Wheeler Osgood Company Moves Los Angeles Office

The Wheeler Osgood Company, Tacoma, Washington, manufacturers of doors, plywood and allied millwork products, has moved its Los Angeles sales office to a nerv address, Norman O. Cruver, president of the firm, announced.

Wheeler Osgood's new address is 5100 South Boyle Avenue, Los Angeles 11. The telephone number is LOgan 5-6245. Wheeler Osgood's new office will be headed by Harry E. Hart, well-known in lumber and stock millwork circles for many years.

A complete line of Wheeler Osgood products will be available through the new Los Angeles office, according to Cruver. Leading the list of famous names in the Wheeler Osgood line-up is the Tru-sized Door. A modern design dobr of Douglas Fir, the Tru-sized Door comes to the job sized and squared to new pre-fit size and scientifically resin prime coated. Tru-sized doors are also available bored for standard tubular lock and machined for standard hinges..

Laminex Plastic

Another recent contribution to better building is Wheeler Osgood's Laminex Plastic Faced Plywood. This versatile building material is made by welding a cellulose-fiber plastic surface to Douglas Fir Plylvood during tfie actual plywood manufacturing process.

Some of the ma4y advantages Laminex Plastic offers farms, homes and industry are these: it is. waterproof, weatherproof, parasite proof, stainproof, washable, fadeproof, and resistant to abrasion. It has almost unlimited uses in all types of construction.

Wheeler Osgood's Tacoma plant is now getting into full production of another great new idea, the sensational factory-built Tru-sized Door Jamb. With only three precision_ milled pieces to handle on the job, the Tru-sized Jamb cuts installation time from l-lft hours to 8-10 minutes.

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The Tru-sized Jamb eliminates the time-consuming work of making dados, placing and fitting blocks, squaring and plumbing with wedges, gaining for hinges and cutting and

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In addition to these products, Wheeler Osgood will ofier Laminex Interior and Er<terior Plywood, Laminex gai'awood Plywood, Tru-Fit Entrance Doors, Laminex Streamliner Doors and Craw-Fir-Dor Garage Doors through its Los Angeles office.

1947 B. C. Plywood Production Highest br Industry's History

The production of plywood and veneer in 1947 by six British Columbia plants was close to 300,000,000 square feet on a 3r(" basis in L947, according to estimated figures of production.

One new factory for the production of plywood was added last year, Skyline Manufacturing Co., a subsidiary of Hammond Furniture Co., Vancouver, B. C. Raw materials used are mainly cottonwood and birch.

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