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Georgia-Pacif ic House Featured at Orange Counfy Home Show

Thanks to Georia-Pacific corpora- held April 4 to 8 at the orange county tion the orange County Home Show, Fair Grounds, Costa l\{esa. "California w-as highlighted with the presen.tation of a four bedroom, two-bath home. the Georgia-Pacific.

The home, which is the largest ever to _be given away at the Home Show, valued at $24,500, contained GeorsiaPacific Hacienda Siding I x 16, 6ak Flooring and Interioi Pre-Finished Pareling, all courtesy of the company.

C)range Coast College studentj constructed the house under the direction of the Westport Development Company for the more than 250,000 who 'lvere in attendance at the annual event.

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A lumber rush of sorts took place along the coast from Half Moon- Bay to Monterey, last month when a barge carrying 1.5 million board feet of lum- ber capsized in Bodgea Bay and caused an estimated $15-0.000 w6rth of construction-grade lumber to start floating along the Santa Cruz County coastline.

fhousands of do-it-your-self scav, erlgers battled on the beaches for pieces of the Douglas Fir, while others put out to sea where, one fisherman reported, "ft was so thick you could walk on it."

Power boats and skiffs ioined the commercial fisherman in the hunt. They came ashore with thousands of dollars worth of Fir lashed to their decks.

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