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Philippine Mahogany Association, Inc.-July 17-19. Annual meeting, Harvest House, Boulder, Colorado.

'lVomen in Construction, Los Angeles Chapter-July 18. Press Club, 600 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, 6:30 p.m. Guest speaket, R. Leon Edgar, San Fernando Valley architect.

Dubs, Ltd. Election Tournament-July 21. San Jose Golf & Country Club.

San Joaquin Hoo-Hoo Club 3l-July 21. Annual barbeque and election. Roeding Park in Fresno. Cocktails,5:59 p.m. Grub, 7:09 p.m. Call Bud Barber for reservations, AD 7-7134, Fresno, nat'ch.

American Inetitute of Building Design-Annual Convention-July 27-30. Business meetings and exhibits. Jack Tar Hotel, San Francisco.

Black Bart Hoo-Hoo Chb fEl-July 28. Annual golf-swim-barbeque outing. Golf at the Ukiah Municipal Course, Swim and barbeque at the Moore's homestead in Ukiah.

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This Business Gon Be Yours

Lumber dealers have an excellent opportunity to obtain a large share of the billions of dollars which will be spent on school construction during the next few years. By obtaining this business, they also will be of immense service both to financially hard-pressed boards of education and taxpayers.

Experience has shown that the use of wood and wood products in basic construction, neglected for many years in favor of more expensive masonry and concrete, can result in savings of up to 35 per cent in school building costs.

For years, contractors have used such items as Masonite hardboard panels, Peg-Board, and other wood products for both decorative and utilitarian purposes in classrooms, corridors, rest rooms, and other sections of school buildings. These well. accepted applications have resulted in sizeable money savrngs.

Expanded use of such products, for both interior and exterior, could greatly multiply the cost advantages and result in increased business for lumber dealers.

For instance, hardboard sidings are ideally suited for low, single-story elementary schools where the natural appearance of wood products can be even more attractive than commonly-used masonry. New interior products, such as woodgrained hardboard and the Panelok system, which transforms otherwise wasted space walls into usable and attractive display and storage areas, recently have been developed and are highly adaptable for school use. These and other hardboard products already have been widely used in school renovation and remodeling projects.

That this type of construction can have immense impact on costs is illustrated by two schools built in Texas. One, in Diboll, is an elementary school with 14,367 square feet of floor space, built of wood and wood products for $84,769, or an amazingly low $5.93 per square foot. The other, almost identical and built by the same contractor in neighboring Lufkin, but of brick and concrete, cost $128.011, or 50 per cent more than the Diboll school.

When all costs, including bond interest, insurance, and maintenance, are computed over a 20 year period, the Diboll school costs $2,250 less per year than the Lufkin school. In addition, the Diboll school was built in three months while the other school took six months to complete.

According to Diboll school ofificials, maintenance expenses have been very low. Since the original school was built, a cafeteria and gymnasium have been added. Both are of wood construction.

Lumber dealers who go after this business, showing boards of education the advantages offered by wood and wood product construction both in appearance and cost, will be accomplishing the twin goals of obtaining more business for themselves and reducing the burden imposed on taxpayers.