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He Didn'f Understond lr

Frank Hemingway, distinguis&ed radio broadcaster of C,alifornia, returning from a visit in Montana, told the fol_ Iowing story on his program: fn a mountain town in Montana, i hotel guest remarkecl to the hotel clerk that h€ had heard that a gunman went into the &rotel bar the night before and shot it up pretty, thoroughly. The clerk admitted that the report was true. Said the guest:

"What do you suppos€ was his reason?"

The clerk looked rather weary.

"Are we getting so over-civilized,,, he asked, ..that a man has to have a reason for doing things?',

t 958 Colendors Offered

Colorful 1958 calendars, on the backs of which are print- ed a dozen weekend projects for the h.andyman, are again offered by M-asonite eorporation to its regular dealers-on- ly on a one-dealer-per-ar-ea basis. The do-it-yourself plans. designed to promote the sales of presdwciod'and other ma- terials, are complete in detail, diagram and illustration. They-.include Christmas projects, a s-torage hogse, ..gingerbre.ad" h.ouse, "Peg-Boaid'i table for rnounting' u"-Jdel trarn, radlator enclosure, modernizing a panel door, mak_ ing. a modern table from an old dooi, garbage can cover, divider wall and helpful hints on using"Masoirite products in home improvement projects.

Last^ year's subscribers to the calenoar program were given first opportunity to repeat for the 195^8 dTstribution. Then orders, on a non-profit basis, are filled in the order received from the various trading areas, according to Clarence E. Sutton, sales promotion-manager.

Apqrhenr-Building Sets Record

^ Mgre- -ap?I!rygnt-building construction was ptarted in th,e first half of. 7957 than in any other six-months period in the history of the T,os Angelei metropolitan areai (L. A. and Orange counti€, repoited the Research department of the Security_-First National Bank of Los Angeies, which said in its Monthly Summary that "this undeilines a dramatic shift from tracts of singie-family homes to multiple dwellings."

Permits for single-family dwellings in the year's first half were 3l/o trelow the_ same- 1956 peri-od, while multiple units increased by Sa/o. In the period. permits were isiued for 46,231 single-family units, only 2/o'below the 1956 total at the annual rate. Total buildihg to date this year in the state's 14 southern counties was E1,458,000,000, ; 6.2/o gain over the same 1956 span.

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G-P Profirs Up l8o/o in lst Holf

Net profits of Georgia-Pacific Corporation for the quarter "t'ta"d iune 30, and f"or the six months period. both est-ablirh;a ,a ;;* record, President Owen R. Cheatham said in the quarterly repori to stockholders. "The mqlgr- u9qT.ti iio"J -ua" 6y Georgia-Pacific during the last half of 1956, i"""f"a with'added"efficiencies, made the improvement in the'earnings trend possible," the report stated. "This, notwithstanding the fait that prices this y^ea1 are- approximateti iiq" low& than they were during tg55 and the first half of 1955." Mr. Cheatham said.

He added that due to the lower number of housing starts, Drices in the industry on major products have been lower ihir year than at any-time since 1949.

For the quarter ended June 30, net profits after taxes rvere $2,321395, ,tp 20/o irom the $1,921,338 reported for the firsr three months' Sales for the second quarter were

$39,019,042, compared with $34,503,1!!in the first -qqallgr F"l tn" tiJrno.tdht ended June 30, 1957, sales wete $7.3,522,gS7 , i" comparison with $45,807 ,907 in.the corr^esponding period of 1956; and net profits after ta,xds wete $4'242,7.33.tug l8%). This'compares with $3,568,540 for the first half of 1956.

Bob Hogon Elected WIC Director

The Woodwork Institute of California has elected Bob IIo an to its board of directors to fill the unexpired term of elarence Morrison, who died suddenly in Sacramento Tune 25. Hogan, who is president of Hogan Wholesale -Building MatErials, Oakland, was named -to the post at a WIC bdard meeting in Carmel on Ju1y 12. '

A-eittetal membJrship meeting oj the Woodwork Institute 5f California will be held Friday, September 27, at the Mark Hopkins hotel in San Francisco.