New BUIIDING Developments...

Sonoma-The Elementary School district voters passed a $196,000 bond issuc for construction of thrce classrooms at each of the district's two schools.

Buena Park-City Planning Commission approved an 84-home subdivision on a tract boundei by Western and Crescent avenues.

Los Angeles-Constluction started on the first unit of the Y.M.C.A. building in Westchester at B0t1i street and Sepulveda boulevard at $420,000 costs. The nine months' building project will totally cost $775,000 and is the first plannecl "family Y.M.C.A." in the citl'.

Vallejo-The upward trend of building activity continued during Aptil with 51 new construction, repair and remodeling projects valued at $221,125, a l0/o gain over March's 46 at 9186,079.

Garden Grov+Approved were plans of Herman and Muriel Lenz to subdivide 57 acres into 250 residential lots west of Highway 39 between Lampson street and Chapman avenue.

Orange-City Planning Commission approved a $120,000 apartment-motel and four stores at 210 N. Tustin Ave.

Merced-The new $125,000 Police Department plans were approved rby the City Council and the building at 22nd and M Sts. is expected to be ready 'by Fa1l.

Placentia-City Planning Commission approved plans for a 16-lot development at the intersection of Rose and Citrus avenues.

Anaheim-The City School Distlict awarded contracts for four school projects worth $703,000. The Romneya Drive school will be built by Pamularo-Stromberg of Santa Ana at $207,200, and same firm got the Mel Gauer school job at $102,700; Starling & Paulin, Santa Ana, won the Sunkist school award at $310,514, and O. Z. Ro,bertson builds the additions at 501 E. Vermont at $82,790.

San Dimas-W. C. Bacus, Los Angeles, will develop 8l singlefamily homesites on a l4-acre tract north of Cienega and west of San Dimas avenue.

Buena Park-Duncan G. Howard Co. will construct the Eig,hth Street school on a l0-acre site at $244,600. Board also okayed a multi-purpose b,uilding at the McComber school, Pacific and Westefn avenues.

Santa Fe Springs-A community re,creation building will be put up at Little Lake Park, Pioneer'boulevard and Lakewood road.

San Pablo-A new subdivision of low-cost homes has been opened in the Leroy Heights sector of the East Bay and tract will eventually comprise 420 homes.

Chatsworth-Rocketdyne Corp. will erect a $900,000 scrvicc building at Nordhoff street and De Soto avenue.

Tehama County-$500,500 in funds has been allotted the county for repair of bridges,.etc., damaged in the January high water.

Anaheim-City Council approved a 44-lot tract on the north side of E. South street, east of S. Placentia avenue, and 28 dwellings on the east side of Euclid avenue north of Cerrito avenue.

Santa Barbara-An apartment building is going up on the site of the former old Potter hotel, city's first, erected at the turn of the century and later known as the Belvedere and then the Ambassador.

Fresno-The ancient Parlor Lecture Club has a split in its membership, with one faction wishing to sell the structure because of excessive property taxes. The clutr has 'been offered a free clubhouse site on city outskirts if it will start construction within a year.

La Habra-R&W Warmington Co. took out $288,000 in permits for 18 single-family dwellings at Central and La Mirada avenues.

San Francisco-Crown Zellerbach Corp. has erected a bleachers stand for the "sidewalk superintendents" at the site of its new building construction project at Sansone and Market streets. Contractols have been putting up the steel for about two floors a week on the 20-story office block expected to be ready early next year.

'Westminster-Splitting of five acres on south side of Hazard avenue east of Cannery street was approved for 19 dwellings.

Santa Rosa-Olson Construction Co. won a $22.851 contract for repair of the 49-year-old Sonoma County courthouse.

Yorba Linda-A 47-lot subdivision was approved for an 18acre tract southeast of Mountain View and Orchard drives.

San Francisco-United Air Lines broke ground at International airport for its $l million, 120,000-sq.-ft. jet bngine overhaul building at its maintenance'base here, scheduled for completion in May 1959.

Anaheim-Zone change was approved to permit construction of a $2 million apartment house development north of the Broadway Shopping Center on eight acres on the west side of Loara street north of the flood-control channel. Twelve apartment buildings totaling abort 275 one-and two-bedroom units are proposed.

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Dome Home Set for Home Show

The current l-os Angeles llome Show received exclusive permission to exhibit a "geodesic" type dome model dwelling whose advocates claim it is the most advanced construction design in the world. The city authorized the structure 25-feet in diameter and 121 feet high with 490-feet of living area for public viewing June 12 through 22, at Pan Pacific Auditorium. It is the first in L. A. city limits and will serve as a testing lab for load and rvind stresses. The dome has no interior supports, requires no carpentry at the site, can be transported by truck and costs approximately one third as much as a conventional building.

Patented by noted designer R. Buckminster Fuller, the dome has been used by military services and as farm storage bins. Walter O'Malley, Brooklyn Dodger President, is said to plan the baseball stadium in Chavez Ravine using a geodesic dome. Geoplex Enterprises, Anaheim, said construction was simply a matter of putting up 32 sheets of 30 panel duraply sides and bolting them to a concrete floor. Plans were to provide portable foundations. Windows and doors are installed after the sides are up.

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Jones and his charming wife, Betty, hail from Oklahoma, where Dealer Jones originally gained lumber experience with the O. E. Woods Lumber Co. at Barnsdall. Jim and Betty came to California during 1941 and settled in Vallejo when Jim landed a job with Foster Lumber Yard there.

Foster Lumber was then headed bv Gilbert and Hazel Foster, who had established the yard <luring 1929. Jim rose to the position of co-manager of the yard, and by 1944 was actively guiding the growing business.

Together with a brother Cecil, Jim purchased the business, in 1945, the Fosters retiring and the "Jones boys" continging to build the operation. During 1952, Jim and Betty bought out Cecil's interest and have since continued on as happy partners in business-as well as private life.