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California Lumber Merchant

Dear Lumber Merchant, Can't resist the need to see the Lumber Merchant. Used to enjoy it so much when with Ralph McClure in Brawley and with E. K. Wood at Long Beach and Pasadena, altho the E. K. 'Wood company turned out to be not worthy of the lumber business or their managers.

Leon Hosea White Palo Alto, Calif.

P.S, Try and drop in to see you this summer.

Dear Sir:

I am in the fourth grade.

My class is doing a project on industries. I thought that you might be able to send me some information on lumber. About saw mills and how wood is cut. I would like it if I could receive the information as soon as possible.

Thank you!

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Judy Greenfield, 2606 Teesdale St. No. Hollywood, Calif.

We're glad to report that Iudy already has the inlormation she wanted, and, that thc project is progressing nicely.

-Editor.

Max Cook

California Lumber Merchant

Dear Max:

Recently I moved to Santa Cruz to work at San Lorenzo Lumber Company as yard foreman, I would appreciate it if you would forward my maga- zine, The California Lumber Merchant, to me.

Thank you very much. I hope that you and yours are all well.

Yours truly, Rod Iluston San Lorenzo Lumber Co.. Inc. Capitola, Calif.

Ole May

California Lumber Merchant

Dear Ole, and others, I find the real estate business an interesting avocation. Guess I would be considered a "young-old timer" as I am developing considerable reading interest in the "25 years ago" section of the "Merchant."

Enclosed please find check for a two year renewal of my CLM subscription. This, in spite of my being curre,ntly disassociated with direct dealings in Iumber.

I'm selling the completed package now, as sales manager at "Windsor North" (Homes for Enjoyable Living) in Oxnard, Calif. and pleased to be with Fran Mandis (another ex-lumberman) and Mandis Realty, Inc. Our aequaintance and friendship goes back to 'Pearl Harbor," when we were both enrolled at "Billt Jonest Lumber College.

Along with Don Phillips, Sr.

Best wishes to all of you.

Yours very truly, Joe A. Bugley Mandis

Realty

Ventura, Calif.

,California Lumber Merchant

Gentlemen: lo in

I have recently purchased a few acres of land in Stowe, Vermont and hope to build on it this summer. My plans are still in the formative stages, but as I am in graduate sdrool I do not have much time to investigate the different ideas. Consequent ly, I am writing in the hope that some department in your organization can advise me on planning the house.

At the moment, I would like build a^n A-frame, probably the shape of an L. My resources ane very limited and, therefore the house rnust be constructed as economically as poselHe, but n€itjh€,r chrrpty ac poorly. The plan+-the exterior, interior, size, layout, etc.-will be governed by comfort, expense, and beauty with an architect friend doing the e:<act drawings.

I plan to do most of the building myself on weekends. Actually I will employ a carpenter to provide the skill and knowhow and a group of friends to provide the labor. Some of the more complicated jobs (plumbing, electricity, and foundation) will be subcontracted,

Other aspects of tlre project are that I want to build a house that will be suitable for year round use, while being principally for skiing weekends. I rvould like it to have two or three bedrooms.

The land itself is a beautiful piece of property, well-timbered and situated on a hill. The view of nearly 180' faces west and looks into the valley and at the Mt. Mansfield range.

Only reeently have I started to comprehend sonre of the problems involved-from planning to building. As such, any and all help will be very much appreciated. While I have ideas on some aspects, none are definite.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Respectfully,

llayden Connors Harvard Business School Cambridge, Mass.

Your best bet, as always, is to contact your local lurnber and build,ing ma,terials ilealer Edinr.

"ltondymon" Rodio Series

o'Your Home Handyman," a radio series on homo repair and maintenance by Bernard Gladstone, has just been released for sponsorship by lumber dealers in local markets.

It is a recorded radio series of 260 programs, slightly under one minute each, in which home repairs are discussed in simple Ianguage by Gladstone, who has been the Home Improvement Editor of The New York Timcs for many years.

The series was especially created with retailers and manufacturers in mind who wish to advertise on radio and be asso- ciated with programming that is authorita' tive, informative and ties in with what they are selling-lumber products.

Many retailers and manufacturers do not use radio advertising, as they balk at having their commercials lost between two musical records. Here is how the ooHandyman" series is used: The shorty {eatures are played immediately preceding the advertiserts spot announcements and are attention-getters for the prospects he is try' ing to reach.

For further information as to availability of the radio series in specific markets, how it can be used, cost, etc., contact Alan

Sands productions, 565 Fifth Avenue, New York 17, N.Y.

Remodeling ond You

A revised booklet, The Naional Home Imptooem,ent Council Anil WIwt It Means To You, is being ofiered free to remodel' ing businessmen at the national and local levels, it has been announced by the Coun' cil.

The booklet outlines NHI'C activities, cites market opportunities and quotes industry leaders on the value of NIIIC mem' bership. Booklet is free by writing to NHIC, Room 1107, 79 Madison Avenue, New York. New York 10016.

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Len Crofoot rras t'rised irr Calilornia. \ graduate of Whittier Collegt' he uas stttdent body president. assistant to the president and director of alumni relations and the rmployment bureau. He is an organizer. stockholder ald memlrer of the'boartl of directors of several wood produt'ts firmsinrluding Western States Plywoo<{ and Arizona Hardwoods. Inc. in Phoenix. Arizona. He lives in Whittier rvith wife \ricki and three children. Pamela 16. N'Iir:hael 15 and Debra 10.

Dick Fantz started his plywood career after Y'orld [rar II. He specialized in sales and administration. Dick is one of the founders of Western States and an officer-stockholder in Arizona Hardwoods, Inc. He also lives in Whittier with his rvife Ruth, and their trvo sons. Creg and Chris.

Corporation secretary Art Hagen.. in thc plywood indu-qtrr- Ior l5 years. will coordinate administration, sales and general office problems. His past experience includes mill production. procurement and