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American Forest Products, Inc., annual meeting, Statler hotel, Washington, D.C., Nov. 3-6.
10th annual Retail Lumber Dealers Conference of the Southern California Retail Lumber Assn., El Mirador hotel, Palm Springs, Calif.. Nov. 4-6.
Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club 2 golf Tournament, dinner meeting and Concatenation, Inglewood Golf C1ub, Nov. 6'
National Wood Council, Statler hotel, Washington, D.C., Nov. 9.
Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo-Ette Club No. 1 closed Dinner meeting and Concatenation, Blarney Castle, Los Angeles, Nov. 9.
National Lumber Manufacturers Assn. annual meeting, Statler hotel, Washington, D.C., Nov. 9-12,
San Francisco Hoo-Hoo-Ette Club 3 second annual 'Bosses Nite' party, Nov. 10; Miss Lee Egger (VA. 4-1841), Reservations.
Pacific Logging Congress anniversary sessions, Olympic hotel, Seattle. Wash.. Nov. 11-15.
Santa Clara Valley Hoo-Hoo Club 170 Dinner
Yvonne, Mountain View, Nov. 12.
Society of American Foresters annual meeting, .hotel, San Francisco, Nov. 15-18,
meeting, Chez Sheraton-Palace
National Building Material Distributors Assn. eighth annual convention, Edgewater Beach hotel, Chicago, I11., Nov. 16-18.
Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club 39 Dinner meeting, Claremont hotel, Berkeley, Nov. 16; Frank Timmers, program chairman.
Sacramento Hoo-Hoo Club 1O9 Dinner meeting, Sherwood roon, Sacramento, Nov. 18.
Dubs, Ltd. monthly Tournament, Crystal Springs Country Club (near Burlingame), Nov. 20.
Humboldt Hoo-Hoo Club 63 annual Stag and Golf tournament, Baywood Country Club, Arcata, Nov, 20; Golf, 7:59 a.m.; No-Host luncheon, 11:59 a.m.; Tour of Mill of your choice, 1:59 p.m'; "Humboldt Hooch," 5:59 p.m.; Dinner, 5:59 p.m., and !! Ticket chairman: Jay Gamsby, P.O. Box 485, Aracata, Calif.
San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club 9 Concatenation, Leopard cafe, 6:29 p.m., Nov.24,
See You at the N.R.L.D.A. EXPOSITION-Cleveland-Nov. L4-17
GOLF AT PAll,t SPRINGS hc bcen mu(h in the nqtinal newr lotely becqu:e of o cerlqin distingeished virilor re<ently ploying there. Well, lhey moy nol be o o por with "lke," but there'll be 3me cerloin dirtinguished deolst fo€etting lhe core: of the lmberyord ond goltng of the Springr thir month with the SCRLA'! lOth omuol Conference. Nov. +6. Here ore George Rodecker, Bill ilmion od Ru$ llorgm photogrophed on the linkr ot the 1956 Coference. For the Progrm delqilr, see Next Pqge
San Joaquin Hoo-Hoo Club 3l Hnst 200 at 'Valley Frolic'.---.-.--.-..-.Best Crowd, Best Fun in Years at S. F. Hoo-Hoo Club 9 'Roundup'-.-. t959 Exposition to Preview Next Year's Big Show in San Francisco 'Tax Aspects of Bad Debts," Prepared by the AICPA 'Customer Is King' at Mar Vista Lumber Company---..--.
Western Members Gather for NBMDA Talks in Los Angeles-.......---. Make Your Retail Yard Holiday Headquarters With Gift ldeas.-.--.-.."The Congtessman's Crowd"An Editorial-.-....Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club 2 Enioys 'Sports Nite'-.---..--...---
Japanese Lumber Delegation Meets Southern California Dealers-.---.-Builders Hardware' November Topic at LMA's Traveling Schools.-.--.
Around the general theme of "Better Profits Through Better Merchandising," the 10th annual Retail Lumber Dealers Conference of the Southern California Retail Lumber Association at Palm Springs, November 4-6, gives every indication of being the best ever held. Executive VicePresident Orrie W. Hamilton and the SCRLA officers have packaged a program of two days (and nights) of stimulating business builders (and relaxing fun).
A reading of the program below will show how carefully the discussion topics and leaders have been chosen this critical year . . there's at least $1,000 worth of proven profit materials in each morning and each afternoon session.
The program will be under the general chairmanship of flomer H. Burnaby, president of the Sun Lumber Co., San Pedro, and senior vice-president of the SCRLA. Each session's co-chairman is listed below with his event. The speakers are all dealers who know what they'll be talking about because they've proved it in their own yards or they rvouldn't be on the program.
Only retail lumber dealer members of the association are eligible for registration at the Palm Springs annuals each Fall. Those dealers and their ladies who have attended any of the orevious nine never need a second invitation to come back tire next year just tell 'em the date ! Many will arrive the Tuesday evening before the first day's session, Wednesday morning, to "unlax" in the Palm Springs atmosphere now that it's "the season" again.
Following the first day's business, the evening social fun includes the Bavarian Beer Festival and Buffet dinner. Thursday's good works will be climaxed by the Directors' Reception in the hotel's South Pacific room and the annual Dinner-Dance in the Garden room.
Friday, the "extra" day for those so inclined, will be highlighted by Golf at the Indian Wells Country Club, arranged this year by Milton Hicks, president, and Don Derbes, secretary-general manager of the Palm Springs Builders Supply Co., permanent dealer residents of the thriving desert metropolis who even chase the legendary lumberyard "profit" there in the resort's infamous summers. The President's Trophy is at stake in the golf play this year.
The program highlights will be as follows:
lfth ANNUAL RETAIL LUMBER DEALERS CONFERENCE
El Mirado'r tlotdPalm Springs
..BETTER PROFITS THROUGH BETTER MERCHANDIS,ING''
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1959
Morning-Chairman: JOHN GANAHL, Ernest Ganahl Lumber Co., Anaheim,
8:00- Directors' Breakfast Meeting
l0:0O-BUSINESS SESSION (Ladies are welcome to attend all business sessions)
"Quality Control"
FREDERICK H. KRANZ, Gen. Mgr.
Golden State Lurnber Co., Santa Monica
"Costing Sales Tickets"
NEAL CHAD,B,OURNE, Vice-Pres. & Mer. Valley Lumber & Supply Co., Indio
"Who Said Low Man on Totem Pole?"
HAL ANAWAI-T, Vice-President
Anawalt Lumber & Materials Co., Pacoima
NoonBuffet Luncheon and Fashion Show
Afternoon-Chairman: eI-ienf rlNcsroN McKEE. Forest Lumber Co.. Pasadena
2:30- BUSINESS SESSION
"Better Accounting for Better Pricing"
PAUL R. HOLLENBECK, Managing-Partner
Lum,ber Service Co., Burbank
"Advertising"
NORBERT BUNDSCHUH, Mgr., Treas.
Myrtle Avenue Lumber Co., Monrovia
"Developing Small Builders" and
"T?re Drop-In Trade"
WAYNE HULL, Manager
Hull Bros. Lumber Co., Los Angeles
"Transition From General to Specialty Trade"
GERRY KNIGHT, Secy-Treas.
San Fernando Lumber Co., San Fernando
"We Opened Our Yard to the Public"
FRANK W. KNUTSON, Manager
San Gabriel Valley Lumbe,r Co., Temple City
2:30- For the Ladies-Get-Acquainted Card Party or Swimming and Sunning at Pool
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Evening
6: l5 to 7 :15Directors' Reception 7:30- Bavarian Buffet Dinner Party {.{<*
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1959
Morning-Chairman: WAYNE F. MULLIN, Mullin Lurnber Company, Los Angeles
1O:@- BUSINESS SESSION
"Materialmen's Lieng Bonds and Stop Notices"
LEO E. HUBBARD, Secretary
Hayward Lumber & Investment Co., Los Angeles
"California Fair Employment Practices Act"
RICHARD D. "DICK" CORDS
Employee Relations Consultant, M & M
Noon-BuffetLuncheon * * *
Afternoon-Chairman: THOMAS J. FOX, John W. Fisher Lumber Co., Santa Monica
2:30- BUSINESS SESSION
"Credits, Collections, Interest Charges and Cash Discounts"
PANEL:
RALPH D. RUSSELL, Vice-Pres. & Asst. Treas.
Consolidated Lumber Co., Wilmington
FRANK BERGSTROM, Credit Manager
Hammond Lumber Co., Los Angeles
RALPH HILL, Credit Manager
Owens-Pa,rks Lumber Co., Vernon
ROB,ERT "BO,B" REED, Credit Manager
Barr Lumber Co., Santa Ana
"A Review of General Insurance Requirements for the Average Lumber Yard"
DICK ROSS. Asst. Vice-President
Johnson & Higgins, Los Angeles
Evening7:30 Dinner-Dance
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1959
At LeisureGolf Tournament at Indian Wells Country ClubTee-Off Time, 10:00 a.m.President's Trophy at Stake.
N-AWLA Elects John J. Mulrooney to Succeed Sid Dorling on Jonuorlz t
New York City, N.Y.-The election of John J. Mulroonel' as executive vice-president of the National-American Wholesale Lumber Assn. is announced by President J. Ward Allen. He will join the staff November 2 as assistant executive vice-president to work two months with Sid L. Darling, who will return to his retired status on December 31 and continue thereafter as consultant to N-AWLA.
Jack Mulrooney has spent 22 years in lumber wholesaling, has been a director and member of N-AWLA's Executive committee for several years and treasurer of the asscciation since 1958, thus knowing its affairs and future programs; he is a past president of the Lumber Salesmen's Assn. of New York, and past director and Wholesale vice-president of the N. Y. Lumber Trade Assn. He is now arranging to discontinue his personal activity as president of the H. M. Bickford Co., N.Y.
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Fresno, Calif.-The 72th annual Valley Frolic of San Joacluin Hoo-Hoo Club 31 rvas heid here Septernber 18 rvith more than 200 in attenclance. It rvas the usuai success that rnen.rbers of the lumber inclustry have come to expect from this traditional event but rrnfortunately conflictecl with the annual Roundup of Sarr Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club 9 on the same oate.
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Despite a rainy day, 33 brave "Cats" participated in the anuual golf tourney held at Fort Washington Country Club. Bob Hatl-raway of Hill & lVlorton rvas winner of the Adams Plywood perpetual trophy. Blind Bogey rvir.rner rvas Llarry Priest of R.P.[{. Planing Mill. The longest-drive rvinner was a guest, l3ob Abbott, of \\'estern Asbestos Co. Low Gross rvas r,r,on by Bill Oberholtzer. The San Joaquin HooHoo club team was once again the lvinner of the Bob Gallagl-rer Jurisdictiorr VI trophl'. Prizes were presented to the u'inuers after tlie evening's entertairrment.
'fhc secorrd annual Hoo-Hoo Bolvling tournament was held tl-rat afternoon in the Midstate Bowl. A large crowd of eager "Cats" cornpeted for the Tarter, Webster & Johnson perpetnal trciphy, as rvell as for incliviclual cash prizes. Joe Sacca of tl-re West Fresno Lumber Co. placed first and rvon the trophy, rvhile Jim Duart of T,W&J, Fresno, wort the Hoo-Hoo l.randicap trophy.
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If you ever get to wondering at the nutty actions of some actor, just remember that it was an actor who shot Lincoln. ***
History is often made in a hurry. On July 1, 1861, a great battle raged in our Civil War. Imboden's guns were being overwhelmed by the federal troops. Confederate General Bee spurred his horse back to where General Jackson sat and reported that his brigade was being broken and repulsed. Jackson's thin lips set. "We must give them the bayonet, sir," he said to Bee. Bee spurred back to the head of his retreating command and shouted: "See, there stands Jackson like a stone wall." And from that day forth, that
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One can fully appreci.l" ,f" gJeat pria" that the citizen of England takes in the protection of his home by his government. William Pitt, great English orator, described it well thusly:
"The poorest maii may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the crown. It may be frail, its roof may shake, the wind may blow through it, the snows may enter, the rain may enter-but the King of England CANNOT enter; all his forces cannot cross the threshold of the ruined tenement."
one time a missionarJ -"1 ,rfirr* to convert an Indian to his religious beliefs. After listening patiently to the preacher's argument, the Indian squatted down and, with his finger, drew a circle in the sand. Then he drew another circle, a little larger, around the first circle. And he said to the missionary: "fnside that first circle is what I know; inside the larger circle is what you know; but outside them both is what neither of us know, and there my opinion is as good as yours." i. * :r.
After the fall of Bataan, Lt.-Col. Warren told of a most interesting experience during the final days of that battle. He found himself crouching in a foxhole, with death raining all around him. With him in the hole was a sergeant. The colonel found himself praying out loud. And the sergeant was doing the same. The soldier, unbashed and unashamed, said to the colonel: "There are no atheists in foxholes."
Sophocles said: "War does not of choice destroy bad men, but the good ever." The thoughtful of this world have long bewailed the unfortunate fact that war destroyed, not the old and the worn and the less useful, but the young, the strong, the useful-with their fine lives and abilities still before them. But in war it has been ever thus: and ever will be' so it seems' ,. x. ,.
The late Ramsay MacDonald, premier of Great Britain, was once making a speech on the possibility of creating a lasting peace in the world. A critic interrupted the speech to say: "The desire for peace does not necessarily insure it." "Quite true," replied the qulck-witted Premier; "neither (Continued on Page 76)
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Neither rain, nor sleet nor snow kept more than 200 Bay area lumbermen from attending the 1959 annual Roundup the evening of September 18. As a matter of fact, notwithstanding a two-dav downoour which put the 9th hole of the San Francisco Golf Ciub two feet under -water and flooded out the scheduled Roundup Tournament, the 1959 Roundup was the best-attended and strongest San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club-sponsored annual get-together in several years.
Chairmanned by Club 9 President Ben Ward, and sans golf
tournament, the big evening slipped into gear at The Village in North Beach at 6:29 p.m. with a liberal dose of libations dispensed by several strategically located inn-keepers spotted about the big downstairs Village banquet hall. The "l.rappy period" was followed by a steak dinner served in the upstairs hall, Ben Ward presiding at the head table.
Regularly scheduled tournament awards done away with by uncooperatiye weather, last year's perpetual trophy winner, (Continued on Page 75)
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"Westward HO !"-two magic words that have moved Americans across the continent for more than one hundred years-will again ring with excitement at the NRLDA industry reception, first social event of the 1959 Building "Broducts Eiposition in Cleveland, November l4-I7. Herald-ing a brand new and different kind of "gold rush," the same rousing "Westward HO !" will set conventioning lumber and building material dealers to planning a whole year ahead toward NRLDA's 1960 Exoosition in San Francisco.
Scheduled for Saturday evening, November 14, in the ballroom of the Sheraton Cleveland hotel, the "Westward HO !" industry reception, featuring San Francisco and Hawaiian themes, will set a new festive high in the NRLDA Exposition's opening night industry-wide parties.
Greetings from San Francisco's Chinatown in a souvenir newspaper welcoming NRLDA dealers in both the Chinese and English languages will help to set the scene in a gay "San Francisco Room" reflecting the colorful personality of the fascinating "City by the Golden Gate." The San Francisco atmosphere will even include the "business end" of the city's perennial symbol-a cable car-with an authentic, operational "Clang !" and flourishing with a fullblown barbershop quartet in fine fettle. Adding to the lively background will be decorations depicting Fisherman's Wharf, Chinatown, and other scenes of California and the west.
From the San Francisco Room, dealers will walk through an operl doorway to find themselves transported in spirit to the picture-book land of swaying palms and white coral sands-Hawaii ! Against a background of typically mag- nificent island vistas, Hawaiian guitars and dancing hula girls, "Westward HO !" partygoers can almost hear the distant splash of the surf at Waikiki.
Derbies, leis, carnations, orchids, and other souvenirs reminiscent of San Francisco and Hawaii-plus free beer, Hawaiiar-r "punch," and light snacks-will be present in abundant profusion. Climaxing the evening, free trips to Hawaii will be won by two lucky people attending the party.
Cooperating with NRLDA in providing the San Francisco and Hawaiian "atmosDhere" for the "Westward HO !" party are American Airliires and Pan American World Airways System.
Some lucky lumber dealer attending the opening day's Kick-Off Breakfast at the 6th NRLDA Building Products Exposition on November 14 will suddenly find himself in the enviable spot of accepting a valuable prize from a lovely lady. As a door prize at the Exposition's first official event, a truckload of Tohns-Manville's new Full-Thick Fiber Glass lfome Insulatibn will be given away free. And to make the fortunate dealer even more so, the prize will be presented by "Mrs. America ol 19ffi," the gracious and talented Mrs. Margaret Priebe of Des Moines, Iowa, who will attend the breakfast on behalf of Tohns-Manville. NRLDA President H. W. Blackstock will preside at the drawing.
Seattle Lumberman Clinic Chairman
Robert V. Blackstock. secretary of the H. W. Blackstock Lumber Company in Seattle, Washington, has been appointed chairman of a Brunch Clinic on component construction which lumber Dealers Research Council will sponsor during NRLDA's 6th Exposition. The son of H. W. Blackstock, NRLDA president and distinguished figure in the retail lumber and building materials field, Mr. Blackstock entered the industry 13 years ago. Active in association work, he is a past President of the Associated Lumber Dealers of Seattle and currently is an Executive Board member of Lumber Dealers Research Council.
A complete Store and Yard Planning Center-offering free professional counsel-has been added to the important service features NRLDA will have on hand for lumber and building material dealers attending the 6th annual Exposition in Cleveland. The Center will be staffed by the prominent Chicago architectural and engineering firm of James N. Lindenberger, well known designer of the supermarket of Diamond-Gardner Lumber Company, Concord, California. Another Lindenberger-designed store, Forest City Materials Company's Brookpark Yard, is now being rushed toward completion of its massive remodeling project in readiness for the NRLDA field trip scheduled for Wednesday, November 18, in which it will be one of four outstanding Cleveland yards to be toured by visiting NRLDA dealers.
Following up the high success of the 1958 Exposition's courtroom drama, another, similar, presentation is in store for dealers attending the 1959 NRLDA Exposition in Cleveland. Instead of taking their problems to court, however, this year the Hoosiers have invaded the very Halls of Congress to set up their "Special NRLDA Senate Investigating Committee." The program is entitled "What IS the Distribution Problem in Our Industry? or 'I Didn't Get the Question, Senator'."
"More Profit Through Cost Control" will be the theme of the Materials Handling Program to be held at the 6th annual Exposition. Inventory and space controls as related to costs will be illustrated to retail lumber dealers through demonstration programs and participating workshop sesslons.
How 1344 square feet of modern living area can be completely enclosed and under roof, with all inside walls and partitions in place, within one 8-hour working day will be dramatically demonstrated at the 6th annual NRLDA Building Products Exposition. Beginning the moment the doors open on Saturday, November 14, at the National Retail Lumber Dealers 1959 show, workmen will start from the "ground" up to erect a full-scale three-bedroom house with attached garage right on the exhibit floor in Cleveland's Public Auditorium. Before the end of the same working day the house will be ready for sub-contractors to move in for the finish details.
This spectacular house-in-a-day operation, with variations as to the type of structure, will be repeated every day throughout the NRLDA show. The feature will dramatically and graphically illustrate how the lumber dealer can get a bigger share of the business on each new house sold in his community. The houses will be erected by Heritage Homes of Cleveland, an exhibitor in the 1959 NRLDA show, using the firm's own unique component system of tongue-and groove fitted panels and mortised framing members based on the standard 16" module.
Bleachers for "Sidewalk Superintendents" will give visiting building material dealers a chance to rest their feet while they watch the fast moving construction going into place and get occasional explanatory comments from the foreman or superintendent.
Indoor-outdoor living in an exciting contemporary concept will highlight an unusual model home to be displayed at the Exposition. Designed by the well-known architect, Grosvenor Chapman, AIA, with Laurence S. Higgins, AIA, of the Lumber Dealers Research Council as associate. the
house is suitable for any geographic or climatic region and will require minimum maintenance over the years. -
The retail lumber dealer who does not recognize the dollar-worth of SPACE and TIME in his business is not getting his share of profits. Experience has shown that as much as_2/o !" 3% of gross volume can be saved by control of SPACE and TIME costs. Obviously the cost of these two variables is all important to the retail lumber dealer. Their control may mean survival in today's competitive market, says the National Retail Lumber Dealers Assn.
At its opening demonstration on Saturday morning, Novembe-r 14, the NRLDA Exposition Materials Handling committee will prove this oft-quoted but little understood statement for retail lumberyard operations.
Demonstrations are arranged to enable dealers to numerically keep score on the materials moved by hand and by mechanical equipment. The cost advantages will be proven,for,conveyors, various types of fork-lift trucks, spe- cial unloaders and custom designed delivery units.
On Sunday and Monday mornings the cost saving in ryan-po.we_r time will be demonstrated for all yard opera- tions, including unloading, handling and stoiage, order assembly and delivery. Mechanical handling techniques will be evaluated from the standpoint of salety, quality and service, as well as cosrs.
Equally important to the dealer, but too little understood, is the matter of SPACE cost. All three demonstration periods in the materials-handling portion of the 1959 Exposition will vividly demonstrate the cost of space. Interrelationship with time will be shown on the same score card used to evaluate the cost saving resulting from the use of various types of mechanical equipment. -
IIRLDA Materials Handling Director,- Jim Wright, is assembling outstanding data and case histories on- space and time costs. Wright is working up data with dealers that can be shared at the 1959 Exposition. These will be used as comparative unit costs, "measuring sticks," for other dga,]er9. This year's demonstration and workshop sessions will show dealers how to do this in their own yards.
The influence of TIME. SPACE and STANDARDIZATION on costing will be presented by showing the importance of work procedures, efficiency studies and order a,.sembly. Too many dealers with lift trucks are not using them a maximum amount of the time. The 1959 NRLDA Show will answer that old question. "What do I do with the lift truck the other 75/o-of the time?" , _Th!s problem has long troubled NRLDA. In setting up Mr. Wright's responsibilities, H. R. Northup, executiv-e secretary, insisted that dealers be shown how to use their mechanical-handling equipment a maximum amount of the trme.
"Dealers are constantly asking for help in efficiently utilizing their equipment," Mr. Northup says. "Our 1959 Materials Handling Program is correlated with our yearround program of dealer service to factually answer their questions."
In keeping with the philosophy of helping dealers evaluate their cost problems, the 1959 Exposition will feature a "Command Performance" period each day. In this twohour block of time any dealer interested in mechanical handling can approach an equipment exhibitor and request a special performance. Exhibitors will demonstrate how to solve specific problems and evaluate the cost.
Assume, for example, that a dealer manually handles a variety of dimension lumber in bin-type storage
sheds. He wishes to convert to a more efficient operation. How should he make this change in terms of mechanical handling equipment and remodeling?
This problem can be taken to any equipment exhibitor early Saturday, Sunday or Monday afternoon or Tuesday morning. Dealers are encouraged to bring layout sketches, photographs and data for this purpose. Building material suppliers will also offer a consulting service on problems of this type.
Outstanding retail lumber industry speakers and panel members will hammer home the principle of costing as relates to retail lumber dealers-Materials Handling. Data obtained in the demonstrations sessions will be supplemented with current data being assembled by Jim Wright. Considerable use will be made of slides and motion pictures in the workshop presentations.
Saturday afternoon's session will feature major speakers on SPACE and TIME. A panel of six prominent dealers will discuss "The Cost of Time." These dealers will present their experiences in time-saving resulting from materials handling. They will discuss in-yard movements as well as delivery costs.
The importance of lumber yard SPACE will be approached in the Sunday afternoon workshop session by a feature speaker on "Inventory Control." This will be followed by^a six-dealer panel diicussing "The Cost of Space." This group will lend their experience in cost-control techniques to the problems of inventory and their relationship to profit.
"Standardization" will be the feature paper presented at the closing session on Monday afternoon. Another sixdealer panel will discuss "Profit in Standardization." They will apply their experience to order assembly, work procedures, equipment, packaging, safety and layout.
The 1959 Exposition Materials Handling committee of NRLDA met in Cleveland on September 16 to select speakers and panel members. They reviewed the complete workbook prepared by Jim Wright and Carl Muhlenbruch of TEC-SEARCH, Evanston, Illinois, program consultant. This workbook, a valuable addition to any material lumber dealer's library, will be made available to those attending the Materials Handling sessions.
Labor Relations Program Scheduled
Labor relations, as they affect both the unionized lumber yards and those operated without union contracts, will be discussed at a major dealer management meeting of the 1959 NRLDA Building Products Exposition in Cleveland. The program will feature brief labor relations case histories told by lumber dealers. Discussion of actual labor relations experience will be followed by a talk by a prominent attorney in the labor-management field.
One of the personal case histories will be related by Lumber Dealer Edmund F. Vos, president of the Antioch Lumber and Coal Company, Antioch, Illinois, whose truck drivers were organized by the Teamsters Union against the expressed wishes of the employes. Three-point discussion will cover the lumber dealer's labor relitions prior to any efiort to organize his employes, the dealer's position during such an effort, and finally, how to operate with union should his employees become organized.
Corydon Wagner, Sr., vice-president and treasurer of the St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Co., Tacoma, Wash., was again appointed U. S. delegate this year to the lTth session of the Timber committee of the Economic Commission for Europe, which met October 12-16 in Geneva, Switzerland, to consider market prospects for timber and wood products and technical matters common to both U. S. and foreign lumber manufacturers, teports the National Lumber Manufacturers Assn., Washington, D.C.
I)ebts calr g() barl in an1- bnsiness, u'hether \-o11 are sc'lling ltroducts or sert-ices. l1.ou'er-er, if vorr arc rrsing the :tccnral n'rethorl of irccr.rurrting, urrcollectable br.rsiness clebts are clerlrrctible irr conrprrting -n-()ltr incortre tax. The circunrstir"rrces titrrler u-hich the rlebt rvill be corrsi<lerctl rrrrcollectablc for tzLx purposes, :in<1 thc nrarrrrer irr u'hiclr \-or1 cirrr <lcdrrct it, arc expiained here by the American Inititute of Certified Public Accountants.
]',arl-cle bt <lecluctiorrs are allon':rlr1e rrot rtnlr. for <lebts ari-*ing orrt of r,ortr ltusirress, brrt for rron-brrsirre-- rlel>ts lLs r.r,erll. Hon'evcr. the non-ltusiness dcbts arc c1e<luctiblc on1r. u'ithirr tlrc lirnits apltlicablc to capital losse:. Tlris:rrticlt. rvi11 be conccrncrl l'itl'r brrsiness ba<1 dcbts. rr.hich are <lebts creatccl or :rcclrrire<1 in vorrr busirrcss: thcse tLre frrll,v rlt:tlrrctiblc.
When Does a Debt Become Bad?
'l'lrc rlcdtrction ntrrst be tirkcrr for the i'ear in n'hich the tlebt beconrcs l>a11. \torr necrl rrot aln':Lvs rrlrit rrntil er rlortor is <lt'cl:Lrcd lraul<ruPt bt.furr.\-()u c:ilt claiilt a b:Lr1-<lcbt <lcrluctiorr. lrr s()l1re cAScs, it is clear btforc a barrl<nrlrtc-r.settlenrt'rrt is rc:rchr.rl th:rt lL clcltt is l'orthlcss. P'lrnknuttcr- nuLv corrlrrnr bc-r'on<l arr,1'<loubt th:rt a <lebt is u',,r'tlrlt.ss ltirt tlrit in itseli rlocrs rrot rerluire that r-orr u':Lit {or lt:rnknrptcr- lrro- cerrliugs to ltt,con'tpleterl. \\iortlrlcssncss is tlrc trst. Irr otlrt'r n'orrls, tlre <lcbt must scen) rrncollt'ct:Lltle 1r()\\' an11 irr tlrc iuttrrt'.'l'ltis is aftcr vou h:rlc nlrrle ct't'rv t,tlort to collet't it. -ltrst Ir,,\\'fitr -\r,ll !l'r) to t'ollt.tt rl,l,err,ls:L glt.:rl,le:Ll ott sorrrr<l ltrrsiness jrrrlenient. lt isrr't:ilu.a-r,s ll('cessary t() talie:r dcbtor to corrrt. lf vorr czLrr sltou tluLt evcn ii a lau'sult \\:crr \\'()n \'()11 \\'o1ll(l still be urr;rl>lc to collect. tlrcrr it u'ottltl bc foolisir to thron'e'()o(l rrone),rLiter irlitl b_r-tiiking thc dcbtor t() coul-t. lt is rrt-,t llcc(.>)tu'\- frrr tlte crrtirc clcltt to bc urrcollrct:Lb1e. \toLr irl'e 1)ernritterl t,, cliLinr ir (lc(luctioll for a partiall,r- rr.orthless busirress clebt u'herc it carr be slrou'rr tlriLt the rlebt is rccoverable <inlr. in uart.
Treatment of Bad Debts on Your Books
'l'hr lirst ]-(.:tr in l-lrich a rlebt bccor.r.rcs lortlrlt'ss to \.()11r brrsit-tt'ss, _r'orr nrrrst <leci<le ()n :ul accounting rnt,tlrorI f,,r' h:rrr<llirrg l;a<l <lcbts.'flris rrrcthocl rrust tlrcn be iollon.crl eritch lcat' rtttlrss -r't.rrr get pernrissiol fronr tlrr Conrrrrissiorrer oI Itttcrn;Ll Itcr-crrrrc to urakc ii clliurge. \'orrr clroicc l'i11 bc: ltt'tu t'ctt tlcrlrrctirra' tlre rlcbts irs thcv bt'cornc rtrrcollcct:rblc or clt:rlrrctinq':rn t'stinritttrl rcselve..irclr vt':rr for rlcl>ts that :rl'(' ( \lr('('lr,l t,, llt't',,llt(' llll('r,]let'1:Lhlr..
Reserve for Bad Debts
Yortr cltoicc bctu't'en rrsirrg tlre cltarge-oll' ol tlrt' r(,scrvc ttrctlrorl ior c1:rirrring barl <lcbt <1e<lrrctions slrorrlrl be rnarlt: u'itlr sr.rrnc carr.. -l'lrcrt. ar(. nt:rn)' situlrtiorrs irr u lriclr tltc rcs(:r'\'e rrrctlror'l carr nriLke :r signillcant tlrx <lill'ercrrct'. l,'or t'xatrrltlt', arr;irrtontobilt,ciealer ntiry \\::u1t t() rlsct tltc lt'serve ttrctlrorl to oftsct, irr 1r:Lrt. the resrrves l'itlrlrt'l<1 br- llrrarrce ('(,lrl)irlli(: u lriclr llre c,rrrrts lrirve ltel,l tr' ('olt-tilllri. t:rx:Llrl.' ilr('(,nlc to tlrc rlealr.r. (C'ontinucd on I'agc 67)
"F-or rnore tlian .17 )'ears, this lunrber establishnretrt has been cr.rrttitruously sert irrg tlrc <1ro1t-in tracle from this lcicatiou :Lrrrl u'e have enjoverl tlre p:rtrou:ree of u'c.ekencl builclers frorn tlie Coast area, including XIar \-ista, \/enice and Crrl ver City-aiong'r'r,ith a fer,r'fronr Sant:r ]Ionica alrl IIalibu," sals the 1;ioneer lumbernrtrn, Carl T,arrghlirr, one of the owncrs of Ilar \-ista l-urnber Co.
It n.:rs in 1923 th:Lt I)ealer Carl startecl his merchanclisin{.t career u'ith the -fohn W. I,-isher I-rrrnber Cotnpanv in Santa
-N',Ionica. Tliat sanrc vear. .\llei' llrothers establishecl thc X'Iar \rista retail yar,l rrrrrlt,r tire rrranag'enrent of :rnother pionccr lrrrnbcrrnarr, I)e\\Iitt T. Caspary, irr the then smal1 clistrict of f,lrrr \-ista near \-enice. Carl socnt 31 r'cars n'ith tlrc liislrer orgarriz:rti,,rr rrrr,l. ulrcrr lre left hre i.,,r. ,,*t,,. \\'as lfeneral managerr of the colrc:erll.
J)uring his man_r' r'ears nith the Fislrcr retail 1'ar<1 lre rvorkecl irr cverl- phase of the bnsiness. startirrg rvith nrrloading cars, to orclerm:rrr ancl then sales. Therc hc rnet
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. TRULY WEAIHER-PROOF-The fuolure Others Lqck
. HARDWOOD FRATIAES-To Blend With the Door
. TASTEFUL USE of Durqble Aluminum ortd Vinyl
*A Totolly New Concept in Combinqtion Doors!
Designed ond Monufoctured for Wesfern Living by Americo's leoding monufocturer of Door Lites ond Louvers, the Colifornio lnsert provides Combinotion Door feolures for ony blonk flush door. lt is o pre-ossembled, pre-glozed, pre-screened lnseri for Complete Instqllotion lN 5 MINUTES. lr is low in price ond tops in quolity. A smoll stock of Cqliforniq lnserls frees copitol ond floor-spoce by eliminoting focfory Combinotion doors.
l)e'arr Sn-irrtz. sorr of orrt' of tlre ()\\'llt:r-\ of tlre ljrrrr. lrnrl togt'tlrcr tlrt'-t learrrt'rl tht'rcttril lurnltcr busincss front tlrt. grorrrr<l up rrrr<ler tlrc trrtclage of the lnaster rctail rrrt,rcharrt. .f ohn \\-. Iiislrer. I"ollou irrq' tlrcir extt'rrsir.t, t,rluctrtiorr, tlrt,,r' u'err grarlrrallr- trrtincrl irr procrrrcnrt'rrt arrrl :r<1n'rinistratiorr. It u':rs in tlrt'natrrr':r1 ('()llfse oI cvcnts that t]rer-t)urch:rs('(l tlrc \lar Vi:ta r';rr<l frorn If lLrolrl llogt'rs, n lr.ri li. ,lrci,lt.,l to rctirc irorrr tlrt rctail lunrbcr ltrrsirrt.ss.
"Every one of our 16 service employes is a trained salesman," said Dean Swartz. "Difficult items to obtain are our specialty and we have developed our steady repeat customer by giving that certain extra effort in securing exactly what he needs for his job," he continued.
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"We have learned it is best to have every possible builders' supply on hand so that the complete order can be filled with a one-stop shopping trip," Laughlin said.
"It seems the articles of merchandise not on hand are the items that are most important to the customer, so we just try in every way to please that important person," he continr-red.
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Effective November 1, 1959,
PERRY INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION will assume both purchasing and sales functions of Fidler's Mfg. Co. Inc., 755 S. Hindry Ave., Inglewood, and International Lumber & Plywood Co., Inc. 820 Isis, Inglewood.
Fidler's Mfg. Co., Inc. will continue as a manufacturing source of flush doors for PERRY INTERNATIONAL CORP., which will be the new corporate name and trade style of Interna- national Lumber & Plywood., Inc.
Corporate ownership and management remains unchanged. Purchasing, sales and adminlstrative activities of Fidler's and International Lumber and Plywood are being consolidated in PERRY INTERNATIONAL C0RP. in the interest of creating a streamllned, hard hittlng organization to better serve the growing industry in Southern California.
It shall be the policy of PERRY INTERNATIONAL CORP. to merchandise "Kambercore" door products on the same "Wholesale Only" basis to established sash and door houses nationally.
A fuII line of softwood and hardwood plywood products, Kaiser insulation and acoustical tiIes, and fult lines of Hardboard pro{ucts will be merchandised.
It i-s our hope that you will welcome the PERRY INTERNATIONAL man calling on you as a man dedicated to serving your needs with imagination from fuIly adequate stocks, bought right, to assure profits for you, oLtr customer, and for PERRY INTERNATIONAL as weIl.
Yours truly,
ehrzry ,4. QeuryU presid.ent PERRY INTERNATIONAL CORP.A representative gathering of Western members and guests assembled in the Ambassador hotel, Los Angeles, September 15, for a western regional meeting of wholesale distributors of building materials, scheduled by the National Building Material Distributors Assn., Chicago. Several top-flight leaders of the industry hammered home the facts in short talks and panels, with question-andanswer sessions after each subject lighting the fuse to animated discussion.
Ray Haley of Haley Wholesale, Santa Barbara, opened the morning session and served excellently to introduce the various subjects. NBMDA President Don Knecht, a human dynamo'of a distributor from Rapid City, South Dakota, got things off to a rousing start and brought on S. M. Van Kirk, general manager of the Association in Chicago.
In his short but pithy "Observations at the National Level," Van Kirk told how the NBMDA has grown from a starting membership of 28 houses in June of. 1952 to the more than 500 member firms it boasts today. He gave a working history of NBMDA efforts for its members.
segments of the industry. Paul was cut short by the Noon wliistle but the audience appreciated his every word, as usual.
President Knecht was to lead off the after-luncheon sessions with "Communications-The Key to Better Understanding.'' Scheduled to follow was a discussion on "Credits and Collections." The "Idea Trading Post" (to be a main feature of the NBMDAnnual this month, Nov. 16-18, in Chicago; see October I issue) concluded the day's programmed events. Its Round-table topics for discussion were: Sales Promotion, Salesmen's Compensation, Office Procedures, \Marehousing, Trucking, New Products, and Yardsticks of Performance.
A partial list of those attending the September 15 meeting in Los Angeles includes:
R. M. Singer, Jr., the energetic young manager of Diamond W Supply Co., Los Angeles, spoke briefly on "Newcomer's Approach to NBMDA." In the absence of the regularly scheduled speaker, W. B. Semco of Semco & Associates, Los Angeles, filled the breach on the topic, "New Concepts in Materials Handling," and instigated a particularly lively Q-and-A session that brought out many important ideas.
D. A. Pittman, Lumber Dealers Supply, Tucson, Ariz.; Ray Haley, Haley Wholesale, Santa Barbara, Calif.; Gordon Hayter, Reynolds Aluminum Supply, T-os .Ange,les; Gene Hively, Material Supply Co., Springfield, Ill.; Albert Pierre, PBM, Santa Rosa, Calif .; Ted L. Cranford, Cranford Wholesale Co., Colton, Calif.; Chas. G. Hardy, Hardy, Inc., Paramount, Calif.; Dave Glesby, Glesby Building Materials, Van Nuys, Calif.; Paul Sink, Mason Supplies, Los Angeles; Williah S. Bryant, Trico Building Suppliel, q"t Carlos. Calif.: Charles T. Mclver, Structural Materials Co., Montebello, Calif.; Jotrir L. Gerich, Modern Materials Co., Los Angeles; John O'Malley, Jr., Mallco Distributors, Phoenix, Ariz.;- Don Knecht, Building Material Distributors, Rapid City, S.D.; Ralph M. Singer, Jr., Diamond-W Supply Co., Los Angeles; J. Stark Sowers, Inland Lumber Co.,^dialto, Calif., aia ;. D. Scouller and Richard E. Freeman, So-Cal Building Materials Co., Los Angeles.
A record attendance is anticipated at the eighth annual convention of the National Building Material Distributors Association, who will meet at the Edgewater Beach hotel in Chicago, November 16-18, according to Don Knecht, president of NBMDA.
A Panel on "Commodity Products-The Wholesaler's Position," found Gene Hively, Springfield, Ill., leading off on Roofing; Dick Freeman, Los Angeles, moderatingl Albert Pierre, Santa Rosa, on Specialty ftems, and John O'Malley, Jr., Phoenix, on Rock '{ool, Hardboards and Insulati6n materials. These men, with experiences over a wide area, provided the most stimulating material of the meeting and started discussions from the floor that could well be soins yet in their vital interest.
A non"-sch-eduled but always welcome speaker was Paul Hollenbeck, Burbank, who was called up from the audience for a few of his very popular remarks. Mr. Hollenbeck promised the crowd that he is now completing an additional service to add to his many already valuable services to all
- Several innovations will be initiated during the threeday meeting, including a series of manufacturer-conference bo-oths, a seminar on -'The Specialty Products Wholesaler -Yardsticks artd Trends," and a panel discussion by manufacturers on "The Trend in Wholesaling"' Six committees will meet on Sunday, November 15, covering Advertising, Promotion and MerchandisingBusiness Procedures - Marketing Trends-Tax Equality-and Specialty Wholesalers.
Knecht stated that NBMDA would end 1959 with warehouse membership reaching a total of 525. This number, he estimated, wili account-for over $900 million in sales of building materials moving primarily to the retail lumber dealer.
Details of the convention can be secured by writing the executive offices of NBMDA at 22 West Monroe Street, Chicago 3, Illinois.
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A "third dimension"-texture, an entirely new appearance and finish for laminated plastic work surfaces such as desks and table tops-has been developed by the General Electric Company's Laminated Products Department at Coshocton, Ohio.
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proximately 18" wide by 16" deep with a die-cut to hold a one quart can of this very popular floor tile adhesive. The display illustrates the ease with which tile can be installed using Fast-Set Adhesive. As pointed out on the display, this adhesive can be applied by brush, paint roller or trowel.
Space-saving Ceiling Tile Selector, developed by 'Ihe Celotex Corporation, dresses up dealer's store, speeds tile selection and stimulates extra sales. Six-f oothigh swiveled Selector, with removable legs for wall mounting, holds ten different Hush-Tone Designer ceiling tiles inside protective acetate. Slim contemPorary design takes uP minimum floor area, encourag€s customer inspection and Permits easy selection. Other ceiling tile sales aids for dealers, including ad mats, descriptive brochures, contractors' portable tile kit and 3'x 5' Ceiling Section, are available from The Celotex CorPoration, 120 S. La Salle Street, Chicago 3, Illinois.
A new heavy-dutY electric truck designed for narrow-aisie operations is illustrated and described in literature now available from The Raymond Corporation. The four-page brochure shows actual on-the-job Pictures of the truck in action and gives special pictorial attention to features of the new unit. Two direct-drive steering wheels and a unique steering linkage make narrow - aisle operation Possible. Servicing is simplified by having all working parts easily accessible. Photographs illustrate these features. Full specifications of all standard units of the "ReachFork" model are listed and line drawings show important dimensions. All design features of thc truck are adequately described. Write to The Raymond Corporation, 76-176 Madison Street, Greene, N. Y., and ask for the Heavy Duty Truck Bulletin #620.
Textured Textolite plastic surfacing has new advantages for a wide range of applications in homes, offices and schools, according to George Rassman, the department's director of design. Not only does the new surfacing have the appearance of a third dimension. but it also has the feel of textured material, he said. Mr. Rassman pointed out that the textured warm finish produces an even more realistic appearance in woodgrain patterns. It has also improved wearability, adding longer life to furnishings that must be stylish, durable, not glass-like.
Another characteristic of the new finish is the virtual elimination of objectionai glare. This is particularly desirable for table and desk top applications. fn addition. Textured Textolite laminated surfacing does not show fingerprints or smudges as readily as conventional finish plastic laminates. This is an advantageous feature for walls, doors and other vertical surfaces.
Textured Textolite surfacing is available in selecte{ colors and patterns, including solids, mists and grains in standard sheet sizes.
New California distributors for Textolite are The Coralite Company, Los Angeles; Western Wholesale, San Bernardino, and Case Products Company, San Diego. In addition, Neil Billman, General Electric Company's Laminated Products department's Southern California representative, announced that the Ray Lumber Company, Phoenix, has been appointed a distributor for Arizona.
A new counter display featuring Tile-Tex's non-fl ammable, non-toxic brush-on. Fast-Set Floor Tile Adhesive is now available from The Flintkote Company. The colorful, red, white and black display is ap-
Fast-Set, one of Tile-Tex's complete line of adhesives for flooring, is especially designed with the "Do-It-You,rselfer" in mind. It contains latex and is excellent f,or installing vinylasbestos, asphalt and flexirble vinyl tile safely and quickly. With Fast-Set, tile can be laid almost immediately and up to several hours after it has been applied.
The display can be obtained from your Tile-Tex distributor or representative.
WELDWOOD PREFINISH,ED HARDWOO.D
Printed copies of four recently revised Commercial Standards for Wood Windows have just been made available, according to the Commodity Standards D'ivision, U.S. Department of Commerce. The four new standards are: CSl63-59, Ponderosa Pine Windows, Sash and Screens ; CS190-59, Double-Hung Wood Window Units; C5204-59 Wood Awning Window Units, and Projected Awning and Stationary Sash Units; and CS20559, Wood Casement Window Units.
These revisions were requested by the National Woodwork Manufacturers Association, CS163-59 became effective for new production on February fr, 1959, and the other three standards became effective on February 27, 1959. These standards were established by the voluntary endorsement of producers, distributors, and users. They include minimum material and construction ,requirements, as well as methods of assembly, grading, glazing, and testing. Trade terminology is defined, and means for labeling all products which comply with the standards are describec.
Copies of the 1959 editions of CS163-59 at 20 cents, CS190-59 and CS204-59 at 15 cents, and CS205-59 at l0 cents are now for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington 25, D.C.
in tones to match United States Plywood Corporation's full line of prefinished paneling, is now available. Eight patterns including casing and apron, stool, base, shoe, cove, corner rbead and cove and inside corner stop, are faithfully reproduced in eleven wood tones. Weldwood factory-finished moldings are precision-milled so that sawing proper lengths and angles are all that is required. They eliminate time-consuming mixing and matching on the job, assuring better workmanship at less cost. U.S. Plywood's variety of prefinished hardwood trim, now means one-stop customer shopping, offering a complete package of Weldwood Pre6nished Paneling, Prefinished Hardwood Trim, Putty Stiks, Trim Stain and Weldwood Contact Cement.
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A new tire that. when half worn out, stiil will have traction equal to that of most conventional brand-new tires was unveiled by The B. F. Goodrich Company, which claims that the new tire "ought to increase the rnileage of the average motorist ZZVo over conventional tires of the type that come as standard equipment on new cars." The new tire will be on sale throughout the South and Southwest in October. National distribution will follow later in the year. The tire, called HT Silvertown, will be priced at l0/o above standard equipment tires, but 25 to 50/o below other "oremium" tires.
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Pressure-Treated, Rigid-Pole Warehouse Erected by San Antonio Construction Co. for the INLAND LUMBER COMPANY at Rialto, California, Is Shown at Left, Above. An additional warehouse for the expanding facilities of Inland is-presently under c-onstnJction_ (photos at Right, Above) to meet the_increasing demand for Lirmber and Building Materials distributed by this wholesale concern, one of the largest in the Southein California area.
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Two six-foot "Christmas Cards" for the front lawn which bring personalized. Christmas greetings to the whole neighborhood are the newest Christmas patterns being offered to lumber dealers this year by Douglas Fir Plywood Association. The cards, like other DFPA paste-on patterns, are designed to help the dealer get his share of the Christmas trade.
DFPA has filled dealer orders for a half million paste-on holiday patterns over the past three years. Besides the new Christmas Cards, the familiar Santa Claus, Sleigh-Reindeer, and Nativity Scene patterns will also be offered again this year. All patterns are printed in four sunfast colors on sturdy paper and are ready to be glued to panels ol %" exterior fir plywood.
Unlike the Santa, Sleigh, Reindeer and Nativity Scene, which require some careful work with the sabre saw to cut out each individual figure, the new Christmas Cards can be displayed with a minimum of cutting. After the pattern is glued to a panel ol 3A' exterior-type fir plywood, the. customer needs only to trim off the excess plywood with a couple of straight cuts and set up the display. The leftover plywood can be used for a stand to support the "card."
To "personalize" the Christmas Cards, DFPA is providing a 104 character alphabet with each pattern so the family can spell out their name on the bottom of the card. Two versions of the Card are available. One. with vertical composition, shows a group of Christmas carolers with the message "Joyous Noel !" The other, which is horizontal, illustrates a series of Christmas tree ornaments and says "Season's Greetings." Both patterns are 48ux70".
Customer research has shown that the main selling point for Christmas patterns is the fact that no painting is required. After the pattern has been glued to the plywood and cut out (if necessary), a coat of plastic varnish can be applied and the figure is ready for display.
The Association is offering a merchandising kit to help dealers sell the patterns. It includes six advertising mats, and 500 each of two envelope stuffers or counter give-aways.
Pattern Drices for dealers are as follows : the Christmas Cards, Sania, Sleigh and Reindeer are 35c for each pattern or $3.00 per dozen; the complete lS-piece Nativity Scene is $1.00 per set, or $10.00 per dozen sets.
Dealers across the country have reported excellent re-
Every strip of properly seasoned, kiln dried IongBell Oak Flooring is carefully machined to hairline tolerances. Edges and ends are milled to the most e><acting standards. Every splinter-free strip goes down quickly and beautifully... fits like a glove.
Because homeowners prefer the warulth and beauty of Long-Bell Oak Flooring, it is the first choice in residential construction.
Iong-Bell Oak Flooring gives you a wonderful selling advantage. for it is truly the best flooring money can buy.
sults from promoting the DFPA Christmas patterns over the past three years. Sales of ov'er 500 patterns and 500 panels of plywood were not unusual. Some dealers gave the patterns away with a plywood purchase; others pre-cut the figures and sold them as complete displays. 'es
Dealers have reported a brisk business in rental and cut sale of power saws for do-it-yourself customers who their own patterns.
Complete information on the DFPA Christmas patterns may be obtained by writing Douglas Fir Plywood Association, Tacoma 2, Washington. The DFPA says no orders can be filled after November 30.
Lumber dealers can cash in handsomely on the big Christmas business in model trains-not by going into the selling of these mechanical marvels but by encouraging customers to build train tables for their convenient operation.
A oooular train table made of common buildine A popular building materials t having verv sDecial features is shown in the illustration. but very special With a surface of Masonite /4" Peg-Board, the youthful model train operator and his eager coach (Dad) will have wiring underneath and out of sight, yet available at any point for powering the train and all accessories.
This flexibility of wiring enables the young owner of the model train, as well as his Dad, to have a clean-looking board but facilities for quickly locating the tracks and accessories anywhere they like.
The multi-purpose Peg-Board top is a 4'x8' panel. The wires, strung underneath, are brought through holes closest to the accessories' connections on top of the board. Tracks may be fastened along any desired route simply by wiring some of the ties through the holes.
Lumber dealers wishing to distribute a free plan to their customers may write the Masonite Flome Service Bureau, 111 W. Washington St., Chicago 2,lll., for plan No. AE-328. Included are directions for making the sturdy table and also
Albert McCubbin of Burlingame, Calif., manager of the Bayside Home Improvement Center, 19th and Norfolk, San Mateo, last year made and set up a Christmas display on the grounds of City Hall. He used the Nativity scene cutouts furnished by the Douglas Fir Plywood Assn. in its 1958 promotion. The building materials dealer worked about a month on the 15 figures before he presented the scene to the city manager and the superintendent of parks for the city's seasonal display.
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in a boy's room, including a handy workbench adjacent to it. The bench is covered with Tempered Presdwood-tough, splinter-free and safe for the hands.
Another almost certain pre- or post-Christmas sale that can be made by the lumber dealer is the material for a mobile electric train table that can be shoved out of the way under the bed when Dad and the boys get through playing with it.
Of course. the easv way the dealer sells the materials is for him to sell the id6a to ihe dads with boys of model train age. Then the materials-lx4-inch lumber, Masonite PegBoard, corrugated fasteners, casters and paint-will just about sell themselves.
Peg-Board is recommended for a couple of excellent reasons that will be immediately apparent to both the dealer and his prospective customers: All wiring can be hidden under the hardboard with lead wires to the transformer.
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There are many distinctions regarding gatherings of people.
Some wag has said that the difference between a mob and a crowd is that the crowd is for you; the mob against you.
Here is a newer definition:
A U.S. Congressman was busy in his private office in the Capitol building when his secretary came in and announced that a group of his constituents from back home was in the outer office and anxious to see him.
"How many are there?" he asked.
"A very awkward number," said the wise secretary.
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"What is an awkward number?" the Congressman asked.
"Not enough of them to make a speech to, but too many to take out to lunch," she replied.
Winston H. McCallum (right), formerly in charge of publicity f or Weyerhaeuser Company lumber and plywood division located at St. Paul, Minn., has been advanced to assistant trade promotion manager of the company's lumber and ply- wood division. announces Carroll K. O'Rourke, manager of advertising and trade promotion for lumber and plywood, from the division's general offices for marketing at St. Paul.
In his new position, McCallum will assist Trade Promotion Manager Fred G. Johnson in developing merchandising programs and materials on lumber and plywood for Weyerhaeuser and
its lumber dealers. Prior to joining Weyerhaeuser at St. Paul four years ago, McCallum was advertising and publicity director of the Douglas Fir Plywood Association at Tacoma, Wash.
Toby Moehnke, president of Humboldt Hoo-Hoo Club 63 and chairman of this year's annual Stag, is smoothing out details of the coming big event, scheduled for November 20, at the Baywood Country Club in Arcata. The annual Stag Tournament rvill be played under the direction of Jack Ivy, Pacific Fir Sales, and the evening's festivities will get underway at 6:39 p.m. with an hour of free libations, compliments of Humboldt Hoo-Hoo Club 63, formerly the Northu'estern California Lumbermen's Club.
For golf reservations contact Jack Ivy. Reservations for the Stag must be limited to 400, so for ducats contact Art Milhaupt, Fremont Forest Products, Arcata; Jay Gamsby, Wildcat Logging Co., Arcata, or Harold Fredin, Brightwood Lumber Co., Arcata. Hank Jacobs, Bearings & Transmission Products, Eureka, is handling the publicity, and Sam Witzel, R. H. Emmerson & Son, Arcata, is chairmanning the Donation committee.
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September 25 was a most successful day for the new officers of Los Angeles lloo-Hoo CIub 2. In the absence of Snark Harold Cole, who was confined to his home due to illness, Vice-President John Osgood took over and presided like a veteran at the evening banquet. Don Gow, a number-one golfer in his own right, did'the score chore for the golfers as Harvey Koll toured the Eastern seaboard following the International convention, and Tom Burden, number one Hoo-Hoo sportsman, handled the Program chairinan job like an old pro. Chuck Lember, vice-president in charge of the door-prize department, distributed gifts to the lucky winners.
Fox Hills was jumping with sports events. The Dodgers were clobbering the Cubs in a thriller at Chicago (5-4) to take over first place from Milwaukee on a daytime TV program from Chicago; the Phillies stunned the Braves (6-3) at Milwaukee via radio during the banquet, and SC romped to a 23-O victory against Pittsburgh at the Coliseum even as two prominent Los Angeles sports personalities were giving the lowdown on the Rams and the Dodgers to the "Black
Cats" and their guests at the meeting. All of this-and 42 uats" the AII thlslumbermen still found time to shoot 18 holes.of.qolfTaking cognizance of the fight being made by the lionarted Dodgers, Chairman Tommy Burden first introduced arold "Lefty" Phillips, chief scout for thb Los Angeles hearted Harold ' " baseball club, who gave an intelligent resume of the baseball club's personnel and the fine young team in the making for the future edification of Dodger fans. Lefty is definitell a "baseball specialist," and not one Hoo-Hoo left the room during his impromptu, off-the-cuff talk.
Richard L. "Dick" Daugherty, for the past several years star lineman and linebacker for the Los Angeles Rams football team, followed Lefty to the rostrum. Dick is truly an LEFI: the tmr'Dick
interesting story-teller from 'way back. He secured his football "know-how" at Oregon and it is his firm opinion the Rams will win the 1959 championship. "If they don't,"' said Dick, "I am afraid Sid Gillman will not be coaching the darlings of the Southland come next season."
He gave inside information on how keen the competition is among the players to earn their positions on the permanent squad. He believes Bob Waterfield will make an excellent Ram head coach and throughout his talk he interjected humorous remarks covering his personal experiences as a pro football player.
You didn't show up for this big meeting? Weeelll-the only thing we can say is "you were the loser," because both Lefty and Dick could still be answering questions from the floor about their organizations, but time ran out and John Osgood had to shut ofi the water on account of the lateness
of the hour. The club can stand more such outstanding programs and Tom Burden is the man for his new job. Better plan to be on hand at Inglewood Country Club, November 6. This also will be an outstanding event, with a Concat thrown in for good measure.
The surprise part of the program developed prior to awarding of the golf prizes. "The Three Hoboes," headed by Miss Cleo Heath, entertained the lumbermen with hillbilly music and humor. They were introduced by SecretaryTreasurer Bill Smith. but all of the officers seemed to be in on the act.
At this most successful meeting, everybody seemed to win a prize. Chuck Lember was giving away door prizes which included everything from cooking utensils to car seats and appliances. The lucky winners included Woody Toal, Tom Burden, Wes Mann, Freeman Campbell (he won (Continued on Page 74)
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A man traveling through the mountains of Tennessee Btopped at a cabin to ask for a drink of water.
' An old woman brought it to him and, after drinking, he had quite a talk with her, and she made a most interested listener.
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He told of his travels over much of the earth. of the wonders he had seen, the places he had been.
Finally he stopped his bragging and waited to see what effect his story had had on the old mountain woman.
She was quiet and thoughtful for a minute, then she took the pipe from her mouth and said:
"Stranger, if I knowed as much as you do, I'd go somewhere and start a little grocery store."
Mercury Hqrdwood lumber Gompony
Two young men, formerly on the sales staff of Atlas Lumber Co., Los Angeles, have established their own wholesale lumber concern and opened offices at 4645 East Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles 22. According to present plans, Mercury Hardwood Lumber-the name of the new firmwill engage in LCL, as well as direct shipments of imported and domestic hardwoods, dimension lumber and softwoods on a wholesale basis. Yard delivery will be made from Fern in Montebello for the time being until company facilities are ready within the next six to nine months, it was said.
Jerry Lapin and Bob King, the two pioneers, both received their basic lumber sales training at Atlas Lumber, one of the pioneer wholesale hardwood and softwood concerns in Southern California.
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Orrie W. Hamilton, executive vice-president of the Southern California Retail Lumber Association, played host October 2 to a representative group of SCRLA members and a delegation of Japanese lumber manufacturers in his office in Los Angeles. Speaking through an interpreter, the Association members learned that the Hokkaido, Japan, delegation was concerned with the loss of business in the U.S.A., especially on such species as oak, tamo, elm and sen.
The Japanese said that, in 1958, the Hokkaido lumber industry produced 46,977,000 feet of oak lumber, 214,000 feet of
which was exported to the U.S.A. ; 225,N0 feet of tamo, of which 6,000 feet was sent to this country, and 4,814,000 feet of sen, of which 789,000 feet came to the U.S.A.
The delegation was told by the hardwood dealers present at the meeting that price was a big factor on imports of oak and other hardwoods. Tamo is much darker than ash and therefore not well accepted by consumers in this country, and that sen is not currently in demand for American furniture, although it is highly desirable for mouldings, trim and cabinet work. They were also told that the good logs of sen are being made into
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After the 45-minute conference, the Japanese toured the yard of the Robert S. Osgood plant and were the guests of John Osgood for lunch. ThJne*iday, they visited sJveral oth6r Southern California yards, including the new yard of E. J. Stanton & Son.
The local lumbermen present at the meeting included Robert !. Qsgood, lumber and plywood importer, Los Angeles; Clyde H. Thompson, Brush Industrial Lumber Co., Montebello; Carvel D. Brown, Orban Lumber Co., Pasadena; Russell B. Mullin, Burbank Lumber Co., and Floyd Yates, Southwest Plvwood Corp., Compton.
San Francisco, Calif.-The Imported Hardwood Plywood Assn. has received information that, at a general meeting of the Japan Plywood Manufacturers Assn., decision wai reached to cut the Group A (Lauan doorskin) OctoberDecember quota 20/o, with consideration that this reduction might be added to'the April-June 1960 quota if the U.S. market conditions then appear favorable. ,.'.
In addition to the above 20/o cut, 3O/o of the "A" allocation will be transferred to the B and C groups (panels), making a total reduction of. 50% of the Lauan doorskiris in the October-December quota. The Japanese quota for Lauan doorskins for countries other than the U.S. iontinent is also to be reducedby 50/o of the previous quota.
Bob Halbert, popular young wholesale lumber salesman of Southern California, has joined the local sales staff of Fairhurst Lumber Co,, with headquarters at Long Beach. He will assist Thom Philips of the-Redwood division in an extensive sales-promotion campaign directed to retail lumber dealers of the Southland and Arizona.
According to N{ike Walsh, manager of the Long Beach sales ofifices, Fairhurst has established an exclusive redwood sales division under the direction of Thom Philips in order to offer a faster service to dealers, and a concentiation yard has beel opened a! _W_ilmiqgton to expedite delivery of ca-rgo_shipments. and L.C.L. The wholesale distributing-firm will also offer direct shipments via rail or truck and tiailer, it was said.
Empire Plywood, fnc., has opened a new warehouse in Fresno, with Dave Pinkham as manager. The Fresno branch will serve retailers. consumers and builders with industrial and decorative plywoods, mouldings, hardboard and particle boards, including Par-TILE natural wood block flooring.
A semi-monthly series of "Labor Letters," dealing specifically with labor-management problems as they apply to retail lumber and building materials dealers, was inaugurated by the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association on October 2. According to H. R. Northup, NRLDA's executive vice-president, the new service reports to the industry current and anticipated developments brought about by passage of the Labor Reform Law.
"tabor relations has become a highly technical field, and the provisions of the new labor legislation are complicated," Mr. Northup pointed out. "The exact meaning of the new law will not be determined until doubtful points are tested in the courts-a matter of years-but there will be an immediate effect on all retail lumber dealers.
"To comply with the law, and get full protection from abuses it outlaws, expert guidance is needed," Mr. Northup declared. "Such assistance can best be provided by Association action. Accordingly, NRLDA has appointed a new
Labor Relations committee and will disseminate information as it develops through the 'Labor Letter'."
Committee members include Orrie W. Hamilton, executive vice-president, Southern California Retail Lumber Association, Los Angeles. Assisting the committee and NRLDA staft are prominent attorneys on labor matters who helped draft the Labor Reform Law and who also served with the National Labor Relations Board.
A major new product announced by the Aluminum Company of America is aimed at increasing the construction uses of aluminum in both industrial and residential building. Called Alcoa Building Sheet, the new standard item is now being marketed in coils and flat sheets at prices said to be competitive with galvanized steel and other major building materials. Residential siding, awnings, industrial building panels, storm doors, screen frames, heating and air-conditioning ducts, roofing and other similar items are predicted uses of the new product, reports the October 16 bulletin of the National Lumber Manufacturers Assn.
When you deal in cedar, you have a quality edge over other roofing materials. For natural cedar shingles add that vital third dimension-thickness-to their other attributes of good looks and long life. But always insist on Certigrade shingles when you buy. The genuine Certigrade label beneath the bandstick is your assurance of mill-inspected material that meets or exceeds its grademark.
A GIANT CRANE from the C. Norman Peterson Construction Company gets ready to receive another load of cement from a Nevada Lumber Company truck as work continues on the giant $1,576,000 sewer treatment plant for the South Tahoe Public Utility district. Contract for the cement, awarded Nevada Lumber Company of Tahoe Valley, Calif., was one of their biggest this year and compares somewhat to the retail yard's cement deliveries for Harrah's Club new $2,500,000 casino now being built at Stateline.
Orville Bresee, Mendo Studs representative from Ukiah. and his wife were recent southern California visitors. He played the Arcadia golf course with Ralph Norum, "Mac" McWhorter and George Cameron, with Sterling Wolfe as their caddy while Horace Wolfe stayed home to mind the store (it's reliably reported Sterling just went along to ride the fancy cart).
Homer M. Hayward, head of the Homer T. Hayward Lumber Co., and his Morro Bay manager, Jim Froggatt, migrated Wyoming way last month for a "very successful" antelope and deer-hunting expedition.
Harold Cole, Snark of L. A. Hoo-Hoo Club 2, was due back at Bohnhoff Lumber Co. the end of last month after an illness that laid him low soon after his return from the Hoo-Hoo convention in Duluth.
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New York City, N.Y.-The Sales-training Program of the National-American Wholesale Lumber Assn. has been pushed back from its scheduled September 1959 start to February 1960 because of additional time needed for preliminary preparation work and planning. The original plan of holding four meetings in each of nine centers will be changed to three meetings in 12 regions to minimize travel of enrolles. Region 8 will be Los Angeles-San Francisco-Santa Barbara, and Region 9 is Portland-Seattle-Vancouver, B.C. The program will be sufficiently flexible to permit arranging of meetings in alternating cities within the region, or in a single city if more convenient to enrolles, who may attend in any region for their convenience.
While the cooperative program is sponsored by the NationalAmerican, enrollments are not confined to salesmen of N-AWLA members but, in the best interests of the National Wood Pro-
motion Program, is open to salesmen of all lumber wholesalers, manufacturers or commission men. N-AWLA President J. Ward Allen has received acceptances as cooperating endorsers from national associations including the California Redwood Assn., West Coast Lumbermen's Assn., Western Pine Assn., Natl. Lumber Manufacturers Assn., and Wholesale Lumbermen's Assn. of Southern California, among many others. These associations will be listed in a revised brochure of "IIow to Sell More Lumber Profitably" being prepared for wide distribution within the industry.
Construction will start next year on a new $2 million shopping center half-way between Santa Cruz and Watsonville, acdording to James Fenton, owner of the property. To be called the Rancho Del Mar Center, the l2-acre project will be built by the C. A. Wilder Co., of Los Altos.
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A panel 6,long and 3'11,, wide will fit under most beds. The lumber framework should be held together with cor-
in the train layout, it's advisable to use five casters, one near each corner and another in the center. However, if only one oval track and a minimum of extra equipment are used, the corner casters will provide adequate support.
"Holiday Special" in Power Tools
A "5-Star Holiday Spicial" featuring five new SpeedWay and Thor portable electric tools, offered in combination with accessories and gift packaging for mass display at special prices, was unveiled for the Christmas gift season by Speed- Way 9ivision of _Thor Power Tool Company, LaGrange Park, Ill., at the National Hardware Show.
_ Announced by J. B. Dempsey, vice-president of SpeedWay, the Christmas specials are built around the SpeedWay
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A promotion campaign featuring the portable electric tools as ideal Christmas gifts and keyed to the slogan, "Give him a fistful of power," is being conducted by the SpeedWay Division of Thor Power Tool Company to support wholesalers and dealers carrying the lines.
You Can Build This One in the Shop
With built-in shelves on which a candle, vase with flowers or other ornament may be seen through free-form holes, a small stylized Christmas tree can be built in the shop and decorated to bring cheer to the staff and public during the holidays. As illustrated, the tree is a three-sided pyramid
case, a centrally-located light unit under the tree could backlight the art objects on display for an unusual effect. For a free plan giving full details on the construction, write a postal to the Business Service Bureau, Suite 2037, 111 W. Washington St., Chicago 2, lll., requesting No. AE-360.
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just under four feet high, made of Masonite Presdwood over a wood framework.
Overlapping sides add to the tree's attractiveness, and it may be placed on a commercial turntable to revolve, if desired. Following assembly, the tree is given a primecoat of paint followed by a second coat having silver or golcl flecks.
Vari-shaped openings on each side provide opportunity for different displays in each opening. Instead of using the unperforated hardboard, one could use PegBoard. In that
Yoo can perform a real service for your customers-and earn extra profits-by showing them how they reduce lumber waste and make cutting and fitting time a minor cost factor when they build with Nu-Loc. Go over their blueprints with them to get the exact sizes and widths they need-Nu-Loc can be ordered to 22' max. length,24" rnax. width. In any size, it is remarkably free of cupping and warping, easier to handle and finish.
Nu-Loc is made of selected pieces of kiln-dried lumber, end glued and/or edge glued together and finished to uniform smoothness. It is backed by over 20 years of research, testing, and development. You'll find it's profitable to stock preferred sizes of Nu-Loc . . . and you can always get fast delivery on special sizes. Ask your Weyerhaeuser District Representative.
Precision-machined interlocking end-joints are permanently bonded together with a light color waterproof exterior-type glue before finishing.
Because Nu-Loc is fully interchangeable with regular lumber for all non-structural uses, preferued lengths (such as 16' and 18') offer savings on almost every job.
"Tl-re business of manufacturing special doors for special building projects in Southern California is a specializecl business and rl'e believe we are tops in that business," says Pete Bingley, general maltag'er of the Regal Door Co.. El Monte.
Pete has been in the cloor-mar.ru{acturing business since graduating from school an<l is considered one of the young progressives in the ir.rclustry. His job also irrclucles sales promotion ar.rd adr.ertising ir.r a<lclition to adrninistration. In fact, it embraces every phase of actir.ity witl-r the exception of prodrrction, and this department of the firm is iri the capable l.rands of George Borttz,, vice-president of the rloorlnarlulacturl11g co1lcern.
_ George Ilonitz has been identihecl in production at llegal Door for the past cight vears. Ifc is yourlg in ycars but loug on experiencc. He has been in the u,ooclu,orkirrg industry since school clar.s u'hen l're u.orkecl at thc rtrill ancl remairrrfacturing levcls cltrring sunmrcr vacation. It is his job to keep proclrrction up rvith the order clepartment, anrl tl-ris he is linding hard to do.
"lior the past sevcral nronths u.e har.e founcl it neccssartto operate three shifts to keep up u'ith the demaucl ft_irRegal products," sai<l Cleorge. It is learnccl that tl-re prorluction clepartment hacl corrrpletell- outgrou'n tl-re plant anrl that plans are no\\' being completed io move the- facilities of the colnpanv to the citl' of Industry in Balclu,in park, where a fir'e-acr.e, fir'e-builcling. modern productiorr facility rj presentl)' under..construction. Accordihg to George anil Pete, the n.rove will take place cluring the ivinter moiths.
At this tin're Regal er.nltlovs more thalt 50 productiotr rl.orkers on its tl-rree shifts ir-r four manrrfactrrring areas at tlre El florrte plarrt. lt rctlrrires a collstant tirne.strrrly.bl- tltr. plzrnt superintenclent to kecp abreast of the orrler fi1e, as each <loor is a "special" anrl is practically a harrrl-ltrocluce<1 rrrrit fronr corc to finisl-recl rtrocluct.
In producitre tllore than a thorrsarrcl snch clc.rors for institutiorrs, churches, scl-roo1s anrl public builclings. it also re<ltrires somc <loing to properly stalT tl're 24-h.clur sl.rifts on a 'round-the*clock basis to secure the ntost in uroduction. Lieorge llotritz is a r.naster in this department.
To tnrn orrt a frrll lirre of special dt,ors {or tl-re trade, a llew hot, press l.ras beetr installecl at the trl \Ionte plant, along u,ith a double-end Tenoner r,'r.'hich u'ill be mor-ed to Balch.r,in Park late this winter. The core cleltartment and r-erreer de(Continued on Page 54)
Sacramento-Personal income of California residents, adjusted to an annual rate, exceeded $39 billion in the second quarter, being about $3.1 billion above the second quarter of last year. During the 12 months ended June 30, 1959, consumer prices rose about one and one-half percent and population in California is estimated to have increased over one' half million.
Increases in durable goods sales were the primary factor in the expansion of taxable transactions in the second quarter of this year. Sales of new car dealers rose 34/a, those of lumber and buildit-rg materials dealers were up 32/o and sales of household appliance dealers, plumbing and electrical suppliers, and household and home furnishings sales rose between 2l and.25Vo.
It is interesting to note that, during the quarter, over $1 billion was spent in the purchase and maintenance of uew and used motor vehicles. The taxable transactions of new and used motor-vehicle dealers, automotive supplies and parts dealers, service stations, and garages accounted for over 18 cents of each dollar spent by consumers on all taxable items purchased in the second quarter. In addition, many other dollar outlays expended on transportation are not subject to sales tax, such as purchases of gasoline, insurance, parking, and labor costs involved in repair, work.
The Bureau of the Census reports that August sales by merchant wholesalers were 8/o higher than August sales in 1958, but were 4/o below this July. The lumber and construction materials field showed a decided lead over the trend, up 17/o over August 1958, but lined up with the rest of the industries in being down 4/o from July. The preliminary report shows that lumber and associated materials have a healthy 3l/o lead over a year ago for total sales durir-rg the first eight months of the year.
Lumber inventories were down 5/o f.rom July 1959, but up 9% from August 1958.
President Eisenhower has signed the new FHA billiondollar housing bill raising the interest rates for insured rnortgages to Ssl/o and lowering down payments on homes.
The new interest rate is expected to enable buyers to shop for their mortgages by attracting more investors into the mortgage field.
l'he new bill also raises the maximum amount of FHAinsured mortgages from $20,000 to $22,500 on single-family hornes and provides for an extension of the FHA home-loan improvement program to Oct. l, 1960.
The 1959 Housing Act, recently signed by President Eisenhower, increases interest rates to S/a/o and, extends FHA's authority to insure home improvement and modernization loans to October I,, Igffi. It contains the following provisions:
Section 203-The maximum amount insurable to owneroccupant borrowers for. single-family properties is now V2,5W, and for two-family properties $25,000. Three and four-family properties have not been changed and remain at $27,500 and $35,000, respectively.
New trade-in provisions in the Act provide that the high-ratio of loan-to-value available to an owner-occupant may now be made available for a non-occupant builder or
realtor mortgagor. llowever, I5/o of the amount of the loan is to be escrowed so as to be applicable to a corresponding reduction of the mortgage if the property has not been sold within 18 months. The new procedure will make it possible to have only one closing and one set of closing costs on a trade-in.
Section 203(i)-F'or low-cost housing in outlying areas, the maximum amount of mortgage is increased to $9,000. The regulations have been amended to extend this section to cover loans on existing dwellings with a reduced loanto-value ratio (X)/o instead ol97/o) for such dwellings less than one year old and not inspected by FHA or VA.
Section 207-The maximum mortgage for multi-family housing is increased from $12.5 million to 920 million. The maximum interest rate is increased to 5rl/o.
Section 220-Maximum amounts for urban-renewal mortgages for one and two-family houses are raised to correspond to Section 203, and maximum mortgages for threefamily structures are raised to $30,000. The same trade-in provisions as Section 203 also apply.
Section 222-The maximum mortgages for servicemen's loans is raised to $20,000. This makes properties built under provisions of Sectiot 203(i) eligible up to maximum loans of $9,000.
Special Provisions-The FHA is permitted to accept for high ratios of loan-to-value dwellings under Section 203 and 203(i) approved prior to beginning of construction and inspected by VA. FHA will examine all changes approved by VA in order to make a determination as to whettier the value of the dwelling has been affected.
A recent change in Pacific Cement & Aggregates, Inc., sales personnel brings J. W. (Ji-) Burroughs (right) back to the San Jose district as a general line salesman. Burroughs started his PCA service in 1949 at San Jose af ter completing studies at San Jose State College. He was subsequently transferred to Oakland. and soon after was promoted to superintendent of PCA's Peralta St. yard. In 1957 Burroughs was transferred into sales and assigned to the Hayward territory.
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Helen Geib, vice-president, etc., of the Norwalk (Calif.) Lumber Co. will attend the paint convention in Chicago, while husband George, the lumber dealer, stays homi: to batch and mind the store, wheeling and dealing as usual.
Wendell Robie of the Auburn (Calif.) Lumber Co. and president of the Central California Federal Savings & Loan Assn., Auburn and Davis, Calif., was in Los Angeles recently for a savings-and-loan gathering at the Statler-Hilton. The veteran dealer dropped into the offices of the CLM to see why Publisher Jack Dionne has never yet compiled selections of his famed "Vagabond Editorials" in book form (thinks he is "doing an injustice to Americans if he does not" and promises to order 50 copies if he does).
Walter A. Remak, district representative of the Weyerhaeuser Company in Los Angeles, showed the brand-new company movie, "Tomorrow's Trees," at a dinner meeting of the YMCA in Torrance, Oct. 19, followed by a question-answer period.
All down to L.A. from the north last month to see the Dodgers doings were Mr. and Mrs. Bill Constans and Dick Curd of Raloh L. Smith Lumber Co., Anderson, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. Loren Hall, Hazel Valley Lumber Co., Placerville; Mr. and Mrs. Hillman Nugent, Feather River Pine Mills, Feather Falls; Del Pugh, Sierra Mountain
Mills, North San Juan, and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Buettner and son, George Silbernagel Lumber Co., San Francisco. They came down at the invitation of Max Hill of the H. M. Nelson Lumber Co., Montebello, and, even though they're rightfully all Giants fans, they were mighty happy to see the Series won on the west coast.
Charlie Wilson, Jean Parrish, Roger Lighthart and Lloyd Webb, prominent sales sharks of E. J. Stanton & Son, Los Angeles, spent an enjoyable day visiting Ralph L. Smith Lumber Co. officials at the Anderson mill last month and had a ball eating with the lumberiacks at lunchtime.
The Robert Dollar Company's Chet King is in the midwest winding up a 3-week business trip which also included the south.
Rex Wells of Wells Custom Millwork, Los Angeles, spent part of October hunting deer in Utah and Idaho.
Dealer Hagry Boand of Boand-Daly Lumber Co., South Gate, won the state amateur golf championship last month at Pebble Beach. Retailer Boand is quite modest about this terrific honor and the CLM only heard of it by accident from members of Hoo-Hoo Club 2, of which Harry was the 1958-59 Snark.
Plywoodman Ernie Bacon and his boss, C. J. Fairhurst, flew to Portland last month to attend a DFPA meeting and visit area accounts.
Dee Essley, prominent Los Angeles wholesaler, spent the latter part of October visiting Portland business associates. D. C. Essley & Son is distributor for Vancouver Plywood materials in southern California.
Fred Branch of Pacific Hardwood Sales pulled back into Oakland the end of October after three weeks in the east and south to Florida on business.
P. J. Skill of Sierra Redwood Company, Los Angeles, has returned from an extended trip through the east and south.
Hyster Company's San Francisco manager, Jack Wright, is convalescing after a 3-week stay in Peninsula hospital.
Barbara Smith, wife of Bill Smith of Smith-Robbins Lumber Corp., Los Angeles, was showing a foreign sports coupe the couple was offering for sale. The prospect asked to see the motor and Barbara raised the hood. WHAT? It was only then she learned the imported jobs ain't built that way.
Russell Mullin, who hangs his hat at the Burbank Lumber Co. of the Mullin retail yards, his wife and the Paul Hallingbys are recently back from an extended .tour of the Continent, the British Isles, etc. But to hear Dealer Russell tell it, they visited France,
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Good news: Vic O'Donnell is back in the saddle as general salesmanager of The Coralite Company, manufacturers of melamine finish Western wall paneling. Vic had held this position with Coralite ever since its formation as an autonomous company, and previously served in that capacity for nine years with Coralite's predecessor firm, the Coral-Tex division of Dant & Russell, Inc. He returned to activity Sept. 1 after an l8-months' leave to recuperate from major surgery but spent his absence in ideal fashion-loafing in his
cabin on the shores of Big Bear and getting in a lot of fishing. Now fit as a wall panel, he reports himself well back in the swing and says he's downright happy with the new Coralite plant at 7251 E. Condor that was completed while he was away from Los Angeles. He declares that the new equipment, coupled with the new products, will "make any job a breeze." Old friends and c.ustomers may welcome him back at RAymond 3-8271.
Fred Hutchinson, manager of the Cincinnati Reds, and Dewey Soriano, general manager of the Seattle baseball club, were guests of Harry White, Long Beach wholesaler, during the World Series. In case vou didn't know.
Harry formerly played baseball for the Pacific Coast league and is a top authority on the game.
Tom Molitor of Marshall Shingle Co., Oakland, is busy getting back into forward motion after an earlv October operation at Herrick hospitil in Berkeley.
Zenia Constantine is the new secretary in the Long Beach ofifrces of Fairhurst Lumber Co., where she will "girl Friday" it for Mike Walsh and Tom Phillips along with other office details.
Jim Hendrick, head of the J.W. Hendrick Co., Oakland, visited business connections in the Southland the week of October 12.
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Construction activity in Los Angeles County of $130,066,100 was the highest September on record, according to figures released Oct. 18 by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. President J. E. Fishburn, Jr., citing statistics compiled by the Chamber's Research department, reported
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that the September '59 total surpassed the previous September high of $93,061,000 in 1954 by aO%.Building permits were issued to the Los Angeles International Airport for approximately $32,400,000 expansion.
All construction activity was up over September of last year, the report shows,. with residential valuation at $51,300,800, a 28.4% increase over the '58 figure of $39,948,100.
Total units involved in September valuation numbered 4,694 or 23.5% over the 3,801 a year ago. Single units were up 28.5/o from last year's 1,822 to a '59 total of 2,341. Multiple units recorded during September were up 18.9/o to 2,353 from 1,979 a year ago.
Totals for the nine-month January-September period show residential valuation at $494,608,600, an increase of 5.6/o over the $468,377,200 recorded for a similar period of 1958.
Total units for the nine-month compilation show a rise of. 3.8/o to 50,388 from the 1958 figure of 48,525. Single units recorded numbered 23,915 or 23.2Vo above the 19,405 during the first nine months of '58.
Multiples for the January-September period show a 9/o decline from last year's 29,120 to a current figure of 26,473.
The fine old Legion Lumbermen's Post 409, Los Angeles, after a brief period of inactivity, is going "over the top" again and held a reactivation meeting, October 20, at the Mona Lisa restaurant with a grand turnout of the faithful. The war veterans now building materials men will meet again this month, at the same spot, on November 10, a Tuesday evening, for dinner, bull sessions and hearing of formerly top-secret stuff from War Department archives as part of the entertainment program, reports Adjutant Paul A. Queen of United Wholesale Lumber Co., Los Angeles.
P. E. "Earl" Ruth, owner of Parlier (Calif.) Lumber Company, has just finished a complete remodeling of his store and showroom, including a sizable expansion of his hardrvare, paint and store inventory. In addition to the Parlier yard, Dealer Ruth also operates Reedley Lumber Company.
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L. R. Pugh, president of The St. Maries Lumber Co., St. Maries, Idaho,-visited L<js Angeles last month with Gov. Robert E. Smylie and a group of more than 60 industrial leaders of his state. The prominent executives spent three days in the Southland selling Idaho and its various products to Los Angeles and Orange county business leaders. A1though agriculture is the state's number one industry, it now is followed closely by lumber and wood products.
Mr. Pugh took a close look at lumber distribution throughout the Southern California area and said plans were now in the making to reach this market.
"Our firm has made very little effort to ship to California in the past-in fact, only a few cars have been shipped during the past decade-but I now feel the huge potential cannot be ignored," he declared.
Mr. Pugh is prominent in civic affairs of Idaho, an active member of Hoo-Hoo International and the Masonic order. His daughter attended university in Whittier, and he and his wife make annual visits during the winter months to this area and Arizona. He is very optimistic for future lumber shipments from his mills of Idaho white pine, ponderosa pine, fir and red cedar to Southern California maikets.
Lassen Hoo-Hoo Club 37 held its first meeting and elected Keno Gasperoni, Susanville, president for the 1959-60 term. Orin Haws was elected vice-president, and Curtis Brown secretary-treasurer. The directors are Fred T. Abbay, Sam llaws, A. L. Kerper, George McDow, V. A. Parker and Homer Vincent.
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John C. Light of Light Lumber Co., Miami, Ariz., was appointed Gila County chairman of the Better Housing program and got a 2-page spread in The Arizona Record . . . M. A. Harris and F. L. Dettmann, San Francisco dealers. were named to the Finance committee of the Better Housing program there The Sonoma Mill & Lumber Co. opened a new yard at the city limits . . . H. R. Northup was industries advisor of the FHA, Washington, at the regional housing conference in Los Angeles, Oct.26. . The families of 25 lumbermen made the pilgrimage to Calaveras State Park, Oct. 7, to honor the memory of "Parson" Simpkin, Supreme Chaplain of Hoo-Hoo. C. D. LeMaster was elected president of the Memorial Association for 1935
L. R. Chadbourne was named to represent Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co. in Arizona and New Mexico . . . 6,000 people turned out Oct. 5 to see a dilapidated house remodeled in four hours in Oakland's Lakeside Park . Geo. A. Ulett of Coquille visited the San Francisco offices of las. L. Hall Co. on Port Orford cedar Lusiness.
The Philippine Mahogany Mfgrs. Import Assn., Los Angeles, takes a half-page advertisement in this issue to announce the Import Quotas for six months beginning January 1, 1935 C. H. White of White Brothers, San Francisco, was elected president of the Pacific Coast Hardwood Wholesale Distributors at the 10th annual, held in Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, Oct. 11-13. Strable Hardwood's B. E. Bryan, Oakland, was elected secretary-treasurer. Directors elected included Ted Higgins, J. Fyfe Smith, H. W. Swafford, C. M. Cooper and A. A. Frost. President Swafford opened the convention and Frank Connolly presided at the meeting of the flooring group. D. J. Cahill also addressed the convention. Roy Barto of Cadwallader-Gibson was toastmaster at the banquet, which was addressed by Kenneth Smith. Others prominent in the meeting were LeRgy Stanton, Jerry Sullivan, Jr., Robert and Milton Taenzer, Clarence Bohnhofi and Sid Simmons.
Frank Fox of the Fox-Woodsum Lumber Co., Glendale, was elected district governor of Kiwanis International . . . A fine attendance greeted Jerry
Bonnington as new president at the first 1934-35 meeting of East Bay HooHoo Club 39 at the Hotel Coit. Oakland, Oct. 15. Clem Fraser made a plea for a membership target of 100. Jas. B. Overcast spoke in favor of initiative amendments 3, 4, 5 and 6 to the California constitution. Past President C. I. Gilbert had the "honor" of being the first victim of "The Mystic Odor of Fungi," the ritualistic requiem for Club 39 past presidents, which was put on by Larue Woodson, Bert Bryan and Carl Moore . . . A. L. "Gus" floover visited San Francisco to confer with Wendling-Nathan and also spent a few days at the TPL mill at Scotia . . After attending the California Retail Lumbermen's Assn. convention at Fresno, Max E. Cook went to Stockton to address the California State Plumbing Inspector's Assn. on behalf of The Pacific Lumber Company's redwood seotic tanks.
M. U. Helm, the McCormick company's dock superintendent at Wilmington, sailed for a Seattle business trip F. Dean Prescott, Valley Lumber Co.. Fresno. returned from a S-week Caribbean cruise G. E. Wittwer
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opened a retail yard at 6800 West Blvd., Los Angeles Kenneth Smith, secretary-manager of the Lumber & Allied Products Institute, Los Angeles, has a 3-page article in this issue on "Competition of the Future" , . The Holmes Eureka Lumber Co. is sponsoring a daily radio program over KTAB, San Francisco, at 8:15 p.m., advising homeowners on the FHA act, how to select redwood, and urging the public to contact their local lumber dealers . \Marren Innes, secretary of the Redwood Split Products Assn., Eureka, died October 14 on a hunting trip in the Briceland district.
Miss Charlotte McGrath of Beverly Hills and Wayne Francis Mullin, son
of Mrs. John F. Mullin, Los Angeles, were married October 25 at the Wilshire Methodist church. After a month's honeymoon in Panama they will make their home in Los Angeles, where the dealer son of the pioneer Southern California lumberman has many retail interests N. Whitacre, who operates a Los Angeles yard, has opened a second retail outlet in El Monte . . . C. G. Briggs, president of the Booth-Kelly Lumber Co., visited Bakersfield and L. A. following the dealers' convention at Fresno, which he addressed N. E. Lentz, formprly with the Barr Lumber Company, Santa Ana, bought the Lumber & Builders Supply Co. yard at Encinitas Alfred
G. Harms, 58, vice-president of Pope & Talbot, died in San Francisco, Oct. 15 . . . F. W. Enderly, Southern California dealer who formerly operated a number of yards, died in Los Angeles, Oct. 14 . Charles Osbeck, the Encinitas dealer, got a 5-point buck while hunting in Modoc county Harry Hope, formerly with Progressive Lumber Co., Livermore, was named manager of the Pleasanton (Calif.) Lumber Co. by the new owner, Earle Johnson . . . Hull Bros. Supply Co. opened a retail yard at 8635 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, and will discontinue the branch at 7974 Melrose. They also operate the Hull Bros. Lumber Co. in suburban Reseda.
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Wauna, Ore.-The Wauna plant of the Wood Preserving division, Koppers Company, Inc., will be expanded in ordei to l-randle an increasing amount of business from West Coast customers of the division. D. A. Mitchell. Western district nianager of Koppers Wood Preserving division, anuounced that the expansion project will get underway soon
and u'ill be completed early next Spring. It will involve the lengthening of one of two treating cylinders at the plant from 90 feet to 130 feet, the installation of additional modern materials handling equipment and enlargement of tl-re plant's storage area.
W. D. Pope has been named plant manager at Wauna, Ore. He succeeds Guy E. Phillips, who recently was assig1,e-d as manag'er of a new plant which Koppers is building at Whittier, Alaska. For the past eight years, Mr. Pope has b_een treating engineer at the,ilivision's plant in Wilmington, Calif.
E. A. Clendaniel, who has been general foreman of the division's Feather River plant at Oroville, Calif., has been named manag'er of the Everett, Wash., plant of Koppers.
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Both circulars are complete with photographs of actual installations and line drawings showing the equipment in detail. The four-page illustrated brochure featuring the Moore Tilting Breakdown Hoist is identified as Bulletin 591 1, and the colorful single-page Moore Recirculating Tunnel Dryer literature is identified as Bulletin 5912. _ For free copies, write Moore Dry Kiln Company at North Portland, Oregon, Brampton, Ontario, Vancouver, 8.C., or Jacksonville, Florida.
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"Here's How You and the NWPP Make a Powerful Sales Team for Wood Products" is a new booklet that covers the National Wood Promotion Program, what it was designed to do and what it is doing in advertising, merchandising, technical promotion and in intra-induslry activities. Single copies are available from Wood Information Center, National Lumber Manufacturers Association. 1319 18th Street, N.W., Washington 6, D.C.
The 1960 Program committee for the 68th annual convention of the National-American Wholesale Lumber Assn., New York City, has already started its planning and the program will be discussed at the special meeting this month in Chicago, November 13-14, of the board of directors.
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State Forester Francis H. Raymond announced Oct. 15 that the Division of Forestry "Santana" Task Force, being placed in operation immediately, consists of the movement of 75 forest personnel, 25 pieces of pumper apparatus, 10 bulldozers and transports and other personnel-carrying vehicles from the five Northern and Central California districts of the Division to Southern California. It is in its third year of operation.
Raymond stated that major fires and serious fire conditions currently existing in Southern California prompted his decision to place the operation in effect immediately and not wait for the previously scheduled date of October 19 r,r'hen the Task Force would have started movement according to plan.
Ten pumpers and personnel were also dispatched to assist with the large fire in the Angeles National Forest, which was still burning out of control. Three new blazes were reported Oct. 15 in Southern California: one in Topanga. Canyon, Los Angeles county, and two in San Diego county, one near Lilac, north of Escondido, and one near Palomar l\Iountain.
Raymond stated that the fire season in Northern and Central California is not ended and will not be until additional rains are received in sufficient quantity. Southern California is historically subjected to "Santana" conditions consistipg of high temperatures, low humidity, and high velocity winds in the fall months.
Raymond urged everyone to be especially careful with fire and to cooperate in every way possible to observe the necessary precautions and help prevent damaging and destructive forest and watershed fires throughout all of California.
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"A great percentage of our doors are produced from beautiful exotic woods from the market places of the world," said Manager Pete Bingley. "Being in the special manufacturing end of the business, most of our craftsmen are artists and designers and have been identified in the woodworking business for many years," he continued. "For this type of business we maintain complete stocks of all species of imported and domestic skins to meet any and all production problems," Pete said.
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The first of the monthly series of "Know Your Products" sales courses, sponsored by the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California, was held last month with encouraging results wherever the meetings were staged. The instructor for the first program was Earl Pennington, DFPA regional representative, who presented actual demonstrations of the manufacturing of various types of plywood, including a discussion of their characteristics and respective grading rules. A major part of the program was devoted to the end-use applications of plywood, including several unique innovations such as the 1959 DFPA Christmas promotion.
All monthly meetings commence at 7 :00 p.m. sharp and end at 9:30 p.m. Schedule of November meetings is as follows:
San Jose-Nov. lOr-Lincoln High School, 555 Dana Ave.
Salinas-Nov. ll-Hartnell Junior College, 156 Homestead Ave.
San Luis Obispo-Nov. 12-San Luis Obispo High School Annex
Fresno-Nov. l7-Hacienda Motel. Manana Roo'm
Modesto-Nov. l8-Modesto Junior College
Stoc&:ton-Nov. l9-San Joaquin Industrial Assn. Building
Berkeley-Nov. 23-Willard School, Telegraph at Ward Sts.
Sacramento-Nov. 2rl-Howe Avenue School, 2404 Howe Ave.
Santa Rosa-Nov. 25-Santa Rosa Junior College, Barnett Hall
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of Builders lfardware. Cost of these meetings is only $1.50 per employee., which includes all necessary materials. Nonmembei fiimi are invited to participate in the programs at $3.50 per employee, the difference in cost over LMA members to be applied toward Association membership. All lady employes are cordially invited to attend these courses.
He was digging in the mud around the wheel of his bogged-down car when a stranger stopped.
"Stuck in the mud?" he wanted to know.
"Oh, no !" replied the sweating man with the shovel. "You see, my motor died here and I'm just digging it a grave."
It must be admitted that love is more practical than fear. It harmonizes, nourishes, beautifies, constructs and maintains good. Love is never idle nor unemployed in blessing or in serving.
Love, in its wisdom, withholds not needful rebuke, but administers it with the spirit that heals. Love knows no favoritism, but shines alike on all because it is love, and can do no other.
Love is holy, whole, or healthful, and confers health because it sees scientifically the infinitude of good, and is aware of omnipotence. Love is serene in conscious security, and remains unshadowed, uninterrupted, in the midst of seeming hatred and malice.
Love is light, transforming gloom into glory, lifting burdens, pointing the path of freedorn and prosperity. Love is law, irresistible in its operation.
That a woman has more courage than a man is something no thinking person can deny. Have you ever seen a man go into a store and try on four or five or six $100 suits with only 30 cents in his pocket?
Around the narrow bend, the swerving stage Careens and turns, resumes its drunken pace; The whip fings out in writhing, snapping rage, Thick clouds of dust begrime the driver's face.
And others go the curving, shade-flicked way: A herder, leading sheep to distant fold; A thief, a rogue, a priest in sackcloth grey, A miner with his bags of virgin gold.
But now, in lone and solitary state, The road draws close its cape of dust-choked weeds; The oaks bend low in grief at the long wait For men, and carts, and reckless, daring deeds.
The wagon-ruts grow faint, and then are gone; In memory alone, the past lives on.
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When he wandered around the country as a young and unknown architect, Ralph Adams Cram used to say "There ought to be better-looking churches around here." Obeying his creative urge, unable to see a need without doing something to supply it, he began making drawings which he sent to congregations, with notes containing words such as these: "Church proposed for such-and-such a site." It was surprising how many churches were built from these drawings. And Mr. Cram became the foremost church architect in the country.
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All members of Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club 2 are urged to hold December 11 open so they, along with their wives and friends, can attend the gala Christmas party at the Biltmore hotel that evening with the boys of LeRoy Boys'
Home as special guests. Members of the Los Angeles llooHoo-Ettes will assist in this big annual affair and will have charge of selecting gifts for the boys and arranging the extensive entertainment program.
At a special meeting of the Steering committee last month, LeRoy Stanton, Sr., Dee Essley, George Clough and Eddie Bauer were assigned the important task of raising the money by popular subscription throughout the industry. it is planned to have at least three gifts for each boy, which will consist of clothing and educational items.
Members of the Steering committee who will have important jobs, in addition to gathering in the casl-r, are Tom Burden, Rex Oxford, Larry Weiland, Harvey Koll, Rex Wells, Harry Boand, Chuck Lember, Don Braley, Bill Smith, Jim Forgie and John Osgood.
Friday, November 6, is another important date for lumbermen of the Southland. A Concatenation will be held that evening at Inglewood Country Club, along with a full program of entertainment. Rex Oxford and Don Gow will be in cllarge of the initiation and the Nine will be selected from the board of directors.
The annual dinner-dance will be held at Candlewood Country Clrrb on lhe evening of January 15.
The November 6 meeting will also include a golf tournament which will get underway at l0.'29 a.m. at Inglewood, followed by a cocktail hour at 5:29, with dinner being served promptly at 7 :09 p.m. to make way for the important Concatenation and entertainment to follorv.
A11 members are again urged to make reservations for this big event by. calling "Florence" at LUdlow 3-3441, to get your name in the pot to welcome the nelv members rieht.
Recent additions to the membership roster of the Lumber Merchants Assn. of Northern California include Grenfell Lumber Company, with yards in Colusa, Grimes and Princeton, of which Clarence E. Grenfell is managing partner; the Galpin Lumber Company, Pacifica, of which Kenneth Galpin is owner, and the Baxter Lumber Company, Arroyo Grande, rnanaged by Frank Sturges.
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six mobile units of equipment to keep the materials moving into and out of the establishment.
Carl Laughlin is a native Californian. He was born in Fresno and attended school in Alhambra and Santa Monica. In order to round out his education he worked as a carpenter, attended the University of Southern California School of Architecture, and spent 31 years with John W. Fisher in the retail lumber business. He is married, lives in Malibu and has two children and two grandchildren.
Dean Swartz secured his education along the very same trail. He, too, is a Fisher-Swartz graduate, as his father was once a partner in the Fisher-Swartz retail lumber establishment in Santa Monica. so he was born in the lumber business and has been identified in the retail field all of his life.
llis son, George, who is a business administration student at Loyola university, is also interested in the merchandising of wood products and will join Mar Vista when he graduates next year. George has spent all of his free time learning the business from the yard straight through every department. As an incentive he toured Europe this past summer and visited lumber dealers in eight foreign countries. And he paid for his trip from his savings as a lumberyard rvorker.
Mar Vista Lumber Company is a progressive "old-line" merchandising concern. The management believes in the axiom, "'Ihe customer is our most important contact." and they practice customer service by stoc^king the commoclities that experience has taught them to be most in demand.
"The reason we draw patrons from such a wide area in the Bay district is just because no item is too small for us to obtain for them," Carl Laughlin declared.
"Service is the main reason we carry sand and gravel, because every dealer knows from a profit standpoint there is none," he continued.
Local newspapers and direct mail advertising are used for specials and to attract the weekend builder.-Industrial firms are contacted direct by management and the sales staff-but the big volume is tl-re drop-in trade and tl-re small builder-contractor.
The customer is free to browse and select desired items, and the only time an employe makes a contact is upon request.
At the point of sale, arrangements can be concluded for various lines of credit which includes Bank of America and company financing. There is no red tape at this yard. You name it and you're on your way with the material.
Dick Hunt. has joined the geles, reports r'vood division
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San Bernardino, Calif.-The Gibson Lumber Co. yard at2775 Mt. Vernon Ave. here was damaged by a night-iime fire October 2. The hour-long flash fire was of undetermined origin and caused an estimated $175,000 loss, destroying two storage buildings and a sales room.
The flash fire, which attracted a mob of gawkers that made traffic a turmoil and hindered fire-fighters in their work, was discovered less than two hours after Manager Art Van Roo had left the premises. Dungan Gibson, one of the owners of the retail yard. said the first estimates of damage, printed in the locil newspapers, were probably too high. It is believed, however, that damage would be in excess of $100,000. Both stock and buildings were reported adequately insured.
Nearby residents of the downtown yard reported hearing an explosion shortly before the three buildings on the yard were discovered in flames which firemen controlled within an hour. Exploding paint cans in the storage building hampered efforts to quell the fire.
A policeman called the crowd of cars and sightseers "one of our worst traffrc jams this year." One traffic officer said, "I couldn't e,ren get my motoicycle through the traffic."
Two of the buildings on the lot were reduced to ashes in 30 minutes. The showroom on the north edge of the yard was filled with smoke and water as flames ate through one corner. Several stacks of lumber around the parking area, and two trucks and a loader, escaped damage. The yard was a branch of the main Gibson operation at 6th and Waterman.
Manager Van Roo said he was the last to leave the yard after work at 5:30 p.m. "It was all OK then," he said. IIe estimated the yard was "more than full . . . well-stocked; we had just built up the business."
Archie Babson, owner of the Missile City Lumber Company, announces a new location at 1200 West Laurel Avenue, Lompoc. The new location will handle redwood fencing, paints, hardware, siding, aluminum doors, concrete products and other materials. A do-it-yourself department will offer a wide variety of .tools and materials.
Babson stated that he will continue to oDerate his other Lompoc operation at 320 West Laurel Avenue.
Things are booming at the Inland Lumber Company plant at Rialto these clays. A new San Antonio "RigidPole," lumber-storage rvarehouse \\ras completed last month and, at tl.re time these photos were takeu, the groundbreaking cre\\r \\ras busy starting \\'arehouse No. ,1, rvhich does not include the modern remanufacturing mill the firm maintains for customer services.
"We are definitely sold on the pole-type buildings, such
as we are presently erecting, because it requires less effort, space ancl time to work the inventory," says Stark So.ivers, vice-prcsident arrcl general manager of the rvl.rolesale clistributing concern. "We hncl the San Antonio Construction Conrpany n,arehouses, built u,ith pressure-treated poles, are jtrst the type fcrr our particular operation," he cleclared.
Inland Lumber Company maintains the larsest wl-rolesalc clistribution yarcl of its kind in the "Kite" area for all specics o{ u'oocl proclucts and br"rilcling materials. Pick-up arrrl rlelirerl rirs u'ere cornirg anrl going like crazy from sucl.r importallt contlllunities as I)esert Hot Springs, Big
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Bear Lake and Palm Springs. Many retail lumber dealers throughout Southern California to the Mexican border depend on Inland for their lumber products, as well as namebrand building materials, it was said.
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and from all indications we are just starting. Our customers clepend on us for hundreds of items and we carry complete stocks of all species and grades of lumber, as well as almost every other item of wall surfacing', roofing, siding and namebrand materials," Sowers pointed out.
Inland Lumber Company was established at the close of \4,'orld War II by President Fred Thomson. Sales offices are maintained in Los Angeles and San Diego to ofier fast, efficient services to dealers in San Diego, Los Angeles,
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Frank E. Heard, partner in the Motroni-Heard Lumber Qgmpany of Woodlarrd, Yolo County, has accepted chairmanship of the Northern California attendance campaign for the sixth annual Building Products Exposition whictr the National Retail Lumber Deal6rs Association will present in Cleveland, November 14-17.
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A 261ear veteran of the lumber and building materials industry, Mr. Heard is currently president of thJlumber Merchants Association of Northern California and active in his community affairs. He was the mayor of Woodland from 195158 and is now a city councilman.
In Southern California, Frode B. Kilstofte, president of Rossman Mill & Lumber Co., Wilmington, and an officer of the Southern California Retail Lumber Assn., is serving as Attendance chairman for the SCRLA.
Portland-An expected record in Western Pine Lumber volumes, progress in electronics and an eye for quality control highlighted the semi-annual meeting of the Western Pine Association here, September 23-25.
And, in a dramatic surprise, S. V. Fullaway, Jr., secretary-manager of the Association for 30 years, announced his plans to retire at the end of this year.
Pres. I. D. Bronson, Cascade Lumber Co., Yakima, pointed to quality control from the woods to the consumer as the number one challenge of the lumber industry today. "Our industry needs to take aggressive leadership to be sure the grades we produce and sell are actually delivered, and are actually properly specified for the use intended for those grades," he said.
He called for a close working relationship at the local level with architects throughout the country to explain grades and simplify lumber span tables.
W. E. Grifiee, assistant-secretary-manager of the group, predicted the Western Pine industry is "practically certain to hang up new records in production and shipments."
While demand has softened from its earlier highs, he indicated shipments might hit a record 9 billion board feet for this year, while production could surpass the 9.03 billion top mark set in 1956.
Chairman of the National Wood Promotion Program, A. B. Hood, Anderson, Calif., said the national program is helping make America more wood conscious. And the 'Western Pine contribution to the program is the largest among the 17 regional lumber trade associations participating, he pointed out.
An electronic device to detect and trim out flaws in boards, being developed by the Association's research laboratory here and an eastern industrial lab, won full
support of the Association board. Funds were granted to complete the work on the machine.
The Association plans efforts to have grading of lumber set up in the G-I on-the-job training program.
J. P. Reinmuth, Lewiston, Idaho, reported the industrywide iniury rate has been reduced 207o since the Association began its organized safety promotion program in 1956 to "make this one of the safest industries in the country in which to work."
A. Z. Nelson, National Lumber Manufacturers Association, speaking for M. B. Doyle, told the meeting the lumber industry has fared much better than expected at the hands of Congress this session.
C. A. Gillett, managing-director of the American Forest Products Industries, noted the growing influence of women in public, educational and conservation affairs. AFPI has recently established a new Women's Affairs division, with a woman as a director.
Additional details of the September typhoon damage done in Japan, reported to the Imported Hardwood Plywood Associatioh, San-Francisco, include the word that 10,000,000 sq. ft. of plywood was estimated destroyed on the spot in Nagoya, with October production to be 18 million sq. ft. below normal, and 10 million sq. ft. below normal in November. Some reports, however, say the reduced October-November production loss may total as high as 50,000,000 sq. ft. It is reported that the Nagoya area produces about 60/o of. the total Japanese export of Lauan panEls and approximately 30/o of. the total export of doorskins.
First reports of the devastation created by "Typhoon Vera" were reported in the last issue.
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Generally, a reserve for bad debts will be based on experience. You cannot arbitrarily guess at the percentage of yoLlr accounts receivable that is likely to go bad. A certified public accountant, for instance, will determine an adequate reserve for bad debts as a normal part of his audit orocedure. To do this, he will analyze tire accounts receivable to find out which accounts are past due, and the length of time they have been outstanding. He will then evaluate the slow-moving receivables in light of discussions with your company's credit manager or with whoever handles your collections, and decide on the amount that may not be collected. Such a reserve based on a factual analysis is almost invariably acceptable to the Internal Revenue-Service.
If you do not have a CPA, and have to decide for yourself whether you are better off to use the charge-off or- reserve method for claiming bad debts, you will need to know how the reserve works. Say, for example, that at the end of the year you show accounts receivable of $20,000. Based on an analysis of your accounts, you determine that $600 would be a reasonable estimate of accounts that are likely to become uncollectable, so you deduct the $600 as a reserve for bad debts.
During the following year, $550 worth of receivables actually go bad, leaving $50 in your reserve account. Your receivables are now up to $25,000, and you estimate that $750 will become bad debts. Your reserve still has 950 left over from the previous year, so you deduct an additional $700 as a reserve for bad debts, and btit'rg the total reserve up to the estimate of $750. This same proiedure would then be followed each year.
use advantageously as a deduction that should be considered here. The foregoing applies only to a taxpayer who has been deducting bad debts on a charge-off balii. Those taxpayers who are on a reserve basis will credit any recoveries to the bad debt reserve.
If you need additional information on your bad debt deductions or on any other business problems, consult a qualified advisor.
a you cha ly the earlier charge-off helped reduce your taxes. The amount of tax you sav_ed when you made the deduction has nothing to do with it. It is the amount of the bad debt that you were able to
Walter George Scrim, 81, "the grand old man" of the Southern California lumber industry, passed away October 16 after several months' illness. He was the president of the Scrim Lumber Company, which was recently moved to South Pasadena after manv vears in downtown Los Angeles, and-piesident emeritus of the Philippine Mahogany Association, in which his name and good works were known all over the world.
Mr. Scrim was born in the city of Quebec, Canada, in 1878, went to western Ontario, then Vancouver, B.C., thence to California, next across the Pacific to the Philippines, and back to Southern California in his 65-year career as a lumberman who. in that
time. manufactured. sold and distributed the famous white pine of eastern Canada, the jack pine of southern Canada, Douglas fir and hemlock of the Dominion's {ar west, and the woods of the Philippine Islands. It is widely recognized that perhaps no one man had greater influence than Walter Scrim in introducing and popularizing the Philippine mahogany and other hardwoods into the United States, a task to which he devoted the last 40 years of his life.
He spent his early years in Ontario as estimator, grader, inspector then began his western odyssey, entering the wholesale commission business in Vancouver and operating a sashand-door factory. The move to Los Angeles followed WWI and there he accepted an opportunity to become salesmanager for Findlay Millar Timber Co. in the Philippines. While with this large manufacturer, Mr. Scrim visualized a much broader market for f'hilippine hardwoods than then existecl, and he returned to the U.S. in 1922 to survey the market and develop the field. It was then he established the Los Angeles area headquarters he maintained till his death last month. He also continued the relationship with F'indlay Millar and the firm that today
bears his name is still the exclusive distributor for its lumber output.
Believing in the need for close cooperation, Mr. Scrim took a leading part in organizing the Philippine Mahogany Association and was elected its first president. He served as the association's chief executive officer in the 30 years from 1927-57.
Mr. Scrim leaves his wife, Agnes L. Scrim ; three sons, Robert R. of Colton, Calif., Alexander L. of South Pasadena, and George D. Scrim of Pasadena, who was active with his father in the lumber business; eight grandchildren and a sister of Vancouver. Funeral services were held October 19 at Saint James Episcopal church, in which Mr. Scrim had been active. and interment was made in San Gabriel cemetery.
Joseph W. S'HERAR
Joseph W. Sherar, 54, director of trade promotion for the Western Pine Association, died October 13 in Portland. Ore.. after three months' illness. He had headed the nationwide advertising and trade promotion program for the l2-state Western Pine industry since 1947 and was well-known ancl respected throughout the lumber inclustrv nationallv. Mr. Sherar was bonr in Novemb er 1904 in Spokane, Wash., where he was a high school classmate of Bing Crosby. He started his lumber work at Potlatch, Idaho, after college
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in Cheney. Lumber grading was his aim and he later worked in Oregon and California pine mills, becoming a WPA grade inspector in 1934. Three years later he joined its trade promo- tion staff as a field reDresentative in Texas and Oklahoma. In 1942 he went to the Portland research labs and, in 1944, was assigned to the promotion staff at Portland headquarters.
When "Joe" Sherar took over the trade promotion helm, it had an annual budget of less than $150,000. Its 1959 budget exceeds $800,000, thanks to his efforts. He attended and spoke to many Iumber dealer conventions, as shown here at the 1958 SCRI-Annual in Los Angeles. He belonged to the Portland
Hoo-Hoo club and was a member of the order's National Wood Promotion committee. He also belonged to many r.rational and regional forest industries groups.
Henry J. Schweim, 71, died October 11 at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif. lle was an executive of U.S. Gypsum Co. from 1915-26 and, from then to 1947, was general manager of the Gypsum Association, with headquarters in Chicago. Since 1947 he had been western manager of the association, with ofifrces in Los Angeles. He won many honors in his field and was given an honorary award last June.
Arden Lumber Company, Sacramento, California, uses the twin-barrel approach in merchandising acottstical ceiling tiles. Side by side in this lumber dealer's showroom are twin panels which display Forestone and Random-Drilled acoustical ceiling tiles, both proclucts of the Simpson Logging Company, Shelton, Washington.
Random-Drilled acoustical ceiling tile is a new product recently iutroduced by Simpson. It has a smooth, calendered frnish and thereiore makes an i<leai companion product to the textured Forestone, accorcling to \Villiam O. Baird an<l Vernon R. Clausnitzer, Arden Lumber Company partners.
Arden has handled Forestone just about a year and is selling the popular acoustical tile at the rate of more than 1,000iquare feet a month. "Our sales of acoustical products have more tl-ran doubled since we began to stock Forestone," Baird declares.
Arden does most of its business with contractors and builclers. The t'lvo owllers state that the majority of the firm's customers now ask for Forestone by name. "Simpson's big advertising program aud merchanclising aids are a great help-in fact, they've boosted our eutire product line," they say.
ln addition to Simpson acottstical proclucts, Arclen also sells Simpson's sheathing, plywoocls and cloors. Tl.rus Arden provides, irr effect, a oue-stop service for builders atrcl contractors in tl-re Sacramento area.
Norco Distributing Company is distributor for Forestone ar.rcl other Simpson insulating board proclttcts in the Sacrarnento territory. Norco has hartdled Forestoue for slightly rnore than a year ancl, in the first six mot'rths, installecl betwee11 60 ar-rd 70 <lealer clisplays and is supplyiug Forestotre at the rate of aborrt 25,000 feet per month to these clealershios.
Norco also clistributes Siml>son plyu.oocl, cloors and harcl-
SALES POWER-Dave Ruble, insulating board product salesman for Simpson Logging Company in the Sacramento area, points to the familiar Forestone mobile in this "twinbarrel" sales display at Arden Lumber Company, 1120 Blumenfeld Drive, Sacramento, California. Looking on are, left, Richard Petty, purchasing agent for Norco Distributing Company, a Simpson Logging Company distributor for the territory, and William O. Baird, partner, Arden Lumber Company. "Sales of acoustical products have doubled for us since stocking Forestone," says Baird.
boards. They do an exceptionally fine job on hardboard marketing'rvith sales figures totaling some trvo million feet per year.
M. H. Hirsch is presiclent of Norco; Colman Schwartz, general mallager ; IJal Hartzell, sales manager, and Richard Petty, purcl'rasing agent for building material clivision.
On October 5, Georgia-Pacific Corporation opened its sever.rtlr California warehouse, a new outlet at 2231 "Il" Street in Bakersfield, phone FAirview 7-7771. The warehouse operation has better than 12,000 sq ft. of nndercover storage and is No. 56 in Georgia-Pacific's nation-rvicle warehouse clivision network. The Bakersfield branch u,ill be operated as a sub-warehouse under "Cnp" Nichols, manager of the company's Fresno warehouse, and will be an addition to Bob Brazelton's Central California district rvarehouse group.
Resident supervisor at Bakersfield will be Harol<l Fuerst, u'ho will also handle sales in the field; Dave Demeter rvill be on the sales desk. Both men were formerly r.ith GeorgiaPacific at Fresno.
San Francisco, Calif.-At tl-re recent meeting of the directors of the Irnported Hardwood Plywood Assn., it was decicled tl-rat Palm Springs lvould be the site of the general mernbership n'reeting in January.
Tom Parker and Dave Borum were elected to the boarcl, filling vacancies caused by transfers of former directors. A resolution was passed commending Jack Davidson, Pacific Wood Products Co., Los Angeles, for his "superb presentation" before tl-re Tariff Con.rmission in April.
Verne E. Harvkins, who has been covering the San Joacluin Valley ar-rd Coast area for Baugh Lumber Sales Co., l.ras accepted a position as nlanager of the Arvin (Calif.) Lumber Compar.ry. He was formerly assistant manager of the Bakersfield Builcling Nlaterials Co.
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Powell River Tqlk Merger
An offer to merge with the Powell River Co., Ltd., has been made to stockholders of MacMillan & Bloedel, Ltd. The two Vancouver companies rvould exchange seven shares of Powell River for each three shares of \tlacMillan & tsloedel.
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Clarence Salisbury (right) is retiring f rom the Blue Diamond force after 38 years of service. "Solly," as he is known by legions of friends, might well be considered
'lMr. Gypsum of Southern California." His career has paralleled the progress of gypsum through the years and today there are few men of the construction industry in this area who have not felt the warmth of his personality and benefitted from his counsel.
He has seen wood lath and lime plaster give way to gypsum lath and plasterbrick and wood siding to stucco. He has witnessed and played an active part in the transitions brought about by the advents of lightweights, gypsum wallboarcl, acoustics, machine application and a host of other modern advancements.
Clarence Salisbury's accuaintance with men of the building material and construction industries covers a span of more than 50 years -more than a half-centurv
of experience in the fastestgrowing construction area in the nation, and probably tl-re world. A review of his career reveals an enlightening chronology of those industries in Southern California.
It all began in 1905 when a yollng Mr. Salisbury took a job with the lIoffman Hardware Co. He remained in the hardware field until 1927, at which time, after a short stint with the Beaverboard Company, he entered the employ of the Geo. I Eastman Co., buildirlg material firm.
The Eastman Company was purchased by Blue Diamond in 1926 and Clarence Salisbury has been a Blue Diamond man ever since, serving progressively as manager of the Hollywood yard (the former Eastman Co.) then moving to Blue Diamond's main office as assistant sales manager, then division wholesale sales manag.er, and finally general sales manager.
Deep faith in his company. and dedicated service to the industry at large, have led Solly into countless activities f.ar beyond the usual concept of sales supervision. His helpful counsel has smoothed the way for many in troubled times. T{is presence has added warmth and stature to thousands of association meet-
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ings, seminars, conventions and impromptu get-togethers of the industry.
Clarence Salisbury has reached the time for official retirement, but those who know him well-and they are legion-know that for him the days of real "retiremel1t" are far away. Com-
pelling interests in things ancl people keep him alert ancl alive in mind and body. He retains the youthful and zesty spirit that demands outlet. Solly will always find reasolls and ways to work with and for people. Many will be thankful that this is so.
The Burke & Pace Lumber Co. moved into larger quarters on Grande avenue in Arroyo Grande last month. Jim Burke is manager of the Arroyo Grande operation.
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Hoo-lIoo-Ette Club 3 will hold its second annual Bosses Nite party on November 10. However, because the club's regular meeting place is not large enough to accommodate the expected turnout, arrangements for another site are underway and will soon be announced. De-
tails for the coming "Bosses Nite" were worked out at the club's last meeting, held at Camille's restaurant in San Francisco on October 13. Miss Lee Egger, George Windeler Company, Ltd., (Va. 4-I84I) will handle reseivations for the November 10 meeting.
Among the many worthy benefits sponsored by HooHoo-E,tte Club 3 is "Lumber Careers Unlimited," a clearing house for skilled lumber employment. Firms seeking additional office help, or experienbed lumber women looking for work, please contact Doris Belber, Hobbs Wall Lumber Company, San Francisco, phone SUtter L-6I70.
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twice), Bob Scott, Chuck Lember, Dick Voelzke, Chas. Jordan, Lefty Phillips, Rex Oxford and three others.
Don Gow took over for t\e golf awards in which Don Vogt romped to the low grosl'prize with a 75.ln the First Flight, George Frederickson placed 1st with a net 70 and Karl Bastian right behind him with a 72. Joe Petrash walked away with the lst prize in the 2nd Flight with a 69 net, and John Lipani placed 2nd with a 70. The 3rd trlight rvinner was Henry Geiss with a net 69. The prominent retailer, Russ Morgan, won the Retail Trophy with a 63 and the Blind Bogey was split by Bill Hanen and Karl Bastian. The guest prize was awarded to George Ryan.
The Big Sports Day was highly successful in every way. The 42 golfers had a ball and enjoyed a day in the high 70s. N{ore than 100 lumbermen, and guests, stayed for dinner and enjoyed to the fullest the two fine sportsmen from the Dodgers and the Rams.
This year has all the earmarks of being a "bang-up" Hoo-Hoo season and the officers and members of your club Llrge you to attend all meetings. The newly elect6d "headmen" will do the work-so all you will have to do is turn out for the fun !
The cocktails served to everybody just prior to dinner were hosted by Smith-Robbins Wholesale Lumber (Bill Smith), Robert S. Osgood (John Osgood), Angelus Hirdwood Lumber Company (Tom Burden) and E. L, Bruce Co. (Jim McFadden). Imagine-all this, and free cocktails, too.
We'll be seeing yoLl on November 6 at Inglewood.
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Lafayette Dealer Torn Jacobsen, Sr., returned home with his trophy to keep for another year. Later, Tournament Chairman Paul Gaboury was presented witl-r a pair of water wings and a snorkel for his work in arranging the "tournament."
An all-girl show headlined by the mistress of ceremonies, Lee Arnoux, and handled by the Hardin Entertainment Agency, capped off the night. Feature acts included The Debutantes, "Boubouka" (straight from Egypt via Novato), \{ack Giles (?), the Bell Aires, Lew Godard (?) and the Dick Reinl-rart bancl.
Chairman Ward's committee included Bill Johnson, ticket chairman; Dick Hogan and Gay Bradt, banquet; Jack Dollar, publicity; Harry Hood, finance, Charlie White and Fred Buckley, reception; and Paul Gaboury, "golf."
It's lotse ue haoe for ow customers and. suppliers! We need. Aou as much os u)e need each other! Come a-calling, won't gou?
Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo-Ette Club No. 1 will hold a Concatenation for the initiation of new Kitten members at its November meeting, set for the 9th of this month. The closed meeting will be held at the Blarney Castle restaurant.
The lumberwomen held their October meeting on the 12th
at the Shangri-I-a in Chinatown. Roll Call was answered by the names of cities they visited during vacation, with such faraway places as Honolulu, the Isle of Capri, Banff.
A revised list of new officers for the Hoo-Hoo-Ettes' 1959-60 club year is as follows:
President, Margaret Gladish; lst Vice-President, Sallye Bissell ; 2nd Vice-President, Peggy Mattola; 3rd Vice-President, Phyllis Hawkins; Secretary, Betty Morrill; Treasurer, Lena Galyean; Initiation chairman, Esther Francis; Publicity, Lorraine Impson, and Membership, Mabel Askins.
VAGAB0I\|D EDII0RIALS (continued rrom page 6) does the desire for food satisfy your hunger, but at least it gets you started toward a restaurant."
Common Cqrrier Cerliflcote
Los Angeles - Oronge Counlies
!'IA'YTEDIATE PICKUP SPEEDY DETIVERY
"As independent as " il, i i"l" h", long been accepted as the championship along independence lines. One man in history had that iced hog backed off the board. FIis name was Diogenes. He was a thinker who lived on the city dump and studied the great thoughts of life. Alexander the Great, conqueror of the world, had heard of Diogenes through his teacher, Aristotle. So he sent Aristippus to tell Diogenes that the great Alexander would like to see him. It was a command of the most commanding sort. Which impressed the bald philosopher not at all. He said to Aristippus: "Let him come hither, for I shall always think Athens is as distant from Macedon as Macedon is from Athens." And what makes it one of the world's great stories is-Alexander came.
Talcott Williams, ai"irrg,iirrrul tiacher of journalism, used to say-and was frequently quoted-"All men have opinions, but few men think."
"Going from the sublime to the ridiculous" is a well-worn phrase, and the assumption usually carries that the two are far apart. Yet Thomas Paine, famous patriot and thinker, did not agree. He said: "The' sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related that it is difEcult to class them separately. One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous; and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime."
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ing, which began at 2:39, cocktails were served in the assembly room of the Hacienda beginning at 5:59. The prime rib dinner was served at 7 :59 and the Show of Stars, including The Ink Spots and The Wiere Brothers, got going at 8:59.
After tl-re entertainment, which would be high-powered even for New York City, the incoming president, Robert J. Wright of Reid & Wright Company was introduced to the club and gave a report on the recent International convention at Duluth (CLM, l0/L5/59).
The following new officers were then introduced to the membership by the outgoing president, Elmer Rau of Madera Lumber & Hardware, who is now the vice-president of the Lumber Merchants Assn. of Northern California:
Southern Vice-President-Al Smith, Farmer's Lumber, Corcoran; Northern Vice-President"Cap" Nichols, Georgia-Pacific Corp., Fresno; Secretary-Treasurer-C. E. Macdonald, Bernie Barber & Associates, Fresno; Sergeantat-Arms-Duke Nelson. Kellner Lumber Co.
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CLISSIFIED ADYERTISU{G-Position Wanted $1.00 per line, minimum $2.00; Help Wanted and othsrs t1.50 per line, ninimum 13.00. Two lineE of address (you. address 0r our Bor number) count as one line.
Closing dates for copy, 5th and 20th
PERSONNEL NE,ED'ED by old-line, Los Angeles hardwood and softwood distribution yard: ORDER-DESK SALESMAN (experience preferred but not essential for right party); INSPECTOR andz'or ORDER MAN (hardwood experience preferred but not essential.)
Address Box C-2932. California Lumber Merchant
108 W. 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.
MILLWORK DRAFTSMAN. Long-established manufacturer Special Millwork, Central Calif., has opening for Detailer & Draftsman. Permanent. Good salary & hospital benefits. Give full resume-experience, age, etc. Replies Confidential.
Address Box C-2924, California Lumber Merchant
108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.
PINE TRADER-sought by Medford, Oregon, Wholesale office. Straight commission arrangement offers largest profit-split available. Must have extensive Mill and Sales following to perform independent trading.
Address Box C-2923. California Lumber Merchant
108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.
HARDWOOD SALES MANAGER with thorough knowledge of hardwood and clientele in Southern California. Good opportunity for right man. Correspondence treated confidentially. -
Address Box C-2931, California Lumber Merchant
108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.
SALESMAN, Wholesale, with Softwood "know-how," emphasis on Redwood. Call on Lum-ber yards 4nd Industrials. Real opportunity.
Address Box C-2890, California Lumber Merchant
108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles f4, Calif.
FULL-CHARGE BOOKKEEPER-Lumber experience essential. Permanent position with wholesale concern. BevCrly Hills area.
Address Box C-2928, California Lumber Mlrchant 108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Catif.
MANAGER OR ASST. MGR. Age 34. 72 years' experience in Retail Lbr., Hardware & Bldg. Materials. Wish to locate between San Mateo & San Jose.
Address Box C-2926, California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.
SALES CONNECTION with established Wholesaler or Distribution yard desired by Lumberman with more than 20 years' diversi- fied experience; 12 years in Southern California.
Address Box C-2930, California Lumber Merchant
108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.
MANAGER OR ASST. MGt. Aggressive young man desires posi- tion with progressive firm- Experienced. piesenlly employed.'Ex- cellent qualifications ft referenCes.
Address Box C-2927, California Lumber Merchant
108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.
Harvey Koll. -Jurisdicticin VI nrem bcr of the IIoo-Hoo Sulrrerne 9. nas olT :rgain for Ililrvarrkee tlre t-rrrl oI October to attend his first meeting of tlre execrrtive boarcl of the International Concatenatecl Order of lunrbertucn. llarl ey is a harcl I'orker in thc affairs of L.A. Club 2 ancl a cleclicated Black Cat of many years' stan<ling. LIe is also "Vice-Presiclent in Char[e of Golf" for that largest Hoo-Hoo' club irr the \vorld.
Ted Roy, heaclman of Roy F'orest
I DON'T NEED A JOB!-I have a Job. What I want is an Oppor- tunity to utilize my 14 years of Retail Yard experience in Sales, Purchasing and Supervision to best advantage. I'm steady, alert, creative and believe I'd be an asset to any firm geared to modern Merchandising methods or interested in developing such methods. Of course, I can furnish references, resume, etc., on request.
Address Box C-2925, California Lumber Merchant 108 W. 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.
WILL BUY Retail Lumber Yard where minimum down-payment and extended terms are possible. Prefer retirement situation. Am Lumberman with diversified experience.
Address Box C-2929, California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14. Calif.
Good Yard in SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, closed year ago. Railroad lease $60 a month. Manager. Sales and Profit figures available for for all buildings-$15,000.
-If you want to sell your yard, Give us a ringSmall, Attractive Yard in RIVERSIDE with good building materials trade. Sales for the past three years have averaged $159,000 per year. Living quarters for manager above. Will cost $63,000. Property might be leased.
TWOHY LUMBER
o Lumberyard and Sawmill brokers 714 West Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles
long-established but Living quarters for last 10 years. Price co. for over 4O years o 15: Rlchmond 9-8746
SPACE FOR LEASE-Offices, Yard, Covered Storage. Ideal arrangements for Wholesale Lumber Operation. Adjacent to Santa Ana Fwy. Complete Milling Facilities with 2 Spur Tracks Available. ASSOCIATED MOLDING COMPANY 7125 l'elegraph Road, Los Angeles 22; RAymond, 3-3221
HEAVY FORK-LIFT TRUCKS RENTALS AND SALES
MacKay Mill Service
NEptune 8-9428
Products Co., Van Nuys, was bacli fronr rrorthenr Utal-r late last nrorrtlr lvith his <1eer. "lfost successful I'rur.rting trip in recent years," he reports.
T1-re veteran Bay area lumberlr1a1r, Ross Lee. is exoectecl back soorr to his Iticci & Krtrse Lunrber Co. post after several weeks in Saint Francis hospital.
Promiuent lumbermerl seell at "Carl's" lrrior to a major sl)ortillg
Oakland 21, Calit.
event recently irrcludecl Ray Sedall, Wayne F. Mullin, Lowell Kolb, Jack Fairhurst, Mike Walsh, Whit Olsen, Thom Phillips and Homer Burnaby. And they r.r'ere u'hoo1>ing it up like orlly good retaiiers an(l u-holesalers clrrr a little bit before girrrre-tinre.
Colorf u1 postcarcls were received from Eugene, Jledfor<l ancl Portland, Ore., from faithful correspondent Horace Wolfe cluring his late-September peregrinations procrlring proclnct for llar<1uart-\\-olfe.
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(Corrected from the October 15, 1959, issue) STATEMENT REQUIRED BY THE ACT OF AUGUST 24, 1912, AS AMEND- ED BY TnE, ACTS OF M.ARCH 3, rr$, AND JULY 2, 1916 (Title 39, United States Qode, Section 23) SHOWING THE OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, AND CIRCLTLATION OF THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT, pub- lished semi-monthly at Los Angeles, California, for October 1,1959.
1. The names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor, and business managers are: _-.Pub[sher, J. C. Dionne, Rmm 508, 108 W.6th St., Los Angeles 14, California. Editor, Reed Porter, Room 508, 108 \4-est 6th St., Los .Angeles 14, Calif. Business manager, Reed Porter, Room 508, 108 West 6th .St., Los Angeles .14, Calif.
2. The owner is: (If owned by a corporation, its name and address must be stated and also immediately thereunder the names and addresses of stockholders owning or holding I percent or more of total amount of stock. If not owned by a corooration. the names atrd addresses of the individual owners must be giren. If owned by a partnership or other unincorporated firm, its name and addrcss, as well as that of each individual member, must be siven.) The California Lumber Merchant (a Coporatim), i08 W. 6th St., ks Arseles 14. Califomia: Maymme Adams, 199 Britton Drive, Ilng Beach 15, Califomia; J. C. Dionne, Rmni 508, 108 W,6th St., Los Angeles 14, California; Mrs. A. C. Merryman,431 So. Madison Ave., Pasadena 5, Califomia; Elsie gtirling,8l8% No. Fuller Ave., Los
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Allied Moulding Co........-.......-...-73
Allison-Randall Lumber Co....-.....-21
American Hardwood Co.....,..-......63
American Sisalkraft Co................. *
Angelus Hardwood Co.---.......-.-...30
Arcata Redwood Co.-.--....--...--.-....*
Arrowhead Lumber Co...--....-..-.-..48
Artesia Door Co., Inc...--..........---*
Associated Redwood Mi11s.........-.. *
Atkins, Kroll & Co.,,-...........-......-,,59
Atlas Lumber Co.-.--....-...-.....------.*
Avram Lumber Co....-..-.--....--.-.-.-.*
-B- Bee and Dee Sales Co..-..--...,......-.75
Back Co., J. William----.-.-.,-.,...,-.... *
Baugh Bros. & Co...--......,,...-.-,.-.--58
Baugh, Carl W....-............,......,.---.. r
Baxter & Co., J. H.......-...--....----.. *
Bennett 2-Way Panel Saw---.-------*
Berkol Manufacluring Co.---.--.....---60
Berry Lumber Sales, Jack..............43
Big Ben Sash & Door Co.........-...74
Bliss Lumber Co., Inc.----------........ *
Blue Diamond Company----------...--*
Bockmier-Lumber, R. H.----.---------..33
Eohnhoff Lumber Co.....---...--..-...-.77
Boldt-Beacom Lumber Co.-..-......--54
Bonningion Lumber Co.-,---.--------..48
B. C. Forest Products, ltd.-.--.--.-,34
Erush Industrial Lumber Co.,-------51
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Angeles 46, California; Mrs. Dorothy Dionne Babcock. 6j8 Leverirls Ave.. Los Angeles-2J, L'alif.; trIrs Betty__Ann Dionne Brannon, 242.1 Locke Larie, Hoirston, Texas: _Ilrs- Kathryn Dionne Wiay, 2906 Westheimer, Houston, Texas,' -
3. The known bondholders, mortgagees, and other securify holders owning or holding 1 perc-ent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or othei securities are: (If there are none, so state.) None.
4. Paragraphs 2 arrd 3 include, in cases where the stockholder or security ho,lder appears upon the books of the company as trustc or in any fiduciarv relatim, the name of the person or corporatlon for whom such trustee is actine-: also thc statements in the two paragralhs show the affiant's full knowledge ana belief as to the circumstances and conditions under which stockholder-s and .security holder-s who .do not appear upon the books of the company as trustees, hold stock and securities in a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner. -. 5.- Thc- average number of copies of each issue of this publicatim sold or distributed th-rough the mails or othemise, to paid subscribers during the 12 months preceding tlre 4ate shown above wa!: (Tiris lnformation is required fron daily, weekly, semiweekly, and triweekly newspapers only.)
REED PORTERSwortr to and subscribed before me this 1st day of October, 1959.
(My commission .*pir". JrtlvjllrAM HUDSON
*Adverti3ing oppecrr In olternqle l:sue: (TeU them gou soa it in The California Lumber Merchant)
Dollar Co., The Robert..-.---,--......-.39
Donover Co,, Inc..-----------........-..... *
Dooley & Co.-...---,----,----..-..-...-..-.--. *
Douglas Fir Plywood Assn.----....-*
Drake's Bay Lumber Co., Inc...-.-*
Dry Pine Mouldings & Millwork.. *
Durable Plvwood Sales......Cover I
Emsco Plywood.. Essley & Son, D. C.-...-..-....-.........63
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Fairhurst Iumber Co.....-.--.-------6. I I
Farris Iumber Co.--------.-.--..--.-.-.....67
Fern Trucking Co...-...-..................-76
Fisk & Mason--,--.
Fountain Lumber Co., Ed-.....-,--,--- 3
Freeman Co., Stephen G.----...-.-.*
Fremont Foresf Products.-...-----.---.-48
Independent d-ldg. tvtrls.....Cover 3 Induslrial Lumber Co...... lnland Lumber Co...-----..---,,...,,...-,28
Johns-Manville Products---.-.----,..... *
Johnson-Flaherty, lnc.--....----..-.. -.62
Jones Lumber Co., Andy------....... 7l
Jordan Sash & Door Co., F. 1..... "
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Kaibab Lumber Co.-...,.,-.-..----...-,--, 4 Kelley, Albert A..---.-..,,.....--.-....,_, * Kent, Paul E....---.---.-----.._,..,----_-_-_,_ * Kilgore, Robert P.,.----....-..,,.,----.---. r Koppers Company, Inc.--......--..-.-. * Kvalheim /ti\achinery Co......-.---.-.-78
-t- [. A. Dry Kiln & Storage, Inc.-_-_ * Lamon Lumber Co.---.-....---.-_-----....65
Neth Lumber Sa!es, A. W.,,-----.
Newquist, James W...._------_-----,,_ Nikkel Lumber Co., R. F...........
Norco Disfributing Co...,.-----.....-.
-o- Olsen Company, T. E........------...
Olympic Stained Producfs Co.-.
Oregon-Pacific Lumber Co.---.---
Osgood, Robert S.-....-----..----..-...
Ostrom Lumber Co.,--,-------.--......
Oxford Lumber Co., Rex..,,.,...-.
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Paci{ic Cement & Aggregaies----.... I
Pacific Fir Sales---...-...-...................37
Pacific Hardwood Sales Co....-..-... *
Pacific Iumber Co., The.......---..-... *
Pacific Lumber Dealers Suooly....65
Pacific Wire Products Co...--..-.....44
Paciflc Wood Producfs.---.----.---..... *
-u- U.S. Plywood Co.-.-.,.-...-...-._,........ +
Union Lumber Co.--.-.,.---------__,,--_--. *
United Whlse, Lbr. Co...._.--_........ *
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Galleher Hardwood Co...........--.... *
Gamerston & Green Lumber Co...63
Georgia-Pacilic Corp.----................ *
Globe Inll. of Calif., Inc...........-.29
Golden Gate Lumber' Co.-...-.--...--*
Gosslin-Harding Iumber Co..-..-.-*
Grace & Co., W. R.---..-................-*
Great Bay lumber Sales-.-..,.-,-...,-*
Great Western Lumber Coro..-,,,,,*
Gulf Paciffc Land & Lbr. C;"......... 1
-H- Haley Bros.,..--...-.....-.,.--,-.-....-....--,..35
Hall Co., James [..--.-.-...-..............-55
Hallinan Mackin Lumber Co.--,--.--53
Hallmark Lumber & Plywood......76
Hansen Forest Producfs Co.----...-..52
Lawrence-Philips Lumber Co..,.,.-75 Lebanite Producis Co.----..--..-,------59
Lerreft Lumber Co..-....--...-..-._---_----72
Linderman Wholesale Lumber.-_---15 long-Bell Div.-lni'l Paper Co.._25 Loop Lumber & Mill Co....".,.-.-..-.47 Los-Cal Lumber Co..........-..-..--.-...-.39 Lumber Sales Co.........--.---...-.-------71
Padula Lumber Co., E. A..--.,.-.-.-. *
Pan Asiatic Trading Co.................77
Paramouni Pole Const. Co.......-.-*
Paul Bunyan Lumber Co...-.-,,...-...49
Peerless Lumber Co.-----....-,,-,,...-,-. *
Penberthy Lumber Co..--.,,,-.-......-*
Perry Internalional Corp.........---.--19
Philips Whlse. Lumber, Don, Jr...64
Pickering Lumber Corp..........-...-.. *
Peirce Co., Al----.........-..-----.-......-.51
Placerville Lumber Co.-----------...,,,. *
-R- R & S Manufacturing, lnc.---.........71
Ready Maid Kitchens, !nc.............47
Red Cedar Shingle Bureau.-..,,..-.--36
Regal Door Company.---...............*
Ricci & Kruse Iumber Co.-..........*
Rounds Lumber Co..-.,-----.------......,. *
Roy Forest Products Co.----..--........44
Roymac, Inc,-.--.-
Ry-Lock Company, Ird.....-,,------*
-v- Van lde Lumber Sales, Ray__--.....-39
Visador Co., The..-.......................-.17
-w- Ward & Knapp................................69
Wells Custom Mi11work................74
Wendling-Nathan Co......--...---.-...-.27
West Coast Lumbermen's Assn.,*
West Coast Screen Co....._.-------... *
Wesi Coast Timber Products----...*
Western Door & Sash Co.-.....-,----3f
Western Dry Kiln--.-.........-.-.--...-- 55
Western Forest Producfs of S.F
Wesfern Forest Produts Co.-...... 35
Wesiern Lumber Co.....--..--...--...---*
Western Mill & Lumber Co......... *
Western Pine Association---...-"....--
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S & S lumber Co..-..-............-...---..35
5an Antonio Pole Const. Co.---.--23
Sanford-Lussier, Inc.,,--..---...-..-..--.. *
Santa Fe Iumber, Inc.-------...-.......45
Scarburgh Co.. Inc.....--.--,-----.--..-... *
Securifv Paint Mto. Co..........-......77
Shively, Atan A..:......................-..
Sierra Lumber & Plywood..---.----.. *
Sierra Redwood Co.-.....".,.,-.---..---*
IN OUR MODERN PLANT
Core Specificotions for FLUSH Doors in:
Philippine Mohogony ([quqn) 2-Ply ond Hordboord
Ash, BIRCH ernd Beech, Philippine Mohogony ([quqn) 3-Ply and Hordboqrd
(5-Ply Construction) l.- Solid Sfi/es of -----l I * I s/a" will trim to l3/a" * l_ (7-Ply Consrruction)
ONE - P'ECE ---TEnd Rails of -) 2,/2" will trim to 2tA" to allow l" cut down for 6/6 Doors.
Ribs of 3/e" spaced 4" apartal/ of solid Lumber.
Cenler Rail of 3/t"
21" long lock B/ocks on Eofh sides and are 4t/e" wide.
All 3/0 x 6/8 x ls/a H.C, Exterior Doors are with 6s/8" wide lock Blocks lo accommodafe 5" set backs.
All Lumber used is Kiln-dried fo a maximum of l0 Percent moisfure content.
Our New Germon Hol Press with 5 Openings ond Our New Worehouse Focilities Assure Prompt Delivery From Slock of All Stondord Sizes os Well os On Any Speciol Sizes.
NOW PRODUCING 60,000 TAUAN DOOR SKINS MONTHLY TO SUPPLY STRAIT DOORS
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DOOR &. P1YWOOD CORP.
1224 North Tyler Avenue, El Monte, Colifornio
(Umberland 3-8125 Gllbert 4-4541
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