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)ecial-
of 'YLTON. A ON Ot TY ZOVRN
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have kept
in the
d indus-
feet of
board feet
under ill(, di-
Jr., pro-
gtoh
beF.an to
Ii, ac-
Since then
each
months alone
have start-
plywood in
bought the
had been
execu-
Simpson
Panels since
made it
es. MeCleary
hardwoods._
vertical-grain
went
con-
this
3 out
reusable
tsi-
siding.
plywood
1958 a
Olympia.
this pro-
manufae.
and
S.
the consoli-
operations in
,Peel for all
gets the
Mc-
for its
With Capi-
grades for
of
Shelton
,house in-
in bus-
be corn-
on, Carstairs
and abl?o):
get the
content
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DAV£ CARSTAIRS
Plywood Production Mgr.
THE EDP transmitter-receiver
at Shelton Veneer sends its in-
ventory information to the Seattle
EDP center. There it is used to
update memory files. When an
order acknowledgement c o m e s
through, the computer scans it,
screens inventories and comes
back with schedules telling how
much veneer will have to be peel-
ed to combine with existing inven-
tories to fill the order.
"This system keeps running In-
ventories and tells you where you
are at all times," Carstairs ex-
plained.
There have been plenty of head-
aches in getting used to increased
automation, Carstairs acknowledg-
:N, :~ll : [~'.C l'tl(!ll have shown an
:;'vmml ,,of):t spirit about it.
"They know we've got to make
:nosey o the facilities won't be
tbe~'e," h,. ~ai:l.
FF TAI~,ES 518 employees and
Sul)ervi:mr::; lo i'1;11 tile Washing-
ton plywood o!)erations 60 at
Olympic, 65 at Capital, 163 at Mc-
C!e:~r'" ana 225 it' Shelton.
Dave Lehm:l is supervisor of
plyw,;wt pirating and control. J.
12. li:v,~, 'eft .is industrial engineer.
War(:h,,use superintendent is C. E.
r~,,m.-on. ,l. H. Blanl~enbaker is
• )reduction e(mrdinator and Bob
~vm'~: is maintenance superinten-
dent.
w A. Abbot is general Superin-
• en:teu~ at Shelton Veneer. General
foremen are J. R. Howarth, A. L.
T~reels and S. B. Mutt. Green-end
foremen are M. E. Stoney and C
K C,'ad,qek. H. W. Mathews is
'30rid foreln2tn.
ALICE SELLARS sends the
latest inventory information to
Seattle via the Electhonic Data
Processing transmitter-receiver
in the Shelton Veneer Plant,
At Olympic, F. W. Daugherty
is general superintendent, work-
ing with J. B. Rebman, J. W. Dem-
men and G. E. Dillon, general
foremen.
McCleary's plant manager is J.
Harmon. Foremen are P. A. Wise-
man, M. K. Golf and Ben Peck-
ham, and Jim Simmon is main-
tenance superintendent.
Capital is staffed by D. E. Of
ten, general superintendent, F. A.
Lamp, foreman.
C. H. "Chris" Kreienbaum, who Cooperative Sustained Yield Con-
retired March 1, 1960, was one of
Simpson Timber Company's out-
standing leaders, helping to shape
many important long-range poli-
cies during his thirty-five years
with the Company.
Born in Indiana and working
thirteen years in Tacoma with the
Dempsey Lumber Company, Krct-
enbaum came with Simpson in
1925. Mark E. Reed offered him a
position as sales manager of the
Reed Mill Company, operating the
former Mill One in Shelton.
Kreienbaum was a right-hand
nmn to Reed until Reed died in
1933, and by !939 he had become
executive vice president of Simp-
Cent. ]son, With Reed's sons, Frank and
of znventory:William, he helped shape Simp-
items son's program toward long-range
the planning for l)ermanence.
SOME OF THE STEPS in this
Proces-modern planning were the 1941
Luring con-~ purchase of Henry McCleary's
Simpson .timber, .properties in Shelton and
McCleary, signing of the Shelton
tract in 1946, construction of the
Insulation Board Plant in 1947 and
purchase of California redwood
properties in the 1940's.
One of Kreienbaum's projects
was developing centralized re-
search. Other things he encourag-
ed were promotion, forestry and
public relations programs to serve
the Company as a whole.
IN 1945, KRIENBAUM be-
came president of Simpson, but
for health reasons he took the less
demanding job of vice chairman
in 1950. He led the development of
the Company's redwood operations
in the early 1950's.
In addition to his work with
Simpson, Kreienbaum was active
in community and industry af-
fairs. He nerved as president of
West Coast Lumbermen's Associ-
ation and of the Shelton Chamber
of Commerce.
Chris Kreienbaum and his wife
the former Freda Grover, now live
in Seattle.
C H KREIENBAUM .......
Retired President
When Jack goes to work for the
Simpson Timber Company, he
needn't be a dull boy .... there's:
plenty of play in the Simpson
Recreation Association. A 1 o n g
with Jack's job goes an automat-
ic fl~e membership in the associa-
tion: an organization designed to
provide the types of recreation
Simpson employees and their fam-
ilies want.
The SRA, established in 1947, is
a self-governing group operating
with the assistance of the Person-
nel Department. It spends around
$6,000 annually on recreation, in-
.cluding bowling, golf, baseball,
softball, fishing, pinochle, skating,
:swimming, picnicking, camping,
boating and photography.
their favorite recreation available
EMPLOYEES WHO don't find
are encouraged to approach the
SRA and help set it up. Money to
run the organization comes half
from the vending machines in the
plants and offices and half as a
donation from the Company, ac-
cording to Jerry Johnson, person-
nel representative.
The most popular item on the
recreation list is bowling, with 200
persons actively participating and
three complete leagues going.
All children of the commurdty
are invited to take part in free
skating told s~.imming sessions
offered twice monthly hy the SRA.
Some 200 children enjoy the skat-
the association is the developmentI
of a 100-acre site along Mason
Lake, whose seven miles offer ex-!
eellent water sports.
There are 25 cleared acres pro.
viding large camping areas with
fireplaces in each, covered picnic
areas, kitchens, dressing rooms
with showers, electric lighting and
a diving float and swimming
beach.
The Mason Lake site, 15 miles
distant, is open to Simpson em-
ployees all (lay every day from
the first week in June until mid-
September, Johnson said. Its at-
at $1 a year, got great impetus in
1957 when Arthur Godfrey and a
television group camped a week at
the site and beamed a daily pro-
~m: from there, With tlie aid of
special towel's set up On nearby
mountains.
Much land-clearing and im-
provement-building was done at
that time. The Godfrey crew was
rewarded with rain almost cvery
day of its stay!
THE SRA HAS THREE active
divisions, at Shelton, McCleary
and Camp Grisdale. The McCleary
tendanee of ].6,000 Ilienickers and group, with the city's chief of po-
700 campers exceeds that of many lice sponsors a complete boys'
ing' and a'round '75 turn (mr for of the smaller state parks. , club, with a club room and sports
swimming, i THIS LAND,- owned by the~activitiles for boys up to 14 years
A MAJOR UNDERTAKING of Compmw and leased by the SIgN of age.
I 0k at SIMP$0H
We Are Pleased to Have Served the Forest Products
Industry through such .an outstanding
representative as the, ' ,
through long years of friendship and business association
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Ma, Thin" /5th Anniversary,' on which we rateful.lv :
extend our best wishes, be but the begin ging in::i
lifetime of
service, leadership ana progress e, en
greater than that which has marked this first three2
quarters of a century in Simpson existence.
Q
It is a Tremendous Pleasure to Offer Our Sincere Felicitations on this
HAPPY OCCASION of SIMPSON'S
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