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Designed primarily for use in mountainous terrain and areas where winter work and travel are necessary in deep, powdery snow, the new KE-24-D is also ideally suited to heavy duty commercial applications requiring hauling capacity of up to 3000 lbs. over crusted snow or glare ice.

Speeds up to 25 mph, turning radius of only 15 feet and the unit's ability to climb slopes up to 45' provide highly maneuverable operation combined with the extra power of a 24 h.p. Kohler engine. Standard equipment includes automatic transmission, forward, neutral and reverse, hydraulic shocks, overall track width 34" of heavy duty roller chain with rubber cleats for extra traction and quiet operation. Overall length11 ft., width45 in., weight -

Getz Ofierc Wolnut Pqtterned Ponel ot Moderote C,ost

A new and improved Walnut patterned Lauan panel, named Beauti-Grain, is now being offered by Getz Bros. & Co., San Francisco. The company reports that advanced manufacturing procedures enable the firm to offer the panel at considerably lower cost than generally available for this type item.

An entirely new production technique and process sequence is said to achieve pattern reproduction and color toning results of remarkably authentic Walnut appearance.

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"we can now ofer a reproduction panel of costliest, mismatched Walnut; one that really captures the vibrant life of 6 true grain -under even closest comparison," He added that, "Beauti-Grain is the result of months of development, aimed at eliminating the 'flat' appearance so frequently a drawback to grain reproductions in the past."

The company also stated that the new product is V-groove embossed for random plank appeal, and feature Getz's Standax prefinishing. Matched moldings are also available.

Square foot samples of the new panel are available upon request by contacting the company's San Francisco home office, 640 Sacramento Street, or Getz representatives.

Owens-Corning lssues S-Yeor Gusrqnlee on Sonocor Ceiling Boords

A five-year guarantee of Fiberglas Sonocor acoustical ceiling boards against warping has been announced by Owens.Corning Fiberglas Corporation, according to Edward J. Detgen, vice-president, home building products.

Terms and conditions as spelled out in the guarantee apply to first-quality Fiberglas Sonocor ceiling boards in all approved types of ceiling installations, Mr. Detgen said.

Fiberglas Sonocor ceiling boards, introduced in 1961, are made of light, warpresistant acoustical insulation and faced with a textured plastic film, combining the qualities of exceptional noise absorption, 75 per cent light reflection and fire safety with lasting beauty and easy installation, cleaning and maintenance,

Subject to conditions of the guarantee, Owens-Corning will supply an equal amount of Fiberglas Sonocor ceiling boards of closest grade and kind should the ceiling boards not perform to guaranteed standards during five years following installation date.

New Vermiculite Plqster Specificotions

Vermiculite Institute announces a comprehensive new edition of "Standard Specifications for Vermiculite Plastering and Vermiculite Acoustical Plastic for Sound Conditioning."

Among the changes are aggregate reductions in base coat proportioning. A maximum of two cubic feet of vermiculite plaster aggregate per 100 pounds of gypsum plaster is now recommended over gypsum lath and for the scratch and brown coats on metal lath. For two- and three-coat work over masonry, proportions are three cubic feet of aggregate per 100 pounds of gypsum plaster.

institute recommendations for plaster' mixes agree with mix proportions for lightweight aggregates recently published by the Gypsum Association.

The inclusion of silica sand is suggested for trowel finish coats over vermiculite base coats, and certain suggestions for suspended ceiling construction have been added.

The new booklet can be obtained without charge from Vermiculite Institute,208 South La Salle St., Chicago 4.

Stonley Building Speciolties Wins Awqrd

For successfully developing foreign markets for aluminum windows, a presidential "E-for-Export" award was presented to Stanley Building Specialties, a Miami-based sales and manufacturing division of The Stanley Works, New Britain,'Conn.

The "E-for-Export" award program was initiated in 1962 by President Kennedy.

Judge Roy L. Morgan, representing Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges, awarded the "E-for-Export" flag and certificate to James C. Farley, general manager of the North Miami, Fla. firm. Robert T. Naskrent, the division's export sales manager, was unable to attend. REASON: a trip to Africa and Europe to develop more business. Floyd

Velerqn Western Pine Inspeclor Retircs

J. W. "Jack" Stewart, 65, closed out on Jdy f a 4l-year stint as a Western Pine Association lumber inspector, dl of it served in the Inland Empire out of Spokane.

Stewart, son of a Wisconsin-Minnesota logger, started his lumber career in l9I4 at the old Bonners Ferry Lumber Co. mill in ldaho, served two years in the Navy in World War Io and joined the association grade inspection staff June 20,1922.

His associates estimated he has graded 100 million feet, or about 3,000 carloads, in his lifetime. That's enough for 10,000 homes.

Stewart was the dean of the Western Pine Staff of 30 inspectors who travel constantly to check on and maintain the industry's grade standards.

New CHIP Consumer Kits Being Distributed

New CHIP Consumer Kits are being distributed to retail lumber dealers," states Jjm Williams, CHIP National manager. lllfanufacturer response has been good, and it's now a matter of kit production."

The Kits are being introduced in the Southern California area before going nationwide. They carry dealer's home im- provement pitches as well as the manufacturers' and dealers' yard information, to be featured on a card in the front folder along with imprinted consumer booklets.

"This is another stride to combat the 'suede shoe' approach, and help the customer make an intelligent decision," says Williams.

New Mosonite Color Booklet

Ideas on creating decorative exeitement while transforming ordinary walls into usable space are offered in a new full-color booklet, o'Peg-Board Ideas from Masonite."

An excellent selling tool for lumber and building materials dealers, the booklet illustrates how factory-finished Presto PegBoard, with its tic-tac-toe perforation, can add to or set decorative schemes as well as provide working walls anywhere in the home or office.

Imaginative uses of regular Peg-Board in closets, workshops, nurseries, sewing centers, kitchens and other areas also are illustrated. Both the new Delrin plastic fixtures and regular metal fixtures are shown.

The boo,klet is designed for use by deal. ers in selling home modernization projects, and for display racks and direct mail. C,opies can be obtained either from Masonite sales representatives, or write the Masonite Home Service Bureau. 29 N. Wacker

Drive, Chicago 6, Illinois, for further information.

Eorle Sqnborn Relires

Earle Sanborn, who has been 41 years with the lumber industry, is retiring. Earl's well-earrred leisure comes after I7l/2 years with the llarr l,umber Company beginning with one year at Barr's Whittier yard about 19-1'4 and then joining Barr's Santa Ana location in 1947. He began his lumber career unloading cars for E. K. Wood Lumber Co. in Huntington Beach ir 1922 not knowing redwood from fir. It w-asn't long. however, till hc was changed to counter work and thence to E. K. Wood's San Pedro yard and later on moved to their Los Angele-. office where he was located in the Industrial l)epartment serving the oil industries, manufacturers. motion picture industry. For the last six years with E. K. \1 ood he was assistant to the late Percy Nlercetino in the wholesale and purchasing departments. He also spent a brief span with the Raymond Concrete Pile Co. o{ New York as their lumber expediter in the Sausalito area and a few years in Oregon as a buyer for Schafer Brothers who sold to Southern California and Arizona trade.

At the start of the First \[or]d \Var Earle was a student in Civil Engineering at the University' of California at Berkeley and a member of the California National

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