News of Orr Service Friends ,D

Lieutenant Charles B. White, U.S.N.R., and Lieutenzrnt Don F. White, U.S.N.R., arrived home on November 2l and..25, respectively, from Tokyo and way points. Both men are sons of C. H. White, vice president and general rnanager of White I3rothers, pioneer San Francisco hardwood concern. Both will return to White Brotl-rers. Don rvas assistant manager, and Charlie was purbhasing agent for the firm before they entered the service.

Mr. White's son-in-la1', I-ieutenant Dudley Dozier, LI. S. Army, has returned from India, and will return to thc Dozier Manttfacturing Company of Oakland.

Lieut. Commander terminal leave. He Francisco, before he

Itay'Whitbl', USN, has n.as u'ith the Redwood entered the service.

Lieutenant Baxter H. Pond, son oI Gardner P. Pond, vice president of J. H. Baxter & Co., who went overseas rvith the Sth Air Force last February is still in Europe. He is a pilot of a B-17 bomber, and had three missions over Berlin and Munich before the war ended. He has spent the past 3O days in Amsterdam, Holland.

Mr. Pond's younger son, Lieutenant Gardner P. Pond, Jr. completed his training as a B-I7 bomber pilot, and rvas just about to go overseas rvhen the war ended. He has nou' receivecl his disch:rrse from the service.

Major Robert f)uttle, con,pleted his ber Co., Oaklancl, is norv Sales Co., Sarr (Juartermaster Section, son of F. G. Duttle, Sterling Lumhead of the Supply Division of the stationed at New Delhi. India. l-ieutenant Jerr_v NTuller, son of Leland Muller of San (ialrriel l,umber Co., San Gabriel, Cali{., rvho was a combat photographer in the Air Corps in the China-Burma-In<1ia area, is home on leave. n'ho ,was a Lieutenant in the Navy for service in the Atlantic, I\{editerranean, has returned to Matheny Sash & Door lnanager. He is the son of Charles B

Larry Ashdolvn, for the past t\&'o years a Sergeant irr the Sth Air Force, stationed in England, has returned to his former employer, Wholesale Building Supply, Inc., Oakland.

Bill Marmion, partner of Leland Muller in San Gabriel Lumber Co., San Gabriel, has received his discharge {rom the Army Air Corps, in rvl-rich he held the rank of Captain. He served in the South Pacific.

N{el Matheny, three years, with and Pacific areas, Co., Oakland, as Mathenv.

More Than 20 Million Americans Use J. Philip Boyd Opent Chicaso Olfice

FHA Insured Mortgages

More than 20,000,000 Americans have been crrablc<l ttr inrJrrove their housing conditions through the insttrarrce by the FHA of over $8,700,000,000 in mottg:rges autl 1o:trrs arlvanced lly private capital, Commissiollcr J{:tr-mtln<1 N{. Folev of the Federal Housing Adrninistr:rtiotl recently rcvealed.

''Ihese people represent nearlv 6,700,000 falnilies ()1' {)ver ' one-lifth of the total nonfarm p<-rpulati<lt'r of tllc t'ottntrv," I{r. Foley said. "In a little more th:rn elcvcrr :ttrrl onehalf years, over $6.8 billion in mortgage lttans hiLvc becn aclvanced for the purchase or construction of uearlr' 1'(t75,O([ family dwelling ttnits. u'hile about $2 billiorr has lrcerr aclranced to more than 5,000,000 propctty owners. enabling them to repair, improve and modernize their properties, tlrrrs maintaining them ir.r a livaltle condition :tnd helpinrl 1() prcserle the nation's existirrg housing ittvetlt<lry."

lVlr. Foley pointed out that as gratifying as this record is thcre is still a large backlog of new home construction anrl property improv€metrt needecl tvhich nrttst be gotlcrl rlrrrler q,Av as so1;lt as materials a1{ r-nanp,,rvcr 1termi1.

Ncmed Mcrncarer oI Mcrsonite Plcrnt

Charles H. Westphalen has been eleclcrl a r-icc qtrcsirlcnt ancl director of l{asonite Corporrttiorr, itnd appoir.rtcd gencral manager of the companr''s plant :Lt l-ittrlel, Miss. Mr. Westphalen rvent tri l-aurel in 192O u'ith the late Willianr I{. Mason, and rvorked rvith him in developing thc process b1. u'hich \{asonite presse<f ivootls ate pt'odtrce,l.

In 1926, upon organization of the company, hc becarrrt' superintendent of production; irr 1940 was appoillted pro' duction manager; and last Jrrne rvas named actir.rg gcner-al manager of the plant. F{e nou' succeeds John H. Thickerrs. who resigned because of ill-health.

New Yard in El Centro

Wilel' O. Mannirrg anrl C. T,. \'f iLnning are the orvners of thc N{:tnning Lumbcr Co., rrer,r' lurrrbei:rnd brrilrling m:rtcrial v;trrl recentlv estaltlishe<1 at 1425 \V. l{lin Strect. Iil Ccrrtro. \\rilc)- lf ;rnnirrg l':is forrrrcrll tlrr<l maritLl.lcr for- liercl<lrofiCuzncr I-urr.rber ('o. :rt CrLliurtria. ('alii.

('hicago, I11., Nov. 30.-J. I)hilip Boyd, recerltlv retired | )ir-ector of the I.umber and l-umber Products l)il'ision of tlre War I'rddttction Board, has established arr office in Chicago and opened a lrtmber sales organizatiort rrncler the fir'rn str'lc of J. Philip llo,r'<1 and Companr', Inc' Thc tteu' organization u'ill <lcal in lurrrber lttrd lrrmlter llrotlrtcls otl a u'holesale basis, ct,r'erirrg the errtire softn'ocld field lrrld specialty items in harclu'oritl. N{r. Boyd r,r'ill have associ:lted n'ith him a st:rlf of experienced ancl rvell knou'rr lttnrbernren, ac(luairrted u'ith lumber productiotr antl distribtttiorr.

Becansc of his wide acquaintance in all branches of the irrdrrstry. and also because o{ a very old accluaintarrce rvith the irrdrrstrial and retail trade in the Middle West, it is Mr. Boyd's irrtention to concentrate his business activitr- ilr this region- roughly in the territory from Ohio to Iorva, inclusive, although that rvill not strictly limit the spl.rere of his activities. N{r. Ilovd states that he has beconre ver'r' rrrrrch interested in some of the nerv u'ood prodttcts allied n'ith lrrn-rber ancl nroving through similar channels and intords to deal in plr'rvoocls, plastics, laminaterl members, etc., :rs u'ell as in straight lrrmber items.

Prior to World War II Mr. Boycl represettted the Weyerhaeuser Sales Conrpitn_v in this territorv and w:ls recognized as <ine of the forernost ltrmber ttterchanclisers.

Purchased Over 23 Billion Feet ol Lumber During Wcr

Washirrgton, D. C., Nov. 22.--The report of Lt. Gen. Ilusene Reybold, Chief of the Engineers of the United S1;rtcs i\rmr'. covering the activities of the Engineers iu \\rorld War II, gives some detailed information as to the cr)1r:truction activities of the E,ngineers, and their exper.rditrrlt'.,irr this field.

Irrclrrdecl in the report is the interesting information that rlrrrirrg tl.re rr'ar tl-re Corps of Engineers purchased 23,202,725,975 boarcl feet .of lumber costing $1,036,000,000, "pttrclrascd throrrgh a lon,-cost auction S)'stem."

Union Box Co. Moves

I-nion Rox Companv is nou, located at one end of Brrrsh Irrrlrrstrial l-urnller Companv's yard at 5354 liast Slauson .\r-cnuc, Los .-\rrgeles. Tlre plarrt has been moved from Lona' l),cach ]',or.tlcvar<1. William Neil is nl.tnaser.

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606-608 Richfield Building, Los Angeles

Gov. '!(/arren Appoints 16 to Forest Practice Committee

Sixteen appointments to the new district forest practice committees have been announced by Governor Earl Warren, Sacramento. Each committee's duty is to develop forest practice rules in the district affected. The appointments are as follows:

Redwood Forest District committee-Charles R. Barnum, Eureka; Harold Pryor, Ilureka; Gordon Manary, Scotia, Pacific Lumber company; Dana Gray, Fort Bragg, Union Lumber company.

North Sierra Pine Forest District committee-I-em Hastings, Westwood, Red River Lumber company; E. E. Hall, McCloud, McCloud River Lumber company; Alvin IL. Haynes, Burney; T. K. Oliver, Susanville, Fruit Growers Supply company.

Coast Range Pine and Fir Forest District committee-I.ouis Ohlson, Castella, Castle Creek Lumber company; Edwin J. Regan, Weaverville; D. G. Christen, San Francisco, Southern Pacific Land company; Pat Johnson, Eureka, J. F. Sharpe Lumber company.

South Sierra Pine Forest District committee-Frank Solinsky, Jr., San Francisco, Calaveras Land and Timber company; Swift Berry, Camino, Michigan California Lumber company; Walter S. Johnson, San Francisco; Associated Box and Lumber company; George H. Bolz, Placerville.

Specicl Item Pricing Simplilied

Washington, D. C., Nov. 30--"Special item" pricing has been simplified in three hardwood lumber regulations, so that once a seller has had a price approved for such arr item he may continue to sell the same item at that price ex, cept insofar as the applicability of the price may be expressly limited, the Office of Price Administration said today.

The actions, effectivs December 4, 1945 cover hardwood Iumber produced in the Southern, Central and Appalachian hardwood regions, OPA said.

(Amendment No.21 to Revised Maximum Price Regulation 97-Southern Hardwood Lumber; Amendment No. 22 to M:rximum Price Regulation 146-Appalachian Flardwood l-umber; Amendment No. 19 to Maximum Price Ilegulation 155-Central Hardwood Lumber-all effective I)eccmber 4, 1945.)

@be 9ision an! tbe Song

The stars shone dorvn uporr .f urlcan hills, M/here shephercl:; n.atched thcir flocks by night, ,\n<l all the slo;res rtnd vales bclow Werc hallorved lil their m-1'stic light; The earth grew strangely hushed and still ; It le:rrred <lrr night's pulsative breast, .,\ rvcrtr-r, r,vanderer through cndless space, Sccl<ing frlr lteace and rest.

.\rrcl sudrlerrly the vision came. 'lhe angel host, the song. the star, Guiding humanitr. from all its rvretchcrl past 'fo shining goals afar. And though we wander through the mists And loose the way and cannot see, The vision lives, the song abides And hope still sings of brighter joys to be.

Again we hear the old bells chime, Once more rve trim the Christmas tree. And open u'ide our hearts and homes. Tb Yuletide 'r,r'armth and Jollity. We hear the olden greetings now"God bless us, everyone," rve say; A Merry Christmas and a Glad New Year, Peace and Good Will abide alway.

Our better angels walk beside us still, Our cherished dreams and visions cannot die. Within humanity's awakening soul The sunlit pathways of the future lie. Let us be done with fearIiven now, upon her destined way, I,)arth goes to keep her golden tryst with Peacc. And C.harity and Brotherhood, some smiling da-v. -Adeline Merriam Conner.

New Yard in Delcno

Art Post, former manager of the yard of Hayward Lumber & Investment Co., Delano, Calif., has opened the Delano Ruilding Materials in that town.

Keep Thct BoY In You Alive

By Jack Dionne

Keep that boy in You alive.

That's your big job. That's the foundation of all your jobs.

DON'T leave it to chance. DON'T take it for granted he will always be alive, even if you neglect him'

He WON'T.

You.have got to make him YOUR PRINCIPAL BUSINESS.

Keep that boy-with his animation, his enthusiasm, his optimism; with his sweet temper, his cheerful grin, and his love of fun; I say KEEP HIM ALM.

For, if he ever dies, you're D-E-A-D dead, and don't you doubt it. They may postpone the burial for a while, but when he goes, all that's best in you-all that's worth while in you-is GONE'

Youth is not a matter of years-it's a STATE OF MIND'

It isn't a matter of ripe cheeks and supple t1ngs5-i1'5 3 freshness from the deep springs of life.

Worry, doubt, self-distrust, fear, despair-these are the things that kill that boY in You'

Friendliness, tolerance, fellowship, interest in others, a determination to be joyful regardless of immediate affairs and events-THESE are the things that keep hinr alive'

Keep your chin upyour grin workingyour smile ready-your kindest words well exercised'

THAT will keeP him alive.

Make this boy part of your daily program of THINKING' Study how you may keep him UP and GRINNING' HE-this boy inside of you-HE'LL keep you young'

When you forget HIM-You grow old'

You keep HIM alive, and HE'll keep you alive; He'll keep you youthful, and useful, and lovable-regardless of the year count.

So-make it your everyday business, your never-ending and deliberate effort to-

KEEP THAT BOY IN YOU ALIVE.

Printcrble?

The logging foreman sent in his report of an accident' with this note to the main office:

"Here is the report on the log rolling over Jim Jones's foot. Now, under the heading, 'remarks,' whose do you want, mine Qr Jones's?"

Not Even Close

Levi-"Dit you vin de footrace at school today, mine son ?"

$9n-"$s1g, PaPa. PY a nose."

Levi-"Gootness, mine son ! Vot a victory !"

Christmcrs

"God rest you merry gentlemen, May nothing You dismaY, For Jesus Christ, our Savior, Was born upon this daY."

W. C. Brcrnn Scrid:

"Give me a land whose skies are lead and soil is sand, yet everlasting life with those I love. Give me a lodge in some vast wilderness hallowed by children's laughter. Give me a cave in the mountain crag, to house those dearest to my heart. Give me a tent in a far frontier where by the lambent light of their mother's eyes I may watch my children grow in grace and truth of God; and I'll build a heaven grander, nobler, sweeter than was ever dreamed of by the dross materialists of bygone days."

Wrong Spelling

Bob Burns, the hillbilly comedian, says they are teaching his little nephew the wrong way to spell at school' "They're learning him to spell taters with a P," says Burns.

Vestigic

I took a day to search for God, And found Him not. But as I trod By rocky ledge, through woods untamed, Just where one scarlet lily flamedI saw His footstep in the sod.

Then suddenly, all unaware, Far off in the deep shadows, where A solitary hermit thrush, Sang through the holy twilight hush, I heard His voice upon the air.

And even as I marveled how God gives us heaven here and now, In a stir of wind that hardly shook The poplar trees beside the brook His hand was light upon my brow.

At last with evening as I turned Homeward, and thought what I had learned, And all that there was still to probeI caught the glory of His robe Where cast the fires of sunset burned.

Back to the world with quickening start, I looked and longed for any part In making saving beauty be And from that kindling ecstasyI knew God dwelt within my heart.

-Bliss Carman.

Certified Tree Farms Pass 11,000,000-Acre Mark

Sixty-six new Tree Farms certified in November raised the national acreage past the 11,000,000 mark, reports J. C. McCellan, assistant forester, National Lumber Manufacturer Associsation. Total units number 945.

In Montana. the Western Pine Association certified the 64,645-acre Upper Swan River Tree Farm, owned by the Northern Pacific Railway, and nine tracts containing 4,036 acres, knor,vn collectively as the Green Mountain Tree Farms. Montana now has 24, totaling 682,373 acres, and the Western Pine region as a whole, 80 totaling 2,219,892 acres.

Tree Farm acreag.e in Mississippi nearly quadrupled when 56 new units with 196,939 acres were certified, bringing the state's score up to 143 with 274,494 acres and the total for the Southern Pine Association region to 8O7 totaling 6,868,402 acres.

The national box score as of the end of 'November : State NurnberAssociation

Alabama ...303 SPA

Arkansas ...257 SPA

Mississippi .......143 SPA

North Carolina. 14 SPA