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Home Ownership at Highest Level . An Editorial.--.._...

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New Jackpot Firm Gives Its Customers the Odds.,,,___, Arcadia Lumber's Home Fair A Huge Success-.--..._--.

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White Pocket-Dead or Alive?

Nominqring Committee of Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club 2 Selects New Officers for | 961-62

At a committee meeting May 16th, conducted at the Central Manufacturing District Club, Los Angeles HooHoo members unanim,ously selected the following officers to serve during the 1961-62 fiscal year:

Joe Petrash, president and snark; Chuck Lember, 1st vice-president; Rex Wells, 2nd vice-president ; Rex Oxford, 3rd vice-president : Ben Gardiner,-secretary-treasurer; and Don McNew, assistant treasurer. Don Gow was nominated vice-president in charge of golf and Lee Kramer was named vice-president in charge of publicity and membership.

This slate of new officers was presented to the general membership at the May 19th meeting at Hacienda Cbuntry Club. It is expected they will be elected to office at the June 16th meeting at Inglewood Country Club and will assume their respective duties in September.

The nominating committee was chaired by Don Braley, and included Harvey Koll, Ole May, Roy Stanton Sr., Harold Cole, John Osgood and Dee Essley as members. In the past nomination has been tantamount to election and from indications the above mentioned Black Cats will lead the club during the next year.

NRTDA Lqunches Home lmprovemenl Progrom

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Here again, this is nothing more than a direc( loan program at an uneconomic rate of interest and it amounts to subsidized rental housing at the taxpayers expense. What it amounts to is public housing for the middle-income families. They are doing by subterfuge that which they have not been able to do by outright direct loans," he continued.

"There is also a new program in the bill setting up a new program in FHA to insure larger home improvement loans on the security of a second mortgage or other security deemed adequate by FHA. This would permit loans up to $10,000 f.or a 2S-year term at six percent interest. It applies in urban renewal areas as well as other areas, and is designed to restore and upgrade older homes which are worth saving. There are certain limits and restrictions on such loans to prevent abuse. I think that Congress will probably reduce the maximum term and possibly the maximum amount of loan and will also spell out the security to be taken for the loans. Regardless of the many objections to the bill, Congress will probably give the President most of what he wants," Mr. Else said.

Name Change

Paul V. DeVille, immediate past president of NRLDA, urged that consideration be given to changing of the name of the National Retail Lurnber Dealers Association. He said that 50 percent of what we sell today is not lumber, and yet we still call ourselves lumber dealers. He also felt that the word retail should come under close scrutiny. "No one today likes to buy at retail prices," he said. "People like to buy direct from the warehouse or discount houses. We certainly aren't doing ourselves any good in the market place when we call ourselves retail lumber dealels. Even the word, dealers," he added, "has an unpleasant connotation to many. Are we dealers or are we merchants?" he asked.

LU-RE-CO

Raymond H. Harrell, executive vice president of the Lumber Dealers Research Council. told the Board that 1960 was the most

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Monufqclurers successful year the Council has ever had. LDRC added 100 new members and continued its methodical advancement that has been shown year by year.

Among new developments at the Council are a new one and-a-half story truss, construction of 12 research houses at a Minnesota Nike site, and an entirely new research house at St. Charles, Illinois, being built in cooperation with the Masonite Corporation. This latter research house, Mr. Harrell said, was "real wild."

Mr. Harrelll stated that liaison between the Council and building products manufacturers was excellent and a number of new programs are going into effect. He said that LDRC is doing everything possible in the field of research to keep lumber dealers ahead, and that he will keep NRLDA informed of all progress.

Weyerhoeuser Provides Ply-Veneer Point of Purchqse Sqle Aids

A new Ply-Veneer point of purchase unit combining a colorful display panel and an informative literature piece on ideas, plans and helpful tips on working with Weyerhaeuser Ply-Veneer panels is available to help dealers stop and sell the walk-in trade.

The display panel consists of 12" x 17" piece of PlyVeneer silk screened with pertinent selling points. It has an easel back for standing on a counter or the unit can be easily hung on a u'a11. Convenient 3" x 6t' pocket s?ed literature pieces are supplied with the display board. The fold-out literature piece is designed to show home owners and do-it-yourselfers how to work with and how to use utility panels of Ply-Veneer for garage, attic and_ closet lineri, ilso for ceiling tile backing sheets. Detailed plans for a folding screen, and partition, wardrobe, playhouse, toy chest and storage box fabricated otlt of Ply-Veneer are also included in the literature piece.

The complete display is available to Ply-Veneer dealers without chirge. Weyeihaeuser Company, Box E, Tacoma, Washington.

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