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crnd ftlAY 1953 BE A BANNER YEAR!

w..IT IS OUR DESIRE TO FURNISH QUATITY FOREST PRODUCTS EXCLUSTVEIY TO RETAIT DEATERS IN SOUTHERN CATIFORNIA. OUR STAFF IS AT YOUR SERVICE ond we wish you A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR''

Appointed Sales Manager For Northern California

Arthur J. Wahl has been appointed sales manager of E. L. Bruce Co., I:rc. of Northern California according to an announcement by Stanley Eznekier, district rnanager. He has been with Bruce six years.

Mr. Wahl is well known in lumber circl,:s in Northern California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and Nevada, having traveled this section as a salesnran for the past four and a hali years.

After grrduating from high school in Ntill Valley, Calif., he spent four I'ears in Africa and 9th Air Force hefore going to work

Commercial Standard CS31 -52, \(/ood Shinsles Available

Printed copies of Commercial Standard CS31-52, covering l'ood shingles, are now available, the Commodity Standards Division of the Office of Industry and Commerce, U. S. Department of Commerce. reported recently.

This isthe Fifth Edition of the Commercial Standard for \\rood Shingles, the first having been adopted by the industry in 1931 Shingles covered by this standard are from the foliou'ing species, rvhich are among the highest cl:rss of decay-resistant rvoods, the high durability, close grain. and even texture of which make thern especially suitable for roofing shingles: Western red cedar (Thuja plicata), u,hose chief commercial range is in Oregon, \Mashington, and British Columbia; Tidervater red cypress (Taxodium distichum), found chiefly in the tideu'ater regions of Florida and Louisiana; California redu'ood (Sequoia sempervirens), found in the coastal region of northern California and the southrvestern extremity of Oregon.

The standard provides a minimum specification for the highest commercial grade of sarvn wood shingles of the three ,species, knorvn as "No. 1 grade." It covers length, 'ividth, thickness, grain, characteristics, color, packing, ancl the grading tolerances for these requirements, and includes a brief history of the project, a list of the acceptors, and the membership of the Standing Committee.

Printed copies of Wood Shingles, (Red Cedar, Tideu'ater Red Cypress California Redwood), Fifth Edition, Commercial Standard CS31-52, may be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C., for 5 cents per copy. A discount of 25 per cent rvill be allowed on orders for 100 or more copies sent to a single address.