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':Mortgage loans closed at Ca., Az. & Nv. s&ls in Mav &il a recard of nearly $3 billiin, 200/o above April. . net savings gains in May (an important source of $ for home bldg.) were 490/t, ahead of a year earlier. some financial sources say the prime (lowest) lending rate has peaked after 2 years of increases; il's now I lt/{/o.

President Carler has ordered an increase in timber cutting in the National Forests in an attempt to increase supplies 1o hold down prices; but environmentalists plan to go to courl to block the move. .

National Hardwood Lumber lssn. has moved from Chicago into its new offices in Memphis, Tn.,. North American *Vholesale Lumber Assn. plans to close its Portland, Or., and Clifton, N.J- offices and open a new one in the Chicago area next spring- .

Weyerhaeuser has acquired (subject to a final agreem,ent) the Dixieline Lumber Co.. San Diego {for details see story on p. 34). Big W plans a fall open- ing for their expanded Sacramento, Ca., warehouse. . . l?io Forest Products is a new Mesa, Az., wholesale firm...

Louisiana-Pacific is applying its name to the former Lone Star properlies it recently acquired in So. Ca. (see June, p.32).. . companies selling the public will be called: L-P Home Centers; conlractor yards will carry the name: LouisianaPacific: Crown Plywood, Crown Supply and Trussco will continue with those names for the present.

Palmer G. Lewis Co.. Auburn, Wa.. plans an early opening for its new Redding, Ca., wholesale facility. Emmer Brothers Co. of Minneapolis, Mn., has opened a reload facility in Billings, Mt., for lumber & plywood. .. Edward Hines Lumber Co. is adding 10 acres to its Lafayette (Denver). Co.. wholesale facility. Surf Pines Lumber Buying Service is a new Warrenton, Or., firm. Wendell Paquette is closing Sawmill Sales Co., Millbrae. Ca., and is retiring.

Herr Lumber Co. plans a new unit for the Tacoma, Wa,, area. next year. .. Lodi Lumber Co., Lodi, Ca., is a new retail firm opened by co-owner Stan Foster: Dennis Sims is mgr. Central Valley Builders SuWly is a new St. Helena, Ca., retailer. .

Hayward Lumber plans to add 1,200 sq. ft. to its Paso Robles, Ca., store; erect a new 2,700 sq.. ft. storage bldg. at its Pacific Grove store and build a 3,000 sq. ft. sawmill bldg. a{ their Salinas, Ca., unit. .

Lumber Products Co., Timber Products Co. and the MedJbrd Lumber Co., all in Medford, Or., have been hit by fires believed to be caused by an arsonist; damage is expected to run into the millions.

A $750,000 fire has heavily damaged Wickes Midway Lumber. Tucson , Az., but the store escaped damage. . Las Plumas Lumber, near Riverside, Ca., had a yard fire recently, believed caused by sparks from a welders torch. no damage fig. was released.

More than 50,000 people attended this year's Phoenix Home Show.. Kaiser Cement & Gypsum has changed its name to Kaiser Cement Corp.', they've sold off their gypsum business. . . Union Paci,fic RR plans to spend $108.9 million in track Iryllg and related maintenance in '79.

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Orange County Hoo-Hoo Club - July 13-, ladies night, dinnei and show, Sebastian's Dinner Playhouse, Grand Hotel. Anaheim. Ca.

2nd Growth - July 13-15, annual weekend' Rancho Bernardo Inn.Rancho Bernardo, Ca.

San Joaquin Hoo-Hoo Club - July 20' CoastFrolic, San Luis Bay Inn, Avila Beach, Ca.

National Retail Hardware Assn. - July 22-26' 80th Annual Congress. Detroit, Mi.

Western Red Cedar Lumber Assn. - July 26'29, annual meeting, Alderbrook Inn, Union, Wa.

Bf ack Bart Hoo-Hoo Club - July 27,22nd annual Stag B-BQ, 490 Highland Dr., (top ol Mill St.) Ukiah, Ca.

August

National Woodwork Manufacturers Assn. - Aug. 5-E' The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, Co.

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W.O.O.D., Inc. - Aug. 7, annual goll tournament. lnverness Golf Club, Banquet at Dutchman Restaurant, Denver. Co.

National Haidware Show - Aug. 13-16, Hardware industry week, McCormick Place, Chicago, Il.

Bak-erama Merchandise Show - Aug. 19, The Showplace' 700 Seventh St., San Francisco, Ca.

Humboldt Hoo-Hoo Club - Aug. 24, golf tournament' Baywood Golf & Country Club, Eureka, Ca.

Hardware Distributing Co. - Aug. 26, annual merchandise show, Sherwood Inn, Tacoma, Wa.

September

Mountain States Lumber Dealers Assn. - Sept. 10-11' 86th annual convention, Teton Village, near Jackson, Wy.

Cultrired Marble Institute - Sept. 14, regional meeting, Marriott Hotel. SantaClara, Ca.

Western Wood Products Assn. - Sept. 15-18' fall meeting, Del Monte House, MontereY, Ca.

Indenendent Veneer Producers Assn. - Sept. 17' annual m-eeting, Village Green, Coltage Grove. Or.

San Joaqriin Hoo-Hoo Club - Sept. 28, Valley Frolic' San Joaquin Country Club, San Joaquin, Ca.

California Retail Hardware Assn. - Sept.30-Oct. 2' I lth annual management conference, Yosemite Valley, Ca.

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DESPITE GAS shortage. more than 250 0regon, Nevada and N0rthern California retailers and sawmill 0e00le were on hand for 0pen House celebrat ng All-C0asl F0rest Products new 20 acre Chino, Ca., distribuli0n center (see The Merchant, Nov., p 14) (l) Plenty 0l f00d and drink for guests beJ0re touring All-Coast's hands0me

0f{ice and adlacent mill l2l Gordon King. Daryl Bond, Fred Couture, Tom Phe ffer. [31 Bill 0erding. Steve Sandl n, Ron Tipton (4) Office stalfers include: front row Joyce Dunn, back row Wlldith Griltiths, Kim Champion Jeanie Medrna [5] Elmer Lewis {01 One of three new All Coast Trucks that arrived the day before l7l Ed Evans, Helen Couture [8] Lee Durham and Daryl Bond Fred Couture in background [9] Bud Byard, Warren Haskins, Phil Dodson ll0) Mike Tidwell, Katheryn Winshin. Warren Haskins, Les Spitson, Bil Novak (l l) Larry Quinlin observes the proceedrngs

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speclaltles. We haue q modern plywood sheothlng operotlon plus a new computerlzed plne mlll and s stud mlll at Heppner, Oregon.

Sometlmes we feel llke the last of the flohlcans in this Indusfry uthere lndependents ure becomlng a uonlshlng breed. But we cherlsh our lndependence. lt ollows us to respond qulckly to our customers' speclol needs. We're short on corporate red tape and long on ucan do" effort and know how.

Euery customer we hqoe ls BIG ln our eyes.

To serve our customers better we hooe o sofes offlce ln Lake Oswego, Oregon. One call to Roy Kelson, Jan Gradv, Bruce Long or Kent Goodyear (503) 635-4406 gets you fast actlon on your lumber, stud and plywood sheathlng requlrements.