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Kennewick, Woshington, Yord Wins 'R.etq iler-of-Yeqr' Honors

New York, N. Y.-Fairfield Lumber & Supply Co., Fairfield, Conn., captured the title of "Brand Name Retailer-ofthe-Year" in the Building Materials Dealers category. Selection of the winners from thousands of entries climaxed the l2th annual competition for these coveted awards.

Henry E. Abt is president of Brand Names Foundation, fnc., sponsors of the yearly competition, which includes 26 retail classifi cations.

Four other building materials dealers were cited for their outstanding 1959 brand-promotional activities, and were selected to receive runner-up Certificates of Distinction. They were: A A A Lumber Co., Waco, Texas; L. H. Landgraf Lumber Co., Cape Girardeau, Mo.; The Parsch Lumber Co., Elyria, Ohio, and Bestway Building Center, Kennewick, Washington.

Boy Areo Building ot High level

Bav Area resi Bay residential-building activity reached another high level in the week ending March 26, according to com- pilation- of figures by The Daily Pacific Builder- reported in The San Francisco Examiner. Heavy tract buildingin San Jose and in Santa Clara county sparked the activity. Build- ing permits issued in Santa Clara county also -included many for apartment-house construction.

Residential permits, county by county, showed Alameda with ^155 permits in the week ending March 26, compared to 218 in the previous week and 262-in the same Febiuarv period;_Contra Costa-68, to 150, to 45; Marin---4l, to 3i, to 18; San Francisco-l 1, to 98, to 103; San Mateo-159. to l_3-6_, to 81, and Santa_ Clara-414, in the March 26 period, to 335 in the Nlarch 19 period, to 195 in the week inding February 27.

Snork of the Universe Visits L. A.

(Continued from Page l0) men talked Hoo-Hoo at the Statler, the "Gals" talked girl- talk and dined at Little Toe's.

Snark Dick outlined i full progressive program for the International Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo. The five most.pto_m_inent objectives were (1) Watch-Dog committee, (2) Wood Promotion, (3) National Foresi Products Week, (4) Membership and (5) Education and Public Relations.

It is the duty of the local Watch-Dog committee to watch for proposed local and national legislation prohibiting or limiting the use of wood products in any way and then pass the word along to the national headquarters for action.

Each club is urged to appoint a Wooil Promotion committee and work closely with civic organizations, school