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Ml LLED at express train sp eed

The scwl'er is one oI the most importcnt men in the scwmill, lor he is responsible Ior production crnd properly milled lumber. The scrwyer must size up c log crt one glcrnce crnd determine how to cut it to produce the highest grrcde oI lumber in the quickest time with the lecst wcrste.

Men with experience count. ..lor only with crble men ccrn the reputcrtion ol the Pope & Tcrlbot lumber-mcnk be sclegucrrded . . a brcrnd ncrme which sigmifies lumber thqt is properly milled, properly grcrded curd properly hcndled , . . cr trcrdition mcrintained through the yecrs, since 1853, by individucl enterprise.

Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 Names Committee Chairmen

President Tom Hogan of Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39, Oakland, announces the following appointments as committee chairmen for the year:

Publicity and "Meow"-ls Green; Public Affairs-Al Kelley; Finance-George Clayberg; Membership-Everett Lewis ; Attendance-Jack Wood; Program-D. H. Le Breton; Fraternal and Paraphernalia-Jas. B. Overcast; Christmas Fellowship-Tom Jacobsen; Activities-Don Kesselring; Fellowship Fund Disbursement-Larue Woodson, Henry M. Hink; Christmas Party, Everett Lewis; Meetings-Tom Jacobsen; Reception-Norm Cords; Sports -Jo H. Shepard; Reveille-Ed La Franchi.

The annual Christmas Partv will be held on Fridav evening, December 20, at the Claremont Hotel.

White Cedar Picket Fencing Available

James L. Hall, wholesale dealer in lumber and wood products, San Francisco, is exclusive distributor for a line of prefabricated Northern white cedar picket fencing, and reports a substantial volume of business in this specialty, which is manufactured in Michigan.

This fencing comes in three types, rounds, splits, and flats, also the corral type, post and rail. A number of different combinations are made possible by using the three types and by staggering pickets of different lengths.

No priority is necessary and there are no restrictions against the sale or use of this fencing, which is available for delivery now. It is especially attractive for suburban homes and ranches. Mr. Hall's address is 1032 Mills Building, San Fran,ciscb, and telephone number is SUtter 7520.

AFPI Trustees Hold Annual Meeting

Extension of the Keep America Green Program to six new states and the addition of more than a million acres to the national tree farm area, were listed as two major accomplishments of the year in the fiscal report of the American Forest Products Industries, Inc., at its annual meeting of trustees, in Washington, D. C.

Presented by Director Chapin Collins, and covering all phases of the organization's activities for the year, the report showed substantial progress in the Trees for America program, inaugurated last March, as well as a broadening policy of assistance to individual states in the solution of forest problems. AFPI foresters have visited 39 forested states during the past 12 months, Mr. Collins stated, assisting with the organization of local action committees and forwarding forest protection movements.

In summing up the year's activities, Mr. Collins expressed appreciation for the cooperation of state, federal and extension foresters and state and regional forest and forest industries associations. "The Trees for America program, which is aimed at the tree roots of our national forest problem, will require the continued understanding and cooperation of these agencies," Mr. Collins said.

Col. W. B. Greeley, Seattle, is chairman of trustees of the American Forest Products Industries and Corydon Wagner, Tacoma, president. Trustees f.or 1946 include W. J. Bailey, New York; S. R. Black, St. Paul; J. M. Brown, Spokane; Leonard Carpenter, Minneapolis; Walter J. Damtoft, Canton, N. C.; E. W. Daniels, Hoquiam, Wash.; D. C. Everest, Rothschild, Wis.; Sydney Ferguson, New York; M. L. Fleishel, Shamrock, Fla.; N. F' McGowin, Chapman, Ala.; J. B. Veach, Washington, D. C.; W. D. Welsh, San Francisco and Robert C. Winton, Minneapolis.

Nevcrdcr Lumber Fire

Fire damaged the Kelly East Ely, Nevada, to the before it was brought under

Lumber Companl-'s yard in estimated extent of $100,000 control October 23.

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