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New Sqn Diego AFP Offices

American Forest Products Corp. has opened its new offices at their distribution yard in National City, Ca.

Nearly 20 employees are officed in the new two.story building made of heavy cedar board on board from AFP's own Mt. Whitney sawmill.

The building also boasts a large showroom, displaying plywood, mouldings and all the center's other products.

National Gty manager M Boies, who opened the National City yard 20 years ago, hosted a buffet for various local dignitaries, coqporate executives, customers, suppliers and local competitors.

From corporate HQ in San Francisco were AFP president J. T. Guyol, exec. vp. J. A. DeMaria and exec. vp. J. L. Ford.

One of the three largest lumber yards in San Diego, California's second largest cityo National ,Gty's AFP business primarily caters to the housing market and building construction lumber. Douglas fir is most popular -plywood, particleboard and millwork from AFP's own plants are also supplied.

Evqns Plqns West Coqsf Stores

Evans Products' chief executive Monford Orlofi says they plan to open 30 new stores this year and that an undisclosed number will be on the West Coast.

He said he expected housing starts of about 2.1 million this year. Evans expects, he added, to become the biggest building materials supplier in the U.S. by mid-1973.

Weslern Stotes Hordwore Show

The 24th Western States Hardware' Housewares-Paint & Garden SupPly Show is all set for Feb.25'27, Brooks Exhibit Hall, Civic Center, San Fran' cisco. This popular trade show has been designated a 'must' by both manufacturers exhibiting and buyers who want to see and buy new prod' ucts, merchandising aids and Promo' tions.

Over 600 manufacturers will be represented, with merchandise lines in the thousands on exhibit at the show, sponsored by the California Retail Hardware Assn. According to K. B. Jacobsen, show mgr., pre-show interest is very high with many new ex' hibitors taking booth space to present their products to retail buyers in the big Western market.

Buyers will see the latest in hardware, housewares, paint, garden supplies, building materials, automotive supplies, giftwares, plumbing and electrical supplies, sporting goods, variety and notion items, plus hundreds of other individual lines of merchandise.

Retailers will be looking for new merchandise and new ideas and sales aids at the Hardware Show, the only complete industry show in the West.

Attendance is expected to top the 10,000 mark, spending over $I mil- lion plus at the show, and an even Iarger amount on post-show orders.

Show hours are: Sun., Feb. 272 II a.m.-6 p.m.: Mon., Feb. 26: Noon6 p.-.; Tues., Feb.27: 3 p.m.-I0 p.m. Monday is Buyers' Market Day with special Show prices and prizes. Tues' day is Employees' Day with all retail personnel invited. Special attendance prizes for both buyers and employees include color tv sets, trips to Hawaii and Disneyland, cash awards, and a sea-air trip for some lucky buyers.

Running concurrently is the 72nd annual California Retail Hardware Assn. Convention, warehouse

MlGl{lFlCEt{ItY ]{USTACI||0ED (ll Mike Pali, Reid & Wright Lumber (U and Mike Roch, Arcata Redwood Co., at recent Humboldt Ho Hoo club meeting in Arcata, Ca. O) Lynn Richardson, Simpson Bldg. Supply, new treasurer; Del Slone, Arcata Redwood, previous treasurer; Frank Stanger, Simpson Bldg. Sup ply, new president. (3) Bill Niesen, Niesen Forest Prod.; Stan Preble, Louisiana-Pacific. (4) Doug Clayton, Cal-Pacifici Del Slone, Arcata Redwood Co.; Frank Stanger, Simpson; Paul Ward, Arcata Redwood Co.; John Kelly, Bonnie Studs; Paul Wray, Pacific Lumber; Paul Adams, LouisianaPacific. (5) Dave LeBeclq Rounds L.umber; Rodger 0ilar, Bracut Lumber. ($ Peter Kepon, Arcata Redwood; Max Corning, Sierra-Pacific; Hank Dreckman, Halvorsen Lumber; Pete Petersen, L-P; Charlie Shamis, Arcata Redwood; Paul Wray, Pacific Lumber.

K&S Distributing Co. has recendy opened a new 20,000 sq. ft. block building in Portland that has been expressly designed for rapid handling of materials and the quick dispatch of customer orders, The firm is a specialty distributor and boasts a stafi with strong backgrounds in merchandising and technical coatings.

Located on a three car rail spur, the facility also has enclosed truckheight loading docks so they can unload a palletized shipment of 40,000 ll,'s. in about 30 minutes. Computerized order handling and billing equipment tie in with the streamlined ma. terials handling.

The warehouse is designed so that dealer will calls cut customer waiting to a minimum, usuelly less than five minutes.

Heading the aggressive firm, which has tripled its sales r'tt"" 1964, is William Zagone, president. William S. May is vp. and Ron Tillman is the sales manager. The firm has worked closely with the Western Building Material Assn. since 1959 and sells mainly to dealers in Oregon, Washington, Montana and ldaho.