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Plywood End Uses

A study of do-it-yourself and other homeowners uses of softwood plywood has been completed by the plywood assn. It will be part of a large Major End Use Study of Softutood Plywood Markets, due later this fall.

The research on homeowner uses shows that 3,029 billion sq. ft. (3/4" basis) of plywood were used in homeowner projects during 1972. The principal end use was for structural repairso additions and alterations, which accounted for 617o. Shelving and furniture were the second largest consumer, taking about 207o. A myriad of projects from bed boards to toy carts consumed the balance.

Mobile home and recreational vehicle uses of softwood plywood was 206 million sq. ft.about the same level as 1968, but with usage per unit dropping almost in half.

The recreational vehicle market consumed I93 million sq. ft.|nL972. This substantial consumption reflects the growth of the industry and a current strong position for plywood.

Timber Buyers Convene

The fifth annual meeting of the Federal Timber Purchasers Assn. elected new officers and directors and affirmed their goals of obtaining sound economic methods of appraising and selling federal timber and establishing long-term raw material security in timber sale procedures.

Dr. H.H. "Shorty" Koessler, The Intermountain Co., Missoula, Mont. was elected president.

Others elected were: v.p., Ira L. Liberman, Duke City Lumber Co., Albuquerque; secretary, Walter Black, Custer Lumber Co., Custer, S.D.; treasurero Robert E. Stermitz, Southwest Forest Industries, Phoenix; and exec. v.p., Nicholas J. Kirkmire, Denver.

Elected to the board of directors, in addition to the officers, were: C.D. "Tiny" Ough, Burkland Studs, lnc., Livingston, Mont.; Gary Jackson, San Juan Lumber Co.; Durango, Colo.; Gordon D. Wilson, Idaho Stud Mill, St. Anthony, ldaho; Alvin W. Luhr, Wasatch Forest Products, Inc., Evanston, Wyo.; John B. Hamacher, Sierra Forest Products, Terra Bella, Ca.; James E. Garrett, Consolidated Pine, [nc., Prineville, Ore.; Wylo Pleasant, Pleasant's Logging & Milling, Inc., Monte Vista, Colo.; Yale Weinstein, Duke City Lumber Co., Inc., Albuquerque, N.M.; DanielP. Jones, Southwest Forest lndustries, Inc., Cortez, Colo.; R.L. Williams, New Mexico Mill & Lumber Co., Las Vegas, N.M.; James S. \l./hitney, Kaibab lndustries, Phoenix, Ariz.; James R. Craine, Edward Hines Lumber Co., Laramie, Wyo.; Gary A. Tucker, The Intermountain Co., Missoula, Mont.; A.M. Whiting, Kaibab Industries, Phoenix; and J.U. Dickson, J.U. Dickson Sawmills, Sturgis, S.D.

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