ASSOCIAIED REDWOOD TI[IttS

P. O. Box 598 - Arcqtq, Golifornio

From Relioble fVlills REDWOOD, FIR ond PINE

DIRBCT RAlt or TRUCK & TRAILER. SHIP'UIENTS

Bill Brouning

IWX: ARC43

Phone: VAndyke 2-2417

Direct: VAndyke 2-2202

The familiar DFPA grade- marks trademarks have been re- building vised, to simplify identifica- tification tion of plywood manufactured by the association's member mills.

Just prior to the plywood industry's annual meeting early last month, the Douglas Fir Plywood Association announced revisions in the grade-trademarks that appear on the plywood products manufactured in accordance with the association's quality-control program. A booklet illustrating the new stamps has just been issued.

The revisions were made in the interests of legibility, uniformitv. and to make identificafion easier for the user. However, both old and new DFPA grade-trade-

satisfy FHA and code plywood idenrequirements.

Letters of the new back stamps are in general a good deal larger than those of the old, making panels easier to identify from a. distance.

A uniform shape for back stamps has been adopted. This is a rectangle, threeand-a-half by two inches, which boxes in the identify- ing letters. The words "DFPA Tested Quality" are in a dotted circle ofi the lower right corner. Former back stamps were in a wide variety of shapes, including circles, ovals, squares, and diamonds. Thanks to the uniform shape of the new stamps, DFPA-tested ply- cs 45-55

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NEwmork 8-3391 wood will be readily identifiable.

(Interior or Exterior, denotirg the glueline); grade (such as A-C, C-C, etc., denoting appearance grade of veneer on face and back); and species of wood: Douglas fir, or western softwood plywood.

New grade-trademarks have uniform size and shape, make identification easier.

Outside the box, besides the circled "DFPA Tested Quality," the mill number is imprinted, and the appro- priate U.S. Commercial Standard governing manufacture.

Only minor changes have been made in edge marks.

Each stamp presents the following information within the box: grade-tradename of the panel (such as PlyForm, PlyScord, etc., if it bears such a name) ; type

The booklet, "New DFPA Grade-Trademarks," contains full- or half-size facsimiles of all back stamps and edge marks. It will be a handy reference for builders, dealers, building code officials, and others whose work requires familiarity with DFPA grade - trademarks. Sample copies are available without charge from Douglas Fir Plywood Association, Tacoma 2, Washington.

Reno Hoo-Hoo Glub Concot

Reno Hoo-Hoo Club 129 held its annual Concat Jlune 26, in the Mapes hotel Sky Room, Reno. Club 129 President Red Waller presided over the big meeting and ShastaCascade Hoo-Hoo Club 133 came in from the Redding area in force to conduct the initiation.

For mortgage lenders who wish to learn more about home planning and construction in order to lend money more effectively, the University of Illinois Small Homes Council will conduct its sixth annual $hort course, July 13-18.