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Old Fox-Woodsum Yord Liquidoting; Pork Arnold to Leqve Deqler Field

Stockholders of the Fox-Woodsum Lumber Co., Glendale, Calif., elected last month to wind up the afiairs of the corporation and voluntarily dissolve thb successful retail lumberyard, announced H. Park Arnold, vice-president and general manager. Family considerations and eventual estate problems dictated the decision and sale of the inventory and_real.property were proceeding rapidly this month.

_ The liquidation closei a profitable 4}-year operation at the site and the yard has been guided by Dealer-Arnold for f2 years; since Aug. I, 1937. Prisident joseph F. Woodsum has not been active due to his age. The original Mr. Fox has a surviving sister in Long Beach and th&e are ten stockholders, of whom Park Arnold is one of the largest. Mr. Arnold has outside interests to which he now pla-ns to devote. his^major attjnti-on. IIe has long been a guiding light of the Southern California Retail Lumber Aisn., ai o*utstanding civic figure, and last year traveled 112,000 miles in 12 months as president of Kiwanis International.

_ Th" retail yard site is on a large block of Union pacific R.R. property and the railroad recently took up the yard's spur in a freeway advance. A supermarket ahdition also caused th-e yq.r{'s shrinkage. Civic progress cost the yard its parking-facilities and the APCD- hail to halt the yard's natural burnings. of waste materials. Altogether, like-many similiar old retail lumberyard situations in Southern California today, the Fox-Woodsum yard found itself in the path of_.population expansions and its liquidation will be accomplished by the end of the year.

Tqhoe Forest Producfs Adds Welch

Bill Welch, long identified with L. J. Carr & Co. in Sacramento, has joined the sales stafi of Tahoe Forest Products Co. in Sacramento, according to Henry Alsaker. Welch had been

Gus Hoover with L. J. Carr for the past seven years assisting Marshall Schmidt in the operation of that company's lumber division. More recently, he had been connected with Gordon-MacBeath Hardwood Co. at Sacramento.

WCLA Nsmes A. A. Zqnder Advertising-Promotion Monoger

A. A. Zander has just been promoted to advertising and promotion manager of the West Coast Lumbermen'i Association. He is a ten-year veteran with the association. having joined in 1949 arid held positions as office *"n"g"r, trade promotion staff member and, for the past year, promo- tion director.

Zander has had a large part in developing the utility farm building sponsored by WCLA and Michigln State Univer9ity. K9y to the building is the truss roof system which can be fabricated by the retail lumber dealer and enables him to sell components or parts of buildings instead of boards. The truss roof system perfected by Zander simplifies building and erecting of faqm buildings. The trusses are designed to pa-n distances of 24,30,36 or 40 feet and the buildings may be built to any length in multiples of four feet.

R.oy Sedoll Joins Industriql Lumber

Ray Sedall, prominent wholesale lumber salesman of Southern California, was named a partner in Industrial Lumber, Glendale, earlier this month, according to I. S. "Brownie" Brown, owner of the wholesale distributing concern.

Sedall has been identified in the lumber business in the Los Angeles area since the close of World War II, when he was discharged from the Air Force following four years of service as a pilot. For the past decade Ray has been prominent in social and civic affairs in the Van Nuys area and is an active rrrember in Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Cfub 2.

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Gonstruction Products Exhibited Al Home Builders Convenfion

Many new products embodying the structural features of a home were dramatically displayed at the National Association of Home Builders convention, January 18-22, in Chicago. These new products are designed to speed up construction, effect greater economies and efficiency through factory controlled methods. The continuing trend is for manufacturers to do more fabricating of component parts at the factory, thus relieving the builder of costly piecemeal and time-consuming work.

The Redibrik company says its Redibrik components are pre-formed brick wall sections that enable three men to put irp the four walls of a house in 89 minutes.

The Plastics division of the Koppers Company showed its newly developed line of ready-to-be-installed exterior wall sections, roof panels, and pre-formed interior load bearirg walls, used in constructing the widely acclaimed N.A.H.B. Research House, South Bend, Indiana. The 3inch thick Dylite foam core is sandwiched between an exterior skin of redwood and interior of plywood.

The Hess Manufacturing Company introduced its new ready-formed Armaclad Roof Panels for quick and easy erection of patios.

Building products attractively and compactly wrapped to help the buil.ding supply dealer to merchandise more effectively were shown by the Georgia-Pacific Corporation, which now supplies its Douglas fir uppers in waterproof, clearly marked packages. These lend themselves to an attractive, self-service display of neatly stacked lumber in plainly marked bins. The Georgia-Pacific company is also introducing the only sealed redwood siding on the rnarket, shipped from the mill in colorful, plastic-protected kraft packages.

The Kordite Corporation brought out a self-dispensing carton that makes polyethylene sheeting as easy to use as wax-paper.

The Dino-Lite comparry is offering two-fold advances in modern constructionits new pre-finished l.rardwood paneling and the protective paper placed over it. The company says this pre-finished paneling cuts total construction time by days.

U.S. Plywood Corporation is also making it possible for builders to offer elegarrt pre-finished hard'ivood paneling at prices the average person can afford. The company applies a genuine lacquer finish that produces a smooth and lustrous surface.

The Protection Products Company is adding two new items to its line of water repellant hardwood finishes. These are Rustic Brown P.A.R. which is designed for those who like an outdoor "rustic" appearance, and Tinting Base white P.A.R.

Matching today's pre-finished paneling is E. L. Bruce Company's new line of prefinished l-rardwood molding. There are designs to match all types and finishes. The mold- ond ils operotlng diviriont Simplon logging hishlishfs this qroohic sfrofion, of wqlor from l2 f@t bcfdc <ultine lo fitql !ltc. PFfty Jen ^{qlttlom puthat thr button ond rix gollont of wota bubblc up in lhc itdntpordl conloind oi righi. iug comes sealed in individual polyethylene tubes.

Johns-Manville presented a lavish display of brand new Decroboard ceiling panels and wall-plank. There are stunning combinations of color and patterns for modern design and sweeping textured appearances.

Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company l-ras designed a new Insulite decorative ceiling tile that blends well with any style of decor or color scheme. It is available in two patterns-one giving the illusion of raising the ceiling, and the other of lowering it.

The Wasco Products new natural overhead daylighting an E'fan. Trimvent, manufactured a ventilator and trim strip. tion, it installs and naili like trim.

The American Stained

OAK, BEECH, ond MAPLE FLOORING Brodley Unit Wood Block Flooring Higgins lominoted Block Flooring Ook Threshold qnd Sill Truck Body lumber qnd Stqkes Cedqr Closet Lining

Daylite Ventdome cornbines witl-r ventilation powered by by Leigli Building Products, is Designed for under eave ventilain place like a board, and looks Shingle Company is introducing

The Certain-teecl Products Company says tl.re wind can huff and puff but it can't get in underneath its new Loc-On roofing asphalt strip shingles. Another ner,v roof protection device is the Carlton comDany's "Mono-Flash" neoDrene roof vent flashing.

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