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Tefephones: RYqn l-636t Hlllcrest 64347 and the reflective coating also increase the efficiency of the air conditioning.

Folding partitions used throughout the center make tl.re building extremely flexible and available to several groups at tl-re san.re time. Movable seating in the auditorium adds to the flexibility and allows the area to be used for such varied purposes as dance area, convention hall, town meeting place, or lecture hall.

The rear of the auditorium can be closed off to create a banquet room or a smaller dance area or a meeting room. Just off this section and opening into it is a modern kitchen so equipped that a thousand people can be served at one meal.

At the side and in line with the back of the auditorium a long wing srvings out in a halfmoon shape to provide an area for youth recreation. The entire front of this wing is made of sliding glass panels which open onto a patio which can be used for outdoor dancing or roller skating. Covered walks and passageways make the wing an integral oart of the civic center structure even though it is separated from the auditorium.

Laminated wood beams and the wood roof deck combine with the glass panels to make a light, open and attractive recreational wing.

The center is proving to be a popular gathering place for Sanford residenti and the city ofifrcials are justifiably proud of their quarter-million dollar wood building.

New G-PWqrehouse Position

Portland, Ore.-Kermit C. (Red) Swanson of New Orleans, La., l-ras been named merchandising manager of Georgia-Pacific Corporation's warehouse division, at the general offices here. The position is a new one and will supplement the efforts of Georgia-Pacific's Sales Promotion debartment on the warehouse and dealer levels.

Western Pine Supp1y Piaces Ritey In Bay Territory

Bernqrd Bock Elected NHLA President

. Bernard Bock of Montreal, Quebec, was elected president of the National Hardwood Lumber Association at the 61st annual convention held in Chicago, November l1-13. He is the 31st hardwood man to hold the office, the first to be chosen from Quebec province, and comes from one of Canada's prominent lumber families. Franklin T. Griffin of Chicago and Mark Townsend of Stuttgart, Ark., were reelected vice presidents. James P. Hamel, Kenova, W. Va., was elected third vice-president.

Directors re-elected for second three-year term include C. R. Taenzer, American Hardwood Co., Los Angeles, Calif. M. B. Pendleton was re-elected secretary-treasurer for the ensuing year.

A spirit of optimism was evidenced by the members attending the three-day convention. It was one of the largest meetings ever tield by the hardwood trade and all who attended were complimentary of the program arranged for their benefit and pleasure.

Jim Riley has been named to service Bay Area Retail lumberyards for Western Pine Supply Co. of Emeryville, acgprding to Phil McCoy, pri:sident of the firm. Riley, a native of Seattle, now resides in South San Francisco with his wife and two children and comes into the Bav territory after a thorough tour thrdugh Western Pine Supply's many lumber and plywood suppliers in Northern California, Oregon and Washington.

BENNETT z-WAY PANEL SAIy\/ INSTALLATIONS

Atascadero, Calif.Wayne C. E,rvine, Bennett 2-Way Panel Saw Dealer-Service here, reports the following installations recently of the popular lumberyard equipment:

Van Nuys (Calif.) Plywood, purchased second unit for new store opening in Canoga Park; Prescott Lumber Co., Sanger, Calif.; Porterville (Calif.) Lumber Co.; Sequoia Lumber Co., Visalia, Calif., and Kinkead Industries, Los Angeles.

BUENA PARK YARD SHOWN

Glenn Thacker, head of the power-tool section, and Jim Harris, manager of the hardware department, were pictured in a writeup of the Buena Park (Calif.) Lumber Co. in the Garden Grove News recently. The dealers were dressed as wranglers in keeping with the town's new western-style modernization, and photographed standing in the entry of the retail yard's Power Tool Corral.

Next year's convention will be held in Montreal, Quebec.

Armstrong Office in Seattle

The establishment of three new district sales offices for the Building Products division of the Armstrong Cork Company is announced by J. V. Jones, general salel manage_r of the division. A new Seattle office will be comprised of Oregon and Washington territories how operating out of San Francisco, and portions of Washington, Idaho, Wyo- ming, and all of Montana from the present Denver distiict ofifice.

Paul H. Hershey will be transferred from the San Francisco district to manage the new Seattle office. He has had 15 years of direct sales experience in the building products field, and since 1953 has been serving as an arihltectural specialist in the San Francisco Bay area.

Notionql Forest Receipts Hir Billion-Dollor Mark

The billionth dollar from the sale or lease of national forest resources was to be deposited in the Federal treasury sometime during the week of November 14,

Secretary of AgricultureEzra Taft Benson announced.

This billion dollars represents the gross income from the national forest system since the Forest Service was established in 1905. Expenditures during that period totaled about $2.5 billion. They include, however, not only protection and management costs but the purchase of I8,89O,621 acres at a cost of $73,821,7N.

About 86% of the billion dollars came from the sale of timber ; II/o from grazing fees, and 3/o f.rom water power and land uses; 25/o of the receipts went to the states containing the national forests from which the money was collected. By law, the States used the money for public roads and schools. The USDA's Forest Service spent another 10 percent of the money collected in each State on national forest roads and trails in that State. The rest went into the general fund.

If:eceipts continue to come in as they have recently, the Forest Service will collect its second billion within the next 10 years. Receipts for fiscal year 1958 totaled $91,545,820, and for the two preceding years were well above the $100 million mark.

"Pointing Hqrdboqrd" Booklet

The best advice on how to paint hardboard has been cornpiled in a new nontechnical bboklet, "Painting Hardboard." Lumber dealers can obtain a free copy by writing to the Hardboard Association, 205 West Wackei Drive, -Chicago 6, Illinois. The authoritative eight-page booklet *as pil- pared jointly by the Hardboard Association and the National Paint, Varnish & Lacquer Association.

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G-P's SAN JOSE WAREHOUSE DESTROYED BY FIRE

San Jose, Calif.-The large Georgia-Pacific Corp. warehouse, loaded to the roof with valuable plywood, was destroyed during the night of November 26 bv a soectacular fire that also lhreatened the Cheim Lumber Co. yard across the street with its thousands of dollars worth of exposed inventory. Completely wiped out was G-P's 200x70-ft. building at 345 Sunol St. Richard A. Vickers, an employee, was overcome by smoke in his desperate effort to save vital company records. He was rescued by a second warehouse worker, Don Mills of Hayward.

Damages to the stock and equipment in the warehouse might run as high as $200,000, said Manager Norman R. Rose. The building was valued at $30,000. The blaze was discovered by workers at 6:40 p.m. and the building was completely enveloped by flames when firemen arrived a few minutes later. Foreman Herman Nye, Santa Clara, said flames broke through the roof and he and co-workers managed to get out two trucks.

Green In Those Trees

San Francisco.-The U.S. Treasury handed the state of California a check for $2,950,592, Nov. 25, as 25Vo of the gross revenue from the almost 20 million acres of national forest land in the state for the year ended June 30. The mon-ey. from timber sales and grizing fees, will go to 39 of the state's 58 counties, with the northern counties receiving the bulk because of large timber sales. This was the first vear that the receipts from Jales and uses of national forests have been returned to the counties for use at discretion of state and county officers. Funds were formerly allocated to schools and roads. Siskiyou county, with 2,305,057 acres, moved to first place for the first time in many years and will receive $332,909. Plumas county, with I ,128,155 acres, is second and gets $293,320. Los Angeles county receives $14,931 and the smallest check goes to Orange county at $842.