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2 Th Ntwt-fUvitw, Roieburg, Ore. Tue., June 21, 1949 V T 7'N t f 4 .rr -wrv " ' ' ' I " . ! i V SI H iftMMO m 0 -1 Veneer Co-Op Formed In '21 Fountain Source Of Northwest Plywood Mills In '1 92 1, at Olympia, Wash., a small group of men organized the Olympia Veneer Co. It was to be a cooperative association composed entirely of workmen for the purpose of building a ilant and engaging in the manufacture of plywood. . When the company was organized, the manufacture of Doug is fir plywood for commercial use was practically unknown. jO.Tte veneer was manufactured by mill companies in connection .viih their own millwork, but not for sale in the open market.' E. A. Wenljar, manager of the ated Plywood's Rosebuig Ions, recalls that the old ;ia Veneer Co. cut box shook number oJ years. Due to poor mai'Ket conditions in me bo.: market, there were better opportunities In the salei oi door panels. Plywood machinery was Install ed Sor the manufacture of door panels and for several years, un til Douglas fir plywood became a staple item of national distribu tion, these represented a major part of the company's production. Phenomenal 8ucoeat In the picture above, the Olym pia Veneer Co.'s plant is shown. This mill was operated from 1921 until it was sold In 1946. Manu facturing facilities were en largcd'from time to time and the output grew from a production of 15,000,000 feet 3 8-inch basis in 1922, to a production of 70,000,000 feet annually. The mud In the foreground of the . picture is now State Street, one of Olympla's principal thoroughfares. The cooperative system of op eration proved a success from the start. Within a few years, other plywood companies were organ ized In the Pacific Northwest, some of which may be said to be direct outgrowths of the Olympia Veneer Co. There are few com mercial plywood companies in the Pacific Northwest whose key per sonnel, or executives, have not been associated at one time or another with' this firm. Due to a steadily diminishing log supply in the State of Wash ington, the company In 1937 be gan to investigate the possibility of locating a plywood plant in Oregon. In 1939, a plant site was obtained in Wlllamina and a modern plywood mill was con structed there. In 1927, when the organizers of the Aberdeen Plywood Co. were unable to get that plant into pro duction, the company acquired the entire capital stock of the Aber deen firm. The mill was soon on an operating and profitable basis. The operation was continued at Aberdeen until 1940, when the en tire plant was destroyed by fire. Due to logging advantages in Oregon, a plant site was obtained at Eugene, a mill erected, and production started in the latter part of 1940. The name of the company was changed to that of the Eugene Plywood Co. in Octo ber, 1940, and later to the Asso ciated Plywood Mills, Inc. CONGRATULATIONS P. J. HANNS CO. ESTABLISHED 1922 Sawmill 0 Logging Supplies Machinery j Washington Titan Wire Rope Yarders o Power Saws 0 Explosives 2nd and Blair Sts., Eugene, Oregon Telephone 1313-464 CONGRATULATIONS TO The ASSOCIATED PLYWOOD MILLS, Inc. on the opening of their new, modern lumber division at ROSEBURG, OREGON SEATTLE BOILER WORKS STEEL FABRICATORS Seattle, Washington it it A . SALUTE TO ASSOCIATED PLYWOOD MILLS, INC. NEW, MODERN LUMBER PRODUCINC PLANT We at Munneli & Sherrill, Salute You for Your Progressiveness MUNNELL & SHERRILL Industrial Supplies Sine 1915 1 450 West 7th St. Tel. 5533 400 S. W. 1 st Ave. Tel. AT-7365 Eugene, Oregon Portland 4, Oregon -Representing- PIONEER RUBBER MILLS Belting, Hose, Packing and Specialties "V" Belts, Sheaves, Pulleys, Motor Bases SPECIALTY HARDWARE CHICAGO BELTING CO. Leather Belting, Cups and Packing Simonds Files and Hacksaw Blades Pyrene and Co-Two Extinguishers FIRE FIGHTING SUPPLIES Worthington V-Belt Drive UNION WIRE ROPE CO. Union-Formed Wire Rope Ktlstone Wax and Gum Fire Hose LOGGING AND SAWMILL SUPPLIES .1
