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Don Blischke Joins IBMC

Don Blischke, formerly with Vard & Harrington's retail organization in Orange County, has been selected by Max Barnette, o{ Independent Building Materials Co', Torrance, California to represent the wholesale distributing organization throughout the Orange County sales area'

Bli-.chke was born in Oregon and lived there until a spending a hitch in the N{arine Corps. He has been a carpenter and rvorked in retail sales until joining IBMC.

He is well known to the area's dealers and his territory will include everything east and south o{ Lakewood.

Hess leoses lts Morin Yord

Channel Lumber Co. of Richmond, Calif. has taken over operation of the Hess Lumber Co. yard in San Ra{ael. The firm will be called Nlarin Lumber Co.

Mike De Simoni and his partner Glenn Nohmann said they have leased three acres and had bought Hess stock and equipment.

New manager will be Albert Bonfiglio. and the as-sistant mana€ler will be Thomas Mallet. Both {ormerly were with Hess.

The new firm plans some remodeling oI the yard. No milling will be done at the Francisco Boulevard location, it was stated liy company spokesman.

Aiaska Quake Damage

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D.C.. and many persons I talked uith are expet'ting more than the normal disaster aid bt'cause of what they feel is a special situation in Alaska-" Leitzinger said. A second reason a major building boom is not expected is that there is a substantial (for the area) inventory of new. unsold dwellings. Lcitzinger quoted State F HA Director, Elmer Gagnon. as sayin€i some I50 unsold homes are in the Anchorage inventory now-and that rental prop- erty generally is available. Gagnon -said that mobile homes could be moved in for those left homt'less lrv the earthquake.

Moreover, only fi00 homt's were built in Arrt'horage trading area in 1963, inrluding those 150 1'et unsold. NAHII Chaptt'r Presidt.nt Clay said that even if all of the damaged homes were replaced within two years that the r:itv's liuildcrs could handle the iob easily.

Leitzinger did foresee one area that might be booming compared to previous years: Low-rise apartment structures, wood framcd, with plywood shear walls and floor and roof diaphragms.

Plywood "Plyok" A Soles Builder

The rrewest plan in tht' ''Ply-wood l'leet" of the American Plvwoo<{ Association{ for. merly Dougla-s l'ir Plvwood Association ) gives complete building instructions for :n ll-foot-9-inch boat called the plyak.

Featured in a recent issue of The Ruddera national boating magazine. the plyak story drew a heavy response {rom readers wanting a set of plans. Now dealers can add the plan to their inrerrtor\- as a topnotch sales tool.

The plyak was designed to be a truly doit-yourself boat project. A highly competent boat builder put together a prototype to test the plans, then one of the country's leading naval architects made final revisions.

Plyak plans are available for $3.00 per hundred and are ofiered to the public at 25-cents each.

Dealers with customers interested in boat building will also want to obtain the basic plywood boat sales package available from the American Plywood Association. The package contains 77 complete plans for 1l difierent boats as well as an attractive display container, envelope stufiers and other sales aids.

All inquiries should be directed to APA, lll9 A Street, Tacoma, Washington 98401. For the plyak plan, ask for plan $95. For the collection of material, request the Basic Boat Sales Package. The price is $5.00.

Zivnuskq Honored by Foresters

Dr. John A. Zivnuska, professor of forestry at the University of California, has been elected a Fellow of the Society of American Foresters.

He was so honored, the Society noted, for oooutstanding achievement in distinctive work of a fruitful character." Dr. Zivnuskao a forest economist who has'recently been directing studies of the future prospects of the California wood industries, is one of only 110 professional foresters in the United States to hold the honor of Fellow in the Society, said Dr. Henry J. Vaux, Dean of the UC School of Forestry at Berkeley.

Zivnuska is an authority on long-term timbJr supply and demand relationships in the United States and has pioneered in de' veloping improved methods of making timber requirements studies.

Xlutual Xloulding and Lumber Co.

521 West l52nd Slreel, Gordenq, Colifornio John e. Brewer

FAcultY l'o877

TWIN HARBORS TUAABER COA'TPANY

Aberdeen, Woshington

525 Boord of Trode Bldg. 451 South G Streel

PORTLAND 4, OREGON ARCATA, CATIFORNIA

Phone CApitol 8-4141

VAndyke 2-2971

Monufocturers ond Distributors of West Coost Forest Products frIENLO PARK

REPRESENTED IN CATIFORNIA BY T H & F SAIES, INC.

Jim Fraser-Dick frlerritt

1618 El Comino Reol

DAvenport 4-2525

ENt l{036 (Boy Areo, Scn Josel

IONG BEACH

Jim Rossmqn-Geo. Ofio-Mike Wqlsh

ItO W. Oceon Blvd.

SPruce 5-6318

HEmlock 2348t

MINTON'S TUMBERTERIA

(Continued, lrom Page 6) and the accrual of shorts. odd shapes of plywood, plastics. etc. is immerrse:.

In the words of Lyie Scha irr'. sr:nial young manager o{ Minton's, "\{'hat in the world did they do with the strrfl liefore the store was opened?"

So the "Pink Room" came into being. It is stafied by only one man because it is l00o/o serve-yourself. Lumber is rll kiln dried and graded only in the sense of its usage (shelving, paneling. etc.). It is displayed in bins and racks according to size, and it is individually priced (gcnerally by means of an end brand). The store also stocks a surprisingly wide range of hardwoods, hardwood plywood paneling, ceiling and floor tile and finishes.

Why "Pink Room" you ask? i3ecause iI is painted pink, of course, but urairly because this smart outfit long ago realized the importance of the woman sircpper. It may be just a warehouse to vou and me, old buddy, but it's the "Pink lloonr" tc them. Catch ?

The retail division of Nlinton's is a o-day a week operation ("If you can't make it in six days, best you get out of business").

The firm has an impressive ad budget, mostly local newspaper and direcl nrail, and uses the services of a local adveriising agency to get full bencfit of the acil'ertising dollar. All of the clerks in the retail division wear red o'Minton Men" jackets. The "Minton Man" character is <;arried throughout all advertising.

The many new merchandising angles em. ployed at X{inton's would lead the casual observer to think the company was another one of those "boy wonder" businesses of recent vintage. Actually, Minton Lumber Company was started 53 years agc rvhen Owen's dad, Earl, purchased tht: old Parkinson Bros. Lumber Co. in ,\lountain View. The firm has weathered three major' wars, depressions and recessions that sent the best of them reeling, only to corne back with a steadily growing chunk of business. The millwork division has shipped matcrial to every corner of the globe and jt has done work on everything from missile bases to ski resorts.

Minton's kind of reminds us of some women we've met. She's a real looker, but there's a lot of experience behiucl that l,ellkept exterior.

Redwood ond Diomonds

Redwood timbers from California were used to line some of the South African diamond mines.

Electricolly Heoled Houses And Wood Windows ond Doors

To stimulate and increase-the sale of wood windows and doors, exploit the steadily increasing market offered by electricallyheated homes.

This was the message for lumber and building material dealers from a recent Ponderosa Pine Woodwork press conference.

Theme o{ the con{erence, held in New York was "Total Heat Conservation in the Electrically-Heated House."

E. R. Ambrose, principal speaker, explained the advantages of weatherstripped windows and doors, insulating glass and storm sash. In so doing, he was in efiect stressing advantages which apply especially to wood windows.

Mr. Ambrose, head of the heating and air conditioning division oI American Electric Power Ser.r'ice Corp., made two points which are especially valuable to the wood windory dealer or jobber: (I) weatherstripping can reduce the average air infiltration rate by about hal{; (2) the use of insulating glass or storm windows, and proper sash and frame material, is the best way to control transmission heat loss and condensation.

Operating cost economies made possible by proper tvindow treatment were pinpointed. ln an electrically-heated test house