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Pickering Mill In Operction

The rebuilt mill of the Pickering Lumber Company at Standard, Calif., started operation on one side August 1, an<l a night shift was added August 5. The old mill was destroyed by fire in July, 1945. When the plant is completed production is expected to be about 200,000 feet in an eighthour shift.

J. C. Rassenfoss is president and general manager of Pickering Lumber Company. Walter S. Kennon is general sales manager.

New Mill At Briceland

Briceland Lumber Company's mill at Briceland, Calif., is norv in operation. A. A. Dimmick is president and manager. Capacity of the sawmill is 40,000 feet a day. The log pond has a capacity of 2,000,000 feet of logs.

Construction Firm Buys Mill

N{acco Cohstruction Cdmpany, Los Angeles, has purthe sawmill of the Starveout Lun.rber Co. at Azalea, Ore., and 5,000,000 feet of timber. Tire mill cuts 35,000 feet a day.

New Woodworking Plcnt

A woodrvorking plant has been built by the Giant Mill & Lumber Company at San Pablo, Calif. The building is B0 by 270 feet. The principals are O. E. Long and F. G. Van Booskirk. The company will specialize in the manufacture of redwood moldings, siding and frames.

Obituaries

William H. Klingenberg

William H. Klingenberg, superintendent of Nocolai Door Sales Company, San Francisco, for the past 20 years, passed away August 17 of a heart attack.

He was born in Missouri 64 years ago, and is survived by his wife, Mrs. Louisa Klingenberg, a daughter, Mrs. D. C. Johnson, and a son, William Klingenberg. He was a mernber of Presidio Lodge No. 354, F. & A. M., life member of California Consistory, and Islam Temple.

Jcmes H. Bratlie

James H. Bratlie, 37, manager of Bratlie Brothers Mill Co., Garberville, Calif., was killed in an automobile accident August 8. He was formerly associated with his father and uncle as sales manager of Bratlie Bros. Mill Co., cedar lumber and shingle manufacturers at Ridgefield, Washington. 'Ihe Garberville shingle mill was established in 1944. He is survived by his widow and two daughters.

New NLMA Booklet Reveals Hcrrdwood Besearch Results

Actual market value of recent research in the use of hardrvoods is described in detail in a new 16-page booklet, "How Research Creates New Markets for Hardwoods." The new booklet is published by the Committee on Hardwood Research Administration of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, Washington, D. C.

A matler of beouty ond serwice, plus the ossurcnce of well.wesring quolity. The fhree go hond in hond wifh this dursble plostic wsllboord.