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Specialty Timbers

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For more information on New Products and New Literature, write The Merchant Magazine, 4500 Campus Dr., Suite 476, Newport Beach, Ca. 92660

Please mention issue date and page numoer so we can process your request fasterl Many thanks!

Water Deal

A free brochure on Roman Fountains' complete line of decorative fountains is now available; many feature construction heart redwood.

Re-Sidlng Gulde

A new 6-p. Re-Siding Installation Guide features 22 step-by-step photos for installing Colorlok lap siding and includes a section on how to estimate material requirements for re-siding a house.

Electric Appliance Fllm

"The Silent Guardian," is a new free-loan l6-mm sound and color motion picture, on the Underwriters' Laboratories efforts to maintain safety standards for home electrical appliances. Write Modern Talking Picture Service, 2323 New Hyde Park Rd., New Hyde Park, N.Y. 11040.

AFL-CIO Records

The Forest History Society has published an Inventoiy of th-e Records of the California State Council of Lumber and Sawmill llorkers, AFL-CIO. The l6-p. $ I .25 booklet may be purchased from FHS, P.O. Box 1581, Santa Cruz, Ca. 95061. It is the second of the series, Guides to Forest and Conservation Historv of North America. The inventory describes twenty-four linear feet of records.

The California State Council of Lumber and Sawmill Workers was founded n 1947 and holds jurisdiction over atl voluntarily affiliated local unions and district councils chartered by the brotherhood within California. The council represents workers in production and maintenance of logging operations and mills and factories of the lumber industry. This representation includes health plans, contract proposals, and other negotiations.

Fiberglass Shingle Film

A new free-loan color film from Johns-Manville invites homeowners to "Take a Closer Look" at the various features of fiber glass shingles.

TV ad Series

A new series of five, 30 second tv ads to reach local customers is by the National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Assn.. $ 15 each c/o Suite 350, 1990 M St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.

Sound Gontrol Blankets

A new data sheet from JohnsManville (free) describes Sound Control Blankets, fiber glass batts that help reduce the transmission of unwanted sound through steel stud wall partitions.

Forest Products Film

"What About Timber," a 22 minute film covering forest products frorn seedling to manufacturilg lumber and plywood is available from Simpson Timber Co., 900 Fourth Ave., Seattle, Wa.98164.

Rural Bullder Programs

A new d-i-y book (62-p.1 explain- ing for builders the federal government's rental housing programs in rural America has been published by the National Association of Home Builders $7.50.

Fiberglass Insulatlon

Johns Manville has a new free brochure on where and how to install insulation, plus additional fuel saving tips.

Lumber/Plywood Futures

Booklets on lumber and plywood futures are available from Larry Mollner at Thomson & McKinnon Auchincloss Kohlmeyer, 445 S. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, Ca. 9O0l'7.

A Better Plywood Roof

How to build a better roof, a plywood roof, in commercial and industrial construction is detailed in a new American Plywood Association 24-p. free booklet.

Loose Fill Insulation

A new l0-p. free brochure "Standard Recommended Practice for the Application of Cellulosic Loose Fill Insulation". Methods include blowing by pneumatic equipment and pouring in-place in attics with detailed how-to-do-it drawings. This lO-page booklet is valuable to all users of cellulosic insulation-professional and homeowners-to assure efficient and satisfactory installation to gain full insulation benefits. It also identifies precautions which need to be taken. Methods are based on ASTM Standards and researched field studies. National Cellulose Insulation Mfrs. Assn. 400 W. Madison St., Chicago, Il. 60606.

Nolse Control Book

Industrial Noise and Hearing Conservation is an 1100-p. book by the National Safety Council that gives information on establishing and maintaining a hearing conservation program. Write NSC, 425 No. Michigan Ave., Chicago, I1. 606 I -.

Plywood Use In Moblles

Plywood Usage and Potential in Mobile Homes 1976 (R-36') is a new American Plywood Assn. market research report that is free to members, costs $5 for non-members.

Rooflng Safety

Simple precautions the d-i-yer should consider when installing a new roof are in a free booklet from Johns-Manville.

Plen-Wood Floor System

A new underfloor plenum heatingl cooling system developed by wood industry groups is detailed in a technical manual just published by Western Wood Products Assn.

Forest History

(Continued from page 12 )

Hutchinson's Cafurnia Heritage, a history of Northern California pine lumbering. These are sold at bookstores or can be ordered directly from the society headquarters.

The Forest History Society is funded entirely by donations, grants, and membership dues. Members include loggers, retailers, wholesalers, forest rangers, industry executives, historians. libraries. and a host of other folks from the U.S., Canada, and over a dozen foreisn countries.

Members serve a vital function, not only in providing general financial support for the Society's history program, but in many other ways. Ideas are shared, projects are suggested, and new items are sent in. Members write in about collections of old logging photos, business records, and old logging tools and artifacts. All these are put to good use. Members ask their local libraries to subscribe to the Joumal of Forest History, tell their friends, neighbors, and associates about the Society, and help raise funds for special projects.

For example, the Society recently received a srant from the National

Endowment for the Humanities that will result in a book on The Forest in American History: A Study of Forest Utilization and Conservation The Society needs to raise $7,500 in matching contributions to get the full amount needed for the study, and every donation, small or large, helps put this project on the map.

New members are cordially welcomed into the Society, and all will receive the quarterly Journal of Forest History. Dues range from $ l0 annually to higher levels of support. Memberships, contributions. or inquiries can be sent to the Forest History Society, P.O. Box 1581, SantaCruz,CA9506l.

Personals

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Roy Wessels has been named gen. mgr. of the new Midland Coast Wholesale Co., Santa Rosa, Ca, Ronald D. Lodge is the new v.p.sales mgr. of Continental Forest Products, Lake Oswego, Or., reports Bryan Arbuckle, pres. Jim Barker, Tynan Lumber Co., Salinas, Ca., is back from a brief Las Vegas vacation.

C. Calvert Knudsen has been elected pres. and c.e.o. of MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., Canada's biggest forest products company. He had been senior v.p.-corporate growth for Weyerhaeuser in Tacoma. It is the lst time MB has been headed by a non-Canadian.

Dean Hansen has been promoted by Kaibab Industries to manage their Salt Lake City distribution center. Shel Sussman vacationed for two weeks at his "ranch" in Danville. Ca.

Mike Shoffner is now an outside salesman, Oakley Plywood, Morgan Hill, Ca.

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Beautif ully natural appearing waney edge.

Harold Maslow, Universal Container, Louisville, Ky., recently made calls on the trade in several Western states.

Gary Williams, Lumberjack Stores, Sacramento, Ca., is back from an Idaho vacation.

Jack MacDonald is the new mgr. of retail yard lumber sales for Arthur A.Pozzi, Co., Portland.

Bud Prueher is specializing in cedar sales since joining Seattle's Mauk Seattle Lumber Co.

Ed Blunt is now industrial sales administrator for Simpson Building Supply, Santa Clara, Ca,; Norm Rollins is a new induStrial sales rep. there; Mel Rhodes has been promoted to industrial sales administrator at the Los Angeles distribution center, where Phil Heim has moved up to industrial sales rep., according to Len Viale, southwest regional mgr.

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Opportunity For A Goer

We need an aggressive lumber/plywood salesman; experience preferred. Unlimited opportunity for right man. Salary, plus percentage ofprohts. Health plan, retirement and other fringe benefits. Marquart-Wolfe Lumber Co. (714) 998-t212.

NEED experienced telephone trader familiar with So. Ca. Salary commensurate with experience. Must be diligent, capable money maker for us both. Good fiinges and working conditions. Write Box 216. clo The Merchant Maeazine.

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Highly experienced individual with 25 years in softwood & hardwood lumber, kiln drying, remanufacturing, softwood & hardwood plywood, cut up operations, plywood prefinishing; desires to associate with a growth company where a challenge and top compensation are available. Phone L.D. Jones (714) 5484895 or P.O. Box 1405, Huntington Beach, Ca. 92649.