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SOFTWOODS 3855 E. Woshington Blvd. 263-6844 4230 Bondini Blvd. 263-4148

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LOS ANGELES 90023 Serving The lndustriol Lumber Requirements of Southern Colifornio For The Post Fourteen Yeors With The Products of Fine Mills Everywhere. We Would Appreciote Receiving Your lnquiries.

Cuslom Milling Focilities Avqilqble

Fost . efticient t. C. t. service from both yords ond direcl shipments o Kiln Dried .'P"tti"f Kiln Dried o Green

Western Pine Leods Consolidqtion Of Western Wood Products Industry

Within a few months. members of the 33-1'ear-old Western Pint' Assot'iation will lote on a proposal to r,hange the name of their organization and open the door to memhership by mills in the coastal region of Oregon and Washington. The name proposed for the new group is ['estern Wood Products Association.

This calculatt'd move was approved by the IVPA lloard of Directors at their l{arch annual meetings in San Francisco. At peak strength, the new organization will represent manufacturers of approximatell. 70 percent of the annual softwood protluction in the United States.

SERVING THE SOUTH\TESTERN RETAIL DEALER WITH CHOICE

Old Growth Redwoo

"Complete lnventory-1,!| Sizes & Grodes, Green or Dry-for eYery pulpose" home of

Redwood Fencing Sidings

Interior ond Exterior Finish

CENTRALLY LOCATED IN THE GREATER LOS ANGELES INDUSTRIAL AREA +

LCL FROM YARDFAST PICK-UP DIRECT SHIPMENTS VIA RAIL OR TRUCK & TRAILER- IO CAR S.P. SPUR TRACKADJACENT TOALL FREEWAYS +

COMPLETE MILL FACILITIES AT OUR I O ACRE WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTION PLANTNATIONAL SHIPMENTS OF ALL PRODUCTS

"There is no SUBSTITUTE forr EXPERIENCE!"

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"SERVICE is our poromount stock-in-trode"

Current WPA bylaws will be amended to allow membership of manufacturers in Western Oregon and Washington. This is sulrject to approval at a special membership meeting-schedrrled for the near ftrture.

WPA President John S. Ridrards, Atlas Tie Company. (loeur' d'Alene, Idaho, reported rapid progre-q-q in plans to combine c'oast region mills into the reorganized assot'iation. While certain economies are exper:ted to result from the move. more important i-e thc opportunity to join Western industrl' forct's and funds to combat growing competition from wood-suhstitute materials, said Richards.

Alone this line. the WPA Advertisine and Promotion Committee $,as qranted a 1964 l,udset of $f.0't5.000. This is an increase of $aS,0b0 over last y"u. un.l the largest promotion budget ev,-r approved by the association.

A $:140,000 advertising campaign was approvetl together with a substantial increase in the association's Product Pulrlicity actilities. For the third straight vear. ['PA will sponsor market research studies designed to provide guided direction to the advcrtising, promotion. and publicitv programs.

No action was taken by directors on a proposal to adopt ncl' dry and green sizes {or lraming lumber. All recommendatiol.rs rvere referred to the Western Wood Products Study Committee for consideration. However. one and one-half inch dry framing lumber can lie manufactured in the WPA region, though it must lit' marked as to size in conformance with American Lumher Standards.

WPA meml,er-q approved an amendment to grading rules that will continue dry surfaced rvidths for selects and boards at lhreeeighth inch scant of nominal in five inch and narrower stock. but changing to one-half inch -"cant of nominal in six-inch and wider material. This action standardizes widths of these items with framing lumber and with the same material being manufactured in the coastal region. and t.onforms to American Lumber Standard sizes.

Rounding out the sessions, Al Agather of St. Regis Paper Company, Libby, Mont., was re-nominated on the ALS committee, and W. E. Griffee, WPA secretary-manager. named as his alternate.

Besides President Richards, officers lor 1964 arc {. T. Hildman, Michigan-California Lumber Co.. Camino, Calif., and A. J. Agather. St. Regis Paper Co., Libby, Mont., vice presidents, and Clenn Kittrell, Wagner Lumber Products, Twisp, Wash., treasurer. W. E. Griffee is secretary-manager.

Notionol Gypsum's Long Beoch Plont

National Gypsum Company reveals it plans to build a gypsum plant, large warehouse and oflices on a site recently leased in [,ong Beach.

Cost of the plant was estimated to be $5 million. The l7.5 acre deep water site was leased from the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners.

The company has been expanding its gypsum producing facilities on the West Coast recently. The proposed plant in Long Beach is an acceleration of that program.

Exclusively for California . .

Net Profit Workshop

The Lumber Merchants Association conducted a one-day Art Hood workshop at the Cabana Motor Hotel in Palo Alto, the theme of the meeting being o'The Mathematics of Net Profit Control." As anyone who has seen the Old Master perform will confirm, Art Hood is a leader in the field of retail building materials merchandising, his classes having pointed the way to better business management to hundreds of western dealers who have attended his workshops.

to more and more California dealers and distributors. For year around supplies of dimension lumber and precision-trimmed studs, depend on D & R and these 4 Oregon and Washington mills:

Old Growth Fir Dimension from F.S,P. Lumber Co., Port Orford, Oregon

Hemlock Studs from Warrenton Lumber Co., Warrenton, Oregon

Hemlock Dimension from Westport Lumber Co., Westport, Oregon

Douglas Fir Studs from Shepherd & Dasher Lumber Co., Longview, Wash,

Just one phase of the varied activities of LMA, Hood's February 24th workshop covered numerous internal problems affecting retail building materials dealers today-the increase of discount solling, intensified price competition, outside competitors hauling into local markets, rising costs, and a net profit squeeze which has never before been equaled.

As a result, association management points out that since the late 40's profits have declined,75% Irom 5.51/o on sales and 15.14% on net worth before taxes to L54/o on sales and 4.9I% on net worth. It is also reported that 4 out of I0 dealers today are operating without profit or at a loss-as against l6/a in 1950, an increase of SOOoio.

The moment of truth is here. That's why it is imperative for western dealers to lend their support to their associations and endeavor to exchange ideas with others within their industry and help make the retail building materials business a profitable venture for one and all. If dealers are unable to understand each other, how can they poeeibly begin to combat the many and growing outside pressures facing the industry today.

The Lumber Merchants Association will hold its 24th annual convention at the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite, April 19-21, and it is anticipated that several hundred northern California dealers will take two days ofi from their own business with the idea of helping to improve industry conditions in general.

Fast, regular ocean shipments by barge from Southern Oregon and the Columbia River direct to Southern California.

Now, over 5,000,000 feet ol dimension lumber and studs monthly . . manufactured especially for Southern California construction needs.

Art Neth would appreciate an opportunity to tell you how you and your customers will benefit from using dependable D & R dimension and studs. You can reach him by calling TRiangle 3-2668 or STate 3-0544.

A. W. NETH, Lumber Sales

IHPA Adds Members

Gordon Ingraham, managing secretary of the Imported Hardwood Plywood Assn., announced the addition of one new regular and two new associate members to IHPA last month. Welcomed back with his new company was former IHPA president (1960- 6l) Charlie Schmitt, general manager of Jack London Trading Co,, Oakland. The two new associate members are: Dean Jones of

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Pocific Wood Products Hos lmproved Process

Pacific Wood Products describes as superior its new prefinishing process for its line of Philippine-manufactured interior plywood paneling.

Already in use for current production, the process features new techniques for sealing and sizing, plus application of three-coats of ,baked-in resins to assure superior resistance to heat, staining and moisture.

According to Jack Davidson, PWP president, this development "represents a significant achievement by the Philippine production personnel associated with us, and gives us what we believe is the finest finish on the market."

The PWP interior paneling line includes the recently introduced Tempo-8, a distinctive square-grooved paneling faced with six equal widths of subtly mismatched veneer, Random-Plank, a V-grooved paneling faeed with six random-width strips of mismatched veneer and Islander, a ganggrooved prefinished paneling. RandomPlank and Tempo-8 are available in three, richly natural colors-Champagne, Nutmeg, and Madera-all beautifully complemented with grooves prefinished in contrastine brown.

UNDER COVER STORAGE .. JUST ONE OF MANY STEPS

Under cover storoge doesn't moke ihe lumber good, but it keeps it cleon, dry ond os beoutiful os the doy it wos milled. {And, Hemlock is o beoutiful lumber olong with its mony other quolities|.

We storl with old growth Hi-Altitude Oregon Hemlock, we mill it with the most modern equipment ond kiln-dry it to mointoin the fine quolity. Our Hemlock is 100% KD, DET, Double End Stomped ond Associoiion Grode Stomped. We store it ond ship it under cover to moke certoin thot you ond your builder hove o fine piece of lumber reody to use.,

BURI(I.AI{D IUMBER C()MPANY OREGON ATDER-MAPLE COMPA]IY

CAIIFORNIA TU'YTBER ITERCHANT

Pacific Wood Products Compa.ny is represented by, a nationwide sales organiza' tion and has offices in Los Angeles, Tokyo, Manila, Hong Kong, Taipei, Zurich, Houston, Chicago and New York.

FHA Plynrood Requirements Excerpled in New Booklet

Builders and specifiers of plywood will be brought up to date on the changes in FHA requirements made for plywood since 1959 with the publication of "Plywood Ex' cerpts from the Minimum Property Stand' ards" by the Douglas Fir Plywood fuso' ciation.

The FHA has released its first general revision since 1959, listing official changes made since then in building requirements. Plywood excerpts from tlat revision and from a later interim revision will be included in the DFPA publication.

In rnost cases, DFPA had achieved an understanding with the FHA on these points during the period from July, 1959. How' ever, this is the first time since 1959 that most of the changes have been officially published by the FHA for general distribution to their field offices.

Twelve changes in requirements for plywood are listed in DFPA's booklet of excerpts.

Some of the more important application changes are:

Tongue and groove plywood 5/g-inch or thicker may be used as a combination subfloor-underlayment panel without blocking between joists.

The second veneer on the top side of underlayment grade plywood must be least a C-grade under resilient flooring and carp€ting, and a 3f-inch minimum thickness is required.

Five-ply panels /2-inch or thicker may be used as an alternate for Plyclips or solid blocking in roof sheathing applications.

Bridging between joints where clear sp€rns are less than 15 feet can now be omitted in some cases, including those where plywood underlayment is installed over plywood or board subfloors or where tongue and groove strip flooring is installed over plywood subfloors.

Building paper is not required behind plywood panel sidings such as Texture I-11 or other combination sheathing-siding panels with shiplap or batten-covered joints.

Exterior type plywood is required in truss gussets and in panels used for interior wall finish in bathrooms.

Single copies of "Plywood Excerpts from the Minimum Property Standards" are available free by writing to the Douglas Fir Plywood Association, Tacoma, Wash., 9&101.

Terrible 2O Tourney

The 452nd Terrible Twenty tournament was held at Red Hill country club with Morgan Mullins and Jim Connolly as hosts.

The course doesn't have ocean frontage, with the water in bounds and full of rocks, doesn't have impenetrable woods along the fairways, nor deer leaving their evidence all over, doesn't have murky artificial ponds called lakes, nor 25 m.p.h. winds blowing your approaches therein. It is near white capped Mount Baldy but you can't see it because of the mountains in front of it. But, ah; tlose beautiful greens. And it's a