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MERCHANT, the following firms had representatives on hand to watch Weyerhaeuser's operation:

Arcadia Lumber Co., Betts-Sine Lumber Co., Galleher Hardwood Co., Hoffmeister Cabinets, Mox Wrecking Co., San Gabriel Valley Lumber Co., and Tarter, Wbbster and Johnson.

"Everyone present seemed to think the demonstration was a success and I'm sure we feel it will be something worth promoting with other mills," said

L. A. Manager Click for Weyerhaeuser Sales Co.

Winton Lumber Sales Co. had earlier made a test shipment of unitized lumber to the O'Malley Company's yard at Tempe, Ariz. (CLM, P. 38, 8/l/57), and Winton also made a test shipment late last month to the Golden State Lumber Co., Santa Monica, Calif., which will be reported with photos in an early issue.

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Ju^ly Gonstruction Confrqcts Drop

Contracts for future construction in the United States !l_J"ty tol"tlq4 $2,900,681,000, a decline of 4% b.lo; i;i; 1956, the F. W..Dgdge. C.orporation reported. N"nrty ifftt'. majol -non-residential building types shared in the- decline. Jgly_ contracts for residenti-al buildings were valued at $1,286,937,000, an increase of. l3o/o 6ver the corre_ sponding year-earlier level. The number of housing lgill _ represent-ed by theJuly contracts totalled 95,696, ug 7o/o from a year ago. Contracts for multi- unit dwellingsaccounted for-the major part of th; increase in both dollar and unit volume.

Cumulative contract totals for the first seven months of 1\is yea.r include: residential lullding, $7,ZZO,2Sl,Affi: a;;; Zfo, and total construction $19,858,686,@0, up 3/o.

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Construction Acfivity in August Hirs All-rime $4.6 Billion High

The val-re of netv construction put in place rose in August to an all-time high of $4.6 billion, according to preiiminary estimates prepared jointiy by the U. S. Departments oI ]-abor zincl Commerce. The 4/o gatn lvas more than usual for tl-ris time ctf year, in contrast to the less than seasonal rise in July attributed trt cement sl.rortages due to rvork stoppziges.

For the firsi eight uronths of this year, construction expenditures totalecl a recor<l $30.5 billion, 2/o above last year's figure for the corresl.rondilg p-eriod. On a seasonally idjusteri-basis, outlays thus far in 1957 tt'ere at an annual raie of $,t6.8 billion,'compared rvith actual expenditurcs of $4(r.1 biliion for 1956. '

Net nrivate nonresiclential builcling construction shol'ved a 5/o gtiin over the sanre period oi i9-56' rvith all-time highs set by offrce Lruildings, liospitals and ch.urches. The August totali for these types also n'ere at new ltighs.

Nerv privzite housing expendittrres, rvhich, on a seasonallv adiusted basis, ileclined :rlmost continuously after Iulv 1935, have stabilized during the past three months. in August 1957 they l'ere 1O/o lot'er than a y-e?\-earlier, and tlre Jar-ruary-Atigust total this year rvas off l2/o from 1956, and 2tl'/o lrom the peak I'ear 1955.

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The value of new constrttction put in place in July rose less than seasouallv to $'1.4 billion, about tl.re same as the record Tulv figurr oi pSA, accorcling to prelirninary estimates prepar,-'.l iolntly by the U' S. Dcpartrnents of Commerce and Labnr. C)n a-seasonally a<ljustecl basis, the July 1957 figure was otr 2/o from June, reflecting shortages of cemcnt and concrete proclircts in tl-re eastern and gulf-coast sections.

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For the first seven months of 1957, total neu' construction, at $25.9 bil1ion, was about 2/o htghcr than for the comparable 1956 period. Private ivork (918-4 billion) rvas about the san-re as last year, with sizablc ileclincs in honrebuilcling ancl store construction largely olTset by incrcases for ptrblic. -

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NBMDA Plqns 1957 Annuql

The board of directors of the National Building X{aterial Distributors Association met in Pittsburgh on August 15 and rcvieucrl plans for the fortlrcoming annual nreeting of the association in Chicago at the Shcraton hotel, November 7I and 12. n'{ar.rufacturers and their reprcsentatives will attencl the second clay of the convention. A review of the past rneetings indic:rtes this will be thc largest and best attended meeting of NBMDA to date.

'Ihe first day's program will be the business mecting of the association and will include group discussions on various con-rmodity proclucts as well as separate panel mectings on subjccts of current interest to the members. A special committee rv'as also appointed to handle the ladies p.ogri.r-r. S. M. Van Kirk, gcncral manager of NBNIDA, reported to the directors that 23 neu, r'nembcrs had been accepted for membership since the spring meeting held in Nerv Orlcans in I,Iay.

Uf.l.C. ro Hold Sixth Annuol Northern Generol Membership Meeting Sept. 27 j::' ol Mqrk Hopkins, Son Frsncisco

Bob Hogan, chairman of the meeting, announces, "The W.I.C. is inaugurating a revolutiondry idea with its forthcoming Northirn Membership meeting. The affair vill begin with a social hour and luncheon in the Golden Empire room, after which President James Pierce will report io thp membership on the activities of the W.I.C. during the past six months." The topic of "Establishment of a Pro.iedure for the Proper Evaluation of Architectural Mill.work" will be discussed by John Lyon Reid, F.A.I'A., past president of the California Council of Architects. Mr. Reid is very active in architectural relations with the industry and as a consequence is well-versed in this topic.

Hogan said the other speaker will_be Warren C. Smith, produition manager of Plywood and Novoply at the Shasta

Division of U. S. Plywood at Anderson, California. Smith's topic will be "Potential Applications for Plywood and Particle Board in Architectural Millwork." He has a wide background in this field and is certainly well-versed and qualified to discuss the future applications of particle board and plywood.

Following the luncheon speakers there will be a brief adjournment, then the membership of the W.I.C. will reconvene in the Room of the Dons at the Mark Hopkins hotel. The architectural profession has been invited to attend a seminar for the purpose of setting forth recomrnendations and methods for inspecting all the items of architectural woodwork. The seminar will consist of displays of the various grades of millwork, as opposed to the various grades of lumber, the various grades of cabinet work, hollow core and solid core doors, a display of cabinet joinery and a display of the various defects that exist in wood.

The seminar will be conducted by Les Harter, technical consultant of W.LC., and each of the displays will be manned by one of the original authors of the Manual of Millwork, where he will explain his particular display and be available to answer any questions the architectural profession may have.

Hogan concluded, "This seminar will provide an outstanding opportunity for the mill men and the architectural profession to get together and discuss their mutual problems on a social basis."

Following the seminar, a cocktail party will be held from five to six p.m. Reservations for the general membership meeting may be made by writing to the Woodwork Institute of California, 1833 Broadway, Fresno.