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Veleron George Melville

Announces Retirement

From Simpson Timber

George S. Nlelville, who is widely known in wholesale lumber. plywood and door circles and who for 27 vears was regional^sales manager for Simpson Timber Com_pany, has recently r'eureo lrom that hrm.

Melville handled the cargo lumber sales for Simpson prior to World War II, and when the firm entered the plywood and door sales field in 1942 George had charge of sales in the Southwestern region.

Last June he was named consultant and served in that capacity until his retirement on April tst of this year.

Flowing Wells Lumber Co. Bids for Tucson Trqde

Mr. and Mrs. Norman Porter have entered the retail lumber business under the name of Flowing Wells Lum- ber Co. at l5l2 West Prince Road. Tucson, Arizona. New to the ltrmber business, the Porters will concentrate on the walk-in trade ancl small remodeling contractors.

Johnson Lumber,

Eloy, Arizonq, Renomed Pincll Lumber Co.

Herschel Johnson, owller of Iohnson Lumber Co., P.O. Box 968, EIbr'. Arizona, has changed the name -of ni. operation to Pinal Lumber Co. Elov is located in Pinal County, Arizona.

The Hordwood Plywood Monuql Published By HPI

"The Hardwood Plywood Manual" is the title of a 50 page, 15,000 word technical work on hardwood plywood written by T. R. Truax for the Hardwood Plywood Institute. Chapters cover principles of plywood construction, manufacture, kinds, properties, applications, and finishing of l-rardwood plywood. The Appendix covers calculation of dimensional change due to moisture, calculation of weight of plywood, basic veneer stresses, and calculation of recommended design stress values. Tables cover average strength and related properties of hardwood plywood, recommended loads for nails and screws in dry hardwood plywood and physica1 properties of woods used in hardwood plywood. Figures cover typical hardwood plywood constructions, rotary and sliced face