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NEAT, TRltt^ APPEARANCE-No Bulky Construction

. TRUIY WEATHER-PROOLThe Feolure Others Lock

HARDWOOD FRATIAES-To Blend With the Door o TASTEFUT USE of Duroble Aluminum ond Vinyl

*A Totolly New Concept in Combinqtion Doors!

Designed ond Monufoctured for Western Living by Americo's leoding monufocturer of Door Lites ond Louvers, the Cqliforniq Inserl provides Combinotion Door feotures for ony blonk flush door. lt is o pre-ossembled, pre-glozed, pre-screened Insert for Complete Instollotion lN 5 MINUTES. lr is low in price ond tops in quoliry. A smoll stock of Cqliforniq Inserts frees copitol qnd floor-spoce by eliminoting foctory Combinqtion doors.

IIAiAEDIATE SHIPffTENT FROftT WESTERN STOCKS (sold through leoding door iobbers ond msnufocturers)

Srroble ond Higgins to Distribute Wilson-Art Decorqtive lominofes

Ralph Wilson Plastics, Inc., of Temple, Texas, producers of Wilson-Art decorative laminates, l-ras appointed J. E. Higgins Lumber Co. of San Francisco, and Strable Lumber Co. of Oakland, exclusive Northern California distributors for the product. Wilson-Art, a high Pressure decorative laminate, comes in a full line of up-to-date colors, designs and sizes.

Samples and price list are now available from either Higgins or Strable, and the Wilson-Art specialist, Norm Crawford, has been placed in tl-re field to promote the use of the product by builders and architects in the area.

-Nafional Foresi Producfs Week Oclober l6-22-

Sales TcrN on Gortoge

The Southern Califorr.ria Retail Lumber Assn. has recomrrer.rded to its membership that, in the absence of passage of title at the yard, Sales Tax be collected and paid on TransDortation charges.

SCRLA representatives have met several times with the Sales Tax division officials and been briefed on leqal phases of the matter bv SCRI-A counsel. Under the Sales Tax Act, as amended in 1943, and under Bc;ard of Equalization Rule No. 58, the tax applies to the cost of transportation

REMAilUFACTURED C(II{TI]{EIITAL EIIGII{ES fOr FORK IIFTS cLAn( - towlloroRRoSsHYSTER o lMrlrlEDlAIE DELIVERIES o lepco" Enginer q.e told on on Exchonge Bosir. lmmediqte Delivery lrom - rto<k on oll models of Conlinentol ihort engine qltemblie5. c No Il/toRE DOWN-Tltl^!. a lith Our Service, down-time on your Fotk-lift ir ot the vgry minimum. rde. lhe Engine required (which will reo-h you lhe very nert dovlpuil rur old one ou1ond repld.e ql once with o "Repco" Guotonleed, First-Quqlity Engin€. c row coMPETrflvE PRlcEs o

You poy no promium for this Fosl Servire. All "Rcpco" Enginos ore competltively pri<ed.

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' 12324 Csnte? Sl?eet, Hollydcle, Colifornio rada &9711 MEtcalf 41555 of the property prior to its sale to the purchaser. Sale is definecl in Section 6006 of the Act.

The determination of when a sale has taken place under the Act, particularly when transfer of title is involved, with reference to the operations of the retail lttmber industry, is legally and factually complicated. The Bolrd .o-f .Equaliza- tion fequires that the tax be collected and paid in the abs.nce of a definite passage of title at the yard, repotts SCRLA Executive Vice-President Orrie W. Hamilton.

-Nafional Forest Producis Week . , October l6-22-

Jirn Forfey Ends 42 Yeors' Service With The Pqcific Lumber ComPclny

"l'arley Palco Sempervirens" would be an appropriate nickname for J. J. "Jim" l'arleY (right), veteran sales and advertising executive of The Pacific Lumber Company, who retires this month after 42 Years' service, longest of anv emploYee on the Paeific payroll.

Born in New Brunswicl<, Canada, !'arley moved rvith hir parents to Eureka. California, in 1911. Later, while attendin3 the University of Califo:nia, he rvorked d.urine the summer months for the Hamrnond Lumber Company, in Eureka. Farley's long asso:iatio:r vzith Pacific began in 1917 when he joined the S:ctia office. Shortly thereafter, he took a 2-year leave of absence for service in the 144th F.ield Artillery, where he rose to the rank of 2nd Iieutenant. Returning to Pacific in 1919, he was assigned to the San Franeisco sales offics.

In succeedlng: years, frarley held various position-; as field salesman. coordinator. assistant sales manager, assistant, general sdles manager and, in recent years, as advertising manager for the company. He ha: served on. advertisin3 committee: of the California Redwood Association, of which Pacific is a longtime member, and has been active in the San Francisco Commercial Club and the International Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo.

Farley's retirement plans include a year's stay with his family in Hawaii, then return to his home in Berkeley, California, for personal attention to his garden and his special interest in the development of the Yuba Mining Company, a gold mining concern of promise.

Salesman IXck Lloyil of tJre Ed Fountain Lumber Co,, Los Angeles, left June 29 urith his wife and five children to spend two weeks on a Montana.dude ranch. Elnroute home they visited the Zion and Yellowstone national parks and Lake Tahoe.

Boryl Roblnson, owner of Builders Sup- ply, Paradise, Calif., sufrered some severe knocks in a recent auto accident but the dealer is now reported fully recovered and back at the helm of his thriving retail yard.

Roy llllller of Buraett & Sons, Sacramento, and his wife have returned from a ?-week vacation in Europe.

It required a lot of hana when Bob Heberlg Georgia-Pacific executive in southern California, threw a puaa luau, July 4, at his home in the hills outside Whittier.

More than 50 friends and children attended the festive hukiluau at which Bob proved a real kamaaina preparing the pig, fish, ribs and all the trimmings. The keiki had as much fun as the kanakas and haoles, but the gals had the most fun at the truly nui afrair.

Frank Blllings and the bossman, Ted Deacy of Cal-Pacific Redwood, Arcata, flew on into New Mexico on a sales safari a few weeks ago after a "forced landing" (it says here) at Las Vegas.

Concord Lumberman Denny O'Connor of the O'Connor Lumber Company and his wife were spotted up Tahoe way enjoying the early July season.

Ila^nk Mansfield, Benhow mill operator from Garberville. was a recent visitor in Los Angeles with l)on Bufldn while looking over the Southland market.

Bay City Lumber's Lon Edelrnann and his wife quit Oakland for a Kings Beach (Lake Tahoe) vacation the first part of July.

Arcata Redwood's western sales chief. Lloyd Heca,thorn, toured the \ilashingtonOregon area on business the second week of July.

Lorraine and Sterling Wolfe spent most of July visiting friends along the redwood highway to Redding and northern California way points for Marquart-Wolfe Lumber Co. of Hollywood.

La,rry Owen, eastern salesmanager for Hallinan Mackin Lumber Co., pulled into San tr'rancisco headquarters the first of July after a month's sales trip through the deep South, Midwest, Elastern Seaboard and on up into Toronto and Montreal.

Elmor Padula, head of E. A. Padula Lumber Co., is back on the job in Willits after spending two weeks in traction as the result of a bad back sprain incurred while working over a log deck at Longvale.

Ray Van Ido, Pasadena wholesale lumberman, traveled the redwood highway last month to Grants Pass, Ore., where he met with executives of Wolf Creek Lumber Co., which Van Ide represents exclusively in southern California.

Mack Glles spend the second July week in Salt Lake City on business for Marinland Lumber Co,

Stu Turner. former Diamond National moulding and millwork sales chief, has joined Contact Lumber Co. and will manage

Haye Y(lU seen Armstrong's exciting new CEilTENNIAL CUSHI0NT0I{E CElLll{G TILE?

Armstrong is celebrating its Centennial Year by introducing three graceful new ceilings combining color, acoustical efficiency and contemporary design. They open up a brand-new market for YOU.

They are keged to catch the fancg of llour women custolners ruitable for anA roorn in her horne but especiallg appropri,ate for those in ushich she alone nnkes the decorating decisions. Sales of decorator ceilings are ample eoidence of increasing demand for color and design,

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CENTENNIAL CUSHIONTONE will cenfer interesf on ceilings in YOUR Showroom . . . lo ollroct ond sotisfy o brooder ronge of consumer tqsles fhon ever before they ore omong the most-qdvertised ceilings you've ever hod (June lhrough August on nelwork TV, ond in full color in six nolionol mogozines oll during the Foll remodeling seoson) . so don't be without this once-in-o-blue-moon ceiling ond, ot the suggesled reioil price ol 26c, YOUR once-in-o-blue-moon Profil Opportunity!

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