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inrportant considerations to every manufacturer and distributor," commentecl -fohn Flaherty, co-four-rder of -fohnsonFlaherty'. "\\'e've taken tl.rese ancl many other factors into consicleration in clesigning our nerv side-loading Plyracks for fast-moving stock, arrcl orrr encl-loacling space-saver racks for tl.rose itenrs that move rvitl.r less frecrrencv.

"These are tmlr' cr-rston.r-fitting units selling for :r r.r.rost reasotrable price." he aclcled, "ancl lve are lxost anxious tcr gatlge orlr crlstolner's reaction to the neu' lines at the corrveltic,rn. "

Founclerl irr 19.16 b1' I-uke Johnson :rnd John Flaherty, the cotnPanv no\\' marruf actrrres anrl distributes its rack 1>rorlucts throughout the eleven western states. 1'he Johnson- F lahertl. veneral ollices are loc:rted at 51101 I)istrict Boulevar<l irr I-os .'\rrgeles.

Ilaliersficl<l-Grouurl q.as brol<en June 2.5 for a $100,(X)0 lruilrling to house tlrr local caml)us of the liresno State College.

Celotex Shifis fVlonpower for Greqter Lumber Deqler Suppod

Four appointments to executive level positions in The Celotex Corporation's Cl-ricago headquarters are announced by Meade l{. }Iorris, general line merchandise r"nanager. "New challenges iu toclav's competitive markets make it increasingly necessarv to have a helcl-testecl e-xecutive team to keep pace with r.rew procluct clevelopnrents, sales pronrotion, <listribution ancl pricing practices. All of these factors are vital in provicling nraxiurur.r.r urerchanclising ancl servicing srll)port to orrr 16 clistrict offices an<l their lrrnrber <lealer custonrers," said Morris.

Charles F. lJuckland r'l'as nanrerl urerchan<lise rnanager of the Insrrlation ]loarcl-Harclboarcl Sales <lerrartrnent. u'hile Janres C. \\'lrilrre-r' arrrl \\'illiarrr (i. Lees nere riarrre,l rnercharrrlise n)allagers in tlie ltoof Insulation-Flexcell arrcl Mineral \\'oo1-Insulating Siding sales departnrents. respectively.

\\'enclell L. Garrett u'as trauferreri from thc comoanv's \\"cst Coast ciistrict olfice in I-os Angeles to Cl-ricago to succied Frerl \\'. Lagercl,rist as r.nerchanclise nrallager of the Roofing Sales clepartnrent. Garrett joinecl Celotex in 1950 after operating as a roolurg contractor in California.

June Consfruction $4.4 Billion

The ciollar value of new construction put in place rose seasorrallv in June to nearly $4.4 billion, bringing the total for the first half of 1958 to $22.1 billion-about the same as the figure for the comparable 1957 periocl, according to prelin.rinary estinrates preparecl jointly by the U. S. Departments of Labor and Commerce.

Tlrese estinrates reflect a 3c/o rise in uublic construction fronr tlre first si-x months of 1957, cltre prinrarily to expanclecl activity in highr,r.avs alrcl public housing (mostly Capehart projects for the amrecl services). Private construction thus far in 1958, at $15.5 billion, u,as off only slightly from tl.re total for the first t 1957, clespite a sl.rarp clrop in inclustrial construction out-

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