Plywood Industry Honors E. E. Westman

The retirement of E. E. (Ed) Westman as president of the Washington Veneer Company, Olympia, Wash., was announced at a luncheon in his honor at Tacoma, Wash', on April 16 ulhich was attended by some fifty leaders of the Fir plywood industry.

fn summing up tributes paid to the retiring plywood maker by various speakers, E. W. Daniels, president of the Harbor Plywood Corporation at Hoquiam, Wash', and luncheon toastmaster, commented, "No other person has one other person is known to be responsible Tor enough plywood production to approach Mr. Westman's record.

James A. Malarkey, president of M and M Woodworking Co. of Portland, Ore., is the man; his three plants have manufactured just under two billion square feet.

Mr. Westman was an immigrant Swedish milfivorker who cbme to the Pacific Northwest in 1909, and rvorked for the Defiance Lumber Company at Tacoma. for ten years before becoming interested in plyr,vood manufacturing. To- contributed more to the development of the industry than has Ed Westman; the deep regard held for him by all other plywood makers is clear recognition of this integrity and the fairness of his business practices throughout the years."

Two billion square feet of plywood have been turned out in five different plants at Olympia, Seattle and Springfield, Ore., while under his management, the bulk of it corning from factories of the firm he is now leaving.

The consensus of those at this gathering was that only gether with the late J. G. Lucas, then yard foreman at the Tacoma lumber plant, he organized the Olympia Veneer Company, a cooperatively owned enterprise long considered the "cradle of the plywood industry."

Olympia Veneer Co. was a highly successful firm (it now owns three factories) but Mr. Westman chose to found the second concern, Washington Veneer Company. In addition, he was president of Aircraft Plywood Corporation (now United States Plywood Corporation) of Seattle for two years starting in 1929. In the thirties he rvas vice

Plywood Corporation of Hoquiam, Wash. Capitol Ply-

, wood Tor several years operated o.ne of the Washington wood Corporation in 1940 and has been president of that company as well. Washington Veneer owns the controlling block of stock in the Oregon concern. ln 1928, Mr. Westman introduced the wallboard grade of plywood which was to become for years a leading vol- ume item on the manufacturing schedules of all plywood

Veneer factories.

Mr. westman also organized Springfield (ore.)

, factories and to become recognized throughout the nation as a superior material for interior walls of homes and literally hundreds of other uses.

' A few of the early day plywood and door manufacturers lvho could not be present sent telegrams which were read at the luncheon.

Hal W. McClary New General Manager Of Washington Yeneer Co.

Hal W. McClary, nervly-named general manager of Washington Veneer Co. of Olympia, Wash., has climbed fast since starting his plywood career as a factory hand 15 years ago.

Previously general superintendent for the company, he .lvas named to the new position upon the retirement of E. E. Westman, founder and president of the firm. Organized in 1922, Washington Veneer Co. now operates the two Olympia plants and holds the controlling interest in Springfield (Ore.) Plywood Corp.

After graduating from the University- of Washingtonwhere he was a basketball star for three years-Mr. McClary started at the bottom in the plywood plant of The 'Wheeler, Osgood Co. of Tacoma. In ten years with that firm, he rose to assistant general superintendent.

Subsequently, he was assistant general manager of Northwest Door Co., also at Tacoma, before joining Washington Veneer Co. in 1942 to establish the firm's testing and research laboratory. He advanced to general superintendent a year ago. His experience includes summer work in logging camps and sawmills while studying forestry.

While playing basketball for Washington, Mr. McClary became one of the school's all-time greats. Both in 1929 and 1930 he was all-coast center, and Knute Rockne picked McClary for his all-American basketball team in twentynine.

"Mike" Hcll Goes to Arkcnsas

G. L. "Mike" Hall, who has been connected with the sales department of the Donovan Lumber Company, San Francisco, for more than 11 years, has been appointed sales manager for the Selma Timber Company in southeastern Arkansas.

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Retcril Mcrk-ups on Wooden Fence Posts

Retail mark-ups on sales of rvooden fence posts in quantities costing the retailer less than $10 have been increased to 60/o. (Amendment 4 to MPR 3?4, efrective May 14')