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PONDERO$A PINE $ELEGTED K[LN.DRIE $OHD WOOD ANEL[NG

PROTECTIVELY PACKAGED IN CONVENIENT LENGTHS you specify sizes from a choice of 1 x6, 1 xB or 1 x 10, each width packaged separately for easy inventory. Corrugated carton packaging guards appearance and condition.

NO WASTE. EACH PANEL 1OO% USABLE-On|y selected pieces used, eliminating imper- fect knots, blemishes and pitch pockets from the panels.

THOROUGHLY KILN-DRIEDto give you r customers the strength and stability of seasoned wood and to prevent down-grading of the paneling while in stock.

YOU SELL RELATED ITEMSa paneling sale leads to the customers' need for paint, stains and other finishing materials that put profit in your pocket.

Contact your nearest G-P representative , or write or call us: Georgia-Pacific, Equitable Bldg,, Portland 4, Oregon - CA 2-5561.

HIGH QUII.ITY IIANDWOODS

Large diversiffed stocks offoreign and domestic hardwoods -our vard.

o Prompt delivery by our trucks

Immediate service on "will calls"

Complete milling facilities

New, modern dry kilns

Centrallv located

Point Mokers, Lumbermen Bqck Progrom lo lncreose Point Life

Here's good nel's {or homeou'ncrs.

The men who make paint and manufat'trtre lumlrer have donatetl a total of $50,0(n to improve thc performance oI lrlittt lootl'

The money lvill be speltt olt'r'the nert )ear or 'so on two separate studies to be condtrt'ted at the !'orest Prodtrcts Laboratory of the U. S. Department of Agrit'ulture, lladison. \\-iscort-'itt, and at the laboratorics of the Armour Researr:h Foundation, Chit:ago.

The National Lumber l'Ianufat:turers Association and thc National Paint, Varnish and Laquer Association. co-sponsors of the project. report that paint alread,v ltas a record of lasting up to 10 lears'when properly applied to u'ood sur{accs previouslv preJrared in accordanc'e with sound practices.

Object oI the new studies is to make it elen ea'*ier to achieve 10-year paint performance and to stretch that life cven further.

The tu'o neu' studies are intendcd to give paint and lumber peo' ple a greater insight into the characteristics of their products and to shed new light on outsidc factors inlluencing the lift: of paint on wood.

In the jargon of the trade. the Forest Products Laboratory will condut't "detailed eramilratiotrs of the microstrtlcture of woodcoating inter{aces to detcrmine pos'.ible influences or.r the adhesion of finish lilms" Also" "physical and chcmical methocls o{ modifling wooil sur{aces to impror-e coating bonds will be investiga[ed."

The inr-estigations lreing conducted lr1' the Armour Rcsearch Foundation are clesigncd to "correlate laboratory and orttdoor test data on paint pt-rformance'" In this co'rtectio., Armortr s.ientists will "cyaluate modern instnmcrrtal techniqle-s whit,h offcr promise in predicting the exterior duralrility of paints applied to u'ood'" Conventionai oil. latex and alkr-d paint tvpes will be sr:mtinized bv the Foundation.

The double-barreled program is au outgrorvth of meetings held over the past )'('ar h.v a Joint Paint-Lumber Industry Steering Committee composed of leading principals of the two industries' Chairman of the t:ommittce is William G. Van Beckum- r'ice president of research and delt'lopment {or the Pacifit: Lumber ('om' panv. San Francisco.

Jordon Internotionol Moves to 5. F. Internotionol Airport

Jorilan Irrternational Co.. lormerly located at 44 I ]larket St'. San Frant'ist'o. recetrtlt' movtd to neu'er and larger o{liccs at San Frant'isco International Airport. The t'ompanv's new mailing addre-.-. is P.O. ljox tl l2[]. International Airport" San l-rancisco 2{}.

Two Mills Join HPI

Mr. Carl D. Wheeler. Chairman of the Hardwood Plywood Institute's Membership Committee, has announced that the HPI Board of Directors has approved the {ollowing plants for Institute membership:

Ply-Curves, Incorporated, 1615 Monroe Avenue, N.V.. Crand Rapids 5, Michigan. Mr. O. W" Lowry, Jr' is president and secretary. Mr. O. W. Lowry is vice president and treasurer. PIy' Crives manufactures curved plywood to specification and does high-frequency bonding. They manufacture unusual plywood shipes {r'om church pews to water skis table legs to torpedo ".udl"r. They have over 200 stock dies available for stock shapes' NIr. Wheeler stated that this is HPI's first member {rom Michigan' Oroply Corporation, P.O. Box 111, Oroville, California, is a subsidiary of Joti". Veneer & Plyu-ood Corporation, Eugene, Oregon' They manufacture lauan and birch on fir and other hardwood plywoods. I'Ir. Wheeler stated that this is the second Cali{ornia -ill to join HPI this year. Earlier Birchwood, Inc', of Los Angeles joined the Institute.

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Preparation-s are rvcll along tht: way for San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club's big 1962 Roundup whit'h will be staged in thc rodeo grounds of the Green Hills Country (ilub, Millbrae" on October 19. Fellow Hoo-Hoo and lumlrermen. please circle this date on your calendar nou' for what promises to be the Bay Area's outstanding Fall event.

Golf chairman Roger l{ackin is now lining up starting limes. secrrring prizes and watering the greer.rs in anticipation of a record numlie r of hackers. An added feature to the tournament rr-ill be the participation of Dubs. Lrd.. uhith rrilI run its monthly tournament in con junction rvith the Roundup Tourner'.

Bickell Bros. fo Open New Cupertino Outlet

Bickell Bros. Lumber & Builcling Supplies. of Xlountain Vieu'. California. havc Iu'gun r:onstrurrtion on a nerv retail building supply outlet at nearlry Cupcrtino. The

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