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lumber in 'Disneylond'
Anaheim, Calif.-statistically speaking, 3,500,000 board feet of lumber went into the construction of Disneyland, Calif., the new Walt Disney amusement park here for the public. The park, including its huge parking lot, contains 3 million square feet of paving; 350,000 cubic yards of dirt were removed for excavations for waterways and in building the lS-foot embankment surrounding the project; $500,000 is in shrubs and trees which were imported and transplanted. During a year's construction, 800 workmen, mostly skilled craftsmen, were employed, with the number increased to 25J/0: in l0-hour shifts as opening date neared in June and July. An old Los Angeles mansion with its wood paneling, stained-glass windows and crystal chandelier, supplied much of the interior of the Delmonico-style restaurant and other portions of the "Main Street" buildings. Permanent employes at Disneyland on and after public opening July 18 will number 850 to 1000.
vision over the manufacture of machine-grooved shakes and rebutted-rejointed shingles as has been exercised for regular shingles during the Past 24 Yeats.
Machine-grooved shakes which have been manufactured under the bureau's grading supervision are identified by a trade-marked "Certigroove" label. Bureau officials describe it as a running-mate of the association's well-known "Certigrade" label which has designated bureau-inspected Red Cedar shingles for many years.
Redwood & Incense Cedor
Opens New Norwolk Wclrehouse Fcrciliries in Exponsion
Last month the O. \\,r. Ste.n'art Plyrvood Cornpany, Norwalk, Calif., moved into a fine neu' home at 14051 South Marquardt St., just ll mrles north of the Santa Ana Freervay on the corner of Rosecrans Boulevard and Stage Road. This new [t000-sq. ft. .rvarehouse marks a milestone of progress for this three-year old rvholesale plyr,vood distributing firm. It rvas just 32 months ago that Orval Stewart decided to enter the business r,vorld on his orvn. Today, this young Southern California organization has 10 people operating the sales and service department arrd four units of mobile equiprner.rt tci l.randle the ever-increasing volume of business.

Situated on thc Santa Fc-with a spur track under construction-Stervart Plyu,'ood has facilities to handle the loading and unloacling of trucks at the dock from two platforms. Ten vehicles can be accommodated rvithout interruption of service and the inventory is so arranged that orders are made up and ready prior to pick-up or delivery time.
The beautiful nerv offices o{ the firm are permanent displays of the products sold. The interior finish features rotary-cut and ribbon-grain Philippine m:rhogany, Oriental ash, birch, knotty ,,r'hite pine, knotty red cedar, oai<, walnut, Grainglo and many other imported and domestic hardu'ood panels.
"We have applied one of our products, Celotex hard-