NRLDA Members Converge on Chicago For Eighth Annual Exposition

EMBERS OF the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association will converge on Chicago this Saturday to open the Eighth Annual Building Materials Exposition. The four day show will run through November 7.

Chicago's new $34,000,000 exposition center, McCormick Place, will host the NRLDA members. The massive ten story structure will house all exhibits on just one wide floor and provide all meeting rooms.

Under the joint sponsorship of the NRLDA and the American Gas Association, a closed circuit television network will cover the four-day show. Strategically located cameras will record outstanding events on the showroom floor, relaying them via closed circuit cable to hotels housing dealers and exhibitors.

Some 240 exhibits will be displayed by different manufacturers, distributors, and lumber associations. Among those participating are E. L. Bruce Co., The Celotex Corp., Georgia-Pacific Corp., Hallinan Lumber Cb., LongBell, Johns-Mansville, Johnson-Flaher- ty Inc., Masonite Corp., National-

American Wholesale Lumber Assn., National Oak Flooring Mfg. Assn., U. S. Plywood Corp., West Coast Lumbermen's Assn., Western Pine Assn., and Wilhold Glues Inc.

A special Lu-Re-Co clinic, conducted by Lumber Dealers Research Council, will portray the latest component techniques developed through research and field testing. Newly developed structural elements will be shown to add to the ever increasing number of useable components.

Time and cost studies will be presented to show actual field cases comparing different types of construction as an aid to dealers in determinins the method of utilization which will l6wer the cost of housing while maintaining or exceeding quality standards of perIOrmance.

The "Profit Parade" will be a 90 minute presentation illustrating the individual dealer's profit picture and the whole industry's growth potential for the next decade. It will be a factual and dramatic approach to the vast remodeling market and its projected growth during the coming years.

One of the most interesting and popular attractions at the Exposition will be the featured Better Building Center. llere architects. builders. dealers. distributors. and lenders will see a concentration of new products, new materials, new tools, and new handling equipment for building better profitably, according to Winfield B. Oldham, president of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association.

Mr. Oldham has invited all NRLDA Exposition exhibitors who feel that their new products, new materials, or materials handling equipment are making an exciting or significant contribu- tion to building progress to submit special exhibits for inclusion in the Better Building Center.

"Ideas in Action" is the theme of the business program which will include numerous discussions. lectures. and seminars. Featured will be several problem solving sessions of vital interest and stimulation to the retail lumber and building materials dealer. See C.L.M. October 15 edition for schedule of events and full details on (Continueil on Page 34)

NOVE'$BEn r, 196l

Home Modernizing Institute Plcrnned

An opportunity to profit by the experience of others is being offered at the American Home Modernization Institute, located in Anaheim, California.

In a unique series of training programs, qualified applicants are trained in the practical, day-to-day operation of a home modernization business. They will receive training from men who have, through actual experience, gained the knowledge and 'know how' that makes the difference between succlss and failure in the home improvement field.

"The home modernization industry has grown tremendously in the last few years," said Jim Nelson of NelsonDye Construction, successful remodeling contractor, and a director of the American Home Modernization Institute. "LTnfortunately, this growth has attracted many people who haven't the knowledge or background to operate a horne improvement business with any degree of success. Too many have failed that should have succeeded. Knowledge would have made the difference for a profitable operation."

"It is the objective of the American Home Modernization Institute to help home modernization personnel avoid the errors and oitfalls that await the newcomer in the modernization field. We offer a practical program of technical knowledge that covers every important area in the internal operation of a profitable modernizing business," concluded Jim Nelson.

Courses for the salesman, designer, estimator, job superintendent, bookkeeper and executive are offered by the American Home Mbdernization Institute, as well as in Indoctrination Course that covers, in depth, the home modernization field. Further information on the courses available can be obtained from the American Home Modernization Institute, 280 North Wilshire Avenue, Anaheim, California.

Hoo-Hoo-Eile Club No. I Celebrcltes lOrh Anniversory

Members of Hoo-Hoo-Ette Club #1 held their October meeting at the Nikabob Restaurant in Los Angeles, scene of the first meeting 10 years ago.

The meeting l\/as conducted by the past presidents of the club, nine being present. They were: Anne Murray, first president and founder; Evelyn Fryrear, Bessie Stewart, Alvina Boyle, Mabel Staser, Marguerite Dixon, Jean Serviss, Marguerite Gladish and Sallye Bissell. Each president gave a resume of the highlights of her tenure in office.

Nine Hoo-Hoo-Ette clubs are now in existence, three others in the offing. The newest one, the Eureka Club, has 35 members.

Faye Bolmer of Pacific Crate Company has been named project chairman and Betty Morrill of E. J. Stanton & Son, Inc., budget chairman for this year.

Next meeting of Los Angeles' Hoo-Hoo-Ettes is planned for Monday, November 13, at Anderson's Cusine. A cor.rcat rvill be held.

Good News!

August shipments of factory-finished wood kitchen cabinets were the highest of any month in history, it has been announced at the sixth annual convention of the National Institute of Wood Kitchen Cabinets.

Volume was 48 per cent above the average monthly shipments in the base period, 1958-1960, and 2O per cent ahead of shipments in August of last year.

For the year, January through August 1961, shipments are four per cent of the same period in 1960, six per cent over 1959 and 54 per cent ahead of 1958.

"The high August volume is particularly significant," the Institute declared, "in view of the slow start in home building this year. It reflects the mounting popularity of factoryfinished wood kitchen cabinets which are now being widely used in home remodeling as well as new construction."

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Tony Lousmonn ond his TOUSY IOGGER BAND will ride rhs Roos-Atkins coble cqr visiting oll rhe girl- wothing stops in the cily lo provide o musicol background for the delegotes onA inhobitonb of the downlown oreo. Seen here, fronl row, left to right: Glenn Duysen (violin), Kogap lumber Industries, lledford, Oregon; Vincent Bosquet (clorinet ond sox), Weyerfioeurer Co., Klomorh Fills, Oregon; Stewort Ncwron (sox), Enlond Equipmont co.. coquitle, o:egon; J. E. ,,Gene,, pickeil (trumpet ond rrornbone), Col-Pocific Redwood Co., Arcolo, Colif.; William Pruess (clorinet ond sox) Fibreboord poper producrs corp., scn Froncisco; clyde lees (rrumper), Kogop Lumber Indurtries, Medford, oregon; Al Smirh (clorinet) froil Creek lumber Co., itedford, Oregon,

Rear, left to right: A.. A. Toney Lousmon (concertino), Kogop Lumber Industries. Medford, Oregon; 5. V. "Duke" trlcQueen (drums), Kogop lumber Industries, liedford, Oregon; Rex Stevens (Drums), Western Equipmeni Co., Eugene, Oregon; Jery Lousmon (boss), Xogcp lumber lndurfries, Medford, Oregon; Lowcll Jones (picno), Contrqcl logger, Klomorh Fclls, Oregon.

Pociftc Loggers Congress

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Edward A. Roles, Weyerhaeuser Co., Longview, Washington, will gavel in a safety program arranged by the Forest Products Safetv Conference for the Tuesday afternoon proceedings.

"Logging Show Lay-out," with a panel headed by Sherman Feiss, Big- ley and Feiss Foresters, Inc., of Eugene, Oregon, will start the morning Sessions, Nov. 8. Feiss will be assisted on the panel by Robert Barrett, Twin Harbors Lumber Co., Arcata, Calif.; David Burwell, Rosboro Lumber Co., Springfield, Oregon; Ernest S. Newsted, Brooks-Scanlon, Inc., Bend, Oregon; and Robert F. Kline, Kline Logging Co., Medford, Oregon.

Walker Tilley, Redwood Valley, Calif., will take over the lectern to report for the Congress' Resolutions Committee during final ceremonies, Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 8.

Traditional windup comes under the gavel of George Drake, a consulting forester from Shelton, Washington, to feature "What's New In Logging."

After officers for 1962 have been installed and the 52nd Sessions adjourned, delegates will move down to (Continueil on Page 39)

Fir Lumber Prices Drop $3 or Northwest Mills

Green fir lumber prices have dropped about $3 per thousand feet at Northwest mills. Random length 2'x4's are selling for about $57 per thousand board feet, down from about $60 last month and a year ago.

" The price has been gradually softening about a dollar a week," one Oregon lumberman explained.

Last month sanded fir plywood prices dropped to $60 from $54 per thousand square feet for fu inch key grade at West Coast mills. The new price equals the post World .War Two low, and compares with $58 one year ago.

Western Canada's lumber shipments to the United States in July were about 42 per cent above 1960, compared with a 22.5 per cent rise in June and a 14.6 per cent increase for the first seven months, according to the latest Dominion Bureau of Statistics report.

Canadian lumber sells about $2 below U.S. mill prices. Key grade green 2'x 4's from Canada now sell for about $55 per thousand board feet at the mill.

For seven straight weeks U.S. lumber mill production has exceeded orders by an average 7.7 per cent, according to the West Coast Lumbermen's Association. In the first nine months, output has run less than 1 per cent ahead of orders. In the seven lveeks ended September 30. orders were ofi 6.4 per cent from 1960 while production fell 6.2 Der cent.

Bruce Boll Covers Sqn Jooquin Vclley Sqles For Colifornio Pocific Soles Corporotion

Ted Deacy, general manager and executive vice-president of California Pacific Sales Corporation, announced the association of Bruce Ball with the firm on October 4. Ball, who has a large following in the San Joaquin Valley area, will headquarter in Fresno and service California Pacific's dealer following in the Valley from Bakersfield to Sacramento, according to Deacy.

Ball's lumber experience dates back to the pre WWII days when he first got his feet wet in the lumber game with Boise Payette Lumber Company. After the war, Bruce came West to Fresno, first working for Hollenbeck-Bush Planing Mill Company, and later with Western Lumber Sales of Stockton. More recently, Ball had been servicing retail yards in the Valley area for Mathews Lumber Company of Fresno.

The official mailing address for California Pacific's newest regional sales office, Bruce Ball in charge, is P.O. Box 304, Pinedale, California.

Monfhly Lumber Focts

Douglas fir region sawmill production, orders and shipments for September have been reported by the West Coast Lumbermen's Association.

The weekly average of West Coast lumber production in September was 151,819,000 b.f. or 92/a of tl-re 1956-60 average. Orders averaged 138,786,000 b.f.; shipments 148,901,000 b.f.; weekly averages for August were production

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5,933,656,000 b.f.; nine months of 1960, 6,573,370,000 b.f.; nine month of 1959, 6,794,956,000 b.I.

Orders for nine months of 196l break down as follows : Rail and Truck 4,359,653,N0 b.f.;Domestic Cargo 973,657,000 b.f.; Export 279,208,W0 b.f.; Local 29I,387,000 b.f

The industry's unfilled order file stood at 424,013,000 b.f at the end of September, lumber inventory at 1,107,979,000 b.f.

About 300 million feet of Idaho produced annually in the \Mestern close to 250 million is produced in

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