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GROWTH HT'MBOI.DT BEDWOOD ITMBER tains dramatic examples of the hundreds of ways in which hardwoods serve the nation's population. Numerous audience participation units, action displays, movies,. recordings, and lavish use of lights and color add interest to the exhibit. Couples pl.anning to build a new house, or rernodel an old one, find a wealth of new ideas on how they can irnprove their homes with hardwoods.

A hit with youngsters and adults alike is the Hall ,of Harclwoods, which contains full-size 3-D color scenes from the life of Skeezix, the popular comic strip character, which trace the influence of hardwoods on-Skeezix's life from the time he was found in an elm basket on a wooden cloorstep to the time he and Nina shopped for furniture for their new home.

Equally popular with the younger set is a special room in which America's woodland folklore comes to life. This room, finished like the interior of a log cabin, is constructecl at a tipsy angle to give the i,mpression it is being tilted by Paul Runyan, legendary hero of the lumber industry. Bunyan's seven-foothigh face peers through one of the windows while he tells tall tales of his experiences in the northwoods during pioneer days'

The first display that greets visitors to the exhibit is a huge "talking l1ss"a stately white oak which, through a recording, explains how a tree lives and grows. The physical makeup of the tree is illustrated by ingenious use of lights and drawings.

Cther highlights of the exhibit include:

1. A demonstration of how the home handyman can make beautiful and useful articles from hardwoods.

2. A wall paneled with 85 types of hardwoods, each clearly identified to show the wide variety available to the consumer'

3. Scale models of a sawmill, veneer mill and plywood plant that simulate actual operations of these facilities while a soundcolor movie is projected in the background.

4. A large globe encircled with a band of 48 different wood panels, each rvith a pushbutton. Visitors can press these buttons and light up tiny pinlights on the globe inclicating the native locale of each hardwood species.

5. The "of6ce of 2,000 A.D.," which illustrates the beauty and utility of hardwoods in business places. An executive's desk in the office features dropleaf sides that raise to form a 1O-person conference table, and convenient top-of-the-desk storage bins that disappear into the desk to leave a flat working surface.

Other displays show how hardwoods may be used in every