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Two Short Loughs

He gazed in wonderment at the loveliest looking woman he had ever seen. Finally, he found a friend who knew her and asked him who she was.

"T}rat," said the friend, "is Mrs. Wright."

"Ah," said the first man with a sigh of understanding.

"Now I realize for the first time what that wise man meant when he said, 'I would rather be Wright than President'." ***

The sweet young thing had dropped and broken her eyeglasses, and she took them to the optometrist for repairs.

"Will I have to be examined all over again?" she asked.

"No," he answered, "just your eyes."

f Pt Redwood Exhibit qt Foir

Participation in the immense "Food Comes First" exhibit at the California State Fair and Exposition, August 27 through September 7, has spread from food and allied industries to lumbermen. According to George Randall, University of California visual aids specialist and display coordinator, The Pacific Lumber Company of San Francisco contributed 4,000 board feet of l-reart stock redwood toward the building of the exhibit.

The display, designed by University of California Architecture Professor Philip Thiel, occupies over 10,000 square feet in the Merchandise Mart building and is composed of a series of walk-in, free standing redwood screens and booths, with a large central stage ancl kitchen for demonstrations, a central informatior-r booth, and a garden rest area.

Insulqtion Boqrd Soles Up

The Insulation Board Institute, Chicago, announces that perforated insulation board tile sales to retailers in the first quarter of 1958 rose l5/o above the comparable 1957 cryarter, wlrich had soared 33/a above those of the previous year. Last year's increase came at a time when sales of homebuilding materials in general declined 1.2o/o becatse of fewer housing starts.

Production figures of all types of insulation board (sheatl-ring, building board, shingle backer, decorative interior tile and plank, roof insulation and insulating roof deck slab) show a 9.8/o decrease in output from 1956 to 1957, reflecting the decline in tl-re housing market, but recent monthly shipment reports indicate industry production now is on the increase.