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Home-remodeling ideas galore-and a new dealer-participation program to help get remodeling trusiness-will be shown to lumber dealers visiting the Home-Improvement Center at the 7th annual NRLDA Building Materials Exoosition. November 13-16.

ft-r. XRLOA Home-Improvement Center, which is being co-sponsored by Parents' Magazine, will occupy a 40'x4O' area-one of the three such special Idea Centers at the Exposition-and will be staffed by research workers and sales experts from the magazine to help dealers witl-r the problems of developing a profitable remodeling center in their own salesrooms.

A new remodeling and home-improvement program

Because of the many individual entertainment attractions in the cosmopolitan city of San Francisco, planned social events during the Exposition are being held to a minimum. There will, however, be the an- created by Parents' Magazine will also be unveiled to lumber dealers who visit the Center. Five hundred dealers who qualify for the program will be selected from those who attend the San Francisco Exposition. nual NRLDA Dinner-Dalrce on Tuesday, November 15. Dealers and their guests attending the dance will be entertained by the world-renowned Glee Club of the Universitv of California.

As a follow-up to the Exposition presentation, the April 1961 issue of Parents' will present a special editorial sec- tion on home remodeling and expansion to its 1,850,000 readers, and will feature these 500 lumber dealers as "local headquarters for remodeling and expansion ideas."

Maxine Livingston, Family lfome editor, and H. Robert C_ha_rlgs, Housing editor of Parents' are cooperating with NRLDA staff members to develop the Home-Improve- ment Center.

Dealers will also be offered post-Elxposition tours to the Hawaiian fshnds. Complete information on all of the tour options can be obtained direct from the Federated Associations.

GOOD OPPORTUNITY for two aggressive salesmen with experience in Cedar and/or Redwood Wholcsale Distribution. Finest volume sources, liberal commission and possible ownership pa.rticipation. Write:

FORREST W. WILSON

P.O. Box 114, San Marino, Calif.

Expanding Eastern Sales and need the services of an assistant in this department. Applicants with experience in inland species and eastern contacts will be given prime consideration- Wire or call:

HALLINAN MACKIN LUMBER CO., INC.

1485 Bayshore Blvd., San Francisco, Calif.; JUriper 4-6262

POSITIONS AVAILABLE for Experienced Lumber Salesmen. Write for confidential interview stating qualifications and experience.

PACIFIC FIR SALES 2491 Mission St., San Marino, California

EXPERIENCED Wholesde Buildins Materials Salesman with a National co'ncern for Sacramento and Upper Valley. Apply with reaume to: Box C-3029, The California Lurnber Merchant 108 Weet 6th St. Bldg., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

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BY HIGHLY EXPERIENCED San Gabriel Area Wholesale and Retail Lurnber Girl. General office, receivables, payables and lumber procedure. Phone: EMOGENE THOMAS: - ATlantic 2-,1660-ATlantic l-5355

ACCOUNTANT, capa.ble, age 42, wants responsible job with retailer, line yard operator, or wholesaler. Any location considered. Available im,mediatcly.

W. E. CLARK, 605 S. Normandie, Los Angeles 5; DUnkirk 1-1351.

AVAILABLE-Lumberman with Sawmill, Wholcsale and Volume Retail Sales Experience. Will Relocatc.

Address Box C-2999, The California Lumber Merchant

108 West 6th St. Bldg., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

Everyone Reods These Pcges;Juct likc You Colifornio Lumber tnEnCHANl-lZE All Your Wonts Hcre

Paul lla,lllngby, Jr., son of the longtime executive of t,lte retail division of the old Hammond Lumber Company yards in southern California, has been elected a director of Microdot, Inc. He is a general partner of White Weld & Co., NYSE members. Poul Helltngby, Sr., who is now enjoying his retirement, is a president emeritus of Southern California Retail Lumber Assn.

"North" Swanson of the Eagle Rock (Calif.) Lumber Co. was one of 25 national finalists in the recent Kaiser Foil "Cook-

\ll/e are getting some Inquirics about Southcrn California Yards that are For -Sale. -If you want to scll your yard, well be Slad to hear from you. 5o/e Commission and a 60-day listing on an exclusive rieht-to-sell, - TWOHY LUMBER CO.

Lumberyard and Sawrnill brokers for over 4O years ' 714 West Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles 15; R'Ichmond 9-8746

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2-Hyster Fork-Lifts, Model 75 May be seen at MacKAY MILL SERVICE 82249th Ave., Oakland 21, Calif.; NEptune 8-9428

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-A out" contest. The 25 finalists and their wives will be flown to Hawaii later this month for an all-expense-paid week, Oct. 22-29, as guests of the Kaiser Corp. at the Hawaiian ViUage in Honolulu, where the grand finals will be held Oct. 26 to name the "Cook-out Champion." F irst prize in the national magazine contest is $10,000, with four additional prizes of Jeep station wagons. Every finalist also got a grill as a gift in addition to the Hawaiian trip.

Ben Gardlner of Warren Southwest, Inc., vacationed along the Redwood Highway to Arcata last month with his wife Mary and sons Fletcher and Ernie. Ben hopes the boys will become (treated) lumbermen, too.

John Lee, associated with U. S. Plywood Corp. in SanFrancisco the past sevenyears, has joined Stewart Lumber Sales in San Francisco to head up a new plSrwood department.

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