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Blueprint Encyclopedias

Three volumes on "Building Trades Blueprint Reading" (Fundamentals: $l1.95; Residential and Light Commercial Construction: $14.95: and General and Heavy Construction: $15.95) are available from American Technical Publishers. 12235 S. Laramie Ave., Alsip, n. 60658.

Roofing Assistance

A 68-p. single-ply roof system construction manual is free from Evanite Permaglas, Inc., Box E, Corvallis, Or.97339.

So. Pine Marketing Movie

"Marketing Marathon," an l8-minute VHS video tape on the Southern Forest Products Association's five-year marketing plan is $10 (or loaned free for one week) from Richard Wallace, SFPA, P.O. Box 52468. New Orleans. La.70152.

All The Trimmings

A free plastic trim catalog is available from Bogert Plastics, Inc., P.O. Box 798, Doylestown, Pa. 18901.

Ceiling lt Up

A booklet discussing ceiling insulation is free from Manville Service Center, 160l 23rd St., Denver, Co. 80216.

Plywood Use Guide

A free l2-p. guide to sanded plywood grades and applications is available from the American Plywood Association, P.O. Box 11700, Tacoma, Wa. 98411.

In And Out Doors

A A-p. catalog of exterior and interior wood panel doors is free from Morgan Products Ltd., P.O. Box?,446, Oshkosh, wi. 54903.

Easy Handling

"Five Easy Steps to Materials Management Efficiency" is free from Hyster Co., P.O. Box 847, Danville, Il. 61832.

Lights On High

Skylights, roof windows and accessories are featured in a free 8-p., full color booklet from Wasco Products Inc., P.O. Box 351, Sanford, Me. 04073.

Decorative Coverings

For all New Literature offerings write directly to the name and address shown in each item. Please mention that you saw it in The Merchant Magazine. Many thanks!

Unplugged Gun

A 4-p, brochure on cordless caulking guns is free from AEG Power Tool Corp., One Winnenden Rd.,Norwich, Ct. 06360.

Annual Roofing Guide

The 7th edition of the "Commercial. Industrial and Institutional Roofing Materials Guide" is $85 from the National Roofing Contractors Association, 8600 Bryn Mawr Ave., Chicago, Il. 60631.

Perfect Pipe Coupling

Four free brochures on pipe coupling are offered by Bertrem Products, Inc., 15253 E. Skelly Dr., Tulsa, Ok. 74116.

Bay Window Outlook

An angle-bay window flyer is free from KSI Building Products, Inc., MacArthur Ave., Cobleskill, N.Y. 12013.

Prefinished Floor Molding

Information on prefinished floor moldings is free from Hartco Flooring, P.O. Box 1001, Oneida, Tn. 37841.

An 8-p. bulletin of coating, wallcovering and floorcovering products is free from Sherwin-Williams, 1375 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Oh. ,l4l15.

Asbestos Facts

"What You Should Know About Asbestos in Buildings" is free from the Safe Buildings Alliance, Metropolitan Square, Suite 1200, 655 l5th St., N.W., Washington. D.C. 20005.

How-To Do lt All

A 32-p. brochure of d-i-y home improvement tips is free from the Savogran Co., P.O. Boxl30, Norwood, Ma.O?.062.

Elegant Fixtures

A l2-p. decorative bath faucet catalog is free from the Chicago Faucet Co., 2100 S. Nuclear Dr., Des Plaines, n. 60018.

Energy Savers

An 84-p. catalog of solar and energy products is $3 from Solar Components 88 Pine St., Manchester, N.H. 03103.

Folding Door Folder

A free full-color woven wood folding door brochure is available from Elkhart Door, Inc., Box 2177, Elkhart, In. 46515.

More Building For Less $

"A Guide to Getting the Most From Your Construction Dollar" is a free 8-p. brochure from Armco Building Systems, ll0 Boggs Lane, Suite 400, P.O. Box 65422, Cincinnati, Oh. 45245.

Thoughts From Walden Pond

"Wood is a friend of man. The best friend on earth of man is the tree. When we use the tree respectfully and economically we have one of the great resources ofthe earth. It is a beautiful materialfriendly to man, the supreme material for his dwelling purposes. But if man is going to live he should live with wood."

Do you know who said that? Henry David Thoreau, the great American naturalist and writer, or so said Kenneth W. Tinckler. Stahl Lumber Co., Los Angeles, Ca., the learned scribe of the Los Angeles Hardwood Lumberman's Club in a recent newsletter.

Club's Lively Summer Meet

Despite the so-called summer doldrums. more than 30 lumbermen attended the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club golf and dinner in Montebello, Ca., Aug. 16, according to Jay Orendorff, club president and a salesman for Fountain Industrial Lumber Sales.

0CEAN BREEZES were a olus for the 11th annual San Joaquin Valley Hoo-Hoo Club Coast Frolic at Pismo Beach, Ca. (1) Diane & Arnold Volny, Ginny & Ted Mathews. (2) Don 0ldenkamp, Kathy Toth, Dale Winslow. (3) Elaine Barber, Wally & Beverly Kennedy. (4) Don, Sylvia & Devin Johnson. (5) Chris & Bill 0berholser. (6)Joe & Diane Mayfield. (7) Chris

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