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Mrs. Lotella Blanchard, 83, rnother of pr,ominen,t lumbe,rman an'd Los Angeles City Coun,cilman C. Lem,o'ine Blanchard, d,ied June 8 in her h,ome at 11155 Huston St., North Hollywood.

Mrs. Blanchard, wife of Roscoe W. Blanchard, founder-owner ,of the Blanchard Lumber Co., had been ill only a srhort time.

She lef't two daughrters, Mrs. Doruthy Camp of North Hollywood and Mrs. Maude Humm of Hon,olmlu, and another son, Roscoe W. Blanchard, Jr.

James Graham McNary, 85, a pioneer lumbernan in Arizona, Texas ,and New Mexico, died June 10 at his San'ta Barbara, California, honre of a heart attack.

McNary, Arizona, and McNary, Texas, were both namecl for the lumberman, who also was a prominent banker in El Paso, Texas, for many years.

Drqftette Skerch Kit

A Draftrette Sketch Kit, $'ith a new type portable draft'ing machine mounted in a newly improved vinyl self-locking binder, wras announced by 'the National Blank Book Company, Holyoke, Mass., and Draftette L-ompany, Beverly Hills, Calif. the marrufa ct u,rers.

The porrtfolio fold kit includes the draftins irrstrurnent, with 3x5" or 4x6" scale and 180-degree protract,or, pad of 50 shee.ts of Srlxll" drawing paper, and pe,ncil.

Because of its easily-handled, fold'ing design, the portfolio can be convenientlv car- ried or stored in de,sk or table. The precisionengineered Draftet'te ,instrumenrt is made of anod,ized aluminum, one pie,ce scale. All parts are machine-calibra,ted. The drafting instrumenrt p'rovid'es the advantage of a T-square, triangle and pr,otractor, all combined in the self-contained binder hous,ing, which automatically locks itself.

The versatile kit is planned as a personal, portable machine f or ske,t,ching, drawing, drafting an,d designing in the office, shop, ho,me, scl.r.ool or field.

Fully guaranteed, the Draftette Sketch K,it comes assembled and ready to operate, For addi,t'ional information or folder, write Draftette Company, P. O. Box 794, Beverly Hills, Calrif.

Zonolite Announces Film On Mqsonry lnsulotion

An eight and one-half minute sound slide film presen'tartion titled, "Fillers of Empty Sp,aces" has been prepared by Zonolite Company for showing to lumber and build,ing supply dealers.

The filmstrip contains latest produc,t and selling data on Zonolite's Maso.nry Fill Insulation and shows installation procedures on a number of jobs. The product, introduced in 1959, has had rapid growth and is supported by heavy promotional efforts, Zonolite reports.

Information about obtaining the film for meetings or dealer training purrlposes is available from Film Dep,artment, Zonolite Cornpany, 135 S. LaSalle Street, Chicago 3, Ill,inois.

NEW DRAFTETTE KIT-This Drofrefie Skerch Kir. wirh new type portoble drofting mochine mounled in on dllroclive, vinyl selfJocking binder, is onnounced by the Notionol Blonk Book Compony snd Droftette Compcny, lhe monufaclurers. Tfte drofting unil provides the odvonloges of o T-squcre-friongle-prolroctor, oll combined in rhe one compocl self-contcrined binder housing,

The ki,t measures 9lxl3x1l" and weighs but a pound and a half.

It is p,r,iced at $8 f or the c,omplete u'nit with the srnall scale and $9 with the larger scale.

Smith Flooring Offers New Product Literqfure to Deqlers

A colorful product fo der, "75 Years In The Making" was recently published by Smith Flooring, Incorpo,rated, Mountain View, Missouri, and 'offered free to i'nterested dealers. Accord,ing to company represenrtatives, the new product literrature outlines the company's flooring and paneling product features, states the company's delivery ,policies and photographically shows port,ions of the plant facili,ties. For a free copy of this litera,ture, write: Smith Flooring Incorporated. Mou,ntain View. Missouri.

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