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Southern €qliforniq lqunches Over $8OO Million in Building thru April

Construction launched in Southern California in the first third of 1957 reached at least $830,000,000, according to official building-permit reports plus conservative estimates from authoritative sources regarding projects for which building permits are not required, reports The Los Angeles Times. And that vast total, lending new strength to the expectation that 1957 will be a $2,500,000,000 or greater Southland building year, was reached despite the fact that there was no uniformity of uptrend-big increases in some areas and drops, some of them considerable, in others. However, every place in the survey disclosed a big and important volume of new construction.

llere's how building activities contributed to the huge aggregate:

Seventy-five of the Southland's cities issued $433,916,W worth of permits in the year's first four months, according to official reports gathered by this section of The Times. And while that amount did not come up to their total for the similar time last year, it is significant that their April volume of $132,193,280 exceeded their April 1956 sum by $25,52t,532.

Permits to amount of $218,842,988 were issued for projects in the unincorporated areas of nine Southland counties, it was disclosed in compilation by the research department of the Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles. A total of about $140,000,000 was reached in the first four months by contracts for heavy construction, according to Southern California Chapter, Associated General Contractors of

America. Besides all the foregoing figures there also was the always great amount of identifiable projects for which permits are not required.

An instance of the huge increase was disclosed by the official report that $177,437,N2 worth of permits were issued in Los Angeles in this year's first four months, $29,3ffi,346 more than in the like time last year.

Pocific Wood Products Ncrmed Agents

Taggat Sawmill Company, Inc., of the Philippine Islands has appointed Pacific Wood Products as exclusive sales agents on plywood and veneer, according to Norman and Jack Davidson. This arrangement was concluded between Alfonso Lim, president of Taggat, and Dick Bartlett, vice-president of Pacific Wood Products, who has taken up residence in the Philippines and will lend technical and grading assistance to the new Taggat plywood operation.

Taggat's new mill at Claveria will be in full operation on both plywood and veneers by August, according to Bartlett. The production will amount to approximately six and a half million feet per month of veneers and plywood. A wide variety of thicknesses, sizes and specifications will be manufactured in this large, new, completely integrated mill equipped with the newest and most modern American made plywood machinery. The Davidson brothers announce that Taggat's plywood will be merchandised under a realistic grading system more closely in accord with that used by domestic distributors.

Garden Grove, Calif.-Moore-Bilt Homes plans a 57-home tract on 14 acres near Cerritos and Euclid avenues, Nutwood street and Katella road approved by county supervisors.

Bob Osgood Elected 'Most Terrible' ot TTT's 3 | st Annuol Meeting

The 372nd Terrible Twenty tournament r,vas held at Los Angeles Country Club, May 10, rvith Ed Bauer as host. We had a brunch at ten o'clock and then played the North Course. The ureather \vas perfect and the course \vas as torrgh and long as it rvas beautiful. Five members got uncler 75 net. Falconer lost to Pierce in the coin toss, in the day's tin u'histle, both having 37 points.

In the match plav, Osgood beat Alcorn in the top flight for the Znd six-months' tournament and also beat Rodecker. the rvinner rif the 1st six-months' tournament. In the lou,er flight, Pierce beat Gartz in the match play ior the year.

The medal plal' for nine months-Boll,en r,vas lor,v man, u'ith Gartz second. In the six-months' tournament. Wall n.as lorv, u'ith \\'o11 in second place.

Guests of the day included Adolph Warvarovsky, Los Angeles N{illu'ork Co., and William Brophy, vice-president, Southn'estern Portland Cement Co.

The 31st annual meeting rvas held after dinner, r,r,ith Vern Huck presiding. Carsten Woll, reprresenting the Nominating committee, reported on the suggested nelr. directors, namely, King, Rcirven and Osgood. These n,ere elected, and Alcorn elected to replace Hoel, n ho resignecl from the Board. The directors appointed Osgoocl as the Nkrst Terrible for the coming year. Bob Falconer took over the treasurer's books from \\,'hittaker.

The next torlrnament is at Riviera u.ith Woli makine the arrangemenfs-1o be announced.-H. M. Alling.