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The committee has standardized gypsum products in a 48'inch wide by 3O-inch high unit. Standardized units for sheathing, roofing, siding and asbestos products are currently being developed. Eventually, standardized units will be announced, for each product handled through retail lurnber and building materials dealers.

The standard unit program will allow better space utilization in dealers' yards and make more efficient use of rail and over-the-road carrier space, as the units are adapted to all types of rail equipment and trucking equipment which normally handles building products.

The unitization program will also aid dealers in making a more efficient conversion from manual to mechanical handling methods and allow dealers now using mechanical equipment to handle the greater portion of their volume mechanicallv. :cnanlcally.

Another benefit derived from the 48-inch

Another by 48-inch unit will be elimination of the present bottleneci at seaports where lumber often must be re-unitized for shioment overseas.

Ernie Bocon Joins Neimon-Reed to Rein Wholesole Plywood-Ponel Scrles

E. H. "Ernie" Bacon, formerly of San Francisco and the Bay area, has joined the stafi of Neiman-Reecl Lumber Company, Van Nuys, announce Bob Neiman and Bob Reed, executives of the lumber distributing concern. "Ernie will head up our Plyu,ood and Panel division for wholesale distribution and will be responsible for both procurement and sales," said Bob Reed.

Ernie Bacon started his lumber career with Dant & Russell Sales Corp. in the Bay area. He rapidly advanced to the post of general manag'er, u'hich he held for 18 years with headquarters in San Francisco. He later became identified with Fairhurst Lumber Company of California, the Industrial Plywood Corporation division, as sales manager. He held that post until he assumed his new position this June with Neiman-Reed.

Bacon has a complete background in plywood and lumber, from production to sales and shipping. He will be in complete charge of the nerv department and rvill concentrate on distribution to retail lumber dealers. it was said.

L.A. fssues 5,544 June Building Permits

A total ol 5,544 building permits rvas issued last month by the city. In June 1959, the department reported 5,952 permits valued at $54,791,353. San Fernando Valley continued to lead the city with 2,433 permits last month, valued at $26,813,495.

Lomita led $5.260,040. La all cour.rty offices in permit valuatiorr, with Puente wds second with $4.398.815.

Show 'em - qnd You'll Sell h!

Show it in use, and you'll sell a product more easily.

The Brooks Lumber Co., Safford, Ariz., recently sitted tts new store buikling u{th Masonite Bidgegroove and Rldgellne. Several house sldlng jobs have been sold as a result of the lnstallatlon, the dealer reported.

Model for Two House Fomilies Set for L.A. Home Show

A model home designed specifically for the two-house family market will be exhibited during the Los Angeles Home Show, August 4-14, Sports Arena, announces managing director Carl Kraatz.

G. E. Strawbridge of Homestead Supplies, Inc., Banning, Calif., reports the house, called "Leisure Lodge," will cost under $3,500. His company will construct the 528-sq. ft. model in connection with the Douglas Fir Plywood Assn. of Tacoma, Wash. Designed by architect George Matsumoto, the house will .be in the center of the Sports Arena with a trout stream running past its door.

Intended to appeal to the family with an income of $7,000 yearly or more, the "Leisure Lodge" carr be to}/o financed on approved credit. A unique feature is its completely separate living and sleeping areas. This sloping-roofed, large outdoor-decked design will be available as a prefabricated shell for $3.395.

Sqn Bernqrdino Stcrrts Cleqrqnce Of 8OO Aged Buildings Annuolly

The San Bernardino City Building Department has undertaken a program to rid the city of 800 decrepit buildings annually. The building department initiated the city's new building code by ordering six San Bernardino property owners to repair, demolish or remove unsafe buildings.

Chief Building Inspector Ralph F. Spencer estimated there are 3,500 to 4,000 buildings in the city that should be torn down. In 1950 there were 6,000 substandard structures. Since then about 4,000 have been demolished. But, in the meantime, more buildings have become unfit.

Spencer said the newly established Board of Building Commissioners will aim first at aged btdldings along en-

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trances to the city. "Visitors get their first impression of the city when they use one of the entrances," Spencer said. "We want to make that imoression a better one."

The board also hopes to clean up entire blocks at a time. "When old buildings are torn down to make way for a new commercial building, we try to clean up the entire block," Spencer said.