Palco Executive Chosen Head of Research Committee Paint

William G. Van Beckum, Vice President for Research and DeveloDment. The Pacific Lumber Company, has been elected chairman of a national committee to speed development of improved paints and natural finishes for wood.

Composed of research and sales executives from both the lumber and the paint mar.rufacturing industries, the joint-committee's primary objective is to develop longer-lasting exterior frnishes for wood.

Other activities include : Studies to modify both the wood face and finish film to increase the durability of clear finishes.

Deveiop improved laboratory weathering tests to assist in the evaluation of coatings for wood.

Establish a field perf ormance testing cen ter.

Start a cooperative educational program aimed broadiy throughout the paint and lumber industries to improve performance of presert and future paint systems.

The Joint Paint-Lumber Industry

Steering Committee held its first meeting June 2O-21 in San Francisco. and agreed that the trend toward factory priming and, ultimately, complete faitory finishirrg of wood affords oppor- tunities to greatly improve perfor-ance ot exterlor coatlngs.

To assist in the dJvelopment and application of factory-applied finishes of high quality, the Committee called for establishment of standards to test factory-primed wood products.

Mernbers of the Joint Committee are :

William G. Van Beckum, Chairman

Vice President, Research and Development, The Pacific Lumber Comoanv

DeVere Dierks, Jr.

Vice President

Dierks Forests, Inc.

D. S. Gaarder

General Manager

Industrial Sales Division

Sherwin-Williams Company

D. L. Herndon

Manager

Sales Development Laboratorv

E. I. du Pont De Nemours & Comoanv

D. F. Laughnan, Chief

Coatings Research

Simpson Timber Company

George A. Nichols

Vice President and Director of Research

Desoto Chemical Coatings, Inc.

A. P. Pahl, Director of Research

W. P. Fuller & Co.

Gerald F. Prange

Vice President, Technical Services

National Lumber Manufacturers Association

Francis Schofield

Assistant Technical Director

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Moore ftfill & Lumber In Exponsion

Mrs. Lloyd Moore, owner of Moore Mill & Lumber Company in Lompoc, is currently doubling the size of ^her store for the adde<i convenience of do-it-yourself trade. Along with the increase in store area, Mrs.-Moore will also further expand and diversify her store inventory to include a complete line of builders hardware, power'and hand tools, paints, lumber and plywood specialties and a full line of buitding materials.