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Prompt, nfnlClfNf SERVICE trator Cole selected Mr. and Mrs. Edrvin Il. l,awless III, of Vienna, Virginia, as typical of the many thouands of nerv households that rvere established during that period.

Like thousands of other young Arnericans, they financed their $14,750, three-bedroom home r'r'ith an FHA-insured home loan. "The honse rvas not fuily furnished ll'hen u'e moved in," said Larvless. "\\'re had just enough dishes to get breakfast."

The one-storv, frame structure, 'ivith red brick veneer under the u''indou.s, is in a development known as East Vienna Woods; the Larvless home is near the edge of a stand of trees. Scoutmaster of Troop 865, Mclean, Virginia, Lawless said the rn'oods on trvo sides rvill be "great for the bovs" rvhen they come out for a visit. Mr. La'rvless is on the engineering staff of the Potomac Electric Porver Company and earned his civil engineering degree at Virginia N{ilitary Institute in 1955. Son of a homebuilder, he decided rvhile in college that t'hen he married he rvould live in his own home.

In presenting the young couple rvith a certificate designating tl.rem as "symbolizing this milestone in our growth and progress as a nation of homeorvners," Mr. ('ole said:

"As Housing Administrator, f congratulate not only you, but also tl-re hundreds of thousands of young families you represent today, rvho, through opportunity and enterprise, are establishing good homes in good communities in u,hich to build their own and this country's futttre.

"Home is not only the place you hang your hat, as we sometimes say-it is the place where America hangs its hopes for a continued free way of life in a free country and a free world. We have opened the doorway to good housing to the great majority of our people, and we must not rest until we have made this a universal opportunity for all Americans."

Census figures shorv that the estirnated 50,000,000 households reached in August of this year is quadruple the nnmber in 1890, ts'ice the number in 1920, ancl 6f million more than in 1950. a I5o/o increase.

Stqte Forestry Boord Meets

The State Board of Forestry met in San Francisco, September 5 and 6. Matters considered included an informal review of Board of Forestry policies; review of a proposed long-range forest research program; recommendation of a proposed forest research program for the Division of Forestry for the 1958-59 fiscal year budget; approval of the State Nursery price list for the 1957-58 fiscal year; review and recommendations of the 1958-59 fiscal year division of forestry operating budget and the implementation of the fire plan.

Gordon Joins Western lumber

Keith Gordon has recently affiliated with Western Lumber, Inc. His well-rounded lumber background includes experience in forestry, logging, sawmill and wholesale operations. He graduated from the University of California School of Forestry in 1948, and for the next five years was engaged in all phases of forestry with Fruit Growers Supply Company in Northern California. For the past three years he has been affrliated with Superior Lumber Cbmpany of Sacramento. Western Lumber, fnc. are distributors of all grades and sizes of softwood and also handle Douglas Fir plywood, incense cedar, hemlock, Port Orford cedar and redwood. Shipments include retail yard items and all types of industrial lumber.

Because iron alone used for boat hulls tended to foul badly in sea water, such ships were often sheathed in wood from 1861-1900.