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Jim Higgins is now representing the hardwood div. of J. E. Peggs Lumber Co., San Francisco. Formerly of J. E. Higgins Lumber Co., Jim is handling West Coast sales.

Bob Herbst, Craig Larsen and Neal Pinson, Portland, joined other WWPA staffers for a recent Forest Products Lab tour in Madison. Wi. Others were Howard Hofmann, San Jose, Ca., Bob Drees, Arizona and Don Comstock, Los Angeles.

Don Philips, Philips Lumber Sales, Thousand Oaks, Ca., is back after a recent Sacramento business trip.

Ed Boies has opened a new sales office in San Diego, Ca., for Inland Lumber Co. He had been with American Forest Products.

Bud Bach is new to the sales force at Pacific Madison Lumber Co., Downey, Ca., according to Gene Burnett.

Vaughan H. Justus has been elected v.p. at New Mexico Timber Products Corp., Albuquerque, N.M., according to T. P. Gallagher, pres. Martin Fellows has joined sales.

Gage McKinney has rejoined the staff at MacBeath Hardwood's Berkeley, Ca., store.

Mike Kenyon has joined Chandler Sup- ply Co., Boise, Id., seling commodity items in Co. and Ut.

Jim Curran, Bakersfield Sandstone & Brick, Bakersfield, Ca., vacationed during July.

Dale Bacon has joined Fremont Forest Products, working in conjunction with Ted Pollard at their l-ong Beach, Ca. facility. Dale was a co-founder and former presideht of National Softwood Sales, Orange, Ca.

George Bush is now mgr., reinforcement sales for Erskine-Johns, L.A.

Steve Moore is the new operations mgr. at Georgia-Pacific, San Jose, Bill Miller is a new outside salesman, Judy West an inside salesperson.

Ralph Meyer, Higgins Lumber Co., Union City, Ca., has returned from a three week vacation.

Keith Johnson, McElroy Lumber, San Jose, Ca., vacationed for a week during July. Head man, Dale Mc Elroy, is trying to qualify for his instrument rating as a pilot,

Bill Doyle, West Range, Cloverdale, Ca., vacationed near Medford, Or., for a week in mid-July. Art Bond got a week's vacation in Hawaii at month-end. New to the sales staff is Dave Damon.

Howard Blagen keeps busy these days as a buyer for International Forest Products in Stockton, Ca.

Bob Roberts is a buyer at Hubbard and Johnson-Grossman's in San Carlos, Ca. Bob was formerly with Sunnyvale Lumber.

Ron Lewman, G-P, Fort Bragg, Ca., is back after a three week vacation fishing on the West Coast.

Elise Lewis is back on the job at Hubbard & Johnson in San Carlos after an illness.

Bill Blue, AFP, National City, Ca., vacationed in July.

Carl Bauer retumed from a week's fishing on Lake Powell to learn of a $100,000 fire at his Bauer Lumber Co., Compton, Ca. Additional info. is in the News Briefs section.

Jean E. Destruel, v.p. and Duane Bennett, sec.-treas., Mead Clark Lumber Co., Santa Rosa, Ca., are still talking about the Simpson Timber tour in Eureka and Arcata, Ca.

Phil Dubaldi is the new gen. mgr. of M&J Lumber Co., Meyers Flat, Ca., according to Fred C. Holmes, gen. mgr. of G-P's No. Ca. Div., Ft. Bragg, Ca. Dubaldi takes over from Lucille Webb Arnot, (recently married to Maynard Arnot) who is retiring after 23 years with the company.

Ted Gilbert, Product Sales, Newport Beach, Ca., reports he managed to keep Sterling Wolf, Sr., MarquartWolfe Lumber, Orange, Ca., out of trouble at the recent Ukiah, Ca. Hoo-Hoo meeting.

William J. Walsh is now Western regional retail market mgr. for Champion International's U.S. Plywood Div., according to H.S. Richards, v.p. sales for USP's Western region. Don Massett succeeds Walsh as sales mgr., Portland branch. Mike Sarnpson has been promoted to mgr. of the San Bernardino, Ca. branch, Buzz Coffman, W.O.O.D. Inc. mgr., is back in Denver after a two-week vacation.

AUGUST,1975 bontinued, from paqe'ts ) products. The many segments of the forest products industry are becoming more actively involved as the futures markets prove themselves a valuable tool in the area of avoiding price risks and in capital management. (Point of interest - The 40th Yale Industrial Forestry Seminar which was held in November of 1974 was titled, "Futures Trading-Its Uses In Forest Industry").

Al Weller has joined Oregon-Pacific, Fairfield, Ca., as sales mgr., he had been with G-P in Portland. Paul Anderson is new to outside sales for Santa Rosa, a territory he had covered for G-P, accordirtg to distribution center mgr. Bob Riggs.

George E. Martin is the new technical director, J.H. Baxter & Co., San Mateo, Ca. He is replaced as mgr. at their Eugene plant by Robert A. Sexton.

Larry E. Haworth is now director of acquisitions at Wickes Corp. Hq., San Diego.

Robert Beckisis the new gen. mgr. and exec. v,p. of Wood Bros. Lumber Co., Tucson, Az., reports lhomas Wood, president.

"Frosty" Foster, owner of Foster Forest Products, San Marino, Ca., is the new prez. of the San Marino Rotary Club.

Mike Parli, sales mgr., Cal Pacific Manufacturing, Arcata, Ca., is back from a Portland business trip, according to Doug Clayton.

George Clough, Tacoma Lumber Sales, City of Industry, Ca., has returned from an Arcata, Ca., visit with Jud Jackson, Twin Parks Lumber Co.

Phil Kelty has moved up to marketing mgr. at Simonson Lumber Co., Smith River, Ca., replacing Denny Hess, who leaves after nearly 2 decades to join his brother Pete as co-owner of Bracut Lumber Co.. Arcata. Dean Fox is now Simonson's asst. sales mgr.

Bill Boney hasjoined the sales force at Dier Lumber Co., Sacramento, Ca.

Stan Preble. Samsonite Redwood Products, is back in Arcata after a July business trip to San Diego.

Harold J. Rodgers is the new pres., Dubs Ltd., the San Francisco Bay Area golf group. V.p. is Dave Graber: lst. sgt. at-arms, John Polach; 2nd sgt.-at-arms, Bill Freelard ; sec.-treas., Hugh Rosaaen. Directors are Bill Carter, Jack Harwood, Lionel Stott, Knute Weidman, Harold Henderlong, John McKee, Clyde Strouss, Earl Tatman and Dave Town.

Glen Breedlove is the lumber marketing mgr. at Masonite's Hoopa, Ca., plant, not Calpella, as we incorrectly had it last mo. Sorry about the misteak. Glen.

Roy Gilmore, Sunnyvale Lumber, took his wife Diane, son Craig, and dog Char, fishing in Id., Nv., and Mn.

Dave Doud, Doud Lumber Co., San Jose, Ca., missed a few days work recently after injuring a hip.

Don Coveney, California Lumber Sales, Oakland, Ca., vacationed in Seattle.

Ross McCarty is now buying lumber at AFP, Newark.

John Phillips, Half Moon Bay Lumber, Half Moon Bay, Ca., is back on the job after a vacation in July.

Denny Curran, AFP, Cerritos, Ca., took a week off in late June. He and his family spent a couple of days at the San Diego Zoo, but as a watcher. not a watchee.

Rolf Stolesen, Stolesen Forest Products, Palo Alto, Ca., flew to Taiwan on a business trip in July. Rolf consulted regarding industrialized housing. Jim Dwan manned the phones during Rolfs absence.

Frank Huebsch, Wickes, Fremont, Ca., spent a week in San Diego during July.

Carol Rourke, G-P, San Leandro, Ca., regional office, vacationed in Jamaica for a week. Boss man Bob Parks kept things humming during her absence.

Bruce Stinnett is managing the San Jose yard of Hubbard & Johnson.

Bob and Jenette Saltonstall. Rosemead Lumber, Rosemead, Ca., made it back for the Marceline, Mo. centennial celebrations. Trivia fans will be pleased to hear Marceline is Walt Disney's hometown.

Ronald Harris, v.p. of Vornado Inc. and its Builders Emporium stores, hasleft the company. No plans have been revealed by Harris.

John Phillips, Half Moon Bay Lumber, Half Moon Bay, Ca., is back from a Minnesota vacation.

R.P. Dunn is Weyerhaeuser's new Northwest field industrial sales mgr. Reporting to him are Ross Tolles (Wa.); Dee R. Jensen (SpringfieldEugene-W. Id.); Russ Graham (Portland); and Jim Barr (Denver). In Ca., B.M. Laterza is Weyco's field industrial sales mgr. with Milt King (N. Ca.); Harold Morgan (Sac. and San Joaquin Valley) and Mike Sorber and Butch Harringer (L.A.) reporting to him.

Sol A. Miller has joined Bel-Air Door Co. and Alhambra Metal Products, Alhambra, Ca., as sales mgr., according to Sam Fineman, pres. Miller is the former nt'1. sales mgr. for Featherlite, largest mfgr. of extruded aluminum doors in the U.S.

Bob Brazelton, G-P, San Jose, Ca., and Leo Holland, Holland Lumber, Milpitas, Ca., are both recovering irom heart attacks. Bob had his golfing at Lake Tahoe.

Pat McGoldnick, J.P. Dolan Lumber, San Pablo, Ca,, is back at it after a recent illness.

Bob Hoover, Pacific Lumber Co., is back in San Francisco after a recent Scotia, Ca., mill trip.

Fred J. Farr is now merchandising mgr. for American Forest Products' building materials distribution div., according to Bob Wells, div. v.p.

Tom Helpern, Ted Hanson and Bill Ralston have joined the sales force at Oregon-Pacific, Portland.

Roger Burch, G&R Lumber Co., was recently at the mill in Cloverdale, Ca., with his brand-new solid black (no chrome) Porsche Carrera. Eat your heart out, gang!

Skip Gregg, Lane-Stanton Lumber, City of Industry, Ca., spent a recent week down in Baja California, Mexico, fishing with a group of lumbermen. Jack Havens and his family visited Memphis, then vacationed some more in Florida.

Bob Osgood, namesake of Robert S. Osgood, Inc., Los Angeles, recently took top honors in the Southern California Senior Golf Tournament.

Harold J. Rogers, American Forest Products, Newark, Ca., has really been Numero Uno recently: a recent hole-in-one (176 yards with a 4 iron); salesman of the month at Newark in April and May; and now the new prez. of Dubs, Ltd., the Bay Area lumbermen's golf club.

Phil Butterfield, International Forest Products, Chino, Ca., m.c.'d his recent 20th class reunion at Garberville, Ca.

El Louise Muth, PSF, Inc., has returned to Sacramento HQ. after a midJuly business trip.

Capital management and requirements can be improved upon bY those using futures for hedging. Hedging can reduce the need for storage facilities, thereby reducing fixed capital investments, maintenance costs, working capital for inventory and interest charges if less working capital is required. More favorable financing can often be arranged for hedged inventories as they hold reduced price risks.

A futures contract is a valid contract between a buyer and seller for delivery of a specified amount of a specific commodity on or about a specified future date under the rules of an exchange. Futures contracts differ from cash market contracts in two principal areas:

(l) They are standardized by the exchange and

(2) They can be easily negated by an opposite transaction in the market (or offset).

Hedging may also be defined as assuming a position in the futures market opposite that assumed in the cash market, thus transferring a price

Washington Dealer Featured

Nationwide response has been generated for Lumbermen's of Washington, Inc. from an article in the June 1975 issue of Mechanix lllustrated titled "Homes for Under $5,000!". A featured home in that article is the "Skokomish," a model designed and built by the Homes division of Lumbermen's.

Stan Lyman, manager of Lumbermen's Homes at Shelton, Wa., saYs the magazine project was a cooperative venture with the American Plywood Association of Tacoma. Mechanix lllustrated was doing a story on doit-yourself homes, the shell of which could be constructed for under $5,000, and Lumbermen's happened to have a model they were looking for.

According to Lyman, "resPonse from readers in nearly every state has been tremendous" and although Lum' bermen's does not build or ship homes outside of the Pacific Northwest, "we are sending additional information to all who have inquired."

The "skokomish" is a modified "A"-frame with 960 sq. ft. of space including loft, plus a deck. It's designed as a vacation or retirement home, or as a small permanent home.

risk. Since the futures contract is closely related to a cash market trans action, cash prices and futures prices will tend to converge upon expiration of the contract, thus making hedging possible. Note that it is always neces' sary to calculate into a hedge transaction the premium or discount the futures prices may contain.

Next month's article will deal with hedging itself.

LIFE MEMBERSHIP was presented Dave Davis recently by San Francisco Hoo-Hoo club for his 50 years' service. Davis, Lew Godard, Norman Cordes revived club after WWll. (l) Davis, Merchant Magazine pub-

Shasta Lumbermen's Golf Go

The l2th annual Shasta Lumbermen's Golf Tournament will be held September 19, at the Riverview Golf and Country Club, Redding, Ca.

Don Cherovsky, Kimberly-Clark Corp., is general chairman; Marv Keil, Southern Pacific Transportation, is vice-chairmanl and Bob McKean, McKean Lumber Co., is secretary-treasurer.

As in the past, a maximum of 170 golfers will be participating and the evening dinner group will number up to 230. Golfers and non-golfers from Portland to San Diego and all points in between attend and vie for the manv prizes and trophies.

Cind Selected Soles Oids Lor Belter Msrketing

creating a stiffno-squeak floor. Tongue and groove panels eliminate the need for blocking when used as roof sheathing. Redex resists roof and floor diaphragm shear loadings due to wind and seismatic forces in accordance with Table Listings Report ICBO 2211.

Redex is accepted by the FHA and Uniform Building Codes, meets Underwriter's Class 3 Fire Code requirements and conforms to U.S. Dept. of Commerce Standards CS-236-66, Type 2-B-2, minimum averages.

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Carved Entry Doors

How About Free Heat?

A new fireplace accessory conserves fuel, saves on heating costs, and claims to really heat your home.

The Free Heat Machine will transform an existing fireplace into an efficient, inexpensive heating system. Heat normally lost up the chimney (9O% by national studies) is captured and circulated throughout your home.

An average 3-log fire will produce about 35,000 BTU/hr. of available home heat.

The Free Heat Machine can be used with wood, coal, and any gas or electric heating accessories. It matches any decor, installs in minutes, is safety approved, and is smoke free. Suggested retail price is $289.00.

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L-P Redex

L-P Redex, a Type 2-B-2 structural flakeboard, is made by LouisianaPacific from redwood and Douglas fir flakes, bonded with exterior phenolic resin. The Teco grademarked, 4x8-foot panels range in thickness from 3/8" to l -l /8".

The flakeboard panels, available square edge or tongue and groove, are designed as flooring, roof overhangs or roof sheathing for conventional on-site construction or factory-built modular housing units.

Carpeting, tile and vinyl goods can be applied directly to single panel subfloor and underlayment construction,

Bel-Air Door's beautiful. handcarved entry doors come in l5 different designs; 6 in the walnut antique finish and 9 in the smooth, hand-rubbed walnut finish.

The Alcala, Lerma, and Squire doors are also available with security-view safety grille. Standard size is 36" x 80" x l-314" and under and oversized doors are also available.

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Fall "Profit Package"

Dow Corning will kick off its 1975 fall promotion of big-volume home maintenance products by offering lO% off regular prices during August and September. This discount gives retailers a 46% profit on the featured products during the deal period.

The eight-product, package deal includes: white, 3-oz. Dow Corning silicone rubber bathtub caulk, cat. no. *680; clear, 3-oz. silicone rubber sealer; cat. no. +684; 1-oz. urethane bond. cat. no. *8662: and the complete line of I l-oz. silicone caulk and sealers in cartridges-clear (+t8640), white (+t8641), black (+r8642), alumi num (n8643) and new "paintable" (*8644).

The cartridges have a new, consumeroriented look. The redesigned packages feature major applications by color, and the exclusive, removable, no-clog nozzle. They also highlight the 20-year guarantee not to crack, crumble, or dry out.

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Lift Attachment

Construction Technology, Inc., has a new Model 25 fork lift attachment for use on compact loaders.

The Contech Model 25 Fork Lift Attachment is a smaller version of the Fork Lift Attachment which Construction Technology, Inc., introduced over l0 years ago.

Its main feature is its simplicity of use. Once brackets are welded on to the top lip of the loader bucket, all an operator has to do to convert his loader into a fork lift is to drive up and hook on to the fork lift tines.

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Re-use Form Panel

MultiPour, a multiple re-use concrete form panel, has been introduced by Simpson Timber Co.

The plywood panel has a resin impregnated fiber overlay on one side, permanently fused to the plywood under heat and pressure. Up to 20 reuses can be expected from MultiPour panels when proper care and handling procedures are followed. If a higher number of re-uses are required. Simpson's FormGuard, a high density overlaid panel, is recommended.

Like FormGuard, many economies are affected when MultiPour panels are used on a job; lower maintenance costs result. The panels resist abrasion during the pouring process. Stripping and cleaning can be rapidly accomplished.

Panels are available in 4'x 8' or 4'x l0' size with either 5/8" or 314" thickness. Other thicknesses can be provided on special order.

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Woodgrain Block Patterns

Variation in decorative wall paneling design and style treatment is apparent with Georgia-Pacific Corp.'s newest plywood paneling called Timberblock.

A simulated woodgrain finish plywood panel, Timberblock is available in 5132" or | 14" thicknesses.

Multiple-sized wood block designs with natural looking woodgrained patterns and growth characteristics en- hance its embossed and printed surface.

It's paneling for people who want an accent wall with the custom look of irand-assembled wood blocks in varying -",e at an economical price.

For ease of installation, it comes in -ngrooved 4' width panels with 7'and 8'length increments.

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Terratone Color Door

A new wood Sliding door prefinished in Terratone, a warrn earth color, has been introduced by Andersen Corp.

The long-life, low-maintenance Terratone polyurea factory finish and the new wood gliding door profile are designed to complement their recently introduced Terratone casement. awning, casement angle bay and casement bow windows in the vinyl-clad PermaShield line.

The color is particularly suitable with natural and stained building materials and in comtemporary-style residential and commercial construction.

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25' Flexible Duct

A new, lightweight, flexible duct system for use as air duct or connector on supply and return lines has been introduced by Owens{orning Fiberglas. Its flexibility and 25' length makes it ideal for areas with space limitations and obstructions. Its lightweight also takes the hassle out of the installation. OCF claims.

The impervious inner air barrier performs two functions: it reduces condensation problems, common in nonlined duct, and is the actual air carrier. The duct is also fully insulated, assuring excellent thermal performance. A reinforced vapor-barrier jacket prevents job site snags. It does not contract or expand in hot or cold conditions.

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Twin Triggered Saw

A twin-triggered consumer chain saw-with 2O7o more power than the XL-2 model has been introduced by Homelite, the world's largest maker of cha-in saws. The new gas-powered Super 2 model, retail price $149.95, has a 1.9 cu. in. displacement and is equipped with 14" guide bar and chain. Like theLX-2, their first twin-triggered saw, the Super 2 features automatic chain oiling, finger-tip controls, power-tip guide bar and chromed chain.

With its exclusive dual-control system, the chain saw is ideal for felling, pruning and trimming trees, cutting firewood, cleaning up storm damage and for rough carpentry purposes. The front trigger is used for fast starting, tricky angle cutting and close-quarter work. The rear trigger is suggested for cutting firewood, pruning, trimming and felling.

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When Studs Get Together

A new product that will allow the use of Teks when attaching thin and heavy metal frames and studs together has been developed by Pioneer Screw & Nut Co. Where combinations of metal thickness involve very thin, as well as normal thick metals, the GX Teks can eliminate stripping and hasten installation time.

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What's Your Bag?

Each item in the Handyman Profit Line comes ready to merchandise in its own display unit and each product is individually packaged in eye-catching sleeves for fast turnover-

The line includes plastic drop cloths in 3 strengths for indoor and outdoor protection, plastic mulch film for weedfree gardening, the Handyman Consumer Pac of clear or black .004 poly- ethylene for those heavy weight jobs, the Christmas tree clean-up bag, and the disposable plastic table cloth which fits most picnic tables and becomes a disposable clean-up bag at the end of the meal.

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Just Stick lt

Tibbals Flooring Co. is now offering three new in-store dealer displays for its d-i-y hardwood parquet flooring with easy-to-install self-adhesive backing.

The simplest display, a free-standing three section unit. is of wood construction and measures 48" wide and 58" high. On the left section are three actual 12" x 12" squares of Hartco Wood Foam-Tile with Par-K-Stik in each of the three available finishes. The right section features three fullcolor room scenes showing the three finishes of flooring. The middle panel features a list of the key selling points with enough space at the bottom to stack 3-5 boxes of the products without obstructing any copy.

The standard display is a metal tubular pack-type unit which holds six cartons. An optional cube display attachment is available for the top of the standard display unit. It consists of a hollow 14" x 21" cube on a metal swivel which allows it to be turned by hand. On three sides arc actual 12" x 12" squares of tile in each of the three available finishes. Mounted on each tile is a four-color photo of a room setting with a hardwood parquet floor in the finish corresponding to the square of Foam-Tile on the cube. Side four contains a list of sales points.

The Deluxe Display includes the cube as standard. On the shelf below, 16 cartons can be stored; above are four movable squares to give idea of how the floor is installed. A twosided, right-angle mirror reflects the parquet squares.

One of the primary sales features of the tile is its ease of installation. On the back of each 12" x 12" hardwood parquet square is a pattern of 144 dots of tenacious adhesive. To install the -floor, it is necessary only for the do-ityourselfer to remove a special chemically treated peel-away protective paper and press the tiles into Place.

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Wood Moisture Meter

The Model L436 Hart moisture meter is designed to give instantaneous moisture readings of lumber, solid stock, timbers and the inner portion of plywood, thin veneer and other wood products, a far more accurate measurement than mere surface indication. It is accurate, simple to use and dependable.

This precise reading meter will quickly pay for itself by improved quality control.

The meter contains a series of standards carefully matched to figures of the Forest Products Laboratories and is calibrated for 23 commercial species of wood.

The instrument is fumished with batteries, hammer-extractor-electrode, carrying case and strap. Additional accessories such as deep read contactors for timbers, plier-type contactors for thin veneer, ten-pin veneer and plywood contactors for all stock less than 3/16" in thickness are available.

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No Smoking

Smoke control fire doors, rated for 20 minutes, and applicable to l-314" solid core doors, by Simpson Timber Co. meet I.C.B.O. requirements as shown in Research Report No. 2496. They are further identified bY the Underwriters .Laboratory label on the hinge stile of each solid core door.

The rating applies to all SimPson Type II 1-3/4" solid core doors whether wood stave or particleboard core, prefinished or unfinished. hardwood or

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hardboard faces. The 20 minute doors are specified in corridor openings of schools, hospitals, aPartments and office buildings.

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Ready-to-Sell Fastener

Rockford International has a new "25 pounder" fastener program that includes hex, carriage, lag and plow screws. finished hex nuts and lock and flat washers. A total of 250 items are represented, available in either plain or zinc plated finishes.

All fasteners are stripped in selfdisplay, 25-lb. cartons, color coordinated for ease of product identification. Each carton measures 7-1 14" x7-114" x I 1", and features hinged front access trough with easy-tear opening for convenient self service.

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Table ls No Pushover

Omar Products is introducing a new canopy table to their line oI leisure living products.

This easily-assembled table weighs 360 lbs. and won't tiP everY time a breeze comes up. It will comfortably seat up to l2 people, and is constructed of the best 2" thick top grade clear

California redwood, which has been treated with a preservative for extra protection, is smoothly sanded and should give years of outdoor use.

Assembled size, including table, structure and canopy, is 8' high x 1l' long x 7-ll2' wide. The table itself is 8' long x 5-ll2' wide x 31" high.

Available in l0 colors, it is guaranteed for five years. It is made of top- quality, heavy-duty, vinyl coated canvas, which is water repellent, mildew resistant, easy to clean and will not crack or peel.

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Two-Way Reading Tape

Lufkin has added a new two-way readingltape to the Mezurlok series. The TY25 allows dimensions to be read from left to right or right to left, ending "tape measure fumble".

Couple-lt

Couple-It, new one-piece utility shelf hardware from Wm. Shine Design, Inc., embodies a new concept in shelf support design for fast, simple, low-cost installation of shelves.

Made from a single steel stamping, new Couple-It utility shelf hardware mounts flat against the wall or on exposed studs with two oversize screws. Standard shelving board is then snapped into the hardware's open jaws without additional fastening. A steel tab holds shelving board securely in place.

Once in place, shelving board cannot be moved right or left or pulled forward, but may be lifted out, if desired, for removal; one size accommodates any standard size shelving board.

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Colorful Cabinets

Hallowell is offering a double-door storage cabinet in five new colors. The cabinet, designed primarily for use in offices, shops and laboratories, provides maximum protection for such things as tools and dies, delicate instruments, personal belongings and supplies. It measures 78" high, 36" wide and either.,, 18" or 24" deep.

Three kit configurations for utilization of cabinet are available. The Skit is for storage and involves simple installation of four shelves adjustable on 2" centers. The W-kit for wardrobe use omits the shelves, while the C-kit, for combination storage/wardrobe use, involves installation of four half-width shelves. The C-kit also has a full-width hat shelf and two coat hooks.

Exterior Stain Varnish

McCloskey Varnish claims a breakthrough in exterior varnish development with the introduction of its new exterior stain varnish.

Previously no one could formulate a low-luster exterior varnish that would work, the company states. Their new formulation makes exterior satin varnish a reality, an outdoor varnish with a satin sheen.

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Some OK Graffiti

Display-carded, with 314" blad,e, it includes all standard Mezurlok features: yellow background with epoxy-coated black numbers and graduations, natural-action extended blade toggle lock, end-hook rubber shock absorber, convenient belt hook, and lightweight chrome-plated case.

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More information on the new doubledoor storage cabinet is available from Marketing Services, Hallowell Division, Standard Pressed Steel Co., Hatfield, Pa. 1944O.

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Somber walls are transformed with Graffiti, Boise Cascade's new pastel paneling line.

Four colors give do-it-yourselfers a wide choice in creating special effects on a single wall or adding an airy elegance to bedrooms, hallways or kitchen dining areas.

The medium-priced paneling is random grooved with an embossed oak design and is available in 4' x 8'panels of 5132" or l14" thicknesses.

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