GETTII{G BACK TO ATORMAL Entails Some Curtailment -AT LEA,S? FOR THE TIME BEING

o During the wcr yecrs we hcd no opportunity to render maintencnce on our mill equipment. urgrency therelore demcnds our shutting down one complete rig ct a time until necessary repcrirs cnd replccements crre mcrde.

O During the wcr yecrs we hcd no chqnce to put cny lumber on stick to pre-dry. Therelore to insure cdequcrte dry stock lor spring delivery we must divert some production to our drying ycrrd inventory.

o The militcrry is still requisitioning hecvily on output.

AII in cll we're still trying to do the best, our more thcn three qucrters oI a century oI experience will permit, but gettin€t production bcrck to normal is no simple task.