AtL ALONE... AND

LIKE IT!

We're independeni! And iust like Gorbo we like to be olone. We're peoked obout ony monufoclurer who tries to force us to push his porticulor brond. Why should the cuslomer be the goot? Being independent ollows us to give eoch of our customers q freedom of choice in buy- ing to suit his individuol needs. Our independence is our cusfomers' ossuronce of guolity. Noturolly, ofter 38 yeors of deoling with the yords ond fobricotors of Southern Colifornio, we've developed top suppliers, good mill sources ond o lot of friends ond we're nol forgefting obout them. But we've olso developed speciolized experience which tells us which moleriol is best for o porticulor lob. Thot's on osset you con count on your cost sheets.

other causes are : framing lumber containing excessive moisture, improper nails, improper framing and wedging into place gypsum board panels too large for intended sDace.

- Shrinkage of moist lumber, tests show, has the effect of pulling the nailing surface of the framing member away from the nail head so that the gypsum board is no longer held securely. This permits the board to slide on the shank of the nail, thus exposing the nail head.

It is recommended the moisture content of lumber, at the time wallboard is applied, should not exceed l9o/o, but preferably approximate that expected in the building after it is occupied.

After four years of intensive laboratory research and two years of on-job testing, the Gypsum Association developed the GWB-54 annular-ringed bright finish nail for wallboard attachment. It complies with the requirements of ASTM standard specification designation C380-56T, Annular

Ringed Nails for Gypsum Wallboard. The shorter shank of this specially designed nail permits less wood to work on it, and consequently the less chance for nail movement. The wood fibers embed themselves in the rings of the nail, increasing resistance to "creep," Also, the annular rings give the nail greater holding power.

As further precaution against nail popping, straight and uniformly dimensioned lumber should be used, making sure that nailing surfaces are flush to receive the gypsum board.

The Gypsum Association also advises against wedging into place oversize gypsum board panels. This introduces unnecessary stresses that often create a bow in the surface of the board or causes something else to "give" . . . usually the nail headd.

In both "double" and "single" nailing methods, it is best to start nailing in the center of the board and work outward to the edges.

Roddiscroft Opens Ooklqnd Worehouse With Very Modern Fociliries

Roddiscraft, Inc., has moved into brand-new ouarters at West Grand Avenue and Magnolia Street in Oakland, just three blocks from the nevgly completed East Shore Freeway ()verpass. The nerv 20,000-sq. ff. u'arehouse offers nearl'v double tl-re storage space anailable at Roddiscraft's olcl San Leandro rvarehouse,-according to Manager Harvey Ou,en, a I2-year veteran rvith RoddGcraf t, n.hd said the -nerv tilt sJab buildi-ng rvith spur facilities was designed expressly for Roddiscraft ancl incorporates snch featur& as pass-through traffic for pickups, and a large nen, sample-and displiy room.

With the additional storage space no\\. availal>le, inventories are cnrrently being increasi:d to include full lines of such items as Roddis prefinisl-red harclu'oocl paneling, Roddis flusl.r doors, G. E,. Textolite, the revolutionary neiv Roddis Timblend shavings board, hardlr.ood 1;1yu'oodj harclwood mouldings and allied prodrrcts, accordiirg tc, N'fanager Owen.

The nen' Oakland l'arehouse, l'hich seryes the trade tl-rroughout the Greater Bav :rrea and the Sacramento ancl

2ND GR,OWTH REDWOOD, GREEN ST,IAtt KNOTTED . MEDIUM GRAIN

Grode sfomped Merch., Sop Com., Con,. Heort, Aye grode Rondom or specified to 24, Froclionol s1265ltlixed shipments Fir & Redwood All Sfock Permotox Treoted Speciofizing in overnight truck shipments of 2x4 S4S Send inq,uiries for prompt reply to:

GUALAIA IUNiBER COMPANY

Guofolo, Colifornio Phone - TUxedo 4-3466

D. F. Green Veneer Mqnufoclurers

lnquiries Invited

PASS-THROUGH TRAFFIC for cus. toner pickups is ona feoture of lhe new Roddiscrofr Ooklcnd worehouse. Al lafr is th6 Enlronce view ond, ot right, the Exit view

San Joaquin Valleys, employs a total of 10 mer-r ancl rvomen, of rvhich tl-rree are outside salesmen. In addition to this facility, Roddiscraft operates another Nortl-rern California brancl-r rvarehouse in San Francisco captained bv Dave Bishoo.

0bltaades

Funeral services were conducted in Santa Barbara. December 5, for Arthur J. McAdams, 72, civic and fraternal leader there since 1916 u'ho was eng'aged in the lumber and building materials business . . Cnniitian Science services rvere conducted December 2l in San Pedro for Rov Envoldsen, 69, lumber salesman for the E,. K. Wood Ltimber Co. ar-rd member of a pioneer San Pedro family, u'ho died December 19 . . Edwin F. Kaneen, 88, a saiesman J2 vears for the Sheru'in-Williams Paint Co., died December i3 in I-os Angeles . . . Albert L. DeMontcourt, 77, retired official of the E. I-. Rruce Co., died December 15 at l-ris home in Xfemphis, Tenn. llefore his retirement in 1955 he had spent his entire career in tl-re lumber industry, serving tvith several southeastern firrns. ltising to nraniger of lumber pro- curement after joininS E. L. lJmce Co.-in 1920, it is istirnated his total purchases of hard.n'ood in his lifetime would total_many billions of feet and make him the largest hardl'ood lumber buyer in the rvorlcl. He had been on'the Grad- ing Rules committee of the NHLA for many years Terrell Thompson McCarty, o\\iner of the McCarty Co. adverlising agency u'hiclr services many indtrstry accounts, clied l)ecember 9 at his I'alm Springs-home at the age of (;2. Anrong his firm's present accounts is The lracific tumber Company, San Francisco. He started his fabulous adr-ertising career as an office boy in an early L. A. agency and six months later u'as made copy chief. In 1919,-aged 23,he founded the firm.u'hich grerv into the national agei.y specializing in industrial accounts. He rvas knor,r,n a.i on-e of the last of tl-re all-around advertising men u'ho know every specialty in the complex business'... Mrs. Irma S. Simpson, 76, rvidot of Charles S. Simpson, Los Angeles Itrrrrberman u'ho died in 1933. died December 12.

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