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Deolers Con Tie-ln With'66 Siding Push

Real wood siding is the subject of Western Wood Products Association's first nationwide promotion for 1966.

WWPA is telling the story of western lumber siding to the nation's consumers, builders, in color 23 home exteriors. The companion booklet, "Western Wood Technical Siding Guide," is the first all-inclusive collection of user data covering the 12 lumber species represented by WWPA.

WRITE: WWPA, Dept. 7, Yeon Bldg., Portland, Ore. 97204.

Kitchens Concrlog

Kitchens in the Kemper line now includes the Provincial kitchen in French walnut, the Colony Cherry kitchen and the new Cosmopolitan. A free, colorful catalog on Kemper's complete line of kitchens and bathroom vanities and lavanettes is available.

WRITE: Kemper Brothers, Inc., Richmond, Indiana.

loth ond Plaster Cotolog

A new, free 16-page booklet covering gypsum lath and plaster materials and techniques, including speeifications and application diagrams, has just been published by the Bestwall Gypsum division of Georgia-Pacific.

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Stone Siding Booklet

A new full-color brochure on application and design advantages of Amerox Fiberglas stone is available free to siding applicators from Bolen International. For full exterior walls, wainscoting or accent treatment, Amerox provides home improvement dealers masonry design features to offer in combination with other sidings. Only four nails are required to apply the new self-leveling, interlocking panels which are so unique that they have recently been granted a U.S. patent. Overlapping nail flanges eliminate exposed nail heads.

WRITII: Bolen International, Inc., 5238 W. Belton Ave., Chicago, Illinois 60641.

Mqrlite Sound-Slide Film

Booklets lllustrate Scores of Applications of Real Wood Sidings architects and building material dealers through advertising and publicity, and with two new booklets, one a full-color idea piece and the other a technical siding guide.

As it did with its six special promotions of wood products in 1965, WWPA is inviting dealers to localize the siding campaign by advertising with the aid of free newspaper ad mats and mail stuffers, setting up displays and information centers featuring the two new booklets. The booklets are available free, except for the shipping charge on quantity orders,

Boqt Plons Directory

More than 200 sources for plywood boat plans and kits are Iisted in the newly-revised version of the Plywood Boat Plans Directory available from the American Plywood Association.

The directory, recently converted from folder to a handy booklet form, breaks down available plans and kits by boat types.

Single copies are available for $ .50. Marine and building materials dealers may obtain quantities of the directories for $16.50 per 100.

It includes sections on general information, technical data and speciflcations for glass fiber reinforcement, lath and lathing systems, the various improved gypsum plasters now available, machine application, and other technical data compiled for architects, builders and applicators,

WRITE: A. S. Melville, Bestwall Gypsum Div., Georgia-Pacific Corp., Paoli, Pa. 19301.

Redwood Siding Booklet

"Redwood Siding," a new 16page booklet from California Redwood Association. offers assistance to dealers in answering consumer questions about different patterns of siding.

New sales aid is illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs, contains fingertip guide to siding selection. No charge for single copies; discounts for ouantities.

Entitled "The Many Moods of WRITE: American Plywood WRITE: Department P-2, 617 Western Wood Technical Sid- Assn., 1119 A St., Tacoma, Montgomery St., San Francisco, ing," the idea booklet depicts Wash. 98401. or see your redwood supplier.

A new Marlite sound-slide film, showing the entire line of decorator paneling, has been released by Marsh Wall Products. The 20 minute film is available for dealer and builder meetings. Shown in the full-color film is Marlite's new Wormy Chestnut panel. Ideas on how to utilize

Available for Dealer-Builder Meetings this plastic-finished hardboard paneling, which can be damPwiped clean, are included in the new film,

WRITE: Marsh Wall Products, P.O. Box 250, Dover, Ohio 44622, or contact your Marlite representative to schedule a showing of the film.

Boise Coscode Reorgonizotion

Boise Cascade's merchandising group has undergone an extensive reorganization and has been renamed the building materials distribution division, according to James C. Hayes, division general manager.

James Connolly, former administrative assistant, is now operation manager and is responsible for the operation o{ the building materials distribution branches and Bestway Building Centers, as well as the Tri-City Building Centers in southeastern Washington, and Boise's Big Nail.

Clifiord W'orsley, former central region manager, is assigned as sales and market- ing manager. He is responsible for purchasing, sales and marketing functions of the building materials distribution division.

McCofirey Top Morlite Sqlesmon

James D. McCaffrey, Marlite paneling representative in southern California and Arizona, recently was named the outstanding western division salesman. Robert J. Jones, general sales manager for Marsh Wall Products, presented McCaffrey with a merit plaque at a regional sales meeting. McCaffrey, who joined Marsh Wall Products in 1958, covers the greater San Diego area for the building materials firm.