CHIP National Franchise Plan Now Offered

Frar.rk rr\'. Click, for 13 years nranager of the \,\reyerhaeuser I-os Angeles clistributiorr yard, l.ras been namecl Nlanagenerrt Consultant for the new CFIIP National Franchise Plan it u'as announced irr Arcadia, California this rveek bv It. T. \\Iilliams. rnanaser of CHIP Naiionai.

Click, who retired in 1960, was associatecl with the Weyerhaeuser concern for 32 years, representing them in Detrver, Tacoma and Los Augeles.

He brings zr wealth of knorvledge and managerial experience to CHIP (Comprel-rensive Home Improvemetrt Plan) rvhich is now in the process of setting up franchise arrangements for retail lumber clealers in the rapidly expanding home improvement field.

The CHIP National Franchise Plan is designed as a complete package, bringing pricing, management, advertising and selling tecl-rniques to the Iumber dealers as r,vell as providing all the necessary forms, promotion material and selling equipment needed to set up a complefe home irnprovemerlt department.

It is unique in tl-rat consultation time right in the clealers' yard is also included in the plan at the outset of the program. There will also be a valuable collection of continniug services mak- ing it possible for the dealer to l.rave the latest information on materials, i<leas, financing and personnel. o Phone SUtter l-752O o lO5 Montgomery Streel SAN FRANCISCO 4

"We're fortnnate to be able to bolster our stalT lvitl.r such a cornpetent, rvell-rouncle<1 consultant," Williams states, "and I'm sure tl-rat he rvill adcl strength to our long range prograrl."

The CHIP National office is nor,v locatecl at 33 llast Huntington Dr., ,,\ rcadia.

It's not surprising to learn tl.rat a \\,onlan helped fashion the first barberlrvire. The first barbed-rvire f encing that used double strands twisted together to hold the barbs in place n'as made in 1874 by Joseph F. Glidden on his homestead in DeKalb, Il1. Glidclen fashioned the barbs with his r,r'if e's coffee grinder and twisted 16-foot lengths of wire on the small crank of a grinds'tone, with Mrs. Glidden supplying the turning power.