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Appointed Assistant to the President San Francisco Firm Ships Springboard

Carl H. Bauer has been aPpointed assistant to the President, it was announced bY Bror Dahlberg, president of The Celotex Corporation.

Previously, Mr. Bauer had been executive vice president and general manager of the 'Warren City Tank and Boiler Company and, prior to that, executive vice president and treasurer of the Higgins Corporation of New Orleans.

He is a graduate civil engineer from Northwestern University and received that institution's Alumni Merit Award in l94l in recognition of his work as State Director of PWA in Illinois.

Elected President oI NAHB

Milton J. Brock of Los Angeles was elected president of the National Association of Home Builders at the annual convention held in Chicago last month. Mr. Brock has been a director of the Association since 1944, secretary of the executive committee in L945, and treasurer for the past two years. He is a past president of the Building Contractors Association of California. 1\{r. Brock is now serving his third term as president of the Construction Industries Exposition and Home Show of Southern California.

Arthur A. Beliveau of Alhambra, and William H. Evans of Long Beach, were elected directors of NAHB. Lloyd S. Whaley of Long Beach was named alternate director.

Brochure on New Weldwood Moldings

New weldwood moldings, used in simplifying plywood paneling installations, are described in a brochure issued by United States Plywood Corporation.

The moldings make it possible to eliminate nailing, puttying, fitting and countersinking, thus rendering relatively simple and much less costly the installation of plywood panels.

Equipment to London for Olympic Games

Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber Co., Inc., 5th and Brannan Streets, San Francisco, shipped to London, England, February 27, to be used at the 1948 Olympic Games, the complete Brandsten International and Intercollegiate Official Automatic Adjustable Fulcrums and the springboards for them, to be used officially for the diving competition.

"This equipment is official to the rules and regulations of all bodies governing diving the world over, and was used at the Antwerp Olympic Games, 1920; Paris, 1924; Amsterdam, 1928; Los Angeles, 1932, and Berlin, 1936," Hugh W. Handley, sales manager of this company, stated to a representative of The California Lumber Merchant.

"We hold patents on the automatic adjustable fulcrums and springboards, all of which are manufactured solely by us.

"Ernst Brandsten, director of aquatic sports at Stanford lJniversity, coljaborated with me in the design of this equipment.

"South and Central American countries are holding Olympic Games every year, rotating the location of the games from one nation to the other, and our equipment is used officially at all the diving events," Mr. Handley said.

Olson-Wirth

Miss Dolores Wirth and Donald Olson, who were recently married at La Mesa, Calif.., have returned from a honeymoon trip by motor to Mexico City, and are residing in La Mesa.

Mr5. Olson is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Wirth of Gary, Indiana. She is a graduate of the University of Indiana and St. Mary's School of Nursing at Gary. She spent one and a half years as an army nurse in the Pacific theatre during World War II, and for the past few months has been connected with the La Mesa Community Hospital.

Mr. Olson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Olson of La Mesa, was graduated from New York University and is associated with the Park-Olson Lumber Company in La Mesa. He is secretary of the La Mes'a Junior Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the Exchange Club and La Mesa Post of the American Legion. He was overseas with the 1o4th Infantry in the European theatre, during World War IL