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Evcrns Gets Coos Boy Timber

Evans Products Company has doubled its timber supply on the west coast by the acquisition of cutting rights on a half-billion feet of timber in Oregon. The acquisition will help supply veneer for production of the company's Evaneer plyr.vood operations. This tract rvas formerly part of the huge Coos Bay I-umber Company timber holdings and girres tl-re Evans Company-among the nation's top 10 plyrvood producers-tt'o billion, 200 million feet of Douglas frr in the United States and Canada. Cutting in the new tract, which consists principally of old-gror'vth Douglas fir, will begin next year.

McKeehqn Nqmed Soles Monoger of Mengel Door ond Plywood Depqfimenl

The Mengel Company, Lottisville, announces the promotion of C. Burt \[cKeehan (left) to the post of sales manager of the Door and Plyrvood department, lvitl-r headquarters in Louisville. R. F. Kulmer rviil continue in his present position as general manager of the department, rvith McKeehan assuming full responsibility for sales. He joined The Mengel Ccrmpany rn 1949 as a sales representative in Dallas, transferring in 1952 to Baltimore as district manager. In 1954 he rvas promoted to sales manager, eastern division, rvith headquarters in Nelv York, and assumed responsibility for sales of doors and plyu'ood.

This appointment is part of Mengel's new plan for a more concentrated sales effort and more iutensive coverage of territories in order to meet present-day conditions in the flush door industry.

Horbor Produces Only Exterior Fir Plywood ot Aberdeen Mill

Harbor Plywood Corporation, Aberdeen, \\rashington, has again taken a lead in the west coast's giant fir ply'ivood industry by permanently converting all production of its Aberdeen mill to exterior type, waterproof adhesives, according to Martin N. Deggeller, president.

Commenting on the change, Deggeller stated, "Harbor has for a long time felt that the elimination of interior type adhesives would result in more satisfactory end-use performance and dcvelop greater consumer confidence."

Substantiating this statement he pointed out that in Canada, where all fir plywood is manufactured r'vith exterior adhesives, the per capita consumption is approximately double that of the United States, 'ivhere substantially more interior type is produced than exterior.

In some instances, plyrvood with interior type glues is inadvertently used by builders for exterior purposes, ac-