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A New Hardboard Panel

Golden Annivers ary Meeting May 8-10

Washington, D.C., March 2l-A Golden Anniversary meeting in celebration of the National Lumber \Ianufacturers Association's fiftieth year rvill be held May 8-10 in St. I-ouis, Nfissouri, at the Jefferson Hotel.

In 1902 the Association's organization meetirrg l'as held in St. I-ouis. and rince again it rvill play host to the nation's lunrlrermen as they gather to revieu. fifty 1'ears of progress in the American lunrber industry ancl tl-re Associatioir. Lnmbermen ar.rcl other representatives of the forest prriducts industries u'ill be on hand to participate irr a pr()gram revier,ving a half-centrrry of advances made in forestrv practiccs, production n-rethods, distribution channels lu.rd development of neu' lumber and rvoocl products.

A nerr,, low priced, light density rl-inch harclboard panel, called Thriftu'ood, designed especially for general interior tuse such as u'allboard, underlayment, built-ins and cabinet u'ork is being manufa'ctured by the Forest Fiber Products Company, Forest Grove, Oregon, it is announced ljy Harolcl

Miller,

President.

The nerv hardboard is an all rvood panel made of Douglas fir fibers rvhich are refined, treated and rvelded together uncler heat and pressure. It has the stiffness and strength necessary for. interior wall construction and industrial ancl fabrication prlrposes and is easily sarved, nailed, planed, glued the sanle as rvood.

Starrdard pancl sizes of 1'x4',1'x6' and 4'x.S' a:e available at Forest Hardboard distributors throughout the country. Special literature on Thriftu'ood may be obtainecl bv rvriting Forest Fiber I'roducts Cornpany, 316-26 Pacific Bldg., l)ortland 4, Oregon.

In adclition to lumber manufacturers from everr- rcgion of the country, the several hundred expected grrests rvill includc retail lumber dealers, lumber rvholesalers. commission lunrber salesmen, federal and state forestry olficials.

The National Lumber Manufacturers Association is head<luarterecl in \\rashington, D. C., and represents sixteen regional, species and prodnct associations located fror.rr coast to coast.