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Age not guaranteed---Some I have told for 20 years---Some Less Presence of Mind

This college boy had been up all the night before playing poker, so when he got to his English class he grabbed a seat in the rear of the room. and settled down to a comfortable nap. They were studying one of Shakespeare's plays. He didn't know which one, in fact was serenely indifferent to ttre whole world when he was rudely awakened by the Professor's voice, calling his name, and asking:

"And then, Mr. Smith, what did the King think?"

He struggled a moment for possession of his senses, before he answered:

"Well, to tell you the truth, Professor, the King didn't know what to think."

Arizonq's Jordqn Tqlks in Colif.

I'h9enix. Ariz.-Jack Jorclarr, mzrnager of the Lumbe r Nlerchandisers Assn. here, r'isited in California last month to make talks before lumber groups. On N{ay 17 he aclrlressed the U. S. Corps oi Engineers hcad<luarters staff in Los Angeles on the Arizona-rleveloped rnethod of chenrically seasonirrg lumlrer. Jordan, u'ho u'as active in devising the rnetl-rod, said it is locally ilccepted as a leacling ans\ver to the high-heat and lou'-humiditl' conditions in the Southrvest.

On May 20 hc adclressed the l-umbermen's Assn. of Fresno on "Integrity in Nlarketing I-uml;er," zrnd repeated the talk on XIay 21 lrefore the l,umber N[erchandisers Asst.t. of llakersfiel d.

Remodeling Aids J-M Sqles

Nerv York City-"The high level cif repair, remodeling ancl additions" rr'as helcl largell' responsible for the increase in Johns-Mzrnvillc Corp. building material sales over 1956 in this year's first four months, saicl Flarolcl It. Ilerlin, building products division. "l)espite a drop in ne'rv housing starts, n-roderniz:rtion is hirving the best year ever recorded," Rerlin saicl.

The J-NI executive adcled that total construction in this vear's first four months exceeded last year's by 2/ in dcillar volume and, despite ct-rsts, is onlv :rbont 2/, belo*' 1956 in phvsica'l volttme.

Fillmore Yards See Boom

Fillmore, Calif.-The tu,o local lumbervards, the I'eolrles l,umber Co. and the Fillrnore I-unrber Co., have been very busl' the past feu' u,eeks laying in a supply of l-,uilding materials. The Fillmore Heralcl reported last month. Iloth yards are optimistic for the future of Fillmore the nen'spaper said, rvith ne'n industry moving in, citrus returns, zoclming oil activity :rt an ail-time high and, u'henever a customcr decides he's going to build :l new housc, the tn'o yards are going to be rcady.

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