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,.. now that BAXCO-PYRESOTE fire retardant treated lumber and plywood have been approved bythe new Uniform Building Code and by FHA for many uses formerly restricted to non-combustible materials. Stock up to meet the growing demands as architects and builders turn to f ire protected wood for wall studs, plates, roofing, etc. For the whole story on the new permissive uses-and what theY mean to you in sales upturn-send for our Bulletin,

AFTER ALL, YOUR CUSTOMERS VOULD RATHER USE WOOD

In an atmosphere of hearty optimism for the future of their industry the National Oak Flooring Manufacturers' Association at its recent annual meeting, elected the youngest president and vice president in its 55-year history.

Named to head the association was John F. Stewart, 38, president of Stewart-McElrath Oak Flooring Co., Macon, Ga. The new vice president is Thomas B. Grissom, Jr., 31, sales manager and partner, Grissom-Rakestraw Lumber Co., Burnside, Ky. Stewart, vice president of the association for the last two years, succeeds William G. Whitman, veteran industry leader and one of its most popular figures.

JACK FINNEGAI{, sales manager of Wholesale Forest Products of Los Angeles, a Division of United States Plywood Corp., has announced the appointment of Rdy McKendrick (left) to the firm's growing sales debartment. Rav McKendrick has been in retail and wholesale lumber sales since 1948. His first four years were at the retail level learning dealer's needs before going to wholesale. He is a four year Navy veteran of World War ll. is married and has three children. "Ray is well and favorably known and we consider him a definite asset to our staff," said Carl Poynor, manager of Wholesale Forest Products.

AFPC hcs Record Yeor

American Forest Products Corporation has released year-end figures showing 1964 net income oI 82,355,5M on sales of $91.. 023,900, highest sales in the corporation's 54-year history.

The earnings amounted to #2.29 a share for 1964 and are an increase oL lOVo over the 1963 figtrre of fi2J4AB6Z, or $2.08 a share, which was earned on $83,554,060 sales.

Quarterly dividends totaling one dollar were paid to each of I,O30,693 outstanding shares, marking the 38th consecutive yeai of cash dividend payments to stockholders.

American Forest Products Corporation is a major manufacturer of lumber products and also boxes, both wooden and corrugated paper. Sales for these two product lines are handled by, respectively, AFPC's Tartero Webster & Johnson division and by the wholly owned subsidiary, American Box Corporation of California.

The major 1964 development, reports President Charles T. Gray, was acquisition of The Winton Company assets at Martell, California, near mid-year. This added 65,000 acres of timberlands to bring AFPC fee land ownership to 198,000 acres and also increased to approximetely 2y2 billion the board feet measure of standing timber owned, under timber titles and under contract at year-end.

lumber ond Logging Sofefy Awords

Winners of the annual awards {or injury prevention in the Iumber and logging industry were announced at the annual meetine of the California Lumbermen's Accident Prevention Associa' tion tretd March 12. The program of awarding plaques for the Iowest frequency or Johnson index was changed last year to give a more competitive approach for the members.

Silas Pipkin, General Box Distributors o{ Fresno was elected president.

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Other officers elected were: Alden Ball, The Pacific Lumber Company, vice-president, and Dwight C, Steele, secretary, Lumber and Mill Employers Association. Elected to the board of directors were: Ed Norby, chairman, Norby Lumber Companv; Eric Bauer, International Paper Company (Long Bell Division) ; E. S. Mack' ins, Jr., Simpson Timber Company; D. R. Mitchell, Georgia' Pacific; Ed 0'Connor, Stockton Box Company; Alder Thurman, Union Lumber Company; Joe Wheeler, Georgia-Pacific.

Winner of the Nat Edwards Mernorial Plaque was the Diamond National Corporation. Red Bluff, which had the best record of all competing companies for the year 1964, an index of 6.447.

The Nat Edwards Memorial plaque is presented annually to the company having 300,000 or more man-hours o{ annual exposure with the lowest Johnson Index of all competing companies.

A new arvard was created known as the Derby Bendorf Memorial. This is to be presented annually to the company having less than 300,000 man-hours with the lowest Johnson Index of all competing companies.

The winner of the Derby Bendorf N{emorial Plaque was Pine Logging Co. of California, Fresno, with an index of 13.630.

The association membership is separated into four districts. The district winners this year are:

C. R. JohnsonUnion Lumber Company.

Mother LodeStockton Box Company.

Mt. ShastaDiamond National Corporation.

Mt. WhitneyAmerican Forest Products Corporation. Awards w('re presented for the first time to the companies having the lowest Johnson Index (with the exposure of 10,000 or more hours) in the separate fields of logging, manufacturing and veneer and plywood.

Award Certificates were given to the following: Logging Arvard -Scott Lumber Company, Burney, California; Manufacturing AwardPine Logging Company of Cali{ornia, Fresno; Plywood & VeneerUnited States Plywood Corporation, Redding. These three companies had a perfect accident record in their particular fields.

There was a decrease in the overall frequency rate of the California Lumbermen's Accident Prevention Association members to 31.42 as compared with 1963 oI 32.69. The frequency rate in the past 15 years has been reduced 50.11%.

Interior Plywood Under Study

A disastrous fire in San Francisco last year, claiming the lives of four residents o{ {rame row houses, has created a flareup in Vashington, D.C., recently, due to what some officials allege caused the severe fire-plywood paneling allowing fast flame spread.

Following code restrictions passed in San Francisco requiring "fireproof" ,backing for burnable interior finishes, a proposal is pending before FHA to limit the use on a nation-wide basis of inflammable materials, including plywood, in the interiors of one and two family dwellings.

The National Lumber and Building Materials Dealers Asso' ciation has joined Il other industry groups to work with FHA in a study of flame spread ratings of interior finish materials. The twelve organizations comprise the newly formed Inter-Indus' try Committee on Fire Safety, which has met regularly to discuss the contemplated FHA action to restrict the use of Class C interior finish materials. Speaking for the committee, Temporary Chairman Milton W. Smithman wrote FHA Commissioner Brownstein, 'olf this type of action were to spread, it would have a drastic effect on the use of interior materials, which cannot be justified."

Commissioner Brownstein informed Smithman that FHA does not intend to take any action on restrictions on the use and application of thin interior finish materials until a great deal of further study has been made of the problems involved.

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