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E. S. McBride Chosen MembetCelotex Announces New Siding Material of Hoo-Hoo Supreme Nine

Edmund S. McBride of the Davis Lumber Company, Davis, Calif., was elected Jabberwock on the Supreme Nine of the International Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo at the fifty-first annual convention of the Order, held at the Hotel Schroeder, Milwaukee, Wis., on September 9 to 11.

Mr. McBride has been for many years a prominent figure in the retail lumber business in California. and is a former Vicegerent Snark for the Sacramento Valley district of Northern California.

On AFPI Publicity Staff

Chapin D. Foster, editor of the Chehalis Advocate, Chehalis, Washington, has been employed as western Public Relations representative for American Forest Products Industries, fnc., according to an announcement by AFPI's Washington office.

Mr. Foster will serve as liaison between \Mest Coast acti-vities of the forest products industries and AFPI's public relations headquarters in Washington, D. C., and will be a contributor of news material for national distribution.

In addition to being widely known as editor of the Advocate, Mr. Foster is chairman of the Washington State Progress Commission, vice-president of the Washington State Chamber of Commerce, and national councilor of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce. He also has been twice president of the Washington Association of Newspaper Publishers.

As western representative of AFPI, Mr. Foster will make his headquarters at Chehalis but will keep in personal contact with principal activities of the forest products industries throughout the Pacific coastal area.

Redwoods

The gigantic sequoias and redwoods of California are botanical relics of the pre-glacial ages of huge reptiles, gigantic ferns, other strange natural forms. The sequoias may once have covered a large part of America but the coming of glacial ice wiped them out except small groups on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Redwoods are now harvested for their bark in addition to their lumber. The bark fiber is used for insulation, artificial wool fabrics. and mattresses.

A new, low cost siding material with a colorful and weatherproof mineral granule surface that eliminates painting has just been put on the market by The Celotex Corporation, of Chicago, according to an announcement by Marvin Greenwood, general sales manager.

The new product, called Celotex Mineral Surfaced Backer Board, can be used over any kind of sheathing. For temporary construction, it may be applied directly to framing, provided the studs are on lGinch centers.

The product consists of two sheets of heavy roofing felt, saturated with an asphaltic compound and bound together with a high melting-point asphalt adhesive. The outer surface of the sheets then receives an extra coating of asphalt, into which are embedded mineral granules.

The granule surface is currently available in two colors, buff and brown. On projects requiring large quantities, the board can be manufactured in other colors, including those on the list of standaril camouflage roofing bolors.

Celotex Mineral Surfaced Backer Board is economical in cost and can be applied rapidly because the units are large irt size and light in weight. It is suitable for siding army barracks and other military buildings, factory structures, low cost housing and temporary structures of many klnds.

The new product is 3/16' thick and is available in two widths: 3 ft. and 4 ft. Five lengths are available in each width : 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 f eet.

On Eastern Trip

P. R. (Bob) Kahn of Forsyth Hardwood Company, San Francisco, attended the annual convention of the National Hardwood Lumber Association at Chicago, September 24 and 25. He is accompanied by Mrs. Kahn and they will make a vacation trip to New York before returning to San Francisco about October 12.

Enlists In Navy

Earl K. Carlson, son of Earl Carlson, salesman for Santa Fe Lumber Co., San Franciscd, has enlisted in the Navy. He was employed in a Richmond shipyard for the past 18 months.