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The merged corporations in their operations in Oregon and California now employ approximately 725 people, operating two shifts on the average. The annual payroll of all its divisions will approximate $6,000,000 in both states, Products sold annually approxi- mate $20,000,000. Shipment of the products manufactured by the several divisions of the merged corporations will continue by ship, rail and truck to domestic and foreign markets.

Oregon-Washington Plywood Co. orvns and operates an important plywood manufacturing plant in Garibaldi and a large hemlock sawmill in Bradwood, Oregon. The plywood plant, continuing a substantial operation initiated approximately twenty years ago by the Nicolai family, now specializes in the manufacture of certified

Douglas Iir sanded panels and has recently commenced the manufacture of Super Satin Surfaced panels, on special machinery and under a royalty agreement with General Plywood Co. of Louisville. Kentuckv. The annual volume of plywood and lumber manufactured at the company's two plants is close to 150,000,000 board feet per annum.

Distribution of the Oregon fir and hemlock plywood and lumber products and of the California redrvood products will continue, under the consolidated operation, through wholesaling agencies throughout all parts of the United States; each division having full management and control of its own products and being operated under the supervrsron ot lts separate executlve managements.

Roy Backus, president of OregonWashington Plywood Co., and W. M. X4oores, president of Hollow Tree Lumber Co., who have been in the timber business for close to three decades, are completing arrangements to intensify the cooperation of all divisions of the merged companies with their respective,customers,

Notionql Home Week

The National Association of Home Builders announced that this year's National lfome Week will be celebrated from Sept. 30 to Oct. 6 and that exhibits u'ill center on the theme, ?'Bett". Living Begins When You Own a New Home."

Hundreds of cities will have exhibit homes on display, with the number in any locality depending on the sile^^o! the community. Throughout the country, more than 10,000 exhibit homes will be open for inspection.

An estimated l0 million persons are expected to visit the homes to see what the home building industry, manufacturers, and suppliers have provided in facilities for better living.

National Home Week is sponsored eacl-r year by the NAHB and its local affiliated home builders association'

Leonard L. Frank, NAHB president, said that the week gives the home building industry "a fine- opportunity to iho* .orl.nmers the beauty and cornfort of new homes and the great progress our industry is making in its efforts to l-rouse America better."

He saicl he expects many local civic organizations to jo.in with home builder associations in their areas to make the week's observance a success.

Robert C. Mleaver, administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, said in a preliminary statem-ent ou National llome Week that the displays will afford "an excellent occasion for housing to meet people and for people to meet houses."

"This has been a good homebuilding year-with more houses to choose from than we have had for the past two years," Weaver said. "It has been a period of stable prices i"d oi sharper competition in the houiing market-meani-ng better values and prices. It is a year of ample financing for buying a home-and at lower interest rates."

Neal J. IIardy, Commissioner of the Federal H-ousing Adminisiration, also hailed National llome \Aleek. He said the observance will serve "to bring prospective home buyers up to date on developments in home building and home nnancrng.

New homes or.r parade this ye'ar will include houses in all price brackets. Frank said they will accent comfort, convenience, beauty, and durability-or, in short, they ^will demonstrate thjt "Better Living Begins M/hen You Own a New lIome."

Direct Seeding Most C'ommon Reforestotion

\Mestern forest industries prefer clirect seeding rather than seedling planting as the means for reforesting cutover, burned-out, and-idle lands, the 796I-62 planting season survey of American Forest Products Industries reveals.

The survey shot'vs lvestern forest industries direct seeded m,684 acres as compared to 22,774 acres planted to seedlings.

Most of the western forest industry seeding is done by aircraft because of the rougl-r terrain. In contrast industry reforestation in the South, where the terrain is more often flat, is mostly done by seedling planting-by machine.

Although direct seeding proved to be the most popular method oi reforestation, western forest industries still planted 10,056,036 seedlings.

According to the survey the West l-ras 13 forest industry seed orchar-ds and 8 nurseries. Production from the seed orchards is negligible because the trees are still too I'oung but is expected to rise substantially in the future'

Through its seed orchards, forest-industries hop.e to breecl trees superior in growth, wood, form, and resistar-rce to diseases and insects.

Production from western forest industries' nurseries totaled 30,875,000 seedlings, of which 52,000 were receivecl bv other forest landowners for reforestation.

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