CHICKAMAUGA CEDAR COMPANY, INC. o Steyenson , Alobqmo o Esl. lg2g .

mill and.San Francisco sales office was gained under the direction of the late Ben Byrnes, long considered one of the deans of the west coast school of lumbering. Since Mr. Byrnes' death on February 24 this year, his estate and associates have begun liquidation of Anderson Valley Lum_ ber Co.

The new Woodside Lumber Co. occupies offices in the Fife building. The phone number is EXbrook ZZ43O and the teletype is S. F. 1132.

George EyerBuys Into ploins

Eyer, longtime resident here, has the Plain Lumber Co. at Garden his residence there.

$t t Z Million ,S5 FHA Volume in L. A.

Tfre Federal Housing Administration insured lO,79Z home mortgages totaling $112,898,000 in the Los Angeles_Long Beach metropolitan area during 1955, reports Norman M. Lyon, FHA area director. He said the average new home with FHA-insured mortgage was FHAppraised at $11,_ 562. It had an area of 1187 sq. ft., exclusive of garage and finished attic space, and contained 5.4 rooms, including 3.3 bedrooms. About 99.3% of the properties had gaiage facilities.

Other interesting facts in the report: the average owner's monthly income was $507.71, his monthly loan repayment was over 26.0 years at $74.83, and his average housing ex_ pense was $92.67 monthly or 18.3/o of his income.