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Wood Windows CD-Rom

A CD-Rom with specifications for aluminum clad wood and primed wood windows and patio doors is available from Hurd Millwork Co., 575 S. Whelen Ave., Medford, Wi. 5445 I ; (7 15) 7 48-2011.

Siding's Brave New World

Right Frame Of Mind

A 28-p., full color post-frame construction guide is $2.50 from the Southern Pine Council, Box 641700, Kenner, La. 70064; (504) 443-4464.

Garden Party

An 8-p., full color catalog of garden and landscaping tools is free from V&B Manufacturing Co., Box 268, Walnut Ridge, Ar. 72476; (800) 443-1987.

Y2K LVL Guide ls A Ok

A Struclam laminated veneer lumber design guide is free from Willamette Industries, lnc., 1300 SW Fifth Ave., Portland, Or. 97 2Ol ; (503) 22'7 -5581.

Matching Siding & Sealants

The updated Color Cross Reference Index and Color Matching System-Color Sector are free from OSI Sealants. Inc.. 7405 Production Dr., Mentor, Oh. 44060.

Glassy-eyed Doors

A "Decorative Glass Doors" brochure is free from Benchmark, Box 7387, Fredericksburg, Y a., 22404; (800) 755-3667.

Trim & Proper

A 4-p., full-color brochure of urethane decorative trim products is free from Style-Mark, Inc., 960 W. Barre Rd., Archbold, Oh. 43502; (800) 446-3040.

Ex-siding Videos

A pair of videos, "Guide to Siding Application" and "Maintenance Tips for Homeowners,"are $2.50 each from Masonite Corp., (312) 750-0900.

Simply Adoorable

A brochure on composite doors is free from Premdor Corp., (800) 663-3667.

21st Century Forest Products

The 240-p. book Maximizing Forest Product Resources for the 2lst Century is $49 from Miller Freeman, 6600 Silacci Way, Gilroy, Ca.95020; (800) 848-5594.

Picture Perfect, a computer software program to coordinate exterior siding and accessories, is available from Reynolds Building Products, 8450 S. Bedford Rd., Macedonia, Oh. 44056; (800) 528-0942.

What's What Of Hardwood

"Guide to American Hardwood Species" is free from the Hardwood Manufacturers Association, 400 Penn Center Blvd., #530, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15235; (800) 373-9663.

Elegant Entries

A 48-p. full color brochure on the Visions 2000 entry doors is free from Weather Shield Mfg., Inc., Box 309, Medford, Wi. 5445 I ; (7 15) 7 48-2100.

Pallets Go Green

A full color "Pallets and the Environment" brochure is free from the National Wooden Pallet & Container Association, 1800 N. Kent St., #911, Arlington, Ya.22209; (703) 527 -'1667.

Flex & Bend To Amend

A Timberflex bendable substrates brochure is free from Interior Products, 2630 Sidney Lanier Dr., Brunswick, Ga. 31525; (800) 63'7 -3539.

Hardware Found Here

A catalog of tools, laminating materials, hinges and other hardware items is available from Custom Service Hardware, Inc., (800) 882-0009.

Concrete Evidence On Tape

A video on insulating concrete formbuilt houses is $4.95 from Portland Cement Association, 5420 Old Orchard Rd., Skokie, 11.60077; (800) 868-6733.

Just The (Forest) Facts

The 1999 Forest Resource Fact Book is 759 from the National Hardwood Lumber Association, Box 34518, Memphis, Tn. 38184; (901) 377-1818.

Crowns Fit For A King

"Working On-Site with Hardwood Millwork," a crown moulding design guide, is free from the Hardwood Council, Box 525, Oakmont, Pa. 15139; (412) 2814980.

A Fencing We Will Go

A full color brochure of over 30 fence styles is free from Country Estate Fence Co.. Inc.. (800) 286-0999.

Deck Soup

A brochure on Iron Woods hardwoods for exterior decking is free from Timber Holdings, Ltd., (414) 445-8989.

The Hardwood Line

A 12-p. hardwood products catalog is free from Bostik Inc., (800)'126-7845.

Paint Your Wagon

A catalog of paint products is free from Hodge Manufacturing, 55 Fisk Ave., Springfield, Ma. 0l107; (800) 262-4634.

Extra Sensory Protection

A 4-p. brochure ofprotective eye wear. hearing, head and respiratory protection products is free from MSA Safety Works, Box 426, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15230; (800) 969-7562.

An Uplifting Experience

An 8-p. brochure on the G3 Series lift trucks is free from Daewoo, 4350 Renaissance Pkwy., Warrensville Heights, Oh. 44128; (216) 595-1212.

That's Entertainment

A 4-p., full color entertainment center guide is free from KraftMaid Cabinetry, 1422 Etclid Ave., #239, Cleveland, Oh. 441 15: (800) 571-1990.

House Of Wax

"Wood Beautiful," a 36-p. color magazine about d-i-y wood finishing projects, is free from Minwax Products. Box 1025. Grand Rapids, Mi. 55745.

Fred K. Saunders, Jr., 88, retired former co-owner, Economy Lumber Co., Campbell, Ca., died March 20 in Los Gatos, Ca.

A graduate of San Jose State University, he worked for McCloud Lumber, McElroy Lumber and Hubbard and Johnson before joining Economy Lumber in the late 1940s.

He and his partner, Lewis Woodfill, bought the firm in the early 1950s and ran the operation until its 1978 sale to their sons, John Saunders and Bill Woodfill, who remain owners.

James H. Carr, Jr., 85, former ceo, American Lumber Standard Committee, Inc., and retired owner, James H. Carr, Inc., died after a stroke Feb. l7 in Wilmington, De.

A native of Hopedale, Ma., and graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he started working for Timber Engineering Co., Washington, D.C., in 1936.

Heran James H. Carr, Inc., Washington, D.C., from 1949 until his retirement in 1977 and served as secretary and ceo of ALSC through 1965.

Stuart MacDonald, 86, retired vice president, Contact Lumber Co., Portland, Or., died March 7 in Prineville, Or.

He began his tenure in the industry in 1939 with Shevlin-Hixon, Bend, Or., where he remained until 1949. save for a stint with the U.S. Navy during WWII.

He worked as a sales manager for Alexander-Yawkey Lumber Co. for several years before joining Contact Lumber in the mid-1950s as a lumber wholesaler.

He was named vice president of the firm in 1959 and served in that capacity until his retirement in 1993.

He was a former member of the Western Wood Products Association and the North American Wholesale Lumber Association.

Ethel T. Miller, 99, owner, Miller Lumber Sales (a.k.a. M.C. Miller Lumber Co.), Cle Elum, Wa., died March 14.

A 70-year veteran of the lumber industry, she began working for her father, the firm's founder. in 1930.

Delbert L. Ivie, 67, founder of Ocotillo Lumber Sales, Inc., Phoenix, Az.. died March 6.

A native of Centerella, Ok., he began his lumber career in the late 1940s with Foxworth-Galbraith, Wickenburg, Az., before serving in the U.S. Army in Munich, Germany.

Following his discharge, he worked for Hamman Wholesale Lumber Co., Phoenix, and Georgia Pacific until he started Ocotillo Lumber Sales in 1961.

A onetime partner in Sun Valley Door, Phoenix. he retired in 1995.

Robert E. Canton, 73, retired chairman, Canton Lumber Co., Minneapolis, Mn., and former chairman, North American Wholesale Lumber Association, died from emphysema and pneumonia March 9 in David, Republic of Panama.

A graduate of the University of Minnesota. he served in the U.S. Army during WWII and worked for Canton Lumber for 40 years, before retiring in 1988.

He was a member of NAWLA and in 1972 was named Lumberman of the Year by the Twin Cities Hoo-Hoo Club.

James Greeley McGowin, 1I,72, current chairman of the American Lumber Standard Committee. died after a brief illness Feb. l8 in Chapman, Al.

A graduate of Princeton University and Pembroke College, Oxford, England, he stayed on with the family business, W.T. Smith Lumber, Chap- man, after its 1966 sale to Union Camp, becoming v.p. and general mgr.-woodlands & building products, until retiring in 1991. The firm was since acquired by International Paper.

He was a member of the Tax SubCommittee of the American Forest & Paper Association, a director of the Forest Industries Council of Taxation, and a board member and former vice chairman of the Southern Pine Inspection Bureau.

Stan Hayes, 60, owner/operator, Ponderosa Home Center, Pagosa Springs, Co., died of bone marrow cancer Jan. 2 in Pagosa Springs.

He and his family purchased the business in 1984, after previously owning and operating Country True Value Hardware, Granby, Co., for five years.

His family continues to run the business.

Merger Temporarily Derailed

The proposed union of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Canadian National Railway is stuck at the station for l5 more months, awaiting the creation of new consolidation rules.

In applying the brakes to what would have created North America's largest railroad, the Surface Transportation Board called the industry "already fragile," and said additional mergers could bring destabilization.

Canadian Northern quickly appealed the decision, while BNSF said it planned to do the same.