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Sacramento's Wood Council Makes Chips Flv !

Unlike many volunteer organizations. the Wood Council of Sacramento (known as "Lumberjac" in many other areas) really works. Spearheaded by an energetic Sacramento retailer who takes lumber promotion seriously, Bill Baird, owner of Arden Lumber Company, the Wood Council of Sacramento is presently distributing a "Wood Products File" to over 100 architects and specifiers of construction materials in the Sacramento area. Far from just a feu' data sheets stuck in a binder, the "Wood Products File" r,r'eighs a good 7 or 8 pounds. It is a complete information center on all species of lumber, millwork, plywood and laminated beams. The information covers every conceivable question any architect might have concerning the use of wood vs. a snbstitute material.

The hundreds of pages of literature and specification data were compiled through the cooperation of all the lum- ber trade associations in the nation. Catalogue work and distribution of the finished "Wood Products File" was all voluntary. Actual exp,ense of the project rvas borne by donations from practically all of the leading building material firms, both retail and wholesale, in the Sacramento area.

In addition to the "Wood Products File," the Wood Council of Sacramento also distributes a bi-monthlv letter to all of the area's builders and architects. Edited by Jack Berry, secretary of the \Arood Council, "The Lumber Letter" carries interesting and helpful information on the elimination of discrimatory building codes (a highly successful NLMA project).

The Wood Council of Sacramento has answered the challenge where others have procrastinated. The officers,

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