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Walk Thru Hardwoods

A 12-p. architectural hardwood door catalog is free from Fenestra Corp., Erie, Pa. 16505.

Weather Or Not

A 6-p. home weatherization products booklet is free from Pemko, P.O. Box 3780. Ventura. Ca. 93006.

On Faucets

A 96-p. catalog ofdecorative faucets and accessories is $5 from Harden Industries, P.O. Box 5991 I, Los Angeles, Ca. 90059.

More Power To You

"The Complete Book of Portable Power Tool Techniques," 300-p. with each chapter detailing a different tool, is $32.95 from Popular Science Books, Box 2018. Latham. N.Y. l2l I l.

Lift Truck Guide

An 8-p. industrial truck product guide is free from Yale, Dept. 207, P.O. Box 12936, Philadelphia, Pa. 19108.

Building Products Catalog

Georgia-Pacific Corp.'s 1987 building products catalog is free from G-P, Dept. NR, P.O. Box 2808, Norcross, Ga. 30371.

Cedar Mills Directory

An updated western red cedar mill directory is free from the Western Red Cedar Lumber Association, Dept. A-6, Yeon Building, Portland, Or. 97204.

Open To Savings

"A Guide to Energy Saving Windows" is 500 from the National Wood Window & Door Association, c/o Sumner Rider & Associates, 355 Lexington Ave., New York, N.Y. 10017.

For all New Literature offerings write directly to the name and address shown in each item. Please mention that you saw it in The Merchant Magazine. Many thanks!

Profitable Reading

"Higher Profits From Day One," an executive package assisting distribution companies in identifying and improving areas needing profit increases, is $225 from the Distribution Research & Education Foundation, 1725 K St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006.

Fire Rated Frames

A 4-p. brochure on one-hour fire rated exterior wood-frame walls is 800, or 500 ea. for 100 or more, from the National Forest Products Association, 1250 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.

Architecturally Speaking

The 2nd edition of "Masterguide: The Official Specifying & Buying Directory of the American Institute of Architects" is free to qualified users for first copy, others $29.95 by calling PacTel Publishing at l-800-874-6900.

Wall Cover Up

"The Wallcovering How-To Handbook" is free from the Wallcovering Information Bureau, Dept. HP, 66 Morris Ave., Springfield, N.J. 07081.

Patch Up Pamphlet

Step-by-step drywall repair is detailed in a free flyer from Cascade Holpatch Products, 500 E. Carson Plaza Dr., Suite 108, Carson. Ca.90746.

Redwood Heritage

The Redwood Book of Wood, a 4-p. brochure on the history of redwood, is free from Simpson Timber Co., P.O. Box I 169. Arcata. Ca. 95521.

On Tile

A free 8-p. ceramic tile catalog is available from Wenczel Tile Co., P.O. Box 5308. Trenton. N.J. 08638.

Golden Mouldings

"How to Work with Wood Mouldings" is 400 from the Wood Moulding & Millwork Producers Association, P.O. Box 25278, Portland, Or. 97225.

Taxing Problems

The Tax Reform Act of 1986 is explained in a $5 booklet from National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors, 1725 K St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006.

Buyers Guide For Pine

The 40-p. 1987 Southern Forest Products Association Buyer's Guide is free from SFPA, P.O. Box 52468, New Orleans, La.70152.

Concrete Evidence

A 4-p. folder on concrete repair and maintenance is free from Euclid Chemical Co., 19218 Redwood Rd., Cleveland, Oh.44ll0.

Log Home Log

The "Log Homes Annual Buyer's Guide" is $10.95 from North American Log Home Information Center, 140 Little Falls St., Falls Church, Ya. 22046.

Southeastern Guide

The 1987 Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association membership directory is free for one copy with others $2 ea. from SLMA, P.O. Box 1788, Forest Park, Ga.30051.

Outspoken Editorials

I religiously read your editorials and if I take the perogative to criticize, I should also take the time to compliment when due.

Your last two editorials on the Murky Cedar Situation and Substance Abuse were excellentl So many editorials, whether in a newspaper or in a magazine, are so general in definite facts, it's a pleasure for someone to be outspoken.

Rei Olsen

Western Turnings & Stair Co.

5301 Vasquez Blvd.

Commerce City, Co. 80022

Wood People Are Tops

I enjoyed your December editorial and couldn't agree more. I have had first-hand experience in working for and with people in the forest products industry-years ago for the American Forest Institute and the National Forest Products Association and currently with the American Wood Preservers Institute. It's my belief that for likability and straight forwardness wood products people just can't be topped.

Patricia Hamilton Director of Communications

American Wood Preservers Institute

Tyson's International Building, Suite 405 1945 Old Gallows Rd., Vienna, Ya.22180

L-P Rearranges Divisions

In a major restructuring of its western divisions, Louisiana-Pacific Corp. has incorporated its Coastal Division, Samoa, Ca., into a new, larger Western Division and divided its Sierra Division units between the Western and Fiberboard divisions.

The Western Division will include the former Sierra Division mills in Lakeview, Or., Red Bluff, Inyokern and Oroville, Ca., according to company spokesmen.

The Fiberboard Division includes Round Prairie at Dillard, Or., and Truckee, Burney (formerlY Lorenz Lumber Co.), and Standard (formerly Pickering Lumber Co.), near Sonora, Ca. More mills are exPected to be added to the division, and a headquarters site is being sought in the San Francisco East Bay Area.

At press time, the Fiberboard sales staff included Bob Shepherd, Sam Baskins, John Picot and Jim Murray.

Since it now includes the Coastal Division plus four mills from the Sierra Division, the new Western Division will have increased production, from 2.7 million board feet per day to 3.7 million board feet per day. Western Division headquarters will be at Samoa, Ca.

Since its birth eight years ago, Louisiana-Pacific has been merging its divisions from the original 15 to the present six, reportedly due in part to improved communications. The current divisions are the

Western, Fiberboard, Northern, Southern, Weatherseal and Ketchikan.

New Wholesaler in Lodi, Ca.

Foster Lumber has been opened by partners Stan Foster, a 21-Yeat lumber veteran, and Tom Williams, well known in the industry.

Operating on a two-acre site, the wholesale/retail firm directs its sales primarily to contractors. Staff includes manager Foster, assistant manager Williams, Janice KYles, Nelson Nakamura, Mark Langston and Coryl Foster. Lodi, a growing town in California's Central Valley, is located between Stockton and Sacramento.