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The Hyster Company rvill erect a $150,000 factory addition in Peoria, Ill., for expansion of its industrial lift-truck and tractor equipment manufacturing facilities, discloses Eugene Caldwell, Hyster vice-president and general manager.

F'rank C. Russell, founder and board chairman of the F. C. Russell Company, Cleveland, u'as honored March 21 at a testimonial dinner upon his retirement as company president.

George Vistica, Bay area land developer and homebuilder, plans to erect 127 homes in southu'est Willorvs, Calif., on the site of the old golf club.

Humboldt county supervisors have agreed to allorv the Munson Lumber Co., Eureka, to do construction rvork on trvo southern county roads to improve them to logging truck standards. The $50,000 project u'ill reconstruct portions of the road from Alderpoint to Blocksburg and from Trinity county toward Alderpoint.

Ohio Match Co., Wadsrvorth, Ohio, h:rs proposed acquisition of Hunt Foods, Inc. Ohio Match operates a lumber division headquartered at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and its investment account represents substantial holdings in shares of Ha,rbor Plywood Corp.

It poys to specify Hobbs Woll when you order Redwood.

Grqde-wise, size-wise ond price-wise Hobbs Wqll Redwood hos "filled the bill" for over 9O yeors!

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Benj. Levinson & Co., Seattle, mill sales representatir-es for a number of wood products manufacturers, announces these territory changes : J. J. Ittes, southern California salesman several years, transferred to the Seattle home oflrce April 1; W. G. Roberson, Jr. moved from the Seattle hq. to San Francisco to handle tl-re entire California trade.

Norvelle G. Hundley has rejoined the laboratory staff of Timber Engineering Company, \\rashington, after 14 months rvith Doweloc, Inc., technically aiding in establishing "Dou'eloc" lumber, radically nerv wood planking nos' being u-idely accepted in the construction industry.

The Santa Barbara (Calif.) Biltmore rvill be the site of the 1956 anr-rual of the Building Material Dealers Association of Southern California, Oct. 19-20, annollnces Ralph Hilton, executive secretary.

More than $1,500,000 in building permits rvere issued in La Habra, Calif., in February;ir,cluded u'ere 116 for homes at $1,493,700.

Mrs. Julia Oakes, treasurer cif the Santa Ana (Calif.) Ilo:rrd of Realtors, n'as named C)utstandir-rg Realtor of 1955 and presented a plaque by F. Carl Nfock, director of the NAREB.

T.he Crossett (Arkansas) Lumber Company and the Pacific Manufacturing Co., Santa Clara, Calif., have rvon 30Year plaques for membership in the National Ha,rdwood Lumber Assn.

Vernon D. Chamberlen, rvho was 22 years t'ith Feather River Pine Mills and its predecessor, Hutchinson Lumber Co., has been named executive secretary of the Butte County Taxpayers Assn.. Oroville.

Trimview Metal Products Co., formerly Co., Pasadena, an affiliate of the \\r. P. occupy a new site at Covina.

Herbert P. Ringer, Santa Barbara city tor, has resigned to become consultant to of building inspection at San Diego.

Stervart Screen Fuller Co., r'r'ill building inspecthe department