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Seiichi Nobe, president of Pan Asiatic Trading Co., Inc., pioneer plywood importer, announces an expanded sales program for imported lumber and a line of exclusively manufactured plywood products. "Pan Asia Board," a high density particle board core plywood with selected face veneers in birch, lauan, sen and shina, has just been introduced to all segments of the building trade as the last word in licking the warpage problem of cabinet doors and kitchen cupboards. "Pan Asia Panel," a specially designed wardrobe door blank, manufactured exclusively for their distribution, offers a quality wardrobe door blank in standard dimension. Other items now in production will be announced shortly.

Ted Arai, vice-president and sales manager, is now in Japan in connection with Pan Asiatic's new line as well as their general business in the Orient.

Mr. Nobe also announces the association of Howard H. Wickersham with Pan Asiatic Trading Co. Wickersharn will be in charge of lumber imports and sales, as well as the promotion and sale of the "Pan Asia Products" line in all areas outside of California. "Wick's experience in all phases of imported lumber products," according to Nobe, "will greatly assist us in reaching our sales optimum as well as offer an extension of our products line to our many valued customers in the Southwest."

Frank Kagiwada, long affiliated with Pan Asiatic, continues to handle sales of plywood in the metropolitan area of Los Angeles.

The well-known Bay area plywoodman, Max Thomas, has joined the sales force of Georgia-Pacific's new Oakland warehouse, announces Manager E. L. "Rif" Rifenrath. Thomas, who comes to G-P from California Plywood in Emeryville, where he covered the Bay-area trade for the past two years, will service the dealei trade in San Francisco and Marin counties.

Sacrame,nto, Calif.-The County Planning Commission on June l6 approved the following residential subdivisions :

Ijnnamed tract on south side, Greenback lane between Mariposa and Sunrise avenues, eight lots; G!gn- Oaks l-ocated north of Lincoln and Hollister avenues, 71 lots; Oakdale Village East located southwest corner, Myrtle avenue and the freeway, 17 single-family lots and one apartmenthouse site; Gre6n WoodlGlen in an area bounded-by Madison, Palm, Dewey and San Juan avenues, 40 single-family homesites and eight duplex lots.