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Pine Sales Gompany

"Dream Cottage," the beautiful and modern demonstration home displayed at the San Joaquin Valley Fair and Horse Show, Stockton, Calif., from August 19-28 inclusive, attracted over 50,00O visitors. The accompanying illustrations show the exterior and interior of the home.

It was sponsored by the Central Lumber Co. of Stockton and sixtee,n other contracting and building material firms, and in cooperation with the Stockton FHA Better Housing Committee to stimulate building in that area.

The plan was worked out by O. V. Wilson, Sr., and his three sons, Martel, O. Vincent Jr., and Paul W. Wilson, owners of the Central Lumber Co. They considered the project highly successful and financially profitable for everyone who participated, and that it represents a step forward in the merchandising of lumber and building materials.

The interior is attractively arranged, and the furniture and other furnishings added a lovely home atmosphere to the cottage. floor joists were laid on l2xl2 girders which ran the length

The house will be moved to a new tract where it will be of the house. open for inspection and sold. To facilitate moving the 2x8 The duplication cost of the house is 93800.

LAWRENCE - SHORTRIDGE

W. J. Lawrence, assistant sales manager, Shevlin Pine Sales Company, San Francisco, was married to Martha Maclay Shortridge in Tipton, Mo., on August 24.

They toured by automobile to the Pacific Coast by way of Minnesota points and Glacier National Park.

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Observatories In National Forests

Two of the most noted observatories in the world are located in the national forests of California-Mount Wilson on the Angeles National Forest, and the new Palomar Observatory with its famous 200-inch telescope on the Cleveland National Forest, both in Southern California.

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OITYMPIC

Redwood Empire Club Hears Jack Dionne

Jack Dionne, publisher of The California Lumber Merchant, was the speaker of the evening at the dinner meeting of the Redwood Empire Lumbermen's Club held at the Santa Rosa Hotel, Santa Rosa, September 13.

There was a representative attendance of members and guests, with a total of 66 sitting down to dinner'

Russ Stevens, of the A. F. Stevens Lumber Company, Healdsburg, the Club's vice-president, presided, and introduced the speaker.

Mr. Dionne talked for a few minutes more or less seriously and followed up with 45 minutes of stories, ending with that most famous one, "Rigoletto," by special request. He was in top form and received hearty applause and a pressing invitation by the chairman to come again.

The attendance was as follows:

Jas. E. Clarke, Calistoga Lumber Co.. Calistoga

E. J. Streipeke, Sterling Lumber Co. .Santa Rosa

H. J. Latell, Sterling Lumber Co.. ....Santa Rosa

M. M. Daubin, Sterling Lumber Co.... ...Petaluma

Don Mullins, Sterling Lumber Co.... ...Penngrove

John P. Beck, Sterling Lumber Co. ..Petaluma

Glenn A. Burke, Union Lumber Co. Fort Bragg

Ray Shannon, IJnion Lumber Co. San Francisco

R. C. Dixon, Union Lumber Co. . San Francisco

A. H. Jackson, IJnion Lumber Co.. .. ....Fort Bragg

C. D. Hexberg, Union Lumber Co.. ..San Francisco

C. W. Broback, Union Lumber Co. .... ... .San Francisco

Henry Laws, Henry Laws Co. ....Santa Rosa

Robert Kirk, Henry Laws Co. . Santa Rosa

T. A. Dysinger, Henry Laws Co. .Santa Rosa

Steve Yaeger, Henry Laws Co. ...Santa Rosa

Kenneth J. Shipp, California Building Supply Co..Oakland

Donald D. Smith, Pacific Portland Cement Co. Santa Rosa

A. A. Courtene.r', Jr., Pacific P,ortland Cement Co.. ...San Francisco

R. E. Caldwell, Hammond Lumber Co......San Francisco

F. A. Egnell, Hammond Lumber Co........San Francisco

E. H. Shimmin, Ukiah Farmers Club.. .Ukiah

C. D. Royce, Ukiah Farmers Club. . Ukiah

Chas. Ruffet, Ukiah Farmers Club.. ...Ukiah

M. Mickelson, Two Rock Commercial Co.......Two Rock

Sam Garrison, Two Rock Commercial Co. .. .. ..Two Rock

Russ Stevens, A. F. Stevens Lumber Co. Healdsburg

Albert Montedonio, A. F. Stevens Lumber Co. Cloverdale

Harold L. Smith, A. F. Stevens Lumber Co.....Cloverdale

Lloyd Bittenbender, Lloyd Bittenbender...........Ukiah

John W. Schlosser, Mendocino County Retail Lumber Co.... .Fort Bragg

John Hauge, Redwood Empire Lumbermen's Club . ....Santa Rosa

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