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L.A. Home Show in Mid-June
The 1958 l-os Angeles Construction Industries Exposition ancl Honre Shorv u'ill be held June 12-22 at Pan Pacihc auditcirium, ar-rd feature conventional model homes in acldition to "space era" moclels. Carl Kraatz said every effort lvas being made to Present the amazing "Geodesic-dome House" and hoped that all details could be u'orkecl out within a ferv l'eeks. He said this feature alone rvould n-rakc the Los Angeles Home Shorv the most outstancling in the countrv. Kraatz said exhibitors could reserve booth soace at the -offr.",6399 \Vilshire Blvd., or by calling \\'E l-fr-'2tr.
G-P Moving Wqrehouse to Poltlqnd
Georgia-Pacific Corporation rvill make a clepartmer-rta1 sliift earlv in March, moving its Warehouse division from Ol1'mpia, Washington, to tl-re general oflices at Portland,
Oreson. The move calis for relocation of Vice-President Steu,art \\'. White, in charge of the division, and only 30 emoloves.
The- shift is a further consolidation of the sales organizatior-r of the big u'ood products concern. Recentlv its specialty sales people u'ere mor.ed from Olympia to the general olhces ancl reestablished as a sales promotion group under the public relations :rnd aclvertising department. Already in Portland u'ere the specialty proclucts, lumber, redu'ood, hardboard, export and paper sales offjcers and departments.
Jim Mqher to Hollow free Soles
NIax Barnette, president of Hollou' Tree Redu.ood Co., L]kiah, announces the appointmcnt oi Jim NIaher to the sales staff. Prior to joining Hcillou. Tree, \'Iaher u.as u'ith Ridgeu'ood Lumlter Companr-. \\-illits. n'here he served as s:rlesmanager until its liqrriclation l:rte last year.
IIew BAILDIflG Developmenls.. .
Krader Construction Co. won a contract for $82,445 to build six additional classrooms at Las Lomas scl-rool n'itl'r completion before the i958 Fa11 term.
Twenty-three tracts with 1,3111 hor.nes authorizecl in Orange county in Novernber was tire largest nur.nber of new dwellings approvecl in a month since }Iarch 1956.
Queensbury Homes has been issuecl $1,543,427 rvorth of permits to build 118 clwellings in Seal lleach, Calif.
$550,000 worth of perr.nits for construction of 49 hornes in the 2400 block of Alder ancl Valhalla street was issued to Hadley-Cherry, Inc. l{or.nes will he frarne and stucco constructron.
First Methodist churcl.r of Garden Grove. Calif.. announced a building expansion program of $150,000.
Pennits were issuecl for three motel oroiects in the Anaheim area worth over $180.000 to inctude a 16-unit project at 1530 S. Harhor lllvd.,48 units at 1125 \\r. Katella Ave., ancl the Saga Nfotel at 1650 Harbor Blvcl.
Buena Park city planners approved developrnent of a $200,000 shopping center at Orangethorpe and Gran<l avenues with construction by February 1.
Work on the proposed $3,500,000 high scl-rool in Westminster, Calif., will begin by June to accomrloclate the first classes of 1800 studer.rts by Septenber 1959.
l)iverco-Noxon Co. was au'arded the contract for aclclitior.rs to the La Habra ancl Buena Park schools.
Work is underway on a 5-vear builcling program for the Boy Scouts Center in Fullertorr, Calif. l.-ight cabins will be built on the property at S. Richnroncl avenue ancl \ralencia drive.
Tl-re State Allocation Board has earnrarked5702.752 for four scl.rool projects in the Tnstin, Calif., area, inclucling construction of one new school ancl aclclitions to four existing ones.
The size of Hoag N{en.rorial hospital at Newport Beach will be cloubled ancl bicls rvere callecl for u'ork on the $2,000,000 project authorize<l u'ith a fecleral aicl grant. \Vork will begin early irr 1958 for completion u'ithin 18 monuts.
November building pernrits of $.1,610,016 in Brrena Park, Calif., were the seconcl highest in the city's S-year history and inclucled 345 pennits for $4,437,801 in horaes, of u''hich 76 were issrrecl to the Bellhurst develooment alorre.
Corrstrrrctiorl starts early this year on the $722,605 county lruilcling for the Covina-West Covina area at the corner of Service ancl Snnset avenues.
\\'alter H. Christensen of Northridge won a $667.000 colitract to lruilcl the Marek Canyon Boys Carnp near Pacoin'ra. It rvill include a school ancl several other brrilclings.
Construction rvill be started early this year by l)eveloper liicharcl Hart on a $1 million apartment clevelopment nortl'r of tl.re San Bernardino freer,l'ay between llarranca street ancl Grand avenue. First ohase inclucles four of 12 builclings that lvili contain 120 one- ancl two-beclroor.n runits.
Three buildings on tl-re Garclen Grove Higl.r school calnprls lvill be rehabilitatecl ratl.rer than reltlacecl with new buildings, and a fourth structure rvill be replacecl.
The Morehart Land Co. has sokl the historic brrilcling at 11661 Wilshire lllvcl., \Vest Los Ar.rgeles, built in 1870 as part of the Veterans Home, rvhich the realty firm had occupiecl since 1954.
\\:estcrn Red CedarThis giant, cedar reaches its finest development in the rainy forests of British Columbia's southern coast. where it may grow to 200 feet tall and 18 feet in diameter. With its straight, beautiful grain, light weight, working ease and exceptional all-weather durability, Western Red Cedar is highly esteemed by home builders the world over, for both exterior and indoor use. It has a very low shrinkage factor and its cellular structure gives it a very high insulating value. Heightening the interest of this fine wood's attractively figured grain is its wide color variationranging from a delicate straw tone to a dark ruddy brown. Left in its natural state, or stained, bleached, varnished or painted, Western Red Cedar graces every setting with a rich look of warmth and character.

Sqn Diego Lumbermen's Assn. Elects Herschell lqrrick President
At their regular meeting, January 21, the Board of Directors of the San Diego Lumbermen's Association held election of officers.
H. G. Larrick, Sr., of Lumber and Builders Supply Company, Solana Beach, was unanimously elected President. Grant Hall, o,f W. D. Hall Company, El Cajon, and John Kyncy of Builders' Market, San Diego, were unanimously elected Vice-President and Treasurer, respectively, and V. M. Capesius was unanimously re-elected Secretary-Managef.

A busy year is anticipated by the officers and members and the various committees have already been appointed by the nerv President.
E. L. Bruce Co. Produces Film on Hordwood Flooring Insfqllstion
The increased variety in hardwood flooring types, plus recent developments of various subfloor construction methods, has prompted E. L. Bruce Co., "world's largest maker of hardwood floors," to produce a new 23-minute movie outlining the correct methods of installing hardrvood floors.
Called "Floors With A Future," the new 16-mm., soundon-fiIm, color movie shows step-by-step the correct installation techniques for unfinished and prefinished strip flooring, block flooring in mastic and strip flooring on screeds over concrete siab. Details of subfloor preparation, provision for adequate ventilation, damp-proofing with polyethylene film and related work are included. There is also a brief sequence on the manufacture and factory-finishing of hardwood flooring.
The film is non-commercial in nature, and available without charge to architects, builders, contractors, floor layers, lumber dealers, architectural and building trade schools, and similar groups interested in gaining detailed knowledge of the best installation methods for various tvoes of hardwood floors
To order, write E. L. Bruce Co., Box 397, Memphis 1, Tennessee. Indicate in your letter preferred showing dates and alternate dates, in the event a print is not immediately available.
Winning | 958 Homes Selecfed
The twenty finest architect-planned houses of 1958 have been selected by the editors of Architectural Record, an F. W. Dodge Corporation publication, for presentation to architects and engineers in "Record Houses of 1958," an annual mid-May issue devoted to outstanding nerv achieve. ments in house design. Criteria used for selection included irppearance, spatial organization, structural design, and design of electrical and mechanical systems. The honored houses represent the work of 20 different architects in 13 states and range in price from $16,00O to over $100,000.
The list of the 20 houses, tl-reir owners and architects includes Mr. and Mrs. Dunbar Carpenter, Medford, Oregon, o\vners, and George T. Rockrise, architect: House for Builder-Joseph Whelan, San Francisco, California (Mr. arrd NIrs. Robert Hilmer, owners) and Knorr-Elliott, architect; Mrs. Allison T. Wanamaker, Seattle, Washington, o\\rner, and Paul Thiry, architect; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Opdahl, Long Beach, California, owners, and KillingsrvorthBrady-Smith, archi tect.

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R.obf. Dollcrr Compony Acquires Dollqr & Pqtterson Production
The acquisition of the lease and production of tl-re Dollar & Patterson sau'mill at Glendale, Oregon, by The Robert I)ollar ComDanv is announced bv Tack Dollar from his San Francisio offi.... The Dollai & P"tt.r.on mill is 1ocated adjacent to Robert Dollar's big Glendale plant, and is orvned by Hayu.ard Lumber & Investment Co.
The Dollar & Patterson mill is equipped r.vitl-r an S-foot
WITH BUITDING PRINCIPAT CENTRAT AND MATERIAT YARDS IN NORIHERN CALIFORNIA CITIES band and u,ill cut timbers. din.rension and boards to 26 feet. The firm specializes in products manufactured from Douglas fir, ponderosa and sugar pine tirnber. The mill has a maximum output of approximately 100,00obf per shift and production r,r'ill be sold through Robert Dollar's sales offices at Glerrdale, Oregon and San Francisco.
New "Slocker" Movie Avoiloble
A 15-minute color 'rnovie of the nerv "Series FJ" LeTourneau Log Stacker has just been released by R. G. LeTottrneau, Inc., orf Longvie'iv, Texas. Featured is the unloading of giant off-highrvay trucks by the neu' Stacker's "knucklejointed" tusks. In addition, many other r,vays in rvhich the Stacker can be useful around the mill-yard are discussed and shown. It is available for shorving, u,ithout charge, to mill operators and loggers. Write to: R. G. LeTourneau, Inc., 2399 South N{acArthur, Longvieu', Texas.
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