1960

Acquired W. M. Ritter Lumber Co. in the Southeast, including timberlands, oil, coal and other minerals. Timberland ownership totaled 1 million acres.

1961

Added paper converting facilities in Washington, California, Iowa, Illinois and Arkansas. Built first corrugated container plant at Olympia, Wash. Employed over 11,197 people.

1962

Acquired Crossett Lumber Co., Crossett, Ark., including 565,000 acres of timberlands. Added corrugated container plant at Modesto, Calif., and grocery bag and sack plant at Toledo, Ore.

1963

Acquired Puget Sound Pulp and Timber Co., Bellingham, Wash., including Hopper Paper Division. Acquired Vanity Fair Paper Mills, Plattsburgh, N.Y.; St. Croix Paper Co., Woodland, Maine; and Fordyce Lumber Co., Fordyce, Ark. With the Bellingham and Plattsburgh mills, the company entered the tissue business. Began operating the nation's first Southern pine plywood plant at Fordyce.

1965

Acquired Bestwall Gypsum Co., Paoli, Pa. Expanded paper and chemical facilities. Distribution centers totaled 84.

1969

Acquired kraft pulp mill at Port Hudson, La. Completed new gypsum plant at Buchanan, N.Y. Added 11 sawmills. Donated California redwood groves, valued at more than $6 million, to the public.

1966

Added 13 manufacturing plants, expanded five facilities. Acquired from National Polychemicals, Inc., the Lufkin, Texas, and Conway, N.C. chemical facilities. Added chip export facility at Coos Bay, Ore.

1967

Acquired Kalamazoo Paper Co., Kalamazoo, Mich.

1968

Began construction of large chemical refining complex in Louisiana. Added timberlands and plywood plants. Sales exceeded $1 billion for the first time.