Colorado trucker aids in industry project

[)ART and parcel of the lumber I and building materials industry. the truckers of the West don't let their involvement with the industry end at that, when the lumbermen of Denver pitched in recently in a charitable cause, the truckers were well represen ted.

Industry members had been contacted by an organization called Historic Denver, Inc. which sought building materials for their Ninth Street hoject. Briefly, the project is an attempt to restore the historic buildings of Ninth Street. which is the oldest residential block left intact in Denver. In time, more than $6000 worth of building materials were contributed by

Story at a Glance

Truckers and timbermen alike contributed time, transPortation and materials towards a project to restore Parts of the oldest residential block still intact in Denver.

members of W.O.O.D., Inc., the industry promotion group. Delivery of the material was handled by Statewide Trucking Co. of Denver, which volunteered the men and equipment necessary to gather and deliver the material to the site.

It was an impressive contribution, both by the lumbermen and the truckers,and the local media gave good play to the story. Television channels 2,4 and 7 recorded the event and stories appeared later in the Denver Post and The Daily Journal, among others.