|88,OOO Homemokers Throng 3rd Annuol Do'lt-Yourself Show

Bqck wos l0' long, 8' high; obove fireploce is fropic Blox (t6"x15" precirion cul porquet squores of Boyloun ribbon-grcin mohogony), Zombowqll on eiiher side, Boyloun f-G ponels on side wolls. ceiling I x6 Eoyloun white mohogony in egg-crote sryle. The exhibii commqnded oulstanding otfeniion ond Southwest Plywood donoted o box of Tropic Blox eoch night, which winners were to pick up dt one of the three yords ond possibly buy other needs. After the rhow, one cu3tomer wenl lo Firher's to gel o dupliccte of rhe woll, ond cll three yords developed nice moiling lists; outsideoreo nomes were lurned over for distriibution to yards neorer tha prospecls to Jqck Pollord, Sourhwest Plywood presidenl, who soys rhqr thir boorh ir qvsiloble for similqr use by yords in lhe areo, or on lheir own premises, during fhe nerl few months.

Lumber deelers and manufacturers who participated in Ted Bentley's 3rd annual Southern California Do-ItYourself Shorv at Los Ar-rgeles' Pan Pacific auditorium, July 2l-23, are no\\' looking forrvard to the forthcoming Northern Californi;L shou' ancl next year's L.A. shon after meeting rvith outstanrlir.rg success, said Producer Bentley.

This year's giant shou' attracted more than 188,000 doit-yourselfers, manv of rvhom placed orders l'ith dealers. and others \vho \yere directecl to dealers througl-r associations. C)ne of the man)- exhil)itors rvho met u'ith otltstanding success \\'as Hu11 Brothers I.umber Co., according to Lee White, tl're company's representative.

Receiving rvide a-ttention at the shou' was the Douglas

QUEEN OF IHE DO-IT-YOURSEIF SHOW-TV Sror Down Oney visired the Chesnen Inc., booth to see whqt the show-stoppin, ruckur wcr obout qnd stoyed to tesf the Chesney ,,Speed Clomp,, Ssw Horse Brockels, o fovored disploy by thousonds of viritors who found the grippers mcke o sowhorse slrong enough to support on elephont. Alen ond mony hondywomen bought the producl in ruch numbers thoi octuol soles of brqckets were holted on the fifth doy of the show rill more help could be mustered to ftll order blonkr. Fir Plyrvood Association Golden Jubilee Do-It-Yourself llouse. A large variety of fir plyrvood, including the nerv Mok6, was used throughout the house. Other items included Texture One-I,,1even, High Density Overlaid Fir I'lyu'ood, I)lyScorcl Fir Plyu,69d Sheathing and Relief Grain Fir Plyrvood.

Other lumber comparlies :rmong the 524 exhibitors in the shorv includcd Blanchard, Fisher, Arcadia, L. S. plywood, Whiting-N{er.d ancl Sierra Lun-rber, Nhose beautiful Shan-Tong received r-ide attention.

Hand and power tools. l-allpaper, paint and floor cover-