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Thnililiwruft, llnr. Lumber Soles Division t)
West Coast Tutber Products
S.F. Hoo-Hoo-Etles See Movie qt Meet; Will Aid Hoo-Hoo on'56 €onvention
San Francisco Hoo-Hoo-Ette Club 3 held its second dinner meeting of the 1955-56 year October 11 at the Bellevue hotel in San Francisco. After dinner, Program Chairman Peggy Brooks introduced Bob Mclain of Wood Conversion Co., 'ivho presented an excellent movie on Wood Conversion products to an appreciative audience.
A strong drive for ner,v members is now in progress for the second year of the San Francisco chapter. All girls in the lumber industry eligible for membership are invited to contact Bessie Pappas of N{ar-Mac Lumber Co., 1 Drumm St., San Francisco.
Hoo-Hoo-Ettes rvill have the privilege of working with the San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club #9 on the Hoo-Hoo international convention to be held there next September. A busy and exciting year for Hoo-Hoo-Ettes in San Francisco is forecast.-Janet Johnston, The Robert Dollar Co.
Roofing Hondling Repofi Avcrilqble
Hyster Company has recently issued a Field Report, No. 62, on the profitable handling of shakes and shingles rvith the Hyster YT-40, 4000-lb. capacity, fork-lift truck. Prepared in the field by Hyster engineers, the illustrated report shows advantages of the system for more effrcient handling of roofing material. Copies are available from Hyster dealers or by writing to the Hyster Company, P. O. Box .1318, Dept. P. S., Portland 8, Oregon.
Southern Cqlifornio Building Acrivity
During the month of September 1955, 4,912 bu\lding permits were issued by the city of Los Angeles at an estimated valuation of $33,218,726. Of these, I,I59 permits were for single dwellings having an estimated valuation of $14,698,996;24 permits for duplexes having an estimated valuation of $261,890 and 100 permits for apartment buildings having an estimated valuation of. $4,547,6&. to provide housing lor 1,2O7 families. Other permits issued which accounted for the bulk of the building expenditures for the month included 68 permits for office and mercantile buildings with an estimated valuation of $3,D7,24O;77L permits for commercial alterations and additions having an estimated valuation of $3,912,141 and 1,563 permits for housing additions and alterations having an estimated valuation of $1,810,999.

Building activity in the unincorporated portion of Los Angeles county followed the usual seasonal pattern in September with a substantial drop from the very high figure of the previous month, according to information released by John A. Lambie, acting county engineer. A total of 3,766 permits with a combined valuation of. $24,890,4& were issued in September in the unincorporated portion of the county, as compared with $36,016,508 for the month of August. September, however, indicated a healthy volume of building in a month which normally shows decline.
Tract housing in September accounted for 968 of the I,867 new dwelling units, with a combined valuation of $9,577,430. The Downey-Bellflower district exceeded all other districts, issuing 812 building permits with a combined valuation of $5,800,280, including 416 new dwellings.
Moilgoge Bqnkers Meeting
'Ihe 42nd annual convention of the Mortgage Bankers Association of Ameri,ca is being held at the Biltmore and Statler hotels, Los Angeles, Oct. 21-Nov. 3. More than 25C0 delegates from every state and nearby foreign nations and possessions are attending, announced Wallace Moir, Beverly Hills, president. Principal topics will be the outlook for a continued high rate of residential construction, higher interest rate level, prospects for urban renewal and current government lending terms.
Norman P. Mason, Federal Housing Administration commissioner, will head the three government housing agency speakers. The convention isin connection with the 16th annual exhibit of building, industry and services home show.
Buenq Pqrk Tokes Leqd
Orange county's subdivision report for August showed Buena Park topping the other 15 cities. The countywide total was 2794 lots in 31 tracts, of which Buena Park had 1257 in seven tracts. Garden Grove was second with 357 in six, followed by La Habra, '282 in two; Anaheim, 271 in five; Westminster, 241 in one; Fullerton, 275 in three; Orange, 140 in five; Laguna, 17 in one, and Costa Mesa, 14 in one.
Son Diegqn Now Heods CREA
John Cotton, second-generation San Diego realtor, rvas elected president of the California Real Estate Assn. for 1956 at the 51st annual convention in Los Angeles during last month. He succeeds Floyd Lowe of Palo Alto and will take office at an inaugural meeting in his native city in January. Cotton is president and general manager of O. W. Cotton Co.
Most timber stands are of mixed species. Redwood and Douglas Fir are frequently intermixed on the same stand.