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When you rclurn from the NRIDA convcnlion this month in Clevelond, Ohio, you will lbe full of "vim ond vigor" ond new idcqs.
During tho Exposition, limed to coincide wirh thc opening of tha cony.nlion, rcloil lumber deslers will find 48 hour: of clinics underwcy, which will continuo during the mornings ond oflcrnoons of the four-doy conclave. Doubtless you will choose the progrq.rnr thot oppeol to you moilond nof rpend oll of your lime on serious business.
Spcoking of Serious Burine:syou cqn leqve the lumber procur.manl problems lo us-be-
Gqu3e we d3sure you our Triple Service policy recureg resuhs.
Fs3l, ccculolo qttenlion lo eoch and every order.
Our invenlory is complcte< wiJe selection of oll Pqciftc Coort species of lumber-for every u!e.
Quoliry you con be lure of when you dcol with Clough lumber. We hqndle wholcrole disrribution from reliqble sources-ond regordlers of your need3-we ship the kind of lumber you enloy selling your lrada.
So-enioy yourrelf ol lhc Convention-we'll be ol Your Service when you return. We hqve o well-rounded Inventory ond crpcrienccd Personnel-whof morc do you nccd?
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Anqheim Booms
Building permits set two records in Anaheim, Calif., during August: a new high for the month \,vas hit with 620 permits for $17,063,804 in construction, and the year's total climbed to $39,700,- 7ll-or $5,216,D7 more in seven months this year than the full 12 months of 1954. If the trend continues, a figure of $50 million is expected to be reached in 1955.
Universql RRLC
The Redwood Region Logging Conference has referred to the United Nations an invitation to bid timbermen throughout the world to attend and bring logging equipment to its next regional conference in Ukiah. Calif., in May 1956.
Hqbrq Sets 7-Month Record
La Habra, Calif.-This city's building pace in the first seven months of 1955 was almost $1 million ahead of the same 1954 period. Total valuation of 385 permits this year was $3,354,699, as compared to 193 last year at $2,304,881.
Yord Contributes
The Las Vegas (Nevada) Lumber Co. has contributed a full scholarship to Highlands University in its scholarship drive.
Ooklond Do-lt-Self Show Spoce Sales R,unning Aheod For NoY. I O-2O Exhibits
The show that "shows the public horv to do it" also shows manufacturers, distributors and retailers how to get a bigger share of the $6 billion-a-year, do-it-yourself market, contends Ted Bentley, producer of the biggest shou' of its kind in the nation.
Following the successful conclusion of the recent Los Angeles Do-It-Yourself Show-which attracted more than 188,000 visitors-Bentley and stafi are now completing arrangements for the third annual Northern California Do-It-Yourself Shorv, which is scheduled for November 10 through 20 at the Oakland Exposition building.
"Manufacturers and distributors have found our expositions a great medium for testing public reaction to new products and techniques," Bentley announced. "And retailers by the score have attested to the pulling power of the Do-It-Yourself Show," he declared. "Some of our exhibitors have been kept busy for many months carrying out the sales program built up with leads brought in by the show."
The Oakland show will again feature pubiic participation exhibits (330 of them to be exact), with special emphasis on clinic-type instruction demonstrations by experts in practically every do-it-yourself field.
Space sales for the Oakland shorv are 'way ahead of last vear at this time, Bentley reported. fnterested manufac-
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