Your Sights QUALTT GALENDAR ,,ffi

December

funerican Wood Preservers BureauIkc. 6, annual meeting, Sheraton Hotel, Arlington, Va.

Society of American Wood PreservenDec. 7{, annual meeting, Sheraton Hotel, Arlington, Va.

Lumber JillsDec. 12, Christmas party, Portland, Or.

Portland Wholesale Lumber AsociationDec. 16, annual Christmas party, I I : I 5 to 2:45 , Red Lion Motor Inn, Jantzen Beach, Portland, Or.

Phoenix Hoo-Hoo Club-Dec. 20, Orangetree Golf Club, Scottsdale, Az.

January

Lumber JillsJan. 9, meeting, 5:30 p.m., Westem Forestry Center, Portland, Or.

Budrow & Co.-Jan.15, annual show, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., lzl030 Gannet St., Santa Fe Springs, Ca.

Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club-Jan.17, initiation, Francesco's Restaurant, Oakland, Ca.

Phoenix Hoo-Hoo Club-Jan.17, initiation, Thunderbird Country Club, Phoenix, Az.

February

American Hardware Manufacturers Association-Feb 11-13, Winter Hardware and Home Center Show and Hardlines Conference, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nv, Oakland Hoo-Hoo ClubFeb.2l,ladies night and crab feed, Pacific Fresh, Alameda, Ca.

Phoenix Hoo-Hoo ClubFeb. 21, Dobson Ranch, Mesa, Az. Builder Marts of America, Inc.Feb. 28-Mar. 1' l3th annual Independent's Days products & management services expo, Atlanta Hilton Hotel, Atlanta, Ga.

March

International Hardwood Products Association-March 6-10, 28th annual convention, The Newporter Inn, Newport Beach, Ca.

National Home Center/Home Improvement Congress & Exposition-March 11-14, McCormick Place, Chicago, Il.

National Lumber and Building Material Dealers AssociationMarch 13-15, l2th annual Conference with Congress, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Forest Industries Clinic and Machinery Show - March 21-23, Memorial Coliseum. Portland. Or.

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Wood Wins in Arizona

"The only time a masonry home is needed is when a homeowner plans to sit an elephant on the roof," begins an article in the Tucson (Az.) Citizen detailing a switch from concrete block to wood-frame construction in that area.

According to the article by homes editor Judy Kantrowitz, the switch from masonry to frame construction was "prompted by the lower cost of lumber and its better insulating properties." When energy costs skyrocketed "builders found they could fit more insulation in a wood frame home than they could in a typical masonry home."

One builder is quoted as saying that l0 years ago he built 8090 ofhis new homes with block but that now "8090 of the homes we build are frame." Another said it costs him about $2,000 more to build a masonry home and that he "told the masonry people, 'If you want to be competitive, you have to bring costs down'."

Furman Markets Particleboard

Furman Lumber, Inc., Boston, Ma., is now the major U.S. marketer of a new product manufactured by Malette Wood Products, Timmins, Ontario, Canada.

LAM-Panel, according to Bill Perry, Furman's industrial market representative, is a three-laYer, industrial-grade particleboard with an engineered wood hber core and a superfine surface that is ideal for laminating.

Although the product has many industrial applications, acncording to Perry, it is primarily used as a substrate for pre-finished paneling. It can be used as a replacement for lauan plywood as well as in furniture, cabinet, counter, mobile home and door manufacturing.

In the retail market it is an alternative to interior grades of sanded plywood, lauan plywood and hardboard.

Furman Lumber makes LAMPanel available in 4' x 8 ' sheets in three grades with thicknesses ranging from I /8 " to 3/4" Thicknesses up to 3/8" have a screened back. Sanding up to 120 grit is available on all thicknesses.