Plant doubles production and sales

There is an old business axiom that holds no matter how tough it gets, there is alwa,vs business out there if you really want to get out and hustle for it.

There is probably no better proof of this in the west than C. B. Ramsey, energetic headman at The Bellwood Co. In a period of continually slackening business. Ramsey has doubled both the production and sales of the doors the Orange, Calif. plant makes since he took over, less than one year ago.

The 100,000 sq. ft. Bellwood plant turns out solid and hollow flush doors. bi-folds and a limited number of specials.

A great believer in the future o{ the prefinished door, Ramsey now has converted thirty percent of .Bellwood's production to pre{inish. o'I'm sold on the

{uture of the prefinished," he emphasizes, "If you can do it off the job site. do it."

The stiles in the doors that Bellwood manufactures are 2l/Bnt, the widest in the industry. More than105 men are employed in the plant, ten work in the office and they have 14 sales representatives throughout the U.S.

The plant uses five cars of lumber a week in its operation. Th"y also have a five car siding.

The edges of the doors, in keeping with the plant's location in the town of Orange, Calif., in Orange County, are painted (you guessed it) orange. A special waterproofing solution is added to the paint to give the production extra protection.