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George Melville New Commander Lumbermen's Post

George Melville, Simpson Industries, Inc., Los Angeles, was elected Commander of Lumbermen's Post No.403, Los Angeles, at the annual meeting held in August. He succeeds Willard A. Constans, Anglo California Lumber Co., Los Angeles.

Other officers elected were: Harold L. Hamilton, John W. Koehl & Son, Inc., Los Angeles, 1st Vice Commander; Rex'Kratz, Northwestern Hardwood Co., Los Angeles,Znd' Vice Commander; Andrew Morrison, Owens-Parks Lumber Co., Los Angeles, Adjutant; Howard Burbank, banker, Los Angeles, Finance Officer; Max Vener, retired, Sergeantat-Arms; Carl Schrei.ber, Lumbermen's Mutual Insurance 'Co., Los Angeles, Historian; Samuel H. Geisy, WhitingMead Co., Chaplain.

The new officers will be installed at the meeting to be held September 12. Van D. Ilogan, Past Department Commander, will be installing officer.

All lutnbermen and men from allied industries who are veterans of World War II have been invited to join Lumbermen's Post No.403.

New Price List For Sash

The OPA announced a new manufacturer's price list for sash, windows, sash screens and window screens. (Amendment 8 to revised MPR 293, effective Aug. 21). OPA-T3553.

With Lumber Brcurch oI CPA in Wcshingrton Lieut. Fred Egan, formerly with the Mullin Lumber Co. at Los Angeles, is now acting as executive officer to Major E. L. Reitz in the Lumber Branch, Central Procuring Agency, Corps of Engineers, Washington, D. C.

Through the Corps of Engineers ,at Waslington, the Army has been buying a million feet of lumber a day, and Lieut. Egan says it rvill be tough to again get used to dealing in thousands of feet, rather than millions. IIis years of retail lumber experience in Los Angeles make him a valuable man for this position, and he is doing a fine job for the Army.

Lieut. Egan first went into the Infantry, and after eighteen months' service went through the Officers' Candidate School of the Quarter:master Corps. After graduating as a Second Lieutenant, Major Reitz selected him for this very essential work in his office.

"Jcck" Spencer Back With Wood Conversion

Lt. Col. J. D. Spencer, after serving nearly three years in the Aif Forces, has returned to take over sales of BalsamWool and Nu-Wood insulations in his former territory in Kansas, New Mexico, Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming. ILis headquarters are 1728 Oneida Street, Denver.

Col. "Jack" Spencer went to England in 1942 with the 8th Air Force, then served under Gen. Doolittle in Africa with the 12th Bomber Command; and after moving into Sicily and ltaly, he was appointed Chief of Staff to Brigadier General James A. Mollison. He holds the Legion of Merit and Battle Participation Awards for ,African and European campaigns.

New Yard ct Long Becrch

Coast Lumber & Equipment Co., Inc. is the name of a new wholesale and retail lumber and building material concern with yard at 1206 West 7th Street, Long Beach. Telephone number is Long Beach 73645.

M. R. Mackaig is president; Frank W. Hodgson, Bur,ch E. Greene, H. F. Haldeman and Erik Flamer are vice presidents, and J. J. Murphy is se.cretary-treasurer.

Mr. Flamer is general manager. He was with llammond Lumber Company for many years and for the past several years was in charge of the lumber department of Hodgson-GreeneHaldeman Shipbuilders, Long Beach, builders of Army, Navy and Maritime Commission tugs, barges and refrigerating cargo vessels.

Western Building Construction Up lor July

Resourcefulness of the building industry of the West, in the face of severe materials shortages, pushed western building construction for the month of July up 46.73/o above July 1944, according to the publication Western Building's monthly statistical survey. The survey for July reports activities for 195 identical cities. In these cities number of permits issued showed an increase ol 6.33/o. July 1945 construction valuation totaled $38,367,73I while that of July 1944 was$26,I#,411. July 1945 saw 18,446 permits issued; in July 1944 therc were 77,459 permits issued.

In listing the twenty-five cities of the West having the greatept amount of construction during the month, the survey pointed out that there was a IO.23% increase here over June 1945 and a 27.M/o increase over July a year ago. The twenty-five leading .cities recorded construction totals equaling $22,254,930 in July. In June these same cities reported construction totaling $?0,188,713. A year ago, in _|uly 1944, these t'rventy-fir'e leaders had $17,518,234 construction valuation.