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Dodge Reports on Building In Eastern States

Neu' Yclrk, April 12-The construction boom continucd in Nlarch to tighten its grip on the prospect oi setting another record high in 1953. F. \V. I)odge Corpor:rtion announcerl toclay that its March figures for construction contract a'n'ards contained in the Dodge reports carried the total for the first quarter to 11 per cent over the first qu:rrter oi 1952, in the 37 states east of the Rockies.

For March the residential figure was the star anrorrg the Dodge classifications r,r'ith a total of $605,200,000, up 4.5 per cent over February an<l 2 per cent above l\'Iarch 1952.

l'he tl-rree-month total reachecl $3,444,69(r,000. I)odge's March reports totalled $1,3.+7,518,000, up 32 per cent over February and 2 per cent over N{arch 1952.

N<rnresidential awards in N{arch rvere $449,175,0N or 20 per cent more than Februarl' but 3 Per cent less than Nlarch 1952. Heavy engineering (public lvorks and utilities) totaled $293,143,000 or 28 per cent more than Febrr.rary and l1 per cent more than Nfarch 1952.

Other three-month 1953 figures comparecl u'ith threc months 1952 rvere: Non-residential, $1,230,410,000, up 10 per cent; residential, $1,,183,804,@0, u1t 12 per cent ; heavv crrgineering, $730,482,O00, up ll per cent.

The Forty Year Club

One of the men rvho attended the convention of the l,umber Nlerchants Association of Northern California at Yosemite was Ralph E. Brorvn, territory sales manager for the Strable Hardn'ood Company of Oaklancl. During Aprii he celebrates his 43rd year rvith the company. He began as a young man, is now the senior salesman and spends much of his time roving about the Northem part of California with most of the emphasis in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys. He is rvell knou'n, l'ell likecl and is now zr charter member of the 4O vear club.

Dubs Ltd. GolI Tourncrment

Dul>s Ltd. 58th Golf Tournament rvas held at the San Francisco Golf and Country Club April 17. The tournament chairman \\ras Del Travis. The host for the day u-as S. Logan Orvens, Jr. Bob Bonner, president of the club said it \\'as outstanding for cluality of golf plal'ed and fr.rn of those present.

FHA Receiving Applications for Mortgage Perry Door Company Increrses Ingurance br Delense Housing Manufacturing Arca

The Federal Housing Administration office at ll2 \\f. 9th Street, Los Angeles, California, began receiving applications for mortgage insurance under Title IX, for programmed number 2 defense housing in the Trona, California, Critical defense housing area on April 20. 1953, it rvas announced by John E. McGovern, FHA Director. Applications n'ill be received through May 8, 1953.

The program of 60 housing units to be built in the Trona area \\'as announced recently by the Housing and Home Finance Agency in \\tashington. All of the programmed housing is intended to meet tl-re needs of in-migrant employees or personnel of the listed defense activities (including members of the Armed Forces) u'ho are rvithout family housing and r,r'ho, except for military personnel, have entered the area subsequent to June 25,1950.

Units of defense housing programmed b1' the HHFA to be insured under Title IX of the National Housing Act, may be applied for only by the submission of applications for mortgage insurance under Title IX, accompanied bv the appropriate examination or application fees.

Application Forms may be secured from the Federal Housing Administration Offices at ll2 \\'. 9th Street, Los Angeles, California, or 480-5th Street. San Bernardino, California.

According to the announcement made last Neek by Louis Fidler. sales promotion manager of the Perry Door Company. Burbank. California. the company have completed arrangements to increase the manufacturing area of their plant by several thousand square feet to meet the demand for their products throughout the Southern California market.

The Perrv Door Company maintains trro modern manufacturing plants in Southern California, assuring the retail lumber dealers of guarantee on schedule delivery of the doors of their orvn manufacture, and also of the various products thel' distribute such as Duolux Masonite Flush Doors.

Elected to Board of Dircctors

Minneapolis, tr{inn.-Robert Faegre, executive vice president of the l\Iinnesota and Ontario Paper Company, rvas elected today (April 13) to the company's board of directors, J. B. Faegre. \fando president, announced follorving the companv's annual shareholder's meeting here.

I\Ir. Faegre's election enlarges the present board to ll members. All other members of the board trere re-elected at today's meeting. They are:

Daniel F. Bull, \Iinneapolis; J. B. Faegre. Minneapolis; Charles Garland, Baltimore, IUd.; C. T. Jaftra1', I\Iinneapolis; C. T. trIcNf urrav. Mando's senior vice president; Serge Semenenko, Boston. r\[ass.; Harold W. Srveatt, Robert S. Waldie. Toronto, Ont.; Thomas S. Daniels, Minneapolis, and C. Gordon Cockshutt, lt. C., Brantford, Ontario.

Robert Faegre rvas appointed to the post of executive vice president last Feb. 14. He has been associated rvith Mando since 1938.

Robert Bolton With Iorron Lr"'rher Compcny

Robert Bolton. formerly a lumber salesman for GosslinHarding Lumber Company, is norv representing I-amon Lumber Company, San Francisco, in the San Joaquin Valley. His appointment $'as effective April 16. He replaces Charles B. White.

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