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press in southern California and made a low to high swing from Death Valley to Mammoth Mountain to check uses of KD redwood siding in resort areas. Then he flew to see the Denver press in that growing market area. He is one of CRA's "birds" who rvill not be returning to the nest. After eleven years of handling CRA's conservation and publicity assignments, Barney is going to retire to his "tree farm" at Point Reyes to grow Christmas trees, draw his retirement pay from the Navy (Captain, USI\R) and take on a number of writing assignments. He is probably best known to lumbermen as the man who handled the publicity for the 65th annual convention of Hoo-Hoo International in San Francisco in 1956 and as thc creator and director of CRA's successful "stage show" sales meetings throughout the U.S. in 1959 and 1960. His two daughters are champion ice-skaters and he and his wi{e, Sally, hope to be traveling to Grenoble, France, for the 1969 Winter Olympics.

Pete Johnson, head of CRA's technical services, has presided at the meetings o{ NF'PA's technical advisory group in Oregon and in Hawaii with a group from CRA's promotion committee conducting rneetings for architects and specifiers and, in July, will attend the annual of the Forest Products Research Society in Minneapolis. Lee Rappleyea will accompany Pete to Hawaii then hurry back for the Western Dry Kiln Clubs annual in Eureka as general chairman. Also on the Hawaii trip was CRA's new advertising manager, Keith Lanning.

In the forestry and conseryation fields, Kramer Adams and Jack Keane are the air. lines' Jrest customers these davs.

Tom Porker Forms Firm

Tom Parker, one of the pioneers in the imported hardwood plywood industry, recently established Thomas A. Parker Co. in Burlingame. Parker, who for many years was associated with M. S. Cowan Co. in San Francisco, will be active in sales and will also be available as a plywood consultant.

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His first two assignments as a consultant include a "disinterested third party" settlement on a large claim, and a market survey on a specialty product involving both distribution and promotion.

While Parker was a director and past president of the Imported Hardwood Plywood Association, his most notable contributions have been in the area of grading rules. In 1963, he prablished a critique on Japanese grading rules which ultimately resulted in revision of those rules. He is also credited with writing IHPA Rules 1-64 and is currently chairman of a committee working on U.S. Commercial Standards for Imported Hardwood Plywood.

Son Diego Annuol Nite

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ENJ()YING DINNER are (1) Ken Fritz, TW&J, San Diego; Hank Barbera, Sullivan Hardware, San Diego; Dave Palash, San Diego. P) Bill Hansen, Encinitas Lumber; Cal Wvss. Reseive Wholesale,0ceanside. (3) Warren Wexlei and Ray Bell of Prne Tree Lumber. (4) Lyle Seibert, Dixieline Lumber, San Diego; Larry McDonald Frost Hardware & Lumber, San Diego. (5) Gene Gauthier. Encinitas Lumber; Ty Cobb. T. M. Cobb Co., San Diego. (6) Flo Tschogl, Frost Hardwood Lumbel; Bob Ransom, Ransom Brothers Lumber, Ramona. (7) Al Kiefer, Guest; Perry Smith, Empire Lumber, San Diego; Don Armstrong, Solana Lumber, Solana Beach.

Home Fixup Surging

The home improvement industry will soon surpass the total number oI consumer dollars spent on new tract homes.

- ooThe major shift in emphasis from new tract homes to home improvement is primarily due to a sociological revolution rather than the economic factor," Sanford R. Goodkin a market researcher has said.

Home improvement annual volume is expected to go from $14 billion at present to $20 billion in the next five years while new home construction will probably remain constant at an annual rate of $tB billion, said Goodkin, whose firm is the official west coast statistical source for the National Association of Home Builders.

Goodkin cited five reasons why home improvement volume is expected to outstrip new home construction:

(l) Society has evolved from a patriarchal'society to a teenage culture which would rather not move.

(2) The rise of the mobile home industry has been greater than expected.

(3) Political leaders have failed to provide plans for public transportation to suburbia.

(4) 'oThe builder of today has no leverage and no flexibility, he is overpaying for land and money while his overhead goes up and confusion reigng" said Goodkin.

(5) The merchant builder is beset with too many problems to really grow even with public capital.

According to the Goodkin survey, seven out of ten did not want to move simply because they were more s@ure in their present environment.

White House lumber Conference

Top government policymakers and key forest products leaders met at the White House in early May to discuss means of assisting President Johnson in finding ways to hold down lumber prices.

Lumbermen attending were: Gene C. Brewer, president, U.S. Plywood Corporation; L. L. Stewart, president, Bohemia Lumber Corporation; Walter W'. Black, Custer Lumber Co.; Starr W. Reed, Simpson Timba Company; Charles T. Gray, president, American Forest Products Corporation; F. Lowry Wyatt, Weyerhaeuser Company; and J. B. Edens, president, Southwest Forest Industries.

Meeting with them were: Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the Interior; John A. Carver, Undersecretary of the Interior; James C. Dusenberry, economist and member of the President's Council of Economic Advisors; Joseph A. Califano, Jr., special assistant to President Johnson; and Phillip M. Brownstein, head of the Federal Housing Administration.

Willomette Volley Tourney

The Willamette Valley Hoo-Hoo Cub's 25th annual Golf Tournament and Fun Fest gets underway at the Eugene, Oregon, Country Club June 17, club chairman Fred Farrior reports.

The day begins at 7 am with registration of guests and members, and continues through till midnight. Bufiet supper is scheduled from 6 to B p.m.

Eight committees are in charge of the tourney. Co-chairmen are John Prince and Clark Miller; publicity is handled by Fred Farrior; awards, Diek Jones; gin rummy, Don Barker and Ross Carter; registration, Dick Clark, Ken Broadwater, Jack McDonald, and ooMiss Hoo-Hoo"; house committee, by board members; finance, Al Hallstrom.and hotel registration, Donn Thomas.

A charge of $20 per person covers bufret supper,.golf, swimming and refreshments. Food and drink will be served from noon till 9:30 pm, Farrior said.