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Ted Halloran, of the Southern Pine Association, sends in the following story. If we knew the author we would credit him, but the clipping does not state.

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Southern Plywood Manufacturers Meet

Atlanta, Ga., November ?6.-Formal announcement of thc Southern Plywood Manufacturers Association' program ol Certificates of Inspection for Glue Bond Quality was a highlight of the association's Fall Meeting held on November 10 and 11 at the King and Prince Hotel, St. Simons Island, Georgia. These certificates of Inspection are a planned outgrowth of the qualiiy control program of the Southern panel makers which has been in effect over four years.

Beginning January 1, 1953, the Southern Plywood Manufacturers Association will issue Certificates of Inspection for Glue Bond Quality to those hardwood plywood mills which can qualify for them and maintain the high quality standards required for their continued use. These Certificates, designed for use with invoices and bills of lading, will cover hardwood plywood manufactured in accordance with the Inspection and Testing Standards of the Southern Plywood Manufacturers Association and the specifications as established by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Hardwood Plywood Commercial Standard CS35-49. Specific information concerning these standards and specifications is available from the Southern Plywood Manufacturers Association, 65 Peachtree Place, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia.

The program for the one and one-half day meeting provided for an interesting variety of subjects all of which were pertinent to the interests of those assembled.

Dr. James S. Bethel, Professor of Wood Technology and Director of the Forest Products Laboratory, School of Forestry, North Carolina State College, Raleigh, North Carolina, gave an entertaining and informative review of his experiences with the plywood industry of Yugoslavia during the past summer. Dr. Bethel served as a plywood expert through the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations.

In an outline of School of Forestry activities of interest to hardwood plywood manufacturers, Dr. Bethel mentioned a Short Course in Statistical Quality Control and a Short Course in Kiln Drying, both of which are scheduled during the spring of 1953. Dr. Bethel also informed the panel makers of the contiriuing demand in wood utilization industries for high caliber forestry school graduates and asked for their assistance in encouraging promising young men in their communities to enroll in forestry school curricula.

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The new Hardwood Veneer Panel recently developed by Elmendorf Research, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, was explained by Charles M. Kreider of that firm. Mr. Kreider displayed samples of the new panels which use veneer only for the panel surfaces, the panel centers being made of wood particles and synthetic resin. In place of the many handlings of veneer as in conventional plywood manufacture, the veneer is handled only one time, and in four minutes after leaving the lathe it emerges at the end of the process as the face of the completed panel ready for sanding. Mr. Kreider pointed out that the panels can be made in any thickness from }{ inch to I inch ad are very flat and take the finest finishes. Elmendorf Research, Inc., proposes to licerse a limited number of manufacturers having veneer machinery and a hot plate press to produce these new panels.

Robert N. Ilawes, SPMA Washington counsel, presented a review of the Washington scene since the association's annud meeting last May. Particuldr attention was given to the continually increasing imports of hardwood plywood. Presently there are sixteen countries shipping 6 million square feet of hardwood plywood a month into the United States.

A summary of the continually increasing activities of the Southern Plywood Manufacturers Association Inspection and Testing Department was given by John L. Butler, association inspector. Qualification testing for the announced Southern Plywood Manufacturers Association program of Certificates of Inspection for Glue Bond Quality has been of such volume as to require additional testing facilities in the association testing department.

Current business activity for the Southern plywood nratrufacturers is being maintained at a high level and a confid€nt attitude towards tlre business future rvas evident.

Congncrtulations

Mr. and Mrs. Dick Miller are the proud parents of a baby daughter, Catherine, born at the Valley Hospital, Van Nuys, on December 5. Mr. Miller is with the Sun Lumber Co. of Van Nuys. I

Mrs. Miller is the daughter of E. .W. (Duke) Hemmings. Ffemmings Lumber Co., Los Angeles, and Duke is wearing a big smile these days as he became a grandfather for the first time.