Pioneer-Flintkote Wins Basketball Tournament

The Pioneer-Flintkote team won the recently completed series of basketball games conducted by the Southeast Industrial Athletic Association of Los Angeles, winning 15 o u t of 17 league games under the able coaching of Marvin Fahling.

The beautiful trophy shown here rvas presented to the Pioneer - Flintkote team by Coach Zahn of South Gate High School at a banquet held at the Women's Club of Huntington Park. Coach Zahn, one of the leading basketball coaches of the country, also gave a very interesting talk on basketball.

Athletic Association was athletes an opportunity to keep up with the sport in which they $'ere most interested. That the idea was worth rvhile is clefinitely proven by the fact that the Association now sponsors activities in baseball, track, badminton, horseshoes, swimming and bowling, as r,vell as basketball.

The members of the Southeast Industrial Athletic Association are: Columbia Steel Co., Continental Can Co.,

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All of the league games were played at the Huntington ucts, Inc., Glass Containers, Inc., Owens-Illinois Pacific Park High School gymnasium. Much interest and enthu- Coast Co., Pioneer Division, The Flintkote Company, Trussiasm was shown in the contests; several hundred spec- con Steel Co', L' A' Young Spring and Wire Corp' tators were in attendance at each of the many games. The officers of the Association are: President' A' R' Murover seven hundred attended the nnar pray-on between lT;,?ilili,

Pioneer-Flintkote and Columbia Steel. urer. Ed W. Lamb. pioneer Division. The Flintkote Co.

Valuable Series Of Redwood Folders

The California Redwood Association has prepared a valuable series of eleven colorful folders, covering all phases of Redwood use, available to dealers, architects, builders and home owners.

Office And Factory Building Planned

A $20,m0 office and factory building is to be built at 630 Lamar Street, Los Angeles, for the North American Paint & Chemical Company. The structure will cover a ground area 80x16O feet.

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Lumber Statigtics Shown in Pictureg

"Tell it in pictures," says Mrs Grace J. Landon, Statistician, u'ho has just been responsible for the issuance by the National Lumber Manfacurers Association of a book called "Charting the American Lumber Industry." This collection of 48 vivid black and white charts portrays the history, status and trends of lumber, the oldest and fourth largest industry in the country.

"In this busy age," Mrs. Landon tells you, "it is esseu-tial to present descriptive and historical facts in such a .way that he who runs may read, and moreover to put them in so vivid and arresting a way that they will attract the jaded attention of the busy overburdened executive. Picturization is the modern, effective way of putting across what you have to tell."

In just. this way "Charting the American Lumber Industry" pictures the ups and downs of lumber production since the peak 30 years ago; the shifts of industry centers from the Northeast to the Lake States, and to the South where it now shares supremacy with the important Pacific Coast states; the per capita consumption of lumber from a peak of 523 feet in 1906 through the years of extreme depression with their almost total suspension of private building, to a partial recovery of.177 board feet in 1936; the tremendous drain upon the capital and credit resources of the industry during the years of low volume business; the depression in lumber prices far below those of other building materials in the low years, contrasted with the past year's recovery; the story of the loss of over 60 per cent of our former lumber trade with foreign countries since 1928.

Terse description and a few salient figures enhance the value of this collection of charts, whose attractive appearance is due to the expert draftsmanship of Mrs. Landon's assistant, Miss Virginia G. Smith, of the National Asso. ciation.

Although "Charting the American Lumber Industry" is the latest outstanding accomplishment of Mrs Landon, she has compiled the National Lumber Trade Barometer each week for the 19 years of her connection with the National Association; she edited the "National Lumber Bulletin" from 1920 to 19?8; compiled a valuable contribution on Lumber Distribution some years ago and has issued "Lumber and Timber Information," a popular statistical compilation through five editions from 1923 to 1936. During the regime of the Lumber Code Authority, she assisted its Production Control Department and has continued the quarterly analyses and "total production" reports growing out of the Code period. Since 1931 she has assisted in the preparation of the quarterly reports oI the Lumber Survey Committee of the Timber Conservation Board of the Department of Commerce. Mrs. Landon's ten years of editorial experience on the Toledo Blade after graduation at the University of Michigan and prior to her connection with the National Lumber Manufacturers Association prepared her for active participation in the Association's publicity work. For many years she has issued weekly a press release on the current lumber movement which is widely quoted by newspapers and trade journals.

'iCharting the American Lumber Industry" may be had from the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, 1337 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, D. C., at 15c a copy.

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Mrs. lnez Smith

Mrs. Inez Smith, wife of Kenneth Smith, secretary-manager of the Lumber and Allied Products Institute, Los Angeles, passed arvay at the Hollywood Hospital, Wednesday night,'June 9. She hacl been in failing health for the past trvo years.

Mrs. Smith was a native of Texas, and had been a resident of Los Angeles for eleven years.

Besides her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Ora Jane; a son, Earl Kenneth, Jr., and her mother, l\{rs. P. J.' Scherer of Beaumont, Texas.

A large number of lumbermen attended the funeral services which were held in the Little Church of the Flowers, Forest Lawn l\4emorial Park, Glendale, Monday morning, June 14.

George Laws

George Latr\'s, president and general manager of the Feather River Lumber Co., Delleker, Calif., died at his home there on May 23. He was 83 years of age. Mr. Laws operated the company for over thirty years. He is survived by his widow, two sons and two daughters.

Talk Roofs, Not Squares, to Prospects

"If I was a retail lumber dealer I would sell roofs instead of shingles," said H. J. "Bill" Bailey, sales manager of Saginaw Timber Company, Aberdeen, Wash., makers of "Saginaw Brand" shingles, recently to a representative of this paper.

"Dealers who think in terms of roofs and give the actual cost of the roof to the prospect instead of talking so rnany squares of shingles are merchandising the product and are cashing in on the idea, u'hich although not new is very sound," Mr. Bailey said.

Visits Arizona And California

Mark Campbell, Campbell-Moore Lumber Co., Portland, Ore., was a California visitor last week following a business trip to Arizona. He stopped off at Los Angeles, and was also a ,caller at the office of the Atkinson-Stutz Co., San Francisco, their Northern California representatives.

Hold Open House at New Plant

The Citizens Mill & Lumber Co. held open house at its new, attractive and modern building material plant at Santa Paula on Friday and Saturday, May 28 and D. A large crowd attended the opening

Roy Byers of Ventura, secretary and general manager of the company, was on hand to supervise the opening of its third yard. He has appointed W. A. (Bill) Mack as manager of the new yard. Mr. Mack will be assisted by George E. Carpenter, assistant manager; Richard B. Hunt, yard superintendent, and J. W. McPheeters, transportation department.

Work on the new plant was started in March, and E. J. Durkan, Santa Paula, was the building contractor.

The cornpany will carry complete stocks of lumber, sash and doors, r,vallboards, cement, plaster, hardwood lumber and flooring, shingles, lath, built-in fixtures, hardrvare, paint, oil rig lumber, and other building materials.

Headquarters of the company are at their Ventura yard, and they also operate another branch yard at Oxnard.

Lumbermen Play Golf

Charles Lyons, with a score of 75, was the rvinner of the low gross prize, the American Legion Cup, at the Lumbermen's golf tournament held at the Baldwin Hills Golf Course, Los Angeles, on Friday afternoon, May 14.

Winners in the other events \vere as follows: First Flight-Ed Seward, Harry Graham and Art Merritt; Second Flight-Ted Lee, D. G. MacDougall, and "Dave" Davis; Third Flight-"Friday" Freeland, Ray Hill and J. H. Block; Fourth Flight-J. Walter Kelly, Bob Adams and R. M. Castell.

A buffet supper was served in the club house at 6:30 P. M. after which the winners in the various events were awarded prizes. The tournament was sponsored by Lumbermen's Post No. 403, American Legion, and Ed Biggs was chairman of the arrangements committee. There was a fine turnout ancl over seventy played golf.

"Mellow \food Interiors"

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A new publication, issued by the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, is "Mellow Wood Interiors." Carefully and attractively designed, its 20 pages and cover are a photographic record of beautiful home interiors, all finished in rvood, sholving its versatility, and particularly bringing out the flexibility of rvood paneling. On the back outside cover is left space for the dealer's name. Copies may be obtained from the association at 1337 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, D. C., a ,charge of 10 cents being made for individual requests.

Harold Knapp, Celotex Sales Manager, Elected Vice-President

Harold Knapp, general sales manager of the Celotex Corporation, has just been elected vice-president and general sales manager. This announcement comes on the heels of reports showing the tremendous strides the organization has made in the last year. Preliminary figures on net earnings on common stock show a decide<l increase over the corresponding period of last year.

NIr. Knapp has had a long career in tl-re building material industry. \\Ihen nineteen years old, directly from college at Nlissouri University, he went to work as a workman in a lumber mill at Hattiesburg, then at Laurel, Mississippi. After this apprenticeship he joined the sales force of the Kirby Lumber Company, Houston, Texas. By l9l9 he had progressed to the position of general sales manager for the C. A. Goodyear Lumber Company in Chicago. In l92I he was placed in charge of sales at the Union Lumber Company who operated in the United States, Canada and Central American countries. While there he was appointed chairman of the Redwood Trade Extension Committee and a member of the Trade Extension Counsel of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. In January 1927 he joined The Celotex Company as assistant general sales manager.

By 193O, Mr. Knapp had become general sales manager directly under the vice-president in charge of sales. At this time he was also treasurer of the Merchandising Counsel of the National Retail Lumber Dealers' Association. In April, 1932, Mr. Knapp assumed the direction of all sales and distribution activities working clirectly with B. G. Dahlberg, president.

Due to his past experience in the lumber industry and then his many contacts with lumber dealers throughout the country, Mr. Knapp has acquired an intimate knowledge of merchandising building materials. As he travels extensively, he is well acquainted with dealers throughout the country.

His broad knowledge of merchandising and management is testified too by the fact that through the depression his organization emerged with its staff intact. With the exception of nornral changes. the sales personnel is much the same except for promotions.

Assuming his nerv duties, Mr. Knapp said, "N'Iy one hope is that I will have even more time to get further acquainted rvith our distributors and dealers because by this intimate contact we rvill be better able to assist them in merchandising their products."

Visited Redwood Mill

Elmer R. Lawton of Lawton Lumber Company, Philadelphia, representative of the Hammond Lumber Company in that territory, left San Francisco May '8, after spending 10 days in California. He visited the mill and woods operations at Samoa and the company's head office in San Francisco.

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Retail Yards For Sale

Los Angeles yard doing $10,000 monthly business. Real estate, buildings and all equipment $5,700. Stock at inventory.

Yard in Coast city doing $151000 monthly business. Leased ground. Improvements $6,000. Equipment $4,000. Stock at inventory.

Both these yards are exceptionally good buys.

Twohy Lumber Co., Lumber Yard Brokers, 549 Peiroleum Securities Bldg., Los Angeles. Telephone PRospect E746.

the Lumber Merchant, June 15, 1927 ftles o[ The California was awarded the constructural grade deckin rebuilding the old

The issue carries a career sketch of B. W. Bookstaver, awarded the 1926 loving cup for having made the best busirvell-known California lumberman. ness suggestion for the company.

Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co. tract for 150,000 feet of Douglas fir ing, timbers and ceiling to be use'd U. S. Frigate "Constitution."

Construction of new dry kilns by Cadwallader-Gibson Lumber Co. in Long Beach is under way and will be ready for operation within sixty days.

Captain Charles A. Lindbergh's plane, "Spirit of St. Louis," in which he made the flight from New York to Paris on May 2t, 1927, was constructed in'part of "Lamatco." It is a thin, laminated, waterproof board used for aeroplane wings and fuselages, as well as many other uses. White Brothers, San Francisco, supplied the material to Ryan Airlines, Inc., of San Diego, who constructed the famous plane.

Grays Harbor spruce also played a part in the successful flight across the Atlantic. The wing beams of the "Spirit of St. Louis" were made of Sitka Spruce, having been supplied to the manufacturers of the airship, Ryan Airlines, Inc., by J. V. G. Posey & Co., Portland, Ore., from their plant at Hoquiam, Wash.

Frank Fairfield, formerly manager of the Hayward Lumber & Investment Company's yard at San Fernando, was

Long-Bell Lumber Co. has cut the third and largest of three big sticks on a speci.al order from the government. It was 8O feet long and 34 inches square, and is to be used as a dredge spud.on a government dredge.

McKinnon & McNair, St. Helena, have remodeled their shed and office, and have added an attractive display room to the office.

Independent Lumber Co. has started a tura. new yard at Ven-

Pioneer Paper Company, Los Angeles, has perfected and is now marketing a new asphalt shingle. One of the features of the new shingle, which is of hexagonal design is a pronounced shadow line producing a semi-thatched effect.