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We are seroicing the arca shoun on this page with the follouing items:

Radco Aluminum Sliding Windows

Aluminum Casements

Skyview Patio Doors

Columbia Aluminum Screen Doors

Columbia-Matic Tension Screens

Flush Doors-Mahogany, Ash, Birch, Beech

Stile and Rail Doors

Pine Mouldings

Redwood Mouldings

Douglas Fir Jambs

Oak Thresholds

Our Delivery Schedule is qs follows:

Mondoy-Yubo City, Morysville, Grqss Vslley, Nevodo City, Auburn, Lincoln, Roseville.

Tuesdoy-Oroville, Porodise, Chico, Red Blufi, Redding, Corning, Willioms, Orlond, Willows, €oluso

Wednesdov-Biggs, Gridley, Woodlond, Dovis, Durhqm.

Residentiql Building Hikes Construction Totqls to Peqk

New construction activity expanded seasonally in April and brought the total value of work put in place to rlew highs of $4,2 billion for the month, and $15.1 billion for the January-April period, according to preliminary estimates prepared jointly by the Departments of Labor ancl Commerce. This year's April figure \vas up 75o/o from 1958, and the total for the first four months was l3/o greater. Spending for new construction thus far in 1959 was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $54.3 billion, compared with actual outlays of $49.0 billion for the entire year 1958.

Private expenditures for new construction in the January-April 1959 period reached a record $10.7 billion, mainly because of the 29/o advance in residential building (to $6.1 billion) over the early months of 1958.

Wood Informqtion Cenfer Esroblished

A "one-stop" information center has been organized by the National Lumber Manufacturers Association as an aid to those seeking specific editorial research material, photographs, background information and references on wood and lumber products.

The Wood Information Center hopes to be of help to many segments of the general public, architectural and building professions, communications media and any other group or individual interested in acquiring the most np-to-date, complete and accurate information available on the subject of wood and its many uses, benefits and contributions to our lives, homes, work and leisure.

The NLMA's Wood Information Center-which is headquartered in Washington, D.C.-has set up the facilities and staff to provide a full range of these services.

The broad scope of the WIC's activities has been made possible because of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association's coordinating role as the federated national organization for 17 of the country's top regional wood associations. Li addition to direct research aid, the WIC will also function as a centralized referral source to gather product information and materials from key regional groups and brandname manufacturers to meet editorial requests.

The Wood Information Center will als6 draw upon other non-affiliated associations and manufacturers whose products and services ally them with the lumber manufacturir.rg industry, to supplement its regular irrformation and material-gathering sources.

Aside from the service functions of the WIC, the center will also act as a creative generator of news stories, feature articles, photograph features and other factual information based on material teceived through the inter-change of ideas in the WIC. This creative function will er.rable \ rIC to aid editors, feature writers and newspaper men to initiate, research and write interesting authentic stories about the lumber and wood products industry. A continuing flow of news releases, article ideas and oustanding pictures from WIC will be sent to newspapers, magazines and trade publications.

There will be no charges made for the services provided by the WIC. Inquiries should be addressed to the "Wood Information Center," National Lumber Manufacturers Association, 1319lSth Street, NW., Washington 6, D.C.

(Tell them Aou sau it in The Californin Lumber Merchant)

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Ben Bartels, general manager of the Peo,ples Lumber Company yards, Ventura, is back on the job after an illness during the month of April.

Art Furcron of the Consolidated Lumber Company, Wilmington, attended the lumber seasoning meeting in Eureka the early part of this month.

Watsonville Dealer Earle Johnson, Sr., and Mrs. Johnson joined Gertrude and Lew Godard for a Hawaiian vacation the last two weeks of April.

Rex Warkentine of the Ed Fountain Lumber Co., Los Angeles, and his wife Mary spent a long weekend trip to Las Vegas and returnecl. it is rumored. in a Brink's armored truck.

Pete Corfrstein of Wholesalers, Inc., Phoenix, was a recent visitor to Los Angeles from the sun country.

Arcata Redwood's Lloyd Hecathorn and Paul Ward called on western Nevada (Reno?) accounts the last week of April.

Dorothy (Mrs. Clif) Roberts spent the last April weekend in Los Angeles attending a YWCA executive conference. The San Diego lum'berman's wife has spent several years in YWCA work there and is a member of the national committee.

Jerry Person of Phoenix (Arizona) Wholesale Lumber Service was a recent caller on friends and business associates in Los Angeles.

Jim Hall, Jr., returned to San Francisco in mid-April after a trip east and a swing through the Northwest on James L. Hall Co. business.

Clint Rygel of the Rygel Lumber Sales, Long Beach, returned the first of May from a 3-week survey trip of the northern mill areas to renew old connections prior to opening his wholesale distribution offices.

Menlo Park Wholesalesman Carl Watts visited Humboldt county mill connections for a mid-April week.

Thom Ptrilips of Philips Bros. Lumber Co., Long Beach, spent the last of April among Arizona f riends and customers. Helen Pease Rude held down the fort during his absence.

Ed Dreessen left "Partner Betty D'ee" behind for a late April week while he visited Humboldt county suppliers on Bee & Dee Sales Co. business and no "horsing around."

Orrie W. Hamilton is in Washington, D.C. for the Spring directors meeting of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Assn. at the Shoreham hotel. The Southeln California Retail Lumber Assn. executive veep v/as accompanied on the trip east iby his wife.

Norm Winsor of Great Western Lumber Corp. was a recent southern California visitor for a weekend from the Fresno county mill operation where he's now based.

Hac Collins visited Twin-City (oh those twins!) Lumber Co. accounts in the Southwest and took in the Lone Star dealers' ibig Texposition last month.

Harvey Koll made a flying trip to Las Vegas, where he seems to like the "action," but is now back at his Los Angeles desk.

Simpson Redwood Co. Salesmanager "Mac" McCorrnick returned to Arcata late in April af ter a business trip through the east and southwest, where he stopped ofl at Fort Worth for the Texas dealers' annual.

Bill Smith, executive of Smith-Robbins Lumber Co., Los Angeles, met with lumber suppliers last month in San Francisco to assure a steady flow of materials to his wholesale distribution yard for the Summer months.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Talbot and Dave Davis will attend the N-AWLA's 57th annual meeting in Washington, D.C., May 19-21, and wind up a 2-week business trip through the midwest and east coast.

Forrest W. Wilson, San Marino, left May 9 for a 2-week trip to the Vancouver mills of British Columbia Forest Products Ltd. and MacMillan & Bloedel, both of which he represents in southern California and the Southwest. He was accompanied by Roland Swan of the Marshall Shingle Co., San Francisco, which represents M&B in the northern area.

"Housing Definitions" has just been published by the Housing and Home Finance Agency to aid in a better understanding of the varied, widespread activitres of the federal government's overall housing agency. Workable program, urban renewal plan, FHA mortgage insurance pternitm, 20/o gap, secondary mortgage market, advance for public works planning, redevelopment, building code . are samples of the de6nitions included in the 46-page booklet. "Housing Definitions" contains popular definition of terms, titles and phrases as they relate to HHFA programs. Also included are organizations, groups, and government agencies regularly dealing with housing and urban matters on a national scale. It is for sale at 30 cents a copy by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D.C.