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Industry Awqrds to Highlighr Golden Anniversory of FPI

Madtson, }!rls,-New trendi in resea,rch on wood witt tC resea,rch on glued lomlnated tlmber deslgn anil fabrlcatlon wtll bo presented by Fla.nk J. Hanrahan, executive vicepresltlent of AIIC. tlmbers a yeer. The plaque recogrrizlng the Laborakiry's spotlighted and past accompllshments mlrrored by speakers, exhibits, demonstrations, and lndustrlal achievement awards when the U. S. Forest Products Laboratory's golden anrnivorsary ls celebrated here .fune 2-4. Wha't future resea,rch rray hold ln store for producers and users of wood products wlll be demonstratetl in speclal exhlbits to be ilisplayed at the Laboratory. Exhibits wlll ronge from tree growlng for wood quality to new chemica,l prooeasos for producing food' synthetlc textlles, and rockot propella,nts from wood.

Industry recognltion of outstanding research accomplishments will be highlighted by the presentatlon of several plaques to the federal Laboratory. Industry groups maklng the awards wlll be tho Home Manufacturers Assoclatlon' Amerlcan Institute of Tlrnbor Construction, anil Douglas Fir Plywood Associa.tlon.

The housing award wlll bo recognition of the federal Laboratory's research that produced the stressed-cover system of panel design and construction now wldely used for mass producing factory-built houses;

Two history-making houses butlt a,t the Laboratory ln 1937, a,nd in constant use for offices ever since, were the ffrst full-scale structures deslgned along strossed-cover principles. Both are ln sound conditlon after 23 years and wlll be on exhtbit durlng the Golden Annlversory weekend. Three' fourths of the 13?,000 prefabrlcated houses built in 1959 are estimatod to have been deslgned a,ccording to stressed-cover princlples.

Another unlquely hlstorlc butlding-the first built in the United States with glued lamlnated arches according to Labofatory-developed research findlngs-wlll be recognlzed by the AITC awa,rd. The arches tn thls builillng, erected in 1935, trlggered an lndustry that now produces hundreds of milllons of dollars worth of glued lamlnated structura,l

Madison, Wis.-Many of the in the world of wood will gather nation's foremost figures here June 2-4 to join with the staff of the U. S. servance of its Golden Forest Products Anniversary. The Laboratory in obfederal institution, rha unit of the Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, was founded l-rere June 4, I9lO, in cooperation with the University of Wisconsin.

, The same building will get double-barreled recognitlon because lt also exempufies tho first use of waterproof exterior-t5pe plywood-now wiilely produced and marketed. When it was erected ln 1935, however, all plywood was made of glues that lacked the needed water resistance for outdoor use. Laboratory experts had to set up glue specffications for the producer of the pl5rwood and suporvlse its productlon. The plywood on the building's exterlor walls remalns ln excellent conditlon after a qua,rter century of servlce. \il. E. Difford, executive vice-presldent of the Douglas Flr Pl5rwood Association, Tacoma, TVash., wlll present the Laboratory with a plaque recognizing its ploneerlng research ln this fielrl.

Highllghted among exhibits wlll be SHcewood' a lumber product of a machine that cuts logs into boards without sawdust. Another urdque product of research on dlsplay will be wood rendered lrnmuno to rot without use of polsoning chemicals; it's done by destro5rlng the thiamine ln wood or by ma,king wood cellulose lniligestible to decay fungl.

Sa.ndwlch panel constructlon, plonoered by the Laboratory for houslng rlght after World War If a,nd recently adopted by the Natlonal Associatlon of Home Bullders for tts 1958 and 1959 demonstratlon houses, will also be fea.tured in exhlblts. Among other houslng highlighte wtll be new klnds of wood floors that can be glued directly to concrete subfloors; decoratlve and acousticel panels made from whlte-pocket I)ouglas-fir, wood fibers, and wood pantlcles as fine a,s coarse sawdust; and wood treatrnents that lncrea^se reslstance to decay, fire, and dlmenslonal changes.

In announcing the program for the three-day observance, Director Edward G. Locke commented that virtually all the forest products industries, as well as education, science, and government, would be represented by speakers or particioants in other events.

Slressing the theme, "Forest Products Research-the Next Fifty Years," four top industry executives will examine the significance of research to the lumber, plywood, pulp and paper, and chemical industries in one of the high- light events on the program.

Dr. C. A. Elvehjem, University president, will deliver a major address, "Research in Today's World." He will be followed on the rostrum by the four industry leaders, each of whom will describe how research has been applied to his field.

F. K. Weyerhaeuser, board chairman of the Weyerhaeuser Co., rvill represent the lumber industry. H. E. lMhitaker, board chairman of the Mead Corp., Dayton, Ohio, and president of the American Paper and Pulp Association, will speak for the paper industry. The plywood industry will be represented by W. E. Difford, managing director of the Douglas Fir Plywood Association, and-the chemical industry by Samuel W. Lenher, vice-president and adviser for research of E. I. duPont de Nemours and Co., Wilmington, Del.

Friends of the Laboratory gathering in Madison for the occasion will help launch the Golden Anniversary party with a banquet Thursday night, June 2, in the University's Memorial Union, preceded by registration of visitors.

_ George A. Garratt, dean of Yale University's School of Forestry at New llaven, Conn., will be binquet toastmaster. Madison Mayor Ivan A. Nestingen will welcome banquet guests to the city, and Richard E. McArdle, Washington, D.C., Chief of the Forest Service, will speak on the role of research in forest management.

Friday afternoon's program, Director Locke said, will consist of Laboratory tours for guests and special dedication ceremonies highlighting various research achievements that have gained industrial prominence.

^ The program will be concluded with an all-day public Open House Saturday, June 4, at which exhibits and demonstrations will also be on view.

Joe Hqmmond Buys M. P. Hole Yord

J. C. "Joe" Hammond, partner in Millbrae Lumber Company for the past eight years, has purchased the M. p. Hale Lumb_er Company in Morgan Hill from "Skipper" Hale. For Hammond, the move marks a return to Moigan Hill, where he managed the Sterling Lumber Compiny yard prior to WWII.