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OBITUARIES

Our nails are manufactured from American made steel,

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Deniston Company's new plant in Alsip, Illinois (a Chicago euburb), was degigned for maximum production efrciency, to speed a gteadv supplv of Deniston Triplri- L6rili Lead -Seal Mefal Roofing Nails to your warehouse.

The new plant and ofrce, erected on a 70,000 square foot site to allow for future expansion ie equipped with the latest and best machinery for increasing production speed and economY and give you the very best in a metal roofing nail.

Steadily increasing demand for Deniston Nails, from coast to coast, made the move to new quarters a necessitv if Deniston standards of qualitv and service were to bd maiitained. Confurences between Deniston management, architects, and pioduction specialists develbped the plained production line which would guarantee the utmost eftciency in operation. is capable of storing potentially-profitable wastes of two species, in this case, Douglas fir and white fir. Total storage capacity is 28,000 cubic feet-enough to fill nine rail cars or 14 ten-unit capacity trucks.

From arrival of raw materials to final inspection and shipping of Denieton's 50-pound colorboard cartoni, plant design includes economy-conscroua rouf,rng and time-eaving handling equipment. Modern office prbc6dures and efficient lay6ut ineure fast order procegsing and inquiry handling.

The new Deniston Plant is a far cry from the fireeide forge wheie nails were made bv-hand as a household ind-ustry, until the beginning of th; 19th century. While forge, anvil, hammer and visd could shape yesterdaY's crude fasteners, the Deniston Tliple-Lock Lead-Seal Metal Roofing NaiI of today demands modern machinerv and constant control td maintain its record of consistent qualitY, shiPmeut after shipment.

This unique conversion installation was made possible by the start of particleboard production in two new Medford area plants. The $50,000 investment for converting the burner will permit full utilization of potentially profitable materials. Approximately 2,900 cars of planer shavings per year that formerly went up in smoke are now being used.

Plomondon Joins Forest Fiber

Robert Plamondon has joined the sales stafi of Forest Fiber Products Co., according to Henry B. Jacobsen, sales manager o{ the forest products firm.

Plamondon, who recently completed an indoctrination course at the company's Portland, Ore., plant, is calling on the distributor trade in the southern California

Positive Protection

Metal roofing held bY Deniston Trible-Lock

Lead-Seal Metdl Roofing Nails gives. positive Protectron agarnsl croP-ano equi_pment damage from wlnd, snow, raln, or nall.

Lead, under the head and down the shank, Plugs the nail hole comPletelY' forming a perfect dolrble seal. The sheet sPrings back over the TriPle-Lock "bump," effectivelY Pre- veutins the nail from workinCout, and locking nail, le-ad, and sheet golidly together.

There's no possibility of leakage around nail holes, with -Denigton-degigned nails. Origiinators of leqd under the head nails for metal roofi ng applications' Deniston ComPanY, since 1926. hag continued to be the liader in the develoPrnent of lead-head nails.

Heavilv zinc-coated for protectidn against rus!, Deniston's TriPle-Lock

Lead-Seal Metal Roofing NaiI resists corrosion, Prevents gradual disintegEation of roofing eheete.

A veteran of 10 years experience in hardboard, plywood and door sales, he was formerly with U.S. Plywood Corp., Clear Fir Sales and Simpson Timber Co.

Tree Diseose Source

Dwarfmistletoe-a widely distributed plant parasite-is a major cause of tree disease that damages billions ol board leet ol sawtimber in the nation's forests each year,

To control the parasite, forest managers log infected stands and prune and thin trees. If they knew when dwarfmistletoe flowered and dispersed it's seeds, they would be better able to control its spread and buildup.

A U.S. Forest Service scientist, Robert F. Scharpf, reports that one species of dwarfmistletoe-Anceuthobium campylopo' dum-both flowers and disperses its seeds earlier in the fall in the Sierra Nevada than at lower elevations and along the California coast. His study covered field observations made over a six year period.

Lqtest Stqndqrds Bqllot Returns

The latest available tally from the Lumber Standards Preference ballot is running more than two-to-one in favor of rejecting the new lumber size standards as proposed by the American Lumber Standards Committee, according to one of the ballot sponsors, Wayne Gardnero executive vice-president o{ the Lumber Association of Southern California.

The ballot, which caused an industry-wide stir when it was mailed recently, asks the receiver to vote for Choice A (essentially the position of the green size advocates) or Choice B, which is the compromise standards worked out by the ALSC last year.

Latest returns showed 3,12I ballots returned with 1,839 for choice A (green) and I,032 for the ALSC or choice B size. No change or other comments scored 250. Thus, only 36 percent favored the ALSC sizes that are expected to be submitted officially by the Department of Commerce to approximately the same list o{ names later this year. If they are then passed favorably, Choice B would become the new industry standard for softwood lumber in the United States.

Supreme Nine Honors Gollogher

The Hoo-Hoo International board of directors has voted to award the first plaque of Supreme Nine Recognition for outstanding leadership to Tom P. Gallagher, president of New Mexico Timbers, Inc.

Snark Bradford T. Dempsey presented the plaque at a special concat for industry leaders held in conjunction with the NFPA fall meeting. This special recognition was granted for Gallagher's outstanding contributions and leadership of national import in the promotion of wood products. The award, made on the recom' mendation of the Hoo-Hoo Advisory Committee, was based on his leadership role as chairman of the former National Wood Council, temporary chairman of the Forest Products Promotion Council, and many other committee activities related to greater acceptance and use of forest products.

Corvqllis Store Sold

Howard Lengele has purchased the property and business o{ Lumberland, Inc., Corvallis, Ore., from Crandall Peck of Harrisburg, Ore.

Lengele has announced that he will expand the inventory at the retail operation and add garden and nursery supplies. New name of the store will be Corvallis Home & Building Supplies. Al McClennan will continue as manager.

Lengele also owns and operates Lein's Nursery in Corvallis.

Large diversiffed stocks of foreign and domestic hardwoods -our yard.

o Prompt delivery byour trucks o Immediate service on "will calls" o Complete milling facilities o Centrally located o Competitively priced

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