Yaletid,e Greetings SNTH L. BUTLDB

214 Front Street, Sqn Frqncisco

W. H. WINFBEE

420 Myrile Ave., Modesto g ffielry @tlristmus gU Guo! rfiistlts tor 1946 to @ur Many frien[g w. w. wtLKtNsoN

D. W. WIIKINSON

Douglos Fir Plywood-Lumber & Shingles

Creosoted Poles ond Piling ll2 W. 9rh St.-los Angeles 15, Colif.-TRiniry 4613

Christmas Greetings Best Wishes For 7946

KILPATRICK & (OMPANY

Genercrl Olfice

Crocker Bldg., Scn Frcrncisc: 4, CqliI.

Southem Cclilornicr Oflice qnd Ycrrd

1240 Blinn Ave., Wilmington, Cclil., P. O. Box 548

Personcl News

R. W. "Jack" Dalton of R. W. Dalton Co., Los Angeles, spent a few days in San Francisco on business at the end of last month.

W. H. (Bill) Nigh, manag'er of the Pine department, Wendling-Nathan Co., San Francisco, recently called on the Pine mills in Northern California and Southertr Oregon.

IIomer B. Maris, tative of Simpson visit the company's

Oakland, Northern California represenIndustries, Inc., left November 24 tcr head office and mills in Washington.

Bates Smith, manager, Los Angeles ofifice of MacDonald & Harrington, Ltd., visited the head office in San Francisco in the latter part of November.

Amendment No. I to RMPR 217 Walnut Lumber

An increase in the ceiling prices for walnttt lunrber, designecl to permit the industr)' its 1936-1939 rate of profits, has been announced by the Ofifrce of Price Administration. '-flre action became efiective November 23,7945.

The increase is 24 l)er cent over former prices, OPA said, and is the minimum required in the light of increased costs to restore 1936-1939 profit levels for producers.

Walnut. OPA said, accounts for less than tlvo-tenths of one per cent of all lumber 1>roduced in the LTnited States' It is a specialtv rvood and n,as used almost exclusively during the war for gunstocks. It is usecl in peace time principalll' for furnitttre ancl cabinet work. Not since l94l has rvalnttt l>een prodttced in great volume.

U. S. Steel Has Alrecdy Given Jobs To Necrrly 13.000 Vets

Nearly 13,000 veteratrs of World War II, il nttn.rber just short of a full army dir ision, already have been ernployed bv subsidiar,,' companies of United States Steel Corporatiorr and the veterans re-employment figure is increasing dailv. Corporation officials announced today.

Oi the number employed 8.907 were former employees ar.rcl 3 963 rvere veterans not previously employed by the companies. More than 110,000 employees of f-lnited States Steel subsidiaries left their jobs during the war to enter the arnrecl services.

Christmas Party of Club No. 39 At Hotel Clarcmont Dec. 21

Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 sponsors a Christnras party for lumbermen and their gentlemen guests on Frirlay evening, December 21, at the Claremont Hotel, Berkeley.

Starting at 6:39 p.m. refreshments may be purchased in the Spanish Iioom up to the time dinner is served. A well choscn entertainment program will follolv the dinner, and there rvill be thc traclitional Christmas tree, for which members and guests rvill furnish presents o{ the five and dime varietr..

Tickets will include the dinner and sholv. A iull house is indicated, so the best thing to do is to get tickets during the advance sale from I)ecember 5 to 19 from one of the following: Norm Cords, DOuglas 2169; Ji- Overcast, TEmplebar 5584; Nick Nicholson, Glencourt 9688; Jack Woocl, KFi,llog 2-4277; Al Kelley, LAkel.rurst 2-2751; Idverett Lcrvis, Til'-llog +-1884; Tom Jacobsen, l)Terln,ont 1826.

New Shingle Business In Los Angeles

Bell Shingle Co., a subsidiary of Jamison Lumbcr & Shinglc Co. of Iiverett, Wash., has taken storage sp:rce for their shingle business at the yard of Brush Indttstrial Lunrber Co., 5354 East Slauson Avenue, Los Ar-rgeles.

New O]lice Building Completcd

The fine new office building of Manufacturers Lumber (--o.. exclusive sales agents for Commercial Lumber Co., at 8145 Reach Street, Los Angeles, has been completed, and is. a good example of what can be accomplished by the use of beautiful hardrvoods for interior decoration.

The building is of the ranch type, with wide redwood siding on the outside, partly in natural color, applied horizontallv and partlv vertical, painted white.

The main office, customers' lounge, and shipping office are paneled in Spanish cedar.

The office o{ Donald I-. Allison, olJice rnanager. is puneled in Prima vera. The office o{ James S. Lindern-ran, lnanager of the softu'oocl department is faneled in comlr grain oak, and office of Noble K. Lay, hardwood departlnent manager, is paneled in matched lvalnut.

A1l the ceilings are done in Fir-Tex acoustical tile, with Fir-Tex colortile above the .paneling-. Indirect lighting is rrsc,l throughout.

A fireproof vault, of solid concrete, has been built. Asphalt tile l.ras been laid on .all the floors. The Executone communication system with a unit on each desk and all rviring concealed has been installed. Rest rooms include shou'ers for the staff.

Ample parking for customers has been provided, :urcl landscaping rvork is under way. Visitors rvill be rvelcomed.