Not fu$ plywood, fencing too

When we say fencing, we mean a complete fencing program. A full line of cedar: pecky boards, rough boards, posts and rails, grape stakes. A full line of redwood: rough boards, posts and rails, bender stock and lath. Everything you need to put together a fencing package for a customer or to round out your own inventory.

Not just what you need, but when you need it and how you need it, that's our concern at Crown. Custom loads are our specialty. Whether you need a truckload or a unit, give us a call, we'll ship it today. ln 1971 Palco initiated a program in cooperation with the California Redwood Association for determining redwood's fire resistance. Official Underwriters' Laboratories' tests showed l" redwood and 5/8" redwood plywood to have sufficiently low flame spread that they met the requirements of the Uniform Building Code Class II materials. This has been a very advantageous characteristic for commercial building uses. Most all other wood species must be fire-retardant treated to fit Class II. ln 1972 the Fortuna. Ca.. "small log" saw mill was consturcted to pro-

We'll even mix your fencing in with the other materials you need. Plywood, plywood sidings, pine commofs, timbers, roofing, we've got it all. And it's as close as your telephone.

Remember, plywood is only the beginning of the Crown Plywood storY.

'f HE Pacific Lumber Co. has just I completed the first decade of its second century.One of the largest redwood producers, Pacific is well-known Io the The Merchant's readers. and we thought it interesting to update their major activities.

Palco redwood plywood was just introduced in 1967, when the company had its l00th birthday, and in the first years of the decade production was vastly increased.

In 1970 the Eastern sales office at Chicago was moved to executive headquarters in San Francisco. All sales administration was then in one building.