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lf an l8th Century dealer needed wood window frames, door frames or other interior work, he went to a carpenter's shop called a joine/s wood-working shop.

Today, lumber dealers and builders supply houses depend upon the modern craftsmen of BIG BEN Sash & Door Company for superior quality, competitive prices and fast delivery of wood window frames,/ exterior d00r trames,/glidemaster sliding door fnmes/pre-fit window units/double hung or sliding wood windows/solid or fingerioint Interlor jambs.

For further information and placement of orders call BIG BEN at GEneva l-3541 or JAckson 7-8867 or SPruce 5-6124.

BIG BEN delivers to your warehouse or job-tract sites or house to house, Wholesale distribution to 0ealers Only

BIG BEN SASH & DOOR INC.

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Buildinq Producfs

llails-Double-Grip & Dri-Tites

Golorado Fuel and lron Corp.Nails, Poultry and Stucco Netting, Hardware and Screen Cloth-Welded Wire Fabric

Celotex Building Products-Ceiling Tile, Roofing, Expansion Joint, Building Board, Sheathing and Hardboard

Filon-Reinforced Fiberglass Panels, Rolls, Flatsheet

Plywall Poly-Clad Prefinished Panels-Matching Moldings

Heatilator Fireplaces

Henry Co.Roof Coatings, Adhesives

Metalbestos-Prefabricated Chimney

Rylock-Aluminum sliding doors and windows

Burnie Hardboard l(otdite-Polyethylene

Arrow Tackers and Staples llichols AluminumScrew Grip Nails

Revere Copper & Brass-Aluminum Roll Valley

Reynolds AluminumReflective Foil Metallation

Fortifibre Building Papers

Ceco Steel Products-Metal Lath, Corner Bead and Cornerite

Sheetmetal Products

Southwest Steel Rolling MillsFence Posts

Steel Products-Pipe, Rebar-Foundation Bolts and washers

Diqmond Notionol's Tohoe Yqrd

Diamond National Corporation has officially opened its retail lumber and building material center at the ooY'o in Al Tahoe, Calif.

The lumber yard and hardware store was purchased from the Nevada Lumber Company. The operation will continue to operate without any local personnel changes under the direction of William Crews, manager.

The new center is the 50th operated by the company's western retail division in California, Idaho and Washington.

C. E. Hinshaw, general manager for the western retail division with headquarters in Sacramento said, "Diamond will continue to operate at this loclrtion until our brand new facilities are completed late this year or in early '66 at Tahoe Paradise."

The entire installation covers a total of five acres. The retail section of the building contains over 12,000 square-feet of space for lumber and paint products, as well as appliances, power tools, garden equipment and supplies, hardware, and other building and home improvement materials.

The adjacent yard and storage buildings cover another 12,000 square feet.

G-P Eornings qt All-Time High

Sales, earnings and cash flow for Georgia-Pacifie corporation for the first six months of this year reached an all-time high, Chairman Owen R. Cheatham and President Robert B. Pamplin have told stockholders. Sales for the six months period totaled $265 million as compared with $256 million for the same period in 1964. Net income reached $23,410,000, against $21,310,000 for the preceding year. Cash flow was $40,370,000 as against $38,580,000 last year.

On a per common share basis, earnings for the first half of 1965 amounted to $I.74 compared with $1.58 a year ago. Cash flow was $3.14 against $3.02 last year. Figures for both 1964 and 1965 are restated to include results of operations of Bestwall Gypsum company which was merged into Georgia-Pacific in April of this year.

Boqt Building qnd Wood

An exhaustive report on the current position of wood and its future as a boat-building material has been published in a recent issue of The Boating Industry.

' The article states that "the primary reason for the continued strength of wood boats-in addition to the suitability of the material itself-is economic," and discusses wood's record, historically, as a boat-building material; its present market status; its traditional appeal; price and quality factors; repairability and maintenance; new wood products; developments in finishing, gluing, bonding and laminating, and important wood species used for boat building.

Br<rinless Bum Bobbles Burglory

How stupid can a burglar get?

One of them spent all one weekend last month trying to remove a four-ton wall safe from the offices of F. M. Crawford Lumber, Inc., down on Alameda Street in Long Beach, without success. Thousands of dollars worth of valuable electric office equipment was untouched and the safe contained no money.

Too bad he didn't know that wholesale lumber concerns operate on a check receiving and paying basis. And now the place is lined with burglar alarms.

by BOB McBRIEN executive vice president of the [umber Merchonts Associolion of Northern Colifornio

ORE AND MORE manu{acturers and wholesalers are joining our membership ranks and offering to take an active part in its many important functions. This is an excellent move for all concerned and one that promises to result in improved business con- i. ", *a!t* ditions for manufacturer, distributor and :f dealer alike. fi,.

When one sits back for a moment and looks at the major problems confronting the retail lumber dealer industry he comes to the conclusion that these problems are not unique; they are not unresolvable; they are not the sole property of the lumber dealer, or the distributor or the manufacturer. In truth, these problems can be shared equally by all involved in our industry -

J0lllll{G RAl{l$ and dealing with common marketing problems on all levels is lauded as good business by Bob McBrien. from the new yard man to the chairman of the board of the largest building material manufacturer.

The real iuestion hu. b""1, *nl,, loing,o take the lead and do something about finding some solutions to problems which have long been with us? We are proud that LMA is taking the lead in bringing together the men who can eliminate the problems.

The manufacturer-distriblro.-l"ut"l seminar at the 25th LMA annual convention was one step in establishing better relations and increasing cooperation; the marketing study now underway among LMA dealers is a second step; the National-American Wholesale Lumber Association's planned series of meetings is another step; associate membership and active participation in LMA by wholesalers and manufacturers is still another important step.

If you are not a membe, ", I-tO i ,"r, I urge you to consider joining today. Your associate membership dues of $100 per year entitles you to many services including a most extensive and inclusive health and accident insurance program, a major medical plan and a separate life insurance program. These are benefits which can be shared by your employees. Think about itand then give me a call at the association office. We'll do the rest to get you 'oinvolved" to the betterment of all.

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