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SAl{FORD. LUSSIER, INC.

DISTRIBUTORS AND WHOLESATERS

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610I SO. VAN NESS AVENUE los Angeles 47, Calil. AXminsler 2-9181 was the Dant & Russell Southland ofEce and is now doing yeoman work back in the wholesale lumber business. Westtern Mill & Lumber Company specializes in the wholesale distribution of Redwood and also offers customer milling facilities to the trade. The new offices are located on the company property adjacent to the plant at 4230 Bandini Boulevard, Los Angeles 23, just minutes from the Long Beach & Santa Ana Freewavs.

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Pqtrick L. CON'NELLY

Patrick Lloyd Connelly, identified the past 30 years in the door and building materials field in Southern California, was killed i6r an automobile accident south of Santa Ana, August 20, while returning from a business trip to San Diego. At the time of his death, Mr. Connelly was attached to the sales staff of The California Door Company of Los Angeles and, before joining that organization, was a member of the executive staff of the Sampson Screen Company of Pasadena more than two decades. He was popular in and well known throughout the lumber and building supply industry on the west coast. Mr. Connelly was a native of South Dakota and had been a Pasadena resident for 30 years. He leaves his wife, Mahahlah; his sons Mike and Pat, two grandchildren and a brother James of Alhambra.

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Reed (Jack) DuClos, 46, died by his own hand, September 8, following a family tragedy in which he first shot and wounded his wife Ruth, 38, who was reported in critical

f. A. Building Boord Okoys Sheefboord Uses

The Building and Safety Commission of the City of Los Angeles granted approval July 31, for a period of three years, for the use of sheet board as floor, wall and roof sheathing, provided:

1. The product conforms to grading rules and material specifications on file with the Superintendent of Building.

2. That certification of compliance with Item No. 1 is provided bv means of a registered grade mark of the Western Pine Assn.

3. Supporting members are spaced not to exceed 24' o.c.

4. Floor sheathing is surfaced with not less than a /s" thick approved finished floor.

5. The sheet board is not used as a vertical or horizontal diaphragm to resist shearing forces acting in the plane of the sheathing.

6. The sheet board is weather proofed as required by Section 91.4813.

Ned Green to Socto FHA

Sacramento, Calif.-E. P. "Ned" Green, Kern county resident, ryas appointed and began new duties August 4 as director of the Federal Housing Administration in Sacramento. FHA Commissioner Norman P. Mason, Washington, D.C., said that Green comes to the FHA highly recommended and respected by community, real estate and business leaders throughout California and the Sacramento Valley.

Nevodo HomeBuilders Instoll

Las Vegas, Nev.-Southern Nevada Home Builders, Inc., have installed Nick Whittington, prominent Las Vegas Hoo-Hoo, as president for the coming year. Other officers are Don Carson and Irwin Molasky, vicepresidents; Bill Hughes, secretary, and Major Sweeney, treasurer.

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condition in Methodist hospital at press time. The shooting and suicide occurred at the family home in Arcadia, Calif;, where DuClos, a longtime Southern California lumber salesman, was conducting his brokerage business. He had been employed by several wholesale lumber offices around Los Angeles and had also been in business for himself and with others up and dou'n the west coast. He also leaves a 13-year old daughter and a 9-year old son of the home at 39 Cornell Drive in Arcadia.

Lesler L. BARNEY

Lester L. Barney, 50, 22507 Dolores St., Torrance, was killed September 2 when he fell from the running board of a r<rrreo Jcpf,emDer z wnen ne rrom tne runnlng Doaro loaded fork-lift truck in a lumberyard at 24610 S. Wilmington Blvd. and was run over, police reported. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Seaside hospital.

Long Beqch lssues 2,683 in July

Long Beach, Calif., issued 2,683 building permits in July at $19,582,505 valuation, including 24 f.or single-family dwellings and 1,204 in repair and alterations.

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