ffiRISTMAS

(Contir.rued from loage l0) He was talking to His friends and followers. And now I am alone and old, yet He still visits my dreams. He comes like a white angel with pinions. And He uplifts me to dreams yet more distant."

A NEIGHBOR OF *O*t *,U '

"Mary would say to us: 'He is too vast to be my son, too eloquent for my silent heart; how shall I claim Him?' It seemed to us that Mary could not believe that the plain had given birth to the mountain. In the whiteness of her heart she did not see that the ridge is the pathway to the summit."

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GEORGUS, of BEIRUT. said:

"There was a blessing in His words, and His voice enfolded me like a garment on a cold night."

MANNUS. the PoMP;tro*, *,0,

"Even Jesus' friends and disciples who knew His mirth and'heard His laughter, make an image of His sorrow, and they worship that image."

MATTHEWsaid: * " t<

"Jesus walked down from the hills, and all of us followed Him. And as I followed I was repeating His prayer and remembering all that He had said; for I knew that His words that had fallen like flakes that day must set and grow like crystals, and that the wings that had fluttered over our heads were to beat the earth like iron hoofs."

PoNTrus PTLATE ""lu '

"FIe was brought into the Hall of Judgment with His arms bound to His body with ropes. I cannot fathom what came over me at that moment; but it was suddenly my desire to go down from the dais and fall before Him-"

SALOME said:

"He was like poplars shining in the sun; and like a lake among the lonely hills, shining in the sun; like snow upon the mountain heights. Yes, He was like unto these."

Good Fellowship Fund

L. H. (Abe) Lincoln, Oakland, is chairn.ran of thc Gootl Iiellorvship Fun<l Committee of Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39' Many needy cases have been helped through this fund in the last two decades, and wholesale and retail lumbermen ,,f the San Iiranci:co Bay clistrict subscribe generously to it cach year.

Checks ruav be sent toL.H. (Abe) Lincoln, Lincoln [.unrber Inc., 22Ol ]last l4th Street, Oakland, Calif.

Los Banos Yard Has New Owner

Neu,t Olson of Neu't Olsorr l,ttmber Co.' .\rr';ttla' Colorado, has purchased the l,os llanos. Calif' v:rrtl of I'umber & Srrpply Co.

CPA ExtendsSpecial Priority Assistance Publirher Guide to \food Research

Washir.rgton, D. C., Nov. 20.-To increase the production o{ lumber, a key item in the post-n'ar expatrsion of construction. the Civilian Production Administration today extenrlecl special priorities assistance to proclttcers of lumber anrl logs.

I)ircction 5to Priorities Regulation 2li, issued todal-, classifies lumber as a critical proclttct, pointing out that srrpplics are "substantially less than present and anticipated requirements and this shortage is so serious as to threaten thc recluirecl expansion in constrttction'" This represents "a seriotls threat to the ec()nomy of the countrv during the reconversion perio<I," thc directior.r said'

The action eutitles lumber to receive particular emphasis in assignment of CC ratings under I'aragraph (d) (1) (iii) of Priorities Regular 28. These ratings may be given 1o log and lumlter prodttcers to replace rnachinerv and e<luiprnent rvhich is in imminent danger of break-down or to obtain construction materials and ueu' capital equipment that rvill result in a substantial increase in production, exccpt in areas rvhere existing facilities are sufficient to hanrlle available timber. The ratings also may be given for maintenance, repair and operating supplies lvhen the proclucer tlemonstrates that he is ttnallle to obtairr the needed items without priorities assistance.

Assistarrce ordinarily is not given under I'riorities Regrrlation 28 to replace machinery or ecluipment unless it actrrally has broken dorvn. llorvever, to avoid interruption of production of critically needed materials, of rvhich lumber is one, special programs are set up under rvl-rich CC ratings may be given to producers rvho shou' that a breakdorvn is imminent.

Other constructiot.t materials which have been given similar assistance are clay building products and cast iron soil pipe.

It is necessary to increase production to a point where llrc expectecl large demand of next spring can be filled pronrptlv. Civilian Production Administration officials said.

No CC ratings will be granted rvhere it appears that the items for rvhich the ratings are requested are available but under clifferent terms or from a supplier other than the :rpplicant's customary supplier or where requested facilities would recluire more of a particular type of labor than is :rvailable in the locality.

'I'ublication of Forest Products l{esearch Guide, a cataloe (rf organizations having information on various phases of woocl research, has been announced by the Americarr I.orest Products Indtlstries Research & Product Developrnent Committee. A purpose of the book is to aid co-ordination of forest ltroducts research'

In its 142 pages are itemized some 460 types of fundamental arr<l applied research. Rrief descriptions of types of investigation, completed or nou' under way, are given rvith the names :rnd acldresses of indivicluals or organizations con<lucting them. The Grride is cross indexed 1ly srrbject for ease of reference.

In all, 860 sources of data at'e cite<I. These research agencies have done or have under way some 3,000 programs or projects. The agencies listed inclucle 130 universities, 65 government bureaus, 100 producers, 30O consumers ancl l)r()cess()rs of forest products. over l0O technical societit:s an<l private laboratories, and <lver 50 trade associations' -\bout 70 foreign agencies are inclrrded in the total.

\rarious chapters deal with the structure and propertics of rvood; general processing on or with wood, such as seasoning, gluing, connector joining, and impregnation; chenrical use, r,r,aste use, and plastics; lun,ber ancl timber prodncts such as poles, cross arms, ancl rnine timbers; buil<lings, building parts, and other strttcttlres; fabricated prorlrrcts including aircraft, containers. and furniture; means arrd devices for selection of qualities of wood. Another chapter lists reference books and pamphlets.

A limitecl number of copies of the Guide have becn printctl. lr\lhile they last, copies may be procured at $2 each from American Forest Products Industries, Tnc., 1319 Eighteenth Street, N.,W., Washington 6, D. C.

Becomer Partner in Plywood Firm

Lieut. Jack Davidson, U.S.N., brother of Norrnan Davidson, Jr., of Davidson Plywood & Veneer Co., I-os Angeles, n'ho has been in the Navy for the past three years, anrl has been commander of a P-C boat, recentlv arrived in T,os Angeles. He has received his discharge and is norv associated with Davidson Plywood & Veneer Co. as jurrior partner.

Before entering the service he was graduated f rorn Northrvestern ljniversitv in busiriess administration.