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"Plywood lnAportmenfs" ls Sublect Of New D.F.P.A. Booklet

o'Plywood in Apartments", the first major publication of its kind for forest products, is the title of a new 27-page booklet by the Douglas Fir Plywood Association.

The new publication is a guide for the use of plywood in all phases of medium- and low-rise apartment construction (four stories or less) and is intended {or use by architects, engineers and builders. The booklet points out how the trend toward garden and townhouse apartment projects makes it possible for builders to use plywood in apartments to achieve the same efficiencies that have revolutionized the home building industry in recent years.

One section, developed especially for the new booklet and never before published, explains the facts on sound control in apartment building. Five pages of information, including detailed drawings, show how plywood's basic properties help to insulate against airborne and impact sound and how it can best be used for this purPose.

Ratings are sholvn for typical plywood wall and floor-ceiling assemblies and constructions are classified as partitions, party walls, etc. A list oi do's and dont's (DO utilize rnass for airborne sound insulation. DON'T rely on ni.ass for imry,ct soznd insulation.) for controlling noise is also included.

Another portion of the booklet describes how plywood and lumber construction meets various code regulations. Detail drawings are included.

Besides information on plywood use in every phase of apartment construction from sublloor to built-ins, the booklet outlines 12 ideas for plywood siding, using the single-wall construction system, and includes a section on the "extras", such as storage units and privacy {ences, that help get and keep tenants.

The final section of the book is a plywood grade-use guide, intended to help specifiers choose the right type and grade of plywood for the job.

Single copies of the booklet, "Plywood in Apartmentso', are available from the Douslas Fir Plywood Association. Tacoma 2, Washington, 98401.

Millwork Council Formed by NBMDA

NBMDA President Lewis Jenkins has remarked that "there has been a growing need during the past several years for National Building Material Distributors Assoriation members who are increasing their distribution of millwork products, to develop within NBMDA their own areas for information, publicity and promotion. "

An initial survey made among NBMDA members indicated that approximately 40 percent of the 650 warehouses represented l-ry NBMI)A handle millwork.

The major objectives of the NIIMDA Millwork Council will be comparable to the other NBN'IDA services and will provide an interchange of business inlormation, including statistical surveys as well as promoting and publicizing the value of the distributor of millwork. Manufacturers rvill lre encouraged to furnish members with t'urrent technical and promotional information.

While the NBNIDA Millrvork Council u'ill operate as an entity of NBMIIA. it is planned to hold separate national meetings {or all members both in the United States and Canada who are interested in millwork. Each Council or section u'ill elect its own officers who will act as a liaison committee to the board of tlirectors.

The first formal meeting o{ the NBMDA Millwork Council will be held on November l3th at the Palmer House in Chicago, Illinois, immediately preceding the l2th Annual Convention.

Boise Coscode Corp. Plons Purchose of 5t. Helens Pulp & Poper

Crown Zellerbach Corp. has negotiated terms for the sale of its St. Helens Pulp & Paper Co. of St. Helens, Ore., to Boise Cascade Corp. for $30 million.

This was disclosed by Boise Cascade president Robert V' Hansberger, who reported that the proposal is now before the Federal Trade Commission for approval.

Crown Zellerbach acquired St. Helens in 1953 and its operations were merged into Zellerbach's in 1955.

In 1957, however, the FTC challenged the acquisition as a violation of the Clayton Antitrust Act and ordered Zellerbach to divest itself of all the Oregon firm's assets together with subse' quent improvements.

The ruling was upheld by the courts.

Hansberger, who was here to address the Security Analysts of San Francisco, said the purchase proposal excludes some timber lands and equipment.

He said Boise Cascade will finance the transaction through longterm borrowings from two insurance companies.

The Boise-based firm is a diversified manufacturer and distributor of paper products and has extensive timber holdings in the Pacific Northwest. Its sales last year were $175 million.

E. A. Nord Exponsion to Fill Six Acres of Woterwoy

E. A. Nord Company, located on the Everett, Washington waterfront, has announced plans for a five'year construction program which will double the manufacturing capacity and add about 250 employes to the payroll. Costs of the expansion will be in excess of $2,500,000.

Work already is under way n'ith the filling of an area to provide an additional six acres of land between the present plant and the inner waterway. The land will be taken from the bottom of the waterway in cooperation with the Army Corps of Engineers and deposited behind a rock retaining wall.

The added plant area, 85,000 square feet, will be in keeping with the present plant design. In addition, in the future a substantial dry kiln expansion is scheduled, along with a new planing mill and a new cutting department, incorporating new id'eas developed by the Nord Company' New door machinery and equip' ment will be added over the five-year period.