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Overflow Clqss Attends Bilt-Well School in Soufhern Colifornicr
Two Bilt-\Ve11 Cabinets clealer-training schools have been helcl in Northern Califomia ancl one in Southern California already tl.ris year. Robert M. Bodkin, the Southland distribrrtor for the Carr, Aclams & Collier product, reports that his school vgas held in conjunction with Frigiclaire for all its SoCal clealers and tl'rat 60 attended ancl are now asking for more. Bodkin believes it is high time the lumber dealer takes aclvantage of tl.re fine opportunity that is his to tap nelv 1958 profits with the fast-selling kitchen cabinets line.
William Chapman, sales manager of Frigidaire, sent out annourlcemeni of the dealer classes, stating: "Frigidaire appliances and Kitcl-ren Cabinets represent excellent sales potential for dealers in the new home and kitchen-remodeling markets, and Frigidaire is cooperating at factory ancl field levels with certain kitchen cabinet manufacturers in various areas to help properly cover these markets.
"In the Los Angeles district, Carr, Adams & Collier Co. of Dubuque, Iowa, through its subsidiary, Bilt-Well Distributors, Inc., of Southern California, have worked out a cooperative program whereby the Bilt-Well Cabinets are available to Frigidaire dealers where desired.
"The Frigidaire factory just displayed their beautiful Oriental Magic Kitchen at the National Home Builders Show in Chicago using Bilt-Well cabinetry. Many of the builders who saw this display showed great interest ir.r these Bilt-IrA'ell cabinets because of the completeness and flexibility of their line and the oustanding value they represented to the builder and to the buying public. They manufacture these cabinets in both birch and pine fronts and in a knock-down condition which are very easily assembled on the iob.
"In keeping with this cooperative effort, Bilt-Well ofiered
Sofety Glcrss Now q 'Must'
Safety glass must be used in shower doors in all new home construction in ur"rincorDorated areas of Los Angeles county, the Board of - Supervisors has ruled following two recent cases of injrrry in one week rvhen victims slippecl in the shower aricl sirattered orclinary glass doors. T1-re safety glass must be specified before building perrnits rn'i1l be issuecl.
to put on in the l-os Angeles district for Frigidaire dealer personnel, the first joint kitcl-ren-planning school in the entire United States for the year 1958. These sohools put on by Bilt-Well in the past have been very complete and have proven very highly successful. We feel that we in Frigidaire and the Frigidaire dealers attending are very fortunate in having this training opportunity.
"You, who are attending the school, as evidence of this training, will receive on behalf of the Bilt-Well organization a certificate stating that you have successfully completed their Cabinet Training Course and have shown ability in all matters relative to kitchen ancl storage wall planning, layout, installation and decoration," Chapman's annoullcement concluded.
Mountqin Stqtes Deqlers Elect
The l\fountain States Lumber Dealers Association, Denver. Colo.. elected its 1958-59 offrcers at the recent annual convention in Denver. New officers are :
President, N. N. Spear, Spear Lumber Co., Cheyenne, Wyo.; Vice-Presidents, Henri J. Choquette, Casper Lumber Co., Casper, \\ryo., and Rupert Chisholm, Atlas Lumber Co., Las Cruces, New Mexico, and John Y. Brown, Jr., Brown Lumber Co., Lamar, Colorado.
Lqud Gorpenter Apprentice Progrom
Carl H. Wittenberg, partner and general manager of Twaits-Wittenberg Co., cited the importance of the carpenter to the construction industry when he spoke at the March 1958 Apprentice Completion ceremonies at the Biltmore, Los Angeles, for new journeymen carpenters, millwrights, and cabinet makers.

"The construction industrv lives bv the skill and knowhow of its manpower; thereiore, our ritr.... interest in the Carpentry Apprenticeship program which is jointly conducted by the contractors and carpenters union," Wittenberg said.
He also related that "men who have completed the apprenticeship program have an excellent foundation for working as journeymen and are the best source for future supervisory personnel. In recent years, more than 50/o of the men completing the Apprenticeship program have gone on to become foremen within a year."
Richard M. Lane was chairman of the Los Angeles County Joint Apprenticeship Committee which presented the program in conjunction with the Associated General Contractors, Building Contractors Association, Home Builders Institute, and Los Angeles County District Council of Carpenters. Thomas L. Pitts, president of the California State Federation of Labor, was master of ceremonies.
Sfeiner's Chico Yord Sold to Gqrl Dietz
Longfellow Lumber Co., Inc., of Chico, owned by Steiner Lumber Company, has been sold to Carl Dietz, who will be active as general manager. The yard is located at 1388 Longfellow Ave.
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