Dallas, Ore., was in San Francisco recently on business for his company. He was accompanied on the trip bv Mrs. Tobin.

Back From Mill

Jim Farley, assistant Western sales manager, The Pacific Lumber Co., San Francisco, returned May lO from spending a week at the company's mill at Scotia, Calif.