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John J. Helm, manager of Cascade Pacific Lumber Co., Portland, and his wife, spent the Christmas holidays in the San Francisco Bay district.

Lewis A. Godard, Hobbs cisco, and his wife, attended dena, New Year's Day.

Wall Lumber Co., San Franthe Rose Bowl game at Pasa- to the office staff

J. E. Peggs, Jr. California representative of Irwin & Lyons, North Bend, Oregon, spent a few days in Los Angeles early this month on business. He made the trip by air both ways.

Ray Schaecher, Taylor Lumber Co., Eugene, Oregon, flew to San Francisco January 5, to confer with the firm,s California representatives, Floyd Elliott, San Francisco, and Charles E. Kendall, Los Angeles, who traveled to San Francisco for the meeting.

H. C. Patton,'Portland, manager of the Oregon operations oI Hammond Lumber Company, and his wife, visited their daughter in Long Beach over the Christmas and New Year holidays. Mr. Patton spent a few days on the way home visiting the company's head ofrce and Humboldt County operations.

J. H. Warren of Truitt-Warren Lumber Co., Berkeley, Calif., made a business trip to Reno, Nevada, last month.

A. B. McKee, San Pedro Lumber Company, Los Angeles, and Lathrop K. Leishman, Crown City Lumber & Mill Company, Pasadena, have been elected directors of the Merchants and ManuIacturers'Association of Los Angeles.

Ray Spalding, member of the firms oT Arcata Manufacturing Co., Arcata, Calif., and Pacific Forest Products, Inc., Oakland, accompanied by his wife and son, has returned from a vacation trip to Los Angeles.

Hugh Hamilton, general manager, Gardiner Lumber Co., Gardiner, Oregon, was a recent business visitor to San Francisco.

Melville Ruffatto is a of Hill & Morton, Inc., recent addition Oakland.

M. A. "Red" Downing, salesman for Fir-Tex of Northern California, San Francisco, rvas back on the job January 5 from two weeks' vacation spent at Ojai and Los Angeles.

Elrner W. Spalding and Ray Spaldtng, of Arcata Manufacturing Co., Arcata, Calif., and their wives, attended the East-West football garne in San Francisco, on New Year,s Day.

Russell J. Hogue, sales manager, Medford Corporation, Medford, Oqegon, and his wife, attended the East-West football game in San Francisco, January 1.

Year-End Review of the Building Industry ..JOE BEAVER"

New York, Dec. 31-A'larger volume of new home construction in the United States than at any other time since ths early twenties can be anticipated for 1948 and JohnsManville production of materials for this field is expected to be 20/o greater than in L947, according to Harold R. Berlin, vice president of Johns-Manville Corporation, and general manager of its Building Products Division.

"ff business in general remains at a high level next year and the building industry exercises restraint in the matter of costs and prices, approximately $f5 billion of new construction appears entirely possible," Mr. Berlin said. "Together with $5 or $6 billions of repair, maintenance and remodelling construction, a $20 billion year is entirely possible.

"The biggest factor should be residential as here the need is greatest. Residential expendiiures should run at least $1 billion more than in 1947."

Mr. Berlin pointed out that the building industry must hurdle threats of new governmental controls, labor unrest, shortages and inflation to record a $20 billion year.

"Despite higher building costs, materials should be more readily available than in 1947 as the building industry through expansion and added manpower reaches near capacity. Excessive controls, prevalent in the first postwar year no longer handicap the industry's ability to produce needed material," Mr. Berlin said.

"Although 1947 may see a near-record number of 800,000 new dwellings completed, this is far below requirements. The extremely low vacancy ratios and the extent of doubling up of families are common knowledge. The population of the country has increased by about 11,000,000 the last seven years and family formation has proceeded at a record pace. Any building year for the next five to seven years that does not produce a million new homes must be considered as falling below requirements."

Turning to Johns-Manville's production of needed building materials, Mr. Berlin pointed out that the company embarked on a $50,000,000 expansion replacement and improvement program shortly after VJ-Day in September, 1945.

"This program, of course, includes both industrial products and building materials, but more than half of the funds are being spent with a view to increasing production of building materials."

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Recent Instcrllcrtions oI Gerlinger LiIt Trucks

Recent installations of latest model Gerlinger lift trucks in Northern California, reported by the Gerlinger California distributors, Burnaby & Williams, at their Northern California office, 600 16th Street, Oakland, include the following:

Melrose I-umber & Supply Co., Oakland; Cunningham & Quigley, redwood manufacturers, Fortuna, Calif.; A. H. Ruoff, redwood manufacturer, Lagunitas, Calif.; Coastal Plywood & Timber Corp., Cloverdale, Calif.; Fuller Lumber & Supply Co., Sacramento, and The Marley Company, Stockton, manufacturers of cooling towers.