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New Sheathing Announced by Celotex "C"ppy" Slade Makes Hole-in-One

Celotex Vaporseal Insulating Sheathing, an unusual new product, has just been placed on the market by The Celotex Corporation. Harold Knapp, general sales manager, in discussing this improved insulating material, said: "In keeping with our program of anticipating trends in modern construction, we are now making available to dealers Vaporseal Insulating Sheathing.

"This type of insulating board is particularly important in new construction because of the imminent possibility of low cost air conditioning. We feel that every new house, to be considered modern, should be built and so insulated that it may include air conditioning at some future time."

Pioneer Mill Man Passes On

The woodworking industry of San Francisco lost one of its pioneers in the death of Frank H. Martell, president of the California Mill Company, on November 2.

Mr. Martell entered the planing mill business 55 years ago as a l4-yearold boy, with the California Mill Company, which. was established in San Francisco in 1867 bv Bean & Parish, and is now the oldest surviving planing Lill "orr- cern on the Pacific Coast.

Mr. Martell is survived by his wife and a son, Frank H. Martell, Jr.

Funeral services were held in San Francisco, November 4.

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