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Harbor Plywood Celebrates
20th Anniversary
The Harbor Plywood Corporation of Hoquiam, Wash., celebrated its twentieth anniversary on July 15. The morning program consisted of two radio broadcasts over Station KXRO of Aberdeen. The speakers at the first broadcast, which originated in Aberdeen, included E. W. Daniels, president of the company; Chapin Collins, manag'er, American Forest Products Industries, Washington, D. C.; and W. E. Difford, managing director of the Douglas Fir Plywood Association, Tacoma.
An informal luncheon at the Morck Hotel in Aberdeen was given for company executives and out-of-town guests, during rvhich a second broadcast from Washington was heard. The speakers were Vice-Admiral E. L. Cochrane, Chief of the Bureau of Ships, and Major Ben K. Weatherwax, in charge of the engineefing section at Marine Corps Headquarters, Washington, D. C., who commended the company on its achievements and spoke on the manv uses for which plywood is used in their branches of the service.
The afternoon program, held in the Olympic Stadium, Hoquiam, was opened with the raising of the Colors, and the playing of the national anthem by the Harbor Plywood Corporation band under the direction of Art Frederickson. Arthur W. Lindsay was master of ceremonies. President E. W. Daniels then presented 389 service emblems to Harbor employees for service records of five, ten, fifteen and twenty years. The baseball game between the Fort Lewis Warriors and the Puget Sound Navy Yard All-Stars was won by the Warriors 7 to 2. Proceeds of the game, witnessed by more than 6000 people, were donated for the purchase of furnituie and furnishings for reception rooms and day wards in the convalescent section of the Madigan General Hospital, Fort Lewis, Wash.
History of Company
In 1925, Harry S. Knox and E. W. Daniels organized the Harbor Plywood Company. The firm was reorganized in 1929 under the name, Harbor Plywood Corporation, and Mr. Knox became president. He retired as president in 1933 to become chairman of the board, and in 1939 with other Grays Harbor citizens, purchased from Harbor Plywood the American Door & Manufacturing Co., now known as the Acme Door Co. He remains a director of Harbor Plywood. M1. Daniels became president of the company in 1939.

The officers of the firm now include: G. R. Birkelund, chairman of the board; E. W. Daniels, president; Frank H. Hobi, vice president; M. M. Pattison, secretary; Jack R. Rhem, treasurer; and T. R. Anderson, comptroller.
Instqll Resmn crt Felton Distribution Yard
Santa Cruz Lumber Co. recently installed a large resaw in the remanufacturing plant at their distribution yard established several months ago at Felton, Calif., six miles from Santa Cruz.
Equipment there includes a large planing mill and grading chains. The main garage, for the maintenance of 15 pieces of equipment for transportation of the product, has also been moved to the distribution yard.
All lumber is handled by Ross carriers and lift trucks, and all shipping both by truck and rail is done from Felton.
Ed Carriger is general manager of Santa Cruz Lumber Co., and Tom Alzina is sales manager.
Complimented on Service Roll
I wish to compliment The California Lumber Merchant for its fine red, white and blue Service Roll of California Retail Lumber Dealers, and I was especially pleased to note that it was sponsored by our mutual friends in The Pacific Lumber Company of San Francisco, Scotia, and Los Angeles.
Glenn D. Willaman State Secretary
California Real Estate Association Los Angeles, Calif.