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Nonfarm housing starts advanced seasonally in May to 732,0W, the U. S. Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics announced. This was 22/o above the figure for May 1954 and l2/o under the alltime high reached in May r950.

The 129,500 private units started this May represents an annual rate oT 1,306,000 units, after allowance for seasonal factors-virtually the same as the annual rate for April, but well below the 1,400,000 average during the latter months of 1954 and the first quarter of 1955.

During the first five months, a total of 553,500 new dwelling units (private and public) were started in 1955, compared with 453,000 in 1954, and 561,400 in the record-breaking year 1950.

SoGol Building Speeding Aheod

Building activity in Southern California is speeding straight ahead and, from mid-June permit valuation figures, i955 looks like another record-breaking year. Gains in June exceeded May, with the total valuation in 72 Southern California cities plus the nine unincorporated county areas amounting to $830,360,767, an increase of $2O1,915,113 over the same period oI 1954.

The cities issued $521,4i9,035 in permits for 1955's first five months, compared with $411,370,844 in the same period last year. The nine counties' total was $308,84I,732, against $218,471,881 in 1954.

New Redwood Mill Opening July I To Serve L. \rV. MqcDonold Compqny

The L. W. MacDonald Company, pi,oneer Southern California wholesale lumber concern of Beverly Hills, announced that the new sawmill and planing mill in Scotts Valley, Calif., was expected to be in full production July 1. The new operation will be known as the Los Gatos Lumber Products Co.. Inc. The 24' miII is designed to cut and process over 50,000 board feet of California Redtuood per shift. Both old-growth Redwood and Douglas fir will be produced. Graded on association rules, all lumber will be pulled to length and shipped via rail and truck-and-trailer to Southern California retail lumber dealers.

In addition to staff members of the L. W. MacDonald Company, which includes Dave Lashley, Jim NlacDonald and Bill Eagan, who are exclusive sales agents for the mill, the Los Gatos organization consists of Carl Morton, president; Paul Gammill, Jr., secretary; Edwidd Parsons, vice-president. First shipments are expected t'o reach Los Angeles this month.

TW&J Promotes George Mortin

Harold Ford, vice-president and general sales manager of Tarter, Webster & Johnson, Inc., at Stockton, announces the promotion of George Martin, who will now be calling on the retail yards in the Sacramento-Marysville area. Martin had formerly been with the firm in its Stockton office. Ford also announced that Bill Walker recently joined the firm and is now in the Stockton office. Walker had formerly been in production work at the McCloud River Lurnber Co., McCloud, Calif.

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