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Hardwood Hotline

A toll-free number for customer inquiry has been added by the hardwood lumber group in the Forest Products Div. of Koppers Co.

Requirements for Southern, South Central Appalachian or Northern hardwoods are handled from a number of owned and operated mills throughout these areas.

The nationwide toll-free number is (800) 238'7543.The system operates from 7:45 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. CST on weekdays at the company's Memphis, Tn., hardwood lumber sales office.

C0ST SAVINGS Higher alternate costs of concrete or steel led to major use of wood in design ol $2.5 million Foothill High School, Pleasanton, Ca. Architect blueprinted facility under budget restric' tions in regulatory provisions of state's funding agency to aid school districts in need of State support. Wood was safeguarded against fire hazards by pressure treatment with NCX fire retardant chemicals, produced by Koppers Co.

Red Cedar Bureau's 60th Annual

Dean Hurn, Beaver, Wa., was elected president of the Red Cedar Shingle & Handsplit Shake Bureau at their 60th annual meeting, held recently in Seattle.

Hurn succeeds J.S. Bigland, Hammond, B.C., as a leader of the Seattle-based trade association, which represents some 400 shingle and shake producing mills in Washington, Oregon, and B.C.

Jack Hanna, Victoria, B.C., was elected v.p., while Paul R. Smith and Virgil G. Peterson, both of Seattle, were re-elected treasurer and secretary, respectively. Highlight of the meeting was the presentation of awards to the winners of the 1975 Red Cedar Shingle & Handsplit Shake Bureau/ American lnstitute of Architects, Architectural Awards Prosram.

Elected to the board of trustees, in addition to Hurn and Hanna, were:

From Washington.' Robert Basler, Oakville: Robert A. Boyd, SedroWoolleyl Gil Emory, Marysvillel A.E. Erickson, Seattlel Gary Fowler, Tacoma; R.S. Murchy, Aberdeenl W.G. Pehl, Winlockl D.H. Reamer, Clallam Bayl Frank Schafer, Hoquiaml and Tom Thornton, North Bend.

From Oregon'Marty Coker, Eugenei Mel Jensen, Springfield: Mel Lester, Sweet Homel and Richard Long, Portland'

From British Columbia: J.S. Bigland, Hammond, J.W. Davidson, Mission: Charles Gerow, Surrey: Thomas Jones, Surreyt Ralph Kinross, Whonnock: Eleanor Lobb, Mission: J.F. MacMillan, Vancouver: Clayton Meeker, Pitt Meadows and Dennis Molander, Vancouver.

J.E. Higgins Lumber Co.

Lane-Stanton Lumber Company

Vance Lumber Company

Custom Mills, Inc.

Select Pallet ComPany

Panel Tex ldeal Pallet Systems, Inc.

Far West Fir Sales Company

International Forest Products, Inc.

United Wholesale Lumber Company (Montebello)

United Wholesale Lumber Company (Visalia)

Reliable Wholesale Lumber Company

James M. Thompson, Prerident

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