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fhe crnswer to plywood slorcrge problems

Designed to eliminate all the troublesome headaches of plywood storage, Johnson e Flaherty "Plyracks" will handle as many as 22O different types of plywood-all fully accessible-in just 100 linear feet.

The secret of "Plyracks" convenience is their complete flexibility-stacks from lU' to 6' may be stored with equal ease, up to 12 ft. in height. Adjustable hangers eliminate waste space. Slots in side-rails will accommodate removable hangers on !U'centers.

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lumber Group fo Provide New Technicol Help fo Denver Builders

A new technical service for architects, builders and building officials of the Denver area will be provided by the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, announces U. R. Armstrong, board chairman of the Hallack and Howard Lumber Co., Denver. The new service will make available, at no cost to users, latest data and techniques for designing in rvood and using this material most effectively and economically in construction work, Armstrong explained.

These services will be offered through a Denver office to be established by the lumber association in July. Norman H. Reece, building code specialist of NLMA's Technical Services division, will be in charge.

Armstrong, a former president of the Western Pine Association, is a director of NLMA and a member of the association's National Wood Promotion Committee. Placement of a lumber

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LUdlow 2-6249 industry t,echnical representative in Denver, Armstrong pointed out, will fill a need long-felt by lumber dealers and consumers in this area.

947-Unir Job Storted in Sqn Diego

_ Wo_rk got underway in August on San Diego County's first Capehart housing project when Security Title Insurance Co. recorded loans aggregating $14,800,000 for construction of 947 houses for Naval personnel. Sun Gold, Inc., Riverside; L. E. Dixon Company, Los Angeles, and American Pipe and Construction Co., San Diego, were awarded the construction.

Building will start immediately, with 438 houses to be located at Bay View Terrace in Pacific Beach, 434 in I-inda Vista on Navy property, T2 at the Naval Air Station, Miramar, and three near the Navy Electronics laboratory, Point Loma.

N. S. Perkins Tokes on , New DFPA Assignment

Nelson S. Perkins, for more than 20 years technical director of Douglas Fir Plywood Association, took on a new assignment for DFPA in April. He will work in specialized areas of association activity. These include mill liaison and technical promotion.

W. E. Difford, association managing director, at a meeting of members in Portland, Oregon, in March, said "We are making this shift now to capitalize on Perkins' wide background in engineering and technical research. The move will relieve him of administrative responsibility and free him for a number of important activities vital to this industry."

Among other things Perkins will work to strengthen liaison between member mills and DFPA, he will develop and improve DFPA's relations with code officials and other allied industries on the technical level and he will do technical editing and writrng

Perkins joined DFPA during a reorganization in 1936 when this rapidly growing industry's short pants were just beginning to chafe. As an engineer consultant with a wide background at that time in structure and wood technology, he got into the plywood business on the eve of an unprecedented era of expansion. One of his major contributions to the industry's know-how has been the collection and analysis of data showing the relationship between glueline performance under laboratory test and in the field that makes it now possible to predict with surprising accuracy the durability of exterior-type panels.

Similarly, l-re has been responsible for original research in a number of engineering and product investigations establishing the advantages of plywood in new constrnction techniques and industrial applications, and the joint industry-wide quality control program. Long a crusader for high cluality of product, Perkins' work in this area has beerr a major factor in the widening acceptance of plywood in all kinds of applications.

Girls, Girls & Girls-fheme of 5.F. Hoo-Hoo Roundup-Sept. | 8

With a theme like that, it would appear that the San Francisco Hoo-lloo club's annual "Roundup" at The Village, corner of Columbus & Lombard, the evening of September 18, can hardly miss. General Chairman Ben Ward has advised the San Francisco Hoo-Hoo club's many faithful members to forget their cancelled orders and distressed loads for an afternoon and evening and bring a friend or friends to Club 9's big event of the year.

A big golf tournament at the San Francisco Golf Club will precede the affair. The tournament will be run off in conjunction with the monthly tournament of Dubs, Ltd., with Dubs President Paul Gaboury directing the action in this department.

Doors of The Village will be opened at 5:59 p.m. or thereabouts, which will signal the o-eginning of the eveniirg's action. Cocktails will be served in the club's spacious downstairs lounge complete with music by an all-gal trio. The all-girl theme will be continued upstairs following dinner, when the big Roundup show moves into high gear and the popular mistress of ceremonies, Lee Arnoux, swings (and then some) into action. All in all, Chairman Ward notes, it'll be an evening to remember, so be sure to reserve Friday, September 18, for your night out with tl-re guys (and gals).

Besides Chairman Ward and Golf Charrman the complete cast of committeemen involved in tacular includes Dick Hogan and Gay Bradt, Harry Hood, finance; Max Cook, entertainment; lar, publicity; Charlie White and Fred Buckley, and Bill Iohnson. tickets.

Gaboury, the specbanquet; Jack Dolreception,

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