Giant Open House Celebrates Garey Lumber Re-Opening

visitors by Matty, his manager Bob King, salesman Dale Gray, and order,man Norman Young who prepared them on a built-in Chambers Kitchens electric range. Installed in the new store are permanent displays of Chambers Kitchens equipment with electric and gas equipment fully operative.

A11 those attending the open house had an opportunity to register for three prizes. First grand prize was an aluminum patio cover valued at $395. Second prize was a five-by-seven-foot redwood playhouse while five gallons of exterior stucco paint went to the third orize winner.

Keys were given to all visitors for them to try to unlock the pirate's treasure chest. Of the hundreds of keys handed out, 50 opened the treasure chest which contained the same number of coins each imorintecl rvith a number for a prize.

Among the attractions featured were a box car of Armstrong ceiling tile and a car load of 2O and 30 gallon galvanized trash cans. Matty saicl that the entire box car load of ceiling tile was sold by the end of the last day of the open notlse.

l\fore than half of the trash cans were sold during the open house. Bob King mentioned that one woman rvho had purchased one on Saturday returned on the following Tuesday and bought two more; an illustration of quality, pricing, and salesmanship.

Visitors had no trouble finding a place to park for there is a 50-car capacity paved parking lot adjacent to the store and yard. Matisoff explained that the lot was always filled to the brim during the celebration.

Matisoff attributes much of the successful open house to extensive newspaper and radio advertising.

The new store provides 2,500 square feet of display space and incorporates new ideas in design and construction. Here the firm not only maintains its offices, but also exhibits a complete line of hardware, ceiling tile, and paint stock as well as displays of other building materials. The'fiim also carries a full line of interior aggregate paneling.

The new store and yard were plar.rned witl-r the idea of providing a new concept of service for the Pomona Valley area. A new department for helping do-it-yourselfers remodel and imDrove their homes includes facilities fof planr-ring, designing, and even installing all improvements. This remarkable service includes provision for obtaining color renditions of the projects to be done before work is started.

"\A/e are equipped to plan and supply a house from roof to foundation in building materials," Matty explained.

The Garey Lurnber and Hardware

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Pomono Volley residents ottending the open house celebration of the Gorey Lumber ond Hcrdwqre Cornpony, Pomono, Colifornio, were pleosed to find thof the sign reoding "Everything to Build Anyrhing" (rop, lefi) neons exoctly whsl il soyr. Next is ownet Motly llcrisofi ond lo hi. righl, monoger Bob King. Top night: thi3 is oie of rhe twi newly builr pole sheds built for the firm by Son Antonio Pole Conslruction Compony. iliddle lefi: smort disploy of ceiling tilc owrqcted numerous visitors during th€ open house ond hos brought them bock cs sleody cu3lomers. Second from middle lefr: sclesmqn Dole Grcy stonds in doorwcy to welcome o few of rhe 4,000 visitois who afiended the celebrqtion, Third fron middle left: Groy ond Matisofi toke o broak before qnolher onslcughl of curlomers line up in front of the co:h register. lAiddle righr: lnonoger King shows us how some of the ftnc quolity lunber is neotly stored for imnediote sqle in one of the new sheds. Bottom left: getting the focfs from ordermon Normqn Young is C.L.M, reporler Dsve Fcries. Bottom middle: lurnber slocked on Jumber Ireer con eosily be stored ond unlooded for swift delivery. Eottom right: spacious porking lot which holds 50 cutomobiles.

Company provides service to the more than 130,000 potential customers living within a five mile radius of the firm's location.

The new yard, \ /ith storage sheds built by San Antonio Pole Construction Company, is sleek, modern and efficient. A new idea in lumber storage is incorporated in the more than 7,500 square feet of pole sheds in which a large variety of lumber is stored on lumber trees. Each item is readily available with Hyster lift truck operacton.

Drop canvas curtains are used to cover plywood stocks to prevent moisture from damaging the wood.

Noteworthy is the fact that the firm has a spur track with a 30-car capacity.

The entire ground area of the yard, parking lot, and surrounding area were paved during the reconstruction. One is amazed with the spic and span cleanliness of the store and yard. All facilities are so spotless that one would Cxpect to see someone with a vacuum cleaner and dust cloth continuallv scurrying around from store to yard and back again.

Mattv Durchased the business from Curran'Brothers in 1957, the firm dating back to more than 65 years of continuous operation. As the Pomona area has grown and expanded, so has Garey I-umber and Hardware.

Assisting Matty are six employees whose experience in the lumber and hardware business totals more than 100 years. Matty has been in the lumber industry since he was only as high as a "sapling."

G-P Announces New Plywood Pricing

A general 4 to 5 per cent increase in the mill price of most sanded fir plywood items, plus a complete break from tl-re industry's traditional "index grade" method of plyr,r'ood pricing have been announced by Georgia-Pacific Lorp.

"Various thicknesses and types of sanded fir plywood now can seek their own individual market levels in closer relationship to production costs and demand," the company said in announcing its new pricing system.

The latest G-P price list places r/ainch AD sanded interior panels, the former "index grade," at $67 per thousand square feet. However, other thickrlesses of both interior and exterior grades rvere raised by varying amounts, generally less than their traditional ratio to rf-inch, it was explained.

A month ago the big plywood manufacturer broke orecedent initiallv bv raising its /4-inch sanded panels and . ,i leaving all other thicknesses of both interior and exterior grades unchanged.

This raised fu-inch AD interior $5 to $65 at that time, while the latest boost I increases this item ;;"lh;; $t-i; $6t.

The new list, besides eliminating the old "index grade" relationship of prices, extends the new '"individual market level" formula to the company's full line of sanded plywood in all thick- nesses of both'iriterior and exterior * grades, G-P said.