Weslern Pine Associotion Announces Six New Folders

Portland, Ore.-A series of six new pieces of promotional literature have been published and released by the Western Pine Association for us as dealer-helos.

The folders are inexpensive and simple to allow for mass distribution at a comparatively low cost. They are of envelopestuffer size, making them convenient for mailing to customers with invoices and other materials.

The folders include:

SECRET OF A HAPPY KITCHEN, showing how the Western Pines and Associated Woods can be used to make a kitchen a happier place to live and work.

PUT A PLAYGROUND IN YOUR HOME, a simple folde'.' designed to show how easily recreation rooms can be put into dead space found in so many homes today-be it attic, basement or spare room.

THERE'S TREASURE IN YOUR ATTIC shows how so many attic homes can easily convert that space into bedrooms, recreation rooms or perhaps a family hide-away, through using the Western Pine species.

THE PATH TO HAPPY VACATIONING, a die-cut folder showing how vacation cabins can be built of the Western Pine or Associated Species and still fit a vacation budget.

A FENCE CAN MAKE ANY HOUSE A HOME. another die-cut piece showing wooden fences in many uses, especially the new and modern styles of fencing.

TRELLIS YOUR TROUBLES .AWAY-A simple trellis in the correct place can make a world of difference in the

"just-rightness" of a home. This promotional piece tells how Western Pine and Associated Species can make good trellises, and how'trellises do a job if correctly built and correctly placed.

The six folders are printed in two colors, and are well illustrated. Imprinting space is provided on each to carry the names of dealers and others who may desire them.

Individual copies of the folders may be obtained free of charge by writing the Western Pine Association, Yeon Building, Portland 4, Oregon. Quantity rates are available.

Brickmqson Apprentices to Compete

The Sixth Annual National Brickmason Apprentice Competition, sponsored by the Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers International Union, (AFL), will be held in Los Angeles, California, April lst to 6th, 7954, it was announced by Harry C. Bates, President of the lJnion.

The national finals will be held during the Union Industries Exposition at the Pan-Pacific Auditorium in Los Angeles next Spring.

About 7000 young bricklayer apprentices, many of them veterans, are eligible for the cash prizes to be awarded the winners. In addition, the 1954 national champion will be the guest of the Structural Clay Products Institute at its annual convention at the Hotel Del Coronado, San Diego, California, next fall. The champion will be presented with the Belden Trophy by America's brick and tile manufacturers at this convention.

All of the boys selected to compete in the national finals will be state and local champions in their own right, and must win their way to the finals competition.