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So'Gol Building illoteriols Nomed Southlond Distrib for Olympic Stqined Products

So-Cal Building Materials Co., Inc., Los Angeles, has been appointed a distributor of Olympic stains throughout the Southern California area. The announcement ',r'as made by Richard E. Freeman, So-Cal vice-president.

Freeman said the increasing use of wood for fences and siding in the Southern California region made the addition of a stain line desirable.

Pqul Mstthies Joins Eric Hexberg for Increqsed Sourhlond Snles €overoge

Paul L. Matthies, identified for the past 33 years in Southern California wholesale distribution of lumber and allied materials, has joined the sales staff of Hexberg Lumber Sales, according to Eric Hexberg, chief executive of the firm. Matthies (shown left, above, with Mr. Hexberg) started his wood products career in Los Angeles 1n 1927 when he joined up with the Red River Lumber Co., and he has been right in there pitching since that time. For more than 20 years he has owned and operated his owrl sawmills in Northern California and. more recently. conducted his wholesale lumber distribution concern in Downey, California.

"In order to increase our wide coverag'e of the Southland trade area, which also includes points in Arizona and Nevada, we are gradually increasing our staff," said Eric Hexberg. "Paul will call on lumber dealers and industrials and continue his contacts at the retail level where he has concentrated his efforts for more than three decades."

Paul Matthies is a local product of Los Angeles, where he graduated from school and has lived since he was eight years old. He now resides in Whittier with his wife Frances. His last sawmill venture was in Marin countv. where he operated 10 mills during the past several yeari.

Frqnkhouser Joins King-Morsholl

Harry Frankhauser, formerly associated with Fair n4ill & Lumber Company in Bakersfield, has joined the KingMarshall Lumber Company there, according to Larry King.

"We wanted a top-quality line and inasmuch as Olympic stain is made expressly for redwood; is guaranteed to never crack, peel, or blister; and because this is a complete line, we decided it was the best for us and the dealers served by So-Cal," Freeman said.

The So-Cal official said that initial sales of the new stain line were very good and that the company anticipated a big season with the new stain products.

Wolnut Home Sires Approved

Subdivision of 105 acres in Walnut, California, has been approved for 451 single-family homesites on the property at Fifth Ave. and Brea Canyon cutoff road owned by Josephine and Joseph Pilario.