onassis size holiday party fetes 950 lucky guests

['t()li 'l'lll'. r'iglrllr :u( c('ssi\(' \ear'. {l r 'l lrlrr.lrcr I.rrmh,'r ( lo.. ir \llsonite rli. vision, has presentecl the season's largest Christnras partv. Ninc hundred fi{tr gllests \r'('rc royall)' cntcrtaincd. Tlte conrpanv flew thcm in lrom Orcgon, \\'-ashington, California and \cvada. Out of tol,n gue-sts wert accomodatecl in local motels. ser,en being r:rinrpletelv iillcd. !'ivc C.reyItouncl buscs met guesls arriving at the San tr'rancisco International Airport and Itrrs,',1 lh,.nr lo rrrtrl fronr llre t-kialr ,'rcnt.

\risiting guests \rcr(' entertaincd at an opening r.or:ktail parly and thcn thr: part1. nrovt'd to I)urdv ll all rvhich rvas rlecor. att'd u.itIr (]lrristmas goorlies, [catuling a 2(r [oot spnr('('.

Al Thrashel rvelconrt:tl his guc-sts, introtluced John Harptr, gen. mgr-. of thc flkiah plarrt. n'ho in tuln read a telegrarnr lrom Nlasorrite calrf ing best wishes Ir-onr top ('or]lpan]. ext.rrutives: Jo]rn (lrats. Sam Crt't'lcy, and Ed Griner. Seirlt'd al lhc lread table u'ere Rill nnd llattic I)arrnan" Ilalnl an<l Kathl:t'n Fetzer. liiill and ltilt'cn King" Stu and Vcnita Inglanr. Tinr and Ruth Janc Wood, Al and I)ai-.1. Thraslrcr" I(en and l}:ttv Fostcr', John lnd Sue llarpt'r" John antl Doris Pringle. NIac trnd \Iaggic N{acl)onald ;rnd Ann Mur. ra\'. l',nl.ertainnrr:nt was givr:n by the "Sing ()rrt, Ukiah" young r:horale group, rnanrcarols and favorite songs. At the close a , hr.ck for $50(l rvas presentcrl lo thl grorrlr. Darrcirrg followcd.

Fred Hauck. (5) Lou and Hugh Pessner, Ed and Millie Gillespie. (6) Joe Wheeler, and Sharon Webster. (7) Frank and Jim Hayes, Gary and Ted

Peggy Wright. (9) and Victor Rolh. (10) Winfield Scott, Ted

HUD Choices for "Breqkthrough"

Final negotiations are now underway by the Dept. of Housing and Urrban Development to chose, by the end of this month, the 20 firms who will receive awards under HUD's Operation Breakthrough.

The program is the Nixon administration's major effort at solving the nation's housing shortage, both present and potential, by attempting to increase home construction through subsidization of factory-built housing and other methods for quickly producing low and medium priced housing.

The only western city now under consideration as a possible building site is Sacramento, Calif.

Forest Service Study Blosfed

Forest industry investors could be misled by publicity about a Forest Service study of the future Pacific Northwest timber economy since it is based on data which is no longer relevant, J. R. Turnbull, exec vp. of the National Forest Products Association has explained.

He has challenged the study's projected decline in timber requirements for the lumber industry on the grounds that the data used predated passage of the Housing Act of 1968 which set national goals at 26 million new and rehabilitated housing unit'* by 1978. He emphasized, that HUD secretary George Romney, testified this spring that the demand for lumber for housing alone would double by 1978.

Turnbull warned that investor reliance upon out-of-date data could adversely afiect capital outlays necessary to meet lumber demands which will surge when the housing market's present downtrend is reversed.

Gypsum Boord ond Roof Fires

Fire Block gypsumboard now offers new protection against fires that start on the roof. This newest product of the gypsum industry has been developed to stop fires from burning through roof coverings, according to the Gypsum Association.

Fire Block gypsumboards are flat, noncombustible panels nailed over the rafters and under the shingles to act as a fire barrier. Many fires can be prevented by stopping burning brands that lodge on a roof from burning through and dropping into the structure below. An example of fire spread by burning brands was the 1961 Bel Air Canyon, Calif., holocaust where many hundreds of homes were destroyed when the brush in the canyon burned. A large number of houses were set afire by brands from the burning scrub that dropped onto roofs. If this could have been prevented, the loss would have been much smaller.

New Low in Housing Storts

Housing starts, the sick man of our industry, took more gas in -\lovember, plunging to the lowest point in two years.

The adjusted annual rate was 1,287,000, compared with the previous month total of I,372,000. It was in December, 1967, that starts fell to 1,250,000.

Building permit figures also sagged. In November there were 1,159,000 issued compared with 1,183,000 in October and, 1,425,000 in November, 1968.

Mqsonite Elects New President

Masonite Corporation has named Samuel S. Greeley. as president. Former president and board chairman John M. Coates continues as chairman of the board and chief executive officet. , Thd'annual meeting alse .announced stoc(holder approval of an earlier announced 2 for I stock split and declared a 20 per. cent dividend increase.