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WillqmetteVolleylumber Exponds Operofions

A $250,000 expansion of the plyu'oocl sl-reathing mill at Willamette Valley Lumber Company, Dallas, l.ras been aunounced by NI. J. Kelly, production manager. Construction began in early April, he added, and will involve a l2,OO0 square foot structure. It will be locatecl southu'est of the present sheathing mill's dry en<l building.

\\rillamette Valley Lumber Company n'ill hire approximately 30 neu' employees, needed to operate a new dryer, cold press and glue spreader, all of rvhich are included in the neu'expansion.

Proclrrctiorr at the I)allas plant, after tl-re expansion is completecl, rvill be increasecl by more than trvo million square feet of plyn.ood sheathing annually, figurecl on a sr(-inch basis, saicl Kelly.

All Willamette Valley Lumber Company plyr,vood is graded and testecl by the Western Researcl-r Division of Timber Engineering Company, a nationally-recognized graclirrg arrd testing organization which serves 10 plyu'ood mil1s in Oregon and Northern California.

A "TE,CO" quality-control technician lvill continue to provide daily, in-mill, gracling and inspection at the rrVillarnette Valley plyrvood sheathing plant, to assttre corrsistent, top-quality production. The "TECO-Tested" grade stamp is readily acceptecl for building codes tl'rrougl-rout the country, and by federal housing len<ling agerrcies. as well as with wood products distributors from coast to coast.