Emsco Plywood Celebrates Opening of New Facilifies

The Christmas season just past rvas a time of a little extra rejoicing on the part of the staff of Emsco Plywood in Oakland. Hampered by the lack of operating room for the past several years, Emsco Plywood celebrated the completion of its new 30,000 sq. ft. warehouse at 930 19th Avenue in Oakland. with a combination Christmas Party-Grand Opening on the afternoon and evening of December 16.

More than 100 customers, suppliers and guests attended the party to partake of champagne, no less, and to look over E,msco's vastly improved operation. Speedier loading of customer's trucks is important to any dealer, and Emsco is now in a position to do just this through placement of several truck bays fronting on 19th Avenue.

Another important improvement is the relocation of the company's ready hung door division under the same roof. Formerly located in another section of town, E,msco's ready hung door shop is one of the very few in northern California catering exclusively to the lumber merchant trade.

E,msco's new warehouse is over t'ivice the size of its old operation located just down the street at 922 lgth Avenne, manager Bob Patrick notes. Additional space naturally leads to additional lines ancl a more diversified inventory. Emsco now stocks complete lines of imported and domestic plywoods, a high quality pre- finished paneling inventory, mouldings, jambs, doors, preservative finishes and trim sets, in addition to operating a "dealers only" ready hung door shop.

New Gosf EstimqlorBoon to Smqll Builder

The Cost Estimator, a new aid for the small builder, contractor or home o\ /ner intending to do his own work and who want to determine an accurate cost basis, is being offered by Lumber Dealer, Herman H. Ulrich of Hermosa Beach.

Compiled after 18 years of successful experience in remodeling and building income units, the estimator will provide an accurate cost from a $200 addition to a $30,000 apartment house.

A 19 page booklet, the estimator includes the following topics : square footage price and average extra items cost, plumbing, excavating, cement Inasonry, flat cement, electrical, cabinets, tile formica, diato, floor covering, linoleum, paint and 'ivallpaper, roofing, plaster, stucco, sl-reet metal, glass, fence, insulation, special items, complet^e house or units and overhead and Dront. -

Also listed are the legal or building requirements such as "no legal window can be closed or room attached to, and no bath door can open in kitchen, or dining area," and a check list from which a sketch of an accurate estirnate may be made.

To be sold through retail lumber clealers, the cost will run from $5.00 for a single copy to $4.00 each for a lot of 12, $3.75 a lot of 25, $3.50 a lot of 50 ancl $3.00 each for a lot of 100. A display rack will also be includecl.

Business Ghonge

pciloke of Emsco hospircliry. Enjoying lhe festivilies ore (rop lefi) the host. who pitched righr in, too! Monoger Bob Potrick with Mrs. Don Allen, Poul Bryner ond Betty Churrnc of West Coosl Door, Eileen Potrick ond Mrs. Zoyo Bryner. Top middle: Fred Bronch of Poci$c Hardwood Soles cnd Emsco sqlesmqn Buster Kelly, Top righl: ln uniform, Whiley Cowthorne of Plywood Corriers ond Clorence Honsen of Pierpont Lumber, Son Corlos. Bottom left: Mr. ond lirs. Don Allen ond ll[r. ond Mrs. lloyd Allen of West Coosl Door checking the door depo]tment, notch. Boltom middle: "Nick" Nickerson of Zenifh Mill & lumber ond Pocific Hordwood's Mory Pogones, chompogne in hond, inspect Emsco's new reody hung door shop. Bottom light: Ofiiciol greeters, Eileen Potrick. Doris Corter qnd Scoity Jones with Dr. Roy Grasse of U. C. (cenler bockground).

Announcement has been macle that as of January l, 1962, Canadian Plywood, Inc., El Nlonte, Calif., has taken over the warehouse operation of the Commonwealth Plywood, Inc.

It is stated that management will remain in the hands of M. R. Jacques u'ho will also be president of the new corporation.