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Ghristion Succeeds Ccrrr in FPRS

Moss B. Christian of Tallulah, I-a., was installed as president of the Forest Products Research Society at its recent annual meeting in Seattle, Wash. He succeeds Lester J. Carr, president of L. J. Carr & Co., Sacramento, Calif., as head of the 3,000-member international society. Mr. Carr will remain on the executive board as past president. Christian is the co-holder of several patents assigned to the Chicago Mill and Lumber Co., where he is director of research. One of his achievements was in the devlopment of "Craveneer," the kraft paper-covered veneer which is assuming increasing importance in the packaging industry.

Election of Ralph H. Bescher of Pittsburgh, Pa., as, president-elect for the coming year was announced. Bescher is manager, Sales and Operations, Wood Preserving division, Koppers Co., Inc. He served as vice-president during the past year and will become president at the society's 1956 national meeting. Named to the executive board for a threeyear term was Raymond H. Berry, Burney, Calif., southwest region. Other members of the executive board continuing in offrce include John D. Ritchie, DFPA, Tacoma, Wash., Northwest Region. Selection of Asheville, N. C., as the site for the 1956 national meeting and Buffalo, N. Y., for the 1957 meeting was announced.

Pqrtnership Dissolved

The partnership of Herman C. Peterman and Walter M. Singer, doing business as Consolidated Sales and Distribution Co., Pasadena, Calif., was dissolved June 24. Peterman will continue the business at 27V) E. Colorado St.

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fhe Cqliforniq Door Compony Tokes Mystery Ouf of Steel Sosh Selling

According to Art Parkins, sales manager for The California Door Company of Los Angeles, one of the oldest concerns of its kind in the west, his firm has added a new line of steel sash for retail lumber dealers in Southern California. Reliance Steel Casements are now available in any size or quantity.

With the steady growth and demand for steel sash in Southland homes and industrial construction, The California Door Company has produced a complete tariff showing the various application and uses of this building product along with the suggested retail selling price.

This price guide has been produced in simplified form to help every salesman quote prices easily and quickly. ft has eliminated the mystery discounts and mark-ups and quotes in simple language the cost to the customer.

These price sheets are available and may be had for the asking, Glen Fogelman, manager of the building materials firm, declared. "It is our desire to introduce a new direct selling technique which we hope other concerns will follow and in this manner make it easy for retail salesmen to sell steel sash, because we believe the time has now arrived to push these building items," Fogelman said.

Thirty-nine percent of the injuries due to motor vehicle on Saturdays and Sundays.

deaths and 35 percent of the accidents last year occurred

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We qre in business to give you QUICK, ACCURATE WHOIESATE lUrliBER SERVICE ond our orgonizofion is fully equipped to serYe our customer3 exoctly the woy YOU wont it.

When you qre fqced wirh o problem involving c corlood or o lrqinlocd you certoinly wont to deol wifh rhe disrriburor who cqn fulftll your needs promptly ond efficiently. We moinfoin lhe proper mill connactions thot sssure the righr lumber for the iob.

SERVICE PIUS is our pledge to hcndle YOUR orders os YOU wqnt rhem hqndled becquse we reolize every. efforl musl be put forth in order lo mointqin the reputotion upon which we hove built our orgonization. Our copocity lo 36rvo you includes expericnced parsonnel ond o complele coverqge of the producing mills doily-ond 30 we sdy ogoin-

"We qlrurc you thot every order you ploce wilh us, lorge or smcll, will receive prompt, courtoou3 olteniion from axperienced paopleWHO KNOW THE IUII/IBER BUSINESS!"

Riverside Meets

Riverside County HooHoo Club 117 met July 22, with Russ McCoy reserving the popular Elk's club at H e rn e t, Calif , for the occasion. Steaks were served at 7:59 p.m. The nreeting was to discuss a club project and consider election of officers for the next general meeting of the club, in September. Announcement was made of the recent untimely death of Margery McGrath, wife of the club's past president, Jack McGrath.

Among the subjects considered as Club ll7 projects has been extension courses for retail lumber dealers, and the speaker secured by Stark Sowers and Jack McGrath for the Jrly T2 meeting was from the University of California at Riverside, who gave Hoo-Hoo the lorvdowr.r on such courses. The directors of the club believe the majority'of the members favor this project over others because HooHoo clubs sponsoring them have had much success and the knowledge gained by dealers in the courses has proved very beneficial to both yard owners and store employes.

This Deoler Keeps Informed

JulY 11, 1955

Dear Mr. Dionne:

Enclosed find check in payment of our subscription to July 1956.

The CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT iS the best investment we make in the way of magazines and papers pertaining to the lumber business. Your advice and counsel sent to us each issue keeps us informed and up to date on the condition of the lumber market and so many items connected with the industry.

"Keep That Boy in You Alive" is a gem and even though I came down through the ages I shall try always to keep it in mind.

Why 'don't you make us a visit sometime? The danger of a July snowstorm in Tucson has passed, and pay no attention to the weather reports which are often incorrect. Los Angeles papers had our temperature 108 degrees a few days ago-when it was actually only lO7/2". Be sure and call on us the first chance you have to do so.

Sincerely yours,

J. A. Mulcahy, President Mulcahy Lumber Company 501

West Congress Street Tucson, Arizona

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Up San Francisco.-Something nerv has been added to the scenery on Belvedere-aradicalsteel home of 1O rooms, re- 'ports Herb Caen in his column in The S. F. Examiner recently. There are a fe'w hon-res of this type in Southern California but this is reported to be the first installation in the Bay or Peninsula areas.

Preservespyefs3f5[66gnts the nolurql beouty of qll rough surfqced woods. 16 beoutiful western lones - -Olympic stoin losts up to 6oolo longer, never crqcks or peels.

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Fir Plywood's 'Golden Jubilee'

(Continued from Page 18) plywood developed by Smith and Williams, Architects, of Los Angeles. This involves cutting slits in a panel of plywood forming pie shapes, star shapes, parallel lines and other patterns, then weaving dowels or battens through the perforations or inserting discs, squares or pegs to create a patterned visual effect. Indirect lighting through such patterns creates some beautiful effects. The decorative possibilities in Mok6, says Weston, are unlimited and it's a concept ideally suited to talented home craftsmen as well as professional designers.

New plywood products of the future were suggested with some backgrounds of a material tentatively called Texture 55, a textured panel intended primarily for a ceiling panel adaptable to softwood plywood species other than fir; an idea for joining corners with a molded ply. wood angle called a Plangle, a decorative concrete form panel and a long-span tongue and grooved lumber core panel for exposed beam roofs.

Other Highlights of the Show:

A garden storage unit by Anshen & Allen that is, a natural for the home craftsman, a light fixture by Anshen & Allen in which a pleated shade is enclosed by 12 boomerang shapes of plywood, a space divider set in a Modrianlike pattern of framed rectangles by Choate that is suitable for mass production, a two-level plywood ceiling by Campbell and Wong for lorvering the visual effect of an ugly old high ceilinged room, a bookcase of light incor-

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