GALENDAR

February

Western Building Material Assn.-February 6-7, 67th annual western exposition, Seattle, Wash.

Rogue Valley lfoo-Hoo 94-February 7, Valentine party, ladies' nite, Mon Desire restaurant.

Imported Ilardwood Products Assn.-February 11-15, 14th- annual convention, The Newporter Inn, Newport Beach, Calif'

Sacramento Hoo-IIoo Club l09-February 13, annual dinner-dance' Elks Club, Sacramento, Calif' to more qnd more Coliforniq deolers ond distributors. For yeor oround supplies of dimension lumber ond precision-trimmed studs, depend on D & R.

Old Growth Fir Dimension from F.S.P. Lumber Co., Port Orford, Oregon

Hemlock Sluds from Wqrrenton Lumber Co., Worrenton, Oregon

Hemlock Dimension from Westport Lumber Co., Westport, Oregon

Fast, regular ocean shipments by barge from Southern Oregon and the Columbia River direct to Southern California.

Now, over 5,000,000 leet of dimension lumber and studs monthly manulactured especially lor Southern California construction needs.

Art Neth would appreciate an opportunity to tell you how you and your customers will benefit from using dependable D & R dimension and studs. You can reach him by calling 872-1280 or 783-0544.

A. W. NETH, Lumber Sales

Dubs, Ltd.-February 20, Silverado Country Club, Napa, Calif'

Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club 2-February 20, annual Valentine's dinnler-dance, Candlewood Country Club, La Mirada'

Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club 39-February 21, ladies' night, place to be announced.

March

Oakland IIoo-IIoo CIub 39-March, San Francisco bay crrrise, dinner in Tiburon, Red-White Steamship piet 431/z' sacramento Hoo-Hoo Club 109-March 17, meeting, Gondolier, sacramento, Calif.

Western TV'ooil Products Assn.-March 3-6, annual meeting, St' Francis Hotel, San Francisco' Calif.

Rogue Yalley Hoo'Hoo 94-March 4, Manufacturers' nite, Rogue Valley CountrY Club.

Hoo-Iloo-Ette Club 8-March 19, meeting, Southern Restaurant' Redwood CitY, Calif.

Dubs. Ltd.-March 20, Menlo Golf Club, Menlo Park, Calif' APRIT

Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club 39-April, father and son baseball game' place to be announced.

\YoodworklnstituteofCalifornia-Aprilg-1l,l9thAnnualConvention, Erawan Garden Hotel, Palm Desert, Calif'

Sacramento Hoo-Hoo Club 109-April 10, golf tourney' Sierra View CountrY CIub.

Montana Building Material Dealers Assotiation, Inc'-April 9-11' annual convention, Mammoth Motor Inn, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park' Wyo' West Ooast Lumber Inspection BureauApril 16'17, general membership meeting, Bowman's Mt. Ilood Golf Resort' Wemme, Ore.

Lumber Merchants Association of Northern california-April 2528, annual convention, Del Monte Hyatt House, Monterey, Ca1if. ::

Mixed Reviews for New Loqn Rqle

In a move to stimulate the depressed home building business' the Department of Housing and Urban Development raised interest rlte ceilings {rom ?.5 to 8.5 percent on FHA and VA home loans, an all-timi high. The effect is problematical, according-to some obseryers, and was greeted with mixed reaction from builders and mortgage bankers.

General Oftices: Portland, Oregon 97201

HUD Secritaiy G"otg" Romney said he had taken the step "reluciantly" to attract more money into the housing market' However, a National Association of Home Builders spokesman was critical of HUD's action and asserted that only relaxation of the current tight money policies would revive home building' Veteran Chairman of the House Banking and Currency Committee Rep. Wright Patman (D-Tex.) and lifelong banking critic, immediately announced that he will press for an investigation and introduce legislation to offset the increase. He called it "the height of irresponsibility," and sharply criticized the Administration action as cantributing further to inflation'

Secretary Romney expressed hope tfat the increase would reduce the amount of seller's o'points" now in efiect'

Finql Construction Wropup

percent below the number contracted un-

A late surge of contracting brought the der 1968's more favorable mortgage contotal of 1969 construction contraci value ditions, with all the loss concentrated in to $67,425,383,000, F. W. Dodge has re- one-family units," said the Dodge publiported. cation. Due to higher costs, the value of

Last year's total of new construction 1969 residential contracts (including hoprojects was nine percent above 1968', tels, motels, and dormitories as well as contract value, with most of the increase apartments and one-family homes) totaled attributed to inflation. Construction costs $25,219,408,000. were up more t-han seven percent in 1969, it was noted.

After three months of relatively weak contracting, December's activity boosted the Dodge Index (I957-59:100i to a new high of 2lB. Contract value for the final month exceeded the comparable year-ago total by 15 percent. Strong gains in both nonresidential building and in nonbuilding construction (highways, utilities, etc.) brought December contract value to $5,228,M4,000.

The value of December residential building contracts totaled g1,743,512,000, identical to the year-ago amountbut accounting for five percent lewer dwelling units. Moreover, a much higher proportion of the current December's total went for apartment units (42 percent, vs. 35 percent a year earlier) than for sinsle Iamily homes.

"For the year as a whole, 1969,s total of 1,491,000 dwelling units slipped two

Wqrd & Horrington Advonces Six

Jim Harrington, asst. general manager, Ward and Harrington Lumber Co., the California chain of Home Improvement Centers, announced the following personnel changes.

Bill Bellmore, formerly merchandise manager, to director of consumer sales. Byron Andrus, floor manager? Garden Grove branch, to store manager. Chas. DeYarmon, floor manager, Fullerton, to store manager at the new 27,000 sq. ft. Fullerton' Home Improvement Center to open early in March 1970.

Don Currie, transferred from lumber sales to assistant store manager, at the new Fullerton outlet. Dallas Stewart, asst. yard manager, Garden Grove, to manager contract dept. at Garden Grove facility. Ed Martin, formerly in charge of the tool dept. at Garden Grove to assistant store manager at Garden Grove.

New Sqn Diego Oficers

The San Diego Lumbermen's Association has installed Ed Boies as president, and a new slate of ofrcers.

Boies succeeds James Gilchrist as president of the association, which is one of the oldest commercial associations active on the W'est Coast.

Taking ofrce with Boies to head a group representing 47 firms active in lum. ber, building and architectural supply in the San Diego area are Morton Stanley, vp. and L. V. Ingraham, treasurer.

Members of the board are Mearl Baker, William S. Cowling Jr., O. J. Evenson,. Gordon Frosto H. G. Larrick, Morton Lieberman, Joseph Marinello, John Maxwell, Vincent Mullen, Donald W'. Oldson and John D. Sullivan.

Thad A. Brown, executive director, said the association's activities during the year will include a design contest to be con. ducted in the schools.

Curron to Evons Products

Dwight Curran has joined Evans Products Co., working in their prefinished div. out of Hayward, Calif. He previously had been lvith American Forest Products'TW&J div.

In his new assignment he travels northern Calif., Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, Montana and Wyoming.

ND it came to pass that a green salesman read in black and white that business was bad. And low and behold, as he read these tiding, he became blue. For he was yellow.

The big Irish woman went into the gents {urnishing store and told the .ul".rnutt she wanted a collar for her husband' She selected it and told him to wrap it up.

"Do you only want one?" he asked.

"Certainly, you fat head," she replied; "what do you think I am-abigamist?" * * *

"I noticed that when I was eating dinner at your house the other night, your dog sat right there and watched me all through the meal. Why was that?"

"It was his plate you were eating out of."

After all is said una aln" ',n*O, a heap more said than done'

You must plow with such oxen as you have'-English proverb

BY J.ACK DIONNE

Too often a clear conscience only indicates a poor memory.

oosorry, Smith, my hen .Jr"r"nJu .,n ir* garden."

"All right, Brown, my dog ate your hen."

'oSo long. My auto just ran over your dog."

England named n", gr";tot l",rf".fa, the Terror, the Scorpion ur,d tL" Dauntless. So we sent her one better. Ve named one of ours the Chicago. That closed the nominations for all time'

He: "I feel as fresh u" " luo y"l, ora'aUi. morning.."

Shr:: "Horse or egg? * * *

Cheery people are healthier than morose people because the surly bird gets the germ. * *

In addition to loving your enemies, treat your friends a little a little better. * * x

The great use of life is to spend it on something which will outlast it-William Ja-e".