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SHIP TIMBERS -- 6" & Thiclcer
SHIP PLANK -- To 42'
BENDING OAK
CABINET WOODS
HARDWOOD PLYWOOD
T&GWALLPANELING
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DOWELS
MOORE DRY KILNS
During periods when the demand exceeds the supply, it is more important than ever to have a dependable supplier.
You can depend upon Long-Bell quality and the best possible shipping service in times of scarcity on lumber and wood products of Douglas Fir, West Coast Hemlock, Ponderosa Pine, White Fir, Southern Pine, and Southern Hardwoods.
Government defense needs necessarily eome first, but we will make every effort to supply the essential requirements of our customers.
These large tough boards protect the house where protection is most important. They reduce construction costs, too, because the big sheets are easy to handle, can be applied more quickly and with less waste material. For the exterior finish. use
Can be applied directly to J-M \7'eathertite* Sheathing (no building paper needed), using self-clinching or self-locking nails as illustrated. This type of construction is being used on many F.H.A. proiects throughout the country.
J-M Asbestos Siding needs no further finishing, cuts annual upkeep expense for the owner. The new J-M Smootbgrain comes in white or soft pastel colors. Surface is smooth but graining is so striking vertical ioints and exposed nail heads seem to disappear. These two J-M products give you the best possible combination for exterior walls of lower cost, longer life, and finer aplrarance.
DicAromr show qclion of 2 selfclinching types of nails. After the base of the nail head strikes the shingle, further tapping flattens the head and clinches the foot against the backside of the lTeathertite Sheathing.
For further information about J-M Veathertite Sheathing, J-M Asbestos Siding, and Esnail and Loc-Nail fasteners write Johns-Manville, Box 29O New York 16, N. Y. .Bq. U. s. Pat. OC.
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LOS ANGELES 14, CALIFORNIA, JULY
Mahogany Importing Co., Los Angeles, has formed a new corporation to be known as the Precision Kiln Drying Co. which will operate the dry kilns at 1361 Mirasol St., Los Angeles, kilns and mill at 1405 Water St., Long Beach, and concentration yard at 22606 So. Alameda St., Los Angeles.
George B. Beckman is president and general manager of the new company and the personnel will be the same as rvhen operated by Mahogany Importing Co.
'Ihe firm does custom kiln drying and remanufacturing of both softwoods and hardwoods.
Dennis Gilchrist, for the past two years sales manager of the Oakridge, Ore., mill for Pope & Talbot Inc. Lumber Division, with headquarters at Portland, Ore., resigned.on June 1 and is now with the Wilfred T. Cooper Lumber Co. of Pasadena.
Prior to going to Portland, he was associated with Pope & Talbot's Los Angeles office for 14 years, the last several years as outside salesman. He is well known throughout the Southern California lumber trade and his many friends are glad to see him back in the Southland again.
g9f,ffif-Mcple Bros. 1,1oul.lings cre unexcelled lor Unilonnity, Smooth Finisb" and SoIt Texture. SERVICE-Thg pctterns you wcmt, wheu you wot them. Prompt delivery to your ycrd FREE in the local trcde crecr.
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Our Present Customers, Then See For Yourself"
Lumber To Bock Up Our Fighring Men ls TheFirsr Order Of Business At Our Mills
Much of our current production is moving out on Government Requisitions.
Unril our United Nqtions iob is finished we will divide rhe bqlonce of our producfion cmong our regulor customers who qre doing essentiql civilion work.
THER,E IS NO tET DOWN IN OUR, GTUATITY-PR,ECISION MANUFACTURE AND KIIN DRYING
Mills
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Conby, Colifornio
Soles Office
Anderson, Colifornio
ANDERSON, CALIFOR.NIA
Portland, Oregon, June 14-At the end of five months of operation in 1951, Douglas fir sawmills of western Washington and Oregon continue to keep ahead of last year's production, orders and shipments, ac,cording to H. V. Sirnpson, executive vice president of West Coast Lumbermen's Association.
The lumber executive said shipments and orders for the first 27 weeks of the year were almost identical. The region's sawmills had shipped by May 31st, 4,800;322,000 board feet which exceeded last year's shipments for the sarne period by 537 million feet.
Average weekly production for May of 234,375,00O feet was slightly belorv April cut, Simpson pointed out. and average weekly orders oI 215,967,000 received during May were 16.5 million feet below averages forApril. Gross stocks at mills were up slightly in May over April.
The weekly average of West Coast lumber production in May 234,375,000 b.f. or 13.4% of the 1946-1950 averag.e. Orders averaged 215,967,0n b.f.; Shipments 226,023,0CO b.f. ; Weekly averages for April rvere : Production 237,297,000 b.f. (132.0% of the 1946-1950 average) ; Orders 232,450,000 b.f.; Shipments 240,837,000 b.f.
Twenty-one weeks of 1951 cumulative production 4,701,27O,UJ0 b.f.; Twenty-one weeks of 1950, 4,081,052,000 b.f.: Twenty-one weeks of 1949, 3,999,645,000 b.f.
Orders for Twenty-one weeks of l95l breakdorvn as follows: Rail & Truck, 3,286,589,000 b.f.; Dornestic Cargo,
972,406,N0 b.f.; Export, 233,969,W0 b.f.; Local, 291,203,000 b.f.
The Industry's unfilled order file stood at 865,408,000 b.f. at the end of May. Gross Stocks 694,922,W0 b.f
The Western Pine Association for the week ended June 9, 105 mills reporting, gave orders as 59,551,000 feet, shipments 67,293,000 feet, and'production 80,319,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 224,935,0N feet.
The Southern Pine orr.i",l"" for the week ended Tune 9, 86 units (112 mills) reporting, gave orders as lld20,000 feet, shipments 14,442,(ne feet, and production I},SD,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 42,012,000 feet. **
The West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended J,une 2, 179 mills reporting, gave orders as 107,201,_ 0@ feet, shipments 117,808,000 feet, and production 106,_ 550,000 feet. Unfilled orders at the end of the week totaled 652,422,00O feet.
For the week ended June 9 these sarne mills reported orders as 100,670,000 feet, shipments llg.677,0N feei, and production 131,284,000 feet. Unfilled orders at the end of the week totaled 638,131,000 feet.
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Senator "Muley" Dr"gh;:":of North Carolina, used to say the same thing, but in different words. He said: "You can SHEAR a sheep every year, but you can only SKIN HIM ONCE.''
It has long been agreed O, "r, those capable of adding two and two and getting four that the most important letters in the alphabet have becoms-"Bf." And now that taxes have soared to astronomical figures those two letters become even more important; vital, as a matter of fact. They mean-r'llsfess Taxes." {. td
Today we face another steep increase in taxes of all kinds, and income taxes in particular. The terrific "hidden" taxes will hurt, but will not impress us so consciously. But the direct income taxes-mostly payable in advance-will make the average citizen bleed at th*e nose.
Our President has ,leclared in emphatic terms that we must be taxed until it hurts. What he means is until it hurts every American except Harry Truman. The woman who gcrubs the White Ffouse floor will be taxed both directly and indirectly, and it will hurt; make no mistake about that. The colored boy who shines his shoes will be taxed on his polish and brushes, as well as on his income; but Harry will go tax-free on a huge income which the rest of the taxpayers will have to dig*deep to pay.
Yes, Junior, he will get fifty tfiousand bucks a year taxfree salary, and an additional forty thousand bucks a yearthis is all in addition to his regular huge salary-that he pays no taxes on. It is an 'txpense account," Junior.
One of the very first acts of Congress in 1950-an act that would make a bunco-steerer blush-was to give the President, the Vice President, as well as its own members, tax-free incomes in this tax-cursed land.
The boys decided, om"ii'tty "rrd egotistically, to make those just mentioned the beneficiaries of a strange bestowal, thus creating a privileged class in this land where all men are supposed to be equal before the law. They erected a barrier between Dives and Lazarus by creating these taxfree incomes. They created a new method of corraling the succulent sinecure. Now we have two classes in America;
the taxed and the tax-free. Remember that, Junior, when you are making your next income tax payment; that part of that money goes to Mr. Dives. And tell me-how do you like it? *{<
With just enough gall to pass the law, and just enough guile to get away with it, they put the thing over in a whale of a hurry. Since that time the thing has been denounced. by innumerable Americans, but to no avail. You may not like it, Junior, but you'll take it. And pay it.
When I was a kid one of my favorite stories of antiquity was that of Theseus, who killed the monster in the labyrinthine cave and then found his way out because he had had the good sense to tie a string to the entrance, put the other end in his pocket, and then follow it back. The thought this gives me is that any man who leads this nation out of the labyrinth of confusion and bewilderment into which the Funny Deals have led us, will require not only a welltied ball of string to direct his returning way, but likewise an inextinguishable torch and a stout piece of chalk to mark the turns, if he ever hopes to find his way back to common sense, and security, and old-fashioned Americanism.
Returning to the ."bjJ:
wouldn't you just naturally think that an Administration demanding frightening taxation on the people, would counter that proposal with just as definite proposals for cutting out unnecessary spending here at home? Naturally. And yet not one word has been spoken, not even the semb.lance of a promise or even a suggestion. made in that direction. fnstead, many repofters on the Washington scene report that extravagance, waste, and federal payroll padding goes on at a pace never attempted before :i: ,t
Any effort to cut unnecessary spending is met with stony indifference, and sometimes with defiance. Senator Byrd, of Virginia, the nation's foremost fighter against governmental waste, has been "denounced and denied, belittled and belied" for his e'ftorts to reduce federal featherbedding. In fact, at the instigation of the White House, another Senator introduced a bill seeking to abolish Mr. Byrd's Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures, which would thus haVe nullified all of the Virginia Senator's teeth. The resolution was met by a storm of catcalls for its author, so Mr. Byrd carries on.
Said Senator Byrd in his most recent public speech: "Our Federal Government is permeated with waste, inefficiency,
..THERE IS JUST ONE CERTAIN WAY TO DESTROY CAPITALISM_BY TAX. ES, TAXES, AND MORE TAXES."-Karl Marx.
Last year 53 vessels lifted C. D. Johnson lumber cargoes from company port facilities on Yaquina Bay. These cargoes... easy to check, unload and dispatch... reached destination in the same prime condition in which they were shipped.
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extravagance. We have 2,200,000 civilian employees, and we are adding 2200 every day. I am willing to vote for taxes for national defense, but I don't like the idea of placing great additional burdens on an already overburdened people for wasteful political spending." He said that Federal expenditures next fiscal year would be 72 billion dollars, against tax receipts of 58 billion leaving a deficit of t4 billion dollars for the year. And that when we add the expenditures of the states and other governmental subdivisions we wiil find ourselves spending nearly 100 billions of dollars for the cost of government; which is more than forty per cent of the total national income. For making statements like this, the gang tried to kill off Senator Byrd's Committee.
Not one item of ni" -.;.J program has Mr. Truman offered to eliminate because of the huge demands of the re-arming program. Not a dollar of dl the billions we have been spending for nonessential matters, is marked for saving. Politics must go on as usual, handouts must not be curtailed, and even the most shocking items of waste and extravagance are marked*for continuation.
As an example, the other day one of the better known Washington reporters made a special investigation of the subject, and announced that there are exactly 25,670 chauffeurs driving Government bureaucrats in this country, all paid by the Government. Nobody has even suggested contradicting the statement. Keep that sweet fact in mind, Junior, when considering the tax situation. If I had my way-that is if I were a free man and could do as I pleased with what f earn-I would cut 25,670 of those chauffeurs off the Government payroll-pronto. Columnist George Dixon says that some of the. most no-account bums in Washington have a chauffeur and limousine at their command.
There are literally thousands of people in Washington getting salaries, etc., from the Federal Government, who have nothing to do but create and distribute propaganda to convince the taxpayers of this nation that they should continue payrng the sort of taxes the gang of Missouri small-fry in Washington decide to take from us. It is costing incalculable sums of money to support those parasitical insects. I would see that not one dollar was ever spent again for such purposes. ft is only a few years since not a single dollar was spent by the Federal Government for any such activities. But in those days we had Governments .that did not need eternal axe g*rinding to stay in power.
Remember this, Junior; Bureaucracy lives for but two purposes; first to .entrench itself; second to perpetuate itself. It has no other ambitions, lmows no other Gods. If we could rid ourselves of the expense of useless and valueless Bureaucracy and its attendant evils, we could finance our present rearming effort with less taxes than we are now paying.
Take our State Department. Its budget now before Congress calls f.or 264 million dollars for next year. It employs
24,000 people. (The number of employees is supposed to be down a liftle since their public announcements that they had fired more than one hundred sexual degenerates from the payroll.) I would like to send Senator Byrd to check that Bureau and decide how many thousands of employees and millions of dollars they* could do without.
One of the modest(?) items on our national budget for the next year as proposed by the Administration, is $8,500,000,000 for "econornic" assistance to foreign countries. That tremendous dig into the pockets of American taxpayers is justified by preparations for European defense. For years now we have been pouring our billions into that European rat-hole, and some of these days we are going to stop exhausting ourselves to help a lot of people do things they won't try to do for themselves. Something tells me it is about time to give some thought to the poor American taxpayer, and send each of those handout nations similar telegrams re4ding: "You are novy on your own; go back to work for a change; feed yourselves; stand on your own feet; good luck you lazy soand*sos."
No doubt the Washington gang would think me ten times a fool for making any such suggestion; but compared to what I think of them, that's fattery.
Much will be heard to the effect that the proposed increased income taxes will fall hardest on the rich, and that seems to comfort the man of small income, even though it is not true. Mr. James Shelton, prominent San Francisco banker, calls attention to some tax facts that are interesting. Taking the year 1947, on which the figures were available, he quotes the fact that the aggregate of "adjusted gross income" for that year was $150,000,000,000 of which $118,000,000,000 was received by persons with less than $0,000 annual income, and only $32,000,000,000 by those making more. Tax the rich, indeed. The great burden of direct taxes will fall next year, as they did ir\ L947, on the small man. And the burden'of the hidden taxes hits him much harder than it does the fewer men of larger income.
In closing, let me quote a remark made by John H. Craft, president of .the National Dairy Products Corporation: "We have got to reinforce the foundations of our way of life, or they are going to take that way of life away from us." And, as Karl Marx said, the way to take it is by taxation.
We are like all your other readers ir, that we <1o not want to miss even one copy of your magazine.
Mrs. Leona G. Nelson Riverside Lumber Yard Los Angeles, Calif.
We all appreciate your editorials.
G. S. Walker Fresno, Calif.
President: L. I. Woodson
Ist Yice Pres.: J L. Pierce
2nd,Yice Pres.: Rex Sporleder
Treasurer: Jim Moore
An accelerated trend in wood-eomething of a re' narcence-started in Chicago a yeer ago, when the American Wood Window fnetitute wae organized' A strong program of promotion was put into efrect; and that's when things began to roll.
Weo in California, are now carrying the ball with our statewide organization-\fieeflwork fnstitute of Cal' ifornia. Obviously every member is selfishly inter' ested in more widespread and more intelligent uses of wood. That is the purpose of this non'profit or' ganization-composed of manufaeturers of lumbert doore' windowe, millwork and allied products' Lumber and wood products are your bread' and but' ter. Of eourse you carry other things. Why not? Juet the same you are a lumberman. Your chief interest and primary business is lumber and lumber prod' ucts. You know lumber and so you know how to ad' vise whereo when and how to use it to best advantage, when lumber is obviously the material for the job'
This is your campaign. Thie organization is telling your story. You are urged to collaborate by pushing lumber products whereo in your judgmento the situ' ation calls for lumber.
Dealers sll over the country can tell you from experience that Celotex Insulation Board Products sell faster easier. And no wonder-for year after year, impartial surveys have proved that of people who ask for insulation board products by brand lrrarrre, rnore ask for Celoter tha,n any oth,er kind,!
No other leoding brqnd of insulation board products gives customers all the advantages of genuine Celotex. For no other is made of long Louisiana cane fibres-Nature's tougher, stronger "long life" fibres. And only Celotex has the exclusive (patented) Ferox@ Process that protects against fungus, dry rot, termites.
Highest quolily, plus over a quarter century of hard-selling national advertising, have established the Celotex
brand name in every community... have created widespread consumer demand for Celotex Insulation Board Products.
Consisleni, effective Celotex advertising in rHE sATURDAI EvENrNc posr, BETTER HOMES & GARDENS, FARM JOITRrrrar. and other popular magazines, builds confidence . . pre-sells your prospects makes your selling job easier !
So to step up soles and improve profits -stock, display and promote genuine Celotex Insulation Board Products. Celotex gives you ever5rthing it takes to do a better sales job. including colorful consumer literature, eyecatching displays and tested newspaper ad mats. Contact your Celotex Representative now for full details !
Widuty preferred for remodeling or modernization of home and commercial interiors of every t5pe. Celotex Insulating Interior Finishes build, insulate and decorate, all at one tirne, at one loro cost. Variety of stunning, exclusive colors. Rich, interesting textures.
Full range of sizes in Tile Board, Finish Plank, Building Board, Beveled Interior Board. Tile and Finish Plank have the famous Celotex ,,E,'-Joint that assures easier, snugger fit... faster, more se-
cure stapling or nailing . . true, level surfaces. Strong, dust-proof, attractive! Completely conceals staples or nails.
There's a big market in every community for these rigid, dense' grainless boards made from clean, refined wood fibres. Dozens of uses in residential, commercial and industrial buildings ! Tough and strong -non-warping-resistant to moisture and scuffing. 4 ft. width in lengths ranging from 5 to 12 feet. Thicknesses frornrAo" to'Aa". Celotex Hard Boards are available in these popular t5pes: TEMPERED HARD BOARD_REGULAR HARD BOARD_TEMPERED HARD BOARD TILE_PANEL BOARD _TEMPERED LEATHER-GRAIN HARD BOARD_BLACK TEMPERED HARD BOARD.
First choice across the country for expansion joint flller, sill sealer, insulation of concrete slabs at grade, vibration isolation under machines. Used as expansion joint filler wherever concrete meets concrete, Flexcell absorbs pressure with,out ertruding. Expands on release of pressure, keeps joint closed. Years of performance on hundreds of the nation's most famous highways, bridges, airport runways prove its ability to withstand hardest service, extremes of heat and cold. Regularly specified by many Federal, State and Municipal agencies!
PAct(AGto AT Tltt tt[[. ..your lumber is cut, sorted and packaged at the mill of your choice. -
tR0t SHIP T0 TRUCI I0 tOB. .Your pack- a-ged-lumber is loaded directly-from the ship to truck and deliverei rieht to your job or warehouse.
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ilEW IYPI IUMBER SH|PS...Especially constructed ships pick up your packaged lumber at tidewater
wonlD's f,osl toDErt, t[clrAillzEll tunltn 00CI...Fast, mechanized unloading turns ships back in 8 hours rather than 3 days as with old-fashioned methods.
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At San Pedro you will find large versatile stocks of big size timbers, extra long lengths, upper grades, and many special woods, for delivery to your job or warehouse.
Wagner Machinery Company, which specializes in the sale of woodworking machinery at 1!b1 Santa Fe Avenue, Los Angeles, was established in Los Angeles in 1933 by L. M. Meade and Fred Wagner, who had been connected with the Eby' Machinery Company for many years. Mr. Meade retired in 1946 and Mr. Wagler bought out his interest in the partnership.
This firm has represented on an exclusive basis for many years in Southern California, Arizona, and New Mexico the following firms: The Black Brothers Co., Inc., Hermance Machine Co., W. B. Mershon Corp., Morgan Machine Co., Inc., J. M. Nash Company, Northfield Foundry & Machine Co., Orton Machine Co., C. O. Porter Machinery Co., The Tannewitz Works, S. A. Woods Machine Co., Irvington Machine Co. (partially exclusive), Henry Disston & Sons, Inc., Jones & Orth Cutterhead Co. (partially exclusive).
In addition they buy from supply houses in around Los Angeles. A partial list of these follows: Gates Rubber Co., Pacific Mill & Mine Supply Co., W. C. Hendry & Co., Consolidated Machinery Co., Santa Fe Machine Works, Inc., Milton J. Wershow.
Hal P. Cooper, general sales manager of Wagner Machinery Company, announces the removal of the company's showroom and sales office to larger quarters. The removal will take place in a few months when the new building is completed.
In the meantirne the company is conducting a disposal sale of machinery, a list of which is given in an advertisement on another page of this issue.
Mr. Cooper has been with the firm for the past 16 years. He is well knorvn to the woodworking industry and is considered one of the top flight sales executives in this field. In the sales department are men who have had years of experience in the sale of woodworking machinery. Among these are, T. F. Patterson who is a well known mill man, having in his earlier days been superintendent of some of the largest lumber mills in the United States. In addition to that, he was for years service engineer and salesman for Yates-American Machine Company, the largest manufacturers of woodworking machinery in the world. Robert Cairns has spent his entire life in the woodworking industry. In his eartier years, he started as a machine operator for one of the largest lumber companies in Los Angeles and later was made foreman of their sash and door department. For the past twenty years, he has been in tl-re sales end of machinery supplies.
The operations of Firestone Lumber Industries, Oakland, Calif., which has been known as the buying selling, remanufacturing, and sawmill organization for the lumber division of the Idaco Company, have now been consolidated under one head, to be known as the Idaco Lumber Company, a California corporation. This company will handle all these operations without any change in management. The owners are E. Jeffreys, A. E. Soulages, and E. E. Firestone.
Idaco Engineering & Equipment Co. manufactures and distributes a complete line of sawmill and woodworking machinery, and is well known throughout Oregon and California.
The Idaco Company is unique, inasmuch as it is engaged in all phases of the lumber industry, owning its own timberlands, logging operations, sawmills, remanufacturing plant, dry kilns, and wholesale lumber business- In addition it engineers, designs and builds sawmills and woodworking plants. This company also distributes leading lines of planers, moulders, resaws, and cabinet shop machinery, and builds special machines to order.
Headquarters of the Idaco Lurnber Company is at 3Z)0 Peralta Street, Oakland 8, Calif. The telephone number is Olympic 2-2ffi.
Ichabod T. Williams & Sons, with main offices at 220 1lth Street, New York City, and sawmills in Carteret, N. J', where their plant covers 17 acres, and New Orleans, are the largest producers of mahogany of all species in the world. They have been in business continuously since 1838, and throughout the 113 years the business has been operated by the same family.
This pioneer hardwood firm has been represented on the Pacific Coast by A. C. Pascoe, Los Angeles, widely known veneer, plywood, and lumber mill representative, for more than Z) years.
Honduras and Peruvian mahogany are cut at the New Orleans sawmills. All kinds of tropical woods are handled. Offices are maintained on the Gold Coast and fvory Coast of West Africa.
Chas. N. Schumacher. well-known Southern California lumber salesman, is now associated with Pacific Forest Products, fnc., in their Los Angeles office. He was until recently with Atkinson-Stutz Lumber Co. as Los Angeles representative.
ft is interesting to note that when Thomas Williams, a member of the family, died some years ago in San Francisco, he left his entire art collection for a permanent exhibit at the Palace of the Legion of Honor there, and provided money for an addition to the building to house the collection.
The Wiltiams firm is also a big supplier of materials for drugs.
WHOtESAtE DOUGTAS FIR, PONDER,OSA AND SUGAR, PINE
The Celotex Corporation annouuces the apporutrnent of Davidson f'lyrvood and Lumber Company, 3136 E. Washington Blvd., Los Angeles, as adclitional lr,holesale clistributors of celotex structural insulatio' proclucts z'rcl hardboards in the greater Los Angeles area.
The Davidson Plywood and Lumber Company is a pro_ gressive organization, u'ell ecluipped to give prompt service and deliveries on celotex products. Its rvarehouse facilities include 46,WO square feet under cover and 20,Un square feet of paved loading and parking area. An unusuiLl feature of the warehouse is a coffee bar that is always open to serve customers free coffee u,hile orders are being loaded.
The company has l0 traveling salesmen coverir.rg Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Santa Barbara and portior-rs of Riverside and San Bernardino counties ; Davidsorr lrucl<s make deliveries throughout the same territor-y.
In addition to Celotex products, Davidson plyr.voocl and Lumber Company handles Douglas fir and all types of veneered plyrvood, hardrvood lunrber, flush doors, par-rel
doors, cemelrt asbestos board, etchu'ood, plastic faced plywood, Dinolite plastic sheets and Marlite.
An outstanding feature of the Celotex line handled by Davidson is the choice of colors in which interior finish materials are furnished. Latest of these exclusive Celotex colors are Sierra Rose and Blue-Green. A rvide variety of literature on these and other Celotex products as rvell as display material is available to retail dealers.
Norman Davidson is president of D:rvidson ltlyrvood and Lumber Company; Jack Davidson, vice president and treasurer; Chandler llart, secretary ; Bob Brown, comptroller; Orval Stervart, sales manager; Dervey Nfeyers, warehouse foreman; and Cliff Moon, Etch.rvood superir.rtendent.
Outside salesmen include Richard S. Bartlett, Dicl< l':rntz, Bob Grant, Bill Flecker, Jack Martin, Tony l{abig, Dave Webb, George Page, Ken Wright and Tom Adwin. Bus McNeil, Charls Breitenbucher and Bill Cripper.r are inside salesmen.
WHEN YOU SHIP YOUR TUMBER PACKAGED IN oRDERED TENGTHS FRO,IA rHE i ltl, You wltt ATWAYS FIND CARGO SPACE AVAITABTE ABOARD CHAMBERTIN'S VESSE[s.
Your lumber specificotion given prompt olfenlion IMMEDIATE DETIVERY conlqct J. J. Req "Afwoys B"y or SI Through Chomberlin"
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Kiln Dried Uppers - Bevel Siding
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DOUGTAS FIR Kiln Dried Uppers
One of the most interesting exhiltits at the recent San Diego and Los Angeles Home Shou's u,as the Sun Sash Air Controlled \\rindorv. This louvred rvindou' is sold through dealers only, and the n.rany inquiries by home ou,ners and prospective home builders received by the exhibitor, Cal Distributing Cornpanl', l5l North.Avenue 19, Los Angeles were passed along to the dealers in both the San Diego and Los Angeles areas.
This distributor claims that Sun Sash is the only louvrecl windorv sold through dealers, that it costs less than most windou's on a square-foot installed basis, and that dealers can capitalize on immediate consumer interest and broad sales opportunities. Only the Sun Sash hardware is sol<l to the dealers, at a protected price. It affords them a handsome profit, and stimulates the sale of glass, paints, etc.
Screens can be fitted to the outsicle rvindorv since there are no overhanging projections. By adjusting the louvres to an upward angle lrith the finger-tip control the air currents are automatically deflected toward the ceiling. Sun Sash is so designed that rain can l>e sealed out. When fully open it provides 100 per cent ventilation instead of the maximum 50 per cent opening in ordinary r,vir-rdows.
Cleaning is accomplished by merely standing inside anrl adjusting the angle of the louvres .ivith the finger-tip control. There are no cross pieces to interrupt the vietv. Architects everyrvl.iere recognize that this t1,pe of u,indor,v is ideal from the design yiq11'point.
Anyone can replace a small broken pane easily, without putty. Instead of glass, where a different effect is desired, plastic, metal, or wood louvres can be used.
Sun Sash consists of a pair of 16 gauge galvanized and sheradized (to prevent rust) steel mechanical uprights with three to fourteen 6" glass louvre holders. The height of the r,vindow opening determines the nurnber of louvres required. The left hand upright (looking out the window) has a single operating handle which when pulled down rotates all glass holders in unison through a 105 degree turn. The automatic gravity lock is located just above the handle.
Inexpensive crystal or sheet glass 3/16" thick, 6" high, and width up to 4A', depending on the inside dimensions of the'ivindorv, is used. (7/32' or /4" may be substituted.) In the closed position each pane overlaps the other by tl,'. Glass is not included.
It is claimed that anyone can install Sun-Sash in a matter of minutes.
A colorful demonstrator is available to dealers, along with mat ads and consumer literature.
The illustrations shown depict a variety of suggested applications, in living rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, sun porches, patios, etc.
Full details and prices are available from Cal Distributing Company, 151 N. Avenue 19, Los Angeles, Calif. The telephone number is CApitol l-1478.
J. E. (Eddie) Peggs, Jr., Irwin-Lyons Lumber Co., San Francisco. made a short business trip early this month to l,os Angeles by air.
Doyle Bader, partner in Ed Fountain Angeles, and his vvife returned June 25 vacation in Utah and Idaho.
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I Combination Rip and Cut-ofi Saw. Stock No. 8152.
1 Irvington Cut-ofi Saw, No. 35, with 3 HP. Motor. Stock No. 8t85.
I Drum Sander, 42", with 30 HP. Motor. Stock No. 8167.
1 Disc Sander, 15", with y2 H.P. Motor' Stock No. 8133A.
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1 Brecknow Band Saw Sharpener with two % }JP. Motors. Stock No. 8107.
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1 Auto Nailer. Foot Power. Stock No. 8050.
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ft was down in Deep East Texas, and two colored lumber stackers were sitting in the shade eating their lunch of "cawn bread," lasses, and bacon-grease, and talking with deep interest about the war in Korea. This business of having American soldiers, including many of their own color, fighting against hordes of yellow Chinese Communists, was something that their vivid imaginations could conjure a lot of excitement out of.
One of them was absolutely certain that the American army was going to beat the Chinese, while the other, somewhat fearful and timid when it came to war talk, was frankly scared. "Skaid," was the way he expressed it. He said:
"Boy, how come you so suttin de American ahmy is
Kenneth Smith, assistant to the president, The Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco, left June 9 for a 10-day trip by air to visit Middle West cities for the purpose of making a survey of business conditions.
goin'to whup dem Chinese? Ah craves t'know how come?',
"Ah'll tell you how come Ahm so sho,,' said his more optimistic friend, "Hit's becuz befo de American sojers goes into de battle, dey kneels down an' prays de Good Mastah to bring 'em de victry. An' FIe brings it to 'em. He sho does !"
The pessimist scratched his black poll, as he struggled with the thought his friend had just handed him.
"But looka heah, boy," he insisted, .,why cain't dem Chinamens kneel down, too, an' pray fo' de victry? Ah axes you, why not?"
"Sho dey can," said the other, positively. .,Sho dey can. But WHO IN DE HECK IS GOIN'T'UNERSTAN' 'EM?'
Cornell Norby, salesman for Forest products Sales Co., Inglewood, recently flew to Minneapolis (his old home town) to spend two weeks on a combination of business and vacation, in that citv and vicinitv.
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This is a little historical story concerning Harrv \\'. Mcleod, of Los Angeles, who runs the Southern Division of the Hammond Lumber Company.
At various times during the last twenty-five years the writer of this piece has suggested to Harry Mcleod that THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT would like to run his picture in our magazine, and write something nice about him. On each occasion a very friendly and courteous, but firm, Harry Mcleod declined to furnish either the facts or the photo. For which reason he has long been absent from these columns, with the exception of such news items as occasionally developed.
What was our satisfaction the other day to open a recent number of "Redwood Log," .ivhich the employees of the Hammond Lumber Cornpany, at Samoa, California, publish monthly for the company personnel, and to find therein a modern photo as well as a brief sketch of the history of Harry Mcl-eod. So we borrowed the picture from the Hammond mill folks, and will take the liberty of re-printing the story that went with it, here and now.
The historic recital is, of course, a cold and rnatter-of-fact one, which is exactly what it proposes to be. It says nothing about the Harry Mcleod that this writer has known for many years, the genial, warm, friendly, helpful man who grins at us through his glasses while he exudes timely ancl kindly philosophy concerning the world and the folks who people it. It says nothing about the kindly and throughtful man who enjoys the warm friendship and genuine admiration of an army of lumber folks in Southern California, where he has lived, and rnoved, and had his being for rnuch the greater part of his life.
Therefore we take the liberty at this time, the first opportunity we have had during the 29 years we have known him, of testifying to our own high regard for this gentleman. From the tirne THE CALIFORNIA LUMBL,R MERCHANT first came to light, which was just 29 years ago today, this publication and its personnel have been blessed with the friendly goodwill of Harry Mcl-eod. He encouraged a struggling publication from the very beginning, and by his cooperation has helped abundantly to make its path a successful one from that early date to this.
We are not ungrateful. Now follows the historic story of Mr. Mcleod, reprinted exactly from the "Redwood Log":
"In the Spring of the year that the Wright brothers made their first successful aeroplane flight at Kittr. Has-k, a )'oung rnan arrived in San Francisco from Vancouver, Brltish CoIumbia to enter the employ of Hammond Lumber Con-rpany. He had just given up a career with the Bank of Montreal to join the newly-founded company, then in its third year of operatior.r. That was in 1903, 48 years ago, ancl the young lnan was Harry W. llcl-eod, now Vice-President and \{anager of the Southern Division of Hammond Lumber Cornpany.
"Two years later, in 1905, u'hen Hammond I-umber Company purchased Whiting Lumber and Supply Cornpany in Los Angeles and organized National Lumber Cornpany to operate it, young Harry Mcleod was made Office \4anager of the new company.
"In 1908 Perry Whiting resigned as Manager of National Lumber Company and Harry Mcleod was placed in charge of the business. Two years later he was formally appointed Vice-President anci Manager. In l9l2 National Lurnber Company was dissolved and the business in Southern California was thereafter operated under the name of Hamrnond Lumber Company.
"He saw the peak building years of 1906, 1912, 1923, \941 and 1950 in Los Angeles, and under his able management Hammond Lumber Company supplied well over 25 per cent of all the lurnber used in its trade area. N{uch of the salesmanship necessary to maintain the position of the company in this rapidly expanding market was supplied by Harry W. Mcleod.
"Harry W. Mcleod was born in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, on September 5, 1876. When he rvas 19 years old he entered the employ of the Bank of Montreal at Chatham, New Brunswick and in 1897 was transferred to his home town of St. John. Three years later he was transferred to Toronto, Ontario and in 1902 to the branch at Vancouver, British Columbia.
"In addition to his management of our Southern California operation:;, N{r. NIcleod, as a Director and memlter of the Executive Committee, has played an important part in the over-all development and growth of our Company. With a half century of constructive work to his credit, Harry W. Mcleod is today looking forward to still greater accomplishments in the future."
Larch lumber as manufactured by member mills of the Western Pine Association, is be coming more and more popular. Everywhere wholesalers, dealers and builders are finding Larch profitable to handle, easy to sell and excellent to use.
Larch is one of the strongest and most durable of the sofb woods. Its uses range from bridge timbers to paneling and fine cabinet work. All kinds of paints and stains can be successfully applied to Larch with pleasing results. You can stock and recommend Larch with confidence.
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"Once upon a time" as the old saying goes, there was a highly respected piece of philosophy in Texas, that went like this: "When the Good Master made mankind, He made men different; He made some men big and some small; some strong and some weak; some good and some bad; and then along came Mr. Colt, and made them all the same size."
In the lumber industry there was another old bit of philosophy that seemed so rock-ribbed and iron-clad that nobody ever dreamed it could be wrong. This was that no matter how hard you tried you could never cut a board out of a log that was either longer or wider than the log itself. How could you, said we? Boards won't stretch ! And that law of limitation prevailed for a hundred years.
And then came the miracle, so simple and practical that we wondered we hadn't thought of it long before. There came a triple-play; a combination of wood, glue, and lathe; and when coordinated by alotof human ingenuity, it made the modern miracle of miracles that men callPlywood. Yes, sir, not only can we now make a board longer and wider than the log from which it is cut, but we can make it longer than your b.uilding lot and wider than your entire house; as long and as wide as human necessity dictates. And we can leave out all the defects, knots, cracks, discolorations, etc., inherent in a plain board born of a plainly-sawed log. Yes sir, we sure can !
Just goes to show that the days of miracles are notas has often been proclaimed by the thoughtless-past. Thinking and ambitious men make their own miraclesand miracle days. No longer does the builder who desires
a wooden wall have to put together innumerable small boards and fasten them with innumerable nails, leaving the face of the wall creased with innumerable joints and cracks that mar the beauty of the surface, suck up paint, and make an un-smooth and un-beautiful job. Instead, he slaps a big, smooth, flawless, beautiful board up against the studs, hits it with a few scattered tacks and covers and adorns it with a paint spray-gun-and there it is, all in the shortest possible time, with the least possible effort, the fewest possible nails, and the finest possible results. The difference between the old and the new is like the difference between a wheelbarrow and a lift truck.
You often hear people say that we are living in the airplane age, and they think they have covered the subject. But when it comes to the building industry, this is definitely and undoubtedly the Plywood age. The useful and important things that can be done with Plywood defy computation. There just aren't that many digits in the arithmetic. Plywood can just naturally "run faster, jump higher, dive deeper, and come up dryer" than any other building material ever devised by human mind, built by human hand, or directed by the wisdom of a guiding Providence.
And, Brother, if that doesn't cover the subject, say so, and we'll guarantee to think of something more.
And, in this Annual Plywood Issue, we will try and prove what we just said !
One Sunday a ferv rveeks ago more than 5,000 people swarmed through a beautiful ranch home in the green hillside suburbs of Portland, Oregon. For a house that was not even on sale, it was a big turnout and it may be the tip-off to new markets for the retail lumber dealer. Why?
Because the builders, a determined young ex-GI, Tom Riley and his attractive, plucky wife, went to work themselves with a saw and hammer to make their dream of a home of their own a reality. Here are the high points of Riley's story. He put up $7,450 for materials purchased at retail from a nearby lumber dealer. By building the home himself with simplified plywood construction, he got a rambling, modern ranch house with seven rooms-1,480 feet of floor space-including three bedrooms, two baths and a double garage. The property is now estimated to be worth more than twice the money invested.
Actually, Riley, a free-lance writer who srvears that until a year ago he had done little more in the building line than fix a leaky faucet, served as the guinea pig for Popular Mechanics magazine. Except for the masonry, he and his wife built the entire home themselves with the occasional help of a friend. The house was sponsored by Popular Mechanics as a demonstration project to prove that its new "build-it-yourself" dream home can be built by anybody who is willing to work hard and follow careful instructions and a good plan.
Blueprints and a step-by-step, how-to-build book on the house will be offered by the magazine September lst. Plans are $13.50, the book $3.5O and both together 915. They may be had by writing Popular Mechanics magazine, frZ East Ontario Street, Chicago 11, Illinois. On the basis of
past experience, the publishers expect to sell 5,000 sets of drawings and 60,000 copies of the book. That and the enthusiastic public response to the open house invitation should be ample evidence of the vast reservoir of interest in the build-it-yourself home-a potential market which some retail dealers have already managed to tap.
Abundant built-ins and ingenious planning by Portland architect John J. Whelan mark the design of the house as outstanding. Noteworthy features include a handsome brick island wall fireplace,between living room and kit,chen and a free-standing storage cabinet eliminating the usual hallway between bedroom and bath. A basic version of the plan, which can be expanded when time and budget permit, provides for two bedrooms and carport. Riley says it can be builit for $5,000 for materials at current prices.
By using especially designed roof-trusses which are prefabricated on the site before erection, the entire roof load is planned so it rests on the walls. This permits any arrangement of interior partitions desired. Or, the builder can erect a shell, complete with roof, and move in while still installing his partitions. Roof trusses consist of. 2x6inch joists and. 2 x 4-inch rafters or truss members. They are joined at the ends, the peak and in the center by /s-inch fir plywood gusset plates. Riley cut out parts for all the trusses at once, assembled them with No. 8 common nails and then set them in place.
Because the house required the ultimate in simplicity, plywood was used for all structural and decorative features. By planning the interior on a 4-foot module, there is a minimum of cutting and whole panels can be quickly
and easily set in place. The handsome exterior lines of the house are achieved by wide-lapped siding of Plyshield, the siding grade of Exterior fir plywood. Subfloors are s/s" Plyscord over which was laid the Plypanel grade of fir plywood to provide a smooth base for cork tile and other finish flooring materials in the house. Panels used for concrete forms in footings and foundations were .subsequently cleaned and re-used in the subflooring. Plyscord sheating and roof decking speeded building and assures a more solid, stronger house.
In the interior various types of wood panels applied against a rigid fir plywood backing are used for walls. Floors and one wall in the den are cork tile. An unusual effect in the ceiling was achieved by scoring /s-inch fir plyrvood in 24 x 32-inch squares and painting with a textured paint. Bedrooms were papered over /s-inch Plypanel. Colors are handsome pastel tones which harmonize with natural wood finishes and beautiful stain-glazes on hard'it'ood panels.
Riley swears that anybody who can hit a nail squarely and make a straight cut in a2x4 can build the house. He says:
"Building a house is 90 per cent sheer physical labor, and, with complete instructions, it requires no more skill than anybody can acquire in the actual process of building. Actually, anybody who is relatively competent home craftsman could do a better job than I did in much less time."
If he is right, and his house proves that he should be,
In addition to their Lauan and birch plywood, imported from Japan, Ziel & Co., Inc., San Francisco, are also mar' keting very successfully Japanese Sen plywood, which is ash, and is light silver in tone, according to R. S. (Bob) Reid, sales manager of this firm's plywood and lumber department, who states further: "Its figure is very interesting, and it is accepted and admired by everyone who has seen it. This Sen plywood can be finished in any of the modern light colors which are in popular demand among home owners, and the many industrial users of hardwood plywood for interior decoration.
"We are now segregating Philippine lauan plywood into two colors, white and red, which in Philippine Mahogany terminology is light red and dark red. This has not been done heretofore, and it offers a continuity of color in any one package of lauan plywood of approximately 500 square feet. "
Sand Door & Plywood Co., Los Angeles, has appointed Walter Ruth as salesman handling the Southwest part of Los Angeles, and the San Diego territory. Ife rvas formerly rvith the Hoffman Radio Co.
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THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT is very proud to publish for the first time in its columns a picture story concerning the Plvwood operations of The Long-Bell Lumber Company, at Weed, California.
First, important changes recently announced by this company in its I'lyu'oocl Department personnel. J. M. White, President of the Long-Bell I-umber Co., has issuecl an official announcement of the follo'iving appoir-rtments in their Plvu'ood operations :
A. J. Myers, .ivho has until recently been Superintendent of the Weed Plyrvoocl plant, has been prornoted to the position of General Superintendent of all Long-Bell Plyrvood operations, and is nou'at Gardiner, Oregon, in charge of the construction of the new Long-8e11 Plywood Plant being built there. lle has been succeeded as Plyrvood Superintendent at Weecl by FI. G. Reents, lr'hile -T. T. Dohrrr has been promoted to Assistant Srrperintenclent to Mr. Reents.
A. J. Myers, rvho norv heacls all Long-I3ell Plylvoocl manttfacture, has l>een with the company since 1924, sold lumber for years, u'orked in the sales and shipping crr<l at \Areed for a number of years, then at Klamath Falls frtr a term of yezrrs and in l94l entered the Plyn.ood er-rd of the business. FIe lvas Superintenclent of the I'lywoocl plar-rt at Wee<l in 1942, ancl held that position until his recent promotion. The lrew ltlant he is building at Gardiner, Oregon, will rnanufacture Douglas Fir Plywood, rvill be in operation by the end of this year, and will employ 220 persons. The Gar<liner operation will be called The Gardiner Lumber Company, that being a Long-Bell subsidiary
Located at the base of N[t. Shasta the I-ong Bell Lrrmber Company's Ply'rvood I'lant in Weed, California has been ir-r production since 1911. It rvas the first such plant on the
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For years, the primary concern of this plant was to produce plywood for door panels in the company's large door factory nearby.
Since 1942, a rnodernization ancl expar-rsion program has been in progress to rneet the ever-grolving demand for Ponderosa I,'ilre Plyu'ood. Production, since then, has rrearly tripled as the result of the installation of rnodern machinery arrd the inrprovements in hanclling methods.
The plant :rt tl.re present titne is producing plywood at the rate of 30 rnillion square feet tl basis yearly, operating .5 d:rys a week. Standard sized panels,4'l>y 8', are mannfactured in thicknesses ranging from ,/+" to 2%'. All grades of plywood :rre produced. Some exterior type plywood is manufactured, but the greatest majority of panels are manufactured with a special 10 cycle highly moisture-rcsistant interiol glue. Grade descriptions ar.rd other colrcliti<lns oI manufacture are registered with the United States Department of Cornmerce under the publication "Comnrercial Stanclard CS 157-49."
The rnore iurportant procluction equipment consists of two I-athes, trvo l)ryers, trvo Glue Spreaders, one Hot Press, one Cold Press, llipping ancl Triruming machines, :rncl orre lJ Drum Sander.
Tlre rnost receut ad<litiou to the Pl1'.n.ood Plant has been the installation of Steam Tunnels. These l.unnels are filled and emptiecl lly mear.rs of a heavy dutv fork lift truck. The peeler blocks remain in the tunnels from 18 to 24 hours, at an avcrage tempetature of 160 degrees F. Steaming peeler blocks is nothing new to the industry; however, this operation has been discontinued by mosl. of the Western Softu'ood Plywood manufacturers-the tn<ldern l-athe
had much to do with this step. By the addition of these Stearl Tunuels, the plant is norv able to coutinue its operations the year around in spite of low rvinter temperatures rvhich frequently cause logs to freeze solid.
Aside fron-r tharving logs, thus making thetn easier to peel, steaming has added advantages evidenced by srnoother peeling of veneer, more uniform thickness of veneer and plywood, betl.er glue bond, smoother sanding, and the elimination of face checking.
In order to iusttre a tight fit betr,veen the variotts 'rvidths of cross bancling ir-r the core line, a core jointing machine has been clevised. The edges of the core moving on rollers are pushed over a high speed ctltter head. All core thicker than 1/s" is put through this machine. As a frrrther steP tou'ards insuring :I core line free of voi<ls, all cross banding and center corc in .5 ply panels having lrrrything but
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Spurred on by increasing consumer demand for plywood and by the impact of war in Korea, West coast panel makers have turned in a new all-tirne production record that far surpasses the most opitimistic guess-timates of the halcyon years immediately following World War II.
Production of standard-size fir plywood is at a record high with the panel makers reporting a 1950 production increase over the previous year of 34 per cent-a total output of 2.5 billion square feet of this all-purpose panel material. Best estimates this year are that 1951 production of fir plyrvoocl in standard grades and sizes rvill be ten per cent highel than 1950-probably arouncl 2.7 billion square feet.
Right now there are 69 plants producing Douglas fir plywood in standard grades and sizes in the three-state area excluding British Columbia. That represents an increase over the end of 1949 of 15 plants.
California is playing an increasingly important role in this tremendous expansion of the plywood industry. Beginning in 1947 with just two plants which turned out only 1.23 per cent of the industry's total production of standard grades and sizes of fir plywood, California has increased its productive capacity to L2 plants. nine of thcrn manufacturers of standard grades and sizes infir. Four t.rerv plants have been added since 1949.
Last year, California accounted for 175 ntillion square feet of fir plyrvood, or 6.8 per cent of the industry's total. In 1949 California :rccounted for .5.4 per cent of irrdustrv output.
The four new plants which have gone into production in California since 1949 or those which are virtually ready to do so, include Mutu:ll Plywoocl Corp., Eureka; Albright Manufacturing Co., Oakland; Santa Rosa plywood Corp., Santa Rosa, and Sonoma Plyrvood Co., Sonor.na. Other California firms producirlg star.rclard grades and sizes <lf fir plywood are Coast Manufacturing Co.. Calpella; Crescent Plyrvood Co., Crescent City; I-Tumbolclt plyrvoocl Corp.. Arcata; Industrizrl Plywoocl Co:-p., Willits, ar-rcl I\[ ancl r\{ Wood M/orking Co., llureka.
Today lhere zrre 31 plants in Washingtor-r :rnd 29 in Oregon pro<lrrcing standard sizes arrd grades. T,;rst year Wash_ ington accounted for 52.4 per cent of procluction ancl Oregon 40.7 per cent.
Defense needs for tl.re parrels are expected to take about 2O per cent of total ltrocluction leavirrg about Z billion fcet available for use irr homes, concrete forms, farm build_ ings, boats and indtrstry.
Of particular note irr the explrnding mar-l<ets for plyu,oo<l is the gror,r'ing accel)t:urce of the parrels for hidclen strtrctural features of the hcl'e ir.r ne\1r constrnctio. and remodeling. As a finish materi;rl, D<>rrglas fir plywoocl is zrdaptable to virtually ;rny architectrrral stlrls ,r. decor as either :rn exterior siding material or for ir.rterior paneling. However, the utility grades of plywoocl are finding expanding outlets as subflooring, r,vall sheathing and roof decl<ing. The sanre
grades also provide a firm, solid backing for finish panels of other materials. One of the best examples of plywood's advantages in these applications is House Beautiful magazine's 1951 Pace Setter Home-a $.50,000 luxury residence with plywood construction throughout.
Also significant is the remodeling market-another prirue source of plywood sales. The panels are used here both for structural and finish applications in basements, attics hnd other unused areas of the house. As the cost of living increases, more and more amateurs are doing tl-reir own worl<. Irlywood meets their needs because it speeds their work, goes up easily and can be handled with ordinary tools.
The farm market, too, opens neu' sales vistas. The farmer is increasingly aware of the vital neecl for aclecluate sanitation in handling stock and dairy products. Because of plyrvood's large panel size, the material builds more easily cleaned, crack-free structures. The broad smooth surfaces offered l>y plywood construction are vital irr linirrg dairy barns arrcl milk houses.
The proved performance of exterior plywood rvith n,aterproof bond calls for its use in large permanent installations like grain bins and silos. Plyr,r'ood offers a comltination of strength and light weiglrt rvhich is rurbeatable in the construction of portable farrn structures like hog houses, farron'ing crates and brooder houses.
Expanding requirements by industry for plyrvood constitute a new testimonial to the amazing versatility of this panel material and another avenue to profits for the dealer. Small lots can be sold for plant n-rainteuance to virtually arry inclustrial operation. But plyrvoocl is being increasingly rrsed as a. material that out performs all otbers in many inclustrial applications. Typical of these are tanks and vats. I)emonstrating plywood's ability to st:rrrd up under corrosive acids and fluids is its application in plating tanks used by metal products manufacturers in electroplating. fn constructing plvwood tanks for this purpose, one firm founcl that plvwood constructior.r rvas 80 pcr cent cheaper than rubber lined steel tanks and half as rnuch as ordinary lnmlre r.
Ncrv products mean neu' marl<ets and thc first harrlboard prodtrctior.r line in the industry is nearirrg- conrpletion at the plant of Anacortes Veneer, Inc., Anacortcs, Wash. Several other plar.rts plan to get into l.rarclboarrl procluction this year, dentons;trating the m;rnrrfacturers determir-ration to produce panel materials meeting market specifications. Already in production on a limited scale is hardboard hot pressed to plywood to create a premium surface panel norv used chiefly in concrete forms.
These developments are the procluct o[ the plyrvood industry's continuing prograllt of research. Other research activities, horvever, offer more intmecliate benefits u,ith the clevelopment of data proving nelv capabilities and new applications for plywood as it is norv proclucc<l. Typical of this kind of research is a series of tests uow underway by industrv engineers to develop clesign data for plyrvood
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sheathing when used as a floor or roof diaphragm. The tests are expected to turn up new information on a cornltlex engineering problem.
The following list of Douglas Fir Ir,lywood plants now in operation in the three Western states is exact and r1pto-date as compiled for THE CALIFORNIA LUN{BEII MERCHANT by the Douglas Fir Plyrvood Association of Tacoma, Washington.
Douglas Fir Plywood Mills Producing fn Standard Grades and Panel Sizes (,,e/s basis)
Aberdeen Plywood Corporation, Aberdeen
Anacortes Veneer, fnc., Anacortes
Buffelen Manufacturing Co., Tacoma
Columbia Veneer Company, Kalama
Elliott Bay Mill Co., Seattle
Everett Plywood and Door Corporatior-r, Ilverctt
Harbor Plywood Corporation, Aberdeen
Lacey Plywood Company, fnc., Lacey
Lake Pleasant Plywood Company, Beaver
M and M Wood Working Company, Longview
Mt. Baker Plywood, Inc., Bellingham
North Pacific Plywood, Inc., Tacoma
Northwest Door Company, Tacoma
Pacific Veneer and Plywood Corporation, Bellingham
Peninsula Plywood Corporation, Port Angeles
Puget Sound Plywood, Inc., Tacoma
Rainier Plywood Company, Tacoma
Resinweld Plywood fnc., Tacoma
St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co., Olympia
Simpson l-ogging Company, Shelton
Simpson Logging Company, McClearv
United States Plywood Corporation, Seattle
Vancouver Plywood Co., Van,couver
Walton Plywood Company, Everett
Washington Veneer Corporation, Olympia (Plant
Washington Veneer Corporation. Olympia (Plant (Bellingham Plywood Co.) Bellingham
West Coast Plywood Company, Aberdeen
Weyerhaeuser Timber Co., Longview
The Wheeler Osgood Company, Tacoma
Woodlawn Plywood Co., Hoquiam
Associated Plywood Mills, Inc., Eugene
Associated Plywood Mills, Inc., Willamina
Astoria Plywood Corp., Astoria
Carnpbell & Mclean, Inc., Eugene
Cascades Plywood Corporation, Lebanon
Coos Bay Lumber Company, Coquille
Evans Products Company, Coos Bay
Fir Manufacturing Company, Myrtle Crecl<
Edlr,'ard Hines Lumber Co., Westfir
fnterstate Plywood Corp., fnc., Bandon
Italpine Plywood Co., Klamath Falls
Linn Plywood and Door, fnc., Albany
M and M Wood Working Company, Portland
I{ and M Wood Working Company, Albany
The Martin Brothers Box Company, Oakland
Menasha Plywood Corporation, North Bend
Multnomah Plywood Corp., Portland
Oregor.r Plywood Corporation, Sweet Home
C)regon-Washington Plywood Co., Garibaldi
Southern Oregon Plywoods, fnc., Grants Pass
Springfield Plywood Corp., Springfield
Stevenson Plywood Cdrporation, Stevenson
Tirnber Products Company, Medford
Umpqua Plywood Corp., Roseburg
United States Plywood Corporation, Mapleton
Valley Plywood Company, Junction City
Western Door & Plywood Corp., Mihvaukie
Western Veneer Company, Lebanon
Willamette Plywood, Inc., Eugene
Albrite Manufacturing Company, Oakland
Coast Plywood Mfg. Co., Calpella
Crescer.rt Plywood Co., Crescent City
Humboldt Plywood Corporation, Arcata
Industrial Plywood Corporation, Willits
M and M Wood Working Company, Eureka
Mutrral Plywood Corporation, Eureka
Santa Rosa Plywood, Inc., Santa Rosa
Sonoma Plyrvood Co., Sonoma
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very small knot holes are plugged rvith the Standarcl Veneer Plugging machines.
.t+t\ B;r nreans of the roller type dryers, veneer is dried to;.r T-;:, moisture content of 3 to 5 per cent. This drying is accom- 1+'' plisherl by nreans of a large volume of air being citculated around high pressure steam coils. The heated air is then forcecl over the veneer. This occurs while the material is slowly nroved through the dryer by many series of long metal rolls. Drying veneer to such low moisture content makes it possible to ship plywood at an optimum moisture content of 8 to 10 per cent. This factor, coupled with special panel construction features, has practically eliminated n'arping in 5 ply plywood.
The plant employs 135 people and is operatecl in conjunction with the large sawmill and lumber re-manufacturing departments of the Long-Bell L,umber Company all located in Weed.
Jol-rn M:rnlle is General Manager of all Long-Rcll operations at Weed, and J. M. White Jr., Assistant General Manager.
Jusr punr,rsnro! A portfolio of designs awarded top honors by a jury of nationally-known architects in the Special Awards Competition for Plywood Built-In Features conducted within the nenr-lncHrrECTURAL FoRUM House Design Competitionhistory's biggest, most successful architectural contest. This sales-starting collection of design suggestions-chosen from the 2,727 competition entries-is a valuable promotion tool to help your customers visualize how much beauty and convenience plywood built-ins will add to their home. Send today for your free copy . and remember, storage-wall, cabinet buflets or dregser-versatile plywood is the logical material for every builrin.
ln Aloy, millionr of homa owncrs the notion ovcr wlll rcod odvcrliscmcnft feofuring plywood buih-inr. You con lic-in your own promotion by ordcring o rupply of lfiir ncw porffolio for your cutlomaru. In quontity, portfolior orc $100.00 pcr 1,000. lmprintcd, odd $9.00 for fint l,0OO, $4.O0 codr odditionol 1,000. Al:o ovoiloblc or. ncw3popcr od mols fcoturing plywood built-ins. Onc 2-column mqt, two l-column motr. lOc codr.
J an.res S. (Chip) Chipman, nranager of the Sau Fr:rncisco l'11,11'e6,1 Company, Sarr l,'rancisco, is one oI tlre best knrlrvrr plynoo<1 executives in Northerrr California ancl the Northwest. FIc w:rs born and raisecl in Chicago. 'l'he lirst six years of his brrsiness carcer u'ere sperrt. irr tlre irrsurlrtrcc business.
ln 1930 lre helpe<l to fornr thc Craftsman Wo<>tl Service Conrplrnv, dealers in dourestic arrd forcig-rr hardrvoo<ls, plywood, veneers, etc. This concern sclls by mail all over lhe world. \\'hcrr he left in 19.1.5 Mr. company.
From Chicago lre went to the Pacific Northwesl, arrrl was cmployed llrst lly thc lihrlich-Harrisorr Cornltanl', harrlwood dealers in Seattle, and later by the Geueral l-[lLrdwood Company, -I'aconra.
In 1947 he came to San lirancisco an<l openerl tlrc Sarr Francisco Plywood Companl. rvarehorrse itt 725 2n<l Stree t, San Francisco, anrl has lteen at that locatiorr since thelr. This company distributes fir, pine and "Multirvoocl" hlrrrlwood plywood, also Consoweld an<l Cuprinol. Tl.rey are also distributors of l-tch Wood and Sketchu'oo<l in thc Bay area, and have live salesmen covering the territor'1'.
Mr. Chillman was married in 193.1 in Plymriuth, Irr<1. He and Mrs. Chipnran make their honre in the Marino district of San Francisco.
Chip's hobby is golf, ltut he does not 6n<l too rrrrrch tiurc to play. FIe is a former director of the Sar.r li'r:rncisco l,rrnrbermen's Club, arrd is a popula:' meml>er o[ Slrn Iir:rncist:<r Hoo-Hoo Club No.9.
Accorclir.rg to all the records available on July first, 1951, there are norv 130 plants manufacturing standarcl Plyrvood board on thc entire Pacific Coast. There are 69 Douglas Iiir pl:rnts (several of u'hich so listed also manufircture some Ponderosu Pine Plywood). 7 Douglas Fir Plywood plants in British Columbia, aird four l'onderosa Pine Plvwood plants in California. There is one plant in Californi:r manufacturirrg ltedrvood Plywood, the M&M Manufacturing Company, at E,ureka, but since that is also included ir-r the Fir list, it <1oe5 161 zrlte: the total number of nlar-rts listed.
There are no.,v l3 Plylvood plants operating in California, 9 of rvhich ;rre liir plants, and 4 manufacture only Pine. There has becn no change in the number of Pine plants in this state since last year. They are: Calaveras Forest Products Corporation, subsidiary o{ the American Box Corl>ora{.ion, San, Andreas; Fruit Growers Supply Company, Westr,r'ood; Long-Bell Lumber Company, Weed; Shasta Plywood, Inc., Anderson.
Kalpine Plyu'ood Company, Klamath Falls, Oregon, previously listed as strictly a Pine Plywood manufacturer, now produces considerable Douglas Fir Plywood also, and is included in the Plyrvood Association total of 69 Fir plar-rts.
In British Cc.'lur.nbia the 1950 production of the 7 Douglas liir Plyrnood plants n.as considerably in excess of the previous year's figures, but it is reported that 1951 production n'ill show another definite production increase. It is roughly cstimated that rhe Piylvood total for British Columbia for1950 rvas 320 rnillion sqlla:e feet. One B.C. plant produced nrore than 100 nrillion square feet of board.
E. H. (Ernie) Bacon, manager California, San Francisco,
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the Nlultnomah Hotel, He 'ivas accomJtanied on the trip (Red) I)or,r,ning.
of Fir-Tex of Nrlrthern the National Fiberboard Portlarrd, May 16 to 18. by his assistlrnt, I{. A.
E. G. (Ed) Gallagher, manager of the San Francisc<r Northern Cali- rvarehouse of Associated Plytvood Mills, Inc., attended the returned from rtnnual meeting of the Douglas Fir Plywood Association, cities. hel<l at Gearhart, Oregon, N{ay 21 and 22.
The latest plant to start manufacturing plywood in California is Mutual Plywood Corporation, located at Fairhaven, just across Hurnboldt Bay from Eureka. It is a thoroughly modern plant covering five acres, u'ith 169,000 square feet of floor space under one roof. It is manufacturing 135,000 square feet of plywood daily. A1>out 225 r1len are employed. The company owns 35 n-rillion feet of timber in the Redwood Creek area.
The officers of the company are: A. E. Holm, prcsident; A. H. Westman, vice president; E. W. Strausser, secretary and treasurer; Elmer Hall, general manager. U. S. Plywood Corporation has contracted for the output of the plant.
California Panel & Veneer Co., Los Angeles, is handling a panel specially made for them by Aberdeen Plywood Corporation, Aberdeen, Wash. It is a 7-ply /a-inch panel faced with rotary-cut Philippine, utility grade. It is made primarily to be used as a base for Formica and other decorative plastic sheets.
Thomas A. Morgan, president of the Columbi;r l-umber Co., Juneau, stated recently that plans are being considered for building a plywood plant at Juneau. Either spruce or hemlock timber, or possibly both species, .r'r'ill be used.
S. Logan Owens, western sales representative o.f NI and I\ Wood Working Company, with headquarters ir-r San Francisco, has returned from a business trip to Los Angeles, San Diego, and Phoenix, Ariz. He was accornparried by his assistant, Bob Knox.
Here is plywood the beauty of which will amaze and delight you. For here is the spiraled grain of oceam waves; of tide-prints in the sand; of the lure and romance of ocean beaches and wind-swept seas. Here is the durability and practicability of plywood, surfaced with a modern decorator's touch. Not many may have Sea Swirl, for the supply is limited. But for the fortunate few there will be home and office interiors of great charm. Sea Swirl is available at APMI Sales Warehouses exclusively. Call your nearest APMI warehouse for information.
General OlJlces: Eugene, Oregon
PTYWOOD Ml!!S qt Eugene ond Willomino, Oregon
AP'IAI
Soles Worehouses:
925 Tolond Sl., Son Froncisco
4814 Bengol St., Dollos
4003 Coyle St., Houston
4268Utah Sr., Sr. Louis
1026 Joy St., Chorlolte, N. C. Eugene, Oregon
The new wholesale branch building materials warehouse of North-Robbins Plywood Inc., at Salinas, Calif., features plastic faced plywood on the exterior. The warehouse occupies i1,@0 square feet of floor space.
The large loading and unloading dock will accommodate two fifty-foot cars and four or five trucks at the same time, also there is ample room available off the highway for trucks to maneuver easily to the loading dock. The com-
pany handles plywood, doors, both fir and hardwood, insulation, wall board, oak flooring, Masonite products and nails.
A. H. (Art) Neher, a graduate architect with long experience in wholesaling building materials throughout the Western states, is manager of the Salinas operation.
The firm also has distributing plants at Seattle and Spokane, Wash.
DOUGI.AS TIR
Interior . Exterior . Plyscord . Plypcnel . Plylorm
In the Jordan Valley, deep in the rural hinterland of Israel, there is growing into size and prominence at the present time, a flourishing industry; the manufacture of Plywood and wallboard. No more surprising surroundings for a modern industry could well be imagined.
This is the Valley through which flows the historic River Jordan, basis of so many hymns and religious songs. "Roll Jordan, ro1l," is one of the original and popular spiritual songs of the South. It is a tapering Valley, three miles narrow at one end, and not more than twelve miles wide at any point. It is generally a verdant area, except where it flows into the Dead Sea, which portion is saline and barren. Throughout the Valley can be found evidence of ancient viaducts that once were used for carrying water to what must have been then a highly cultivated land.
And here a remarkable manufacturing industry is growing. In the torvn of Afikim, which is a collective agricultural settlement in the Valley, is an already flourishing Plywood manufacturing industry, which is now in the process of being greatly enlarged and expanded. Today it furnishes all the Plywood used in Israel and is doing considerable exporting of that material; and tomorrow it will be three times its present size, and plans to export Plywood and rvallboard products to much of the rest of the world.
The Afikim Plywood industry at present consists of a modernly equipped Plywood plant that manufactures two million square feet of Plywood monthly, employs 150 people, half of them immigrants, and is at present constructing additional equipment that will double the production, and the number of employees. And, at the same time, they have started construction at Afikim of a sister factory and industry that will manufacture large quantities of hardboard and insulating board. The Kelet Plywood Plant is the
institution around which is being built this greater set-up.
Founded before World War II as a small fruit box factory, the project was originally conceived as an auxiliary rnethod of augmenting the collective's farm income. A small r,r,'orkshop employing just four people was the original operation. It macle fruit and vegetable crates out of local Eucalyptus timber. Then, in 1946, it was converted into a well equipped Plywood plant, using hardwoods from Africa, Yugoslavia, France, and Canada, as well as Eucalyptus for raw materials. Glue for the operation is manttfactured in a special plant right there in the local settlement. Soon the Kelet plant was turning out two million feet of excellent Plywood monthly, supplying all the needs of Israel for that kind of material. And recently, with board to spare above their local needs, they began exporting their products into various other countries, including the United States.
Recently they sold to American buyers $250,000 worth of their best Plywood, mostly Birch and Beech.
The extension and enlargement program is now well under way. With the help of funds from the American Export-Import Bank they are building an additional Plyrvood rnill, equipped with the most modern machinery made in the United States, which will double their Plywood production. And they are likewise constructing at a cost of $2,400,000 a factory for the manufacture of hardboard and insulation board, to work in close conjunction with the Plywood department. For raw material for hardboard and insulation they will use local Eucalyptus, which is to be had in great volume, as well as the waste products from the Plywood mills.
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I <rnd 2: Unusucl lecrture oI the Redwood Associcrtion Inierior Finish Dctcr Sheet is the cbility of the user to "scmple" vorious decorative gchemes, combining redwood linish, rug color, drcpery mctericl cnd trim color scmples. A specicl lold cs illustrcted cbove permite grouping o{ cny combinotion ol colorg,
Gump's store ir-r San Francisco is known all over the u.'orld for its oriental imports. In its famed jade roolrr a collector can find individual pieces bearing stratospheric price tags iir a Chinese vase rvorth the cash equivalent of half a rlozerr lrouses.
Ordinaril_r' one rn'ould not think of going to Gurllt's to find the :rnswers on finishing redwood, yet that is exactly what the California Redwood Association did in preparing rts J)ata Shect on Interior Finishes for the ruddy u,ood. For besides jade and porcelain, Gump's has one of the finest interiol decoration departments of any store in the world, headed by Miss Eleanor Forbes.
At the Association's request, Miss Forbes sclected the 12 interior hnishes for redlvood which she considered the most suitable t<i modern interior trends and, to complete the decoratir.e package, suggested four basic rug and drapery colors on the basis of their suitability to the 12 redwood finishes.
The resulting Data Sheet (484-1) is one of the most complete decorative guides available to lumber users today. The sheet is as valuable, of course, to users of redr,vood plyu'ood as' to users of solid redwood paneling. The 12 finish samples presented are matched by instructior-r sheets prepared by four leading paint manufacturers, Pratt &
Announcement is made by San Francisco lrlvr,vood Co. of the opening of a warehouse in Sacramento irs soon as a suitable location can be found. Ed Andrervs, r,vho formerly called on the trade in San Francisco ancl the Sonoma Valley, u'ill be in charge. He has already movecl to Sacramento.
Construction is proceeding on the r.relv ltlytvocl<l plarrt of Itrterstate Ply.ivood Corp. at Bandon, Oregolt. It is cxpecte<l that production will start in Septemlter.
3 cnd 4: Eoch linish is identilied by letter lor recdy cross relerence to paint compcnies' instruclion gheeis. Color chips supplied by pcint dealers or qctutrl rug cnd drcpery scmples mcy be qdded to show complete decorctive schemes.
Larnbert, Sherwin-Williams Co., National Lead Co., and W. P. Fuller & Co., with both Data Sheets and instruction sheets available through retail dealers handling these four lines.
I)ue to basic differences in the products manufactured by the four paint companies, the results illustrated in the Association folder are sometimes achieved differently by the difTerent paint concerns. Most important to the user, however, is the fact that illustrations of redwood finishes, together lvith complete instructions, are available at retail paint stores. It is no longer necessary to write to some authority such as the Redwood Association for special finishing instructions. Lumbermen who carry any of the four lines mentioned can obtain both Data Sheets and instruction sheets from the Western district offices or salesmen of those concerns. All finisl-res are obtained by.using standard preparations since no special materials are needed.
Experience has shown that the result is a high degree of rlser satisfaction due to the fact that whether a room is made of redvi'ood paneling or plywood, walls and trim get a uniform treatment based on a foolproof system rvorked out by the participating paint manufacturers. fn addition, of course, such interiors are based upon the decorative authority of one of the nation's leading interior decorators.
Announcement is made by Art Neth. mana€fer of the lumber department in the Los Angeles office of f)ant & Itussell Sales Co., that Morgan Williams has been transfcrred from Los Angeles to San Diego as salesman in clrarge of the San Diego u'arehouse.
This rvarehouse building at the foot of 28th Street was recently completed by Dant & Russell Sales Co. A complete stock is maintained there of plywood, flooring, fir uppers, and fir commons, in addition to a complete stock of liir-Tex proclucts, Coralite. Handityle and Coralether-.
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becousg You, lhe retoit lumber ond building moleriol deoler, ploy o big ond imporlonl pcrt in the Big Circle of bringing plywood from lhe foresls lo lhe homes.
We ore proud of our porf in this Circle-thot of supplying you wlth quolity moleriols, with the very besl service we cqn musler, on eoch ond every order.
Douglos Fir Plywood qlso
Doors - NevqmqrHordboord
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Once more the forrvard looking state of California which boasts some of the most progressive homes, buildings and construction projects in the world is the leading consuruer of Douglas fir plvwood. During 1950 California, with only 7 per cent of the nation's population, consumed 309,850,939 square feet of Douglas fir plywood, nearly 14 per cent of industrv output.
The secon<l largest consurner rvas Illinois (6 per cent of the population) which consumed M,981,030 square feet or 9 per cent of output. Actually, Illinois moved up from fourth place in 1949 to second place last year-the result of increased use of plywood in industrial operations. The state of Washington with its large door manufacturers clinrlred into third place with a consumption of 17I,944,494 square feet or 7.6 per cent of production-and that with only 1.6 per,ceut of the population. New York, which consunred 165,486,392 or 7.3 per cent of total production was in fourth place. Indiana, Pennsylvania, Texas, Ohio, I\{ichigan and Oregon followed along in that order.
Plywood authority Joseph Weston, field promotior.r director for the Douglas Fir plywood industry, has some interesting trade area statistics that hammer home l.he tremendous sales job that is being done in the state right
ciorvn the distribution line. On a 3/s" basiq the per capita consumption of fir plywood in the nation during the first quarter of 1951 was 16.5 square feet. But in San F'rancisco, the per capita consumption was 39.4 square feet-the highest in the nation. And in the Los Angeles area, per capita consumption was 29 square feet.
The reasons for California's leadership in plywood consumption remain the same-the state builds more progressively and hence is a larger user of plywood-an all purpose material particularly adaptable to new design ideas and advances in structural methods. Then, too, California can l:oast one of the most efficient distribution setups in tlre nation with plywood distriltution centers in every important trading area. Heads-up retailers who know the value of merchandising and tl-re profit possibilities in this versatile panel material complete the picture.
Over the years retailers and their salesmen have built up a profitable "balanced sales" program. That means simply that California plywood salesmen have learned how to sell all grades and thicknesses-the most efficient sales techniclue in this industry since specific grades are manufactured to meet individual requirements at rninimum cost to the user.
For uses requiring long durobility, for versotility in oll types of construction, ihere's no betfer product thon Douglos Fir Plywood monufoctured by the Coos Boy Lumber Compony. Here's o quolity plywoodo superbly processed product cut f rom the finest virgin timber ovoiloble on the Pocific coost. With yeors of Plywood monufocturing experience behind it, the Coos Boy Lumber Compony is prepored to meet your every need for plywood ond doors.
Above is a picture of the warehouse of Southwest Plywood Corp. at 6819 West Boulevard, fnglewood, Calif., (formerly Ruffcorn-Pollard). This warel-rouse has recently been enlarged to take care of increased inventory.
Attention is cirawn by Southwest Plywood Corp. to the fact that their location is away from traffic congestion, and that there is plenty of off-the-street parking, and a large con,crete loading area at the back of the lvarehouse which makes it "easy in and quick out" for trucks.
Customers are assured that their trucks will be loaded in the least possible time. They are asked to call in advance so that their order may be waiting. A map showing the warehouse locat;on is reproduced here for the convenience ()f customefs.
In addition to Douglas Fir plyrvood this firm handles a
r\ Douglas fir plywood plant with a ca.pacity o[ three million feet a month will be built at Dillard, Oregon, by Roseburg Lumber Company, according to an :rnnouncement by Kenneth Ford, president. The timber srrpply n'ill come from the company's holdings.
Plywood Hordwood Fluch Doors
full line of Philippine Mahogany lumber, mouldings, flush doors, and T&G Tropicwall.
The telephone number of Southwest Plywood Corp. is ORegon 8-4058.
Construction of the plant of the Durable Plywood Company is underway at Arcata, Calif. Jalmer Berg is president of the company. The company will use the log pond of the Durable Fir Lumber Company, Arcata.
Douglos Fir
Ponderosq Pine
Spruce
R.edwood
All Types
Hollow ond Solid Core
Rezo
Generol
Homptonite
Trussed Core
Multi-Plyd
Combinqtion
Chopco Rezinized Hordbocrrd
Grcrveneer Boord
Dowels
Noils
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Originclity cnd Privccy. Model shows ingenious leucing arrclgement which gives every mcior room in the house c protected ouidoor livingr crecr. Fenceg, constructed oI Douglcs fir plywood, sdd interest to simple recicngulcr shcpe ol tbe house, screen the home lrom the streel.
Top honors in the 1950 American Institute of Architect Ilonor Awards Competition have been given A. Quincy Jones, Jr., of Los Angeles, for "distinguished accomplishment in residential design." The Jones' design singled out by the A.I.A. as the number one house of the year is one created for Merchant Builder H. C. Vistendahl of San Diego, Cal.
The architect's objective in designing the outstanding structure was to come up with a plan which would permit Vistendahl, Inc. to build the house for less than $10,000 for people who already own a lot, but who could not afford equally good custom design. The house shown in the accompanying photographs is the two-bedroom demonstration home built by Vistendahl, Inc., in East San Diego. Adaptable to virtually any lot 50 ft. wide, the house-e1 similar vs15i61-qan be built on any lot in San Diego County for less than $10,00G-r,vith exact costs varying from site to site and according to the owners' preference in fencing, plumbing fixtures, etc.
In the house, Douglas fir plywood is used for both exterior and interior walls, built-ins and striking outdoor fen,ces or windbreaks which completely enclose the house and afford pleasant outdoor privacy, sheltered from wind and stares of passers-by. Actually, the latter 1ule-fgnqsg and built-ins-are among the most important features of the house because they create a feeling of spaciousness far in excess of the actual 1,000 square foot size of the house.
Not only do the built-in features offer an abundant amount of storage space (over twice the amount required by FHA), but they also permit the owners to move in with a minimum of additional furniture which eats up usable floor
space in most houses. Built-in features include a large, wardrobe closet with drawers and shoe racks in each of the two bedrooms. The larger bedroom contains a built-in plywood dressing table; the smaller has two built-in bunk beds and additional drawer space. In the kitchen are over three times the required amount of cabinet and drawer space with even the stove built right into the breakfast bar which separates kitchen and dining area.
Visually, the house is given a feeling of spaciousness by extending the walls of the house to form private patio or outdoor living areas adjacent to each room. Thus, the real boundary of each room is extended through the glass wall to the plywood fence beyond. The fences make possible a complete integration of house and site, and since they cornpletely enclose the house, they offer complete privacy and heighten the effect of indoor-outdoor living.
The structural system of the house is a simple rigid frame design. Roof supports are made up of two 2xl2's with a two-inch center spacer between them. These supports are set on 7'-6" centers, and roof decking is placed over them. Vertical supports are the same construction as the roof supports and they carry the entire roof load together witih three Douglas fir plywood shear panels which give rigidity to the unique assembly.
This system of construction leaves the exterior walls entirely free of any vertical loads, which, in turn, permits a degree of flexibility not possible with ordinary stud framing such as large areas of glass and true corner windows.
In building the house, the rigid frames are pre-assembled and erected immediately after completion of the floor slab. Precut, prestained roof sheathing is then placed over the
Texture Contrqst. Smooth, wcxed plywood pcnreling, brick, glcas cnd bocrd ceiling provide hcndsome texture contrdat in this modern living room. Unique constructiol enploys plywood ehecr pcnels lor rigidity, permits more freedom in design ol wcll portitions.
frame. Once the house is under cover, plyr,vood u'all panels are installed.
The interior walls and room partitions of the home are of /s" thick Interior type Douglas fir plywood nailed to 2" x 4" studs, 16" o.c., with casing nails driven flush with the surface of the plywood. The exterior walls are 3/," thick Exterior type Douglas fir plywood and T & G redwood boards; building paper is placed beneath the exterior joints rvhich occur at the framing members. The exterior plywood used for fencing is 3/s" thick where posts are set Z apart; and rf" thick between those posts which are 4' aparl.
Both interior and exterior walls, as well as the numerous plywood built-ins in kitchen and bedrooms are finished with Cabot's stain wax to give a yacht-like natural I'r'ood finish. In kitchen and bath, a waterproof lacquer is put over the lvax finish.
The floor plan of the two-bedroom house is interesting in that one may go from the front entry directly to any room in the house without passing through any other room. Construction economy is achieved in the planning, too, for the bath, laundry and kitchen are all located next
to each other, thus eliminating long plumbing runs. Ventilation in the living room and bedrooms is obtained through the use of screen-protected sliding 'ivindows at the top of the rvall panels. Floors of the house are of concrete, lvith a 4" slab being poured over a gravel fill. The sli,b is finished with integral color and polished. Kitchen and bathroom floors are covered rvith imported cork.
Alternate plans of one, tr'r,'o and three bedroom models have been developed from the same basic design. If desired, a radiant heat system can be installed in the concrete floor slab and in hot, dry climates evaporative coolers can be installed.
The Valley Plyrvood Company, Junction City, Oregon, manufactures Fir plyrvood for sheathing purposes strictly, making about five million feet a month. The product is mostly thick board, used for all sorts of building sheathing such as sub-floors, sub-walls, and sub-roofs. The plant has been operating about seven months.
West coast plywood manufacturers, meeting in Gearhart, Ore., to chart intensive long-range promotion of ne\\' uses for the all purpose panels in industry and defense, have elected B. V. Hancock o{ Irortland, Ore., president of Douglas Fir Ply*'ood Association.
Hancock, execrltive vice president of Cascades Plyrvoocl Corp., assumed leadership of the 67-factory plyu,ood industry with the panel makers currently producing at a record rate of 55 million square feet rveekly to meet g'ro\\'ing militarv requirements and continuing high civilian demand.
Outlining promotion plans for the year ahead, O. Harrv Schrader, association managing director, said the industry will continue its intensive merchandising in all rna jor markets with emphasis on remodeling, maintenance and on industry where the versatile panels are used for everything from highu'ay signs to railroad cars.
Schrader emphasized the growing importance in the plyu'ood picture of neu'and allied products such as hardboards, hardboard overlay on piywood and plastic-faced plywood, declaring that such product development means new sales opportunities all along the distribution chain from manufacturer to retail dealer.
He said the industry's promotional efforts r,vill be directed toward maintaining plywood's preferred position in established markets such as building and concrete form construction r,r'ith aggressive merchandising of new uses for plywood nor,r' being developed in industry and defense.
Schrader pointed out that there are enormous potentials for plywood consumption particularly in the farm market where plywood's large panel size and durability dictate its use for silos, lining for barns and milk houses, grain bins and portable field structures.
Iteviewing plyrvt-rod's role in the defense effort where the panels are used for hutments, bridge pontons, crating, field kits and thousands of miscellaneous jobs, Schrader pointed out that a high volume of America's busiest building material is available for normal civilian uses. He added:
"L-rdustry output this year may lvell be 10 per cent higher than last year's record 2,500,000,000 square feet and barring a major emergency, approximately two billion feet of plyr"'ood should be available to civilian distribution channels for use in homes, farm buildings, pleasure boats and industry."
Keynoting the theme of the meeting-Sales Make the Lathes Go Round-Arthur A. Hood, editor of the American Lumberman and chairman of the board of the National Sales Executives, urged the panel markers to continue "creative selling" techniques to assure the future of the industry. Hood told the manufacturers :
"You har.e a terrific underlying potential for consumption of plyrvood in seven great markets-home building, home construction, fabricating, light industry, defense, home remodeling and farm."
Elected to serve as vice president of the trade promotion group r,vas Eberly Thompson of Portland, vice president and director, M and M Wood \\rorking Co. Charles l\L Duecy of Coos Bay, Ore., treasurer and general manager, .Nfenasha Plyu'ood Corp., North Bend, Ore., was re-elected as secretary. Re-elected as treasurer was J. P. Simpson, vice president and general manager, Buffelen Manufacturing Co., Tacoma, Wash.
Trustees elected at the meeting vrere S. R. Black of Olympia, Wash., and Portland, vice president, GeorgiaPacific Plywood Co.; J. H. Gonyea of Tacoma Wash., president and general manag'er, The Wheeler Osgood Co., Enar
Erickson of Port Angeles, Wash., general manager, Peninsula Plywood Corp., and Harold R. Jones, president and general manag'er, Western Veneer Co., Lebanon, Ore.
Ner,"' subscribers to the association during the past year included Everett Door and Plywood Corp., Everett, \\"ash.; Industrial Plywood Corp., \\rillits, Calif.; Lake Pleasant Plywood Co.. Beaver, Wash.; Multnomah Plyu'oocl Corp.. Portland, Ore. and Mutual Plyrvood Corp., Eureka, Calif. Also included, although the plants are not in production. are: Astoria Plyrvood Corp., Astoria, Ore. ; Edrvard Hines Lumber Co., Westfir, Ore., and Interstate Plyrvood Co., Bandon, Ore.
Production is now underlvay at the neu' Nor.'oply plant of the United States Plywood Corp. at Anderson, Calif. Novoply is a laminated product, made from wood waste and resin under Su,iss patents. It is claimed that panels up to one ancl a half inches in thickness can be made by this process.
The Coast Plyr,r.ood Manufacturing Company, Capella, California, has added many improvements to its plant during the past year, and now produces 2,500,000 square feet of boarcl monthly. W. S. Henson is manager.
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What are you doing with cut-off pieces and ends ? If you haven't been paying much attentiion to them, you may be overlooking a chance for extra profits and goodr,vill. Some dealers sell plywood cut-ofi pieces at the full price per square foot for a standard 4 x 8-foot panel. Others get an extra markup by selling odd pieces to tl-re customer who feels a small size is more valuable per square foot because it meets'his specific requirements and eliminates the necessity of buying unneeded material. Either way, these oddsizes and ends can mean new and profitable business.
An outstanding example of this kind of merchandising is the depression-born "odds and ends" shop operated by Crolvn City Lumber and Mill Co. of Pasadena, Cal. Owner Lathrop K. Leishman says the idea came to him back in 1932 "when we were scrambling around for anything that would create some consumer interest." Today the idea has gro\\rn into a sidewalk "help-yourself" building material shop that brings in the customers by the hundreds.
Leishman fills the shop rvith odds and ends from his sasl-r and door and cabinet shop and from his routine retail business. Plenty of ends come from the mill. Ancl of course, when a retail customer wants several pieces cut up for him, the yard is prepared to give him what tre wants. The remainder from the cut-up process is then sold through the "odds and ends" shop.
All the material is stacked in full view of the customer and scattered around outside the buildine on the sidewalk.
One of the best eye-catchers for passing foot traffic are the many odd sizes and shapes of Douglas fir plywood which Leishman distributes strategically about the shop.
Each piece is individually marked for price so the clerk does not have to measure or estimate. This is done when the odd-size pieces first go into the shop. Prices are figured by the foot on the same basis as standard size pieces. Leishman agrees that he could probably get an extra markup but he feels that lower prices pay off in added good rvill.
"We rvant to develop foot traffic past the store," he says, "zrnd rve want people to knorv where lve are."
The building materials department of the Sears, Roebuck & Company store in Oakland, Cal., does it a little differently. Sears, Roebuck puts per-piece prices on the panels and just stacks the plywood around the building materials department.
As an example, 300 pieces ol %" plywood 48" long by lSf" priced at 50 cents each were sold almost immediately. The only me:chandising involved was placing the pieces u.here they r,vould be seen, no advertising appeared to be rlecessary.
Both these operations demonstrate the profits that can be had in odds and ends. Other than that they don't have rnuch relation except for one significant factor in common -they display the merchandise where a chance customer can see it and buy it easily.
F-rom the vast jungles of Guatemala, exotic hardrvoocl veneers and plywood are nou' being placed on the American market by a nerv company, Industria de Madera las euevradas, S.A., 7th Avenue South and 20th Street. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
The company started operations in October, 1950, anrl is producing 25,000 square feet a clay. Both veneers and plywood are exported to this country, interior and exterior grades, in such hardrvoods as mahogany, San -Juan, Banak, and Mariposa.
Most of the mahogany comes from the vast forests of the east coast of Guaternala, and the conrpany has under consideration a plan to open another plant on the east coast, nearer to the sources of supply.
The accompanying pictures u,ill shorv some of the ecluip_
rrrent and general surroundings of the plant, as well vieu' of a hardrvood forest. asa
Jim Barron, sales manag.er, Sand Door & plywoocl Co., Los Angeles, is back from spending trvo weeks' vacation at Twin Lakes in tl-re High Sierra. Fred Kopplin, Jr. has vacationed for the past two weeks at the Grand Canyon. Zion National Park, and Salt Lake Citv.
Chuck Breitenbucher, of the sales staff of Davidson ply_ wood & Lumber Co., Inc., Los Angeles, has been trans_ ferred to the San Francisco warehouse rvhere he is on the order desk.
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All this is being done by what is called Al\{pAl--American Palestine lrading Corporation-of Nelv york. This corporation, which has hitherto functioned mainly as a service organization in the fields of financing purchases, shipping and promoting housing activities, is now switching to the promotion of direct capital participation in Israel projects. Right now it. is doubling the size of the Kelet Plyrvood Plant, building the wallboarcl and insulation board plant, and also building a large and modern hotel in the district, at Tel Aviv.
With the Plywood and board plants completed and in. production, they plan to produce 55,000,000 square feet of all their building boards annually, and to export about sixty per cent of this total. It is reported that a prominent American wallboard concern has offered to buy their entire export allotment for years to come.
"Economic Horizons," a small magazine published monthll'by the economic department of the Jewish Agency for Palestilte, sums up the financial aspect of this industry in this '$.ay: "The Kelet Plywood Factory, which is already exporting its products to the U.S. and is thus assured of its foreign exchange requirements for the import of lumber, will make the sawdust and waste accruing from the ply_ wood manufacture available to the new wallboarcl plant, which l,ill thus not depend on foreign currency allocations for its production, and will through its exports, bring sub_ stantial {oreign currency earnings to the fsrael treasury."
Plywood Inc. of Detroit has extended its facilities to the Rocky Mountain Empire with the opening of a Denver branch office and warehouse at 5101 Colorado Blvcl., C.A. Zimmer, president, announced last week. The new branch, known as Plywood Denver fnc., started business on Jnne ,15, r,vith a full line of hardwood and softwood plvwood and kindred products.
In charge of the new Denver warehouse is Donald NIac Alonan, who for the past three y'ears was a member of the Plywood Detroit sales stafi.
The warehouse is designed to accommodate a large inventory ancl to provide for fast and efficient movement of stock. Its 12,000 square feet of space are all on one floor.
The addition of Plywood Denver Inc. increases to 14 the number of Plywood fnc. warehouse branches maintained in this country. The others are in Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Houston, Los Angeles, Oklahoma City, San Antonio, San Francisco, Tacoma, Tulsa, Vancouver, and Davton,
Wayne Rawlings, manager of Harbor- plyrvood Corp. of California, San Francisco, left Jurle 1 on a trip to the Atlantic Coast on business. His trip included visits to The Celotex Corporation, Chicago; the Formica Company at Cincinnati, and F. C. Russell Windorv Co. at Cleveland. The trip was made by air all the way.
A chance talk between an agricultural engineer and a football ,coach has resulted in the solution to a problem which has long plagued dairy man in all parts of the country. The problem was that of keeping calves and heifers healthy and putting on rveight in cold or rainy weather. Heated barns had been tried. So had elaborate rvarming systems. But every attempt met tvith the same result : the calves did not thrive; many took sick; some died.
Professor J. Roberts, head of the Agricultural Engineering Department, Washington State College, pondered this problem as he watched the Cougar grid squad engage in a rough scrimmage in near fteezing rveather. The perspiring players, he noticed, seemed virtually immune to the icy blasts.
Roberts spoke to the coach. "It's surprising horv r,r'ell the players can take such weather. They must be in good
"It's not hard if you're tough," replied tl.re coach. "And football players are no hot-house lities. They've been conditioned to take all kinds of weather."
No hot house lilies . conditioned to all kinds of weather, mused Roberts. Why wouldn't the same conditioning plinciple work in calf housing? He recalled that dairy herds in Montana had been left largely out in the open during the u'inter-and unlike calves in other parts of the country, the, Montana herds had thrived and stayed runusually healthy.
And thereby hangs the tale.
Roberts, assisted by R. O. Gilden, state college junior agricultural engineer, and interested personnel of the agricultural school, launched a project to determine the feasibility of open shed housing for dairy calves.
The project was carried on for three lvinters, and last year a 4U x 16' Exterior plyrvood calf shelter was built at the Agricultural Experiment Station at Puyallup, Wash.. to study the condition of calves under \Arestern Washington weather where high humidity and rainfall coupled with low temperature prevail during winter months.
Air Conditioned Shelter. Plywood call shelter shown here puls wecther conditioningr lo work on yourlg cqlves. Structure shelters cnimals lrom gevere winter blastg, reduces lempercture diflerence inside cnd outgide to c minimum, preventing colds cnd fctcl sickness, Shelter demonstrcteg mcrkets lor Exterior fir plywood with wcterprool bond in Icrm gtructureg.
The shed at the experiment station is completely enclosed with a single thickness wall of Exterior type Douglas fir plywood on three sides. The fourth side is completely open and permits the calves to either wander in individual corrals or lounge under cover, protected from the lvind. The open side of the shed faces East so that the calves are protected from the prevailing westerly winds.
Individual pens, separated by woven wire to provide adequate ventilation, are four feet wide and 36 feet long. About one third of the length of the pens is under cover of the plywood-roofed shed. The remainder is unprotected. Other than protection from the wind, the plywood structure is completely open to the weather with no attempt made to provide heat.
'At the start of last winter a herd of eight, two and threetlay old Jersey and Guernsey calves were placed in the shelter. Other than the fact that they were exposed to natural temperature and moisture changes, the calves rvere fed and cared for in the usual way.
It was a record winter. For weeks the temperature lrovered near zero. Snowfall was considerably above the average Western Washington winter, and to make the test even more convincing, Mother Nature threw in a horvling January l>lizzard.
The calves, which had become acclimated to all kinds of weather, came through with flying colors. No colds, pneumonia or infective scours. The only ailment recorded was the case of a single frostbitten nose. At the same time, other calves in the same general area-protected in hot, humid f21n5-nef only gained less weight, but many took sick and died.
The key to the structure, according to Roberts, is the tightness and draftproofness of the three walls and the roof. If drafts were permitted, many calves would undoubtedly catch cold. This need for completely airtight walls and
roof is the main reason I)ouglas fir plywood was specified in the calf shed. Large ( x8' panels of Exterior plywood automatically make for tight, draft-free construction, when panel joints are butted over framing members.
The fact that the panels "simplify and speed construction and build a nicer looking structure," were also important reasons for the choice of the panel material, explains Roberts.
The sheathing grade (C-C) of Exterior type Douglas fir plywood, covered with a built-up roofing, was used for the roof. For the walls, the Utility grade (B-C) was used. The panels were used in full 4 x 8 size, wherever possible, and were nailed directly to studding or rafters.
Further data on the calf shelter and other information are contained in Extension Bulletin No. 269 (Revised) "Raising Dairy Calves." Copies are available from the Extension Service, The State College of Washington, Pullman, Wash
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The new plant of Astoria Plywood Corp., Astbria, Oregon, is scheduled to start production early this month, according to a statement by Norman Jacobson, president of this company.
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I love a little garden, When spring comes coyly smiling, Just a winsome little garden, With fragrant flowers aglow; A quiet, shady garden, Where wild bees come for honey, And spicy winds of springtime, Go whispering to and fro.
I want a little garden, For the joy I find within it, I want to plant red roses Beside a garden wall; And in the glowing noontide I'll hear the song of linnets, Or watch the brooding shadows, When night begins to fall.
f want a little garden, For the health there is about it, The smell of up-turned sod, And the tasks that one must do; The breath of early morning, Oh, I'll be there, never doubt it, Pruning shrubs and planting lilies, When the grass is wet with dew.
I need a little garden, For the lessons it will teach me: For the faith and hope and courage To be found in living things; For the tenderness and beauty
That from bird and flower shall reach me, And the dear home-loving spirit Where a wee nest gently swings.
A guest in a new hotel found the following notice tacked on the wall:
"This hotel is equipped with automatic sprinkler system. Statistics show that loss of life has never occurred from fire in a building so protected. So, in case of fire, you may get wet, but not burned."
When the guest left, the chambermaid found the notice had the following addition tacked at the bottom: "Now I lay me down to sleep, Statistics guard my slumber deep; If I should die, f'm not concerned, I may get drowned, but f won't get burned."
A flapper has been defined as a young gal who bobs her hair, powders her nose, tints her face, blackens her eyebrows, and says: "Clothes, I'm on my way to town; if you want to come-hang on !"
The official starter for many years at St. Andrews golf course was a venerab,le Scot who was no respecter of persons, and to whom one man looked no different from the other. His job was to take the names of players and assign them starting times for the next day. Kings and caddies looked much alike to him. So one morning when a visiting foreigner of title showed up and said:
"My good man, I am Count Schenzzli, and I wish to start at ten tomorrow morning."
The old starter never replied, just kept on assigning names and hours. So the visitor repeated:
"Did you hear me, my good man? I am Count Schenzzli, and I wish to start at ten tomorrow morning."
"4y.," said the old Scot, "I hear ye. Ye are starting tomorrow at twelve-thirty, and what's more, ye'll answer to the name o'Ferguson."
They were holding the funeral of Cohen, who, according to the papers, was leaving an estate of two million dollars. Near the grave stood Levy, crying aloud as though his heart would break. A friend said to him:
"Vy are you crying so, Abie? ffe vasn't no relative uf yourn, vas he?"
"Sure he vasn't," said Abie. "Dot's vy I'm crying !"
June Bride: "Sweetheart, ifI cook all your meals for a whole year, what do I get?"
June Bridegroom: "My life insurance."
How sleep the brave who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest, When spring, with dewey fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould.
She there shall dress a sweeter sod. Than fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung.
There honor comes, a pilgrim grey, To bless the turf that wraps their clay, And freedom shall a while repair, To dwell, a weeping hermit, there.
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We now carty the following Baxco Pressure Treated Foundation Lumber in stock at Alameda and Long Beach for immed.iate sbipment to dealers: Douglas Fir S4S ALS 2x4,2x6,2x8,2x1o, 3x4.3x6,4x4and4x6. Special sizes will be purchased from local stocks and pressure treated without delay.
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We ofier prompt custom ffeating service at both our Alameda and Long Beach plants. Your lumber can be delivered to us by truck or treated in transit in carload quantities. Consult us for additional information.
Baxco Pressure Treated Foundation Lumber is impregnated with preservative salts in accordance i'itn f"d. Spec. TT-V-571b.
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Next Wednesdcy is "INDEPENDENCE DAY"-the 4th oI luty- qnd I qm sure most ol us in the Iumber business will spend it restingr. up lor the continued bottle of our ever chcnging mcrketing conditions. None ol us leel too INDEPENDENT becquse when it is cll said cnd done we qre too DEPENDENT on eqch other.
We depend on our mills to lurnish the quclity cnd grcde ol lumber to meet your requirementa. You depend on uE to lollow through cnd see that our commitments dre lulfilled on schedule so thct your cuatomers will have conlidence when they depend on you. , . And so ii goes ,
When you cre lookingr lor DEPENDABLE PERFORMANCE in connection with your lumber needs-cqll ua cud get ccqucinted with the type oI service we give our patrons. We cssure you we qre only inde. pendent on the 4th ol luly, cnd we <rre DEPENDENT on our good customera 364 dcys oI each ye(lr.
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\fill they last? Tanks installed 14 years ago nte still in PERFECT condition-because they're CHEMONITE treated, These tanks are pre-cut and mortised from 2" T&G material, and come to you strapped and ready for assembly without metal fastenings or tools of any kind. Sell these durable, inexpensive septic tanks-they meet all local, state, and FHA requirements. 800 gallon capacity, 3'x5'x9r.
PRESERVED
These fence posts will apparently last indefinitely-those installed 24 years ngo are still perfect. Aside from endrlrance, these "NATIONAL" posts offer unusual beauty. They're smooth, round, straight, and uniform actually miniature telephone poles. Their CHEMONITE treatment also makes them more fre resistant. 7, long, and between 4t, rnd 5', in diameter.
Chemoniting gives wood full protection against insects and rot. Chemonite is a solution of arsenic and copper forced deep into the wood, where it will not leach out even under the wettest conditions. '$frite to us for information on Chemoniting any kind of wood product. Ilere are some additional Chemonite wood characteristics:
O Sofe oround onimqls
O 9ofe to hsndle
o Holds nail3 betlel
o less infiommcbls
o Holds point betler
o Eosily worked
o Cleon, non-:ticky
O Inexpcnsivc
WHOLESALE LUMBER.
2g1g Gorlsen Streef OAKLAND 2' CALIF. KEllog 4'9842
Well Mqnufqctured Douglos Fir Our of Oregon Mills
Truck ond Trqiler Shipmenls, ond Corloqds Direct from Mill
KILN DRYING and STORAGE
euholc.tc,k 2 uar,ltert p ao&rall
" 7/t" eaen*n ol t/* eaofz"
Douglos Fir
Ponderoso qnd Sugor Pine
Sheilq 5t., Los Angeles, Colif.
Telephone ANgelus 3-6273
ing Address, P. O. Box 6832
rs Angeles Sto., Los Angeles 22
Pierce, Generql Monoger
lew lurnber operolor con offord not lo own lhem'
TTINAGTIUE
TERTf,S "'iffiii- DESIRED
Spalding Luml>er Co., well knor,vn Los Angeles wholesale firm, recently moved their rvhole operation to their neu, address, 7227 Anaheim-Telegraph Road, Los Angeles 22. Their neu' telephone numbers are UNderhill 0-1281, arrd .UNion 8-2534. Their nerv yard, r,vhich has a total area r.rf 10 acres, is located on the Santa Ana Freet'av. norv undcr construction.
This large storage space will enable Spalding Lumber Co. to han<lle their stock and orders to better advantage, and to speecl up deliveries to their customers. Thev specialize in red'ivood yarcl and industrial stocks, and carry
rlouldings, finish, sidings, fencing, boards and dimension, lath, ar,d split products.
The office is manned by Volney Spalding, Phil Kelty, Clruck l-ember, Ed Biederman, and June Arnold.
The Philippine Mahogany Association nual meeting on July 16-18 at the Grand lsland, I\fich.
t6-18
will hold its anHotel. Mackinac
Herbert Meier is a ne.iv lumber salesman with C. P. llenry & Co., I-os Angeles wholesale,rm. He will assist in covering the Southern California territory
There is Shokes. plete str inquiries
PYromid l-l I
is odded proftt to be mode in the sole of TONGLYFE Hond Split s. lf you ore nol getting your shore of this business, pul our comstock qnd 25 yeors of experience lo work foryou. Turn lhose ies inlo extro dollors.
855 Er CENTRO ST.
SOUTH PASADENA. CALIF. SYcqmore 9-2674
Wholesole Lumber Suite 2lO
3757 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles 5, Cql.
Phones-DUnkirk 2-3080
DUnkirk 3-6913
Teletype rA 488
sruDs-BotRDs-Dtir.-PrAlil( -uPPERs
ond
Precision Bond-Sqwn REDWOOD
Soles Agents for:
Cqrl Diebold Lumber Co., Portlond, Ore.
Diebold ilills, Inc., Smith River, Colif.
Chopco Soles, Corvollis, Ore.
wholesale lumher and lunher products
Monsdnock Bldg., 681 Morket Streel Son Frqncisco 5 - YUkon 6-5500 Tclerype SF
"DURO" BRoNzE
"DUROID" El".tro Gatvanized "ALCOA" Alclad Aluminum
"Ourchief interest ond primory business is to furnish the Reioil lumber Deoler with QUAHTY WOOD PRODUCTS-such os WOOD WINDOWS, WOOD DOORS, VENEERED DOORS, BOTH STOCK AND ANY DETAIL . Smort [umber Merchonts reolize ii is GOOD BUSINESS lo recommend WOOD PRODUCTS. Such sound qdvice builds repeot business ond customer conffdsn6g-qncl, of course, offers the best VALUE"
Wholesole Yqrd
S. Vlf. Corner Del Amo nnd Alomedq Blvdc. Dominguez Junction - Compton, Ccllf. Phones NEwmsrk l€651
6-2963
Arccrtcr Lurnber Scrles Co. 420 Mcrket St. Scrn Frcrncisco ll YITKON 6-2067
ARCATA, CALIF.
Precision Bond Sown Lumber Gut From Old Growth Humboldt Redwood fimber
Southern Calilornia I.I. Rec 5410 Wilshire Blvd., L A. 36 WYoming ll09
Distribution Yard9613 E. Whittler Boulevard
PICO, CALIFORNIA
WHOLESALE LUMBER
Dee Essfey
P. O. Box 7098 Eagt Los Anseles Station LOS ANGELES 99, CALIFORNIA
Phone ANgelus 9-1183
Wayne Wilson
The "Bel-Air" Combinolion Door is c new idoq de:igned to hormonize with nuch door instollstionr in homas or olher buildings where flush doors qrc used, Selecled Gum. Birch ond Mohogony Veneers moy be used on "Bel-Air Flush" Doors.
This outstonding door hqs qll the sosh snd screen feolures of the Bel-Air Ponel Combinotion Door, including Posilive Window lock, Removoble Window Sssh, Duroble Screeh, Rorle-Proof, RuiiProof Sosh, plus odded beoufy of o Flush Door.
TYDOR FIUSH DOOR
The Tydor Flurh Door r's o lriumph of modern design ond enginoering. Long reseorch ond 3cienfific experimenlolion with core, gluing melhods, frohe ond focing hove produced o door dcslined to l@d fhe field in use for modern homc <onstruction, indu.triol inilollofioni. Publi< Buildingr ond Schools.
CUmberlqnd 3-3731
BEI.AI R PANET COMBINAIION DOOR
Th6 new doubl€ duly door wirh improved screen ond window feolurgs.., Bel-Air hos deveroped o beooiifully dosignad combinoli.n door wilh odiurtoble window unils lhol Drovides more fresh oir wilh greqte. ope.oling effi<iency.
Wrile for lilerqture
317 So. Dote, Alhombrs, Colifornio
tcrry Essley
"The use of top quality materials in our developments is our most important selling appeal. For l2 years E. K. Wood Lumber Company has supplied us wlth the materials that have helped us gain our reputation, We can count on them."
GENERAI. OIFICES: P.O. Box 1618, Ooklqnd, Coliforniq
LOS ANGEIES Office ond Yqrds: 4710 Soulh Alqmedo Street-JE 3l l'l
OAKIAND Yqrds qnd Whqrves:
727 Kennedy Street-KE 4-8466
PORIIAND Mill Soler Olficc:
827 ferminol Soles Building
SAW MlLLSr Roseburg, Ore.; R€6d3porl, Ore. RETAIL YARDS! lor Angeler, Ooklond,Von Nuys, tong Beoch, Temple City, Sierro Modre, Indio, Whittier, Pqsodsno, Son Pedro.
G00DS of the W00DS"
Formerly Lumber Dealers Sapply Co.
25914 Presidenl Ave., Horbor City, Cslif.
P. O. Box 285
Telephone Lomito | 156
L. A. Telephone ZEnith | | 56
TO THE R,ETAII tUftIBER DEALER
VHOLESALE LUMBER
Representing:
J. E. Tsarnas & Son, Weott, Calif.
West Coast Sawmills fnc., Garberville, Calif.
224-226 F. & M. Blds.
32O PINE AVE., LONG BEACH 12, CALIF.
Phone LB 6-5277Teletype LB 88.029
Los Angeles phone NEvada 6.2724
Erik Flamer V/. E. (Emie) Moss Direct Mill Shipments
You cqn guorontee thol you will leove your fomily o DEED-not o debt if you own Mortgoge Concellqfion life lnsuronce. Through lhis modern plon, ovoiloble qt o cosl of opproximotely ONE PER CENT OF YOUR MORTGAGE you guorontee lhol the indebtedness on your home will be wiped off the books if you die premoturely.
Ask us obout this plon; it cqn be q greol iomfort lo you ond your fomily.
Jomes S. Steiner
530 W. 6rh Los Angeles 14 MtA 2142
Rcrte-Position wcmted $2.00 per colunn inch
All others, $3.00 per column inch Cloeiug dctea lor copy, Sth cnd 20tb
STICKERS-MOULDERS: Vonnegut 12", 5 heads, all electric, 6 knife.
Hermance 8' #50, original ball bearings with jointer bars and all operating equipment.
Ameriian ( ball bearing with motors and switches.
RIP SAWS: 20 H.P., power feed, ball bearing, niw condition.
Siriker-Davis, power feed, with motor.
PLANERS: Yates 301" x6", 4 knife round head, ball bearing direct drive, 20 H.P., late model.
Orton 30", ball bearing, 25 H,P., direct drive.
FREQUENCY (Cycle) CHANGER, 120 cycle, output approx. 40 H.P.
KNIFE GRINDER, 38" Covel Hanchett, comparable to new.
GLUE JOINTER, Diehl, ball bearing direct drive, very late model.
ROY FORTE
Production Machinery for the Woodzaorking Trade
6918 S. Santa Fe Ave., Huntington Park, Calif. Kfmball 290tLBes. MDtcalf 3-2562
We supply labor fully insured-you carry no payroll. Our labor will sort the lengths at the car for less than 50d per M. Hauling from cars can be arranged. One or a hundred cars-write for printed rates. Established 1943.
CRANE & CO.
l4l7 E. lzth St., Los Angeles, Calif. TRinity 6973
#412 J|tf-LS x 6" \ltloods-all electric-l set of heads-no profileimmediate delivcry.
ASSOCIATED MOLDING CO.
7125 Anaheim-Telegraph Rd', Los Angeles 22, Calif.
Jack Waldron, well known l-os Angeles lumberman, has been appointed manager of the Southern California office of Hill& Morton, Inc., succeeding Vic Harbaugh, q'ho has resigned. The office is lo,cated at 319 So. Robertson Blvd., Beverly Hills. The telephone is BRadshaw 2-4375.
Mr. Waldron, who has recently been associated with Schaecher-Kux Lumber Co., Los Angeles, was with Hill & Morton prior to that connection. He was with E. K. Wood Lumber Co., Los Angeles for many years, and has a large acquaintance among the retail yard trade in Southern California.
Frank Mann, well known Seattle lumberman, who has been with the West Waterway Lumber Co., manufacturers and wholesalers, Seattle, for tl-re past 20 years as office manager, and who learned the lumber business "from the ground up," has recently moved to San Francisco. He expects to become associated with some lumber concern in the Bay district. Friends can address him at 125 Camborr Drive, San Francisco 27.
Nom* of Advertiscrt in thir Deportmcnl uring o blind qddrcs: cqnnol be dtvulged. All inquirier and roplirr rhould bc addresced to key shown in thr odvcrliscmcnl
desires administrative-sales job with New Mexico lumber firm. Age 39, knows structural timbers and West Coaet species, !9.tm9i New Mexico resident. Changing because childrens' health. Would consider investment in business.
Address Box C-1934, California Lumber Merchant Room 5OB, l0B West 6th St., Los Angelee 14, Cdif.
EXECUTIVE AVAILABLE
20 years' experience in retail lumber-several in Los Angeles area. Thoroughly familiar with local usages, needs and customs. E:itensivo knowldrlge of sources rof supply. Some wholesale expenence.
Address Box C-1935, California Lumber Merchant Room 508, 108 West 6th St., Los Angeles 14, Cdif.
EXPERIENCED RETAIL LUMBERMAN
desires position as manager or assistant manager. Years e:iperience in small town and city yards. Permanent position required. Good reference. Preference central or southern California.
Address Box C-1936i California Lumber Merchant Room 5O8, 108 West 6th St, Los Angeles 14, Calif.
LUMBER YARDS FOR SALE
We have a number of lumber yards for sale. If you are interested we will be glad to hear from you.
If you want to sell your yard, give us a we can do.
nng and wc'll see what
TWOHY LUMBER CO.
LUMBER YA.RD AND SAWMILL
7l+ W. Olympic Blvd., I;os Angeles PRospect 87'16
BROKERS 15, Calif.
LEATHER LUMBER APRONS.
Sturdy lumbermen's aprons made of top quality reclaimed lelther, furnished in both single and double ply, 18" x24" with or without belt and buckle. Special discounts to jobbers.
W. C. HENDRIE & CO. 405 Towne Ave., Los Angeles 13, Calif.
Phone TRinity 7786
WANTED
6" or 8" bearing sticker. HOLLY HEEL CO.
L32 W. Chestnut Ave., Monrovia, Calif. Phone El,liott 8-1857
LUMBER YARD FOR SALE
Well established lumber yard in business since 1935. 16 years old. Good profit. Excellent location corner lot near Rosemead on Garvey Blvd., El Monte. Well equipped. Inventory and trucks can be pu,rchased or not. Poor health makes the sale necessary. Price $35@. Easy terms can be arranged. Might consider acceptable trade.
See F. J. ,Moss
Omart Investment Co., 1111 Webt Foothill Blvd., Azusa. Fleetwood 41251
We are onc of the largest custom dry kilns on the West Coaet. We also sell, rent, or repair lumber carriers and lift trucks. Will exchange equipment for lumber.
WESTERN DRY KILN & EQUIPMENT CO
. P. O. Box 622, Wilmington, Calif.
Phoncs: NEvada 6-1371 and TErminal 4-6624
Used Blower and Pipc
Address Box C-193O California Lumber Merchant Room 508, 10E West 6th St., Los Angeles 14, Calif.
Wilklnron, W, W. --..----....--.,...-.......--.....,...-. !t
Wllron Lmber Co., A. K. ..-..----.._-.-.------.-04
Wilron, Wn. ll. ....-----.------...-.-...._.-.-----.-...01
Windeler Co., Ltd., G6or9c
E Onlcrio Poper Co.
Wood Trecfing Co.
Door Sclq Co.
Redwood lumber Co.
Nu-Woy Builder Corp.
Oregon Lumber Dirtributor!
Pobco Product:, lnc.
PqcifiG Coorf Aggregqtet, In(.
P*ifc Fir Soler
PqciRc Forert Productr, Inc.
Pqcifi< Lmber Deolerr Supply,
Pqcillc lumber Co., The
Pqcif,c Wert. Lbr. Co. of Cqlif., In<. ----73
Pqcillc Wire Prodcctr Co.
Paduo Plywood, lnc,
Pqrmino Iumber Co.
Porcoe, A. C.
Penberthy Lumber Co.
Pemq Produclr Co.
Phippr Compony, The
Plywood lor Angeler, Inc,
Plywood Tocomo, Inc.
Pondero:o Pine Woodwork
Pope & lolbot, Inc., Lmber Div.
Portlqnd Cment ArroGiotion
Preciriion Kiln O.yin9 Co.
Red Cedqr Shingle Bureou
licci & Kru:e Lumber Co. ---.....----....--_.-.--
Roddir Cqllfomiq. In<,
Rors Corrler Co.
Roundr Troding Compony
Rudbqch & Co., John A.
ludiger-[ong Co.
5mp:on Co.. The
Sqnd Door & Plloood Co.
Sonford-Lurier, lnc,
Sqn Frqncirco Plywood Co.
5qn Pedro Lumber Co.
Sqnto Fe Iumber Co.
Iumber
Co.. The
Fol$t Productr
Snifh Lumber Co., Rolph
William Chatham, Sr., president of the Loop Lumber Company, San Francisco, and one of the most widely known lumbermen on the Pacific Coast, passed away in San Francisco May 18 at the age of 89. He was undoubtedly the oldest active lumberrnan in California. Up until last Christmas he was at the office every day. He was always progressive in his ideas. It is recalled that he built one of the first steel schooners to operate in the lumber business on the Pacific Coast in 1913. At that time Loop Lur-nber Company operated a total of seven lumber schooners. The steel schoonerwas named the Wm. Chatham. It hatl. a cargo capacity of 1,500,000 feet of lumber, and it was built at the Uniion Iron Works, San Francisco.
Mr. Chatham started to work in 1901 for Swett & Loop. The Loop Lunrber Company was organized in 1906, anrl he became president in 1914, and held this position until his death.
lle was a widorver for the past 15 years. Surviving him are three sons, \Vm. Chatharn, Jr., manager of Loop Lumber & Mill Co., Alameda; Russel W. Chatham, who buys and sells the lumber at the San Francisco yard; Carroll F. Chatham, a chemist, who has produced emeralds artificially; a daughter, Mrs. Ruth Tett, of San Fran,cisco and Tahoe, and eight grandchildren.
Mr. Chatham was a tnember of all the various Masonic bodies, and of the Union League Club, San Francisco.
Leroy R. Byers, 60, retired lumberruan, passed away on June 4 at a Ventura hospital.
Tqcomq lumber Sqle3
lorfer, Webster & Johnron, In:. --.-_.-....._-59
Toylor lumber Co., Reves,,"-__,--..-.-.-------23
Terrill & Fredrichr, Inc. -._----....._--_-.-..-......24
Triongle Lumber Co, -.---.....--.......----_-.._-----. *
Trinify River Lumber 5qlec Co, --_--_.-.--__-_*
Trio lumber Co. ------.....---......-_...-.._-.._-.._--,-.85
Ttopicol E Western Lumber Co, _-.----.-._-_-:t
Troxel Lumber Co., S. A. ....-.-..._------..-...*
lwin Hqrbors Lumber Co. ....--......-_-_--.-....--'t
Union lumber Co, --......---......_-_..--..-----.-....- t
U. 5. Plywood Corp. --.-.--,----.....,-_--....-_-.....12
Upson Compony, The -...,.--.--.._..----.....---_..*
Upton Iumber Co., W. E. ..-..._-....-......-....11
Von Arsdqle-Horris lumber Co,, Inc. -.....g5
Voncouver Plywood Co. -_-----_..-..----....._-....4O
Vqn Crosting, Peter J. .--.....,..-......,-....-,-_....59
Virginio Hqrdwood Co. ----__.-..__---_-...._---... *
Wogner Mochinery Co. --..-...---._.__---......----.19
Wqllqce ltill & Lumber Co. __.-..,-----....,----. *
Wendling-Nothon Co, ....-_.......-..--...-_...-..---Zl
Weit Coqst 5(reen Co. ------....-----...---,..--..-. t West C,oqst Timber Produ<fs Agency.--..... *
Wert Coqst Woods ---.............----.-...--......-. *
W$l O.egon Lcmber Co. --.......--...-.._.-.-..-.21
Weltern Custom Atill, Inc. --....--_,-..._-....--.. :i
Weflern Door qnd Sorh Co. --.................---44
Weslern Dry Kiln.--...----..-..,....--.._......-....-.-.24
Werlern liiff & trloulding Co. ................77
W$tern Hordwood Lumber Co. ...--.......-_ *
Wertern P:ne 43rociotion ..........--....--.-...__-25
Welte.n Pine Supply Co.
Weyerhoeuser 5oler Co. ......._---....._---.....-
Whife Brothe.r ..--_-....OFC
White, Hqriy H. ----_.--.-.....--.--..--.......----..-., *
Wholesqle Euilding Supply, Inc. ....--......--62
Wholesqle Lumbel Ditifributor,, lnc, .....-69
A native of Kansas, he was manager of the Hayward Lumber & Investment Co. yard at Lor.rg Beach for a number of years then went to Ventura as general manager of the Citizens Mill & Lumber Co. He retired in 1940, and had made his home in the Ojai Valley.
He was one of the organizers of the Ventura Kiwanis Club and served as its first president, and in 1929 he was Lieutenant Governor of Division Nine of Kiwanis International.
Active in civic affairs in Ventura, he served as an officer and director of the Chamber o[ Commerce, the Merchants Credit Association and county republican central committee. He was a former director of the Southern California Retail Lumber Association.
Surviving are his widow, Zella Celeste Byers; two children, Dorothea Bernice Tenold, Montecito, and Leroy R. Byers, Redondo Beach; three sisters, Mrs. Robert F. Moss, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. Leo Vernon, Pacific palisades, Calif.., Mrs. Evert K. Shively, Kirkwood, Mo., and six grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon, I,une 7, at Barker-Ludwig Funeral Home, Ventura.
Pqrqmino Lumber Co.
Pope 6 Tslbot, hc., Luber Ot"tit3".j"r* ,-rr'
Ricci 6 Kruse Lumber Co. ........Mlgsioia 7'2578
Rounds Trcding'Conpcny .YIIlcon 6'0912
Scntc Fe Lumber Co. ...EXbrook 2-207'l
SisLiyou Foresl Ptoducts oI Ccliloniqrrr! 2-329{
Suddea G Christensou, Inc, ......GArtield l-28'16
Tsrter, Webster d Johnsou, Inc. ..DOuglcs 2-2060
Hamnond l,umber Co. ..DOuglcs 2-3388
Hobbe Wctl Lunber Co' .GArlield l'7752
Holnes Eurekc Lumber Co. ......GArfield l'I92I
Kline 6 RuI .DOuglcs 2-1387
Lcmon-Boanington Compcny .......YUkon 6-5721
The Long Bell Lumber Co. .......EXbrook 2-8696
Lumber Sqles Co. ..VAleucic 4-4100
LUMBER
Earle D. Beader.. ........KEtlog {-98t12
Cqlilornic Lumber Scles ..KEUog 4-1004
Gcmerstou 6 Green Lumber Co. ..KEUog 4-6464
Gossliu-Flcrding Lumber Co. Scn Leqndro ........Lockbcvea 9-1661
Hill 6 Mortou, Inc. ... . .ANdover l-1077
Ketley, Albert A. (Alcmeda) ....Lqkehursi 2-2754
Kubl Lunber Co., Ccrl H. Chqg. S. Dodge (BErkeley) ...THorawcll 3-90'15
Pacilic Forest Products, Inc. ....TWinocks 3-9866
LUMBEB
Arcqlc Redwood Co. (f. I. Beq) ..WYoming IlGl
Aikinson-Stutz Co. (Cbas N. Schumccher) ANgelug 3-6951
Atlcntic Lumber Co, (C, P. Henry d Co.) PRospect 6524
Atlce Lumber Co. .....Pnospect t1256
Bcck Lumber Co., J. Wm. .ADcms l-{361
Bcugh, Ccrl W. (Pqscdenc) ........RYcn l-6382 SYccnore 6-2525
Bercut-Richords Lumber Co. (A. W. "Aody" Donovcu) .....MAdison 9-2355
Brown d Compcny , Clcy ...YOrk ll58
Brush Induetrial Lumber Co. .....UNderbill 0-3301
Burns Lumber Compquv .........WEbster 3-5861
Ccrr 6 Co., t' I' (W. D-' Dunniug) PBospect 8843
Ccstell 6 Assotictes, RusE ........UNiou 8-2127
Cbcmberlis d Co., W. B. (I. t. Req)
Chcutland cad Associqles, P. W. AXminster 5296
Cbene" Lumber Co. (Eums Luaber Co.) ...........WEbster 3-5861
Georqe Clouqb .....DUnkirk 2-2?,14
CotU;B 6 Meylr, Inc' (Domey) '. .TOpcz 2-1070
Consolidcted Lumber Co. .. .Rlcbmond 2l'll (Wilmington) NE. 6-1881 Wilm' Ter. 4-2637
Cooper-Morgqn Lumber Co. Witlred T. Cooper Lbr. Co' (Pcsadenc) - RYcn l-7631; SYccmore 3-292I
Cooper Wholescle Lumber Co., W. E' MUtucl 2I3l
Dclton 6 Co., R. W. ...MAdison 9'2173
Dennis LumbEr Compcny .PBospect 2354
Essley, D. C. 6 Son .....ANgelus 2-1183
Fairhursl Lunber Co, oI Calil (Los Aageleg lunber, Inc.)....MAdison 6-9134
Fisk 6 Mqsou (So. Pcsadenc) ... PYrcmid l-!l{ SYccmore 9-26?4
Erik Ftcmer (Long Becch) ....Long Becch 6-5237
Forest Products Sales Co. (Iuglewood)
Freemqn d co., srephen c. ts"rl."?1i::i.: i&'i
Ed, Fountcin Lumber Co. .LOgal 8-2331
Gossli!-HqrdiDg Lumber Co. (Joe Petrqsb).. .......Ailgelug 3-6951
Hcnnond Lunber Compcny .PRospect 1333
Hcrris Lumber Co., L, E. ........DUnkirk 2-2301
Heberle 6 Co., B. J. (Complon) ..NEvcdc Q-25Q!
Hill 6 Mortoa, Inc. .............BBodsbas 2'4375
Ecrr rlonncn c;. .... il:*il 3:313i
Holmer Eurekc Lumber Co. .MUtucl 9l8l
Hoover A. f,, ... . ...YOrk 1168
Indeoendcat Buildinq Mciericlg Co. ....Plecsant l-{109
Kendqll Lumbor Diatributors....... .PRoapect 53{I
Kuhl Lumber.Co., Csrl H. n. S. Orqood ....TBbity @5
Trinity Biver Lumber Sqles Co. ...Skyline 2-2050
Twia Hctbors tr unbEr Co. (Frank J, O'Connor) ..GArlield l-5644
Union Luaber Conpcny .SUtter 1-6170
Vo trrsdole-Hcrris. Lumber "o', tEirO"rU
Builders Corp. (North Hollywood)
Oregon Lumber Distributors (Aaqbeim) ANqbeim 7231
Osgood, Bobert S. Pccific Fir Scles (Pqsqdenc)
Pccific truober Co., The Pccific Forest Products, Inc. (Dick t$tl"n3ltlr*
Pccilic Westem Lumber Co. ol Cclil., Iuc' (Pascdeuc) SYccmore 6-5397-L.A. BYcn l-8123
The Phipps Co, ......ANgelus 3-3807 Pope 4 Tclbot, Inc., Lumber Division PBospect 8231
E. L. Beitz Co, (Sou Mcrino) .....RYcn l-8404 SYccmore 6-31G9
Bounds Trcding Co, (Long Becch) NEvcdc 6-'1Q56 Irong Becch 7-2781
Budbccb d Co., lohn A. ..... .. .TUcker 5ll9
Scn Pedro Lumber Co. ..Rlchmond llll
Shcecher-Kux Wholesale Lbr,,.....Rlchnond 9392
Siskivou Forest Products ol Cclilordc Ste-phen G. Freemcn 6 Co,. Bclboc Harbor 2024
Soutb Bcy Lumber Co. (Hqwthorne) OBegon f-i1597
Spclding Lumber Co. .ANgelug 3-7'l5I
Sudden d Christengou, Inc, ..........Tniaily 88{al
Tccomc Lunber Scles, Inc. .......P8ospect ll08
Tqrler, Webster d Jobnson, lnc. ...ANgelus {I83
S. A. Troxel LumbEr Co. .ANgelus 6(Fl
Twia Hcrbors fumber Co'
CNEOSbTED LIJMBER_POLES_PILING_TIES
Americcn Lumber d Treutiug Co.. .MAdigou 6-5818
Bqter I. H. 6 Cc. ................lflcbigo Q?91
t'tdi'DLtida O Hqirington, Ltd' ....PRoapect 3127
McCormick 6 Bcxter Creosotiag Gtnegon g_g?ZS
Pope 6 Tclbot, Inc., Lumber Did"i?1o"p""t e23t
