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Safe Enough to Drink

A home water filtration system developed by Viron Industries provides water for cooking and drinking around the clock. The Everfresh filter contains virgin granual activated carbon (GAC). Installed under the kitchen sink, it has no moving parts and does not require energy for operation.

The system removes not only tastes and odors but also chlorine, trihalomethanes and other organic chemicals from the water.

Drywall Adhesive

Miracle Drywall Adhesive from the Miracle Adhesive Corp. is specifically formulated for installing drywall over wood or metal framing.

lt is waterproof, performs in all temperatures, compensates for framing irregularities and claims a life span of over 30 years. It is said to reduce nail and screw needs by %, eliminate nail pops, minimize spackling and sanding and reduce noise levels.

It is now being distributed to the do-it-yourself market with header cards dnd consumer brochures.

Phone Phacts

The Electra telephone clock-radio is new from Com Vu Corp.

Features include original configuration, pushbutton pulse or electronic tone dial, digital clock, alarm and snooze, AM/FM radio, l0 number memory automatic handsfree dialing, index for l0 numbers, automatic re-dial and handsfree speaker.

Self Activating Vent

Thermatic-Vent has a new model automatic foundation vent which opens and closes with the changing temperature.

A one piece vent with frame, it reportedly does not require mortar or drilling of holes.

If the weather turns cold (40 o), the vent will close, saving valuable heat. Similarly, when the weather warns up (70 o), it will open and allow the air to circulate under the house.

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It is the same size as a regular vent so that it can be used to replace existing vents as well as in new construction. Installation is done from outside the house.

SH, while not one of the exotic Fhardwoods, is important to many people, especially gardeners and sports enthusiasts.

There are seven commercially valuable species with six cut and sold in the U.S. White ash (Frexinus americona) is the most prevalent and important. Others in order of frequency and importance are green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica), pumpkin ash, (Fraxinus profunda), blue ash (Fraxinus quadrangulafa), Oregon ash (Fraxinus latifulia), and Northern brown ash (Fraxinus nigra).

Related to the olive tree, ash trees are found in about 65 species worldwide, 20 native to the U.S. With the exception of Oregon ash, those listed above are found in the Eastern part of the country excluding the Atlantic coastal plain, the Gulf coast and Florida.

The brown ash, grown in the north, also is marketed as hoop ash, swamp ash and water ash. When it comes from Michigan, it is sold as northern brown ash, a premium stock with a warm brown heartwood and narrow light brown sapwood. Straight grained with an occasional cluster of eyes, it has a limited availability in veneer form. Blue ash, which is rare, comes from the Ohio and Upper Mississippi Valleys.

White ash and green ash make up over three quarters of the total ash cut. They are similar in appearance and are often found in the same forest stand. For this reason it is custom- ary in the South to consider all ash as white ash.

However, the true white ash will usually produce a greater amount of tough textured stock than species of other ash. Because ofthis, boards are separated and marketed as cabinet grade and tough texture based on texture or hardness and weight. The cabinet grade is best used where strength and elasticity is less important. Tough texture meets high strength demands.

Ash is similar in appearance to plain sawn oak except for a lighter color and no visible medullary rays.

Story at a Glance

Ash works well in many jobs excellent in gardening and sports six commercial species grown in lhe U.S.

1o1st In A Series On Hardwood

It is pale brown in the heartwood and nearly white in the sapwood. The wood is heavy averaging 42 lbs. per cu. ft. Especially known for its bending properties, it is ranked moderately high for workability, tendency to split and nail and screw holding power. It can be kiln-dried rapidly and satisfactorily. Moderately stable under the action of water. it is low in decay resistance.

Ash is widely used for handles on tools, especially long handles such as those found on rakes, hoes, pitch forks and shovels used in farming and gardening. Some tool manufacturers advertise ash handles as a selling point.

Sporting goods such as baseball bats use a great deal of ash. Almost all baseball bats are made of ash. Snowshoes, polo and hockey sticks, tennis rackets, playground equipment, gymnasium apparatus, skis and billiard tables also are made of ash. Straight grained ash is prized for boat oars.

In furniture making, ash is used for frames because of its strength and weight. Truck body parts as well as portions of boats and ships are made of ash. Because it bends well under steam, it is used extensively for bent wood parts. Ash is a favorite wood for kitchen cabinets, doors, paneling and other interior trims.

Whether indoors or outdoors, ash can provide the attractive appearance and muscle needed for many products. Some estimate that it is used in over 50 industries.

OBEGON gollers and guests met in Medlord recently lor the 23rd annual golf tournament hosted by the Rogue Valley Hoo-Hoo Club. (1)Andy 0wens, Ed Farrell, 8ob Allison. (2) Jeff James, Chris Cornett, Larry Priebe, Dean Norman, Jeff Norman, Wally Hicks, (3)

Knute Weidman, Bob Cherrv, John Austin. (4) Eruce Monson (back 61 head), Brad Monson, Dave Weaver, Elmer Jenkins. (5) Howard Mc0ormick. (6) Dave Weaver, Chris Carter, Dick Maurer, George Rogers. (7) Rob Brown, John Misslin. (8) Ron Knight,

R.J. & Patty Higgins. (9) Dave Schott, Jay Barber. (10) Eddie Griggs, Guy Vinson, Mark Foster, Gerry Foster. Local railroads entertained at pre-tournament party for the Aug. 5 event.

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,z 60" resaw

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,z Twin resaw & trimmer

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Personals

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Jim Barnes has retired after 20 ye€us as sales mgr. at Cal Forest Lumber Co., Gardena, Ca.

Jim Davidson, a Budrow & Co., Santa Fe Springs, Ca., salesman for 20 of his 54 years in the industrY, has retired.

Scott MacKechnie has joined the industrial sales staff at Neiman-Reed Lumber Co., Van Nuys, Ca., according to Ed Langley, gen. mgr.

Tom Jones, mgr. of Burbank Lumber Co., Burbank, Ca., is now pres. of the Az. operations of the Terry Companies, the Flagstaff Lumber Co. and Verde Valley Lumber Co. He will work at company Hq., in Tarzata, Ca.

Jared B. Ingwalson is now merchandising mgr., naJional accounts, for the Manville Building Materials marketing div., Denver, Co., in Ca., Or., Wa. and Nv. John O'Reilly is the new market mgr. for residential roofing in the West. August "Gus" Pocius has been promoted to mgr., national accounts.

Witliam E. Vorhies, Jr., has been named v.p. of marketing for Solar Edwards, San Diego, Ca., according to Richard E. Ross, pres.

Richard Lyons has joined ITT Rayonier Inc., as marketing rngr., wood products West, according to William S. Berry, v.p. and director, forest and wood products. He is at the PenPly facility, Port Angeles, Wa.

Ilave Ells is now co-mgr. of the 84 Lumber Co. store in Spanish Fork, Ut.

John Cole, John T. Cole & Associates, Portland, Or., has been to Anchorage, Ak,, on a business trip.

Dale Winslow is the new ges of the San Joaquin Valley Hoo-Hoo Club. Other officers are Bernie Barber, Jr., sec.-treas.; Mke Bakula, North v.p.; Gary Hodges, South v.p.; Wally Kennedy, sgt.-at-arms, and Don Johnson, Gary Long, Mike Riley, Bob Schlotthauer, directors. Chuck Wills is vicegerent snark.

Lloyd Brown has joined Georgia-Pacific as assistant mgr. for lumber sales at the Fresno, Ca., DC.

Robert J. Shulzas is now mgr. of paneling products for Masonite Corp., Chicago, Il., headquartered in Towanda, Pa.

Dennis Snow, pres., Robert S. Osgood, lnc., Los Angeles, Ca., is back from an Eastern sales trip.

Dave Reed is the new mgr. at Ganahl Lumber. Lake Arrowhead, Ca.; Tom Barclay is the new yard operations mgr.

Reed H. Larson is now staff mgr., engineering and technical services, at the Manville .Building Materials Marketing Div., Denver, Co.

Nicholas J. Yella has been appointed v.p. and national sales mgr. at Rockwool Industries, Denver, Co.

Jack Millikan, Lane-Stanton-Vance Lumber Co., City of Industry, Ca., and his wife, Gerry, are on a five week tour of the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Burma, Taiwan and Japan with Jack representing the International Hardwood Products Association as pres. Keister Evlns, exec. v.p. of IHPA, is accompanYing them.

Mark Rees is now at Boise Cascade Corp., Portland, Or., according to Max {. Buxton, mgr., international sales.

Terry Johnson is new at Plum Creek Inc., Columbia Falls, Mt., according to Robert J. Walzer, lumber sales mgr.

Dave Dudley is mgr. with Mike Edlin as sales mgr. at the Ponderosa Products, Inc. particleboard mfg. facility in the Four Corners area of N.M.

Don Hale is now a trader at OregonCalifornia Forest Products Inc., Eugene, Or.

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Lumber Yards & Home Centers (etc.)

Carlson and Associates is in business to serve as a Broker specializing in the sale of Lumber Yards and Home Centers furnishing a unique "single 6ource responsibility" to the industry.

Service6 offered can include financial counsel, legal and accounting recommendations, certified inventory count and other valuable and imp=ortant_assistance that.only experience can bring to a sorfietimes "once in a lifetime" trans6ction. Ordinary "residentlal" -brokers are not ible to provide such services.

Al Carlson fias over 30 years in the lumber business and 15 years as a developer of real estate.

In dealing solely with the lumber industry he is able to provide experience, discretion and confiden"tialitv'in all transactions.

NEARLY 200 lumbermen and railroaders played in the 20th annual Shasta Lumbermen's GolJ Tournament on Seot. 16 at Redding, Ca. (1) Dan Harp, Paul Taylor, Don Frank. (21 Bill Hendricks, Pete Norgaard, Bob Borghorst. (3) Rlch McKenzie, Joe Bambino, Ron Hoppe, Stu Lemke. (4) Frank Schmidbauer, Mike Price, Greg Passmore. (5) Ted Pollard, Jerry Wilcox, Sam Witzel. (6) Tony DeCoito, Bruce Main. (7) John Ahlers, Sid Thompson, Harry Lyon,

Jim Murk, Rich Baskins. (8) Frank McClain, John Dimeling. (9) Leonard Newman, Lany Fuller, Mike Webster. (10) Tony Gallagher, John Crane. (11) Bob Smith, Joe Brown. (12) Jeny Nester, lrvin Whitt, Marvin Keil. (13) George Kavooras, Chris Sallee. (14) Dick Johnson, Ed Roth. (15) Brad Broyles, Jim Baskins. (16)Al0'Brien, Jack 0'Bannon, Dorman Dane. (17) Robin Lisk, Franz Miller. (18) Bud Frank, Don Cherovski. (19) Patrick Custer, Dick Siltanen, Rick

Hermanson. (20) Mark Setzer, Jack Martin. (21) Maury Walker. (22) Jim Murray, Jay Robbins. (23) Dave Schaller, John Kelly. (24) Phil Barnett, Bill Courtwright. (25) Jack Lawrence. Trophy winners: Dan Harp, L-P; Paul Taylor, Continental Pacific; Don Frank, Bud Frank Lumber. Taylor also won the tennis trophy. A dinner honoring lumberman Bob McKean was held in coniunction with the tournament.