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:4m 1 ifCrr I f 1 3 1 S . j ef 1 y'jj I , jajuvt'A ' ' I RECORDS OF EVERY LOG cut and hauled to Douglas County sawmills ond Plywood plants ore punched on cards by the above pictured tabulators at the Southern Oregon Log Sealing & Grading Bureou, 948 SE Mill St. The staff of office workers is almost doubled during busy summer months. (News-Review Staff photo). ' nsnssosV-'v I ririiMiT i-iji iririat(iiiiiiw rnifn IW rw m i i, , .it .ntftt, i a, ,it ,i",.iTi,rLii- FRANK WOODWORTH, office manager for the Southern Oregon Log Scaling & Grad ing Bureau, checks IBM tabulations printed in their final form from cards punched by tabulators. At rear, left. Bob Stringhom operates a machine sorter of punched cords ready to go to ttie IBM. Gil Gillette, rear right, operating another machine sorter. Log Scale Bureau Moves To Building At 948 Mill One of Roseburg's lesser known but vital establishments is the Southern Oregon Log Scaling & Grading Bureau, which bas a new home. It is now located at 948 SE Mill St., in the former West Coast Building Supply Co. building. Started in 1950 and occupying of fices in the Pacific Building, the bureau has been located in later years. at 641 SE Floed Ave, the forme Eagles Building. The new building has adequate office space 3,000 square feet compared to the former 1.400 for efficient operation and future ex pansion, according to General Man ager Ken Craig. This building, owned -.by L. W. Metzger, has been redecorated in side, partitioned and air condition ed. Outside parking is provided. Operation Not Small While not too well known, except to those industries making exten sive use of its wide services, the operation is by no means small. According to Craig, the bureau's annual payroll is around $330,000. It employs 30 log scalers year around, increased to 36 during summer months. The five-girl of fice staff, Increased to 10 in sum mer, and two IBM operators are under the supervision of Office Manager Frank Woodworth. The bureau is a non profit organ ization made up of lumber and log ging industry members, headed by a hoard of directors. Clifford Bryden, Roseburg Lum- lvr Co.. is oresident for the cur rent year; Al Keatley of Stomar Lumber Co. is vice president, and Tom Clark of National Plywood, Inc.. is secretary. Directors are Fred Sohn, Sun Studs, Inc.; L. L. Burr, L. L. Burr Logging Co.; Jim Fourtner, U.S. Plywood Corp.; R. C. Grant. Martin Bros. Contain er & Timber Products Co.; Tom Lindbloom, Conifer Logging lo., and Jack Hogan, U.S. Forest Serv irp What is the purpose of the bu reau? Provides Uniform Scalt According to Craig, it was set cm to nrovide uniform log scaling for the industry. Most logging op erations in Douglas County, two at Brookings and three at Grants Pass use the service. The bureau makes for more efficient operation thin if each company handled its nwn scahne. It also ptucs uk; formity and impartiality not other wise achieved. The bureau scales from 750 to 850 million board feet of logs an nually. The year ending April SO, 1961, showed 1.960.872 logs, rang ine down to six inches in diameter. scaled in the field and recorded f at the office. I his amounted 10 748,884 000 board feet, down from the all-time record year ending April 30, 1960, of 818,792.000. Scaling takes place on the trucks it the mills or at designated plat forms for Forest Service timber 1-4 VI? 4, .- . .in mi Mita , I L ' : ' 1 ' v Plans to modernize the Rose Ho tel in Roseburg were announced this week by Frank B. Salisbury, president of Reliance National In vestors Corp., of Salt Lake City, which has acquired all the out standing stock of Senior Citizens' Land and Development Co. This wholly owned subsidiary will use the name of National Foun dation for Senior Citizens. Stock in the local company was exchanged for stock in the new company. The acquisition includes both the Rose and the Grand Hotel. The latter is to be operated as a senior citizens' home. Salisbury said the modernization program for the Rose will include general improvements to better tne accommodations. The work is con templated in the very near future. T:.e hotel underwent considerable renovation and improvement a year ago when acquired by the Senior Citizens' Land and Devel opment Co. Omar Associates Associated with Salisbury in the enterprise will be H. R. Raddon, head of Pacific Sew Co. in Port land, who accompanied him to Roseburg this week to look over the properties. Giles H. rlorence, Denver, one of the founders of Senior Citizens, will continue as a stockholder in Sat., April V 21, 1962 The Newi-Review, Roseburg, Or. I Eose Inlote! Modernization Planned the new firm and will be in charge 'Lake, vice president and director riod oi arranging tor me leases at the, of Reliance; Doyle D. Gill, direct- Grand and at other hotels which Reliance Investors plans to ac quire. Ron Landess, who managed the Miles Hotel in Sal' Lake City, ac quired recently, has been moved to Roseburg to manage the Rose Hotel. Nettie Hallcraft is the as sistant manager. Harry Bryant, former manager, bas been named public rela tions director with Reliance Na tional Life Insurance Co., the parent company headed by Salis bury. Others associated with Salisbury are his son, Richard F., of Salt or of agencies, and James L. Bark er Jr., legal counsel and director. Retain Stock Interest Dr. Harvey Kring, who headed Senior Citizen.,, contractor Jack Mathis and other investors in the local firm retain stock in the new company. Salisbury said he was very well pleased with progress on the Grand, which will be renamed the Grand Manor. It is scheduled for com pletion in time for occupancy by mid-August. Facilities then will be leased, with the total lease cost to be pro-rated over a ten-year pe- .ne blast damaged five-story building is one of the few remain ing to be rehabilitated. The dam age from the Aug. 7, :959, explo sion was so devastating that the interior of the hotel is having to be almost completely rebuilt. Par titions moved by the force had to he torn out and replaced. Codes required that old-style plumbing and electrical wiring all had to be replaced with modern equipment. Fire escapes had to- be arranged for. An added safety factor is the installation of a complete sprin kling system to flood the building in case of fire. Other safety pre cautions to conform with the fire c i have been complied with. Up until now the principal work on the building has been the tear ing out of the damaged portions and replacing them with new struc tures, including installing of plumb ing and wiring. Now finishing of the rooms is started as sheet rock is being installed, and bathrooms tiled. Salisbury in his report to the board of directors of Reliance said: "It is indeed gratifying to be able to report to you that these nego tiations have been completed and that we will be entering a field of endeavor which is so rewarding from a public service standpoint." Salisbury's Rise In Business From Slow Start Phenominal Assumed Names Are Filed With County Clerk Assumed business names have been filed with the Douglas Coun ty Clerk for the following businesses. Barney Oldfield Construction Co- contract building and repair by Earl Bryan Oldfield. 1800 NW Mul- holland. Reedsport Bakery, bakery and snack bar, by Melvin E. and Wil fred E. Moen, Reedsport Pfeiffers Boat Rentals, by Mary Ellen Pfeiffer, Gardiner. Luard Kennels, dog kennels by Howard Austin, 891 NW Black. Wayne E. Hobblar, doing busi ness as Petherick Insurance Agen cy general insurance, Box 617 Sutherlin. Sullivan Wholesale, Inc., wood products sales, by R. L. Sullivan, 96 Winchester and Ted E. Shultz, 44 Winchester. Shultz has also filed a retirement for Utility Finance. Green Acres Ranch, by Bertha D. Stockfisch and G. H. Harrell, Rt. 2, Roseburg, and Richard H. Harrell, Santa Cruz, Calif. Mel Products Co., selling and manufacturing of miscellaneous products, Cecil and Goldie E. Maney, 652 SE Parrott St., and David E. and Helen E. Lindbiade, 3410 Hooker Rd. A & W Restaurant, restaurant at Reedsport, by Charles H. and Ruth M. Moss, Florence. . Retirement filed for the business by Theodore B. Hansen. Frank B. Salisbury, who heads the company which took over the Rose and Grand hotels in Rose burg, is an Oregon native who has worked his way up from a humble beginning to the presidency of a $40 niUion insurance firm. He also heads an investment firm. Salisbury is president, general manager and holds controling in terest in Reliance National Life In surance Co. and its subsidiary Re- Lance National Investors Corp., both of Salt Lake City, Utah. He also is president of National Foun dation for Senior Citizens, a wholly-owned subsidiary, which will op erate the Rose as a hotel and the Grand as a senior citizens resi dence. To Buy Other Hotels - The latter company recently pur chased the Miles Hotel in Salt Lake City and the Hoover Hotel at Whit tier. Salisbury announced that plans usiness KEN CRAIG, general manager of the Southern Oregon Log Scaling & Grading Bureau, supervises the scaling and grading of close to 2,000,000 logs representing just short of a billion board feet cut onnuolly by Douglas County, Grants Pass and Brookings area mills. It is a membership, non-profit operation of the logging industry. ice accepts the bureau's scale in i the service the bureau offered when established 12 years ago. To begin with all tabulation was done by hand, using only conventional machine aids. From 13 to 14 girls filled the cramped Pacific Build ing quarters and the bureau was always behind a week or more in its tabulation reports. Then IBM machines were in stalled. They had to be put through upstairs windows by cranes. While these cut down on the help need ed, the important factor was the speed up of the reports to 48-hour service. The bureau's work has al most doubled in volume. It also offers another service. Permanent records are kept and these are provided the member companies on request at any time as to the log scale for any given period, according to Craig. While the bureau is busiest from April to November, the trend to lieu for stumpage payments, as its timber is sold on an actual scale basis. Determino Detects Sralers must determine defects and allow for deductions and de termine the grade of each log for lumber or plywood recovery. Scal ers record each log by brand, load and grade and compute footage. From tickets turned in by the scalers to the bureau, the records are processed. It is here that ma chines . take over. The machines have to be told what to do by means of cards punched by opera tors, but the intricate tabulation job i ud to the machines. As explained by Craig and Of fice Manager Woodworth, the tick ets for each day's log scale are turned into the office, hand sorted then go to the girls who punch the cards for tabulation. After a card is punched it guvs to a vcri Local Group Forms Corporation For Machine Research A group of California and Ore. eon businessmen nave organized an Oregon corporation known as A. V. Grimaldi Research Laos, Inc., for developing, manufactur ing and operating certain electron ic machinery lor various industri al purposes. The group is headed by George N. Kuhn, owner of Winston Model Market. Clyde E. Hash ot fcl so- brante, Calif., and A. V. Grimaldi of Gold Beach. Headquarters have been established in Gold Beach. One of the first projects upon which the company is working is an electronic rare earth and min eral operator, the principal pur pose of which is to replace flota tion cells and other separation processes. The nilot model of the first pro ect is built and operating and the next step is the construction of a large commercial sized machine. The company feels the machine can be of tremendous benefit to areas where there are large amounts of low grade ores, of many minerals and considerable diffused rare earth. Scene By Leroy B. Inman call for the purchase of other ho tels throughout the nation to be converted to senior citizens homes with exchange privileges for the tenants. Salisbury was born in La Grande, Oregon, a descendent of early Mor mon pioneers, raised on a home stead and worked his way through school. When he was 10 years old, his father became blind and Frank was only able to attend school part time to assist in making a living for the large family of which he was the eldest child. He has done many jobs, work ing as a farmer, painter, fruit warehouse foreman, auto median ic running tractors and locomo tives on highways and railroads laboring on railroad section gangs in logging camps, fighting fires and other jobs. Worked Way Up In his early twenties he became a manager for Standard Oil Co., later moving to the Hoover Vacuum Cleaner Co. as sales and service manager and then to the Eureka Vacuum Cleaner Co. as sales man ager. . He entered the insurance busi ness then, advancing to North west regional sales manager for Reserve Life Insurance Co. He was then appointed director of agencies for the Professional & Business Men's Life Insurance Co. In 19S4 Salisbury founded the Re liance National Life Insurance Co. The jrowth of Reliance has been almost phenominal. As of Jan. 1, 1962 It lists assets of $3,267,748, li abilities of $2,419,304 and capital of $3,207,748. Life insurance in force for the company is listed at $40, 277,348. The company operates in 13 states. Reliance National Investors Corp. was established two years ago. K " ' . -' wj PR h SE h"fT -M iy..4F 4 r.t t I 1 v .'Np'.: 1f ) --A w t mm v t V v;, T: i MclAL KUUriNd was being put on the above pictured garage building, which Bernard A. Young is erecting on NE Diamond Lake Blvd. on Deer Creek jiist west of the Jackson sr. triangle. The block constructed building is being put up by contractor James & Stritzke. Early com pletion of the building is announced. (Chris' Studio). 'I. I' iTfifirUI I U.S. PLYWOOD SIGN The above pictured sign re cently was erected at Diamond Lake Blvd. and Rifle Range Rd. intersection directing the way to the plant about four blocks north on Rifle Range Rd. (Chris' Studio). Richie's Drive In Sold To Eugene People fier, a repunching process to catch ! keep logging operations going in inaccuracies. From here the cards i winter months when possible. go to automatic sorting machines; spreads the work more evenly and then to the complicated IBM machine for final tabulation and recording for report. Service Stepped Up The bureau provides 48 hour old to operator!. The Forest Serv- service, which is a far cry from throughout the year. Logging is done when weather permits at low. er altitudes in winter, and high altitudes in summer. This elimin ates costly colddecking at the mills. Osepian Building Station And Cafe In Azalea Area Sam Osepian, proprietor of the Azalea General Store, has torn down most of an old garage build ing adjacent to the main highway and an access road to the old Highway 99 at Azalea. He has started erecting a new cafe and Chevron gas service station there. A part of the old building is be ing left temporarily for a tool shed. An old barn on the property is also being tom down to make the new business more visible from the main highway, reports Mrs. Gerald B. Fox, Glendale cor respondent. The cafe buiMinf will be 30 by 30 feet, with an overhang on the north end to give an arbor effect. Tables will be set underneath for outside dining. The frame, modern-style building will make extensive use of large windows. A small section Don Hurley and Ed Nelson this week announced the sale of their business, Richie's Drive In to Mr. and Mrs. George Powers of Eu gene. The Powers and their three chil dren have moved to Roseburg and plan to purchase a home here, they said. Powers formerly oper ated a restaurant in Eugene but recently has been in the building contracting business. Hurley and Nelson built the Drive-In, located at 2011 NE Stephens St., 12 years ago. Except for about two years of that time they have operated Um business themselves. Powers plans to op erate the business on a similar schedule and basis to that in the past. The former owners said they have no immediate plans but hope to continue living In Roseburg. WCA Announces Flight Changes West Coast Airlines has an nounced the following schedules will go into effect April 29 for the Roseburg area, according to Le roy E, Scott, resident manager. Flight 700 (F-27) from San Fran cisco and intermediate cities will depart Roseburg at 10 a.m. with stops at North Bend, Eugene, Cor vallis Portland, Olympia, Seattle and Port Angeles. Flight 315 (DC-3) from Seattle and intermediate cities will ter minate in Roseburg at 1:03 p.m. Flight 322 (DC-3) will originate in Roseburg at 2:15 p.m. with stops at North Bend, Corvallis, Salem, Portland, Astoria, Hoqul-I am and Seattle. Flight 727 (F-27) from Port An geles and Intermediate cities will depart Roseburg at 7:45 p.m. with stops at Mcdford, Klamath Falls, Sacramento and San Francisco. Further information or reserva tions may be made by calling West Coast or Lewis Travel Serv- lice, said Scott. Johnson Will Conduct Class In Real Estate Ragnor O. Johnson, former real estate commissioner, will conduct the lecture for the certificate class for real estate brokers and sales men from Douglas County at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, in the Trade and Industry section, Roseburg High School. His topic will be "Mortgage Guaranty Financing." The lectures, sponsored by the Oregon real Es tate Department, led to an award of a certificate in real estate and an invitation to membership in Rho Epsllon Kappa, a professional hon orary society. CHRIS' STUDIO 427 S. E. Main Ph. OR 2-3212 ROSEBURG'S COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHER I Riddle Manufacturing Sawmill Opens Monday The Riddle Manufacturing Co. is resuming operations next week when the Keystone sawmill starts of the building will be used as anIMar.jsy, April 23. on a two-shift office for the gas station. A can opy will extend over the pumps. The building is set about 60 feet back from the right of way to the basis. The sawmill has been down since the middle of last November. The planing mill in Riddle will begin cperating next Wednesday, main highway for ample pairing I with a single shift. This plant has and maneuvering of vehicles on! been closed since Feb. 15 reports and off the highway. lErma Best, Riddle correspondent Let Mt Answer It For You CLOVER'S Telephone Answering Service 2183 N. E. Vine St OR 3-6629 Clover Kerr Maloney NOW YOU KNOW OUR SERVICE IS "GO!" And It's PHONE BOOK TIME AGAIN! The phsnrnitital iuccms CLOVER'S TILEPHONI ANSWERING SERVICE hoi .no.d la the part year hat not bat accidental. It has bm the mult et tultillinf Hi md el many mcmbcn our community wtie require His warm, friendly, parwnaliiad iitance ot someone who roolly CARES. It has boon nice to bo needed. 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