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Choin Sow Usoge

McCulloch Corp. is offering a revised, pocket-sized booklet

Chain Saut Operation, The 24page publication on safe and efficient chain saw usa3e information has been developed primarily for novice operators.

Text and illustration material covers tree felling, bucking, limbing and firewood cutting plus wearing apparel and chain saw care recommendations.

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Storuge Plonning Monuql

Bernard Franklin Co. ofrers a 96 page Professional Stora'ge Planning Manual, Volume 2, No, 2, on storage planning in warehousing, manufacturing, stock room or production areas. It shows types of equipment to use, with illustrations of space saving ideas. It's good for companies who are expanding or need more space.

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Simple Spon Tobles

Two Simplifieil Span Tables for Joists and Rafters in Residential Construction publications, developed by the NFPA Technical Advisory Committee, have been published by NFPA. The publications have been distributed to building officials and currently are being proposed for incorporation in codes as the basis for use of 1r/2" dry lumber and related green sizes. The simplified tables of maximum spans have been prepared on the basis of a regular sequence of modulus of elasticity (MOE) values for floor joists and a similar sequence of bending strength (f) values for rafters.

WRITE: The Merchant Magazine, 573 So. Lake Ave., Pasadena, Calif. 91101.

The Roof line

A l0-minute, 16mm soundcolor film, The Roof Line, on the treating, testing and uses of fire-retardant western red cedar shakes and shingles has been prepared by Koppers Co. The company recently introduced a treating process which has earned an Underwriters' Labs. Class "C" rating, The film features comparative tests of the new prod- uct with other commonly used Class "C" materials and a description of how the fire-retardant chemicals are fixed in the fibers of the wood during the treating process.

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Housing ldeos

A sketchbook of economical ideas for designing multi-family housing is available free from Western Wood Products Assn. Townhouses suspended from trusses, a cabana complex that can be built over water and single-floor townhouses with outdoor living are depicted in a score of sketches, plus descriptions. The two-color eight-page booklet's stylings grew out of "Urban Projection," which WWPA developed as a "selfstart" program to help communities improve their appearance and functioning as they grow.

WRITE: The Merchant Magazine, 573 So. Lake Ave., Pasadena, Calif. 91101.

Building Report

A Special Report to 1968 Building Planners, a free guide to planning better buildings from Star Manufacturing Co. is now available. It highlights a "Building Planner's Check List," 106 questions any building purchaser should ask himself when selecting a new structure and hiring a contractor.

The report discusses problems like when to build, how to plan a better building, what kind of construction will fill the bill and how to choose a builder.

WRITE: The Merchant Magazine, 573 So. Lake Ave., Pasadena, Calif. 91101.

Functionql Corpet

A full-color brochure, This Is Wearathon, describes the advantages, including bright colors, of Armstrong Cork Co's. indoor-outdoor carpet. It's available free with a sample of the new product.

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Weslern Deolers Honored

Four lumber dealers across the country, two from the West, have earned awards from Weyerhaeuser Co. for the sale of their cedar building products. The firms are: Globe Building Materials Co., Aurora, Ill.; ldaho Parr, Inc., Portland, Ore.; Ace Building Supply, Vancouver, Wash.; and M. S. Carver Lumber Co.. Peoria. Ill.

established the retail lumber business that was to become one of the largest enterprises of its kind in America.

He began wholesaling in 1888, and during his lifetime, Cameron saw the company grow to a $4 million firm employing 2,500 men. Scores who were to later make their mark in the business, began with Wm. Cameron.

The firm was closely held by the family until Certain-Teed Products Corp. purchased it in 1954.

Cameron first got into millwork in 1901 when he bought a small planing mill. It was tied to the retail side of the business until 1924, when it was shifted to the wholesale operation.

Awards include: an Acapulco, Mexico, vacation for two; a color TV set; a stereo set, and other merchandise.

Comeron's IO0th Anniversory

'This year marks the 100th anniversary of one of the largest building materials distributors in the southwest, Wm. Cameron & Co. of Waco, Texas.

The company's colorful history began when the first Wm. Cameron came to America from Scotland, an 18 year old boy with $18 in his pocket. In 1868 he

Today, as Ideal Co., one of the largest millwork operations in the West, the plant covers twelve acres, employs 600 and has 300 woodworking machines. Since its establishment, the plant has produced enough millwork for a million homes.

AFPC Stock Now Quoted Doily

The common stock of American Forest Products Corp. has been approved by the National fusociation of Security Dealers for inclusion in the over-the-counter markets report distributed by netional news services and which appear daily in the Wall Street lournal .nd ott the br:siness pages of many major regional newspapers throughout the nation.

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