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CELOTEX

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SUPER-HARBORD

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HARBORITE .

DOORS

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CARNEY GOTDEN FLEECE - ROCK WOOI BATTS

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CORRUGATED IRON

STUCCO NETTING

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POULTRY NETTING

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HARD BOARDS .

HARDWARE & SCREEN CTOTH

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UPSON BOARDS

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VAPCIR.SEAL SHEATHING

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CEMESTO BOARD

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ASPHAI.T ROOFING .

SHINGIES .

BUILDING PAPERS

FLEXCETL EXPANSION JOINT .

ADHESIVES & COmPOUNDS

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GEORGE E. REAM COMPANY

Successful Anglers

Shown in the picture are R. V. Pye, salesman for The California Door Company, Los Angeles, and M. F. O'Sullivan of the Rossman Lumber Company, \\,'ilmington, Calif., displaying one day's catcl-r of bass at Henshau. I-ake, San Diego County.

Scrn Francisco Building Permits

San Francisco building permits issued in October totaled 962, against 759 in September and 690 in October, last year. Value of those permits, however, decreased slightly to about $5 million from $5.3 million in the previous month u'hen approvals were issued for a few large non-residential buildings. Value of the October permits rvas considerably higher than for October, last year.

Building permits compare :

Veteran Hardwood Man Retires

John A. Howatt, sales manager for White Brothers for many years, retired October 1 on pension. He had been rvith this pioneer hardwood firm for 41 years. He is u'idely knorvn in the hardvi,ood industry, and his knorvledge of and intimate accluaintance 'il'ith the various 'n'oods and their uses made his counsel invaluable, he lvill be missed by the trade.

As a boy John n'as employed by Clarence LeGal, u,ho l-rad a planing mill and cabinet shop at Xlission and Spear Streets, San Francisco, catering principally to the n'aterfront trade in the old square rigger days, in steering u'heels, ship joinery, figureheads, boat work, etc.

He became a thorough master of rvoodn'orking, and this knorvledge served him well in his adult years as salesman and sales manager for White Brothers. He began as yard salesman, became a salesman on the road, and finally sales manag'er. In these capacities he became knorvn to almost everv hardwood user on the Pacific Coast.

Mr. Horvatt lives in Berkeley, and has a summer home in Monte Rio, on the Russian River. He expects to spend his leisure years playing golf, and hunting ducks in season. As an immediate project he is building himself a boat.

His many friends rvill wisl-r him happiness ir.r his n'ellearned retirement.

Adds Equipment

P. L. Matthies Co., wholesale lumber clealers, I'asadena, recently added a Ford l2-speed truck to their lumber handling equipment. They find that this has enabled them to speed up their shipments considerably.

O Rilco construction offers values that are important to every builder of farm or commercial structures. The Rilco way of building is popular everywhere. Rilco framing makes easy sales. Right now you can get prompt delivery to fill all needs.

Rilco Rafters are engineered and factory-built for barns, machine sheds, poultry houses and brooder houses. Help your customers plan their new farm buildings with post-free, brace-free sturdy Rilco construction.

At today's farm price level it takes fewer farm products to pay for needed farm buildings.

I'm poTo PUREI

The boord is not on its woy to the Peorly Gote3 -but well it might be! lt's Simpson Insuloting leqvJ-1hs only boord mode of 100% pure Douglos Fir.

It's the omozingly long tough fibers of the Douglcs Fir thot moke the Simpson Insulofing Boord on outstonding produci.

The some core in choice of moteriols ond construction goes inlo Simpson decorolive tile boord.

So, of course, we corry it . olong with "The Besl in Plywood."

lncidentolly wholesole too. our soles policy is 100'/.

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