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Mqson Supplies Welcomes Aboord

Glenn Berry qnd Poul Harris

Glenn Berry and. Paul. llarris, well-known building materials salesmen, have been named territory salesmei for Mason-Supp_lies,.Inc., according to Paul Sink, general manag'er of the Los Angeles corrcern.

^.Berry, former partnei in the Foothill Lumber Company, Glendora, will cover the San Bernardino and Riverside counties territory, where he is well known in business and social circles. He has been prominently identified in the lumber and building field in the southeaitern area for over

Emmerson Output to Pqcific Fir Sqles

(Continued from Page 6) mill operation but is also responsible for the standing timber controlled by the company. 'fhese extensive hold-ings assure a steady flow to Southland retail lumber dealers.

In addition to the sawmill at Arcata, Emmerson operates two modern N{oore Dry Kilns where all Douglas fir clears are kiln dried before shipping to the southern and eastern markets.

Key employes of the R. H. Emmerson & Son plant at Arcata are pictured here with the headmen, "Curly" and "Red." They include Arney Jepson, Darlene McGie and June E,. Scott in the mill office, and head saw filer Glen O. Peterson and his assistant, Jim Tucci, day-shift mill foreman.

Pacific Fir Sales is a volume distributor offering direct mill shipments of all species of West Coast forest products to retail lumber dealers via rail, cargo,-truck and trailer. In addition to the R. H. Emmerson & Son sawmills, Pacific Fir Sales also represents other Northern California lumber manufacturers offering quality products exclusively to the lumberyard dealers in the Southland.

Other Pacific Fir Sales sales ofifrces are maintained in Oakland, Ukiah, Arcata and Yreka. Calif.

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ten years. Paul Harris, World War II Navy veferan. has been. in sales promotion all of his life. Foi the past five years .he has been associated with El Segundo Building Materials Company. He will cover the iouthwest Loi Angeles city and county, also all of Orange county, it was salo.

o For low.,cost. application under roof rafters and uncer certlng Jolst€.

o Combines aluminum foil with tearproof Sisalkraft.

o In handy 36" and 48" rolls.

"We are _following a policy of sales expansion to keep abreast of dealer and consumer needs. Oui men will work closely with all retail dealers to our mutual benefit." Sink said in his announcement regarding the appointmelrts.

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Federol Aid Projects . .

A $515,000 loan has been granted the South Davis County, Utah, Improvement District to finance purchase and added facilities of water systems to serve Bountiful, Utah. Refer: David H. Bybee, Attorney ; Project No. PFL-VI42-15.

q The town of Clinton, Utah, will build its own water distribution system rvith a federal loan of $195,000 and local funds o'f $31,500. A new missile plant will employ 3,000 workers near three present major defense establishments. Refer: J. Alhert \{itchell, president, Board of Trustees ; Project No. PFL-VI-42-I3.

The ci'ty of Martinez, Calif., has received Federal Housing Administration ap,proval of its workable program for elimination of slums and blight. The oity, located on the Strait of Carqu,ines about 20 miles northeast of San Francisco, was laid out as a town in blocks 200 feet square on the ,ranch of Ignacio Martinez, former commandant of San Francisco's Presidio, in 1849. Its present population is 9,400, with 6,500 more in an area immediately outside the city. Indications are the city will adopt the Uniform Housing Code of the Pacific Coast Building Officials by July. Some 220 substandard buildings are in a pr.oject area of 102 acres in the central business d,istrict and surrounding residential areas being stqdied as the pilot urban renewal project. A Depaltment of Urban Planning is to be establ,ished.

Federal Housing Adrninistrator Albert M. Cole has approved use of Section 221 FHA mor'tgage insurance to finance 150 units of lowcost private housing in Vancouver, Wash., to help rehouse families being displaced by an urban renewal project, demolition of te'mporary war housing, code enforcement and highway construction.

Community Facil,ities Administration Commissione,r John C. }Jazeltine has advanced Sequoia Union High School District of San Mateo county, Califonnia, $17,345 to finance planning of a gymnasium addition to the Woodside High school. Project will add 14,000 sq. ft. to the plant and cost an estimated $312,480. Construction is scheduled to start by September 1958. Refer: Rex M. Turner, district superintendent; Project No. Calif. 4-P-2313.

The Pittsburg Unified School District of Contra Costa county, Calif., has received a CFAdvance of $25,750 for preliminary planning of an $1,519,000 elementary school of 22 classrooms and kindergarten to serve the area bounded by Camp S'toneman on the north and Railroad avenu€ on the west. Construction is tentatively set to start in the summer of 1959. Refer: D.r. Charle-s E. Haworth, superintendent; Project No. Calif. 4-P-3216.

The Oroville Union High School Dis,trict of Butte county, Calif., has received a $28,500 CFAdvance for preliminary planning of a $1,565,500 high school building of 16 classrooms and special build-. ings to start construction during 1959. Refer: J. H. Pank, president, Board of Trustees; Project No. Calif. 4-P-32O3.

The Santa Cruz county Flood Cont,rol and Water Conservation District has received a $30,000 CFAdvance for prelim,inary planning of water facilities to include a dam and reservoi'r on Newell creek with a spillway and outlet works. Construction on the $1,100,000 project is tentatively set to start June l, 1959. Refer: Ray J. Scott, County counsel, Santa Cruz, Calif.; Project No. Calif. 4-P-3194.

The Kula Water Development Project in the Countj' of Maui, Territory of Hawaii, has received a $63,500 CFAdvance to prepare plans and specifications for additions and improvements at estimated cost of $936,000. Refer: Yoshiharu Tsuji, Manager, Kahului, Maui, T. H.; Project No. T.H. 51-P-3003.

Ijrban Renewal Commissioner Richard L. Steiner approved a $47,275 federal grant to the Bureau of Municipal Research and Service, Univers'ity of Oregon, to prcpare imp.rovement planning for the Oregon towns of Albany, Arlington, Beaverton, Coquille, Corvallis, Forest Grove, Grants Pass, Medford, Newberg, North Bend, Saint Helens, Sweet Home and Toledo. Refer: Herman Kehrli, Director, B.M.R. & S., Eugene, Ore.

The California Department of Finance has received a $36,870 URC grant for planning general irnprovem,ents in Baldwin Park, Belmont, Merced and Tehachapi. Refer: Elton R. Andrews, Dept. of Finance, State Capitol, Sacramen'to 14, Calif

The Arizona State Planning and Building Commission has received an $18,000 CFAdvance to prepare plans for a cell block at the Arizona State Prison at Florence to cost an estir.nated $1/82,N0 and start construction after an appropriation by the state legislature. As nrany as 1,253 have been crowded into the prison built for 600 inmates. Refer: Donald L. Lockwood, executive secretary, State Planning Commiss,ion, Phoenix, Ariz.; Project No. Ariz-2-P-3033.